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Chapter 24 24:1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken
in age. And Jehovah had blessed Abraham in all things. 24:2 And Abraham said unto his
servant, the elder of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy
hand under my thigh. 24:3 And I will make thee swear by Jehovah, the God of heaven and
the God of the earth, that thou wilt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the
Canaanites, among whom I dwell. 24:4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred,
and take a wife for my son Isaac. 24:5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the
woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land. Must I needs bring thy son again
unto the land from whence thou camest? 24:6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that
thou bring not my son thither again. 24:7 Jehovah, the God of heaven, who took me from
my father’s house, and from the land of my nativity, and who spake unto me, and who
sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land. He will send his angel before
thee, and thou shalt take a wife for my son from thence. 24:8 And if the woman be not
willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath. Only thou shalt not
bring my son thither again. 24:9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his
master, and sware to him concerning this matter.
24:10 And the servant took ten camels, of the camels of his master, and departed, having
all goodly things of his master’s in his hand. And he arose, and went to Mesopotamia,
unto the city of Nahor. 24:11 And he made the camels to kneel down without the city
by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.
24:12 And he said, O Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, send me, I pray thee, good
speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham. 24:13 Behold, I am standing
by the fountain of water. And the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw
water. 24:14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy
pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink. And she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy
camels drink also. Let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac.
And thereby shall I know that thou hast showed kindness unto my master. 24:15 And it came
to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to
Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon
her shoulder. 24:16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a ***, neither had any
man known her. And she went down to the fountain, and filled her pitcher, and came up. 24:17
And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water
from thy pitcher. 24:18 And she said, Drink, my lord. And she hasted, and let down her
pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. 24:19 And when she had done giving him drink,
she said, I will draw for thy camels also, until they have done drinking. 24:20 And she
hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw, and drew
for all his camels. 24:21 And the man looked stedfastly on her, holding his peace, to know
whether Jehovah had made his journey prosperous or not. 24:22 And it came to pass, as the
camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and
two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold, 24:23 and said, Whose daughter
art thou? Tell me, I pray thee. Is there room in thy father’s house for us to lodge in?
24:24 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bare
unto Nahor. 24:25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and
room to lodge in. 24:26 And the man bowed his head, and worshipped Jehovah. 24:27 And
he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, who hath not forsaken his
lovingkindness and his truth toward my master. As for me, Jehovah hath led me in the way
to the house of my master’s brethren.
24:28 And the damsel ran, and told her mother’s house according to these words. 24:29 And
Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the fountain.
24:30 And it came to pass, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets upon his sister’s
hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto
me. That he came unto the man. And, behold, he was standing by the camels at the fountain.
24:31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of Jehovah. Wherefore standest thou without?
For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels. 24:32 And the man came into the
house, and he ungirded the camels. And he gave straw and provender for the camels, and
water to wash his feet and the feet of the men that were with him. 24:33 And there was
set food before him to eat. But he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand.
And he said, Speak on. 24:34 And he said, I am Abraham’s servant. 24:35 And Jehovah
hath blessed my master greatly. And he is become great. And he hath given him flocks
and herds, and silver and gold, and men-servants and maid-servants, and camels and ***. 24:36
And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she was old. And unto him hath
he given all that he hath. 24:37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take
a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell. 24:38 But
thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.
24:39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me. 24:40 And he
said unto me, Jehovah, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper
thy way. And thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house.
24:41 Then shalt thou be clear from my oath, when thou comest to my kindred. And if they
give her not to thee, thou shalt be clear from my oath. 24:42 And I came this day unto
the fountain, and said, O Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper
my way which I go. 24:43 Behold, I am standing by the fountain of water. And let it come
to pass, that the maiden that cometh forth to draw, to whom I shall say, Give me, I pray
thee, a little water from thy pitcher to drink. 24:44 And she shall say to me, Both drink
thou, and I will also draw for thy camels. Let the same be the woman whom Jehovah hath
appointed for my master’s son. 24:45 And before I had done speaking in my heart, behold,
Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder. And she went down unto the fountain,
and drew. And I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee. 24:46 And she made haste, and
let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink
also. So I drank, and she made the camels drink also. 24:47 And I asked her, and said,
Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor’s son, whom Milcah
bare unto him. And I put the ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her hands. 24:48
And I bowed my head, and worshipped Jehovah, and blessed Jehovah, the God of my master
Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master’s brother’s daughter for
his son. 24:49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. And if
not, tell me. That I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
24:50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from Jehovah. We
cannot speak unto thee bad or good. 24:51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her,
and go, and let her be thy master’s son’s wife, as Jehovah hath spoken. 24:52 And it
came to pass, that, when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to
the earth unto Jehovah. 24:53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels
of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah. He gave also to her brother and to her mother
precious things. 24:54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him,
and tarried all night. And they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto
my master. 24:55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days,
at the least ten. After that she shall go. 24:56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not,
seeing Jehovah hath prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master. 24:57
And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth. 24:58 And they called
Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go. 24:59 And
they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.
24:60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Our sister, be thou the mother of thousands
of ten thousands, and let thy seed possess the gate of those that hate them.
24:61 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed
the man. And the servant took Rebekah, and went his way. 24:62 And Isaac came from the
way of Beer-lahai-roi. For he dwelt in the land of the South. 24:63 And Isaac went out
to meditate in the field at the eventide. And he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold,
there were camels coming. 24:64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac,
she alighted from the camel. 24:65 And she said unto the servant, What man is this that
walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant said, It is my master. And she took her veil,
and covered herself. 24:66 And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.
24:67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she
became his wife. And he loved her. And Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
25:1 And Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah. 25:2 And she bare him Zimran,
and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. 25:3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and
Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. 25:4 And the sons
of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children
of Keturah. 25:5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. 25:6 But unto the sons
of the concubines, that Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts. And he sent them away from Isaac
his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country. 25:7 And these are the days
of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, a hundred threescore and fifteen years.
25:8 And Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of
years, and was gathered to his people. 25:9 And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him
in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which
is before Mamre. 25:10 The field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth. There was
Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. 25:11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham,
that God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac dwelt by Beer-lahai-roi.
