THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES CALLED
Genesis
Part 2 (Chapters 26-50)
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26:1:
And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in
the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines
unto Gerar.
26:2:
And the LORD 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 countries, and I will
perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
26:4:
And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give
unto thy seed all these countries; 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, She is 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 for her.
26:10:
And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people
might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought
guiltiness upon us.
26:11:
And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man
or his wife shall surely be put to death.
26:12:
Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold:
and the LORD blessed him.
26:13:
And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very
great:
26:14:
For he had possession of flocks, and possessions of herds, and great store
of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
26:15:
For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of
Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them 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 pitched his tent 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 herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water
is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with
him.
26:21:
And they digged another well, and 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
the LORD 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 the LORD 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 the LORD and
pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
26:26:
Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends,
and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
26:27:
And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and
have sent me away from you?
26:28:
And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said,
Let there be now 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 the LORD.
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 Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto
this day.
26:34:
And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of
Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
26:35:
Which 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 eldest son, and said unto him,
My son: and he said unto him, Behold, 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 some venison;
27:4:
And make me savoury meat, 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 savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee
before the LORD 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 savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
27:10:
And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and 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 savoury meat, such as his father loved.
27:15:
And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, 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 savoury meat 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 firstborn; 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 the LORD thy God brought it to me.
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 the LORD hath blessed:
27:28:
Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth,
and plenty of corn and wine:
27:29:
Let people 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 he 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 had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and
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 firstborn Esau.
27:33:
And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where 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:
And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and
exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also,
O my father.
27:35:
And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, 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 corn and
wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto 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, thy dwelling shall
be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
27:40:
And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall
come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break 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 these 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 deprived also 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 which
are 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 Padan-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 multitude of people;
28:4:
And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee;
that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God
gave unto Abraham.
28:5:
And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of
Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
28:6:
When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-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 Padan-aram;
28:8:
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
28:9:
Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath
the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, 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 of the stones of that place, and put them
for his pillows, 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, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD 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 in all places whither 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 the LORD 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
but 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 for his pillows, 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 Bethel: but the name of that city
was called 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; then shall the LORD
be my God:
28:22:
And this stone, which I have set 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 into the land of the people of
the east.
29:2:
And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three
flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks:
and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.
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 his place.
29:4:
And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be 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 he well? And they said, He 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
till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.
29:9:
And while he yet spake 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:
Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
29:18:
And Jacob loved Rachel; and 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 unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
29:25:
And it came to pass, that in the morning, 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 must not be so done in our country, to give the younger
before the firstborn.
29:27:
Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this 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 also.
29:29:
And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
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 when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, 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, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore
my husband will love me.
29:33:
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath
heard that I was 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 born him three sons: therefore
was his name called Levi.
29:35:
And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise
the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.
30:1:
And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her
sister; and 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; and she shall bear
upon my knees that I may also have 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 maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
30:8:
And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister,
and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
30:9:
When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and
gave her Jacob to wife.
30:10:
And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
30:11:
And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
30:12:
And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
30:13:
And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: 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 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 out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet
him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have 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 the fifth
son.
30:18:
And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden
to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
30:19:
And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
30:20:
And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband
dwell with me, because I have born 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; and said, The LORD shall add to me another
son.
30:25:
And it came to pass, when Rachel had born 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 which I have done thee.
30:27:
And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes,
tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD 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 was with me.
30:30:
For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased
unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: 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 any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and
keep thy flock:
30:32:
I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the
speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle 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 in time to come, when it shall
come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted
among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen
with me.
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 ringstraked and spotted,
and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that
had some white in it, and all the brown 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 green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree;
and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in
the rods.
30:38:
And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters
in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should
conceive when they came to drink.
30:39:
And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked,
speckled, and spotted.
30:40:
And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward
the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his
own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.
30:41:
And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that
Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that
they might conceive among the rods.
30:42:
But when the cattle 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 much cattle, and maidservants,
and menservants, and camels, and asses.
