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[1]
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
[2]
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the
face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the
waters.
[3] And God said, Let there be light: and there was
light.
[4] And God saw the light, that it was good: and God
divided the light from the darkness.
[5] And God called the
light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the
morning were the first day.
[6] And God said, Let there be
a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters
from the waters.
[7] And God made the firmament, and
divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters
which were above the firmament: and it was so.
[8] And God
called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the
second day.
[9] And God said, Let the waters under the
heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land
appear: and it was so.
[10] And God called the dry land
Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and
God saw that it was good.
[11] And God said, Let the earth
bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree
yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the
earth: and it was so.
[12] And the earth brought forth
grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding
fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it
was good.
[13] And the evening and the morning were the
third day.
[14] And God said, Let there be lights in the
firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let
them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
[15]
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give
light upon the earth: and it was so.
[16] And God made two
great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light
to rule the night: he made the stars also.
[17] And God set
them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the
earth,
[18] And to rule over the day and over the night,
and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was
good.
[19] And the evening and the morning were the fourth
day.
[20] And God said, Let the waters bring forth
abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly
above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
[21] And
God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth,
which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and
every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
[22]
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the
waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
[23]
And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
[24]
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his
kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his
kind: and it was so.
[25] And God made the beast of the
earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing
that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was
good.
[26] And God said, Let us make man in our image,
after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the
sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all
the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the
earth.
[27] So God created man in his own image, in the
image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
[28]
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and
multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion
over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over
every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
[29] And God
said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon
the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit
of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
[30]
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to
every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I
have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
[31]
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very
good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
[1]
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of
them.
[2] And on the seventh day God ended his work which
he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which
he had made.
[3] And God blessed the seventh day, and
sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work
which God created and made.
[4] These are the generations
of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day
that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
[5] And
every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb
of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to
rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
[6]
But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face
of the ground.
[7] And the LORD God formed man of the dust
of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and
man became a living soul.
[8] And the LORD God planted a
garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had
formed.
[9] And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow
every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree
of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of
good and evil.
[10] And a river went out of Eden to water
the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four
heads.
[11] The name of the first is Pison: that is it
which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
[12]
And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx
stone.
[13] And the name of the second river is Gihon: the
same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
[14]
And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth
toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
[15]
And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to
dress it and to keep it.
[16] And the LORD God commanded
the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely
eat:
[17] But of the tree of the knowledge of good and
evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest
thereof thou shalt surely die.
[18] And the LORD God said,
It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help
meet for him.
[19] And out of the ground the LORD God
formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and
brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever
Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
[20]
And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to
every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help
meet for him.
[21] And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to
fall upon Adam and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed
up the flesh instead thereof;
[22] And the rib, which the
LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto
the man.
[23] And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones,
and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was
taken out of Man.
[24] Therefore shall a man leave his
father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall
be one flesh.
[25] And they were both naked, the man and
his wife, and were not ashamed.
[1]
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the
LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye
shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
[2] And the
woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of
the garden:
[3] But of the fruit of the tree which is in
the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it,
neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
[4] And the serpent
said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
[5] For God
doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be
opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
[6]
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it
was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise,
she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her
husband with her; and he did eat.
[7] And the eyes of them
both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed
fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
[8] And
they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the
cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the
presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
[9]
And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art
thou?
[10] And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden,
and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
[11]
And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of
the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
[12]
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave
me of the tree, and I did eat.
[13] And the LORD God said
unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said,
The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
[14] And the LORD
God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art
cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy
belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy
life:
[15] And I will put enmity between thee and the
woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head,
and thou shalt bruise his heel.
[16] Unto the woman he
said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in
sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to
thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
[17] And unto
Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife,
and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou
shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow
shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
[18] Thorns
also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat
the herb of the field;
[19] In the sweat of thy face shalt
thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast
thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
[20]
And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of
all living.
[21] Unto Adam also and to his wife did the
LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
[22] And
the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know
good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of
the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
[23]
Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to
till the ground from whence he was taken.
[24] So he drove
out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden
Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the
way of the tree of life.
[1]
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and
said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
[2] And she again
bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a
tiller of the ground.
[3] And in process of time it came to
pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto
the LORD.
[4] And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings
of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto
Abel and to his offering:
[5] But unto Cain and to his
offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his
countenance fell.
[6] And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art
thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
[7] If thou
doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well,
sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou
shalt rule over him.
[8] And Cain talked with Abel his
brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain
rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
[9] And the
LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know
not: Am I my brother's keeper?
[10] And he said, What hast
thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the
ground.
[11] And now art thou cursed from the earth, which
hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy
hand;
[12] When thou tillest the ground, it shall not
henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond
shalt thou be in the earth.
[13] And Cain said unto the
LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
[14]
Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth;
and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a
vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that
findeth me shall slay me.
[15] And the LORD said unto him,
Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him
sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him
should kill him.
[16] And Cain went out from the presence
of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
[17]
And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he
builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of
his son, Enoch.
[18] And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad
begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat
Lamech.
[19] And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name
of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
[20]
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and
of such as have cattle.
[21] And his brother's name was
Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and
organ.
[22] And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an
instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of
Tubal-cain was Naamah.
[23] And Lamech said unto his wives,
Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my
speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my
hurt.
[24] If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech
seventy and sevenfold.
[25] And Adam knew his wife again;
and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath
appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
[26]
And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name
Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
[1]
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God
created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
[2] Male
and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name
Adam, in the day when they were created.
