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King James Bible, The Old Testament, Genesis.

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Genesis 1-25

Chapter 1

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and themorning were the first day.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide thewaters from the waters.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament fromthe waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the secondday.
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, andlet the dry land appear: and it was so.
10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called heSeas: and God saw that it was good.
11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruittree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it wasso.
12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the treeyielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day fromthe night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth:and it was so.
16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser lightto rule the night: he made the stars also.
17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness:and God saw that it was good.
19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life,and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the watersbrought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and Godsaw that it was good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in theseas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, andcreeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, andevery thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them havedominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, andover all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male andfemale created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenishthe earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl ofthe air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the faceof all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; toyou it shall be for meat.
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing thatcreepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat:and it was so.
31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And theevening and the morning were the sixth day.
Chapter 2 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on theseventh day from all his work which he had made.
3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had restedfrom all his work which God created and made.
4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in theday that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the fieldbefore it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there wasnot a man to till the ground.
6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrilsthe breath of life; and man became a living soul.
8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he hadformed.
9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to thesight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the treeof knowledge of good and evil.
10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, andbecame into four heads.
11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah,where there is gold;
12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the wholeland of Ethiopia.
14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east ofAssyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and tokeep it.
16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayestfreely eat:
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in theday that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him anhelp meet for him.
19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl ofthe air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adamcalled every living creature, that was the name thereof.
20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast ofthe field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took oneof his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought herunto the man.
23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be calledWoman, because she was taken out of Man.
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife:and they shall be one flesh.
25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Chapter 3 1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God hadmade. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree ofthe garden?
2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Yeshall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and yeshall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to theeyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and dideat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and theysewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day:and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the treesof the garden.
9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked;and I hid myself.
11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof Icommanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree,and I did eat.
13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the womansaid, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursedabove all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, anddust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; itshall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; insorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and heshall rule over thee.
17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hasteaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed isthe ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb ofthe field;
19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; forout of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil:and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and livefor ever:
23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground fromwhence he was taken.
24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, anda flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Chapter 4 1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gottena man from the LORD.
2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was atiller of the ground.
3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground anoffering unto the LORD.
4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And theLORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and hiscountenance fell.
6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth atthe door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field,that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I mybrother's keeper?
10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me fromthe ground.
11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thybrother's blood from thy hand;
12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; afugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy faceshall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall cometo pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be takenon him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on theeast of Eden.
17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, andcalled the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael:and Methusael begat Lamech.
19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of theother Zillah.
20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as havecattle.
21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp andorgan.
22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructor of every artificer in brass andiron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech,hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God,said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then beganmen to call upon the name of the LORD.
Chapter 5 1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in thelikeness of God made he him;
2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in theday when they were created.
3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, afterhis image; and called his name Seth:
4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begatsons and daughters:
5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons anddaughters:
8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sonsand daughters:
11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
12 And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begatsons and daughters:
14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begatsons and daughters:
17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sonsand daughters:
23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, andbegat sons and daughters:
27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work andtoil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sonsand daughters:
31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Chapter 6 1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, anddaughters were born unto them,
2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took themwives of all which they chose.
3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also isflesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of Godcame in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mightymen which were of old, men of renown.
5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that everyimagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at hisheart.
7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth;both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth methat I have made them.
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations,and Noah walked with God.
10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corruptedhis way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filledwith violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch itwithin and without with pitch.
15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall bethree hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and thedoor of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third storiesshalt thou make it.
17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy allflesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in theearth shall die.
18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, andthy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into theark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing ofthe earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee;and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
Chapter 7 1 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee haveI seen righteous before me in this generation.
2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and ofbeasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon theface of all the earth.
4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and fortynights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face ofthe earth.
5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into theark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing thatcreepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God hadcommanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day ofthe month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and thewindows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, andNoah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and everycreeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind,every bird of every sort.
15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is thebreath of life.
16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him:and the LORD shut him in.
17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up theark, and it was lift up above the earth.
18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark wentupon the face of the waters.
19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that wereunder the whole heaven, were covered.
20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and ofbeast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, bothman, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they weredestroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
Chapter 8 1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with himin the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain fromheaven was restrained;
3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundredand fifty days the waters were abated.
4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon themountains of Ararat.
5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on thefirst day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the arkwhich he had made:
7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried upfrom off the earth.
8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the faceof the ground;
9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, andtook her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leafplucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not againunto him any more.
13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the firstday of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed thecovering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earthdried.
15 And God spake unto Noah, saying,
16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl,and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they maybreed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:
19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon theearth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
20 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of everyclean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not againcurse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil fromhis youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer andwinter, and day and night shall not cease.
Chapter 9 1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, andreplenish the earth.
2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, andupon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishesof the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have Igiven you all things.
4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will Irequire it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require thelife of man.
6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God madehe man.
7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiplytherein.
8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and ofevery beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of theearth.
11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any moreby the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you andevery living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me andthe earth.
14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall beseen in the cloud:
15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creatureof all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember theeverlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon theearth.
17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have establishedbetween me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: andHam is the father of Canaan.
19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his twobrethren without.
23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and wentbackward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, andthey saw not their father's nakedness.
24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall behis servant.
28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
Chapter 10 1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and untothem were sons born after the flood.
2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, andTiras.
3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after histongue, after their families, in their nations.
6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and thesons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mightyhunter before the LORD.
10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in theland of Shinar.
11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, andCalah,
12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
15 And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the familiesof the Canaanites spread abroad.
19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; asthou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in theircountries, and in their nations.
21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth theelder, even to him were children born.
22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was theearth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands,after their nations.
32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations:and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
Chapter 11 1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in theland of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. Andthey had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach untoheaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the wholeearth.
5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and thisthey begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imaginedto do.
7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understandone another's speech.
8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and theyleft off to build the city.
9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound thelanguage of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the faceof all the earth.
10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxadtwo years after the flood:
11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons anddaughters.
12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sonsand daughters.
14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons anddaughters.
16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons anddaughters.
18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons anddaughters.
20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons anddaughters.
22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons anddaughters.
26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haranbegat Lot.
28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of theChaldees.
29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the nameof Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father ofIscah.
30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai hisdaughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of theChaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
Chapter 12 1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred,and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee:
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great;and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in theeshall all families of the earth be blessed.
4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram wasseventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance thatthey had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to gointo the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. Andthe Canaanite was then in the land.
7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: andthere builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent,having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto theLORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there;for the famine was grievous in the land.
11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Saraihis wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shallsay, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and mysoul shall live because of thee.
14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld thewoman that she was very fair.
15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the womanwas taken into Pharaoh's house.
16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, andmenservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram'swife.
18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didstthou not tell me that she was thy wife?
19 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: nowtherefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, andall that he had.
Chapter 13 1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot withhim, into the south.
2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tenthad been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abramcalled on the name of the LORD.
5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for theirsubstance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot'scattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, andbetween my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilttake the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, thenI will go to the left.
10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was wellwatered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden ofthe LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separatedthemselves the one from the other.
12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, andpitched his tent toward Sodom.
13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thineeyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, andwestward:
15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dustof the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I willgive it unto thee.
18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is inHebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
Chapter 14 1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar,Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;
2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinabking of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, andsmote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in ShavehKiriathaim,
6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country ofthe Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.
8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah,and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battlewith them in the vale of Siddim;
9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king ofShinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled,and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and wenttheir way.
12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, anddeparted.
13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in theplain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these wereconfederate with Abram.
14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants,born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, andpursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and hisgoods, and the women also, and the people.
17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter ofChedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is theking's dale.
18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest ofthe most high God.
19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor ofheaven and earth:
20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. Andhe gave him tithes of all.
21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods tothyself.
22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the mosthigh God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take anything that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
24 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which wentwith me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
Chapter 15 1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fearnot, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the stewardof my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house ismine heir.
4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir;but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars,if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to givethee this land to inherit it.
8 And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of threeyears old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece oneagainst another: but the birds divided he not.
11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror ofgreat darkness fell upon him.
13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a landthat is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall theycome out with great substance.
15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of theAmorites is not yet full.
17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smokingfurnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I giventhis land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
Chapter 16 1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian,whose name was Hagar.
2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I praythee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkenedto the voice of Sarai.
3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten yearsin the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived,her mistress was despised in her eyes.
5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom;and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judgebetween me and thee.
6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseththee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by thefountain in the way to Shur.
8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And shesaid, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyselfunder her hands.
10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that itshall not be numbered for multitude.
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear ason, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's handagainst him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for shesaid, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
Chapter 17 1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and saidunto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for afather of many nations have I made thee.
6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kingsshall come out of thee.
7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in theirgenerations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed afterthee.
8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art astranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seedafter thee in their generations.
10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee;Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of thecovenant betwixt me and you.
12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in yourgenerations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which isnot of thy seed.
13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs becircumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, thatsoul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai,but Sarah shall her name be.
16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and sheshall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child beborn unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old,bear?
18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his nameIsaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with hisseed after him.
20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make himfruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I willmake him a great nation.
21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at thisset time in the next year.
22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all thatwere bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcisedthe flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of hisforeskin.
25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of hisforeskin.
26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger,were circumcised with him.
Chapter 18 1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door inthe heat of the day;
2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he sawthem, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee,from thy servant:
4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselvesunder the tree:
5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall passon: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly threemeasures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto ayoung man; and he hasted to dress it.
8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them;and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo,Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behindhim.
11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarahafter the manner of women.
12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I havepleasure, my lord being old also?
13 And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a suretybear a child, which am old?
14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee,according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; butthou didst laugh.
16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them tobring them on the way.
17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nationsof the earth shall be blessed in him?
19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and theyshall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring uponAbraham that which he hath spoken of him.
20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because theirsin is very grievous;
21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry ofit, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stoodyet before the LORD.
23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and notspare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked:and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judgeof all the earth do right?
26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I willspare all the place for their sakes.
27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord,which am but dust and ashes:
28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all thecity for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty foundthere. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.
30 And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventurethere shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventurethere shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.
32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once:Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.
33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abrahamreturned unto his place.
Chapter 19 1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lotseeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, andtarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. Andthey said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into hishouse; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed thehouse round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to theethis night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bringthem out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men donothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, andhe will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And theypressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut tothe door.
11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both smalland great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, andthy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:
13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the faceof the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, andsaid, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed asone that mocked unto his sons in law.
15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife,and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife,and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they broughthim forth, and set him without the city.
17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape forthy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to themountain, lest thou be consumed.
18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thymercy, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to themountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escapethither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I willnot overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither.Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD outof heaven;
25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of thecities, and that which grew upon the ground.
26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:
28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, andbeheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God rememberedAbraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities inthe which Lot dwelt.
30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him;for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man inthe earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserveseed of our father.
33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and laywith her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, Ilay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thouin, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and laywith him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of theMoabites unto this day.
38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is thefather of the children of Ammon unto this day.
Chapter 20 1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled betweenKadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent,and took Sarah.
3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but adead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteousnation?
5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother:in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity ofthy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee notto touch her.
7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee,and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die,thou, and all that are thine.
8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told allthese things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.
9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and whathave I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thouhast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; andthey will slay me for my wife's sake.
12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughterof my mother; and she became my wife.
13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I saidunto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me; at every place whither weshall come, say of me, He is my brother. 14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave themunto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver:behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with allother: thus she was reproved.
17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and hismaidservants; and they bare children.
18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because ofSarah Abraham's wife.
Chapter 21 1 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he hadspoken.
2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which Godhad spoken to him.
3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him,Isaac.
4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given childrensuck? for I have born him a son in his old age.
8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day thatIsaac was weaned.
9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son ofthis bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.
12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, andbecause of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice;for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, andgave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and shedeparted, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot:for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, andlift up her voice, and wept.
17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven,and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of thelad where he is.
18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled thebottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became anarcher.
21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the landof Egypt.
22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of hishost spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, norwith my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done untothee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
24 And Abraham said, I will swear.
25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servantshad violently taken away.
26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me,neither yet heard I of it, but to day.
27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made acovenant.
28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set bythemselves?
30 And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be awitness unto me, that I have digged this well.
31 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chiefcaptain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, theeverlasting God.
34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.
Chapter 22 1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said untohim, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee intothe land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountainswhich I will tell thee of.
3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his youngmen with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up,and went unto the place of which God had told him.
4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad willgo yonder and worship, and come again to you.
6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and hetook the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, myson. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burntoffering?
8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so theywent both of them together.
9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there,and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon thewood.
10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham:and he said, Here am I.
12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: fornow I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only sonfrom me.
13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in athicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burntoffering in the stead of his son.
14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, Inthe mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done thisthing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as thestars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shallpossess the gate of his enemies;
18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyedmy voice.
19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together toBeersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold,Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash,and Maachah.
Chapter 23 1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of thelife of Sarah.
2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abrahamcame to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace withyou, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchresbury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayestbury thy dead.
7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the childrenof Heth.
8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out ofmy sight; hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of hisfield; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham inthe audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city,saying,
11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give itthee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thouwilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me,and I will bury my dead there.
14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what isthat betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which hehad named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, currentmoney with the merchant.
17 And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, andthe cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all theborders round about, were made sure
18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all thatwent in at the gate of his city.
19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelahbefore Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for apossession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
Chapter 24 1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham inall things.
2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had,Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
3 And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth,that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whomI dwell:
4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow meunto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?
6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
7 The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of mykindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will Igive this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto myson from thence.
8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from thismy oath: only bring not my son thither again.
9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to himconcerning that matter.
10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all thegoods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the cityof Nahor.
11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time ofthe evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
12 And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day,and show kindness unto my master Abraham.
13 Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the citycome out to draw water:
14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, Ipray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drinkalso: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and therebyshall I know that thou hast showed kindness unto my master.
15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, whowas born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcherupon her shoulder.
16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: andshe went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water ofthy pitcher.
18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand,and gave him drink.
19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camelsalso, until they have done drinking.
20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well todraw water, and drew for all his camels.
21 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made hisjourney prosperous or not.
22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a goldenearring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight ofgold;
23 And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father'shouse for us to lodge in?
24 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bareunto Nahor.
25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodgein.
26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.
27 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitutemy master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house ofmy master's brethren.
28 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things.
29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, untothe well.
30 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, andwhen he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that hecame unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for Ihave prepared the house, and room for the camels.
32 And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw andprovender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were withhim.
33 And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I havetold mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
34 And he said, I am Abraham's servant.
35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath givenhim flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, andcamels, and asses.
36 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hathhe given all that he hath.
37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of thedaughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto myson.
39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
40 And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, andprosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father'shouse:
41 Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if theygive not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if nowthou do prosper my way which I go:
43 Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgincometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thypitcher to drink;
44 And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the samebe the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master's son.
45 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with herpitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said untoher, Let me drink, I pray thee.
46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and Iwill give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.
47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter ofBethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, andthe bracelets upon her hands.
48 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of mymaster Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughterunto his son.
49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me;that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannotspeak unto thee bad or good.
51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master's son'swife, as the LORD hath spoken.
52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he worshipped theLORD, bowing himself to the earth.
53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, andgave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night;and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.
55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at theleast ten; after that she shall go.
56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send meaway that I may go to my master.
57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.
58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, Iwill go.
59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and hismen.
60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother ofthousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
61 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed theman: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country.
63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes,and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.
64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
65 For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meetus? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a veil, and coveredherself.
66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she becamehis wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
Chapter 25 1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim,and Leummim.
4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All thesewere the children of Keturah.
5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sentthem away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundredthreescore and fifteen years.
8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full ofyears; and was gathered to his people.
9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field ofEphron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, andSarah his wife.
11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; andIsaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.
12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian,Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to theirgenerations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by theircastles; twelve princes according to their nations.
17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years:and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.
18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest towardAssyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:
20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel theSyrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21 And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD wasentreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am Ithus? And she went to inquire of the LORD.
23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shallbe separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people;and the elder shall serve the younger.
24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his nameEsau.
26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and hisname was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was aplain man, dwelling in tents.
28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I amfaint: therefore was his name called Edom.
31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthrightdo to me?
33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthrightunto Jacob.
34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and roseup, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.