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 before.
31:3:
And the LORD 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 before; 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 cattle bare
speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then
bare all the cattle ringstraked.
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 cattle conceived, that I lifted
up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon
the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
31:11:
And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said,
Here am I.
31:12:
And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon
the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all
that Laban doeth unto thee.
31:13:
I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou
vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return
unto the land of thy kindred.
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 counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite
devoured also our money.
31:16:
For all the riches which God hath taken 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 camels;
31:18:
And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten,
the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan-aram, for to go
to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
31:19:
And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images 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 mount 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 they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
31:24:
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him,
Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
31:25:
Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount:
and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount 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 taken with the
sword?
31:27:
Wherefore didst thou flee away 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 hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now
done foolishly in so doing.
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 thou heed 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,
Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
31:32:
With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him 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 two
maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's
tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
31:34:
Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture,
and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.
31:35:
And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot
rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched,
but found not the images.
31:36:
And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said
to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly
pursued after me?
31:37:
Whereas thou hast searched 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 both.
31:38:
This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have
not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock 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 departed from mine eyes.
31:41:
Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years
for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: 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 thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen
mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
31:43:
And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters,
and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and
all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters,
or unto their children which they have born?
31:44:
Now therefore come thou, 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 an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
31:47:
And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
31:48:
And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore
was the name of it called Galeed;
31:49:
And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are
absent one from another.
31:50:
If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside
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 this pillar, which
I have cast betwixt me and thee;
31:52:
This heap be witness, and this 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:
Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to
eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.
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 when Jacob saw them, he said, 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 country of Edom.
32:4:
And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy
servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there
until now:
32:5:
And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants:
and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
32:6:
And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau,
and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
32:7:
Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people
that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two
bands;
32:8:
And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other
company which is left shall escape.
32:9:
And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac,
the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred,
and I will deal well with thee:
32:10:
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth,
which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over
this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
32:11:
Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of
Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and 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 same night; and took of that which came to his
hand 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 with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty
she asses, and ten foals.
32:16:
And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves;
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 be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent
unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.
32:19:
And so commanded he 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 say ye 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 of me.
32:21:
So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the
company.
32:22:
And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants,
and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
32:23:
And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that 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 out of joint, 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 as
a prince hast thou power 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 I have seen God face
to face, and my life is preserved.
32:31:
And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon
his thigh.
32:32:
Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which
is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the
hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
33:1:
And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, 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 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 those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously
given thy servant.
33:6:
Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed
themselves.
33:7:
And Leah also with 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 drove which I met? And he said,
These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
33:9:
And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
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33:10: And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy
sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy
face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with
me.
33:11:
Take, I pray thee, my blessing 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
the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive
them one day, all the flock will die.
33:14:
Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead
on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children
be able to endure, 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 grace 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 an house, and made booths
for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
33:18:
And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan,
when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city.
33:19:
And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the
hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an 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, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to
see the daughters of the land.
34:2:
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw
her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled 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:
And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were
with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were
come.
34:6:
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
34:7:
And the sons of Jacob came out of 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 him to wife.
34:9:
And make ye marriages with us, and 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 grace
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 deceitfully,
and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
34:14:
And they 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:
But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, 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 more honourable than 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 the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let
us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
34:22:
Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one
people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
34:23:
Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs 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 boldly, 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 out.
34:27:
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they
had defiled their sister.
34:28:
They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, 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 spoiled even all that was in the house.
34:30:
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink
among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites:
and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against
me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
34:31:
And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
35:1:
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make
there an altar unto God, that 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 strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your
garments:
35:3:
And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; 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 strange gods which were in their hand,
and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under
the oak which was by Shechem.
35:5:
And they journeyed: and the 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, that is, Bethel,
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 appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
35:8:
But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under
an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.
35:9:
And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-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 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 talked with him.
35:14:
And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a
pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured
oil thereon.
35:15:
And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.
