| Book 01 Genesis |
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And there was a famine in the land,
beside the first famine that was in the
days of Abraham.
And Isaac went unto Abimelech
king of the Philistines
unto Gerar. |
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And the LORD appeared
unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt;
dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: |
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Sojourn in this land, and I will
be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed,
I will give all these countries, and I
will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham
thy father; |
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And I will make thy seed to multiply
as the stars of heaven,
and will give unto thy seed all these
countries; and in thy seed
shall all the nations of the earth
be blessed;  |
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Because that Abraham
obeyed my voice,
and kept my charge, my commandments,
my statutes, and my laws. |
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And Isaac dwelt
in Gerar: |
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And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister:
for he feared to say, She is my wife;
lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah;
because she was fair to look upon. |
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And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech
king of the Philistines
looked out at a window, and saw, and,
behold, Isaac
was sporting with Rebekah
his wife. |
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And Abimelech called Isaac,
and said, Behold, of a surety she is
thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister?
And Isaac said unto him, Because
I said, Lest I die for her. |
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And Abimelech said, What is this thou
hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly
have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest
have brought guiltiness upon
us. |
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And Abimelech charged all his people,
saying, He that toucheth this man
or his wife shall surely be put to death. |
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Then Isaac sowed in that land,
and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD
blessed him. |
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And the man waxed
great, and went forward, and grew until he became
very great: |
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For he had possession of flocks,
and possession of herds, and great store
of servants: and the Philistines envied
him. |
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For all the wells which his father's
servants had digged in the days
of Abraham his father,
the Philistines had stopped
them, and filled
them with earth. |
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And Abimelech said unto Isaac,
Go from us; for thou art much mightier
than we. |
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And Isaac departed thence, and pitched
his tent in the valley
of Gerar, and dwelt
there. |
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And Isaac digged
again the wells of water, which they
had digged in the days
of Abraham his father;
for the Philistines had stopped
them after the death
of Abraham: and he called their names after
the names by which his father had called
them. |
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And Isaac's servants digged
in the valley, and found there a well
of springing water. |
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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. |
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And they digged
another well, and strove for that also:
and he called the name of it Sitnah. |
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And he removed from thence, and digged
another well; and for that they strove
not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth;
and he said, For now the LORD hath made
room for us, and we shall be fruitful
in the land. |
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And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. |
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And the LORD appeared
unto him the same night, and said, I
am the God of Abraham
thy father: fear not, for I am with thee,
and will bless thee, and multiply thy
seed for my servant Abraham's
sake. |
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And he builded an altar there, and called upon
the name of the LORD, and pitched
his tent there: and there Isaac's
servants digged a well. |
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Then Abimelech went to him from
Gerar, and Ahuzzath
one of his friends, and Phichol
the chief captain of his army. |
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And Isaac said unto them,
Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you? |
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And they said, We saw certainly that
the LORD was with thee: and we said,
Let there be now an oath betwixt us,
even betwixt us and thee, and let us
make a covenant with thee; |
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That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we
have done unto thee nothing but good,
and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD. |
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And he made them a feast, and they
did eat and drink. |
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And they rose up betimes
in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac
sent them away, and they
departed from him in peace. |
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And it came to pass the same day,
that Isaac's servants came, and told
him concerning the well which they had
digged, and said unto him, We have found
water. |
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And he called it Shebah: therefore
the name of the city is Beer-sheba
unto this day. |
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And Esau was forty years
old when he took to wife Judith the daughter
of Beeri the Hittite,
and Bashemath the daughter
of Elon the Hittite: |
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Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac
and to Rebekah. |
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And it came to pass, that when Isaac
was old, and his eyes were dim, so that
he could not see, he called Esau his
eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold,
here am I. |
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And he said, Behold now, I am old,
I know not the day
of my death: |
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Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow,
and go out to the field, and take me
some venison; |
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And make me savoury meat,
such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul
may bless thee before I die. |
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And Rebekah heard when Isaac
spake to Esau his son. And Esau
went to the field to hunt for venison,
and to bring it. |
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And Rebekah spake unto Jacob
her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy
father speak unto Esau
thy brother, saying, |
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Bring me venison, and make me savoury
meat, that I may eat, and bless thee
before the LORD before my death. |
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Now therefore, my son, obey my voice
according to that which I command thee. |
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Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good
kids of the goats; and I will make them
savoury meat
for thy father, such as he loveth: |
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And thou shalt bring it to thy father,
that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death. |
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And Jacob said to Rebekah
his mother, Behold,
Esau my brother is a hairy man,
and I am a smooth man: |
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My father peradventure
will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse
upon me, and not a blessing. |
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And his mother said unto him, Upon
me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice,
and go fetch me them. |
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And he went, and fetched, and brought
them to his mother:
and his mother made savoury
meat, such as his father
loved. |
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And Rebekah took goodly raiment
of her eldest son Esau, which were with
her in the house, and put them upon
Jacob her younger son: |
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And she put the skins of the kids of the goats
upon his hands, and upon
the smooth of his neck: |
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And she gave the savoury meat
and the bread, which she had prepared,
into the hand of her son Jacob. |
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And he came unto his father, and said,
My father: and he said, Here am I; who art
thou, my son? |
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And Jacob said unto his father,
I am Esau thy first born; I have done
according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that
thy soul may bless me. |
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And Isaac said unto his son, How
is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because
the LORD thy God
brought it to me. |
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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. |
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And Jacob went near unto Isaac
his father; and he felt him, and said, The
voice is Jacob's
voice, but the hands are the hands of
Esau. |
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And he discerned him not, because
his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's
hands: so he blessed him. |
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And he said, Art thou my very son Esau?
And he said, I am. |
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And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that
my soul may bless thee. And he brought
it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine
and he drank. |
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And his father Isaac
said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. |
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And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment,
and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field
which the LORD hath blessed: |
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Therefore God give thee of the dew
of heaven, and the fatness of the earth,
and plenty of corn and wine: |
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Let people serve thee, and nations
bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren,
and let thy mother's
sons bow
down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth
thee. |
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And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac
had made an end of blessing Jacob, and
Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the
presence of Isaac his father,
that Esau his brother came in from his
hunting. |
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And he also had made savoury meat,
and brought it unto his father, and said
unto his father, Let
my father arise, and eat of his son's venison,
that thy soul may bless me. |
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And Isaac his father
said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn
Esau. |
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And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said,
Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have
eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall
be blessed. |
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And when Esau heard the words of
his father, he cried with a great and exceeding
bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless
me, even me also, O my father. |
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And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy
blessing. |
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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? |
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And Isaac answered and said unto
Esau, Behold,
I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren
have I given to him for servants; and with corn
and wine have I sustained him: and what
shall I do now unto thee, my son? |
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And Esau said unto his father,
Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless
me, even me also, O my father. And Esau
lifted up his voice, and wept. |
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And Isaac his father
answered and said unto him, Behold, thy
dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth,
and of the dew of heaven from above; |
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And by thy sword shalt thou live,
and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the
dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke
from off thy neck. |
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And Esau hated Jacob
because of the blessing wherewith his
father blessed him: and Esau
said in his heart, The days of mourning
for my father are at hand; then will I slay
my brother Jacob. |
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And these words of Esau her elder
son were told to Rebekah: and she sent
and called Jacob her younger son, and
said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau,
as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee. |
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Now therefore, my son, obey my voice;
arise, flee thou to Laban my brother
to Haran; |
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And tarry with him a few days, until
thy brother's fury turn away; |
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Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which
thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why
should I be deprived also of you both in one day? |
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And Rebekah said to Isaac,
I am weary of my life because
of the daughters of Heth:
if Jacob take a wife of the daughters
of Heth, such as these which are of the
daughters of the land, what good
shall my life do me? |
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And Isaac called Jacob,
and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take
a wife of the daughters of Canaan. |
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Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house
of Bethuel thy mother's
father; and take thee a wife from thence
of the daughers of Laban thy mother's
brother. |
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And God Almighty
bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and
multiply thee, that thou mayest be a
multitude of people; |
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And give thee the blessing of Abraham,
to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that
thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger,
which God gave unto Abraham. |
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And Isaac sent away Jacob:
and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban,
son of Bethuel the Syrian,
the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's
and Esau's mother. |
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When Esau saw that Isaac
had blessed Jacob, and sent him
away to Padan-aram, to take him
a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying,
Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; |
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And that Jacob obeyed
his father and his mother,
and was gone to Padan-aram; |
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And Esau seeing that the daughters
of Canaan pleased not Isaac
his father; |
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Then went Esau unto Ishmael,
and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath
the daughter of Ishmael
Abraham's son, the sister
of Nebajoth, to be his wife. |
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And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba,
and went toward Haran. |
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And he lighted upon a certain place,
and tarried there all night, because
the sun was set; and he took of the stones
of that place, and put them for his pillows,
and lay down in that place to sleep. |
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And he dreamed, and behold
a ladder set up on the earth,
and the top of it reached to heaven:
and behold the angels
of God ascending
and descending on it. |
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And, behold, the LORD
stood above it, and said, I am the LORD
God of Abraham
thy father, and the God
of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest,
to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; |
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And thy seed shall be as the
dust of the earth,
and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the
north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed
shall all the families of the
earth be blessed. |
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And, behold, I am with thee, and
will keep thee in all places whither thou
goest, and will bring thee again into
this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken
to thee of. |
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And Jacob awaked out of his
sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD
is in this place; and I knew
it not. |
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And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none
other but the house of God, and
this is the gate of heaven. |
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And Jacob rose up early in the morning,
and took the stone that he had put for
his pillows, and set it up for a pillar,
and poured oil upon the top of it. |
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And he called the name of that place Bethel:
but the name of that city was called
Luz at the first. |
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And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If
God will be with me, and will keep me
in this way that I go, and will give me bread
to eat, and raiment to put on, |
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So that I come again to my father's
house in peace; then shall the LORD be
my God: |
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And this stone, which I have set for
a pillar, shall be God's
house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth
unto thee. |
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Then Jacob went on his journey,
and came into the land of the people of the east. |
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And he looked, and behold a well
in the field, and, lo, there were three
flocks of sheep lying by it; for out
of that well they watered
the flocks: and a great stone was upon
the well's mouth. |
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And thither were all the flocks gathered:
and they rolled the stone
from the well's mouth, and watered the
sheep, and put the stone
again upon
the well's mouth in his place. |
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And Jacob said unto them,
My brethren, whence be ye? And they
said, Of Haran are we. |
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And he said unto them, Know
ye Laban the son of Nahor?
And they said, We know
him. |
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And he said unto them, Is he well?
And they said, He is well: and, behold,
Rachel his daughter
cometh with the sheep. |
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And he said, Lo, it is yet high day,
neither is it time that the cattle should
be gathered together: water ye the sheep,
and go and feed them. |
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And they said, We cannot, until all
the flocks be gathered together, and till
they roll the stone
from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep. |
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And while he yet spake with them,
Rachel came with her father's
sheep; for she kept them. |
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And it came to pass, when Jacob saw
Rachel the daughter
of Laban his mother's
brother, and the sheep of Laban
his mother's brother, that Jacob
went near, and rolled the stone from the
well's mouth, and watered the flock of
Laban his mother's
brother. |
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And Jacob kissed Rachel,
and lifted up his voice, and wept. |
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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. |
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And it came to pass, when Laban heard
the tidings of Jacob his sister's
son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him
to his house. And he told Laban all these
things. |
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And Laban said to him, Surely
thou art my bone and my flesh.