Genesis 26-50



Chapter 26

1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days ofAbraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the landwhich I shall tell thee of:
3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, andunto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I swareunto Abraham thy father;
4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seedall these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes,and my laws.
6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for hefeared 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.
8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of thePhilistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekahhis wife.
9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and howsaidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die forher.
10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people mightlightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wifeshall surely be put to death.
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and theLORD blessed him.
13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants:and the Philistines envied him.
15 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham hisfather, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dweltthere.
18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abrahamhis father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he calledtheir names after the names by which his father had called them.
19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
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.
21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of itSitnah.
22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: andhe 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.
23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.
24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thyfather: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for myservant Abraham's sake.
25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched histent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol thechief captain of his army.
27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent meaway from you?
28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there benow an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done untothee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of theLORD.
30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent themaway, and they departed from him in peace.
32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerningthe well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.
33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.
34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri theHittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
Chapter 27 1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he couldnot see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him,Behold, here am I.
2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to thefield, and take me some venison;
4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that mysoul may bless thee before I die.
5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to huntfor venison, and to bring it.
6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esauthy brother, saying,
7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before theLORD before my death.
8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I willmake them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless theebefore his death.
11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I ama smooth man:
12 My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shallbring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and gofetch me them.
14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savourymeat, such as his father loved.
15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in thehouse, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth ofhis neck:
17 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand ofher son Jacob.
18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou,my son?
19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thoubadest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? Andhe said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me.
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.
22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice isJacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: sohe blessed him.
24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul maybless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and hedrank.
26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessedhim, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hathblessed:
28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plentyof corn and wine:
29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and letthy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed behe that blesseth thee.
30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob wasyet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came infrom his hunting.
31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto hisfather, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.
32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thyfirstborn Esau.
33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath takenvenison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessedhim? yea, and he shall be blessed.
34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bittercry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtlety, and hath taken away thy blessing.
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?
37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all hisbrethren 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?
38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even mealso, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be thefatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come topass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esausaid in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay mybrother Jacob.
42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and calledJacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, dothcomfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother toHaran;
44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away;
45 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast doneto him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of youboth in one day?
46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: ifJacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters ofthe land, what good shall my life do me?
Chapter 28 1 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thoushalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee awife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayestbe a multitude of people;
4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thoumayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel theSyrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take hima wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shaltnot take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;
8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughterof Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun wasset; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay downin that place to sleep.
12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached toheaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thyfather, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and tothy seed;
14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to thewest, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seedshall all the families of the earth be blessed.
15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, andwill bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done thatwhich I have spoken to thee of.
16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and Iknew it not.
17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but thehouse of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for hispillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luzat the first.
20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this waythat I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all thatthou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Chapter 29 1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.
2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheeplying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon thewell's mouth.
3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well'smouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.
4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
6 And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel hisdaughter cometh with the sheep.
7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should begathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.
8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they rollthe stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.
9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she keptthem.
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 stonefrom the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
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.
13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that heran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And hetold Laban all these things.
14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him thespace of a month.
15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serveme for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of theyounger was Rachel.
17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy youngerdaughter.
19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her toanother man: abide with me.
20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, forthe love he had to her.
21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go inunto her.
22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her tohim; and he went in unto her.
24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
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 thenhast thou beguiled me?
26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before thefirstborn.
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt servewith me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wifealso.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and servedwith him yet seven other years.
31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
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.
33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that Iwas hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.
34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband bejoined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
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.
Chapter 30 1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; andsaid unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hathwithheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
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.
4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me ason: therefore called she his name Dan.
7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I haveprevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob towife.
10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called hisname Asher.
14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, andbrought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thyson's mandrakes.
15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? andwouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall liewith thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.
16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, andsaid, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. Andhe lay with her that night.
17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
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.
19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
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.
21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send meaway, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.
26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thouknowest my service which I have done thee.
27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: forI have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was withme.
30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto amultitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I providefor mine own house also?
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.
32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled andspotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckledamong the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hirebefore thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brownamong the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
35 And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstreaked and spotted, and all theshe goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and allthe brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
36 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest ofLaban's flocks.
37 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut tree; and pilledwhite streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in thewatering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they cameto drink.
39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstreaked,speckled, and spotted.
40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward theringstreaked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks bythemselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.
41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid therods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among therods.
42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, andthe stronger Jacob's.
43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, andmenservants, and camels, and asses.
Chapter 31 1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that wasour father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory.
2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred;and I will be with thee.
4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
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.
6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered himnot to hurt me.
8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: andif he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstreaked.
9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
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 ringstreaked,speckled, and grisled.
11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattleare ringstreaked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vowunto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritancefor us in our father's house?
15 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured alsoour money.
16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and ourchildren's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattleof his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in theland of Canaan.
19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were herfather's.
20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that hefled.
21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set hisface toward the mount Gilead.
22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and theyovertook him in the mount Gilead.
24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed thatthou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban withhis brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares tome, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?
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?
28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishlyin so doing.
29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto meyesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thyfather's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventurethou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discernthou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolenthem.
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'stent.
34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat uponthem. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.
35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up beforethee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.
36 And Jacob was wroth, and chided with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, Whatis my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy householdstuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt usboth.
38 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast theiryoung, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of myhand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.
40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleepdeparted from mine eyes.
41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy twodaughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been withme, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labourof my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and thesechildren 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?
44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for awitness between me and thee.
45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made anheap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was thename of it called Galeed;
49 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent onefrom another.
50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside mydaughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have castbetwixt me and thee;
52 This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heapto thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
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.
54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: andthey did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.
55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, andblessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.
Chapter 32 1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of thatplace Mahanaim.
3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, thecountry of Edom.
4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacobsaith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sentto tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also hecometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was withhim, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which isleft shall escape.
9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD whichsaidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well withthee:
10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hastshowed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am becometwo bands.
11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fearhim, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
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.
13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a presentfor Esau his brother;
14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, andten foals.
16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; andsaid unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and askeththee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lordEsau: and, behold, also he is behind us.
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.
20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I willappease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face;peradventure he will accept of me.
21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and hiseleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of theday.
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.
26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go,except thou bless me.
27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hastthou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Whereforeis it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and mylife is preserved.
31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon thehollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in thesinew that shrank.
Chapter 33 1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him fourhundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the twohandmaids.
2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after,and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until hecame near to his brother.
4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: andthey wept.
5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are thosewith thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.
6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Josephnear and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
8 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are tofind grace in the sight of my lord.
9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receivemy present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the faceof God, and thou wast pleased with me.
11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealtgraciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.
12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks andherds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock willdie.
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 Icome unto my lord unto Seir.
15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And hesaid, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.
16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
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.
18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when hecame from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.
19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of thechildren of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.
20 And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel.
Chapter 34 1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see thedaughters of the land.
2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he tookher, and lay with her, and defiled her.
3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spakekindly unto the damsel.
4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with hiscattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men weregrieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying withJacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for yourdaughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughtersunto you.
10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade yetherein, and get you possessions therein.
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.
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.
13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said,because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that isuncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you becircumcised;
16 Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and wewill dwell with you, and we will become one people.
17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter,and we will be gone.
18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob'sdaughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.
20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with themen of their city, saying,
21 These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and tradetherein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters tous for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
22 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, ifevery male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
23 Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only letus consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of hiscity; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons ofJacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the cityboldly, and slew all the males.
26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah outof Shechem's house, and went out.
27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiledtheir sister.
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,
29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, andspoiled even all that was in the house.
30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among theinhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few innumber, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall bedestroyed, I and my house.
31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
Chapter 35 1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there analtar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thybrother.
2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strangegods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, whoanswered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all theirearrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round aboutthem, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all thepeople that were with him.
7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appearedunto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: andthe name of it was called Allonbachuth.
9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.
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.
11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and acompany of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seedafter thee will I give the land.
13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar ofstone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.
16 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: andRachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fearnot; thou shalt have this son also.
18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called hisname Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto thisday.
21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay withBilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, andIssachar, and Zebulun:
24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob,which were born to him in Padanaram.
27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which isHebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old andfull of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
Chapter 36 1 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
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;
3 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which wereborn unto him in the land of Canaan.
6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of hishouse, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in theland of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.
7 For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land whereinthey were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
9 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
10 These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel theson of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: thesewere the sons of Adah Esau's wife.
13 And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were thesons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
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.
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,
16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz inthe land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
17 And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, dukeMizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons ofBashemath Esau's wife.
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.
19 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes.
20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, andZibeon, and Anah,
21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children ofSeir in the land of Edom.
22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.
23 And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
24 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah thatfound the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
25 And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.
26 And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
27 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.
28 The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.
29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon,duke Anah,
30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among theirdukes in the land of Seir.
31 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any kingover the children of Israel.
32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.
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 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
38 And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
39 And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name ofhis city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughterof Mezahab.
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,
41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations inthe land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.
Chapter 37 1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding theflock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons ofZilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his oldage: and he made him a coat of many colours.
4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, theyhated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet themore.
6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and alsostood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to mysheaf.
8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed havedominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I havedreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars madeobeisance to me.
10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and saidunto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thybrethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and Iwill send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and wellwith the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and hecame to Shechem.
15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the manasked him, saying, What seekest thou?
16 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
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.
18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspiredagainst him to slay him.
19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
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.
21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not killhim.
22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in thewilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliverhim to his father again.
23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Josephout of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no waterin it.
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 andmyrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and concealhis blood?
27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for heis our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out ofthe pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they broughtJoseph into Egypt.
29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he renthis clothes.
30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall Igo?
31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in theblood;
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.
33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Josephis without doubt rent in pieces.
34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his sonmany days.
35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to becomforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus hisfather wept for him.
36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, andcaptain of the guard.
Chapter 38 1 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turnedin to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he tookher, and went in unto her.
3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.
5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was atChezib, when she bare him.
6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.
8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise upseed to thy brother.
9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in untohis brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to hisbrother.
10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
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 brethrendid. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.
12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah wascomforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah theAdullamite.
13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shearhis sheep.
14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a veil, and wrappedherself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelahwas grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.
16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in untothee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thougive me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
17 And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me apledge, till thou send it?