35:16:
And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come
to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
35:17:
And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said
unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
35:18:
And it came to pass, as her soul was in 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, which is Bethlehem.
35:20:
And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave
unto this day.
35:21:
And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
35:22:
And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and
lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons
of Jacob were twelve:
35:23:
The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, 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, which were born to him in Padan-aram.
35:27:
And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah,
which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
35:28:
And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
35:29:
And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people,
being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
36:1:
Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
36:2:
Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon
the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon
the Hivite;
36:3:
And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
36:4:
And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
36:5:
And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of
Esau, which 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 persons
of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance,
which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from
the face of his brother Jacob.
36:7:
For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the
land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
36:8:
Thus dwelt Esau 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 Bashemath 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 were 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 Bashemath Esau's wife.
36:14:
And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter
of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
36:15:
These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn
son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,
36:16:
Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came
of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
36:17:
And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke
Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land
of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
36:18:
And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam,
duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of
Anah, Esau's wife.
36:19:
These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes.
36:20:
These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and
Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
36:21:
And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the
children of Seir in the land of Edom.
36:22:
And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.
36:23:
And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho,
and Onam.
36:24:
And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that
Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon
his father.
36:25:
And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter
of Anah.
36:26:
And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and
Cheran.
36:27:
The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.
36:28:
The children of Dishan are these: Uz, and Aran.
36:29:
These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal,
duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
36:30:
Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori,
among their dukes 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 Temani 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 Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
36:38:
And Saul 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 Mezahab.
36:40:
And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their
families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah,
duke Jetheth,
36:41:
Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
36:42:
Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
36:43:
Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their
habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the
Edomites.
37:1:
And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, 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 the lad was with the sons
of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph
brought unto his father their evil report.
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 colours.
37:4:
And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his
brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
37:5:
And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it 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 stood 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 his brethren, and said, Behold,
I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the
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 observed the saying.
37:12:
And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
37:13:
And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed 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, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren,
and well with the flocks; 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 seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed
their flocks.
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 when they saw him afar off, even 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 some pit, and
we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will
become of his dreams.
37:21:
And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said,
Let us not kill him.
37:22:
And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that
is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out
of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
37:23:
And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they
stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
37:24:
And they took him, and cast him into a 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 company of Ishmeelites came 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 Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon
him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
37:28:
Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up
Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites 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 kid of the goats, and dipped
the coat in the blood;
37:32:
And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father;
and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or
no.
37:33:
And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured
him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
37:34:
And Jacob rent his clothes, 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 into the grave unto my
son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
37:36:
And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's,
and 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 Shuah;
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 conceived, and 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 firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
38:7:
And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the
LORD slew him.
38:8:
And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her,
and raise up seed to thy brother.
38:9:
And Onan knew that the seed should 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
that he should give seed to his brother.
38:10:
And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
38:11:
Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's
house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die
also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.
38:12:
And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah
was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his
friend Hirah the Adullamite.
38:13:
And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath
to shear his sheep.
38:14:
And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail,
and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath;
for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
38:15:
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered
her face.
38:16:
And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, 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 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 bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her,
and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
38:19:
And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on
the garments of her widowhood.
38:20:
And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive
his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.
38:21:
Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that
was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this
place.
38:22:
And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men
of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.
38:23:
And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: 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 also, 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 bracelets, and staff.
38:26:
And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than
I; because that 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 the one put out his 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, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon
thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
38:30:
And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his
hand: and his name was called Zarah.
39:1:
And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh,
captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites,
which had brought him down thither.
39:2:
And the LORD 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 the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all
that he did to prosper in his hand.
39:4:
And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served 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 had made him overseer in his
house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house
for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD 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 ought he
had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and
well favoured.
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 wotteth
not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath
to my hand;
39:9:
There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any
thing 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 Joseph went into the house to
do his business; 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 an 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 with me, and fled, and got him out.
39:16:
And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
39:17:
And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant,
which 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 with 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, a place where
the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
39:21:
But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour
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 any thing that was under his hand;
because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it
to prosper.