25:12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian,
Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham. 25:13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael,
by their names, according to their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar,
and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 25:14 and Mishma, and Dumah, and ***, 25:15 Hadad, and Tema,
Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. 25:16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names,
by their villages, and by their encampments. Twelve princes according to their nations.
25:17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty and seven
years. And he gave up the ghost and died, and was gathered unto his people. 25:18 And
they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria.
He abode over against all his brethren.
25:19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son. Abraham begat Isaac. 25:20
And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian
of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife. 25:21 And Isaac entreated
Jehovah for his wife, because she was barren. And Jehovah was entreated of him, and Rebekah
his wife conceived. 25:22 And the children struggled together within her. And she said,
If it be so, wherefore do I live? And she went to inquire of Jehovah. 25:23 And Jehovah
said unto her,
Two nations are in thy womb, And two peoples shall be separated from thy
bowels. And the one people shall be stronger than
the other people. And the elder shall serve the younger.
25:24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her
womb. 25:25 And the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment. And they called
his name Esau. 25:26 And after that came forth his brother, and his hand had hold on Esau’s
heel. And his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
25:27 And the boys grew. And Esau was a skilful hunter, a man of the field. And Jacob was
a quiet man, dwelling in tents. 25:28 Now Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his
venison. And Rebekah loved Jacob. 25:29 And Jacob boiled pottage. And Esau came in from
the field, and he was faint. 25:30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with
that same red pottage. For I am faint. Therefore was his name called Edom. 25:31 And Jacob
said, Sell me first thy birthright. 25:32 And Esau said, Behold, I am about to die.
And what profit shall the birthright do to me? 25:33 And Jacob said, Swear to me first.
And he sware unto him. And he sold his birthright unto Jacob. 25:34 And Jacob gave Esau bread
and pottage of lentils. And he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way. So Esau
despised his birthright.
26:1 And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham.
And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines, unto Gerar. 26:2 And Jehovah
appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt. Dwell in the land which I shall tell
thee of. 26:3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee. For
unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the
oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father. 26:4 And I will multiply thy seed as the stars
of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands. And in thy seed shall all the
nations of the earth be blessed. 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my
charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. 26:6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar. 26:7
And the men of the place asked him of his wife. And he said, She is my sister. For he
feared to say, My wife. Lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah.
Because she was fair to look upon. 26:8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a
long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold,
Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. 26:9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said,
Behold, of a surety she is thy wife. And how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said
unto him, Because I said, Lest I die because of her. 26:10 And Abimelech said, What is
this thou hast done unto us? One of the people might easily have lain with thy wife, and
thou wouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. 26:11 And Abimelech charged all the people,
saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
26:12 And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year a hundredfold. And Jehovah
blessed him. 26:13 And the man waxed great, and grew more and more until he became very
great. 26:14 And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household.
And the Philistines envied him. 26:15 Now all the wells which his father’s servants
had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with
earth. 26:16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us. For thou art much mightier than
we. 26:17 And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
26:18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of
Abraham his father. For the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham. And
he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. 26:19 And Isaac’s
servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. 26:20 And the herdsmen
of Gerar strove with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, The water is ours. And he called the name
of the well Esek, because they contended with him. 26:21 And they digged another well, and
they strove for that also. And he called the name of it Sitnah. 26:22 And he removed from
thence, and digged another well. And for that they strove not. And he called the name of
it Rehoboth. And he said, For now Jehovah hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful
in the land.
26:23 And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. 26:24 And Jehovah appeared unto him the same
night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father. Fear not, for I am with thee, and
will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake. 26:25 And he
builded an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah, and pitched his tent there.
And there Isaac’s servants digged a well.
26:26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain
of his host. 26:27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hate
me, and have sent me away from you? 26:28 And they said, We saw plainly that Jehovah
was with thee. And we said, Let there now be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and
thee, and let us make a covenant with thee, 26:29 that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we
have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent
thee away in peace. Thou art now the blessed of Jehovah. 26:30 And he made them a feast,
and they did eat and drink. 26:31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware
one to another. And Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. 26:32
And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the
well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water. 26:33 And he called
it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
26:34 And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri
the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. 26:35 And they were a grief
of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
27:1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he
could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said unto him, My son. And he said unto
him, Here am I. 27:2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death.
27:3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out
to the field, and take me venison. 27:4 And make me savory food, such as I love, and bring
it to me, that I may eat. That my soul may bless thee before I die.
27:5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to
hunt for venison, and to bring it. 27:6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying,
Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, 27:7 Bring me venison,
and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless thee before Jehovah before my death.
27:8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee. 27:9
Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats. And I will make
them savory food for thy father, such as he loveth. 27:10 And thou shalt bring it to thy
father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee before his death. 27:11 And Jacob said
to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man. 27:12
My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver. And I shall
bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing. 27:13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me
be thy curse, my son. Only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. 27:14 And he went, and
fetched, and brought them to his mother. And his mother made savory food, such as his father
loved. 27:15 And Rebekah took the goodly garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her
in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son. 27:16 And she put the skins of
the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck. 27:17 And she
gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son
Jacob.
27:18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father. And he said, Here am I. Who art
thou, my son? 27:19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first-born; I have done
according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy
soul may bless me. 27:20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it
so quickly, my son? And he said, Because Jehovah thy God sent me good speed. 27:21 And Isaac
said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my
very son Esau or not. 27:22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father. And he felt him,
and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. 27:23 And
he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau’s hands. So he
blessed him. 27:24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am. 27:25 And
he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s venison, that my soul may bless
thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat. And he brought him wine, and he drank.
27:26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. 27:27
And he came near, and kissed him. And he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him,
and said,
See, the smell of my son Is as the smell of a field which Jehovah hath
blessed. 27:28 And God give thee of the dew of heaven,
And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and new wine.
27:29 Let peoples serve thee, And nations bow down to thee.
Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee.
Cursed be every one that curseth thee, And blessed be every one that blesseth thee.