[3] And Adam lived
an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness,
after his image; and called his name Seth:
[4] And the days
of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he
begat sons and daughters:
[5] And all the days that Adam
lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
[6]
And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
[7]
And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and
begat sons and daughters:
[8] And all the days of Seth were
nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
[9] And Enos
lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
[10] And Enos lived
after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons
and daughters:
[11] And all the days of Enos were nine
hundred and five years: and he died.
[12] And Cainan lived
seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
[13] And Cainan lived
after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat
sons and daughters:
[14] And all the days of Cainan were
nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
[15] And
Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
[16]
And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty
years, and begat sons and daughters:
[17] And all the days
of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he
died.
[18] And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years,
and he begat Enoch:
[19] And Jared lived after he begat
Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
[20]
And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and
he died.
[21] And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and
begat Methuselah:
[22] And Enoch walked with God after he
begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and
daughters:
[23] And all the days of Enoch were three
hundred sixty and five years:
[24] And Enoch walked with
God: and he was not; for God took him.
[25] And Methuselah
lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
[26]
And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and
two years, and begat sons and daughters:
[27] And all the
days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he
died.
[28] And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two
years, and begat a son:
[29] And he called his name Noah,
saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of
our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
[30]
And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five
years, and begat sons and daughters:
[31] And all the days
of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he
died.
[32] And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah
begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
[1]
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the
earth, and daughters were born unto them,
[2] That the sons
of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took
them wives of all which they chose.
[3] And the LORD said,
My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is
flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
[4]
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that,
when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare
children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men
of renown.
[5] And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was
great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his
heart was only evil continually.
[6] And it repented the
LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his
heart.
[7] And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I
have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the
creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I
have made them.
[8] But Noah found grace in the eyes of the
LORD.
[9] These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a
just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with
God.
[10] And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and
Japheth.
[11] The earth also was corrupt before God, and
the earth was filled with violence.
[12] And God looked
upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had
corrupted his way upon the earth.
[13] And God said unto
Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled
with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the
earth.
[14] Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt
thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with
pitch.
[15] And this is the fashion which thou shalt make
it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the
breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
[16]
A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish
it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof;
with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
[17]
And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to
destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven;
and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
[18] But
with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the
ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with
thee.
[19] And of every living thing of all flesh, two of
every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with
thee; they shall be male and female.
[20] Of fowls after
their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing
of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee,
to keep them alive.
[21] And take thou unto thee of all
food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be
for food for thee, and for them.
[22] Thus did Noah;
according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
[1]
And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the
ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
[2]
Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and
his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his
female.
[3] Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male
and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the
earth.
[4] For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain
upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living
substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the
earth.
[5] And Noah did according unto all that the LORD
commanded him.
[6] And Noah was six hundred years old when
the flood of waters was upon the earth.
[7] And Noah went
in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into
the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
[8] Of clean
beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every
thing that creepeth upon the earth,
[9] There went in two
and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had
commanded Noah.
[10] And it came to pass after seven days,
that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
[11] In
the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the
seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of
the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
[12]
And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
[13]
In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the
sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with
them, into the ark;
[14] They, and every beast after his
kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing
that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his
kind, every bird of every sort.
[15] And they went in unto
Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of
life.
[16] And they that went in, went in male and female
of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him
in.
[17] And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and
the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above
the earth.
[18] And the waters prevailed, and were
increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of
the waters.
[19] And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon
the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven,
were covered.
[20] Fifteen cubits upward did the waters
prevail; and the mountains were covered.
[21] And all flesh
died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of
beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and
every man:
[22] All in whose nostrils was the breath of
life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
[23] And every
living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground,
both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the
heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only
remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
[24]
And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.
[1]
And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle
that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the
earth, and the waters asswaged;
[2] The fountains also of
the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from
heaven was restrained;
[3] And the waters returned from off
the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty
days the waters were abated.
[4] And the ark rested in the
seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the
mountains of Ararat.
[5] And the waters decreased
continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first
day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
[6]
And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the
window of the ark which he had made:
[7] And he sent forth
a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up
from off the earth.
[8] Also he sent forth a dove from him,
to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
[9]
But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned
unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole
earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in
unto him into the ark.
[10] And he stayed yet other seven
days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
[11]
And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was
an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated
from off the earth.
[12] And he stayed yet other seven
days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any
more.
[13] And it came to pass in the six hundredth and
first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the
waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the
covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground
was dry.
[14] And in the second month, on the seven and
twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
[15] And
God spake unto Noah, saying,
[16] Go forth of the ark,
thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
[17]
Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all
flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that
creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth,
and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
[18] And Noah
went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with
him:
[19] Every beast, every creeping thing, and every
fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went
forth out of the ark.
[20] And Noah builded an altar unto
the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and
offered burnt offerings on the altar.
[21] And the LORD
smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not
again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination
of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any
more every thing living, as I have done.
[22] While the
earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer
and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
[1]
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful,
and multiply, and replenish the earth.
[2] And the fear of
you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and
upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and
upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they
delivered.
[3] Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat
for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
[4]
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye
not eat.
[5] And surely your blood of your lives will I
require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the
hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the
life of man.
[6] Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall
his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
[7]
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the
earth, and multiply therein.
[8] And God spake unto Noah,
and to his sons with him, saying,
[9] And I, behold, I
establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
[10]
And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the
cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go
out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
[11] And I
will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut
off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more
be a flood to destroy the earth.
[12] And God said, This is
the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every
living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
[13]
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a
covenant between me and the earth.
[14] And it shall come
to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be
seen in the cloud:
[15] And I will remember my covenant,
which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh;
and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all
flesh.