And he abode with him the space of a month. |
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And Laban said unto Jacob,
Because thou art my brother, shouldest
thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be? |
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And Laban had two daughters:
the name of the elder was Leah,
and the name of the younger was Rachel. |
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Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel
was beautiful and well favoured. |
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And Jacob loved Rachel;
and said, I will serve thee seven years
for Rachel thy younger daughter. |
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And Laban said, It is better
that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man:
abide with me. |
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And Jacob served seven years
for Rachel; and they
seemed unto him but a few days, for the
love he had to her. |
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And Jacob said unto Laban,
Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled,
that I may go in unto her. |
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And Laban gathered together
all the men of the place, and made a feast. |
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And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah
his daughter, and brought her to him;
and he went in unto her. |
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And Laban gave unto his daughter
Leah Zilpah
his maid for an handmaid. |
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And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold,
it was Leah: and he said to Laban,
What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel?
wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? |
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And Laban said, It must not be so
done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. |
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Fulfil her week, and we will give
thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other
years. |
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And Jacob did so, and fulfilled
her week: and he gave him Rachel
his daughter to wife also. |
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And Laban gave to Rachel
his daughter Bilhah
his handmaid to be her maid. |
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And he went in also unto Rachel,
and he loved also Rachel more than Leah,
and served with him yet seven other years. |
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And when the LORD saw that Leah
was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel
was barren. |
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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. |
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And she conceived again,
and bare a son; and said, Because
the LORD hath heard I was hated, he hath
therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon. |
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And she conceived again,
and bare a son; and said, Now this time
will my husband be joined
unto me, because I have born him three
sons: therefore was his name called Levi. |
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And she conceived again,
and bare a son: and she said, Now will
I praise the LORD: therefore she called
his name Judah; and left bearing. |
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And when Rachel saw that she bare
Jacob no children,
Rachel envied her sister;
and said unto Jacob, Give me children,
or else I die. |
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And Jacob's anger was kindled
against Rachel:
and he said, Am I in God's stead, who
hath withheld from thee the fruit of
the womb? |
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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. |
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And she gave him Bilhah her
handmaid to wife: and Jacob
went in unto her. |
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And Bilhah conceived,
and bare Jacob
a son. |
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And Rachel said, God
hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice,
and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan. |
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And Bilhah Rachel's
maid conceived again,
and bare Jacob
a second son. |
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And Rachel said, With great wrestlings
have I wrestled with my sister, and I
have prevailed: and she called his name
Naphtali. |
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When Leah saw that she had
left bearing, she took Zilpah
her maid, and gave her Jacob
to wife. |
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And Zilpah Leah's
maid bare Jacob
a son. |
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And Leah said, A troop cometh: and
she called his name Gad. |
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And Zilpah Leah's
maid bare Jacob
a second son. |
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And Leah said, Happy am I,
for the daughters will call me
blessed: and she called his name Asher. |
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And Reuben went in the days
of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes
in the field, and brought them
unto his mother Leah.
Then Rachel said to Leah,
Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. |
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And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband?
and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes
also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall
lie with thee to night for thy son's
mandrakes. |
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And Jacob came out of the field
in the evening, and Leah went out to
meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with
my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her
that night. |
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And God hearkened
unto Leah, and she conceived,
and bare Jacob
the fifth son. |
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|
And Leah said, God
hath given me my hire, because I have
given my maiden to my husband: and she
called his name Issachar. |
| 030:019 |
|
And Leah conceived
again, and bare
Jacob the sixth son. |
| 030:020 |
|
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. |
| 030:021 |
|
And afterwards she bare a daughter,
and called her name Dinah. |
| 030:022 |
|
And God remembered Rachel,
and God hearkened
to her, and opened her womb. |
| 030:023 |
|
And she conceived, and bare
a son; and said, God hath taken away my
reproach: |
| 030:024 |
|
And she called his name Joseph;
and said, The LORD shall add
to me another son. |
| 030:025 |
|
And it came to pass, when Rachel
had born Joseph, that Jacob
said unto Laban, Send me away,
that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country. |
| 030:026 |
|
Give me my wives and my children,
for whom I have served thee, and let
me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee. |
| 030:027 |
|
And Laban said unto him, I pray thee,
if I have found favour in thine eyes,
tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD
hath blessed me for thy sake. |
| 030:028 |
|
And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. |
| 030:029 |
|
And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy
cattle was with me. |
| 030:030 |
|
For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased
unto a multitude; and the LORD
hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house
also? |
| 030:031 |
|
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. |
| 030:032 |
|
I will pass through all thy flock to day,
removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle,
and all the brown cattle among the sheep,
and the spotted and speckled among the goats:
and of such shall be my hire. |
| 030:033 |
|
So shall my righteousness answer
for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every
one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats,
and brown among the sheep, that shall
be counted stolen with me. |
| 030:034 |
|
And Laban said, Behold,
I would it might be according to thy word. |
| 030:035 |
|
And he removed that day
the he goats that were ringstraked
and spotted, and all the she goats that
were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white
in it, and all the brown among the sheep,
and gave them into the hand of his sons. |
| 030:036 |
|
And he set three days' journey betwixt
himself and Jacob: and Jacob
fed the rest of Laban's flocks. |
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|
And Jacob took him rods
of green poplar,
and of the hazel and chesnut
tree; and pilled white
strakes in them,
and made the white appear which was in
the rods. |
| 030:038 |
|
And he set the rods which he had
pilled before the flocks in the gutters
in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they
should conceive when they
came to drink. |
| 030:039 |
|
And the flocks conceived before the
rods, and brought forth cattle
ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. |
| 030:040 |
|
And Jacob did separate the lambs,
and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked,
and all the brown in the flock of Laban;
and he put his own flocks by themselves,
and put them not unto Laban's
cattle. |
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|
And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger
cattle did conceive,
that Jacob laid the rods
before the eyes of the cattle
in the gutters, that they
might conceive among the rods. |
| 030:042 |
|
But when the cattle were feeble,
he put them not in: so the feebler were
Laban's, and the stronger
Jacob's. |
| 030:043 |
|
And the man increased exceedingly,
and had much cattle,
and maidservants, and menservants,
and camels, and asses. |
| 031:001 |
|
And he heard the words of Laban's
sons, saying, Jacob
hath taken away all that was our father's;
and of that which was our father's hath
he gotten all this glory. |
| 031:002 |
|
And Jacob beheld the countenance
of Laban, and, behold,
it was not toward him as before. |
| 031:003 |
|
And the LORD said unto Jacob,
Return unto the land of thy fathers, and
to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. |
| 031:004 |
|
And Jacob sent and called Rachel
and Leah to the field
unto his flock, |
| 031:005 |
|
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. |
| 031:006 |
|
And ye know that with all my power
I have served your father. |
| 031:007 |
|
And your father hath deceived me, and
changed my wages ten times; but God suffered
him not to hurt me. |
| 031:008 |
|
If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle
bare speckled: and if he said thus, The
ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare
all the cattle ringstraked. |
| 031:009 |
|
Thus God hath taken away the cattle
of your father, and given them
to me. |
| 031:010 |
|
And it came to pass at the time that the cattle
conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes,
and saw in a dream, and, behold,
the rams which leaped upon the cattle
were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled. |
| 031:011 |
|
And the angel of God
spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob:
And I said, Here am I. |
| 031:012 |
|
And he said, Lift up now thine eyes,
and see, all the rams which leap upon
the cattle are ringstraked,
speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban
doeth unto thee. |
| 031:013 |
|
I am the God of Bethel,
where thou anointedst the pillar, and
where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and
return unto the land of thy kindred. |
| 031:014 |
|
And Rachel and Leah
answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in
our father's house? |
| 031:015 |
|
Are we not counted of him strangers?
for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured
also our money. |
| 031:016 |
|
For all the riches which God hath
taken from our father, that is ours, and
our children's: now then, whatsoever
God hath said unto thee, do. |
| 031:017 |
|
Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons
and his wives upon camels; |
| 031:018 |
|
And he carried away all his cattle,
and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle
of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan-aram,
for to go to Isaac his father
in the land of Canaan. |
| 031:019 |
|
And Laban went to shear
his sheep: and Rachel
had stolen the images that were her father's. |
| 031:020 |
|
And Jacob stole away unawares
to Laban the Syrian,
in that he told him not that he fled. |
| 031:021 |
|
So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river,
and set his face toward the mount Gilead. |
| 031:022 |
|
And it was told Laban on the
third day that Jacob
was fled. |
| 031:023 |
|
And he took his brethren with him,
and pursued after him seven days'
journey; and they overtook him in the
mount Gilead. |
| 031:024 |
|
And God came to Laban
the Syrian in a dream
by night, and said unto him,
Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob
either good or bad. |
| 031:025 |
|
Then Laban overtook Jacob.
Now Jacob had pitched
his tent in the mount:
and Laban with his brethren
pitched in the mount
of Gilead. |
| 031:026 |
|
And Laban said to Jacob,
What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away
my daughters, as captives taken with
the sword? |
| 031:027 |
|
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? |
| 031:028 |
|
And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons
and my daughters? thou hast now done
foolishly in so doing. |
| 031:029 |
|
It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God
of your father spake unto me yesternight,
saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob
either good or bad. |
| 031:030 |
|
And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because
thou sore longedst after thy father's house,
yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods? |
| 031:031 |
|
And Jacob answered and said to Laban,
Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure
thou wouldest take by force thy daughters
from me. |
| 031:032 |
|
With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let
him not live: before our brethren discern
thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob
knew not that Rachel
had stolen them. |
| 031:033 |
|
And Laban went into Jacob's
tent, and into Leah's
tent, and into the two maidservants'
tents; but he found them
not. Then went he out of Leah's tent,
and entered into Rachel's tent. |
| 031:034 |
|
Now Rachel had taken the images,
and put them in the camel's furniture,
and sat upon them.
And Laban searched all the tent,
but found them not. |
| 031:035 |
|
And she said to her father, Let
it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of
women is upon me. And he searched but
found not the images. |
| 031:036 |
|
And Jacob was wroth, and chode with
Laban: and Jacob
answered and said to Laban, What is my
trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast
so hotly pursued after me? |
| 031:037 |
|
Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household
stuff? set it here before my brethren
and thy brethren, that they
may judge betwixt us both. |
| 031:038 |
|
This twenty years have I been with
thee; thy ewes and thy she goats
have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten. |
| 031:039 |
|
That which was torn of beasts I brought
not unto thee; I bare the loss of it;
of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day,
or stolen by night. |
| 031:040 |
|
Thus I was; in the day the drought
consumed me, and the frost by night;
and my sleep departed from mine eyes. |
| 031:041 |
|
Thus have I been twenty years in
thy house; I served thee fourteen years
for thy two daughters, and six years
for thy cattle: and thou hast changed
my wages ten times. |
| 031:042 |
|
Except the God of my father,
the God of Abraham,
and the fear of Isaac, had been with
me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God
hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight. |
| 031:043 |
|
And Laban answered and said unto
Jacob, These daughters
are my daughters, and these children
are my children, and these cattle
are my cattle, and all that thou seest
is mine: and what can I do this day unto
these my daughters, or unto their children
which they have born? |
| 031:044 |
|
Now therefore come thou, let us make
a covenant, I and thou; and let
it be for a witness between me and thee. |
| 031:045 |
|
And Jacob took a stone,
and set it up for a pillar. |
| 031:046 |
|
And Jacob said unto his brethren,
Gather stones; and they
took stones, and made an heap: and they
did eat there upon the heap. |
| 031:047 |
|
And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha:
but Jacob called it Galeed. |
| 031:048 |
|
And Laban said, This heap is a witness
between me and thee this day.
Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; |
| 031:049 |
|
And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD
watch between me and thee, when we are
absent one from another. |
| 031:050 |
|
If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives
beside my daughters, no man is
with us; see, God is witness betwixt
me and thee. |
| 031:051 |
|
And Laban said to Jacob,
Behold this heap, and behold
this pillar, which I have cast betwixt
me and thee: |
| 031:052 |
|
This heap be witness, and this pillar
be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou
shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar
unto me, for harm. |
| 031:053 |
|
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. |
| 031:054 |
|
Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon
the mount, and called his brethren
to eat bread: and they
did eat bread, and tarried all night
in the mount. |
| 031:055 |
|
And early in the morning Laban rose
up, and kissed his sons and his daughters,
and blessed them: and Laban
departed, and returned unto his place. |
| 032:001 |
|
And Jacob went on his way, and the
angels of God
met him. |
| 032:002 |
|
And when Jacob saw them,
he said, This is God's host: and he called
the name of that place Mahanaim. |
| 032:003 |
|
And Jacob sent messengers before
him to Esau his brother unto
the land of Seir, the country
of Edom. |
| 032:004 |
|
And he commanded them,
saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau;
Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have
sojourned with Laban,
and stayed there until now: |
| 032:005 |
|
And I have oxen, and asses,
flocks, and menservants, and womenservants:
and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight. |
| 032:006 |
|
And the messengers returned to Jacob,
saying, We came to thy brother Esau,
and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. |
| 032:007 |
|
Then Jacob was greatly afraid and
distressed: and he divided the people
that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels,
into two bands; |
| 032:008 |
|
And said, If Esau come to the
one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall
escape. |
| 032:009 |
|
And Jacob said, O God
of my father Abraham,
and God of my father
Isaac, the LORD
which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred,
and I will deal well with thee: |
| 032:010 |
|
I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth,
which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over
this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. |
| 032:011 |
|
Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau:
for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother
with the children. |
| 032:012 |
|
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. |
| 032:013 |
|
And he lodged there that same night;
and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau
his brother; |
| 032:014 |
|
Two hundred she goats, and twenty
he goats, two hundred ewes,
and twenty rams, |
| 032:015 |
|
Thirty milch camels with their colts,
forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she
asses, and ten foals. |
| 032:016 |
|
And he delivered them into the hand
of his servants, every drove by themselves;
and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove
and drove. |
| 032:017 |
|
And he commanded the foremost, saying,
When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and
asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither
goest thou? and whose are these before thee? |
| 032:018 |
|
Then thou shalt say, They be thy
servant Jacob's; it is a present sent
unto my lord Esau: and, behold,
also he is behind us. |
| 032:019 |
|
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. |
| 032:020 |
|
And say ye moreover, Behold, thy
servant Jacob is behind us. For he said,
I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will
see his face; peradventure he will accept
of me. |
| 032:021 |
|
So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night
in the company. |
| 032:022 |
|
And he rose up that night, and took
his two wives, and his two womenservants,
and his eleven sons, and passed over
the ford Jabbok. |
| 032:023 |
|
And he took them, and sent them
over the brook, and sent over that he had. |
| 032:024 |
|
And Jacob was left alone; and
there wrestled a man with him
until the breaking of the day. |
| 032:025 |
|
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. |
| 032:026 |
|
And he said, Let me go, for the day
breaketh. And he said, I will not let
thee go, except thou bless me. |
| 032:027 |
|
And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. |
| 032:028 |
|
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob,
but Israel: for as a prince hast
thou power with God and with men,
and hast prevailed. |
| 032:029 |
|
And Jacob asked him, and said,
Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou
dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. |
| 032:030 |
|
And Jacob called the name of
the place Peniel: for I have seen God
face to face, and my life is
preserved. |
| 032:031 |
|
And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon
him, and he halted upon his thigh. |
| 032:032 |
|
Therefore the children of Israel
eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon
the hollow of the thigh, unto this day:
because he touched the hollow of Jacob's
thigh in the sinew that shrank. |
| 033:001 |
|
And Jacob lifted up his eyes,
and looked, and, behold, Esau
came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided
the children unto Leah,
and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. |
| 033:002 |
|
And he put the handmaids and their
children foremost, and Leah
and her children after, and Rachel
and Joseph hindermost. |
| 033:003 |
|
And he passed over before them, and
bowed himself to the ground
seven times, until he came near to his brother. |
| 033:004 |
|
And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced
him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they
wept. |
| 033:005 |
|
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw
the women and the children; and said,
Who are those with thee? And he said,
The children which God
hath graciously given thy servant. |
| 033:006 |
|
Then the handmaidens came near, they
and their children, and they
bowed themselves. |
| 033:007 |
|
And Leah also with her children
came near, and bowed themselves:
and after came Joseph near and Rachel,
and they bowed
themselves. |
| 033:008 |
|
And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove
which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. |
| 033:009 |
|
And Esau said, I have enough,
my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself. |
| 033:010 |
|
And Jacob said, Nay, I pray
thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present
at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the
face of God, and thou wast pleased
with me. |
| 033:011 |
|
Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because
God hath dealt graciously with me, and
because I have enough. And he urged him,
and he took it. |
| 033:012 |
|
And he said, Let us take our journey,
and let us go, and I will go before thee. |
| 033:013 |
|
And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children
are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should
overdrive them one day,
all the flock will die. |
| 033:014 |
|
Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over
before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle
that goeth before me and the children
be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir. |
| 033:015 |
|
And Esau said, Let
me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth
it? let me find grace in the sight of
my lord. |
| 033:016 |
|
So Esau returned
that day on his way unto Seir. |
| 033:017 |
|
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. |
| 033:018 |
|
And Jacob came to Shalem,
a city of Shechem,
which is in the land of Canaan, when
he came from Padan-aram; and pitched
his tent before the city. |
| 033:019 |
|
And he bought a parcel of a field,
where he had spread his tent, at the hand
of the children of Hamor,
Shechem's father,
for an hundred pieces of money. |
| 033:020 |
|
And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel. |
| 034:001 |
|
And Dinah the daughter
of Leah, which she bare
unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters
of the land. |
| 034:002 |
|
And when Shechem the son of
Hamor the Hivite,
prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled
her. |
| 034:003 |
|
And his soul clave unto Dinah
the daughter of Jacob,
and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly
unto the damsel. |
| 034:004 |
|
And Shechem spake unto his father
Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel
to wife. |
| 034:005 |
|
And Jacob heard that he had defiled
Dinah his daughter:
now his sons were with his cattle
in the field: and Jacob
held his peace until they were come. |
| 034:006 |
|
And Hamor the father
of Shechem went out unto Jacob
to commune with him. |
| 034:007 |
|
And the sons of Jacob
came out of the field when they
heard it: and the men were grieved, and
they were very wroth, because
he had wrought folly in Israel in lying
with Jacob's daughter:
which thing ought not to be done. |
| 034:008 |
|
And Hamor communed with them,
saying, The soul of my son Shechem
longeth for your daughter: I pray you
give her him to wife. |
| 034:009 |
|
And make ye marriages with us, and
give your daughters unto us, and take
our daughters unto you. |
| 034:010 |
|
And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade
ye therein, and get you possessions therein. |
| 034:011 |
|
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. |
| 034:012 |
|
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. |
| 034:013 |
|
And the sons of Jacob
answered Shechem and Hamor
his father deceitfully, and said, because
he had defiled Dinah their sister: |
| 034:014 |
|
And they said unto them,
We cannot do this thing, to give our
sister to one that is uncircumcised;
for that were a reproach unto us: |
| 034:015 |
|
But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every
male of you be circumcised; |
| 034:016 |
|
Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters
to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people. |
| 034:017 |
|
But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised;
then will we take our daughter, and we
will be gone. |
| 034:018 |
|
And their words pleased Hamor,
and Shechem Hamor's
son. |
| 034:019 |
|
And the young man deferred not to
do the thing, because
he had delight in Jacob's daughter:
and he was more honourable than all the house of his father. |
| 034:020 |
|
And Hamor and Shechem
his son came unto the gate of their city,
and communed with the men of their city,
saying, |
| 034:021 |
|
These men are peaceable with us; therefore let
them dwell in the land, and trade therein;
for the land, behold, it is large enough
for them; let
us take their daughters to us for wives,
and let us give them
our daughters. |
| 034:022 |
|
Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people,
if every male among us be circumcised,
as they are circumcised. |
| 034:023 |
|
Shall not their cattle and their
substance and every beast
of their's be our's? only let us consent
unto them, and they
will dwell with us. |
| 034:024 |
|
And unto Hamor and unto Shechem
his son hearkened all that went out of
the gate of his city;
and every male was circumcised,
all that went out of the gate of his
city. |
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And it came to pass on the third day,
when they were sore, that two of the
sons of Jacob,
Simeon and Levi,
Dinah's brethren,
took each man his sword,
and came upon the city
boldly, and slew all the males. |
| 034:026 |
|
And they slew Hamor
and Shechem his son with the edge of