18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thybracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her,and she conceived by him.
19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her veil from her, and put on the garments ofher widowhood.
20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledgefrom the woman's hand: but he found her not.
21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly bythe way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.
22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the placesaid, that there was no harlot in this place.
23 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, andthou hast not found her.
24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thydaughter 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.
25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whosethese are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, thesignet, and bracelets, and staff.
26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; becausethat I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.
28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwifetook and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.
29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: andshe said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name wascalled Pharez.
30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and hisname was called Zarah.
Chapter 39 1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain ofthe guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought himdown thither.
2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house ofhis master the Egyptian.
3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did toprosper in his hand.
4 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer overhis house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
5 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and overall that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and theblessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.
6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save thebread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.
7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes uponJoseph; and she said, Lie with me.
8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what iswith me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from mebut thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sinagainst God?
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.
11 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do hisbusiness; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in herhand, and fled, and got him out.
13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and wasfled forth,
14 That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hathbrought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I criedwith a loud voice:
15 And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he lefthis garment with me, and fled, and got him out.
16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
17 And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thouhast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:
18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment withme, and fled out.
19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake untohim, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.
20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king'sprisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight ofthe keeper of the prison.
22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were inthe prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.
23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because theLORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper.
Chapter 40 1 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and hisbaker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, andagainst the chief of the bakers.
3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, theplace where Joseph was bound.
4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and theycontinued a season in ward.
5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each manaccording to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king ofEgypt, which were bound in the prison.
6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, theywere sad.
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?
8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. AndJoseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.
9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, avine was before me;
10 And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossomsshot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
11 And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them intoPharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches arethree days:
13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thyplace: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner whenthou wast his butler.
14 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and show kindness, I pray thee, untome, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:
15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I donenothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I alsowas in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:
17 And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and thebirds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.
18 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets arethree days:
19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang theeon a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feastunto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chiefbaker among his servants.
21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup intoPharaoh's hand:
22 But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
Chapter 41 1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold,he stood by the river.
2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; andthey fed in a meadow.
3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured andleanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fatkine. So Pharaoh awoke.
5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up uponone stalk, rank and good.
6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and,behold, it was a dream.
8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and calledfor all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them hisdream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard'shouse, both me and the chief baker:
11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to theinterpretation of his dream.
12 And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of theguard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to hisdream he did interpret.
13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mineoffice, and him he hanged.
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.
15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that caninterpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream tointerpret it.
16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answerof peace.
17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured;and they fed in a meadow:
19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured andleanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; butthey were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
23 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung upafter them:
24 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; butthere was none that could declare it to me.
25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath showed Pharaoh whathe is about to do.
26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dreamis one.
27 And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; andthe seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he showethunto Pharaoh.
29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
30 And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall beforgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; forit shall be very grievous.
32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing isestablished by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the landof Egypt.
34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifthpart of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn underthe hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, whichshall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whomthe Spirit of God is?
39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all this, there is noneso discreet and wise as thou art:
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 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayedhim in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
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.
44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up hishand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath thedaughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Josephwent out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
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 everycity, laid he up in the same.
49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering;for it was without number.
50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath thedaughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made meforget all my toil, and all my father's house.
52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful inthe land of my affliction.
53 And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and thedearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: andPharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all thestorehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the faminewas so sore in all lands.
Chapter 42 1 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do yelook one upon another?
2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, andbuy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
3 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lestperadventure mischief befall him.
5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in theland of Canaan.
6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people ofthe land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with theirfaces to the earth.
7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, andspake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From theland of Canaan to buy food.
8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye arespies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
11 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land ofCanaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, exceptyour youngest brother come hither.
16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, thatyour words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life ofPharaoh surely ye are spies.
17 And he put them all together into ward three days.
18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
19 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: goye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
20 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shallnot die. And they did so.
21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that wesaw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is thisdistress come upon us.
22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against thechild; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by aninterpreter.
24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, andcommuned with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
25 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's moneyinto his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.
26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.
27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied hismoney; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth.
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 thisthat God hath done unto us?
29 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all thatbefell unto them; saying,
30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of thecountry.
31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this daywith our father in the land of Canaan.
33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye aretrue men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of yourhouseholds, and be gone:
34 And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, butthat ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in theland.
35 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle ofmoney was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, theywere afraid.
36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph isnot, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
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.
38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is leftalone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down mygray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Chapter 43 1 And the famine was sore in the land.
2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out ofEgypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shallnot see my face, except your brother be with you.
4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
5 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shallnot see my face, except your brother be with you.
6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye hadyet a brother?
7 And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Isyour father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor ofthese words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
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.
9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not untothee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the bestfruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and alittle honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
12 And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouthof your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:
13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:
14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your otherbrother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
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.
16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring thesemen home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.
17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.
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 ourasses.
19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at thedoor of the house,
20 And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
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 havebrought it again in our hand.
22 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who putour money in our sacks.
23 And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hathgiven you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.
24 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washedtheir feet; and he gave their asses provender.
25 And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that theyshould eat bread there.
26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand intothe house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whomye spake? Is he yet alive?
28 And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And theybowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Isthis your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious untothee, my son.
30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought whereto weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
31 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
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 theHebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngestaccording to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.
34 And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was fivetimes so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
Chapter 44 1 And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, asmuch as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth.
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.
3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
4 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto hissteward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them,Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have doneevil in so doing.
6 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thyservants should do according to this thing:
8 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee outof the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?
9 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be mylord's bondmen.
10 And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is foundshall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.
11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man hissack.
12 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup wasfound in Benjamin's sack.
13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
14 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fellbefore him on the ground.
15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such aman as I can certainly divine?
16 And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall weclear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord'sservants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.
17 And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup isfound, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.
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 thouart even as Pharaoh.
19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, alittle one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his fatherloveth him.
21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyesupon him.
22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave hisfather, his father would die.
23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, yeshall see my face no more.
24 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the wordsof my lord.
25 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
26 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we godown: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.
27 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
28 And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw himnot since:
29 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my grayhairs with sorrow to the grave.
30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeingthat his life is bound up in the lad's life;
31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: andthy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to thegrave.
32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him notunto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.
33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to mylord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I seethe evil that shall come on my father.
Chapter 45 1 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and hecried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Josephmade himself known unto his brethren.
2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And hisbrethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.
4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. Andhe said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for Goddid send me before you to preserve life.
6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, inthe which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save yourlives by a great deliverance.
8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father toPharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hathmade me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, andthy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all thatthou hast:
11 And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, andthy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouththat speaketh unto you.
13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; andye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon hisneck.
15 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethrentalked with him.
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.
17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, andgo, get you unto the land of Canaan;
18 And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you thegood of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for yourlittle ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
20 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.
21 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to thecommandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave threehundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.
23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things ofEgypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.
24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that yefall not out by the way.
25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob theirfather,
26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land ofEgypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.
27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he sawthe wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:
28 And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him beforeI die.
Chapter 46 1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offeredsacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And hesaid, Here am I.
3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I willthere make of thee a great nation:
4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: andJoseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
5 And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, andtheir little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land ofCanaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and allhis seed brought he with him into Egypt.
8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and hissons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
10 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaulthe son of a Canaanitish woman.
11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onandied in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughterDinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
16 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
17 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah theirsister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bareunto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath thedaughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
21 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, andRosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she barethese unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besidesJacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;
27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls ofthe house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.
28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they cameinto the land of Goshen.
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 goodwhile.
30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thouart yet alive.
31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and showPharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land ofCanaan, are come unto me;
32 And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they havebrought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.
33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is youroccupation?
34 That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even untilnow, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for everyshepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Chapter 47 1 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and theirflocks, 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.
2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.
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.
4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thyservants 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.
5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
6 The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethrento dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activityamong them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessedPharaoh.
8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred andthirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have notattained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of theirpilgrimage.
10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the landof Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, withbread, according to their families.
13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the landof Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in theland of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money intoPharaoh's house.
15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all theEgyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thypresence? for the money faileth.
16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.
17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange forhorses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fedthem with bread for all their cattle for that year.
18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, Wewill not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds ofcattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land forbread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we maylive, and not die, that the land be not desolate.
20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every manhis field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.
21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypteven to the other end thereof.
22 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned themof Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold nottheir lands.
23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land forPharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part untoPharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, andfor them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
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.
26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should havethe fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.
27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they hadpossessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was anhundred forty and seven years.
29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and saidunto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under mythigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me intheir buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon thebed's head.
Chapter 48 1 And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father issick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israelstrengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan,and blessed me,
4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will makeof thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for aneverlasting possession.
5 And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land ofEgypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall bemine.
6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be calledafter the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in theway, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there inthe way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?
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.
10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought themnear unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hathshowed me also thy seed.
12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his faceto the earth.
13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, andManasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him.
14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was theyounger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manassehwas the firstborn.
15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac didwalk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named onthem, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude inthe midst of the earth.
17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, itdispleased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head untoManasseh's head.
18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thyright hand upon his head.
19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become apeople, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater thanhe, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make theeas Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring youagain unto the land of your fathers.
22 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of thehand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
Chapter 49 1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tellyou that which shall befall you in the last days.
2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel yourfather.
3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, theexcellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
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.
5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be notthou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down awall.
7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I willdivide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck ofthine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.
9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, hecouched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, untilShiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed hisgarments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; andhis border shall be unto Zidon.
14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed hisshoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
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.
18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run overthe wall:
23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the handsof the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shallbless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under,blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors untothe utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on thecrown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
27 Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at nighthe shall divide the spoil.
28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake untothem, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury mewith my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
30 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land ofCanaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of aburyingplace.
31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah hiswife; and there I buried Leah.
32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children ofHeth.
33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into thebed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
Chapter 50 1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and thephysicians embalmed Israel.
3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which areembalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.
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,
5 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me inthe land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, andbury my father, and I will come again.
6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
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,
8 And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their littleones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.
9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
10 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there theymourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his fatherseven days.
11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor ofAtad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of itwas called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
13 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of thefield of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplaceof Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
14 And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him tobury his father, after he had buried his father.
15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph willperadventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died,saying,
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 ofthe servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we bethy servants.
19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring topass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comfortedthem, and spake kindly unto them.
22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred andten years.
23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machirthe son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees.
24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring youout of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
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.
26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he wasput in a coffin in Egypt. ​