[16] And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will
look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between
God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the
earth.
[17] And God said unto Noah, This is the token of
the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that
is upon the earth.
[18] And the sons of Noah, that went
forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the
father of Canaan.
[19] These are the three sons of Noah:
and of them was the whole earth overspread.
[20] And Noah
began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
[21]
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered
within his tent.
[22] And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw
the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
[23]
And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their
shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their
father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their
father's nakedness.
[24] And Noah awoke from his wine, and
knew what his younger son had done unto him.
[25] And he
said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his
brethren.
[26] And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of
Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
[27] God shall
enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan
shall be his servant.
[28] And Noah lived after the flood
three hundred and fifty years.
[29] And all the days of
Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
[1]
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and
Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
[2]
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and
Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
[3] And the sons of Gomer;
Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
[4] And the sons of
Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
[5] By
these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every
one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
[6]
And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
[7]
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and
Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
[8] And
Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
[9]
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as
Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
[10] And the
beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh,
in the land of Shinar.
[11] Out of that land went forth
Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
[12]
And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
[13]
And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
[14]
And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and
Caphtorim.
[15] And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and
Heth,
[16] And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the
Girgasite,
[17] And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the
Sinite,
[18] And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the
Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread
abroad.
[19] And the border of the Canaanites was from
Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom,
and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
[20]
These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues,
in their countries, and in their nations.
[21] Unto Shem
also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth
the elder, even to him were children born.
[22] The
children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and
Aram.
[23] And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and
Gether, and Mash.
[24] And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah
begat Eber.
[25] And unto Eber were born two sons: the name
of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his
brother's name was Joktan.
[26] And Joktan begat Almodad,
and Sheleph, and Hazar-maveth, and Jerah,
[27] And Hadoram,
and Uzal, and Diklah,
[28] And Obal, and Abimael, and
Sheba,
[29] And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these
were the sons of Joktan.
[30] And their dwelling was from
Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
[31]
These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their
tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
[32] These
are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in
their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth
after the flood.
[1]
And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
[2]
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found
a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
[3]
And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them
throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for
morter.
[4] And they said, Go to, let us build us a city
and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a
name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole
earth.
[5] And the LORD came down to see the city and the
tower, which the children of men builded.
[6] And the LORD
said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and
this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them,
which they have imagined to do.
[7] Go to, let us go down,
and there confound their language, that they may not understand one
another's speech.
[8] So the LORD scattered them abroad
from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to
build the city.
[9] Therefore is the name of it called
Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the
earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face
of all the earth.
[10] These are the generations of Shem:
Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the
flood:
[11] And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five
hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
[12] And
Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
[13]
And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years,
and begat sons and daughters.
[14] And Salah lived thirty
years, and begat Eber:
[15] And Salah lived after he begat
Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
[16]
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
[17]
And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years,
and begat sons and daughters.
[18] And Peleg lived thirty
years, and begat Reu:
[19] And Peleg lived after he begat
Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
[20]
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
[21]
And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and
begat sons and daughters.
[22] And Serug lived thirty
years, and begat Nahor:
[23] And Serug lived after he begat
Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
[24]
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
[25]
And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years,
and begat sons and daughters.
[26] And Terah lived seventy
years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
[27] Now these
are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran;
and Haran begat Lot.
[28] And Haran died before his father
Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
[29]
And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was
Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran,
the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
[30] But
Sarai was barren; she had no child.
[31] And Terah took
Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his
daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them
from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came
unto Haran, and dwelt there.
[32] And the days of Terah
were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
[1]
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and
from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I
will shew thee:
[2] And I will make of thee a great nation,
and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a
blessing:
[3] And I will bless them that bless thee, and
curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the
earth be blessed.
[4] So Abram departed, as the LORD had
spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and
five years old when he departed out of Haran.
[5] And Abram
took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their
substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten
in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into
the land of Canaan they came.
[6] And Abram passed through
the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the
Canaanite was then in the land.
[7] And the LORD appeared
unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there
builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
[8]
And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and
pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and
there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of
the LORD.
[9] And Abram journeyed, going on still toward
the south.
[10] And there was a famine in the land: and
Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was
grievous in the land.
[11] And it came to pass, when he was
come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife,
Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
[12]
Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee,
that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but
they will save thee alive.
[13] Say, I pray thee, thou art
my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul
shall live because of thee.
[14] And it came to pass, that,
when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that
she was very fair.
[15] The princes also of Pharaoh saw
her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into
Pharaoh's house.
[16] And he entreated Abram well for her
sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and
maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
[17] And the LORD
plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai
Abram's wife.
[18] And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What
is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that
she was thy wife?
[19] Why saidst thou, She is my sister?
so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy
wife, take her, and go thy way.
[20] And Pharaoh commanded
his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all
that he had.
[1]
And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he
had, and Lot with him, into the south.
[2] And Abram was
very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
[3] And he
went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place
where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
[4]
Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first:
and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
[5] And Lot
also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
[6]
And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell
together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell
together.
[7] And there was a strife between the herdmen of
Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and
the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
[8] And Abram said
unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee,
and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
[9]
Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee,
from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the
right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the
left.
[10] And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the
plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the
LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD,
like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
[11] Then
Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and
they separated themselves the one from the other.
[12]
Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of
the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
[13] But the
men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD
exceedingly.
[14] And the LORD said unto Abram, after that
Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the
place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and
westward:
[15] For all the land which thou seest, to thee
will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
[16] And I will
make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number
the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
[17]
Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth
of it; for I will give it unto thee.
[18] Then Abram
removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is
in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
[1]
And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch
king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of
nations;
[2] That these made war with Bera king of Sodom,
and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber
king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
[3]
All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the
salt sea.