the sword, and took Dinah
out of Shechem's house, and went out. |
| 034:027 |
|
The sons of Jacob
came upon the slain,
and spoiled the city,
because they
had defiled their sister. |
| 034:028 |
|
They took their sheep,
and their oxen, and their asses,
and that which was in the city, and that
which was in the field, |
| 034:029 |
|
And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they
captive, and spoiled even all that was
in the house. |
| 034:030 |
|
And Jacob said to Simeon
and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make
me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites
and the Perizzites: and I being few in
number, they shall gather themselves
together against
me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed,
I and my house. |
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|
And they said, Should he deal with
our sister as with an harlot? |
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|
And God said unto Jacob,
Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there:
and make there an altar unto God, that
appeared unto thee when thou fleddest
from the face of Esau thy brother. |
| 035:002 |
|
Then Jacob said unto his household,
and to all that were with him, Put away the strange
gods that are among you, and be clean,
and change your garments: |
| 035:003 |
|
And let us arise, and go up to Bethel;
and I will make there an altar unto God,
who answered me in the day of my distress,
and was with me in the way which I went. |
| 035:004 |
|
And they gave unto Jacob
all the strange gods which were in their
hand, and all their earrings which were
in their ears; and Jacob hid them
under the oak which was by Shechem. |
| 035:005 |
|
And they journeyed:
and the terror of God
was upon the cities that were round about
them, and they
did not pursue after the sons
of Jacob. |
| 035:006 |
|
So Jacob came to Luz,
which is in the land of Canaan,
that is, Bethel, he and all the
people that were with him. |
| 035:007 |
|
And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el:
because there God
appeared unto him, when he fled from
the face of his brother. |
| 035:008 |
|
But Deborah Rebekah's
nurse died, and she was buried beneath
Bethel under
an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth |
| 035:009 |
|
And God appeared
unto Jacob again,
when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed
him. |
| 035:010 |
|
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. |
| 035:011 |
|
And God said unto him, I am God
Almighty: be fruitful
and multiply; a nation
and a company of nations shall be of
thee, and kings shall come out of thy
loins; |
| 035:012 |
|
And the land which I gave Abraham
and Isaac, to thee I will give
it, and to thy seed after thee
will I give the land. |
| 035:013 |
|
And God went up from him in
the place where he talked with him. |
| 035:014 |
|
And Jacob set up a pillar
in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar
of stone: and he poured a drink offering
thereon, and he poured oil thereon. |
| 035:015 |
|
And Jacob called the name of
the place where God spake with
him, Bethel. |
| 035:016 |
|
And they journeyed
from Bethel; and there was but a little
way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel
travailed, and she had hard labour. |
| 035:017 |
|
And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife
said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. |
| 035:018 |
|
And it came to pass, as her soul
was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni:
but his father called him Benjamin. |
| 035:019 |
|
And Rachel died, and was buried
in the way to Ephrath, which is
Bethlehem. |
| 035:020 |
|
And Jacob set a pillar
upon her grave: that is the pillar
of Rachel's grave unto this day. |
| 035:021 |
|
And Israel journeyed,
and spread his tent beyond the tower of
Edar. |
| 035:022 |
|
And it came to pass, when Israel
dwelt in that land, that Reuben
went and lay with Bilhah his father's
concubine: and Israel
heard it. Now the sons of Jacob
were twelve: |
| 035:023 |
|
The sons of Leah;
Reuben, Jacob's
firstborn, and Simeon,
and Levi, and Judah,
and Issachar, and Zebulun: |
| 035:024 |
|
The sons of Rachel;
Joseph, and Benjamin: |
| 035:025 |
|
And the sons of Bilhah,
Rachel's handmaid;
Dan, and Naphtali: |
| 035:026 |
|
And the sons of Zilpah,
Leah's handmaid:
Gad, and Asher:
these are the sons of Jacob,
which were born to him in Padan-aram. |
| 035:027 |
|
And Jacob came unto Isaac
his father unto Mamre,
unto the city of Arbah,
which is Hebron, where Abraham
and Isaac sojourned. |
| 035:028 |
|
And the days of Isaac
were an hundred and fourscore years. |
| 035:029 |
|
And Isaac gave up the ghost, and
died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days:
and his sons Esau
and Jacob buried him. |
| 036:001 |
|
Now these are the generations
of Esau, who is Edom. |
| 036:002 |
|
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; |
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|
And Bashemath Ishmael's
daughter, sister
of Nebajoth. |
| 036:004 |
|
And Adah bare
to Esau Eliphaz;
and Bashemath bare
Reuel; |
| 036:005 |
|
And Aholibamah bare
Jeush, and Jaalam,
and Korah: these are the sons
of Esau, which were born unto him in
the land of Canaan. |
| 036:006 |
|
And Esau took his wives, and his
sons, and his daughters,
and all the persons of his house, and
his cattle, and all his beasts,
and all his substance, which he had got
in the land of Canaan; and went into
the country from the face of his brother Jacob. |
| 036:007 |
|
For their riches were more than that they
might dwell together; and the land wherein
they were strangers
could not bear them because
of their cattle. |
| 036:008 |
|
Thus dwelt Esau
in mount Seir:
Esau is Edom. |
| 036:009 |
|
And these are the generations of
Esau the father
of the Edomites in mount
Seir: |
| 036:010 |
|
These are the names of Esau's sons;
Eliphaz the son of Adah
the wife of Esau, Reuel
the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau. |
| 036:011 |
|
And the sons of Eliphaz
were Teman, Omar,
Zepho, and Gatam,
and Kenaz. |
| 036:012 |
|
And Timna was concubine
to Eliphaz Esau's
son; and she bare to Eliphaz
Amalek: these were the sons
of Adah Esau's
wife. |
| 036:013 |
|
And these are the sons of Reuel;
Nahath, and Zerah,
Shammah, and Mizzah:
these were the sons of Bashemath
Esau's wife. |
| 036:014 |
|
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. |
| 036:015 |
|
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, |
| 036:016 |
|
Duke Korah,
duke Gatam,
and duke Amalek:
these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz
in the land of Edom; these were the sons
of Adah. |
| 036:017 |
|
And these are the sons of Reuel
Esau's son; duke
Nahath, duke
Zerah, duke
Shammah, duke
Mizzah: these are the dukes
that came of Reuel in the land of Edom;
these are the sons of Bashemath
Esau's wife. |
| 036:018 |
|
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. |
| 036:019 |
|
These are the sons of Esau,
who is Edom, and these are their dukes. |
| 036:020 |
|
These are the sons of Seir
the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan,
and Shobal, and Zibeon,
and Anah, |
| 036:021 |
|
And Dishon, and Ezer,
and Dishan: these are the dukes
of the Horites, the children
of Seir in the land of Edom. |
| 036:022 |
|
And the children of Lotan
were Hori and Hemam;
and Lotan's sister
was Timna. |
| 036:023 |
|
And the children of Shobal
were these; Alvan, and Manahath,
and Ebal, Shepho,
and Onam. |
| 036:024 |
|
And these are the children of Zibeon;
both Ajah, and Anah:
this was that Anah that found the mules
in the wilderness, as he fed the asses
of Zibeon his father. |
| 036:025 |
|
And the children of Anah
were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah
the daughter of Anah. |
| 036:026 |
|
And these are the children of Dishon;
Hemdan, and Eshban,
and Ithran, and Cheran. |
| 036:027 |
|
The children of Ezer
are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan,
and Akan. |
| 036:028 |
|
The children of Dishan
are these; Uz, and Aran. |
| 036:029 |
|
These are the dukes that came
of the Horites; duke
Lotan, duke
Shobal, duke
Zibeon, duke
Anah, |
| 036:030 |
|
Duke Dishon,
duke Ezer,
duke Dishan:
these are the dukes that came
of Hori, among their dukes
in the land of Seir. |
| 036:031 |
|
And these are the kings that reigned
in the land of Edom, before there reigned
any king over the children
of Israel. |
| 036:032 |
|
And Bela the son of Beor
reigned in Edom: and the name of his city
was Dinhabah. |
| 036:033 |
|
And Bela died, and Jobab
the son of Zerah of Bozrah
reigned in his stead. |
| 036:034 |
|
And Jobab died, and Husham
of the land of Temani reigned
in his stead. |
| 036:035 |
|
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. |
| 036:036 |
|
And Hadad died, and Samlah
of Masrekah reigned in his stead. |
| 036:037 |
|
And Samlah died, and Saul
of Rehoboth by the river reigned
in his stead. |
| 036:038 |
|
And Saul died, and Baal-hanan
the son of Achbor reigned in
his stead. |
| 036:039 |
|
And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor
died, and Hadar reigned in his stead:
and the name of his city was Pau;
and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the
daughter of Matred,
the daughter of Mezahab. |
| 036:040 |
|
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, |
| 036:041 |
|
Duke Aholibamah,
duke Elah,
duke Pinon, |
| 036:042 |
|
Duke Kenaz,
duke Teman,
duke Mibzar, |
| 036:043 |
|
Duke Magdiel,
duke Iram: these be the dukes
of Edom, according to their habitations
in the land of their possession: he is
Esau the father
of the Edomites. |
| 037:001 |
|
And Jacob dwelt
in the land wherein his father was a stranger,
in the land of Canaan. |
| 037:002 |
|
These are the generations of Jacob.
Joseph, being seventeen years
old, was feeding the flock with his brethren;
and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah,
and with the sons of Zilpah,
his father's wives: and Joseph
brought unto his father their evil
report. |
| 037:003 |
|
Now Israel loved Joseph
more than all his children, because
he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat
of many colours. |
| 037:004 |
|
And when his brethren saw that their
father loved him more than all his brethren,
they hated him, and could not speak peaceably
unto him. |
| 037:005 |
|
And Joseph dreamed
a dream, and he told it his brethren:
and they hated him yet the more. |
| 037:006 |
|
And he said unto them, Hear, I pray
you, this dream which I have dreamed: |
| 037:007 |
|
For, behold, we were binding sheaves
in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose,
and also stood upright; and, behold,
your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. |
| 037:008 |
|
And his brethren said to him, Shalt
thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion
over us? And they hated him yet the more
for his dreams, and for his words. |
| 037:009 |
|
And he dreamed yet another dream,
and told it his brethren, and said, Behold,
I have dreamed a dream
more; and, behold, the sun and the moon
and the eleven stars made obeisance
to me. |
| 037:010 |
|
And he told it to his father, and to
his brethren: and his father
rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream
that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy
mother and thy brethren
indeed come to bow down ourselves to
thee to the earth? |
| 037:011 |
|
And his brethren envied him; but his
father observed the saying. |
| 037:012 |
|
And his brethren went to feed their
father's flock in Shechem. |
| 037:013 |
|
And Israel said unto Joseph,
Do not thy brethren feed the flock in
Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto
them. And he said to him, Here am I. |
| 037:014 |
|
And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren,
and well with the flocks; and bring me word again.