27:30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob
was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother
came in from his hunting. 27:31 And he also made savory food, and brought it unto his
father. And he said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison,
that thy soul may bless me. 27:32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And
he said, I am thy son, thy first-born, Esau. 27:33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly,
and said, Who then is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all
before thou camest, and have blessed him? Yea, and he shall be blessed. 27:34 When Esau
heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said
unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father. 27:35 And he said, Thy brother
came with guile, and hath taken away thy blessing. 27:36 And he said, Is not he rightly named
Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. And, behold,
now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for
me? 27:37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and
all his brethren have I given to him for servants. And with grain and new wine have I sustained
him. And what then shall I do for thee, my son? 27:38 And Esau said unto his father,
Hast thou but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted
up his voice, and wept. 27:39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him,
Behold, of the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling,
And of the dew of heaven from above. 27:40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and
thou shalt serve thy brother. And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt
break loose, That thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy
neck. 27:41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the
blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning
for my father are at hand. Then will I slay my brother Jacob. 27:42 And the words of Esau
her elder son were told to Rebekah. And she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and
said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing
to kill thee. 27:43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. And arise, flee thou to Laban
my brother to Haran. 27:44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s fury
turn away. 27:45 Until thy brother’s anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which
thou hast done to him. Then I will send, and fetch thee from thence. Why should I be bereaved
of you both in one day?
27:46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth.
If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land,
what good shall my life do me?
28:1 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt
not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. 28:2 Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house
of Bethuel thy mother’s father. And take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of
Laban thy mother’s brother. 28:3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful,
and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a company of peoples. 28:4 And give thee the blessing
of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee. That thou mayest inherit the land of
thy sojournings, which God gave unto Abraham. 28:5 And Isaac sent away Jacob. And he went
to Paddan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s
and Esau’s mother.
28:6 Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take
him a wife from thence. And that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt
not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. 28:7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and
his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram. 28:8 And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan
pleased not Isaac his father. 28:9 And Esau went unto Ishmael, and took, besides the wives
that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth, to
be his wife.
28:10 And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. 28:11 And he lighted
upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set. And he took
one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place
to sleep. 28:12 And he dreamed. And behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top
of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it. 28:13
And, behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham thy father,
and the God of Isaac. The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy
seed. 28:14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad
to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. And in thee and in thy seed
shall all the families of the earth be blessed. 28:15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will
keep thee, whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land. For I will
not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. 28:16 And Jacob
awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely Jehovah is in this place. And I knew it not.
28:17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! This is none other than the
house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
28:18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his
head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. 28:19 And he called
the name of that place Beth-el. But the name of the city was Luz at the first. 28:20 And
Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that
I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, 28:21 so that I come again to my
father’s house in peace, and Jehovah will be my God, 28:22 then this stone, which I
have set up for a pillar, shall be God’s house. And of all that thou shalt give me
I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
29:1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east. 29:2
And he looked, and behold, a well in the field, and, lo, three flocks of sheep lying there
by it. For out of that well they watered the flocks. And the stone upon the well’s mouth
was great. 29:3 And thither were all the flocks gathered. And they rolled the stone from the
well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well’s mouth
in its place. 29:4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said,
Of Haran are we. 29:5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said,
We know him. 29:6 And he said unto them, Is it well with him? And they said, It is well.
And, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. 29:7 And he said, Lo, it is yet
high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together. Water ye the
sheep, and go and feed them. 29:8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered
together, and they roll the stone from the well’s mouth. Then we water the sheep. 29:9
While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep. For she kept
them. 29:10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s
brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled
the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.
29:11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. 29:12 And Jacob told
Rachel that he was her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son. And she ran
and told her father.
29:13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that
he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house.
And he told Laban all these things. 29:14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my
bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month. 29:15 And Laban said unto
Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? Tell me,
what shall thy wages be? 29:16 And Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah,
and the name of the younger was Rachel. 29:17 And Leah’s eyes were tender. But Rachel
was beautiful and well favored. 29:18 And Jacob loved Rachel. And he said, I will serve
thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. 29:19 And Laban said, It is better that I
give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man. Abide with me. 29:20 And
Jacob served seven years for Rachel. And they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love
he had to her.
29:21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may
go in unto her. 29:22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
29:23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought
her to him. And he went in unto her. 29:24 And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his
daughter Leah for a handmaid. 29:25 And it came to pass in the morning that, behold,
it was Leah. And he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? Did not I serve
with thee for Rachel? Wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? 29:26 And Laban said, It
is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the first-born. 29:27 Fulfil the week
of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve
with me yet seven other years. 29:28 And jacob did so, and fulfilled her week. And he gave
him Rachel his daughter to wife. 29:29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his
handmaid to be her handmaid. 29:30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also
Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
29:31 And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb. But Rachel was barren.
29:32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben. For she said,
Because Jehovah hath looked upon my affliction. For now my husband will love me. 29:33 And
she conceived again, and bare a son: and said, Because Jehovah hath heard that I am hated,
he hath therefore given me this son also. And she called his name Simeon. 29:34 And
she conceived again, and bare a son. And said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto
me, because I have borne him three sons. Therefore was his name called Levi. 29:35 And she conceived
again, and bare a son. And she said, This time will I praise Jehovah. Therefore she
called his name Judah. And she left off bearing.
30:1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and
she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. 30:2 And Jacob’s anger was kindled
against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit
of the womb? 30:3 And she said, Behold, my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; that she may
bear upon my knees, and I also may obtain children by her. 30:4 And she gave him Bilhah
her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her. 30:5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob
a son. 30:6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath
given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan. 30:7 And Bilhah Rachel’s handmaid conceived
again, and bare Jacob a second son. 30:8 And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I
wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
30:9 When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her
to Jacob to wife. 30:10 And Zilpah Leah’s handmaid bare Jacob a son. 30:11 And Leah
said, Fortunate! and she called his name Gad. 30:12 And Zilpah Leah’s handmaid bare Jacob
a second son. 30:13 And Leah said, Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy: and
she called his name Asher.