[4] Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in
the thirteenth year they rebelled.
[5] And in the
fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him,
and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham,
and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
[6] And the Horites in
their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.
[7]
And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote
all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites that dwelt
in Hazezon-tamar.
[8] And there went out the king of Sodom,
and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of
Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined
battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
[9] With
Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and
Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with
five.
[10] And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits;
and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they
that remained fled to the mountain.
[11] And they took all
the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went
their way.
[12] And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son,
who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
[13] And
there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he
dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eschol, and
brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
[14]
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his
trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen,
and pursued them unto Dan.
[15] And he divided himself
against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and
pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
[16]
And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother
Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
[17]
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the
slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at
the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.
[18] And
Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was
the priest of the most high God.
[19] And he blessed him,
and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven
and earth:
[20] And blessed be the most high God, which
hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of
all.
[21] And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me
the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
[22] And Abram
said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD,
the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
[23]
That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I
will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I
have made Abram rich:
[24] Save only that which the young
men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner,
Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
[1]
After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision,
saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great
reward.
[2] And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give
me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this
Eliezer of Damascus?
[3] And Abram said, Behold, to me thou
hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
[4]
And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall
not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own
bowels shall be thine heir.
[5] And he brought him forth
abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou
be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed
be.
[6] And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to
him for righteousness.
[7] And he said unto him, I am the
LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this
land to inherit it.
[8] And he said, Lord GOD, whereby
shall I know that I shall inherit it?
[9] And he said unto
him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three
years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a
young pigeon.
[10] And he took unto him all these, and
divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another:
but the birds divided he not.
[11] And when the fowls came
down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
[12] And
when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo,
an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
[13] And he said
unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a
land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict
them four hundred years;
[14] And also that nation, whom
they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out
with great substance.
[15] And thou shalt go to thy fathers
in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
[16] But
in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the
iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
[17] And it came
to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a
smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those
pieces.
[18] In the same day the LORD made a covenant with
Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river
of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
[19]
The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
[20]
And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
[21]
And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the
Jebusites.
[1]
Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid,
an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
[2] And Sarai said unto
Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray
thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by
her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
[3] And
Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had
dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband
Abram to be his wife.
[4] And he went in unto Hagar, and
she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress
was despised in her eyes.
[5] And Sarai said unto Abram, My
wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she
saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD
judge between me and thee.
[6] But Abram said unto Sarai,
Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And
when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
[7]
And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the
wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
[8] And he
said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou
go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
[9]
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and
submit thyself under her hands.
[10] And the angel of the
LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it
shall not be numbered for multitude.
[11] And the angel of
the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a
son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy
affliction.
[12] And he will be a wild man; his hand will
be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall
dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
[13] And she
called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me:
for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
[14]
Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between
Kadesh and Bered.
[15] And Hagar bare Abram a son: and
Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
[16]
And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to
Abram.
[1]
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to
Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and
be thou perfect.
[2] And I will make my covenant between me
and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
[3] And Abram
fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
[4] As
for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father
of many nations.
[5] Neither shall thy name any more be
called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many
nations have I made thee.
[6] And I will make thee
exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall
come out of thee.
[7] And I will establish my covenant
between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for
an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after
thee.
[8] And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after
thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan,
for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
[9]
And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore,
thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
[10]
This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy
seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
[11]
And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a
token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
[12] And he that
is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in
your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money
of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
[13] He that is
born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs
be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an
everlasting covenant.
[14] And the uncircumcised man child
whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be
cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
[15]
And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call
her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
[16] And I
will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless
her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be
of her.
[17] Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed,
and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an
hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old,
bear?
[18] And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might
live before thee!
[19] And God said, Sarah thy wife shall
bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I
will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and
with his seed after him.
[20] And as for Ishmael, I have
heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful,
and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and
I will make him a great nation.
[21] But my covenant will I
establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set
time in the next year.
[22] And he left off talking with
him, and God went up from Abraham.
[23] And Abraham took
Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that
were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's
house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame
day, as God had said unto him.
[24] And Abraham was ninety
years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his
foreskin.
[25] And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old,
when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
[26]
In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his
son.
[27] And all the men of his house, born in the house,
and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
[1]
And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in
the tent door in the heat of the day;
[2] And he lift up
his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw
them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself
toward the ground,
[3] And said, My Lord, if now I have
found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy
servant:
[4] Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched,
and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
[5]
And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after
that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And
they said, So do, as thou hast said.
[6] And Abraham
hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three
measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
[7]
And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and
gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
[8]
And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and
set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did
eat.
[9] And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife?
And he said, Behold, in the tent.
[10] And he said, I will
certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo,
Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door,
which was behind him.
[11] Now Abraham and Sarah were old
and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the
manner of women.
[12] Therefore Sarah laughed within
herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord
being old also?
[13] And the LORD said unto Abraham,
Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child,
which am old?
[14] Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At
the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of
life, and Sarah shall have a son.
[15] Then Sarah denied,
saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou
didst laugh.
[16] And the men rose up from thence, and
looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the
way.
[17] And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that
thing which I do;
[18] Seeing that Abraham shall surely
become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth
shall be blessed in him?
[19] For I know him, that he will
command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep
the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may
bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
[20]
And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great,
and because their sin is very grievous;
[21] I will go down
now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry
of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
[22]
And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom:
but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
[23] And Abraham
drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the
wicked?
[24] Peradventure there be fifty righteous within
the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the
fifty righteous that are therein?