So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron,
and he came to Shechem. |
| 037:015 |
|
And a certain man found him, and,
behold, he was wandering in the field:
and the man asked him, saying, What seekest
thou? |
| 037:016 |
|
And he said, I seek my brethren: tell
me, I pray thee, where they feed their
flocks. |
| 037:017 |
|
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. |
| 037:018 |
|
And when they saw him afar off, even
before he came near unto them, they
conspired against him to slay him. |
| 037:019 |
|
And they said one to another, Behold,
this dreamer cometh. |
| 037:020 |
|
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. |
| 037:021 |
|
And Reuben heard it, and he delivered
him out of their hands; and said, Let
us not kill him. |
| 037:022 |
|
And Reuben said unto them,
Shed no blood, but cast him into this
pit that is in the wilderness,
and lay no hand upon him; that he might
rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father
again. |
| 037:023 |
|
And it came to pass, when Joseph
was come unto his brethren, that they
stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat
of many colours that was on him; |
| 037:024 |
|
And they took him, and cast him into
a pit: and the pit
was empty, there was no water in it. |
| 037:025 |
|
And they sat down to eat bread:
and they lifted up their eyes
and looked, and, behold, a company of
Ishmeelites came from Gilead
with their camels bearing spicery and
balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. |
| 037:026 |
|
And Judah said unto his brethren,
What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? |
| 037:027 |
|
Come, and let us sell him to the
Ishmeelites, and let
not our hand be upon him; for he is our
brother and our flesh. And his brethren
were content. |
| 037:028 |
|
Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen;
and they drew and lifted up Joseph
out of the pit, and sold Joseph
to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces
of silver: and they brought Joseph
into Egypt. |
| 037:029 |
|
And Reuben returned
unto the pit; and, behold,
Joseph was not in the pit;
and he rent his clothes. |
| 037:030 |
|
And he returned unto his brethren,
and said, The child is not; and I, whither
shall I go? |
| 037:031 |
|
And they took Joseph's
coat, and killed a kid of the goats,
and dipped the coat in the blood; |
| 037:032 |
|
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. |
| 037:033 |
|
And he knew it, and said, It
is my son's coat; an evil beast
hath devoured him; Joseph
is without doubt rent in pieces. |
| 037:034 |
|
And Jacob rent
his clothes, and put sackcloth upon
his loins, and mourned for his son many days. |
| 037:035 |
|
And all his sons and all his daughters
rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will
go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father
wept for him. |
| 037:036 |
|
And the Midianites sold him
into Egypt unto Potiphar,
an officer of Pharaoh's, and
captain of the guard. |
| 038:001 |
|
And it came to pass at that time, that Judah
went down from his brethren, and turned
in to a certain Adullamite, whose name
was Hirah. |
| 038:002 |
|
And Judah saw there a daughter
of a certain Canaanite, whose name was
Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto
her. |
| 038:003 |
|
And she conceived, and bare
a son; and he called his name Er. |
| 038:004 |
|
And she conceived again,
and bare a son; and she called his name Onan. |
| 038:005 |
|
And she yet again conceived,
and bare a son; and called his name Shelah:
and he was at Chezib, when she bare
him. |
| 038:006 |
|
And Judah took a wife for Er
his firstborn, whose name was Tamar. |
| 038:007 |
|
And Er, Judah's
firstborn, was wicked in the sight of
the LORD; and the LORD
slew him. |
| 038:008 |
|
And Judah said unto Onan,
Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed
to thy brother. |
| 038:009 |
|
And Onan knew
that the seed should not be his;
and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he
spilled it on the ground,
lest that he should give seed
to his brother. |
| 038:010 |
|
And the thing which he did displeased
the LORD: wherefore he slew him also. |
| 038:011 |
|
Then said Judah to Tamar
his daughter in law, Remain a widow at
thy father's house, till Shelah
my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure
he die also, as his brethren did. And
Tamar went and dwelt
in her father's house. |
| 038:012 |
|
And in process of time the daughter
of Shuah Judah's
wife died; and Judah was comforted, and
went up unto his sheepshearers
to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah
the Adullamite. |
| 038:013 |
|
And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold
thy father in law goeth up to Timnath
to shear his sheep. |
| 038:014 |
|
And she put her widow's garments
off from her, and covered her
with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by
the way to Timnath; for she saw
that Shelah was grown,
and she was not given unto him to wife. |
| 038:015 |
|
When Judah saw her, he thought her
to be an harlot; because she had covered
her face. |
| 038:016 |
|
And he turned unto her by the way,
and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come
in unto thee; (for he knew not that she
was his daughter in law.) And she said,
What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me? |
| 038:017 |
|
And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt
thou give me a pledge, till thou send it? |
| 038:018 |
|
And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and
thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came
in unto her, and she conceived by him. |
| 038:019 |
|
And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put
on the garments of her widowhood. |
| 038:020 |
|
And Judah sent the kid by the
hand of his friend the Adullamite,
to receive his pledge from the woman's
hand: but he found her not. |
| 038:021 |
|
Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was
openly by the way side? And they said,
There was no harlot in this place. |
| 038:022 |
|
And he returned to Judah,
and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was
no harlot in this place. |
| 038:023 |
|
And Judah said, Let
her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold,
I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. |
| 038:024 |
|
And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah,
saying, Tamar thy daughter
in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold,
she is with child by whoredom. And Judah
said, Bring her forth, and let her be
burnt. |
| 038:025 |
|
When she was brought forth, she sent to her father
in law, saying, By the man, whose these
are, am I with child: and she said, Discern,
I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff. |
| 038:026 |
|
And Judah acknowledged
them, and said, She hath been more righteous
than I; because that I gave her not to
Shelah my son. And he knew
her again no more. |
| 038:027 |
|
And it came to pass in the time of her travail,
that, behold, twins were in her womb. |
| 038:028 |
|
And it came to pass, when she travailed,
that the one put out his hand: and the midwife
took and bound upon his hand a scarlet
thread, saying, This came out first. |
| 038:029 |
|
And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold,
his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be
upon thee: therefore his name was called
Pharez. |
| 038:030 |
|
And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon
his hand: and his name was called Zarah. |
| 039:001 |
|
And Joseph was brought down to Egypt;
and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh,
captain of the guard, an Egyptian,
bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites,
which had brought him down thither. |
| 039:002 |
|
And the LORD was with Joseph,
and he was a prosperous man; and
he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. |
| 039:003 |
|
And his master saw that the LORD
was with him, and that the LORD
made all that he did to prosper in his hand. |
| 039:004 |
|
And Joseph found grace in his
sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and
all that he had he put into his hand. |
| 039:005 |
|
And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer
in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD
blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's
sake; and the blessing of the LORD was
upon all that he had in the house, and
in the field. |
| 039:006 |
|
And he left all that he had in Joseph's
hand; and he knew not ought he had, save
the bread which he did eat. And Joseph
was a goodly person, and well favoured. |
| 039:007 |
|
And it came to pass after these things,
that his master's wife cast her eyes
upon Joseph;
and she said, Lie with me. |
| 039:008 |
|
But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold,
my master wotteth not what is with me
in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand; |
| 039:009 |
|
There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any
thing from me but thee, because
thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness,
and sin against God? |
| 039:010 |
|
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. |
| 039:011 |
|
And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph
went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men
of the house there within. |
| 039:012 |
|
And she caught him by his garment,
saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment
in her hand, and fled, and got him out. |
| 039:013 |
|
And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment
in her hand, and was fled forth, |
| 039:014 |
|
That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them,
saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew
unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud
voice: |
| 039:015 |
|
And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice
and cried, that he left his garment with
me, and fled, and got him out. |
| 039:016 |
|
And she laid up his garment
by her, until his lord came home. |
| 039:017 |
|
And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew
servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me: |
| 039:018 |
|
And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice
and cried, that he left his garment with
me, and fled out. |
| 039:019 |
|
And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she
spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath
was kindled. |
| 039:020 |
|
And Joseph's master took him, and
put him into the prison, a place where the king's
prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison. |
| 039:021 |
|
But the LORD was with Joseph,
and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of
the prison. |
| 039:022 |
|
And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's
hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they
did there, he was the doer of it. |
| 039:023 |
|
The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing
that was under his hand; because the LORD
was with him, and that which he did, the LORD
made it to prosper. |
| 040:001 |
|
And it came to pass after these things,
that the butler of the king of Egypt
and his baker had offended their lord
the king of Egypt. |
| 040:002 |
|
And Pharaoh was wroth against
two of his officers, against the chief
of the butlers, and against the chief
of the bakers. |
| 040:003 |
|
And he put them in ward
in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph
was bound. |
| 040:004 |
|
And the captain of the guard charged Joseph
with them, and he served them:
and they continued a season in ward. |
| 040:005 |
|
And they dreamed
a dream both of them,
each man his dream
in one night, each man
according to the interpretation of his dream,
the butler and the baker of the king
of Egypt, which were bound in the prison. |
| 040:006 |
|
And Joseph came in unto them
in the morning, and looked upon them,
and, behold, they
were sad. |
| 040:007 |
|
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? |
| 040:008 |
|
And they said unto him, We have dreamed
a dream, and there is no interpreter
of it. And Joseph said unto them,
Do not interpretations belong to God?
tell me them, I pray you. |
| 040:009 |
|
And the chief butler told his dream
to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream,
behold, a vine
was before me; |
| 040:010 |
|
And in the vine were three branches:
and it was as though it budded, and her
blossoms shot forth; and the clusters
thereof brought forth ripe grapes: |
| 040:011 |
|
And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand:
and I took the grapes, and pressed them
into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup
into Pharaoh's hand. |
| 040:012 |
|
And Joseph said unto him, This is
the interpretation of it: The three branches
are three days: |
| 040:013 |
|
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh
lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's
cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler. |
| 040:014 |
|
But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness,
I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh,
and bring me out of this house: |
| 040:015 |
|
For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews:
and here also have I done nothing that they
should put me into the dungeon. |
| 040:016 |
|
When the chief baker
saw that the interpretation was good,
he said unto Joseph, I also was in my
dream, and, behold,
I had three white baskets on my head: |
| 040:017 |
|
And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh;
and the birds did eat them out of the
basket upon my head. |
| 040:018 |
|
And Joseph answered and said, This
is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days: |
| 040:019 |
|
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh
lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree;
and the birds shall eat thy flesh from
off thee. |
| 040:020 |
|
And it came to pass the third day,
which was Pharaoh's birthday,
that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head
of the chief butler and of the
chief baker
among his servants. |
| 040:021 |
|
And he restored the chief butler
unto his butlership again; and he gave
the cup into Pharaoh's hand: |
| 040:022 |
|
But he hanged the chief baker:
as Joseph had interpreted to them. |
| 040:023 |
|
Yet did not the chief butler
remember Joseph, but forgat him. |
| 041:001 |
|
And it came to pass at the end of two full years,
that Pharaoh dreamed:
and, behold, he stood by the river. |
| 041:002 |
|
And, behold, there came up out of
the river seven well favoured kine and
fatfleshed; and they
fed in a meadow. |
| 041:003 |
|
And, behold, seven other kine
came up after them out of the river, ill
favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine
upon the brink of the river. |
| 041:004 |
|
And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine
did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine.
So Pharaoh awoke. |
| 041:005 |
|
And he slept and dreamed the second
time: and, behold, seven ears of corn
came up upon one stalk, rank and good. |
| 041:006 |
|
And, behold, seven thin ears and
blasted with the east wind sprung up after them. |
| 041:007 |
|
And the seven thin ears devoured
the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh
awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. |
| 041:008 |
|
And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent
and called for all the magicians of Egypt,
and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh
told them his dream;
but there was none that could interpret them
unto Pharaoh. |
| 041:009 |
|
Then spake the chief butler
unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember
my faults this day: |
| 041:010 |
|
Pharaoh was wroth with his
servants, and put me in ward
in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief
baker: |
| 041:011 |
|
And we dreamed a dream
in one night, I and he; we dreamed
each man according to the interpretation
of his dream. |
| 041:012 |
|
And there was there with us a young man,
an Hebrew, servant to the captain
of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams;
to each man according to his dream
he did interpret. |
| 041:013 |
|
And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored
unto mine office, and him he hanged. |
| 041:014 |
|
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. |
| 041:015 |
|
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
I have dreamed a dream,
and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee,
that thou canst understand a dream
to interpret it. |
| 041:016 |
|
And Joseph answered Pharaoh,
saying, It is not in me: God shall
give Pharaoh an answer of peace. |
| 041:017 |
|
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
In my dream, behold,
I stood upon the bank of the river: |
| 041:018 |
|
And, behold, there came up out of
the river seven kine, fatfleshed
and well favoured; and they fed in a
meadow: |
| 041:019 |
|
And, behold, seven other kine
came up after them, poor
and very ill favoured and leanfleshed,
such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt
for badness: |
| 041:020 |
|
And the lean and the ill favoured kine
did eat up the first seven fat kine: |
| 041:021 |
|
And when they had eaten
them up, it could not be known
that they had eaten them;
but they were still ill favoured, as
at the beginning. So I awoke. |
| 041:022 |
|
And I saw in my dream, and, behold,
seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good: |
| 041:023 |
|
And, behold, seven ears, withered,
thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: |
| 041:024 |
|
And the thin ears devoured
the seven good ears: and I told
this unto the magicians; but
there was none that could declare it to me. |
| 041:025 |
|
And Joseph said unto Pharaoh,
The dream of Pharaoh
is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh
what he is about to do. |
| 041:026 |
|
The seven good kine
are seven years; and the seven good
ears are seven years: the dream
is one. |
| 041:027 |
|
And the seven thin and ill favoured kine
that came up after them are seven years;
and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years
of famine. |
| 041:028 |
|
This is the thing which I have spoken
unto Pharaoh: What God
is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh. |
| 041:029 |
|
Behold, there come seven years
of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: |
| 041:030 |
|
And there shall arise after them seven
years of famine;
and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt;
and the famine shall consume the land; |
| 041:031 |
|
And the plenty shall not be known
in the land by reason of that famine
following; for it shall be very grievous. |
| 041:032 |
|
And for that the dream was doubled
unto Pharaoh twice; it is because
the thing is established
by God, and God
will shortly bring it to pass. |
| 041:033 |
|
Now therefore let Pharaoh
look out a man discreet and wise,
and set him over the land of Egypt. |
| 041:034 |
|
Let Pharaoh
do this, and let him appoint officers
over the land, and take up the fifth
part of the land of Egypt in the seven
plenteous years. |
| 041:035 |
|
And let them
gather all the food of those good
years that come, and lay up corn
under the hand of Pharaoh, and let
them keep food in the cities. |
| 041:036 |
|
And that food shall be for store to the land against
the seven years of famine,
which shall be in the land of Egypt;
that the land perish not through the famine. |
| 041:037 |
|
And the thing was good
in the eyes of Pharaoh,
and in the eyes of all his servants. |
| 041:038 |
|
And Pharaoh said unto his servants,
Can we find such a one as this is, a man
in whom the Spirit of God is? |
| 041:039 |
|
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee
all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art: |
| 041:040 |
|
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. |
| 041:041 |
|
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. |
| 041:042 |
|
And Pharaoh took off his ring from
his hand, and put it upon Joseph's
hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his
neck; |
| 041:043 |
|
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. |
| 041:044 |
|
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
I am Pharaoh, and without thee
shall no man lift up his hand
or foot in all the land of Egypt. |
| 041:045 |
|
And Pharaoh called Joseph's
name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him
to wife Asenath the daughter
of Poti-pherah priest of On.
