| 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. |
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| 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? |
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| 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. |
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|
| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
| 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. |
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| 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? |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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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. |
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| 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. |
| 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: |