[25] That be far from
thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked:
and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from
thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
[26]
And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the
city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
[27]
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to
speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
[28]
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou
destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there
forty and five, I will not destroy it.
[29] And he spake
unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found
there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.
[30]
And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak:
Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will
not do it, if I find thirty there.
[31] And he said, Behold
now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there
shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for
twenty's sake.
[32] And he said, Oh let not the Lord be
angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be
found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.
[33]
And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with
Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
[1]
And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate
of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed
himself with his face toward the ground;
[2] And he said,
Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house,
and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early,
and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the
street all night.
[3] And he pressed upon them greatly; and
they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them
a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
[4]
But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom,
compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from
every quarter:
[5] And they called unto Lot, and said unto
him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them
out unto us, that we may know them.
[6] And Lot went out at
the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
[7] And
said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
[8] Behold
now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray
you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your
eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under
the shadow of my roof.
[9] And they said, Stand back. And
they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will
needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them.
And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break
the door.
[10] But the men put forth their hand, and pulled
Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.
[11] And
they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness,
both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the
door.
[12] And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any
besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever
thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:
[13]
For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen
great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to
destroy it.
[14] And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons
in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of
this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one
that mocked unto his sons in law.
[15] And when the morning
arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife,
and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the
iniquity of the city.
[16] And while he lingered, the men
laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the
hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they
brought him forth, and set him without the city.
[17] And
it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he
said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in
all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
[18]
And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
[19] Behold
now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast
magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my
life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me,
and I die:
[20] Behold now, this city is near to flee unto,
and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a
little one?) and my soul shall live.
[21] And he said unto
him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I
will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
[22]
Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be
come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
[23]
The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
[24]
Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire
from the LORD out of heaven;
[25] And he overthrew those
cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and
that which grew upon the ground.
[26] But his wife looked
back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
[27]
And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood
before the LORD:
[28] And he looked toward Sodom and
Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo,
the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
[29]
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that
God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the
overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
[30]
And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two
daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a
cave, he and his two daughters.
[31] And the firstborn said
unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the
earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
[32]
Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him,
that we may preserve seed of our father.
[33] And they made
their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and
lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when
she arose.
[34] And it came to pass on the morrow, that the
firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my
father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in,
and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our Father.
[35]
And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the
younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay
down, nor when she arose.
[36] Thus were both the daughters
of Lot with child by their father.
[37] And the firstborn
bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the
Moabites unto this day.
[38] And the younger, she also bare
a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the
children of Ammon unto this day.
[1]
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and
dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
[2]
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech
king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
[3] But God came to
Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but
a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's
wife.
[4] But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said,
Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
[5] Said he
not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is
my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands
have I done this.
[6] And God said unto him in a dream,
Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I
also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee
not to touch her.
[7] Now therefore restore the man his
wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt
live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely
die, thou, and all that are thine.
[8] Therefore Abimelech
rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all
these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.
[9]
Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done
unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me
and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that
ought not to be done.
[10] And Abimelech said unto Abraham,
What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
[11] And
Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in
this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
[12]
And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father,
but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
[13]
And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's
house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt
shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is
my brother.
[14] And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and
menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and
restored him Sarah his wife.
[15] And Abimelech said,
Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
[16]
And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand
pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto
all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was
reproved.
[17] So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed
Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare
children.
[18] For the LORD had fast closed up all the
wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
[1]
And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto
Sarah as he had spoken.
[2] For Sarah conceived, and bare
Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken
to him.
[3] And Abraham called the name of his son that was
born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
[4] And
Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had
commanded him.
[5] And Abraham was an hundred years old,
when his son Isaac was born unto him.
[6] And Sarah said,
God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with
me.
[7] And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham,
that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son
in his old age.
[8] And the child grew, and was weaned: and
Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
[9]
And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto
Abraham, mocking.
[10] Wherefore she said unto Abraham,
Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman
shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
[11] And
the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his
son.
[12] And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous
in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all
that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac
shall thy seed be called.
[13] And also of the son of the
bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
[14]
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a
bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder,
and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in
the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
[15] And the water was spent
in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
[16]
And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it
were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child.
And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
[17]
And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called Hagar
out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not;
for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
[18]
Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make
him a great nation.
[19] And God opened her eyes, and she
saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water,
and gave the lad drink.
[20] And God was with the lad; and
he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
[21]
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a
wife out of the land of Egypt.
[22] And it came to pass at
that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host
spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou
doest:
[23] Now therefore swear unto me here by God that
thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my
son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee,
thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast
sojourned.
[24] And Abraham said, I will swear.
[25]
And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which
Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
[26] And
Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst
thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.
[27]
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and
both of them made a covenant.
[28] And Abraham set seven
ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
[29] And Abimelech
said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast
set by themselves?
[30] And he said, For these seven ewe
lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me,
that I have digged this well.
[31] Wherefore he called that
place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
[32]
Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and
Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the
land of the Philistines.
[33] And Abraham planted a grove
in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the
everlasting God.
[34] And Abraham sojourned in the
Philistines' land many days.
[1]
And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham,
and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
[2]
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou
lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for
a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee
of.
[3] And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and
saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac
his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and
went unto the place of which God had told him.
[4] Then on
the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar
off.
[5] And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here
with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come
again to you,
[6] And Abraham took the wood of the burnt
offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his
hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.
[7]
And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he
said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood:
but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
[8] And Abraham
said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering:
so they went both of them together.
[9] And they came to
the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar
there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid
him on the altar upon the wood.
[10] And Abraham stretched
forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
[11]
And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said,
Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
[12] And he said,
Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him:
for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld
thy son, thine only son from me.