And Joseph went out over all the land
of Egypt. |
| 041:046 |
|
And Joseph was thirty years
old when he stood before Pharaoh king
of Egypt. And Joseph
went out from the presence of Pharaoh,
and went throughout all the land of Egypt. |
| 041:047 |
|
And in the seven plenteous years
the earth brought forth by handfuls. |
| 041:048 |
|
And he gathered up all the food of the seven years,
which were in the land of Egypt, and
laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field,
which was round about every city, laid
he up in the same. |
| 041:049 |
|
And Joseph gathered corn
as the sand of the sea, very much, until
he left numbering; for it was without number. |
| 041:050 |
|
And unto Joseph were born two sons
before the years of famine
came, which Asenath the daughter
of Poti-pherah priest of On
bare unto him. |
| 041:051 |
|
And Joseph called the name of the
firstborn Manasseh:
For God, said he, hath made me forget
all my toil, and all my father's house. |
| 041:052 |
|
And the name of the second called he Ephraim:
For God hath caused me to be fruitful
in the land of my affliction. |
| 041:053 |
|
And the seven years of plenteousness,
that was in the land of Egypt, were ended. |
| 041:054 |
|
And the seven years of dearth
began to come, according as Joseph
had said: and the dearth was in all lands;
but in all the land of Egypt there was
bread. |
| 041:055 |
|
And when all the land of Egypt was
famished, the people cried to Pharaoh
for bread: and Pharaoh
said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto
Joseph; what he saith to you, do. |
| 041:056 |
|
And the famine was over all the face
of the earth: and Joseph
opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians;
and the famine waxed
sore in the land of Egypt. |
| 041:057 |
|
And all countries came into Egypt
to Joseph for to buy corn;
because that the famine
was so sore in all lands. |
| 042:001 |
|
Now when Jacob saw that there was
corn in Egypt,
Jacob said unto his sons,
Why do ye look one upon another? |
| 042:002 |
|
And he said, Behold, I have heard
that there is corn in Egypt:
get you down thither, and buy for us
from thence; that we may live, and not die. |
| 042:003 |
|
And Joseph's ten brethren
went down to buy corn in Egypt. |
| 042:004 |
|
But Benjamin, Joseph's
brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren;
for he said, Lest peradventure mischief
befall him. |
| 042:005 |
|
And the sons of Israel
came to buy corn among those
that came: for the famine was in the
land of Canaan. |
| 042:006 |
|
And Joseph was the governor over
the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's
brethren came, and bowed
down themselves before him with their
faces to the earth. |
| 042:007 |
|
And Joseph saw his brethren,
and he knew them,
but made himself strange unto them,
and spake roughly unto them; and he said
unto them, Whence come ye? And they
said, From the land of Canaan to buy
food. |
| 042:008 |
|
And Joseph knew
his brethren, but they
knew not him. |
| 042:009 |
|
And Joseph remembered the dreams
which he dreamed of them,
and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see
the nakedness of the land ye are come. |
| 042:010 |
|
And they said unto him, Nay, my lord,
but to buy food are thy servants come. |
| 042:011 |
|
We are all one man's sons; we are
true men, thy servants are no spies. |
| 042:012 |
|
And he said unto them, Nay, but to
see the nakedness of the land ye are
come. |
| 042:013 |
|
And they said, Thy servants are twelve
brethren, the sons
of one man in the land of Canaan;
and, behold, the youngest is this day
with our father, and one is not. |
| 042:014 |
|
And Joseph said unto them,
That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies: |
| 042:015 |
|
Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life
of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence,
except your youngest brother come hither. |
| 042:016 |
|
Send one of you, and let him fetch
your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether
there be any truth in you: or else by the life
of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. |
| 042:017 |
|
And he put them all together
into ward three days. |
| 042:018 |
|
And Joseph said unto them
the third day, This do, and live; for
I fear God: |
| 042:019 |
|
If ye be true men, let one of your
brethren be bound in the house of your
prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine
of your houses: |
| 042:020 |
|
But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified,
and ye shall not die. And they did so. |
| 042:021 |
|
And they said one to another, We are
verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul,
when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon
us. |
| 042:022 |
|
And Reuben answered them,
saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against
the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold,
also his blood is required. |
| 042:023 |
|
And they knew
not that Joseph understood them;
for he spake unto them by an interpreter. |
| 042:024 |
|
And he turned himself about from
them, and wept; and returned
to them again,
and communed with them, and took from
them Simeon,
and bound him before their eyes. |
| 042:025 |
|
Then Joseph commanded
to fill their sacks with corn, and to
restore every man's money into his sack,
and to give them provision for the way:
and thus did he unto them. |
| 042:026 |
|
And they laded their asses
with the corn, and departed thence. |
| 042:027 |
|
And as one of them opened his sack
to give his ass provender in the inn,
he espied his money;
for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth. |
| 042:028 |
|
And he said unto his brethren, My
money is restored; and, lo, it is even
in my sack: and their heart failed them,
and they were afraid, saying one to another,
What is this that God hath done unto us? |
| 042:029 |
|
And they came unto Jacob
their father unto the land of Canaan,
and told him all that befell unto them;
saying, |
| 042:030 |
|
The man, who is the lord of
the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. |
| 042:031 |
|
And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: |
| 042:032 |
|
We be twelve brethren, sons
of our father; one is not, and the youngest
is this day with our father
in the land of Canaan. |
| 042:033 |
|
And the man, the lord of the country,
said unto us, Hereby shall I know that
ye are true men; leave one of your brethren
here with me, and take food for the famine
of your households, and be gone: |
| 042:034 |
|
And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know
that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother,
and ye shall traffick in the land. |
| 042:035 |
|
And it came to pass as they emptied
their sacks, that, behold, every man's
bundle of money was in his sack: and
when both they and their father
saw the bundles of money, they
were afraid. |
| 042:036 |
|
And Jacob their father
said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of
my children: Joseph
is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will
take Benjamin away: all these things
are against me. |
| 042:037 |
|
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. |
| 042:038 |
|
And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead,
and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye
go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow
to the grave. |
| 043:001 |
|
And the famine was sore in the land. |
| 043:002 |
|
And it came to pass, when they had
eaten up the corn which they
had brought out of Egypt, their father
said unto them, Go again,
buy us a little food. |
| 043:003 |
|
And Judah spake unto him, saying,
The man did solemnly protest unto
us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. |
| 043:004 |
|
If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee
food: |
| 043:005 |
|
But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man
said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. |
| 043:006 |
|
And Israel said, Wherefore
dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man
whether ye had yet a brother? |
| 043:007 |
|
And they said, The man
asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred,
saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye
another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could
we certainly know that he would say,
Bring your brother down? |
| 043:008 |
|
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. |
| 043:009 |
|
I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him
not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let
me bear the blame for ever: |
| 043:010 |
|
For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned
this second time. |
| 043:011 |
|
And their father Israel
said unto them, If it must be so now,
do this; take of the best fruits in the
land in your vessels, and carry down the man
a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds: |
| 043:012 |
|
And take double money in your hand;
and the money that was brought again
in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again
in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight: |
| 043:013 |
|
Take also your brother, and arise, go again
unto the man: |
| 043:014 |
|
And God Almighty
give you mercy before the man, that he
may send away your other brother, and Benjamin.
If I be bereaved of my children, I am
bereaved. |
| 043:015 |
|
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. |
| 043:016 |
|
And when Joseph saw Benjamin
with them, he said to the ruler of his
house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine
with me at noon. |
| 043:017 |
|
And the man did as Joseph
bade; and the man brought the
men into Joseph's house. |
| 043:018 |
|
And the men were afraid, because
they were brought into Joseph's
house; and they said, Because
of the money that was returned
in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against
us, and fall upon us, and take us for
bondmen, and our asses. |
| 043:019 |
|
And they came near to the steward
of Joseph's house, and they
communed with him at the door of the house, |
| 043:020 |
|
And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food: |
| 043:021 |
|
And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and,
behold, every man's money
was in the mouth of his sack, our money
in full weight: and we have brought it again
in our hand. |
| 043:022 |
|
And other money have we brought down
in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money
in our sacks. |
| 043:023 |
|
And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God,
and the God of your father,
hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money.
And he brought Simeon out unto them. |
| 043:024 |
|
And the man brought the men into Joseph's
house, and gave them water, and they
washed their feet; and he gave their asses
provender. |
| 043:025 |
|
And they made ready the present against
Joseph came at noon: for they
heard that they should eat bread
there. |
| 043:026 |
|
And when Joseph came home, they
brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed
themselves to him to the earth. |
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And he asked them of their welfare,
and said, Is your father well, the old man
of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? |
| 043:028 |
|
And they answered, Thy servant our
father is in good
health, he is yet alive. And they bowed
down their heads, and made obeisance. |
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|
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw
his brother Benjamin, his mother's
son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he
said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. |
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|
And Joseph made haste; for his bowels
did yearn upon his brother: and he sought
where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. |
| 043:031 |
|
And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set
on bread. |
| 043:032 |
|
And they set on for him by himself,
and for them by themselves,
and for the Egyptians, which did eat
with him, by themselves: because
the Egyptians might not eat bread
with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination
unto the Egyptians. |
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And they sat before him, the firstborn
according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the
men marvelled one at another. |
| 043:034 |
|
And he took and sent messes unto them
from before him: but Benjamin's mess
was five times so much as any of their's.