30:14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field,
and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee,
of thy son’s mandrakes. 30:15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast
taken away my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son’s mandrakes also? And Rachel
said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son’s mandrakes. 30:16 And Jacob
came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must
come in unto me; for I have surely hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with
her that night. 30:17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob a
fifth son. 30:18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to
my husband: and she called his name Issachar. 30:19 And Leah conceived again, and bare a
sixth son to Jacob. 30:20 And Leah said, God hath endowed me with a good dowry; now will
my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
30:21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. 30:22 And God remembered
Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. 30:23 And she conceived, and bare
a son: and said, God hath taken away my reproach: 30:24 and she called his name Joseph, saying,
Jehovah add to me another son.
30:25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban,
Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country. 30:26 Give me my
wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service
wherewith I have served thee. 30:27 And Laban said unto him, If now I have found favor in
thine eyes, tarry: for I have divined that Jehovah hath blessed me for thy sake. 30:28
And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. 30:29 And he said unto him, Thou
knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me. 30:30 For it was
little which thou hadst before I came, and it hath increased unto a multitude; and Jehovah
hath blessed thee whithersoever I turned: and now when shall I provide for mine own
house also? 30:31 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not
give me aught: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed thy flock and keep
it. 30:32 I will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence every speckled
and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among
the goats: and of such shall be my hire. 30:33 So shall my righteousness answer for me hereafter,
when thou shalt come concerning my hire that is before thee: every one that is not speckled
and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that if found with me, shall be
counted stolen. 30:34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
30:35 And he removed that day the he-goats that were ringstreaked and spotted, and all
the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the
black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons; 30:36 and he set
three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s
flocks.
30:37 And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree. And
peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. 30:38
And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs
where the flocks came to drink; and they conceived when they came to drink. 30:39 And the flocks
conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth ringstreaked, speckled, and
spotted. 30:40 And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the
ringstreaked and all the black in the flock of Laban: and he put his own droves apart,
and put them not unto Laban’s flock. 30:41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger
of the flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the
gutters, that they might conceive among the rods; 30:42 but when the flock were feeble,
he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s. 30:43 And the
man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maid-servants and men-servants, and camels
and ***.
31:1 And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was
our father’s; and of that which was our father’s hath he gotten all this glory.
31:2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as beforetime.
31:3 And Jehovah said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred;
and I will be with thee. 31:4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto
his flock, 31:5 and said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not
toward me as beforetime; but the God of my father hath been with me. 31:6 And ye know
that with all my power I have served your father. 31:7 And your father hath deceived
me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. 31:8 If he said
thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bare speckled: and if he said
thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy wages; then bare all the flock ringstreaked. 31:9
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. 31:10 And it
came to pass at the time that the flock conceive, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream,
and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were ringstreaked, speckled, and
grizzled. 31:11 And the angel of God said unto me in the dream, Jacob: and I said, Here
am I. 31:12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the he-goats which leap
upon the flock are ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that Laban
doeth unto thee. 31:13 I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst a pillar, where thou
vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land
of thy nativity. 31:14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any
portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house? 31:15 Are we not accounted by him as
foreigners? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our money. 31:16 For all
the riches which God hath taken away from our father, that is ours and our children’s:
now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
31:17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels; 31:18 and he
carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting,
which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan.
31:19 Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her
father’s. 31:20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not
that he fled. 31:21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the
River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.
31:22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. 31:23 And he took his
brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and he overtook him in the
mountain of Gilead. 31:24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night,
and said unto him, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
31:25 And Laban came up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain: and
Laban with his brethren encamped in the mountain of Gilead. 31:26 And Laban said to Jacob,
What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters
as captives of the sword? 31:27 Wherefore didst thou flee secretly, and steal away from
me, and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs,
with tabret and with harp; 31:28 and didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters?
now hast thou done foolishly. 31:29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but
the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take heed to thyself that thou speak
not to Jacob either good or bad. 31:30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because
thou sore longedst after thy father’s house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods? 31:31
And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Lest thou shouldest
take thy daughters from me by force. 31:32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he
shall not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to
thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.
31:33 And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the tent
of the two maid-servants; but he found them not. And he went out of Leah’s tent, and
entered into Rachel’s tent. 31:34 Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, and put them in the
camel’s saddle, and sat upon them. And Laban felt about all the tent, but found them not.
31:35 And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before
thee; for the manner of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the teraphim.
31:36 And Jacob was wroth, and *** with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban,
What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast hotly pursued after me? 31:37 Whereas
thou hast felt about all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? Set
it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two. 31:38
These twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their
young, and the rams of thy flocks have I not eaten. 31:39 That which was torn of beasts
I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether
stolen by day or stolen by night. 31:40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me,
and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes. 31:41 These twenty years have
I been in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years
for thy flock: and thou hast changed my wages ten times. 31:42 Except the God of my father,
the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now hadst thou sent
me away empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee
yesternight.
31:43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the children
are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest is mine: and what
can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children whom they have borne?
31:44 And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between
me and thee. 31:45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. 31:46 And Jacob
said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap: and they
did eat there by the heap. 31:47 And Laban called it Jegar-saha-dutha: but Jacob called
it Galeed. 31:48 And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore
was the name of it called Galeed: 31:49 and Mizpah, for he said, Jehovah watch between
me and thee, when we are absent one from another. 31:50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters,
and if thou shalt take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt
me and thee. 31:51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which
I have set betwixt me and thee. 31:52 This heap be witness, and the pillar be witness,
that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap
and this pillar unto me, for harm. 31:53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the
God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Fear of his father Isaac.
31:54 And Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread:
and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mountain. 31:55 And early in the morning
Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed
and returned unto his place.