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Genesis 1-25

Chapter 1

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and themorning were the first day.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide thewaters from the waters.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament fromthe waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the secondday.
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, andlet the dry land appear: and it was so.
10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called heSeas: and God saw that it was good.
11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruittree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it wasso.
12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the treeyielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day fromthe night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth:and it was so.
16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser lightto rule the night: he made the stars also.
17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness:and God saw that it was good.
19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life,and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the watersbrought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and Godsaw that it was good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in theseas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, andcreeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, andevery thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them havedominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, andover all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male andfemale created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenishthe earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl ofthe air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the faceof all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; toyou it shall be for meat.
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing thatcreepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat:and it was so.
31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And theevening and the morning were the sixth day.
Chapter 2 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on theseventh day from all his work which he had made.
3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had restedfrom all his work which God created and made.
4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in theday that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the fieldbefore it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there wasnot a man to till the ground.
6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrilsthe breath of life; and man became a living soul.
8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he hadformed.
9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to thesight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the treeof knowledge of good and evil.
10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, andbecame into four heads.
11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah,where there is gold;
12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the wholeland of Ethiopia.
14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east ofAssyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and tokeep it.
16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayestfreely eat:
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in theday that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him anhelp meet for him.
19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl ofthe air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adamcalled every living creature, that was the name thereof.
20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast ofthe field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took oneof his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought herunto the man.
23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be calledWoman, because she was taken out of Man.
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife:and they shall be one flesh.
25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Chapter 3 1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God hadmade. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree ofthe garden?
2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Yeshall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and yeshall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to theeyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and dideat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and theysewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day:and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the treesof the garden.
9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked;and I hid myself.
11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof Icommanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree,and I did eat.
13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the womansaid, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursedabove all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, anddust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; itshall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; insorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and heshall rule over thee.
17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hasteaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed isthe ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb ofthe field;
19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; forout of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil:and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and livefor ever:
23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground fromwhence he was taken.
24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, anda flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Chapter 4 1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gottena man from the LORD.
2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was atiller of the ground.
3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground anoffering unto the LORD.
4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And theLORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and hiscountenance fell.
6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth atthe door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field,that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I mybrother's keeper?
10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me fromthe ground.
11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thybrother's blood from thy hand;
12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; afugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy faceshall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall cometo pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be takenon him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on theeast of Eden.
17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, andcalled the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael:and Methusael begat Lamech.
19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of theother Zillah.
20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as havecattle.
21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp andorgan.
22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructor of every artificer in brass andiron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech,hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God,said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then beganmen to call upon the name of the LORD.
Chapter 5 1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in thelikeness of God made he him;
2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in theday when they were created.
3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, afterhis image; and called his name Seth:
4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begatsons and daughters:
5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons anddaughters:
8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sonsand daughters:
11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
12 And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begatsons and daughters:
14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begatsons and daughters:
17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sonsand daughters:
23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, andbegat sons and daughters:
27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work andtoil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sonsand daughters:
31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Chapter 6 1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, anddaughters were born unto them,
2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took themwives of all which they chose.
3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also isflesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of Godcame in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mightymen which were of old, men of renown.
5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that everyimagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at hisheart.
7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth;both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth methat I have made them.
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations,and Noah walked with God.
10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corruptedhis way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filledwith violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch itwithin and without with pitch.
15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall bethree hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and thedoor of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third storiesshalt thou make it.
17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy allflesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in theearth shall die.
18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, andthy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into theark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing ofthe earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee;and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
Chapter 7 1 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee haveI seen righteous before me in this generation.
2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and ofbeasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon theface of all the earth.
4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and fortynights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face ofthe earth.
5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into theark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing thatcreepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God hadcommanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day ofthe month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and thewindows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, andNoah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and everycreeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind,every bird of every sort.
15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is thebreath of life.
16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him:and the LORD shut him in.
17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up theark, and it was lift up above the earth.
18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark wentupon the face of the waters.
19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that wereunder the whole heaven, were covered.
20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and ofbeast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, bothman, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they weredestroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
Chapter 8 1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with himin the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain fromheaven was restrained;
3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundredand fifty days the waters were abated.
4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon themountains of Ararat.
5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on thefirst day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the arkwhich he had made:
7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried upfrom off the earth.
8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the faceof the ground;
9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, andtook her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leafplucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not againunto him any more.
13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the firstday of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed thecovering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earthdried.
15 And God spake unto Noah, saying,
16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl,and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they maybreed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:
19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon theearth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
20 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of everyclean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not againcurse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil fromhis youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer andwinter, and day and night shall not cease.
Chapter 9 1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, andreplenish the earth.
2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, andupon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishesof the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have Igiven you all things.
4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will Irequire it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require thelife of man.
6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God madehe man.
7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiplytherein.
8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and ofevery beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of theearth.
11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any moreby the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you andevery living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me andthe earth.
14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall beseen in the cloud:
15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creatureof all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember theeverlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon theearth.
17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have establishedbetween me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: andHam is the father of Canaan.
19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his twobrethren without.
23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and wentbackward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, andthey saw not their father's nakedness.
24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall behis servant.
28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
Chapter 10 1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and untothem were sons born after the flood.
2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, andTiras.
3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after histongue, after their families, in their nations.
6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and thesons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mightyhunter before the LORD.
10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in theland of Shinar.
11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, andCalah,
12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
15 And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the familiesof the Canaanites spread abroad.
19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; asthou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in theircountries, and in their nations.
21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth theelder, even to him were children born.
22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was theearth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands,after their nations.
32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations:and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
Chapter 11 1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in theland of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. Andthey had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach untoheaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the wholeearth.
5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and thisthey begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imaginedto do.
7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understandone another's speech.
8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and theyleft off to build the city.
9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound thelanguage of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the faceof all the earth.
10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxadtwo years after the flood:
11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons anddaughters.
12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sonsand daughters.
14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons anddaughters.
16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons anddaughters.
18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons anddaughters.
20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons anddaughters.
22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons anddaughters.
26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haranbegat Lot.
28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of theChaldees.
29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the nameof Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father ofIscah.
30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai hisdaughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of theChaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
Chapter 12 1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred,and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee:
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great;and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in theeshall all families of the earth be blessed.
4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram wasseventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance thatthey had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to gointo the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. Andthe Canaanite was then in the land.
7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: andthere builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent,having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto theLORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there;for the famine was grievous in the land.
11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Saraihis wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shallsay, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and mysoul shall live because of thee.
14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld thewoman that she was very fair.
15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the womanwas taken into Pharaoh's house.
16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, andmenservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram'swife.
18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didstthou not tell me that she was thy wife?
19 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: nowtherefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, andall that he had.
Chapter 13 1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot withhim, into the south.
2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tenthad been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abramcalled on the name of the LORD.
5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for theirsubstance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot'scattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, andbetween my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilttake the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, thenI will go to the left.
10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was wellwatered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden ofthe LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separatedthemselves the one from the other.
12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, andpitched his tent toward Sodom.
13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thineeyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, andwestward:
15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dustof the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I willgive it unto thee.
18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is inHebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
Chapter 14 1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar,Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;
2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinabking of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, andsmote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in ShavehKiriathaim,
6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country ofthe Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.
8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah,and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battlewith them in the vale of Siddim;
9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king ofShinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled,and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and wenttheir way.
12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, anddeparted.
13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in theplain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these wereconfederate with Abram.
14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants,born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, andpursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and hisgoods, and the women also, and the people.
17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter ofChedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is theking's dale.
18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest ofthe most high God.
19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor ofheaven and earth:
20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. Andhe gave him tithes of all.
21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods tothyself.
22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the mosthigh God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take anything that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
24 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which wentwith me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
Chapter 15 1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fearnot, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the stewardof my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house ismine heir.
4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir;but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars,if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to givethee this land to inherit it.
8 And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of threeyears old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece oneagainst another: but the birds divided he not.
11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror ofgreat darkness fell upon him.
13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a landthat is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall theycome out with great substance.
15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of theAmorites is not yet full.
17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smokingfurnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I giventhis land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
Chapter 16 1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian,whose name was Hagar.
2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I praythee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkenedto the voice of Sarai.
3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten yearsin the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived,her mistress was despised in her eyes.
5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom;and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judgebetween me and thee.
6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseththee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by thefountain in the way to Shur.
8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And shesaid, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyselfunder her hands.
10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that itshall not be numbered for multitude.
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear ason, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's handagainst him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for shesaid, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
Chapter 17 1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and saidunto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for afather of many nations have I made thee.
6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kingsshall come out of thee.
7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in theirgenerations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed afterthee.
8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art astranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seedafter thee in their generations.
10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee;Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of thecovenant betwixt me and you.
12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in yourgenerations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which isnot of thy seed.
13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs becircumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, thatsoul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai,but Sarah shall her name be.
16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and sheshall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child beborn unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old,bear?
18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his nameIsaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with hisseed after him.
20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make himfruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I willmake him a great nation.
21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at thisset time in the next year.
22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all thatwere bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcisedthe flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of hisforeskin.
25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of hisforeskin.
26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger,were circumcised with him.
Chapter 18 1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door inthe heat of the day;
2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he sawthem, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee,from thy servant:
4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselvesunder the tree:
5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall passon: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly threemeasures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto ayoung man; and he hasted to dress it.
8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them;and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo,Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behindhim.
11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarahafter the manner of women.
12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I havepleasure, my lord being old also?
13 And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a suretybear a child, which am old?
14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee,according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; butthou didst laugh.
16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them tobring them on the way.
17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nationsof the earth shall be blessed in him?
19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and theyshall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring uponAbraham that which he hath spoken of him.
20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because theirsin is very grievous;
21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry ofit, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stoodyet before the LORD.
23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and notspare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked:and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judgeof all the earth do right?
26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I willspare all the place for their sakes.
27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord,which am but dust and ashes:
28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all thecity for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty foundthere. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.
30 And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventurethere shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventurethere shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.
32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once:Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.
33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abrahamreturned unto his place.
Chapter 19 1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lotseeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, andtarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. Andthey said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into hishouse; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed thehouse round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to theethis night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bringthem out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men donothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, andhe will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And theypressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut tothe door.
11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both smalland great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, andthy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:
13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the faceof the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, andsaid, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed asone that mocked unto his sons in law.
15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife,and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife,and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they broughthim forth, and set him without the city.
17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape forthy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to themountain, lest thou be consumed.
18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thymercy, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to themountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escapethither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I willnot overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither.Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD outof heaven;
25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of thecities, and that which grew upon the ground.
26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:
28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, andbeheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God rememberedAbraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities inthe which Lot dwelt.
30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him;for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man inthe earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserveseed of our father.
33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and laywith her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, Ilay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thouin, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and laywith him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of theMoabites unto this day.
38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is thefather of the children of Ammon unto this day.
Chapter 20 1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled betweenKadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent,and took Sarah.
3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but adead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteousnation?
5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother:in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity ofthy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee notto touch her.
7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee,and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die,thou, and all that are thine.
8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told allthese things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.
9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and whathave I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thouhast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; andthey will slay me for my wife's sake.
12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughterof my mother; and she became my wife.
13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I saidunto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me; at every place whither weshall come, say of me, He is my brother. 14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave themunto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver:behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with allother: thus she was reproved.
17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and hismaidservants; and they bare children.
18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because ofSarah Abraham's wife.
Chapter 21 1 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he hadspoken.
2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which Godhad spoken to him.
3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him,Isaac.
4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given childrensuck? for I have born him a son in his old age.
8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day thatIsaac was weaned.
9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son ofthis bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.
12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, andbecause of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice;for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, andgave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and shedeparted, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot:for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, andlift up her voice, and wept.
17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven,and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of thelad where he is.
18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled thebottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became anarcher.
21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the landof Egypt.
22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of hishost spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, norwith my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done untothee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
24 And Abraham said, I will swear.
25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servantshad violently taken away.
26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me,neither yet heard I of it, but to day.
27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made acovenant.
28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set bythemselves?
30 And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be awitness unto me, that I have digged this well.
31 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chiefcaptain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, theeverlasting God.
34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.
Chapter 22 1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said untohim, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee intothe land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountainswhich I will tell thee of.
3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his youngmen with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up,and went unto the place of which God had told him.
4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad willgo yonder and worship, and come again to you.
6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and hetook the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, myson. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burntoffering?
8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so theywent both of them together.
9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there,and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon thewood.
10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham:and he said, Here am I.
12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: fornow I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only sonfrom me.
13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in athicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burntoffering in the stead of his son.
14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, Inthe mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done thisthing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as thestars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shallpossess the gate of his enemies;
18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyedmy voice.
19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together toBeersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold,Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash,and Maachah.
Chapter 23 1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of thelife of Sarah.
2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abrahamcame to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace withyou, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchresbury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayestbury thy dead.
7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the childrenof Heth.
8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out ofmy sight; hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of hisfield; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham inthe audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city,saying,
11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give itthee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thouwilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me,and I will bury my dead there.
14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what isthat betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which hehad named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, currentmoney with the merchant.
17 And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, andthe cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all theborders round about, were made sure
18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all thatwent in at the gate of his city.
19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelahbefore Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for apossession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
Chapter 24 1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham inall things.
2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had,Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
3 And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth,that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whomI dwell:
4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow meunto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?
6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
7 The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of mykindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will Igive this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto myson from thence.
8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from thismy oath: only bring not my son thither again.
9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to himconcerning that matter.
10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all thegoods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the cityof Nahor.
11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time ofthe evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
12 And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day,and show kindness unto my master Abraham.
13 Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the citycome out to draw water:
14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, Ipray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drinkalso: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and therebyshall I know that thou hast showed kindness unto my master.
15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, whowas born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcherupon her shoulder.
16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: andshe went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water ofthy pitcher.
18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand,and gave him drink.
19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camelsalso, until they have done drinking.
20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well todraw water, and drew for all his camels.
21 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made hisjourney prosperous or not.
22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a goldenearring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight ofgold;
23 And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father'shouse for us to lodge in?
24 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bareunto Nahor.
25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodgein.
26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.
27 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitutemy master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house ofmy master's brethren.
28 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things.
29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, untothe well.
30 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, andwhen he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that hecame unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for Ihave prepared the house, and room for the camels.
32 And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw andprovender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were withhim.
33 And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I havetold mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
34 And he said, I am Abraham's servant.
35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath givenhim flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, andcamels, and asses.
36 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hathhe given all that he hath.
37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of thedaughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto myson.
39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
40 And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, andprosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father'shouse:
41 Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if theygive not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if nowthou do prosper my way which I go:
43 Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgincometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thypitcher to drink;
44 And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the samebe the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master's son.
45 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with herpitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said untoher, Let me drink, I pray thee.
46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and Iwill give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.
47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter ofBethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, andthe bracelets upon her hands.
48 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of mymaster Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughterunto his son.
49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me;that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannotspeak unto thee bad or good.
51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master's son'swife, as the LORD hath spoken.
52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he worshipped theLORD, bowing himself to the earth.
53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, andgave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night;and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.
55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at theleast ten; after that she shall go.
56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send meaway that I may go to my master.
57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.
58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, Iwill go.
59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and hismen.
60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother ofthousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
61 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed theman: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country.
63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes,and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.
64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
65 For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meetus? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a veil, and coveredherself.
66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she becamehis wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
Chapter 25 1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim,and Leummim.
4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All thesewere the children of Keturah.
5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sentthem away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundredthreescore and fifteen years.
8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full ofyears; and was gathered to his people.
9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field ofEphron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, andSarah his wife.
11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; andIsaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.
12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian,Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to theirgenerations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by theircastles; twelve princes according to their nations.
17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years:and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.
18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest towardAssyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:
20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel theSyrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21 And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD wasentreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am Ithus? And she went to inquire of the LORD.
23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shallbe separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people;and the elder shall serve the younger.
24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his nameEsau.
26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and hisname was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was aplain man, dwelling in tents.
28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I amfaint: therefore was his name called Edom.
31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthrightdo to me?
33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthrightunto Jacob.
34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and roseup, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.