40:1:
And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of
Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
40:2:
And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his 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 served 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, which were bound in the prison.
40:6:
And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and,
behold, they were sad.
40:7:
And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's
house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
40:8:
And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter
of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God?
tell me them, 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
her 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:
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee
unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after
the former manner when thou wast his butler.
40:14:
But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew 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, I had three white baskets
on my head:
40:17:
And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats 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:
Yet within 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 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 well favoured kine and
fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
41:3:
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill
favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of
the river.
41:4:
And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured
and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
41:5:
And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn
came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
41:6:
And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after
them.
41:7:
And the seven thin ears devoured 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 captain
of the guard's house, both 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 there with us a young man, an 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 thou canst understand
a dream to interpret it.
41:16:
And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh
an answer of peace.
41:17:
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank
of the river:
41:18:
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and
well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
41:19:
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured
and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
41:20:
And the lean and the ill favoured 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 favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
41:22:
And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in 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 devoured the seven good ears: and I told this 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: God hath shewed
Pharaoh what he is about to do.
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 thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven
years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven
years of famine.
41:28:
This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to
do he sheweth 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
following; for it shall be very grievous.
41:32:
And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; 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 officers 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 those good years that come, and lay
up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
41:36:
And that food shall be for 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 is,
a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
41:39:
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this,
there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
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 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 made him ruler 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 foot in all the land of Egypt.
41:45:
And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife
Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over
all 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 gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left
numbering; for it was without number.
41:50:
And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which
Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.
41:51:
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he,
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 caused me to
be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
41:53:
And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were
ended.
41:54:
And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said:
and the dearth was 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 storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore
in the land of Egypt.
41:57:
And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that
the famine was so sore in all lands.
42:1:
Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons,
Why do ye look one upon another?
42:2:
And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn 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 corn in Egypt.
42:4:
But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he
said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
42:5:
And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the
famine was in the land of Canaan.
42:6:
And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all
the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves
before 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 unto 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, 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 kept in
prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any 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 the house of your
prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
42:20:
But 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 anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would
not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
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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, behold,
also his blood is required.
42:23:
And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by
an interpreter.
42:24:
And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again,
and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before
their eyes.
42:25:
Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every
man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and
thus did he unto them.
42:26:
And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.
42:27:
And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn,
he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth.
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 were afraid, saying one
to another, 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 befell unto them; saying,
42:30:
The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us
for spies of the country.
42:31:
And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
42:32:
We be 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 country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know
that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take
food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
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 traffick 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 both they and their father saw
the 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 is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye
go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
43:1:
And the famine was sore in the land.
43:2:
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn 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 us straitly of our state, and of 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 certainly 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 now we had returned this second time.
43:11:
And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this;
take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the
man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts,
and almonds:
43:12:
And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again
in the mouth of your sacks, carry it 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 send away your
other brother, and Benjamin. 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 ruler of his house,
Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine
with me at noon.
43:17:
And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's
house.
43:18:
And the men were afraid, because they were brought into 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 asses.
43:19:
And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed
with him at the door of the house,
43:20:
And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
43:21:
And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, 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 hands to buy food: we cannot
tell 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 asses provender.
43:25:
And they made ready the present against Joseph came 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 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 answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet
alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
43:29:
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son,
and said, Is this your younger 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 bowels did yearn upon 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 went out, and 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, which 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 firstborn according to his birthright, and
the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at 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.
44:1:
And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks
with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his
sack's mouth.
44:2:
And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and
his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
44:3:
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their
asses.
44:4:
And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said
unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake
them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
44:5:
Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth?
ye have done evil in so doing.
44:6:
And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
44:7:
And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid
that thy servants should do according to this thing:
44:8:
Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again
unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy
lord's house silver or gold?
44:9:
With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also
will be my lord's bondmen.
44:10:
And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words; he with whom
it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.