32:1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 32:2 And Jacob said when he
saw them, This is God’s host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
32:3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir,
the field of Edom. 32:4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye say unto my lord Esau:
Thus saith thy servant Jacob, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now: 32:5 and
I have oxen, and ***, and flocks, and men-servants, and maid-servants: and I have sent to tell
my lord, that I may find favor in thy sight. 32:6 And the messengers returned to Jacob,
saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men
with him. 32:7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed: and he divided the people
that were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;
32:8 and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which
is left shall escape. 32:9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my
father Isaac, O Jehovah, who saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred,
and I will do thee good: 32:10 I am not worthy of the least of all the lovingkindnesses,
and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed
over this Jordan; and now I am become two companies. 32:11 Deliver me, I pray thee,
from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and
smite me, the mother with the children. 32:12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good,
and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
32:13 And he lodged there that night, and took of that which he had with him a present
for Esau his brother: 32:14 two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and
twenty rams, 32:15 thirty milch camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty
she-*** and ten foals. 32:16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every
drove by itself, and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt
drove and drove. 32:17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth
thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these
before thee? 32:18 then thou shalt say They are thy servant Jacob’s; it is a present
sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, he also is behind us. 32:19 And he commanded also
the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye
speak unto Esau, when ye find him; 32:20 and ye shall say, Moreover, behold, thy servant
Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me,
and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept me. 32:21 So the present passed
over before him: and he himself lodged that night in the company.
32:22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and
his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok. 32:23 And he took them, and
sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had. 32:24 And Jacob was left alone;
and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 32:25 And when he saw
that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of
Jacob’s thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him. 32:26 And he said, Let me go, for
the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 32:27 And
he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 32:28 And he said, Thy name shall
be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast
prevailed. 32:29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And
he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. 32:30
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, said he, I have seen God face to face,
and my life is preserved. 32:31 And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Penuel, and
he limped upon his thigh. 32:32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of
the hip which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow
of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew of the hip.
33:1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him
four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two
handmaids. 33:2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her
children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. 33:3 And he himself passed over before them,
and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. 33:4 And
Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they
wept. 33:5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said,
Who are these with thee? And he said, The children whom God hath graciously given thy
servant. 33:6 Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
33:7 And Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph
near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. 33:8 And he said, What meanest thou by all
this company which I met? And he said, To find favor in the sight of my lord. 33:9 And
Esau said, I have enough, my brother; let that which thou hast be thine. 33:10 And Jacob
said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found favor in thy sight, then receive my present
at my hand; forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one seeth the face of God, and thou wast
pleased with me. 33:11 Take, I pray thee, my gift that is brought to thee; because God
hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took
it. 33:12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
33:13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the
flocks and herds with me have their young: and if they overdrive them one day, all the
flocks will die. 33:14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I
will lead on gently, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according
to the pace of the children, until I come unto my lord unto Seir. 33:15 And Esau said,
Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth
it? let me find favor in the sight of my lord. 33:16 So Esau returned that day on his way
unto Seir. 33:17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him a house, and made booths for
his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
33:18 And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan,
when he came from Paddan-aram; and encamped before the city. 33:19 And he bought the parcel
of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s
father, for a hundred pieces of money. 33:20 And he erected there an altar, and called
it El-Elohe-Israel.
34:1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters
of the land. 34:2 And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her;
And he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her. 34:3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the
daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. 34:4 And
Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. 34:5 Now Jacob
heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field:
and Jacob held his peace until they came. 34:6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went
out unto Jacob to commune with him. 34:7 And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when
they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought
folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing ought not to be done. 34:8 And
Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter:
I pray you, give her unto him to wife. 34:9 And make ye marriages with us; give your daughters
unto us, and take our daughters unto you. 34:10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the
land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
34:11 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find favor in your
eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give. 34:12 Ask me never so much dowry and
gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
34:13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spake,
because he had defiled Dinah their sister, 34:14 and said unto them, We cannot do this
thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us. 34:15 Only
on this condition will we consent unto you: if ye will be as we are, that every male of
you be circumcised; 34:16 then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your
daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people. 34:17 But if
ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will
be gone.
34:18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son. 34:19 And the young man deferred
not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was honored
above all the house of his father. 34:20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate
of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, 34:21 These men are peaceable
with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for, behold, the land is
large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our
daughters. 34:22 Only on this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us,
to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
34:23 Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? only let us
consent unto them, and they will dwell with us. 34:24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem
his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised,
all that went out of the gate of his city. 34:25 And it came to pass on the third day,
when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren,
took each man his sword, and came upon the city unawares, and slew all the males. 34:26
And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out
of Shechem’s house, and went forth. 34:27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and
plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister. 34:28 They took their flocks
and their herds and their ***, and that which was in the city, and that which was
in the field; 34:29 and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives,
took they captive and made a prey, even all that was in the house. 34:30 And Jacob said
to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land,
among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and, I being few in number, they will gather themselves
together against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. 34:31 And they
said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot?
35:1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there
an altar unto God, who appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy
brother. 35:2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the
foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments: 35:3
and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered
me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. 35:4 And they
gave unto Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hand, and the rings which were
in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. 35:5 And they journeyed:
and a terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue
after the sons of Jacob. 35:6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the
same is Beth-el), he and all the people that were with him. 35:7 And he built there an
altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled
from the face of his brother. 35:8 And Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried
below Beth-el under the oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth.
35:9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.
35:10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob,
but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel. 35:11 And God said unto him,
I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be
of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; 35:12 and the land which I gave unto Abraham
and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
35:13 And God went up from him in the place where he spake with him. 35:14 And Jacob set
up a pillar in the place where he spake with him, a pillar of stone: and he poured out
a drink-offering thereon, and poured oil thereon. 35:15 And Jacob called the name of the place
where God spake with him, Beth-el.
35:16 And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some distance to come to Ephrath:
and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor. 35:17 And it came to pass, when she was in
hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; for now thou shalt have another
son. 35:18 And it came to pass, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called
his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin. 35:19 And Rachel died, and was buried
in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem). 35:20 And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave:
the same is the Pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day. 35:21 And Israel journeyed,
and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder. 35:22 And it came to pass, while Israel dwelt
in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel
heard of it.
Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 35:23 The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob’s first-born,
and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun; 35:24 the sons of Rachel: Joseph
and Benjamin; 35:25 and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid: Dan and Naphtali; 35:26
and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid: Gad and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob,
that were born to him in Paddan-aram. 35:27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father to Mamre,
to Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
35:28 And the days of Isaac were a hundred and fourscore years. 35:29 And Isaac gave
up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, old and full of days: and Esau
and Jacob his sons buried him.