And they drank,
and were merry with him. |
| 044:001 |
|
And he commanded the steward of his
house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much
as they can carry, and put every man's
money in his sack's mouth. |
| 044:002 |
|
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. |
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|
As soon as the morning was light,
the men were sent away, they and their
asses. |
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|
And when they were gone out of the
city, and not yet far off, Joseph
said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them,
say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded
evil for good? |
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|
Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth?
ye have done evil in so doing. |
| 044:006 |
|
And he overtook them, and he spake
unto them these same words. |
| 044:007 |
|
And they said unto him, Wherefore
saith my lord these words? God forbid
that thy servants should do according to this thing: |
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|
Behold, the money,
which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again
unto thee out of the land of Canaan:
how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold? |
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|
With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let
him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen. |
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|
And he said, Now also let it be according
unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be
blameless. |
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|
Then they speedily took down every
man his sack to the ground,
and opened every man his sack. |
| 044:012 |
|
And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest:
and the cup was found in Benjamin's
sack. |
| 044:013 |
|
Then they rent
their clothes, and laded every man his
ass, and returned to the city. |
| 044:014 |
|
And Judah and his brethren
came to Joseph's house; for he was yet
there: and they fell before him on the
ground. |
| 044:015 |
|
And Joseph said unto them,
What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man
as I can certainly divine? |
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|
And Judah said, What shall we say
unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God
hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold,
we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found. |
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And he said, God forbid that I should
do so: but the man in whose hand the cup
is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your
father. |
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|
Then Judah came near unto him, and
said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I
pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let
not thine anger burn against thy servant:
for thou art even as Pharaoh. |
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|
My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father,
or a brother? |
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|
And we said unto my lord, We have a father,
an old man, and a child of his old age,
a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother,
and his father loveth him. |
| 044:021 |
|
And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set
mine eyes upon
him. |
| 044:022 |
|
And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father:
for if he should leave his father, his father
would die. |
| 044:023 |
|
And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come
down with you, ye shall see my face no more. |
| 044:024 |
|
And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father,
we told him the words of my lord. |
| 044:025 |
|
And our father said, Go again,
and buy us a little food. |
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|
And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us,
then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest
brother be with us. |
| 044:027 |
|
And thy servant my father said unto
us, Ye know that my wife bare
me two sons: |
| 044:028 |
|
And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces;
and I saw him not since: |
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|
And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall
bring down my gray hairs with sorrow
to the grave. |
| 044:030 |
|
Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father,
and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life
is bound up in the lad's life; |
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|
It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he
will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our
father with sorrow
to the grave. |
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|
For thy servant became surety for
the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring
him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father
for ever. |
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|
Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy
servant abide instead of the lad a bondman
to my lord; and let the lad go up with
his brethren. |
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|
For how shall I go up to my father,
and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure
I see the evil that shall come on my
father. |
| 045:001 |
|
Then Joseph could not refrain himself
before all them that stood by him; and
he cried, Cause every man to go out from
me. And there stood no man with him, while
Joseph made himself known
unto his brethren. |
| 045:002 |
|
And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians
and the house of Pharaoh heard. |
| 045:003 |
|
And Joseph said unto his brethren,
I am Joseph; doth my father
yet live? And his brethren could not answer
him; for they were troubled at his presence. |
| 045:004 |
|
And Joseph said unto his brethren,
Come near to me, I pray you. And they
came near. And he said, I am Joseph your
brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. |
| 045:005 |
|
Now therefore be not grieved, nor
angry with yourselves, that ye sold me
hither: for God
did send me before you to preserve life. |
| 045:006 |
|
For these two years hath the famine
been in the land: and yet there are five years,
in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. |
| 045:007 |
|
And God sent me before you to
preserve you a posterity in the earth,
and to save your lives by a great deliverance. |
| 045:008 |
|
So now it was not you that sent me hither,
but God: and he hath made me a father
to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house,
and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. |
| 045:009 |
|
Haste ye, and go up to my father, and
say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph,
God hath made me lord of all Egypt:
come down unto me, tarry not: |
| 045:010 |
|
And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen,
and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children,
and thy children's children,
and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: |
| 045:011 |
|
And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years
of famine; lest thou, and thy household,
and all that thou hast, come to poverty. |
| 045:012 |
|
And, behold, your eyes
see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin,
that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. |
| 045:013 |
|
And ye shall tell my father of all my
glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have
seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father
hither. |
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|
And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's
neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon
his neck. |
| 045:015 |
|
Moreover he kissed all his brethren,
and wept upon them:
and after that his brethren talked with
him. |
| 045:016 |
|
And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's
house, saying, Joseph's brethren
are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well,
and his servants. |
| 045:017 |
|
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade
your beasts, and go, get you unto the
land of Canaan; |
| 045:018 |
|
And take your father and your households,
and come unto me: and I will give you the good
of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat
the fat of the land. |
| 045:019 |
|
Now thou art commanded, this do ye;
take you wagons out of the land of Egypt
for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father,
and come. |
| 045:020 |
|
Also regard not your stuff; for the good
of all the land of Egypt is your's. |
| 045:021 |
|
And the children of Israel
did so: and Joseph gave them
wagons, according to the commandment
of Pharaoh, and gave them
provision for the way. |
| 045:022 |
|
To all of them he gave each man
changes of raiment; but to Benjamin
he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment. |
| 045:023 |
|
And to his father he sent after this
manner; ten asses laden with the good
things of Egypt,
and ten she asses laden with corn
and bread and meat
for his father by the way. |
| 045:024 |
|
So he sent his brethren away, and
they departed: and he said unto them,
See that ye fall not out by the way. |
| 045:025 |
|
And they went up out of Egypt,
and came into the land of Canaan unto
Jacob their father, |
| 045:026 |
|
And told him, saying, Joseph is yet
alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt.
And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed
them not. |
| 045:027 |
|
And they told him all the words of
Joseph, which he had said unto them:
and when he saw the wagons which Joseph
had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob
their father revived: |
| 045:028 |
|
And Israel said, It is enough;
Joseph my son is yet alive: I
will go and see him before I die. |
| 046:001 |
|
And Israel took his journey with
all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba,
and offered sacrifices unto the God of
his father Isaac. |
| 046:002 |
|
And God spake unto Israel
in the visions of the night,
and said, Jacob, Jacob.
And he said, Here am I. |
| 046:003 |
|
And he said, I am God, the God
of thy father: fear not to go down into
Egypt; for I will there make of thee
a great nation: |
| 046:004 |
|
I will go down with thee into Egypt;
and I will also surely bring thee up again:
and Joseph shall put his hand upon
thine eyes. |
| 046:005 |
|
And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba:
and the sons of Israel
carried Jacob their father,
and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons
which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. |
| 046:006 |
|
And they took their cattle,
and their goods, which they had gotten
in the land of Canaan, and came into
Egypt, Jacob,
and all his seed with him: |
| 046:007 |
|
His sons, and his sons'
sons with him, his daughters,
and his sons' daughters,
and all his seed brought he with him
into Egypt. |
| 046:008 |
|
And these are the names of the children
of Israel, which came into Egypt,
Jacob and his sons:
Reuben, Jacob's
firstborn. |
| 046:009 |
|
And the sons of Reuben;
Hanoch, and Phallu,
and Hezron, and Carmi. |
| 046:010 |
|
And the sons of Simeon;
Jemuel, and Jamin,
and Ohad, and Jachin,
and Zohar, and Shaul
the son of a Canaanitish woman. |
| 046:011 |
|
And the sons of Levi;
Gershon, Kohath,
and Merari. |
| 046:012 |
|
And the sons of Judah;
Er, and Onan,
and Shelah, and Pharez,
and Zarah: but Er
and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
And the sons of Pharez
were Hezron and Hamul. |
| 046:013 |
|
And the sons of Issachar;
Tola, and Phuvah,
and Job, and Shimron. |
| 046:014 |
|
And the sons of Zebulun;
Sered, and Elon,
and Jahleel. |
| 046:015 |
|
These be the sons of Leah,
which she bare unto Jacob
in Padan-aram, with his daughter
Dinah: all the souls
of his sons and his daughters
were thirty and three. |
| 046:016 |
|
And the sons of Gad;
Ziphion, and Haggi,
Shuni, and Ezbon,
Eri, and Arodi,
and Areli. |
| 046:017 |
|
And the sons of Asher;
Jimnah, and Ishuah,
and Isui, and Beriah,
and Serah their sister:
and the sons of Beriah;
Heber, and Malchiel. |
| 046:018 |
|
These are the sons of Zilpah,
whom Laban gave to Leah
his daughter, and these she bare
unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. |
| 046:019 |
|
The sons of Rachel
Jacob's wife; Joseph,
and Benjamin. |
| 046:020 |
|
And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt
were born Manasseh and Ephraim,
which Asenath the daughter
of Poti-pherah priest of On
bare unto him. |
| 046:021 |
|
And the sons of Benjamin
were Belah, and Becher,
and Ashbel, Gera,
and Naaman, Ehi,
and Rosh, Muppim,
and Huppim, and Ard. |
| 046:022 |
|
These are the sons of Rachel,
which were born to Jacob: all the souls
were fourteen. |
| 046:023 |
|
And the sons of Dan;
Hushim. |
| 046:024 |
|
And the sons of Naphtali;
Jahzeel, and Guni,
and Jezer, and Shillem. |
| 046:025 |
|
These are the sons of Bilhah,
which Laban gave unto Rachel
his daughter, and she bare
these unto Jacob: all the souls
were seven. |
| 046:026 |
|
All the souls that came with Jacob
into Egypt, which came out of his loins,
besides Jacob's sons'
wives, all the souls were threescore
and six; |
| 046:027 |
|
And the sons of Joseph,
which were born him in Egypt, were two
souls: all the souls
of the house of Jacob, which came into
Egypt, were threescore and ten. |
| 046:028 |
|
And he sent Judah before him unto
Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen;
and they came into the land of Goshen. |
| 046:029 |
|
And Joseph made ready his chariot,
and went up to meet Israel his father,
to Goshen, and presented himself unto
him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good
while. |
| 046:030 |
|
And Israel said unto Joseph,
Now let me die, since I have seen thy
face, because thou art yet alive. |
| 046:031 |
|
And Joseph said unto his brethren,
and unto his father's house, I will go up,
and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My
brethren, and my father's
house, which were in the land of Canaan,
are come unto me; |
| 046:032 |
|
And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle;
and they have brought their flocks, and
their herds, and all that they have. |
| 046:033 |
|
And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh
shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation? |
| 046:034 |
|
That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle
from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers:
that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen;
for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians. |
| 047:001 |
|
Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh,
and said, My father and my brethren,
and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they
have, are come out of the land of Canaan;
and, behold, they
are in the land of Goshen. |
| 047:002 |
|
And he took some of his brethren,
even five men, and presented them unto
Pharaoh. |
| 047:003 |
|
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. |
| 047:004 |
|
They said morever unto Pharaoh,
For to sojourn in the land are we come;
for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine
is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore,
we pray thee, let thy servants dwell
in the land of Goshen. |
| 047:005 |
|
And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph,
saying, Thy father and thy brethren
are come unto thee: |
| 047:006 |
|
The land of Egypt is before thee;
in the best of the land make thy father
and brethren to dwell; in the land of
Goshen let
them dwell: and if thou knowest any men
of activity among them, then make them
rulers over my cattle. |
| 047:007 |
|
And Joseph brought in Jacob
his father, and set him before Pharaoh:
and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. |
| 047:008 |
|
And Pharaoh said unto Jacob,
How old art thou? |
| 047:009 |
|
And Jacob said unto Pharaoh,
The days of the years
of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty
years: few and evil
have the days of the years
of my life been, and have not attained
unto the days of the years
of the life of my fathers
in the days of their pilgrimage. |
| 047:010 |
|
And Jacob blessed Pharaoh,
and went out from before Pharaoh. |
| 047:011 |
|
And Joseph placed his father
and his brethren, and gave them
a possession in the land of Egypt,
in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses,
as Pharaoh had commanded. |
| 047:012 |
|
And Joseph nourished his father,
and his brethren, and all his father's
household, with bread, according to their
families. |
| 047:013 |
|
And there was no bread in all the
land; for the famine was very sore, so
that the land of Egypt and all the land
of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. |
| 047:014 |
|
And Joseph gathered up all the money
that was found in the land of Egypt,
and in the land of Canaan, for the corn
which they bought: and Joseph
brought the money into Pharaoh's
house. |
| 047:015 |
|
And when money failed in the land
of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan,
all the Egyptians came unto Joseph,
and said, Give us bread: for why should
we die in thy presence? for the money
faileth. |
| 047:016 |
|