Genesis 26-50



Chapter 26

1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days ofAbraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the landwhich I shall tell thee of:
3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, andunto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I swareunto Abraham thy father;
4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seedall these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes,and my laws.
6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for hefeared 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.
8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of thePhilistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekahhis wife.
9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and howsaidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die forher.
10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people mightlightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wifeshall surely be put to death.
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and theLORD blessed him.
13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants:and the Philistines envied him.
15 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham hisfather, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dweltthere.
18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abrahamhis father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he calledtheir names after the names by which his father had called them.
19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
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.
21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of itSitnah.
22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: andhe 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.
23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.
24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thyfather: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for myservant Abraham's sake.
25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched histent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol thechief captain of his army.
27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent meaway from you?
28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there benow an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done untothee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of theLORD.
30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent themaway, and they departed from him in peace.
32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerningthe well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.
33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.
34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri theHittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
Chapter 27 1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he couldnot see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him,Behold, here am I.
2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to thefield, and take me some venison;
4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that mysoul may bless thee before I die.
5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to huntfor venison, and to bring it.
6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esauthy brother, saying,
7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before theLORD before my death.
8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I willmake them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless theebefore his death.
11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I ama smooth man:
12 My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shallbring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and gofetch me them.
14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savourymeat, such as his father loved.
15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in thehouse, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth ofhis neck:
17 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand ofher son Jacob.
18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou,my son?
19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thoubadest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? Andhe said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me.
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.
22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice isJacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: sohe blessed him.
24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul maybless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and hedrank.
26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessedhim, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hathblessed:
28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plentyof corn and wine:
29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and letthy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed behe that blesseth thee.
30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob wasyet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came infrom his hunting.
31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto hisfather, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.
32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thyfirstborn Esau.
33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath takenvenison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessedhim? yea, and he shall be blessed.
34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bittercry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtlety, and hath taken away thy blessing.
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?
37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all hisbrethren 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?
38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even mealso, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be thefatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come topass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esausaid in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay mybrother Jacob.
42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and calledJacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, dothcomfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother toHaran;
44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away;
45 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast doneto him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of youboth in one day?
46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: ifJacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters ofthe land, what good shall my life do me?
Chapter 28 1 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thoushalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee awife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayestbe a multitude of people;
4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thoumayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel theSyrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take hima wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shaltnot take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;
8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughterof Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun wasset; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay downin that place to sleep.
12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached toheaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thyfather, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and tothy seed;
14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to thewest, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seedshall all the families of the earth be blessed.
15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, andwill bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done thatwhich I have spoken to thee of.
16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and Iknew it not.
17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but thehouse of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for hispillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luzat the first.
20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this waythat I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all thatthou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Chapter 29 1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.
2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheeplying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon thewell's mouth.
3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well'smouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.
4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
6 And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel hisdaughter cometh with the sheep.
7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should begathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.
8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they rollthe stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.
9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she keptthem.
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 stonefrom the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
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.
13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that heran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And hetold Laban all these things.
14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him thespace of a month.
15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serveme for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of theyounger was Rachel.
17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy youngerdaughter.
19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her toanother man: abide with me.
20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, forthe love he had to her.
21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go inunto her.
22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her tohim; and he went in unto her.
24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
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 thenhast thou beguiled me?
26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before thefirstborn.
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt servewith me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wifealso.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and servedwith him yet seven other years.
31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
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.
33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that Iwas hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.
34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband bejoined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
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.
Chapter 30 1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; andsaid unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hathwithheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
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.
4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me ason: therefore called she his name Dan.
7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I haveprevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob towife.
10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called hisname Asher.
14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, andbrought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thyson's mandrakes.
15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? andwouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall liewith thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.
16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, andsaid, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. Andhe lay with her that night.
17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
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.
19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
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.
21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send meaway, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.
26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thouknowest my service which I have done thee.
27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: forI have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was withme.
30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto amultitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I providefor mine own house also?
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.
32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled andspotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckledamong the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hirebefore thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brownamong the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
35 And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstreaked and spotted, and all theshe goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and allthe brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
36 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest ofLaban's flocks.
37 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut tree; and pilledwhite streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in thewatering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they cameto drink.
39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstreaked,speckled, and spotted.
40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward theringstreaked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks bythemselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.
41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid therods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among therods.
42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, andthe stronger Jacob's.
43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, andmenservants, and camels, and asses.
Chapter 31 1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that wasour father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory.
2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred;and I will be with thee.
4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
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.
6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered himnot to hurt me.
8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: andif he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstreaked.
9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
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 ringstreaked,speckled, and grisled.
11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattleare ringstreaked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vowunto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritancefor us in our father's house?
15 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured alsoour money.
16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and ourchildren's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattleof his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in theland of Canaan.
19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were herfather's.
20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that hefled.
21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set hisface toward the mount Gilead.
22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and theyovertook him in the mount Gilead.
24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed thatthou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban withhis brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares tome, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?
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?
28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishlyin so doing.
29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto meyesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thyfather's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventurethou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discernthou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolenthem.
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'stent.
34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat uponthem. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.
35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up beforethee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.
36 And Jacob was wroth, and chided with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, Whatis my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy householdstuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt usboth.
38 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast theiryoung, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of myhand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.
40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleepdeparted from mine eyes.
41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy twodaughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been withme, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labourof my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and thesechildren 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?
44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for awitness between me and thee.
45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made anheap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was thename of it called Galeed;
49 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent onefrom another.
50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside mydaughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have castbetwixt me and thee;
52 This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heapto thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
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.
54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: andthey did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.
55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, andblessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.
Chapter 32 1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of thatplace Mahanaim.
3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, thecountry of Edom.
4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacobsaith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sentto tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also hecometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was withhim, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which isleft shall escape.
9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD whichsaidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well withthee:
10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hastshowed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am becometwo bands.
11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fearhim, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
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.
13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a presentfor Esau his brother;
14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, andten foals.
16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; andsaid unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and askeththee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lordEsau: and, behold, also he is behind us.
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.
20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I willappease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face;peradventure he will accept of me.
21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and hiseleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of theday.
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.
26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go,except thou bless me.
27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hastthou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Whereforeis it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and mylife is preserved.
31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon thehollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in thesinew that shrank.
Chapter 33 1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him fourhundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the twohandmaids.
2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after,and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until hecame near to his brother.
4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: andthey wept.
5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are thosewith thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.
6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Josephnear and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
8 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are tofind grace in the sight of my lord.
9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receivemy present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the faceof God, and thou wast pleased with me.
11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealtgraciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.
12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks andherds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock willdie.
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 Icome unto my lord unto Seir.
15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And hesaid, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.
16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
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.
18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when hecame from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.
19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of thechildren of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.
20 And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel.
Chapter 34 1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see thedaughters of the land.
2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he tookher, and lay with her, and defiled her.
3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spakekindly unto the damsel.
4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with hiscattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men weregrieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying withJacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for yourdaughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughtersunto you.
10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade yetherein, and get you possessions therein.
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.
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.
13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said,because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that isuncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you becircumcised;
16 Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and wewill dwell with you, and we will become one people.
17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter,and we will be gone.
18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob'sdaughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.
20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with themen of their city, saying,
21 These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and tradetherein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters tous for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
22 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, ifevery male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
23 Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only letus consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of hiscity; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons ofJacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the cityboldly, and slew all the males.
26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah outof Shechem's house, and went out.
27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiledtheir sister.
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,
29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, andspoiled even all that was in the house.
30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among theinhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few innumber, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall bedestroyed, I and my house.
31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
Chapter 35 1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there analtar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thybrother.
2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strangegods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, whoanswered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all theirearrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round aboutthem, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all thepeople that were with him.
7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appearedunto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: andthe name of it was called Allonbachuth.
9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.
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.
11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and acompany of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seedafter thee will I give the land.
13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar ofstone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.
16 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: andRachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fearnot; thou shalt have this son also.
18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called hisname Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto thisday.
21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay withBilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, andIssachar, and Zebulun:
24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob,which were born to him in Padanaram.
27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which isHebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old andfull of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
Chapter 36 1 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
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;
3 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which wereborn unto him in the land of Canaan.
6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of hishouse, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in theland of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.
7 For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land whereinthey were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
9 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
10 These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel theson of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: thesewere the sons of Adah Esau's wife.
13 And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were thesons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
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.
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,
16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz inthe land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
17 And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, dukeMizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons ofBashemath Esau's wife.
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.
19 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes.
20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, andZibeon, and Anah,
21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children ofSeir in the land of Edom.
22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.
23 And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
24 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah thatfound the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
25 And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.
26 And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
27 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.
28 The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.
29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon,duke Anah,
30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among theirdukes in the land of Seir.
31 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any kingover the children of Israel.
32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.
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 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
38 And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
39 And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name ofhis city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughterof Mezahab.
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,
41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations inthe land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.
Chapter 37 1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding theflock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons ofZilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his oldage: and he made him a coat of many colours.
4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, theyhated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet themore.
6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and alsostood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to mysheaf.
8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed havedominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I havedreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars madeobeisance to me.
10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and saidunto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thybrethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and Iwill send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and wellwith the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and hecame to Shechem.
15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the manasked him, saying, What seekest thou?
16 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
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.
18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspiredagainst him to slay him.
19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
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.
21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not killhim.
22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in thewilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliverhim to his father again.
23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Josephout of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no waterin it.
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 andmyrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and concealhis blood?
27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for heis our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out ofthe pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they broughtJoseph into Egypt.
29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he renthis clothes.
30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall Igo?
31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in theblood;
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.
33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Josephis without doubt rent in pieces.
34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his sonmany days.
35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to becomforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus hisfather wept for him.
36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, andcaptain of the guard.
Chapter 38 1 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turnedin to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he tookher, and went in unto her.
3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.
5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was atChezib, when she bare him.
6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.
8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise upseed to thy brother.
9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in untohis brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to hisbrother.
10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
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 brethrendid. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.
12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah wascomforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah theAdullamite.
13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shearhis sheep.
14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a veil, and wrappedherself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelahwas grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.
16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in untothee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thougive me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
17 And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me apledge, till thou send it?
18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thybracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her,and she conceived by him.
19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her veil from her, and put on the garments ofher widowhood.
20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledgefrom the woman's hand: but he found her not.
21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly bythe way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.
22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the placesaid, that there was no harlot in this place.
23 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, andthou hast not found her.
24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thydaughter 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.
25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whosethese are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, thesignet, and bracelets, and staff.
26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; becausethat I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.
28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwifetook and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.
29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: andshe said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name wascalled Pharez.
30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and hisname was called Zarah.
Chapter 39 1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain ofthe guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought himdown thither.
2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house ofhis master the Egyptian.
3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did toprosper in his hand.
4 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer overhis house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
5 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and overall that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and theblessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.
6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save thebread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.
7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes uponJoseph; and she said, Lie with me.
8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what iswith me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from mebut thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sinagainst God?
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.
11 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do hisbusiness; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in herhand, and fled, and got him out.
13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and wasfled forth,
14 That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hathbrought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I criedwith a loud voice:
15 And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he lefthis garment with me, and fled, and got him out.
16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
17 And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thouhast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:
18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment withme, and fled out.
19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake untohim, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.
20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king'sprisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight ofthe keeper of the prison.
22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were inthe prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.
23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because theLORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper.
Chapter 40 1 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and hisbaker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, andagainst the chief of the bakers.
3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, theplace where Joseph was bound.
4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and theycontinued a season in ward.
5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each manaccording to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king ofEgypt, which were bound in the prison.
6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, theywere sad.
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?
8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. AndJoseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.
9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, avine was before me;
10 And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossomsshot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
11 And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them intoPharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches arethree days:
13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thyplace: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner whenthou wast his butler.
14 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and show kindness, I pray thee, untome, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:
15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I donenothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I alsowas in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:
17 And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and thebirds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.
18 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets arethree days:
19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang theeon a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feastunto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chiefbaker among his servants.
21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup intoPharaoh's hand:
22 But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
Chapter 41 1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold,he stood by the river.
2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; andthey fed in a meadow.
3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured andleanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fatkine. So Pharaoh awoke.
5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up uponone stalk, rank and good.
6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and,behold, it was a dream.
8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and calledfor all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them hisdream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard'shouse, both me and the chief baker:
11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to theinterpretation of his dream.
12 And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of theguard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to hisdream he did interpret.
13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mineoffice, and him he hanged.
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.
15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that caninterpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream tointerpret it.
16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answerof peace.
17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured;and they fed in a meadow:
19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured andleanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; butthey were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
23 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung upafter them:
24 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; butthere was none that could declare it to me.
25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath showed Pharaoh whathe is about to do.
26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dreamis one.
27 And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; andthe seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he showethunto Pharaoh.
29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
30 And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall beforgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; forit shall be very grievous.
32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing isestablished by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the landof Egypt.
34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifthpart of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn underthe hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, whichshall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whomthe Spirit of God is?
39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all this, there is noneso discreet and wise as thou art:
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 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayedhim in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
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.
44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up hishand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath thedaughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Josephwent out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
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 everycity, laid he up in the same.
49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering;for it was without number.
50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath thedaughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made meforget all my toil, and all my father's house.
52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful inthe land of my affliction.
53 And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and thedearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: andPharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all thestorehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the faminewas so sore in all lands.
Chapter 42 1 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do yelook one upon another?
2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, andbuy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
3 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lestperadventure mischief befall him.
5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in theland of Canaan.
6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people ofthe land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with theirfaces to the earth.
7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, andspake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From theland of Canaan to buy food.
8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye arespies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
11 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land ofCanaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, exceptyour youngest brother come hither.
16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, thatyour words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life ofPharaoh surely ye are spies.
17 And he put them all together into ward three days.
18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
19 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: goye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
20 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shallnot die. And they did so.
21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that wesaw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is thisdistress come upon us.
22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against thechild; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by aninterpreter.
24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, andcommuned with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
25 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's moneyinto his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.
26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.
27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied hismoney; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth.
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 thisthat God hath done unto us?
29 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all thatbefell unto them; saying,
30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of thecountry.
31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this daywith our father in the land of Canaan.
33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye aretrue men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of yourhouseholds, and be gone:
34 And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, butthat ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in theland.
35 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle ofmoney was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, theywere afraid.
36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph isnot, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
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.
38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is leftalone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down mygray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Chapter 43 1 And the famine was sore in the land.
2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out ofEgypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shallnot see my face, except your brother be with you.
4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
5 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shallnot see my face, except your brother be with you.
6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye hadyet a brother?
7 And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Isyour father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor ofthese words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
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.
9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not untothee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the bestfruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and alittle honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
12 And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouthof your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:
13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:
14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your otherbrother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
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.
16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring thesemen home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.
17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.
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 ourasses.
19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at thedoor of the house,
20 And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
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 havebrought it again in our hand.
22 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who putour money in our sacks.
23 And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hathgiven you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.
24 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washedtheir feet; and he gave their asses provender.
25 And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that theyshould eat bread there.
26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand intothe house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whomye spake? Is he yet alive?
28 And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And theybowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Isthis your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious untothee, my son.
30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought whereto weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
31 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
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 theHebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngestaccording to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.
34 And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was fivetimes so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
Chapter 44 1 And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, asmuch as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth.
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.
3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
4 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto hissteward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them,Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have doneevil in so doing.
6 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thyservants should do according to this thing:
8 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee outof the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?
9 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be mylord's bondmen.
10 And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is foundshall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.
11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man hissack.
12 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup wasfound in Benjamin's sack.
13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
14 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fellbefore him on the ground.
15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such aman as I can certainly divine?
16 And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall weclear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord'sservants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.
17 And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup isfound, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.
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 thouart even as Pharaoh.
19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, alittle one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his fatherloveth him.
21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyesupon him.
22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave hisfather, his father would die.
23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, yeshall see my face no more.
24 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the wordsof my lord.
25 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
26 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we godown: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.
27 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
28 And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw himnot since:
29 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my grayhairs with sorrow to the grave.
30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeingthat his life is bound up in the lad's life;
31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: andthy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to thegrave.
32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him notunto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.
33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to mylord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I seethe evil that shall come on my father.
Chapter 45 1 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and hecried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Josephmade himself known unto his brethren.
2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And hisbrethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.
4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. Andhe said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for Goddid send me before you to preserve life.
6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, inthe which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save yourlives by a great deliverance.
8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father toPharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hathmade me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, andthy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all thatthou hast:
11 And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, andthy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouththat speaketh unto you.
13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; andye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon hisneck.
15 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethrentalked with him.
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.
17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, andgo, get you unto the land of Canaan;
18 And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you thegood of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for yourlittle ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
20 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.
21 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to thecommandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave threehundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.
23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things ofEgypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.
24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that yefall not out by the way.
25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob theirfather,
26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land ofEgypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.
27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he sawthe wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:
28 And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him beforeI die.
Chapter 46 1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offeredsacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And hesaid, Here am I.
3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I willthere make of thee a great nation:
4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: andJoseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
5 And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, andtheir little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land ofCanaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and allhis seed brought he with him into Egypt.
8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and hissons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
10 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaulthe son of a Canaanitish woman.
11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onandied in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughterDinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
16 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
17 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah theirsister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bareunto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath thedaughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
21 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, andRosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she barethese unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besidesJacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;
27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls ofthe house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.
28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they cameinto the land of Goshen.
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 goodwhile.
30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thouart yet alive.
31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and showPharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land ofCanaan, are come unto me;
32 And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they havebrought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.
33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is youroccupation?
34 That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even untilnow, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for everyshepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Chapter 47 1 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and theirflocks, 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.
2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.
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.
4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thyservants 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.
5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
6 The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethrento dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activityamong them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessedPharaoh.
8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred andthirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have notattained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of theirpilgrimage.
10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the landof Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, withbread, according to their families.
13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the landof Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in theland of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money intoPharaoh's house.
15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all theEgyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thypresence? for the money faileth.
16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.
17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange forhorses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fedthem with bread for all their cattle for that year.
18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, Wewill not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds ofcattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land forbread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we maylive, and not die, that the land be not desolate.
20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every manhis field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.
21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypteven to the other end thereof.
22 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned themof Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold nottheir lands.
23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land forPharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part untoPharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, andfor them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
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.
26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should havethe fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.
27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they hadpossessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was anhundred forty and seven years.
29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and saidunto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under mythigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me intheir buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon thebed's head.
Chapter 48 1 And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father issick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israelstrengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan,and blessed me,
4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will makeof thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for aneverlasting possession.
5 And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land ofEgypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall bemine.
6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be calledafter the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in theway, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there inthe way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?
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.
10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought themnear unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hathshowed me also thy seed.
12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his faceto the earth.
13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, andManasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him.
14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was theyounger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manassehwas the firstborn.
15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac didwalk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named onthem, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude inthe midst of the earth.
17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, itdispleased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head untoManasseh's head.
18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thyright hand upon his head.
19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become apeople, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater thanhe, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make theeas Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring youagain unto the land of your fathers.
22 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of thehand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
Chapter 49 1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tellyou that which shall befall you in the last days.
2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel yourfather.
3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, theexcellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
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.
5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be notthou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down awall.
7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I willdivide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck ofthine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.
9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, hecouched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, untilShiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed hisgarments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; andhis border shall be unto Zidon.
14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed hisshoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
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.
18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run overthe wall:
23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the handsof the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shallbless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under,blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors untothe utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on thecrown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
27 Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at nighthe shall divide the spoil.
28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake untothem, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury mewith my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
30 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land ofCanaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of aburyingplace.
31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah hiswife; and there I buried Leah.
32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children ofHeth.
33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into thebed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
Chapter 50 1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and thephysicians embalmed Israel.
3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which areembalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.
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,
5 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me inthe land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, andbury my father, and I will come again.
6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
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,
8 And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their littleones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.
9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
10 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there theymourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his fatherseven days.
11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor ofAtad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of itwas called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
13 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of thefield of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplaceof Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
14 And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him tobury his father, after he had buried his father.
15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph willperadventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died,saying,
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 ofthe servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we bethy servants.
19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring topass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comfortedthem, and spake kindly unto them.
22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred andten years.
23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machirthe son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees.
24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring youout of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
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.
26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he wasput in a coffin in Egypt. ​