36:1 Now these are the generations of Esau (the same is Edom). 36:2 Esau took his wives
of the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter
of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite, 36:3 and Basemath Ishmael’s daughter, sister
of Nebaioth. 36:4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Basemath bare Reuel; 36:5 and Oholibamah
bare Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, that were born unto him
in the land of Canaan. 36:6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters,
and all the souls of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his possessions,
which he had gather in the land of Canaan; and went into a land away from his brother
Jacob. 36:7 For their substance was too great for them to dwell together; and the land of
their sojournings could not bear them because of their cattle. 36:8 And Esau dwelt in mount
Seir: Esau is Edom.
36:9 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
36:10 these are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau,
Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau. 36:11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman,
Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. 36:12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son;
and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these are the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife. 36:13 And
these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of
Basemath, Esau’s wife. 36:14 And these were the sons of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah,
the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.
36:15 These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the first-born of
Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz, 36:16 chief Korah, chief Gatam,
chief Amalek: these are the chiefs that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are
the sons of Adah. 36:17 And these are the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: chief Nahath,
chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah: these are the chiefs that came of Reuel in
the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife. 36:18 And these are the sons
of Oholibamah, Esau’s wife: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah: these are the chiefs
that came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife. 36:19 These are the sons of
Esau, and these are their chiefs: the same is Edom.
36:20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan and Shobal
and Zibeon and Anah, 36:21 and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan: these are the chiefs that
came of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. 36:22 And the children
of Lotan were Hori and Heman. And Lotan’s sister was Timna. 36:23 And these are the
children of Shobal: Alvan and Manahath and Ebal, Shepho and Onam. 36:24 And these are
the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; this is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness,
as he fed the *** of Zibeon his father. 36:25 And these are the children of Anah:
Dishon and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah. 36:26 And these are the children of Dishon:
Hemdan and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran. 36:27 These are the children of Ezer: Bilhan and
Zaavan and Akan. 36:28 These are the children of Dishan: Uz and Aran. 36:29 These are the
chiefs that came of the Horites: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah, 36:30
chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan: these are the chiefs that came of the Horites, according
to their chiefs in the land of Seir.
36:31 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned
any king over the children of Israel. 36:32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom;
and the name of his city was Dinhabah. 36:33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah
of Bozrah reigned in his stead. 36:34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the
Temanites reigned in his stead. 36:35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who
smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was
Avith. 36:36 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. 36:37 And Samlah
died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead. 36:38 And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan
the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. 36:39 And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and
Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife’s name was
Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.
36:40 And these are the names of the chiefs that came of Esau, according to their families,
after their places, by their names: chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth, 36:41 chief
Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon, 36:42 chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar, 36:43
chief Magdiel, chief Iram: these are the chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in
the land of their possession. This is Esau, the father of the Edomites.
37:1 And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father’s sojournings, in the land of Canaan. 37:2 These
are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock
with his brethren; and he was a lad with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah,
his father’s wives: and Joseph brought the evil report of them unto their father. 37:3
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old
age: and he made him a coat of many colors. 37:4 And his brethren saw that their father
loved him more than all his brethren; and they hated him, and could not speak peaceably
unto him.
37:5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren: and they hated him yet
the more. 37:6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
37:7 for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and
also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves came round about, and made obeisance to my
sheaf. 37:8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? Or shalt
thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and
for his words. 37:9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and said,
Behold, I have dreamed yet a dream: and, behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars made
obeisance to me. 37:10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren; and his father
rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and
thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? 37:11
And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying in mind.
37:12 And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem. 37:13 And Israel
said unto Joseph, Are not thy brethren feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send
thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I. 37:14 And he said to him, Go now, see whether
it is well with thy brethren, and well with the flock; and bring me word again. So he
sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 37:15 And a certain man found
him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What
seekest thou? 37:16 And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they
are feeding the flock. 37:17 And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them
say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
37:18 And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against
him to slay him. 37:19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. 37:20
Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will
say, And evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
37:21 And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, Let us not take
his life. 37:22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood; cast him into this pit that
is in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him: that he might deliver him out of their
hand, to restore him to his father. 37:23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come
unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that
was on him; 37:24 and they took him, and cast him into the pit: and the pit was empty, there
was no water in it.
37:25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and,
behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery
and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. 37:26 And Judah said unto his brethren,
What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood? 37:27 Come, and let us
sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our
flesh. And his brethren hearkened unto him. 37:28 And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen;
and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites
for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt.
37:29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he
rent his clothes. 37:30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not;
and I, whither shall I go? 37:31 And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a he-goat,
and dipped the coat in the blood; 37:32 and they sent the coat of many colors, and they
brought it to their father, and said, This have we found: know now whether it is thy
son’s coat or not. 37:33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat: an evil beast
hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces. 37:34 And Jacob rent his garments,
and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. 37:35 And all his sons
and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said,
For I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning. And his father wept for him. 37:36 And the
Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of
the guard.
38:1 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned
in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 38:2 And Judah saw there a daughter
of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. And he took her, and went in unto her. 38:3
And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. 38:4 And she conceived
again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan. 38:5 And she yet again bare a son,
and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. 38:6 And Judah
took a wife for Er his first-born, and her name was Tamar. 38:7 And Er, Judah’s first-born,
was wicked in the sight of Jehovah. And Jehovah slew him. 38:8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go
in unto thy brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother unto her,
and raise up seed to thy brother. 38:9 And Onan knew that the seed would not be his;
and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on
the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother. 38:10 And the thing which he did
was evil in the sight of Jehovah: and he slew him also. 38:11 Then said Judah to Tamar his
daughter-in-law, Remain a widow in thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown up; for
he said, Lest he also die, like his brethren. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s
house.