44:11:
Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened
every man his sack.
44:12:
And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and
the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
44:13:
Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned
to the city.
44:14:
And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there:
and they fell before him on the ground.
44:15:
And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye
not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
44:16:
And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or
how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants:
behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup
is found.
44:17:
And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand
the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in
peace unto your father.
44:18:
Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I
pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn
against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.
44:19:
My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
44:20:
And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of
his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left
of his mother, and his father loveth him.
44:21:
And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set
mine eyes upon him.
44:22:
And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should
leave his father, his father would die.
44:23:
And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down
with you, ye shall see my face no more.
44:24:
And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told
him the words of my lord.
44:25:
And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
44:26:
And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then
will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest
brother be with us.
44:27:
And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two
sons:
44:28:
And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces;
and I saw him not since:
44:29:
And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring
down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
44:30:
Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not
with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
44:31:
It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that
he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant
our father with sorrow to the grave.
44:32:
For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I
bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.
44:33:
Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a
bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
44:34:
For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure
I see the evil that shall come on my father.
45:1:
Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him;
and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man
with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.
45:2:
And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
45:3:
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live?
And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.
45:4:
And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they
came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
45:5:
Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me
hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
45:6:
For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are
five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
45:7:
And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and
to save your lives by a great deliverance.
45:8:
So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me
a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout
all the land of Egypt.
45:9:
Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son
Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
45:10:
And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto
me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks,
and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
45:11:
And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine;
lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
45:12:
And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it
is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
45:13:
And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye
have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
45:14:
And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept
upon his neck.
45:15:
Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that
his brethren talked with him.
45:16:
And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren
are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
45:17:
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your
beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;
45:18:
And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will
give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the
land.
45:19:
Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of
Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father,
and come.
45:20:
Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.
45:21:
And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according
to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
45:22:
To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he
gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.
45:23:
And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good
things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for
his father by the way.
45:24:
So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them,
See that ye fall not out by the way.
45:25:
And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob
their father,
45:26:
And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all
the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.
45:27:
And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them:
and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit
of Jacob their father revived:
45:28:
And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and
see him before I die.
46:1:
And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba,
and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
46:2:
And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob,
Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
46:3:
And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into
Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
46:4:
I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee
up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
46:5:
And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob
their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which
Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
46:6:
And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the
land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
46:7:
His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters,
and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
46:8:
And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt,
Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
46:9:
And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
46:10:
And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar,
and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
46:11:
And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
46:12:
And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah:
but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were
Hezron and Hamul.
46:13:
And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
46:14:
And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
46:15:
These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with
his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty
and three.
46:16:
And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi,
and Areli.
46:17:
And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah
their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
46:18:
These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and
these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
46:19:
The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
46:20:
And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which
Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.
46:21:
And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and
Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
46:22:
These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were
fourteen.
46:23:
And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
46:24:
And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
46:25:
These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter,
and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
46:26:
All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins,
besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;
46:27:
And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all
the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore
and ten.
46:28:
And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen;
and they came into the land of Goshen.
46:29:
And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father,
to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and
wept on his neck a good while.
46:30:
And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face,
because thou art yet alive.
46:31:
And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will
go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's
house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
46:32:
And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and
they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.
46:33:
And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say,
What is your occupation?
46:34:
That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our
youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell
in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
47:1:
Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren,
and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out
of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
47:2:
And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto
Pharaoh.
47:3:
And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said
unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.
47:4:
They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come;
for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore
in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell
in the land of Goshen.
47:5:
And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are
come unto thee:
47:6:
The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father
and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou
knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
47:7:
And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and
Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
47:8:
And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
47:9:
And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are
an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of
my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life
of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
47:10:
And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
47:11:
And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession
in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses,
as Pharaoh had commanded.
47:12:
And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's
household, with bread, according to their families.
47:13:
And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so
that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of
the famine.
47:14:
And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt,
and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought
the money into Pharaoh's house.
47:15:
And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan,
all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should
we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.