And Joseph said, Give your cattle;
and I will give you for your cattle,
if money fail. |
| 047:017 |
|
And they brought their cattle
unto Joseph: and Joseph
gave them bread
in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle
of the herds, and for the asses: and
he fed them with bread
for all their cattle for that year. |
| 047:018 |
|
When that year was ended, they came
unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord,
how that our money is spent; my lord
also hath our herds of cattle; there is
not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands: |
| 047:019 |
|
Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes,
both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread,
and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh:
and give us seed, that we may live, and
not die, that the land be not desolate. |
| 047:020 |
|
And Joseph bought all the land of
Egypt for Pharaoh;
for the Egyptians sold every man
his field, because
the famine prevailed
over them: so the land became
Pharaoh's. |
| 047:021 |
|
And as for the people, he removed
them to cities from one end of the borders
of Egypt even to the other end thereof. |
| 047:022 |
|
Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion
assigned them of Pharaoh,
and did eat their portion which Pharaoh
gave them: wherefore they
sold not their lands. |
| 047:023 |
|
Then Joseph said unto the people,
Behold, I have bought you this day
and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is
seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. |
| 047:024 |
|
And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth
part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall
be your own, for seed of the field,
and for your food, and for them of your
households, and for food for your little ones. |
| 047:025 |
|
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. |
| 047:026 |
|
And Joseph made it a law over
the land of Egypt unto this day,
that Pharaoh should have the
fifth part, except the land of
the priests only, which became
not Pharaoh's. |
| 047:027 |
|
And Israel dwelt
in the land of Egypt, in the country
of Goshen; and they
had possessions therein, and grew, and
multiplied exceedingly. |
| 047:028 |
|
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt
seventeen years: so the whole age of
Jacob was an hundred forty and seven
years. |
| 047:029 |
|
And the time drew nigh that Israel
must die: and he called his son Joseph,
and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy
hand under my thigh, and deal kindly
and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: |
| 047:030 |
|
But I will lie with my fathers, and
thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and
bury me in their buryingplace. And he
said, I will do as thou hast said. |
| 047:031 |
|
And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel
bowed himself upon
the bed's head. |
| 048:001 |
|
And it came to pass after these things,
that one told Joseph, Behold,
thy father is sick: and he took with him
his two sons, Manasseh
and Ephraim. |
| 048:002 |
|
And one told Jacob, and said, Behold,
thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and
Israel strengthened
himself, and sat upon the bed. |
| 048:003 |
|
And Jacob said unto Joseph,
God Almighty
appeared unto me at Luz
in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, |
| 048:004 |
|
And said unto me, Behold, I will
make thee fruitful, and multiply
thee, and I will make of thee a multitude
of people; and will give this land to thy seed
after thee for an everlasting possession. |
| 048:005 |
|
And now thy two sons, Ephraim
and Manasseh, which were born unto thee
in the land of Egypt before I came unto
thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben
and Simeon, they
shall be mine. |
| 048:006 |
|
And thy issue, which thou begettest after them,
shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren
in their inheritance. |
| 048:007 |
|
And as for me, when I came from Padan,
Rachel died by me in the land
of Canaan in the way, when yet
there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath:
and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath;
the same is Bethlehem. |
| 048:008 |
|
And Israel beheld Joseph's
sons, and said, Who are these? |
| 048:009 |
|
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. |
| 048:010 |
|
Now the eyes of Israel
were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them
near unto him; and he kissed them, and
embraced them. |
| 048:011 |
|
And Israel said unto Joseph,
I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God
hath shewed me also thy seed. |
| 048:012 |
|
And Joseph brought them
out from between his knees, and he bowed
himself with his face to the earth. |
| 048:013 |
|
And Joseph took them
both, Ephraim in his right hand toward
Israel's left hand, and Manasseh
in his left hand toward Israel's right
hand, and brought them near unto him. |
| 048:014 |
|
And Israel stretched out his right
hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's
head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon
Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly;
for Manasseh was the firstborn. |
| 048:015 |
|
And he blessed Joseph, and said,
God, before whom my fathers
Abraham and Isaac
did walk, the God which fed me all my
life long unto this day, |
| 048:016 |
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The Angel which redeemed me from
all evil, bless the lads; and let
my name be named on them, and the name
of my fathers Abraham
and Isaac; and let
them grow
into a multitude in the midst
of the earth. |
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And when Joseph saw that his father
laid his right hand upon the head of
Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held
up his father's hand, to remove it from
Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's
head. |
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And Joseph said unto his father,
Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn;
put thy right hand upon his head. |
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And his father refused, and said, I
know it, my son, I know
it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger
brother shall be greater than he, and his seed
shall become a multitude of nations. |
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And he blessed them that day,
saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying,
God make thee as Ephraim
and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim
before Manasseh. |
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And Israel said unto Joseph,
Behold, I die: but God
shall be with you, and bring you again
unto the land of your fathers. |
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Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren,
which I took out of the hand of the Amorite
with my sword and with my bow. |
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And Jacob called unto his sons,
and said, Gather yourselves together,
that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. |
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Gather yourselves together, and hear,
ye sons of Jacob;
and hearken unto Israel your father. |
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Reuben, thou art my firstborn,
my might, and the beginning of my strength,
the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: |
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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. |
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Simeon and Levi
are brethren; instruments
of cruelty are in their habitations. |
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O my soul, come not thou into their
secret; unto their assembly, mine honour,
be not thou united: for in their anger they
slew a man, and in their selfwill they
digged down a wall. |
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Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel:
I will divide them
in Jacob, and scatter them
in Israel. |
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Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren
shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's
children shall bow
down before thee. |
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Judah is a lion's whelp: from the
prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched
as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall
rouse him up? |
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The sceptre shall not depart from
Judah, nor a lawgiver
from between his feet, until Shiloh
come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. |
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Binding his foal unto the vine, and
his ass's colt unto the choice vine;
he washed his garments in wine,
and his clothes in the blood of grapes: |
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His eyes shall be red
with wine, and his teeth
white with milk. |
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Zebulun shall dwell at the haven
of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto
Zidon. |
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Issachar is a strong
ass couching down between
two burdens: |
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And he saw that rest was good, and
the land that it was pleasant; and bowed
his shoulder to bear, and became a servant
unto tribute. |
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Dan shall judge his people, as one
of the tribes of Israel. |
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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. |
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I have waited for thy salvation,
O LORD. |
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Gad, a troop shall overcome him:
but he shall overcome at the last. |
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Out of Asher his bread
shall be fat, and he shall yield royal
dainties. |
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Naphtali is a hind let
loose: he giveth goodly words. |
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Joseph is a fruitful
bough, even a fruitful bough by a well;
whose branches run over the wall: |
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The archers have sorely grieved him,
and shot at him, and hated him: |
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But his bow abode in strength,
and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty
God of Jacob;
(from thence is the shepherd, the stone
of Israel:) |
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Even by the God of thy father,
who shall help thee; and by the Almighty,
who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven
above, blessings of the deep that lieth
under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb: |
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The blessings of thy father have prevailed
above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting
hills: they
shall be on the head of Joseph, and on
the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. |
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Benjamin shall ravin
as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour
the prey, and at night he shall divide
the spoil. |
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All these are the twelve tribes of
Israel: and this is it that their father
spake unto them, and blessed them;
every one according to his blessing he blessed them. |
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And he charged them, and said unto
them, I am to be gathered unto my people:
bury me with my fathers in the cave
that is in the field of Ephron
the Hittite, |
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In the cave that is in the field
of Machpelah, which is before Mamre,
in the land of Canaan, which Abraham
bought with the field of Ephron
the Hittite for a possession
of a buryingplace. |
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There they buried Abraham
and Sarah his wife; there they
buried Isaac and Rebekah
his wife; and there I buried Leah. |
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The purchase of the field and of
the cave that is therein was from the
children of Heth. |
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And when Jacob had made an end of
commanding his sons, he gathered up his
feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people. |
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And Joseph fell upon
his father's face, and wept upon
him, and kissed him. |
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And Joseph commanded
his servants the physicians to embalm
his father: and the physicians
embalmed Israel. |
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And forty days were fulfilled
for him; for so are fulfilled the days
of those which are embalmed:
and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore
and ten days. |
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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, |
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My father made me swear, saying, Lo,
I die: in my grave which I have digged
for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt
thou bury me. Now therefore let me go
up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and
I will come again. |
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And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury
thy father, according as he made thee swear. |
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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, |
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And all the house of Joseph, and
his brethren, and his father's
house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they
left in the land of Goshen. |
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And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a
very great company. |
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And they came to the threshingfloor
of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they
mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his
father seven days. |
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And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites,
saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they
said, This is a grievous mourning to
the Egyptians: wherefore the name of
it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond
Jordan. |
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And his sons did unto him according
as he commanded them: |
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For his sons carried him into the
land of Canaan, and buried him in the
cave of the field
of Machpelah, which Abraham
bought with the field for a possession
of a buryingplace of Ephron
the Hittite, before Mamre. |
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And Joseph returned
into Egypt, he, and his brethren,
and all that went up with him to bury his father,
after he had buried his father. |
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And when Joseph's brethren
saw that their father was dead, they
said, Joseph will peradventure
hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil
which we did unto him. |
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And they sent a messenger unto Joseph,
saying, Thy father did command before he
died, saying, |
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So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive,
I pray thee now, the trespass of thy
brethren, and their sin; for they
did unto thee evil: and now, we pray
thee, forgive the trespass of the servants
of the God of thy father.
And Joseph wept when they
spake unto him. |
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And his brethren also went and fell
down before his face; and they said, Behold,
we be thy servants. |
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And Joseph said unto them,
Fear not: for am I in the place of God? |
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But as for you, ye thought evil against
me; but God meant it unto good,
to bring to pass, as it is this day,
to save much people alive. |
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Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he
comforted them, and spake kindly
unto them. |
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And Joseph dwelt
in Egypt, he, and his father's
house: and Joseph lived an hundred and
ten years. |
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And Joseph saw Ephraim's
children of the third generation:
the children also of Machir
the son of Manasseh were brought up upon
Joseph's knees. |
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And Joseph said unto his brethren,
I die: and God will surely visit you,
and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham,
to Isaac, and to Jacob. |
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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. |
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So Joseph died, being an hundred
and ten years old: and they
embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin
in Egypt. |