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King James Bible, The Old Testament, Genesis.

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Genesis 1-25

Chapter 1

1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and themorning were the first day.
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide thewaters from the waters.
7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament fromthe waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the secondday.
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, andlet the dry land appear: and it was so.
10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called heSeas: and God saw that it was good.
11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruittree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it wasso.
12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the treeyielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day fromthe night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth:and it was so.
16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser lightto rule the night: he made the stars also.
17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness:and God saw that it was good.
19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life,and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the watersbrought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and Godsaw that it was good.
22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in theseas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, andcreeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, andevery thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them havedominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, andover all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male andfemale created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenishthe earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl ofthe air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the faceof all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; toyou it shall be for meat.
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing thatcreepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat:and it was so.
31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And theevening and the morning were the sixth day.
Chapter 2 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on theseventh day from all his work which he had made.
3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had restedfrom all his work which God created and made.
4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in theday that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the fieldbefore it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there wasnot a man to till the ground.
6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrilsthe breath of life; and man became a living soul.
8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he hadformed.
9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to thesight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the treeof knowledge of good and evil.
10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, andbecame into four heads.
11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah,where there is gold;
12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the wholeland of Ethiopia.
14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east ofAssyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and tokeep it.
16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayestfreely eat:
17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in theday that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him anhelp meet for him.
19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl ofthe air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adamcalled every living creature, that was the name thereof.
20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast ofthe field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took oneof his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought herunto the man.
23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be calledWoman, because she was taken out of Man.
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife:and they shall be one flesh.
25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Chapter 3 1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God hadmade. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree ofthe garden?
2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Yeshall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and yeshall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to theeyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and dideat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and theysewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day:and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the treesof the garden.
9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked;and I hid myself.
11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof Icommanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree,and I did eat.
13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the womansaid, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursedabove all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, anddust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; itshall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; insorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and heshall rule over thee.
17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hasteaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed isthe ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb ofthe field;
19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; forout of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil:and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and livefor ever:
23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground fromwhence he was taken.
24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, anda flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Chapter 4 1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gottena man from the LORD.
2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was atiller of the ground.
3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground anoffering unto the LORD.
4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And theLORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and hiscountenance fell.
6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth atthe door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field,that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I mybrother's keeper?
10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me fromthe ground.
11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thybrother's blood from thy hand;
12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; afugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy faceshall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall cometo pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be takenon him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on theeast of Eden.
17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, andcalled the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael:and Methusael begat Lamech.
19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of theother Zillah.
20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as havecattle.
21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp andorgan.
22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructor of every artificer in brass andiron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech,hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God,said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then beganmen to call upon the name of the LORD.
Chapter 5 1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in thelikeness of God made he him;
2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in theday when they were created.
3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, afterhis image; and called his name Seth:
4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begatsons and daughters:
5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons anddaughters:
8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sonsand daughters:
11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
12 And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begatsons and daughters:
14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begatsons and daughters:
17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:
19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:
22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sonsand daughters:
23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, andbegat sons and daughters:
27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:
29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work andtoil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sonsand daughters:
31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Chapter 6 1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, anddaughters were born unto them,
2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took themwives of all which they chose.
3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also isflesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of Godcame in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mightymen which were of old, men of renown.
5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that everyimagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at hisheart.
7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth;both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth methat I have made them.
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations,and Noah walked with God.
10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corruptedhis way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filledwith violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch itwithin and without with pitch.
15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall bethree hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and thedoor of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third storiesshalt thou make it.
17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy allflesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in theearth shall die.
18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, andthy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.
19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into theark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing ofthe earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee;and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
Chapter 7 1 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee haveI seen righteous before me in this generation.
2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and ofbeasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon theface of all the earth.
4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and fortynights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face ofthe earth.
5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into theark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing thatcreepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God hadcommanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day ofthe month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and thewindows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, andNoah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and everycreeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind,every bird of every sort.
15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is thebreath of life.
16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him:and the LORD shut him in.
17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up theark, and it was lift up above the earth.
18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark wentupon the face of the waters.
19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that wereunder the whole heaven, were covered.
20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and ofbeast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, bothman, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they weredestroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
Chapter 8 1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with himin the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain fromheaven was restrained;
3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundredand fifty days the waters were abated.
4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon themountains of Ararat.
5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on thefirst day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the arkwhich he had made:
7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried upfrom off the earth.
8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the faceof the ground;
9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, andtook her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leafplucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not againunto him any more.
13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the firstday of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed thecovering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earthdried.
15 And God spake unto Noah, saying,
16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl,and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they maybreed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:
19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon theearth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
20 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of everyclean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not againcurse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil fromhis youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer andwinter, and day and night shall not cease.
Chapter 9 1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, andreplenish the earth.
2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, andupon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishesof the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have Igiven you all things.
4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will Irequire it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require thelife of man.
6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God madehe man.
7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiplytherein.
8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and ofevery beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of theearth.
11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any moreby the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you andevery living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me andthe earth.
14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall beseen in the cloud:
15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creatureof all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember theeverlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon theearth.
17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have establishedbetween me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: andHam is the father of Canaan.
19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his twobrethren without.
23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and wentbackward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, andthey saw not their father's nakedness.
24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall behis servant.
28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
Chapter 10 1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and untothem were sons born after the flood.
2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, andTiras.
3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after histongue, after their families, in their nations.
6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and thesons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mightyhunter before the LORD.
10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in theland of Shinar.
11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, andCalah,
12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
15 And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the familiesof the Canaanites spread abroad.
19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; asthou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in theircountries, and in their nations.
21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth theelder, even to him were children born.
22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was theearth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands,after their nations.
32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations:and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
Chapter 11 1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in theland of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. Andthey had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach untoheaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the wholeearth.
5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and thisthey begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imaginedto do.
7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understandone another's speech.
8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and theyleft off to build the city.
9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound thelanguage of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the faceof all the earth.
10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxadtwo years after the flood:
11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons anddaughters.
12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sonsand daughters.
14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons anddaughters.
16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons anddaughters.
18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons anddaughters.
20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons anddaughters.
22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons anddaughters.
26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haranbegat Lot.
28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of theChaldees.
29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the nameof Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father ofIscah.
30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai hisdaughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of theChaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
Chapter 12 1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred,and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee:
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great;and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in theeshall all families of the earth be blessed.
4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram wasseventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance thatthey had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to gointo the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. Andthe Canaanite was then in the land.
7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: andthere builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent,having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto theLORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there;for the famine was grievous in the land.
11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Saraihis wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shallsay, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and mysoul shall live because of thee.
14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld thewoman that she was very fair.
15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the womanwas taken into Pharaoh's house.
16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, andmenservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram'swife.
18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didstthou not tell me that she was thy wife?
19 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: nowtherefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, andall that he had.
Chapter 13 1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot withhim, into the south.
2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tenthad been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abramcalled on the name of the LORD.
5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for theirsubstance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot'scattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, andbetween my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilttake the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, thenI will go to the left.
10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was wellwatered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden ofthe LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separatedthemselves the one from the other.
12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, andpitched his tent toward Sodom.
13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thineeyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, andwestward:
15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dustof the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I willgive it unto thee.
18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is inHebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
Chapter 14 1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar,Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;
2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinabking of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, andsmote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in ShavehKiriathaim,
6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country ofthe Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.
8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah,and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battlewith them in the vale of Siddim;
9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king ofShinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled,and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and wenttheir way.
12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, anddeparted.
13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in theplain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these wereconfederate with Abram.
14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants,born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
15 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, andpursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and hisgoods, and the women also, and the people.
17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter ofChedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is theking's dale.
18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest ofthe most high God.
19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor ofheaven and earth:
20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. Andhe gave him tithes of all.
21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods tothyself.
22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the mosthigh God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take anything that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
24 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which wentwith me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
Chapter 15 1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fearnot, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the stewardof my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house ismine heir.
4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir;but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars,if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to givethee this land to inherit it.
8 And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of threeyears old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece oneagainst another: but the birds divided he not.
11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror ofgreat darkness fell upon him.
13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a landthat is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall theycome out with great substance.
15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of theAmorites is not yet full.
17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smokingfurnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I giventhis land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
Chapter 16 1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian,whose name was Hagar.
2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I praythee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkenedto the voice of Sarai.
3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten yearsin the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived,her mistress was despised in her eyes.
5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom;and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judgebetween me and thee.
6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseththee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by thefountain in the way to Shur.
8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And shesaid, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyselfunder her hands.
10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that itshall not be numbered for multitude.
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear ason, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's handagainst him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for shesaid, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
Chapter 17 1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and saidunto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for afather of many nations have I made thee.
6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kingsshall come out of thee.
7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in theirgenerations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed afterthee.
8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art astranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seedafter thee in their generations.
10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee;Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of thecovenant betwixt me and you.
12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in yourgenerations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which isnot of thy seed.
13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs becircumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, thatsoul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai,but Sarah shall her name be.
16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and sheshall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child beborn unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old,bear?
18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his nameIsaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with hisseed after him.
20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make himfruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I willmake him a great nation.
21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at thisset time in the next year.
22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all thatwere bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcisedthe flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of hisforeskin.
25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of hisforeskin.
26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger,were circumcised with him.
Chapter 18 1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door inthe heat of the day;
2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he sawthem, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee,from thy servant:
4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselvesunder the tree:
5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall passon: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly threemeasures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto ayoung man; and he hasted to dress it.
8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them;and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo,Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behindhim.
11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarahafter the manner of women.
12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I havepleasure, my lord being old also?
13 And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a suretybear a child, which am old?
14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee,according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; butthou didst laugh.
16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them tobring them on the way.
17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nationsof the earth shall be blessed in him?
19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and theyshall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring uponAbraham that which he hath spoken of him.
20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because theirsin is very grievous;
21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry ofit, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stoodyet before the LORD.
23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and notspare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked:and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judgeof all the earth do right?
26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I willspare all the place for their sakes.
27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord,which am but dust and ashes:
28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all thecity for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty foundthere. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.
30 And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventurethere shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventurethere shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.
32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once:Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.
33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abrahamreturned unto his place.
Chapter 19 1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lotseeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, andtarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. Andthey said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into hishouse; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed thehouse round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to theethis night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bringthem out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men donothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, andhe will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And theypressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut tothe door.
11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both smalland great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, andthy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:
13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the faceof the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, andsaid, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed asone that mocked unto his sons in law.
15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife,and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife,and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they broughthim forth, and set him without the city.
17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape forthy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to themountain, lest thou be consumed.
18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thymercy, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to themountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escapethither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I willnot overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither.Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD outof heaven;
25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of thecities, and that which grew upon the ground.
26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:
28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, andbeheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God rememberedAbraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities inthe which Lot dwelt.
30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him;for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man inthe earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserveseed of our father.
33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and laywith her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, Ilay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thouin, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and laywith him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of theMoabites unto this day.
38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is thefather of the children of Ammon unto this day.
Chapter 20 1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled betweenKadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent,and took Sarah.
3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but adead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteousnation?
5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother:in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity ofthy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee notto touch her.
7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee,and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die,thou, and all that are thine.
8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told allthese things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.
9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and whathave I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thouhast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; andthey will slay me for my wife's sake.
12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughterof my mother; and she became my wife.
13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I saidunto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me; at every place whither weshall come, say of me, He is my brother. 14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave themunto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver:behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with allother: thus she was reproved.
17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and hismaidservants; and they bare children.
18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because ofSarah Abraham's wife.
Chapter 21 1 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he hadspoken.
2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which Godhad spoken to him.
3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him,Isaac.
4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.
6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given childrensuck? for I have born him a son in his old age.
8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day thatIsaac was weaned.
9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son ofthis bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.
12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, andbecause of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice;for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, andgave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and shedeparted, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot:for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, andlift up her voice, and wept.
17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven,and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of thelad where he is.
18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled thebottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became anarcher.
21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the landof Egypt.
22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of hishost spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, norwith my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done untothee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
24 And Abraham said, I will swear.
25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servantshad violently taken away.
26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me,neither yet heard I of it, but to day.
27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made acovenant.
28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set bythemselves?
30 And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be awitness unto me, that I have digged this well.
31 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chiefcaptain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, theeverlasting God.
34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.
Chapter 22 1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said untohim, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee intothe land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountainswhich I will tell thee of.
3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his youngmen with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up,and went unto the place of which God had told him.
4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad willgo yonder and worship, and come again to you.
6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and hetook the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, myson. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burntoffering?
8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so theywent both of them together.
9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there,and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon thewood.
10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham:and he said, Here am I.
12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: fornow I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only sonfrom me.
13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in athicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burntoffering in the stead of his son.
14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, Inthe mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done thisthing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as thestars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shallpossess the gate of his enemies;
18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyedmy voice.
19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together toBeersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold,Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,
22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash,and Maachah.
Chapter 23 1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of thelife of Sarah.
2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abrahamcame to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace withyou, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchresbury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayestbury thy dead.
7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the childrenof Heth.
8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out ofmy sight; hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of hisfield; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham inthe audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city,saying,
11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give itthee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thouwilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me,and I will bury my dead there.
14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what isthat betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which hehad named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, currentmoney with the merchant.
17 And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, andthe cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all theborders round about, were made sure
18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all thatwent in at the gate of his city.
19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelahbefore Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for apossession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
Chapter 24 1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham inall things.
2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had,Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
3 And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth,that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whomI dwell:
4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow meunto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?
6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
7 The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of mykindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will Igive this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto myson from thence.
8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from thismy oath: only bring not my son thither again.
9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to himconcerning that matter.
10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all thegoods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the cityof Nahor.
11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time ofthe evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
12 And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day,and show kindness unto my master Abraham.
13 Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the citycome out to draw water:
14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, Ipray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drinkalso: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and therebyshall I know that thou hast showed kindness unto my master.
15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, whowas born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcherupon her shoulder.
16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: andshe went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water ofthy pitcher.
18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand,and gave him drink.
19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camelsalso, until they have done drinking.
20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well todraw water, and drew for all his camels.
21 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made hisjourney prosperous or not.
22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a goldenearring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight ofgold;
23 And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father'shouse for us to lodge in?
24 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bareunto Nahor.
25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodgein.
26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.
27 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitutemy master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house ofmy master's brethren.
28 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things.
29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, untothe well.
30 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, andwhen he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that hecame unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for Ihave prepared the house, and room for the camels.
32 And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw andprovender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were withhim.
33 And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I havetold mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
34 And he said, I am Abraham's servant.
35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath givenhim flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, andcamels, and asses.
36 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hathhe given all that he hath.
37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of thedaughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto myson.
39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
40 And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, andprosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father'shouse:
41 Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if theygive not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if nowthou do prosper my way which I go:
43 Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgincometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thypitcher to drink;
44 And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the samebe the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master's son.
45 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with herpitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said untoher, Let me drink, I pray thee.
46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and Iwill give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.
47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter ofBethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, andthe bracelets upon her hands.
48 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of mymaster Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughterunto his son.
49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me;that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannotspeak unto thee bad or good.
51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master's son'swife, as the LORD hath spoken.
52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he worshipped theLORD, bowing himself to the earth.
53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, andgave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night;and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.
55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at theleast ten; after that she shall go.
56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send meaway that I may go to my master.
57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.
58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, Iwill go.
59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and hismen.
60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother ofthousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
61 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed theman: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country.
63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes,and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.
64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
65 For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meetus? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a veil, and coveredherself.
66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she becamehis wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
Chapter 25 1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim,and Leummim.
4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All thesewere the children of Keturah.
5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sentthem away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundredthreescore and fifteen years.
8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full ofyears; and was gathered to his people.
9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field ofEphron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, andSarah his wife.
11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; andIsaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.
12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian,Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to theirgenerations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by theircastles; twelve princes according to their nations.
17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years:and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.
18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest towardAssyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:
20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel theSyrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21 And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD wasentreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am Ithus? And she went to inquire of the LORD.
23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shallbe separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people;and the elder shall serve the younger.
24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his nameEsau.
26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and hisname was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was aplain man, dwelling in tents.
28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I amfaint: therefore was his name called Edom.
31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthrightdo to me?
33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthrightunto Jacob.
34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and roseup, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.