47:16:
And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle,
if money fail.
47:17:
And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in
exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds,
and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for
that year.
47:18:
When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said
unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent;
my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight
of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
47:19:
Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us
and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh:
and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.
47:20:
And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians
sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the
land became Pharaoh's.
47:21:
And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders
of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
47:22:
Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion
assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave
them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
47:23:
Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and
your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
47:24:
And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth
part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field,
and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your
little ones.
47:25:
And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight
of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
47:26:
And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh
should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which
became not Pharaoh's.
47:27:
And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they
had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
47:28:
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age
of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.
47:29:
And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph,
and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray
thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury
me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
47:30:
But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and
bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
47:31:
And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself
upon the bed's head.
48:1:
And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy
father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
48:2:
And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee:
and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
48:3:
And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the
land of Canaan, and blessed me,
48:4:
And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee,
and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land
to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
48:5:
And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in
the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben
and Simeon, they shall be mine.
48:6:
And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall
be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
48:7:
And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of
Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath:
and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
48:8:
And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?
48:9:
And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given
me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I
will bless them.
48:10:
Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And
he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
48:11:
And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo,
God hath shewed me also thy seed.
48:12:
And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself
with his face to the earth.
48:13:
And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left
hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought
them near unto him.
48:14:
And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head,
who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his
hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
48:15:
And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and
Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
48:16:
The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name
be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let
them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
48:17:
And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of
Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove
it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.
48:18:
And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn;
put thy right hand upon his head.
48:19:
And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also
shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger
brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude
of nations.
48:20:
And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying,
God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
48:21:
And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you,
and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
48:22:
Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took
out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
49:1:
And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that
I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
49:2:
Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto
Israel your father.
49:3:
Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength,
the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
49:4:
Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy
father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
49:5:
Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
49:6:
O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour,
be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill
they digged down a wall.
49:7:
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel:
I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
49:8:
Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in
the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before
thee.
49:9:
Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped
down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
49:10:
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his
feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people
be.
49:11:
Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine;
he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
49:12:
His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
49:13:
Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven
of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
49:14:
Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
49:15:
And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed
his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
49:16:
Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
49:17:
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the
horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
49:18:
I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
49:19:
Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
49:20:
Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
49:21:
Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
49:22:
Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches
run over the wall:
49:23:
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
49:24:
But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong
by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd,
the stone of Israel:)
49:25:
Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty,
who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep
that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
49:26:
The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors
unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head
of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his
brethren.
49:27:
Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey,
and at night he shall divide the spoil.
49:28:
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father
spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing
he blessed them.
49:29:
And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people:
bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the
Hittite,
49:30:
In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in
the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite
for a possession of a buryingplace.
49:31:
There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and
Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
49:32:
The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the
children of Heth.
49:33:
And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his
feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his
people.
50:1:
And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
50:2:
And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father:
and the physicians embalmed Israel.
50:3:
And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of
those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore
and ten days.
50:4:
And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house
of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray
you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
50:5:
My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged
for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let
me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.
50:6:
And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee
swear.
50:7:
And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants
of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of
Egypt,
50:8:
And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house:
only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in
the land of Goshen.
50:9:
And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very
great company.
50:10:
And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and
there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made
a mourning for his father seven days.
50:11:
And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning
in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians:
wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
50:12:
And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
50:13:
For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the
cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for
a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
50:14:
And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went
up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
50:15:
And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph
will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which
we did unto him.
50:16:
And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before
he died, saying,
50:17:
So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of
thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray
thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And
Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
50:18:
And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said,
Behold, we be thy servants.
50:19:
And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
50:20:
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good,
to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
50:21:
Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And
he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
50:22:
And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived
an hundred and ten years.
50:23:
And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children
also of Machir the son Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees.
50:24:
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you,
and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham,
to Isaac, and to Jacob.
50:25:
And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely
visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
50:26:
So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him,
and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
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