[13] And Abraham lifted up
his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket
by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up
for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
[14] And
Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to
this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
[15]
And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the
second time,
[16] And said, By myself have I sworn, saith
the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not
withheld thy son, thine only son:
[17] That in blessing I
will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the
stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and
thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
[18] And in
thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou
hast obeyed my voice.
[19] So Abraham returned unto his
young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and
Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
[20] And it came to pass after
these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she
hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
[21] Huz
his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of
Aram,
[22] And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph,
and Bethuel.
[23] And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight
Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
[24] And his
concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and
Thahash, and Maachah.
[1]
And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were
the years of the life of Sarah.
[2] And Sarah died in
Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham
came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
[3] And
Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of
Heth, saying,
[4] I am a stranger and a sojourner with you:
give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my
dead out of my sight.
[5] And the children of Heth answered
Abraham, saying unto him,
[6] Hear us, my lord: thou art a
mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy
dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that
thou mayest bury thy dead.
[7] And Abraham stood up, and
bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of
Heth.
[8] And he communed with them, saying, If it be your
mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat
for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
[9] That he may give me
the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his
field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a
possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
[10] And Ephron
dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered
Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that
went in at the gate of his city, saying,
[11] Nay, my lord,
hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give
it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee:
bury thy dead.
[12] And Abraham bowed down himself before
the people of the land.
[13] And he spake unto Ephron in
the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give
it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take
it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
[14] And Ephron
answered Abraham, saying unto him,
[15] My lord, hearken
unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is
that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
[16] And
Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the
silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four
hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
[17]
And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before
Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees
that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about,
were made sure
[18] Unto Abraham for a possession in the
presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate
of his city.
[19] And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his
wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is
Hebron in the land of Canaan.
[20] And the field, and the
cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of
a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
[1]
And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had
blessed Abraham in all things.
[2] And Abraham said unto
his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had,
Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
[3] And I will
make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the
earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters
of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
[4] But thou shalt
go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son
Isaac.
[5] And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the
woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs
bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?
[6]
And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son
thither again.
[7] The LORD God of heaven, which took me
from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which
spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I
give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt
take a wife unto my son from thence.
[8] And if the woman
will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from
this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
[9] And
the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and
sware to him concerning that matter.
[10] And the servant
took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all
the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to
Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
[11] And he made his
camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time
of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
[12]
And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me
good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.
[13]
Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the
men of the city come out to draw water:
[14] And let it
come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy
pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and
I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast
appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou
hast shewed kindness unto my master.
[15] And it came to
pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out,
who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's
brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
[16] And the
damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man
known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and
came up.
[17] And the servant ran to meet her, and said,
Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
[18]
And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her
pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
[19] And when
she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy
camels also, until they have done drinking.
[20] And she
hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto
the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
[21]
And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD
had made his journey prosperous or not.
[22] And it came to
pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden
earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of
ten shekels weight of gold;
[23] And said, Whose daughter
art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's house
for us to lodge in?
[24] And she said unto him, I am the
daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto
Nahor.
[25] She said moreover unto him, We have both straw
and provender enough, and room to lodge in.
[26] And the
man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.
[27] And
he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not
left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the
way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.
[28]
And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these
things.
[29] And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was
Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
[30]
And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his
sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister,
saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and,
behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
[31] And he
said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou
without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.
[32]
And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave
straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and
the men's feet that were with him.
[33] And there was set
meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have
told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
[34] And he said,
I am Abraham's servant.
[35] And the LORD hath blessed my
master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks,
and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants,
and camels, and asses.
[36] And Sarah my master's wife bare
a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all
that he hath.
[37] And my master made me swear, saying,
Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the
Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
[38] But thou shalt go
unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my
son.
[39] And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman
will not follow me.
[40] And he said unto me, The LORD,
before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy
way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my
father's house:
[41] Then shalt thou be clear from this my
oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one,
thou shalt be clear from my oath.
[42] And I came this day
unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou
do prosper my way which I go;
[43] Behold, I stand by the
well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh
forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little
water of thy pitcher to drink;
[44] And she say to me, Both
drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the
woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master's son.
[45]
And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came
forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the
well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray
thee.
[46] And she made haste, and let down her pitcher
from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink
also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.
[47]
And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The
daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I
put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
[48]
And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the
LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to
take my master's brother's daughter unto his son.
[49] And
now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if
not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.
[50]
Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from
the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
[51]
Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy
master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken.
[52] And it
came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he
worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.
[53] And
the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and
raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to
her mother precious things.
[54] And they did eat and
drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and
they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my
master.
[55] And her brother and her mother said, Let the
damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she
shall go.
[56] And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing
the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my
master.
[57] And they said, We will call the damsel, and
inquire at her mouth.
[58] And they called Rebekah, and
said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will
go.
[59] And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her
nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.
[60] And they
blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the
mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of
those which hate them.
[61] And Rebekah arose, and her
damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the
servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
[62] And Isaac came
from the way of the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the south
country.
[63] And Isaac went out to meditate in the field
at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the
camels were coming.
[64] And Rebekah lifted up her eyes,
and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
[65] For
she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the
field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master:
therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
[66] And
the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.
[67]
And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah,
and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted
after his mother's death.
[1]
Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
[2]
And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and
Ishbak, and Shuah.
[3] And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan.
And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
[4]
And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and
Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
[5] And
Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
[6] But unto the
sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and
sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto
the east country.
[7] And these are the days of the years
of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen
years.
[8] Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a
good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his
people.