Genesis 26-50



Chapter 26

1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days ofAbraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the landwhich I shall tell thee of:
3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, andunto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I swareunto Abraham thy father;
4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seedall these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes,and my laws.
6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for hefeared 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.
8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of thePhilistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekahhis wife.
9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and howsaidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die forher.
10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people mightlightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wifeshall surely be put to death.
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and theLORD blessed him.
13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants:and the Philistines envied him.
15 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham hisfather, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dweltthere.
18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abrahamhis father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he calledtheir names after the names by which his father had called them.
19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
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.
21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of itSitnah.
22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: andhe 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.
23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.
24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thyfather: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for myservant Abraham's sake.
25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched histent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol thechief captain of his army.
27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent meaway from you?
28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there benow an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done untothee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of theLORD.
30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent themaway, and they departed from him in peace.
32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerningthe well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.
33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.
34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri theHittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
Chapter 27 1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he couldnot see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him,Behold, here am I.
2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to thefield, and take me some venison;
4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that mysoul may bless thee before I die.
5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to huntfor venison, and to bring it.
6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esauthy brother, saying,
7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before theLORD before my death.
8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I willmake them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless theebefore his death.
11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I ama smooth man:
12 My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shallbring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and gofetch me them.
14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savourymeat, such as his father loved.
15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in thehouse, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth ofhis neck:
17 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand ofher son Jacob.
18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou,my son?
19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thoubadest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? Andhe said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me.
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.
22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice isJacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: sohe blessed him.
24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul maybless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and hedrank.
26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessedhim, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hathblessed:
28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plentyof corn and wine:
29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and letthy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed behe that blesseth thee.
30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob wasyet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came infrom his hunting.
31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto hisfather, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.
32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thyfirstborn Esau.
33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath takenvenison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessedhim? yea, and he shall be blessed.
34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bittercry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtlety, and hath taken away thy blessing.
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?
37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all hisbrethren 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?
38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even mealso, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be thefatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come topass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esausaid in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay mybrother Jacob.
42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and calledJacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, dothcomfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother toHaran;
44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away;
45 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast doneto him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of youboth in one day?
46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: ifJacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters ofthe land, what good shall my life do me?
Chapter 28 1 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thoushalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee awife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayestbe a multitude of people;
4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thoumayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel theSyrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take hima wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shaltnot take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;
7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;
8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughterof Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun wasset; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay downin that place to sleep.
12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached toheaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thyfather, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and tothy seed;
14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to thewest, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seedshall all the families of the earth be blessed.
15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, andwill bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done thatwhich I have spoken to thee of.
16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and Iknew it not.
17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but thehouse of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for hispillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luzat the first.
20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this waythat I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all thatthou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Chapter 29 1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.
2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheeplying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon thewell's mouth.
3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well'smouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.
4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
6 And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel hisdaughter cometh with the sheep.
7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should begathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.
8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they rollthe stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.
9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she keptthem.
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 stonefrom the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
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.
13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that heran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And hetold Laban all these things.
14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him thespace of a month.
15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serveme for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of theyounger was Rachel.
17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy youngerdaughter.
19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her toanother man: abide with me.
20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, forthe love he had to her.
21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go inunto her.
22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her tohim; and he went in unto her.
24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
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 thenhast thou beguiled me?
26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before thefirstborn.
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt servewith me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wifealso.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and servedwith him yet seven other years.
31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
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.
33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that Iwas hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.
34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband bejoined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
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.
Chapter 30 1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; andsaid unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hathwithheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
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.
4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me ason: therefore called she his name Dan.
7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I haveprevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob towife.
10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called hisname Asher.
14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, andbrought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thyson's mandrakes.
15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? andwouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall liewith thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.
16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, andsaid, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. Andhe lay with her that night.
17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
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.
19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
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.
21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send meaway, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.
26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thouknowest my service which I have done thee.
27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: forI have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was withme.
30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto amultitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I providefor mine own house also?
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.
32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled andspotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckledamong the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hirebefore thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brownamong the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
35 And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstreaked and spotted, and all theshe goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and allthe brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
36 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest ofLaban's flocks.
37 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut tree; and pilledwhite streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in thewatering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they cameto drink.
39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstreaked,speckled, and spotted.
40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward theringstreaked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks bythemselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.
41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid therods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among therods.
42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, andthe stronger Jacob's.
43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, andmenservants, and camels, and asses.
Chapter 31 1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that wasour father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory.
2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred;and I will be with thee.
4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
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.
6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered himnot to hurt me.
8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: andif he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstreaked.
9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
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 ringstreaked,speckled, and grisled.
11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattleare ringstreaked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vowunto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritancefor us in our father's house?
15 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured alsoour money.
16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and ourchildren's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattleof his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in theland of Canaan.
19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were herfather's.
20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that hefled.
21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set hisface toward the mount Gilead.
22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and theyovertook him in the mount Gilead.
24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed thatthou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban withhis brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares tome, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?
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?
28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishlyin so doing.
29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto meyesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thyfather's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventurethou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discernthou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolenthem.
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'stent.
34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat uponthem. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.
35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up beforethee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.
36 And Jacob was wroth, and chided with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, Whatis my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy householdstuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt usboth.
38 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast theiryoung, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of myhand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.
40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleepdeparted from mine eyes.
41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy twodaughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been withme, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labourof my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and thesechildren 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?
44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for awitness between me and thee.
45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made anheap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was thename of it called Galeed;
49 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent onefrom another.
50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside mydaughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have castbetwixt me and thee;
52 This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heapto thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
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.
54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: andthey did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.
55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, andblessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.
Chapter 32 1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of thatplace Mahanaim.
3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, thecountry of Edom.
4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacobsaith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sentto tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also hecometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was withhim, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which isleft shall escape.
9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD whichsaidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well withthee:
10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hastshowed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am becometwo bands.
11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fearhim, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
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.
13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a presentfor Esau his brother;
14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, andten foals.
16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; andsaid unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and askeththee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lordEsau: and, behold, also he is behind us.
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.
20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I willappease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face;peradventure he will accept of me.
21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and hiseleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of theday.
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.
26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go,except thou bless me.
27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hastthou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Whereforeis it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and mylife is preserved.
31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon thehollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in thesinew that shrank.
Chapter 33 1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him fourhundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the twohandmaids.
2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after,and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until hecame near to his brother.
4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: andthey wept.
5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are thosewith thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.
6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Josephnear and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
8 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are tofind grace in the sight of my lord.
9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receivemy present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the faceof God, and thou wast pleased with me.
11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealtgraciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.
12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks andherds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock willdie.
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 Icome unto my lord unto Seir.
15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And hesaid, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.
16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
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.
18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when hecame from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.
19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of thechildren of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.
20 And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel.
Chapter 34 1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see thedaughters of the land.
2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he tookher, and lay with her, and defiled her.
3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spakekindly unto the damsel.
4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with hiscattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men weregrieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying withJacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for yourdaughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughtersunto you.
10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade yetherein, and get you possessions therein.
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.
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.
13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said,because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that isuncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you becircumcised;
16 Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and wewill dwell with you, and we will become one people.
17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter,and we will be gone.
18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob'sdaughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.
20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with themen of their city, saying,
21 These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and tradetherein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters tous for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
22 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, ifevery male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
23 Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only letus consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of hiscity; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons ofJacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the cityboldly, and slew all the males.
26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah outof Shechem's house, and went out.
27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiledtheir sister.
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,
29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, andspoiled even all that was in the house.
30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among theinhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few innumber, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall bedestroyed, I and my house.
31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
Chapter 35 1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there analtar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thybrother.
2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strangegods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, whoanswered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all theirearrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round aboutthem, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all thepeople that were with him.
7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appearedunto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: andthe name of it was called Allonbachuth.
9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.
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.
11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and acompany of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seedafter thee will I give the land.
13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar ofstone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.
16 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: andRachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fearnot; thou shalt have this son also.
18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called hisname Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto thisday.
21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay withBilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, andIssachar, and Zebulun:
24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob,which were born to him in Padanaram.
27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which isHebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old andfull of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
Chapter 36 1 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
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;
3 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which wereborn unto him in the land of Canaan.
6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of hishouse, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in theland of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.
7 For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land whereinthey were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
9 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
10 These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel theson of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: thesewere the sons of Adah Esau's wife.
13 And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were thesons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
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.
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,
16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz inthe land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
17 And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, dukeMizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons ofBashemath Esau's wife.
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.
19 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes.
20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, andZibeon, and Anah,
21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children ofSeir in the land of Edom.
22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.
23 And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
24 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah thatfound the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
25 And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.
26 And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
27 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.
28 The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.
29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon,duke Anah,
30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among theirdukes in the land of Seir.
31 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any kingover the children of Israel.
32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.
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 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
38 And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
39 And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name ofhis city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughterof Mezahab.
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,
41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations inthe land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.
Chapter 37 1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding theflock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons ofZilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his oldage: and he made him a coat of many colours.
4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, theyhated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet themore.
6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and alsostood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to mysheaf.
8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed havedominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I havedreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars madeobeisance to me.
10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and saidunto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thybrethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and Iwill send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and wellwith the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and hecame to Shechem.
15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the manasked him, saying, What seekest thou?
16 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
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.
18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspiredagainst him to slay him.
19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
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.
21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not killhim.
22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in thewilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliverhim to his father again.
23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Josephout of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no waterin it.
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 andmyrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and concealhis blood?
27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for heis our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out ofthe pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they broughtJoseph into Egypt.
29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he renthis clothes.
30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall Igo?
31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in theblood;
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.
33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Josephis without doubt rent in pieces.
34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his sonmany days.
35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to becomforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus hisfather wept for him.
36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, andcaptain of the guard.
Chapter 38 1 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turnedin to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he tookher, and went in unto her.
3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.
5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was atChezib, when she bare him.
6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.
8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise upseed to thy brother.
9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in untohis brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to hisbrother.
10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
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 brethrendid. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.
12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah wascomforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah theAdullamite.
13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shearhis sheep.
14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a veil, and wrappedherself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelahwas grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.
16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in untothee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thougive me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
17 And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me apledge, till thou send it?
18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thybracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her,and she conceived by him.
19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her veil from her, and put on the garments ofher widowhood.
20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledgefrom the woman's hand: but he found her not.
21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly bythe way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.
22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the placesaid, that there was no harlot in this place.
23 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, andthou hast not found her.
24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thydaughter 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.
25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whosethese are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, thesignet, and bracelets, and staff.