38:12 And in process of time Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted,
and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. 38:13
And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnah to shear
his sheep. 38:14 And she put off from her the garments of her widowhood, and covered
herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by
the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she was not given unto him
to wife. 38:15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she had covered her
face. 38:16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Come, I pray thee, let me come
in unto thee: for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What wilt
thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me? 38:17 And he said, I will send thee a
kid of the goats from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send
it? 38:18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet and thy
cord, and thy staff that is in thy hand. And he gave them to her, and came in unto her,
and she conceived by him. 38:19 And she arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her,
and put on the garments of her widowhood. 38:20 And Judah sent the kid of the goats
by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand:
but he found her not. 38:21 Then he asked the men of her place, saying, Where is the
***, that was at Enaim by the wayside? And they said, There hath been no ***
here. 38:22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I have not found her; and also the men
of the place said, There hath been no *** here. 38:23 And Judah said, Let her take it
to her, lest we be put to shame: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
38:24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar
thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot; and moreover, behold, she is with child by
whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. 38:25 When she was brought
forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child:
and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and the cords, and
the staff. 38:26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She is more righteous than I; forasmuch
as I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more. 38:27 And it came
to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. 38:28 And
it came to pass, when she travailed, that one put out a hand: and the midwife took and
bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. 38:29 And it came to
pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, Wherefore
hast thou made a breach for thyself? Therefore his name was called Perez. 38:30 And afterward
came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called
Zerah.
39:1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the
captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites, that had
brought him down thither. 39:2 And Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man;
and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. 39:3 And his master saw that Jehovah
was with him, and that Jehovah made all that he did to prosper in his hand. 39:4 And Joseph
found favor in his sight, and he ministered unto him: and he made him overseer over his
house, and all that he had he put into his hand. 39:5 And it came to pass from the time
that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that Jehovah blessed
the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of Jehovah was upon all that
he had, in the house and in the field. 39:6 And he left all that he had in Joseph’s
hand; and he knew not aught that was with him, save the bread which he did eat. And
Joseph was comely, and well-favored. 39:7 And it came to pass after these things, that
his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. 39:8 But he refused,
and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master knoweth not what is with me in the
house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand: 39:9 he is not greater in this house
than I; neither hath he kept back anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife:
how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? 39:10 And it came to pass,
as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or
to be with her. 39:11 And it came to pass about this time, that he went into the house
to do his work; and there was none of the men of the house there within. 39:12 And she
caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and
fled, and got him out. 39:13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment
in her hand, and was fled forth, 39:14 that she called unto the men of her house, and
spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in a Hebrew unto us to mock us: he came in
unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice: 39:15 and it came to pass, when
he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled,
and got him out. 39:16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came home.
39:17 And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, whom
thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me: 39:18 and it came to pass, as
I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled out.
39:19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake
unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.
39:20 And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the
king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison. 39:21 But Jehovah was
with Joseph, and showed kindness unto him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper
of the prison. 39:22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the
prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it. 39:23
The keeper of the prison looked not to anything that was under his hand, because Jehovah was
with him; and that which he did, Jehovah made it prosper.
40:1 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his
baker offended their lord the king of Egypt. 40:2 And Pharaoh was wroth against his two
officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. 40:3
And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the
place where Joseph was bound. 40:4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them,
and he ministered unto them: and they continued a season in ward. 40:5 And they dreamed a
dream both of them, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation
of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the prison.
40:6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and saw them, and, behold, they were sad.
40:7 And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in ward in his master’s house,
saying, Wherefore look ye so sad to-day? 40:8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a
dream, and there is none that can interpret it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations
belong to God? tell it me, I pray you.
40:9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold,
a vine was before me; 40:10 and in the vine were three branches: and it was as though
it budded, and its blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
40:11 and Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into
Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand. 40:12 And Joseph said unto him, This
is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days; 40:13 within yet three days
shall Pharaoh lift up thy head, and restore thee unto thine office: and thou shalt give
Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler. 40:14 But
have me in thy remembrance when it shall be well with thee, and show kindness, I pray
thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: 40:15
for indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done
nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
40:16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was
in my dream, and, behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head: 40:17 and in
the uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked food for Pharaoh; and the birds did
eat them out of the basket upon my head. 40:18 And Joseph answered and said, This is the
interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days; 40:19 within yet three days
shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds
shall eat thy flesh from off thee. 40:20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s
birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the
chief butler and the head of the chief baker among his servants. 40:21 And he restored
the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:
40:22 but he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them. 40:23 Yet did not
the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
41:1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold,
he stood by the river. 41:2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well-favored
and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the reed-grass. 41:3 And, behold, seven other kine came up
after them out of the river, ill-favored and lean-fleshed, and stood by the other kine
upon the brink of the river. 41:4 And the ill-favored and lean-fleshed kine did eat
up the seven well-favored and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. 41:5 And he slept and dreamed
a second time: and, behold, seven ears of grain came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
41:6 And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
41:7 And the thin ears swallowed up the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and,
behold, it was a dream. 41:8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled;
and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and
Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
41:9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
41:10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the house of the captain
of the guard, me and the chief baker: 41:11 and we dreamed a dream in one night, I and
he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. 41:12 And there was with us
there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and
he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret. 41:13
And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office,
and him he hanged.
41:14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon:
and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. 41:15 And Pharaoh
said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and
I have heard say of thee, that when thou hearest a dream thou canst interpret it. 41:16 And
Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God will give Pharaoh an answer of
peace. 41:17 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the brink
of the river: 41:18 and, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed
and well-favored: and they fed in the reed-grass: 41:19 and, behold, seven other kine came up
after them, poor and very ill-favored and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the
land of Egypt for badness: 41:20 and the lean and ill-favored kine did eat up the first
seven fat kine: 41:21 and when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had
eaten them; but they were still ill-favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke. 41:22 And
I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon one stalk, full and good: 41:23
and, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after
them: 41:24 and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears: and I told it unto the
magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
41:25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: what God is about to do
he hath declared unto Pharaoh. 41:26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good
ears are seven years: the dream is one. 41:27 And the seven lean and ill-favored kine that
came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears blasted with the east
wind; they shall be seven years of famine. 41:28 That is the thing which I spake unto
Pharaoh: what God is about to do he hath showed unto Pharaoh. 41:29 Behold, there come seven
years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: 41:30 and there shall arise after
them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and
the famine shall consume the land; 41:31 and the plenty shall not be known in the land
by reason of that famine which followeth; for it shall be very grievous. 41:32 And for
that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh, it is because the thing is established by God,
and God will shortly bring it to pass. 41:33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet
and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. 41:34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint
overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous
years. 41:35 And let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up
grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it. 41:36 And
the food shall be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall
be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
41:37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
41:38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom
the spirit of God is? 41:39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath showed
thee all of this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou: 41:40 thou shalt be over
my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne
will I be greater than thou. 41:41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over
all the land of Egypt. 41:42 And Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put
it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain
about his neck; 41:43 and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they
cried before him, Bow the knee: and he set him over all the land of Egypt. 41:44 And
Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand
or his foot in all the land of Egypt. 41:45 And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-paneah;
and he gave him to wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On. And Joseph went
out over the land of Egypt.