[9] And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in
the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the
Hittite, which is before Mamre;
[10] The field which
Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and
Sarah his wife.
[11] And it came to pass after the death of
Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well
Lahai-roi.
[12] Now these are the generations of Ishmael,
Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto
Abraham:
[13] And these are the names of the sons of
Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the
firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and
Mibsam,
[14] And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
[15]
Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
[16] These
are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns,
and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
[17]
And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty
and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered
unto his people.
[18] And they dwelt from Havilah unto
Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died
in the presence of all his brethren.
[19] And these are the
generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:
[20]
And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the
daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the
Syrian.
[21] And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife,
because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and
Rebekah his wife conceived.
[22] And the children struggled
together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And
she went to inquire of the LORD.
[23] And the LORD said
unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall
be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger
than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
[24]
And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were
twins in her womb.
[25] And the first came out red, all
over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
[26]
And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's
heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years
old when she bare them.
[27] And the boys grew: and Esau
was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man,
dwelling in tents.
[28] And Isaac loved Esau, because he
did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
[29] And
Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was
faint:
[30] And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee,
with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name
called Edom.
[31] And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy
birthright.
[32] And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point
to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
[33]
And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he
sold his birthright unto Jacob.
[34] Then Jacob gave Esau
bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up,
and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
[1]
And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was
in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the
Philistines unto Gerar.
[2] And the LORD appeared unto him,
and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall
tell thee of:
[3] Sojourn in this land, and I will be with
thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will
give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware
unto Abraham thy father;
[4] And I will make thy seed to
multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all
these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth
be blessed;
[5] Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and
kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
[6]
And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
[7] And the men of the place
asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for 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.
[8]
And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that
Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw,
and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
[9]
And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy
wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him,
Because I said, Lest I die for her.
[10] And Abimelech
said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might
lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought
guiltiness upon us.
[11] And Abimelech charged all his
people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be
put to death.
[12] Then Isaac sowed in that land, and
received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed
him.
[13] And the man waxed great, and went forward, and
grew until he became very great:
[14] For he had possession
of flocks, and possessions of herds, and great store of servants: and
the Philistines envied him.
[15] For all the wells which
his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father,
the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
[16]
And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier
than we.
[17] And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his
tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
[18] And
Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the
days of Abraham his father; for the philistines had stopped them
after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names
by which his father had called them.
[19] And Isaac's
servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing
water.
[20] And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with
Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of
the well Esek; because they strove with him.
[21] And they
digged another well, and strove for that also:and he called the name
of it Sitnah.
[22] And he removed from thence, and digged
another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of
it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and
we shall be fruitful in the land.
[23] And he went up from
thence to Beer-sheba.
[24] And the LORD appeared unto him
the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear
not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed
for my servant Abraham's sake.
[25] And he builded an altar
there, and called upon the name of the LORD and pitched his tent
there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
[26] Then
Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends,
and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
[27] And Isaac
said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have
sent me away from you?
[28] And they said, We saw certainly
that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath
betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with
thee;
[29] That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not
touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and
have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the
LORD.
[30] And he made them a feast, and they did eat and
drink.
[31] And they rose up betimes in the morning, and
sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed
from him in peace.
[32] And it came to pass the same day,
that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which
they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.
[33]
And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba
unto this day.
[34] And Esau was forty years old when he
took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath
the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
[35] Which were a grief
of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
[1]
And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim,
so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said
unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
[2]
And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my
death:
[3] Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons,
thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some
venison;
[4] And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and
bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I
die.
[5] And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his
son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring
it.
[6] And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying,
Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
[7]
Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless
thee before the LORD before my death.
[8] Now therefore, my
son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
[9]
Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the
goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he
loveth:
[10] And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he
may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
[11]
And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a
hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
[12] My father
peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and
I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
[13] And
his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my
voice, and go fetch me them.
[14] And he went, and fetched,
and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat,
such as his father loved.
[15] And Rebekah took goodly
raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and
put them upon Jacob her younger son:
[16] And she put the
skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of
his neck:
[17] And she gave the savoury meat and the bread,
which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
[18]
And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here
am I; who art thou, my son?
[19] And Jacob said unto his
father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest
me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may
bless me.
[20] And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that
thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD
thy God brought it to me.
[21] And Isaac said unto Jacob,
Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be
my very son Esau or not.
[22] And Jacob went near unto
Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's
voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
[23] And he
discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother
Esau's hands: so he blessed him.
[24] And he said, Art thou
my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
[25] And he said,
Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul
may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he
brought him wine, and he drank.
[26] And his father Isaac
said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
[27] And
he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his
raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as
the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
[28]
Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the
earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
[29] Let people serve
thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and
let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that
curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
[30]
And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing
Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac
his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
[31]
And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father,
and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's
venison, that thy soul may bless me.
[32] And Isaac his
father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy
firstborn Esau.
[33] And Isaac trembled very exceedingly,
and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it
me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him?
yea, and he shall be blessed.
[34] And when Esau heard the
words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry,
and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
[35]
And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy
blessing.
[36] And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob?
for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my
birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he
said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
[37] And
Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord,
and all 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?
[38] And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one
blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau
lifted up his voice, and wept.
[39] And Isaac his father
answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness
of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
[40] And
by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it
shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt
break his yoke from off thy neck.
[41] And Esau hated Jacob
because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau
said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand;
then will I slay my brother Jacob.
[42] And these words of
Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called
Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau,
as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
[43]
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban
my brother to Haran;
[44] And tarry with him a few days,
until thy brother's fury turn away;
[45] Until thy
brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou
hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why
should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
[46] And
Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters
of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these
which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do
me?