26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; becausethat I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.
28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwifetook and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.
29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: andshe said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name wascalled Pharez.
30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and hisname was called Zarah.
Chapter 39 1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain ofthe guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought himdown thither.
2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house ofhis master the Egyptian.
3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did toprosper in his hand.
4 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer overhis house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
5 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and overall that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and theblessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.
6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save thebread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.
7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes uponJoseph; and she said, Lie with me.
8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what iswith me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from mebut thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sinagainst God?
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.
11 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do hisbusiness; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in herhand, and fled, and got him out.
13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and wasfled forth,
14 That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hathbrought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I criedwith a loud voice:
15 And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he lefthis garment with me, and fled, and got him out.
16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
17 And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thouhast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:
18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment withme, and fled out.
19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake untohim, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.
20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king'sprisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight ofthe keeper of the prison.
22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were inthe prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.
23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because theLORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper.
Chapter 40 1 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and hisbaker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, andagainst the chief of the bakers.
3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, theplace where Joseph was bound.
4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and theycontinued a season in ward.
5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each manaccording to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king ofEgypt, which were bound in the prison.
6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, theywere sad.
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?
8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. AndJoseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.
9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, avine was before me;
10 And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossomsshot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
11 And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them intoPharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches arethree days:
13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thyplace: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner whenthou wast his butler.
14 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and show kindness, I pray thee, untome, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:
15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I donenothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I alsowas in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:
17 And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and thebirds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.
18 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets arethree days:
19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang theeon a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feastunto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chiefbaker among his servants.
21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup intoPharaoh's hand:
22 But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
Chapter 41 1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold,he stood by the river.
2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; andthey fed in a meadow.
3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured andleanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fatkine. So Pharaoh awoke.
5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up uponone stalk, rank and good.
6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and,behold, it was a dream.
8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and calledfor all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them hisdream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard'shouse, both me and the chief baker:
11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to theinterpretation of his dream.
12 And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of theguard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to hisdream he did interpret.
13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mineoffice, and him he hanged.
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.
15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that caninterpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream tointerpret it.
16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answerof peace.
17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured;and they fed in a meadow:
19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured andleanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; butthey were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
23 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung upafter them:
24 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; butthere was none that could declare it to me.
25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath showed Pharaoh whathe is about to do.
26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dreamis one.
27 And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; andthe seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he showethunto Pharaoh.
29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
30 And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall beforgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; forit shall be very grievous.
32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing isestablished by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the landof Egypt.
34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifthpart of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn underthe hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, whichshall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whomthe Spirit of God is?
39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all this, there is noneso discreet and wise as thou art:
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 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayedhim in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
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.
44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up hishand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath thedaughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Josephwent out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
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 everycity, laid he up in the same.
49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering;for it was without number.
50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath thedaughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made meforget all my toil, and all my father's house.
52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful inthe land of my affliction.
53 And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and thedearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: andPharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all thestorehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the faminewas so sore in all lands.
Chapter 42 1 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do yelook one upon another?
2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, andbuy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
3 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lestperadventure mischief befall him.
5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in theland of Canaan.
6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people ofthe land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with theirfaces to the earth.
7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, andspake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From theland of Canaan to buy food.
8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye arespies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
11 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land ofCanaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, exceptyour youngest brother come hither.
16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, thatyour words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life ofPharaoh surely ye are spies.
17 And he put them all together into ward three days.
18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
19 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: goye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
20 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shallnot die. And they did so.
21 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that wesaw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is thisdistress come upon us.
22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against thechild; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by aninterpreter.
24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, andcommuned with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
25 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's moneyinto his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.
26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.
27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied hismoney; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth.
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 thisthat God hath done unto us?
29 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all thatbefell unto them; saying,
30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of thecountry.
31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this daywith our father in the land of Canaan.
33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye aretrue men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of yourhouseholds, and be gone:
34 And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, butthat ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in theland.
35 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle ofmoney was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, theywere afraid.
36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph isnot, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
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.
38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is leftalone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down mygray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Chapter 43 1 And the famine was sore in the land.
2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out ofEgypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shallnot see my face, except your brother be with you.
4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
5 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shallnot see my face, except your brother be with you.
6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye hadyet a brother?
7 And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Isyour father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor ofthese words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
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.
9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not untothee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the bestfruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and alittle honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
12 And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouthof your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:
13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:
14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your otherbrother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
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.
16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring thesemen home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.
17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.
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 ourasses.
19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at thedoor of the house,
20 And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
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 havebrought it again in our hand.
22 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who putour money in our sacks.
23 And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hathgiven you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.
24 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washedtheir feet; and he gave their asses provender.
25 And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that theyshould eat bread there.
26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand intothe house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whomye spake? Is he yet alive?
28 And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And theybowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Isthis your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious untothee, my son.
30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought whereto weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
31 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
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 theHebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngestaccording to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.
34 And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was fivetimes so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
Chapter 44 1 And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, asmuch as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth.
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.
3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
4 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto hissteward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them,Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have doneevil in so doing.
6 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thyservants should do according to this thing:
8 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee outof the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?
9 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be mylord's bondmen.
10 And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is foundshall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.
11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man hissack.
12 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup wasfound in Benjamin's sack.
13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
14 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fellbefore him on the ground.
15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such aman as I can certainly divine?
16 And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall weclear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord'sservants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.
17 And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup isfound, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.
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 thouart even as Pharaoh.
19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, alittle one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his fatherloveth him.
21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyesupon him.
22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave hisfather, his father would die.
23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, yeshall see my face no more.
24 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the wordsof my lord.
25 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
26 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we godown: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.
27 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
28 And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw himnot since:
29 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my grayhairs with sorrow to the grave.
30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeingthat his life is bound up in the lad's life;
31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: andthy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to thegrave.
32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him notunto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.
33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to mylord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I seethe evil that shall come on my father.
Chapter 45 1 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and hecried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Josephmade himself known unto his brethren.
2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.
3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And hisbrethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.
4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. Andhe said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for Goddid send me before you to preserve life.
6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, inthe which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save yourlives by a great deliverance.
8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father toPharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hathmade me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, andthy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all thatthou hast:
11 And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, andthy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouththat speaketh unto you.
13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; andye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon hisneck.
15 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethrentalked with him.
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.
17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, andgo, get you unto the land of Canaan;
18 And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you thegood of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for yourlittle ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.
20 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.
21 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to thecommandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave threehundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.
23 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things ofEgypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.
24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that yefall not out by the way.
25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob theirfather,
26 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land ofEgypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not.
27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he sawthe wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:
28 And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him beforeI die.
Chapter 46 1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offeredsacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And hesaid, Here am I.
3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I willthere make of thee a great nation:
4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: andJoseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
5 And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, andtheir little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land ofCanaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and allhis seed brought he with him into Egypt.
8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and hissons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
10 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaulthe son of a Canaanitish woman.
11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onandied in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughterDinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
16 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
17 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah theirsister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bareunto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath thedaughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
21 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, andRosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she barethese unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besidesJacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;
27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls ofthe house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.
28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they cameinto the land of Goshen.
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 goodwhile.
30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thouart yet alive.
31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and showPharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land ofCanaan, are come unto me;
32 And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they havebrought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.
33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is youroccupation?
34 That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even untilnow, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for everyshepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Chapter 47 1 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and theirflocks, 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.
2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.
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.
4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thyservants 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.
5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
6 The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethrento dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activityamong them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessedPharaoh.
8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred andthirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have notattained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of theirpilgrimage.
10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the landof Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, withbread, according to their families.
13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the landof Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in theland of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money intoPharaoh's house.
15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all theEgyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thypresence? for the money faileth.
16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.
17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange forhorses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fedthem with bread for all their cattle for that year.
18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, Wewill not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds ofcattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land forbread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we maylive, and not die, that the land be not desolate.
20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every manhis field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.
21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypteven to the other end thereof.
22 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned themof Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold nottheir lands.
23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land forPharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part untoPharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, andfor them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
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.
26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should havethe fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.
27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they hadpossessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was anhundred forty and seven years.
29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and saidunto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under mythigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me intheir buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon thebed's head.
Chapter 48 1 And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father issick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israelstrengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan,and blessed me,
4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will makeof thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for aneverlasting possession.
5 And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land ofEgypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall bemine.
6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be calledafter the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in theway, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there inthe way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?
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.
10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought themnear unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hathshowed me also thy seed.
12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his faceto the earth.
13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, andManasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him.
14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was theyounger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manassehwas the firstborn.
15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac didwalk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day,
16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named onthem, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude inthe midst of the earth.
17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, itdispleased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head untoManasseh's head.
18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thyright hand upon his head.
19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become apeople, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater thanhe, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make theeas Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring youagain unto the land of your fathers.
22 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of thehand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
Chapter 49 1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tellyou that which shall befall you in the last days.
2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel yourfather.
3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, theexcellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
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.
5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be notthou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down awall.
7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I willdivide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck ofthine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.
9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, hecouched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, untilShiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed hisgarments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; andhis border shall be unto Zidon.
14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
15 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed hisshoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
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.
18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run overthe wall:
23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the handsof the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shallbless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under,blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors untothe utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on thecrown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
27 Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at nighthe shall divide the spoil.
28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake untothem, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury mewith my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
30 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land ofCanaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of aburyingplace.
31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah hiswife; and there I buried Leah.
32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children ofHeth.
33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into thebed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
Chapter 50 1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and thephysicians embalmed Israel.
3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which areembalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.
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,
5 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me inthe land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, andbury my father, and I will come again.
6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
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,
8 And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their littleones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.
9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
10 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there theymourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his fatherseven days.
11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor ofAtad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of itwas called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
13 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of thefield of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplaceof Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
14 And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him tobury his father, after he had buried his father.
15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph willperadventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died,saying,
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 ofthe servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we bethy servants.
19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring topass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comfortedthem, and spake kindly unto them.
22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred andten years.
23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machirthe son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees.
24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring youout of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
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.
26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he wasput in a coffin in Egypt. ​



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HOLY SHIT SO MANY THE BINDING OF ISACC REFERENCES
 
What the fuck is this shit (talking about the furry part). Why do people think this is okay. Form real hobbies, like archery or shooting.
 
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For real though. About the letters stuff, all that is just a label. Just be you and be fine with that.
 
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ford-michigan said:
For real though. About the letters stuff, all that is just a label. Stop adding labels and saying you are ace, trans, etc... just be you and be fine with that. I thought in my younger years I had to conform to what I saw other gay and such people were like. But it turns out I can be a moderate and just be fine with being a man and not care about being gay at all. At this point I just care about the people important to me and moving on and maturing.
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Nobody asked lol
 
ford-michigan said:
For real though. About the letters stuff, all that is just a label. Stop adding labels and saying you are ace, trans, etc... just be you and be fine with that. I thought in my younger years I had to conform to what I saw other gay and such people were like. But it turns out I can be a moderate and just be fine with being a man and not care about being gay at all. At this point I just care about the people important to me and moving on and maturing.
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why the transphobia.
 
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