41:46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And
Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
41:47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. 41:48 And
he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid
up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid
he up in the same. 41:49 And Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until
he left off numbering; for it was without number. 41:50 And unto Joseph were born two
sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest
of On, bare unto him. 41:51 And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For,
said he, God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house. 41:52 And the
name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my
affliction. 41:53 And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an
end. 41:54 And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said: and
there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 41:55 And
when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh
said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do. 41:56 And the famine
was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the store-houses, and sold unto
the Egyptians; and the famine was sore in the land of Egypt. 41:57 And all countries
came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was sore in all the earth.
42:1 Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons, Why do
ye look one upon another? 42:2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in
Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
42:3 And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt. 42:4 But Benjamin,
Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest Peradventure harm
befall him. 42:5 And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine
was in the land of Canaan. 42:6 And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was
that sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves
to him with their faces to the earth. 42:7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them,
but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly with them; and he said unto them.
Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. 42:8 And Joseph knew
his brethren, but they knew not him. 42:9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he
dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye
are come. 42:10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants
come. 42:11 We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies. 42:12
And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 42:13 And
they said, We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan;
and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not. 42:14 And Joseph
said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies: 42:15 hereby ye
shall be proved: by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest
brother come hither. 42:16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall
be bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in you: or else by the life
of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. 42:17 And he put them all together into ward three days.
42:18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live: for I fear God: 42:19
if ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison-house; but go ye,
carry grain for the famine of your houses: 42:20 and bring your youngest brother unto
me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. 42:21 And
they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the
distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress
come upon us. 42:22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not
sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore also, behold, his blood is required.
42:23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between
them. 42:24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and he returned to them, and
spake to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes. 42:25
Then Joseph commanded to fill their vessels with grain, and to restore every man’s money
into his sack, and to give them provisions for the way: and thus was it done unto them.
42:26 And they laded their *** with their grain, and departed thence. 42:27 And as one
of them opened his sack to give his *** provender in the lodging-place, he espied his money;
and, behold, it was in the mouth of his sack. 42:28 And he said unto his brethren, My money
is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they turned
trembling one to another, saying, What is this that God hath done unto us? 42:29 And
they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that had
befallen them, saying, 42:30 The man, the lord of the land, spake roughly with us, and
took us for spies of the country. 42:31 And we said unto him, We are true men; and we
are no spies: 42:32 we are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest
is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. 42:33 And the man, the lord of the
land, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men: leave one of your brethren
with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way; 42:34 and bring
your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are
true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land.
42:35 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man’s bundle
of money was in his sack: and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they
were afraid. 42:36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my
children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these
things are against me. 42:37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons,
if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
42:38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he
only is left: if harm befall him by the way in which ye go, then will ye bring down my
gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.
43:1 And the famine was sore in the land. 43:2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten
up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again,
buy us a little food. 43:3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest
unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. 43:4 If thou
wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food: 43:5 but if thou wilt
not send him, we will not go down; for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face,
except your brother be with you. 43:6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with
me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother? 43:7 And they said, The man asked
straitly concerning ourselves, and concerning our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive?
have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we in any
wise know that he would say, Bring your brother down? 43:8 And Judah said unto Israel his
father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die,
both we, and thou, and also our little ones. 43:9 I will be surety for him; of my hand
shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let
me bear the blame for ever: 43:10 for except we had lingered, surely we had now returned
a second time. 43:11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it be so now, do this:
take of the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present,
a little balm, and a little honey, spicery and myrrh, nuts, and almonds; 43:12 and take
double money in your hand; and the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks carry
again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight: 43:13 take also your brother, and
arise, go again unto the man: 43:14 and God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that
he may release unto you your other brother and Benjamin. And if I be bereaved of my children,
I am bereaved. 43:15 And the men took that present, and they took double money in their
hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. 43:16
And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, Bring the
men into the house, and slay, and make ready; for the men shall dine with me at noon. 43:17
And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men to Joseph’s house. 43:18
And the men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph’s house; and they said,
Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought
in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen,
and our ***. 43:19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they
spake unto him at the door of the house, 43:20 and said, Oh, my lord, we came indeed down
at the first time to buy food: 43:21 and it came to pass, when we came to the lodging-place,
that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man’s money was in the mouth of his sack,
our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand. 43:22 And other money
have we brought down in our hand to buy food: we know not who put our money in our sacks.
43:23 And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath
given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.
43:24 And the man brought the men into Joseph’s house, and gave them water, and they washed
their feet. And he gave their *** provender. 43:25 And they made ready the present against
Joseph’s coming at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.
43:26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into
the house, and bowed down themselves to him to the earth. 43:27 And he asked them of their
welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
43:28 And they said, Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive. And they bowed the
head, and made obeisance. 43:29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin his brother,
his mother’s son, and said, Is this your youngest brother, of whom ye spake unto me?
And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. 43:30 And Joseph made haste; for his
heart yearned over his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber,
and wept there. 43:31 And he washed his face, and came out; and he refrained himself, and
said, Set on bread. 43:32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves,
and for the Egyptians, that did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might
not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians. 43:33 And
they sat before him, the first-born according to his birthright, and the youngest according
to his youth: and the men marvelled one with another. 43:34 And he took and sent messes
unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of theirs.
And they drank, and were merry with him.
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