[1]
And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said
unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
[2]
Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father;
and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy
mother's brother.
[3] And God Almighty bless thee, and make
thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of
people;
[4] And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee,
and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein
thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
[5] And
Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of
Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's
mother.
[6] When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and
sent him away to Padan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that
as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a
wife of the daughters of Canaan;
[7] And that Jacob obeyed
his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;
[8]
And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his
father;
[9] Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the
wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son,
the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
[10] And Jacob went
out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.
[11] And he
lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because
the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put
them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
[12]
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top
of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and
descending on it.
[13] And, behold, the LORD stood above
it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of
Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to
thy seed;
[14] And thy seed shall be as the dust of the
earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and
to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all
the families of the earth be blessed.
[15] And, behold, I
am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest,
and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee,
until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
[16]
And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in
this place; and I knew it not.
[17] And he was afraid, and
said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of
God, and this is the gate of heaven.
[18] And Jacob rose up
early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his
pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of
it.
[19] And he called the name of that place Bethel: but
the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
[20] And
Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me
in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to
put on,
[21] So that I come again to my father's house in
peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
[22] And this stone,
which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that
thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
[1]
Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people
of the east.
[2] And he looked, and behold a well in the
field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out
of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the
well's mouth.
[3] And thither were all the flocks gathered:
and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the
sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his
place.
[4] And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be
ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
[5] And he said unto
them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
[6]
And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and,
behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
[7] And
he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle
should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed
them.
[8] And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be
gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's
mouth; then we water the sheep.
[9] And while he yet spake
with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept
them.
[10] And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the
daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his
mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the
well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's
brother.
[11] And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his
voice, and wept.
[12] And Jacob told Rachel that he was her
father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told
her father.
[13] And it came to pass, when Laban heard the
tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and
embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he
told Laban all these things.
[14] And Laban said to him,
Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space
of a month.
[15] And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou
art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell
me, what shall thy wages be?
[16] And Laban had two
daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the
younger was Rachel.
[17] Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel
was beautiful and well favoured.
[18] And Jacob loved
Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy
younger daughter.
[19] And Laban said, It is better that I
give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide
with me.
[20] And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and
they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
[21]
And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are
fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
[22] And Laban
gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
[23]
And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter,
and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
[24] And
Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an
handmaid.
[25] And it came to pass, that in the morning,
behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast
done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then
hast thou beguiled me?
[26] And Laban said, It must not be
so done in our country, to give the younger before the
firstborn.
[27] Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this
also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other
years.
[28] And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and
he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
[29] And
Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her
maid.
[30] And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved
also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other
years.
[31] And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he
opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
[32] And Leah
conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she
said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore
my husband will love me.
[33] And she conceived again, and
bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated,
he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name
Simeon.
[34] And she conceived again, and bare a son; and
said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have
born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
[35]
And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I
praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left
bearing.
[1]
And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied
her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
[2]
And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in
God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
[3]
And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall
bear upon my knees that I may also have children by her.
[4]
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto
her.
[5] And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
[6]
And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice,
and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
[7]
And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second
son.
[8] And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I
wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his
name Naphtali.
[9] When Leah saw that she had left bearing,
she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
[10]
And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
[11] And Leah
said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
[12] And
Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
[13] And Leah
said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she
called his name Asher.
[14] And Reuben went in the days of
wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them
unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee,
of thy son's mandrakes.
[15] And she said unto her, Is it a
small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take
away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie
with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.
[16] And Jacob
came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him,
and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee
with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
[17]
And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the
fifth son.
[18] And Leah said, God hath given me my hire,
because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name
Issachar.
[19] And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the
sixth son.
[20] And Leah said, God hath endued me with a
good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born
him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
[21] And
afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
[22]
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her
womb.
[23] And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God
hath taken away my reproach:
[24] And she called his name
Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
[25]
And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said
unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to
my country.
[26] Give me my wives and my children, for whom
I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which
I have done thee.
[27] And Laban said unto him, I pray
thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned
by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
[28]
And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
[29]
And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how
thy cattle was with me.
[30] For it was little which thou
hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and
the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I
provide for mine own house also?
[31] And he said, What
shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing:
if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy
flock:
[32] I will pass through all thy flock to day,
removing from thence all the speckled 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.
[33] So shall my
righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for
my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted
among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted
stolen with me.
[34] And Laban said, Behold, I would it
might be according to thy word.
[35] And he removed that
day the he goats that were 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.
[36] And he set three days' journey
betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's
flocks.
[37] And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and
of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and
made the white appear which was in the rods.
[38] And he
set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in
the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should
conceive when they came to drink.
[39] And the flocks
conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked,
speckled, and spotted.
[40] And Jacob did separate the
lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and
all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by
themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.
[41] And
it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that
Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters,
that they might conceive among the rods.
[42] But when the
cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's,
and the stronger Jacob's.
[43] And the man increased
exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants,
and camels, and asses.
[1]
And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away
all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he
gotten all this glory.
[2] And Jacob beheld the countenance
of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
[3]
And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers,
and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
[4] And Jacob
sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
[5]
And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not
toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
[6]
And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
[7]
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but
God suffered him not to hurt me.
[8] If he said thus, The
speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and
if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the
cattle ringstraked.
[9] Thus God hath taken away the cattle
of your father, and given them to me.
[10] And it came to
pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine
eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the
cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
[11] And
the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said,
Here am I.
[12] And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and
see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked,
speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto
thee.
[13] I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst
the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee
out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
[14]
And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any
portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
[15]
Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath
quite devoured also our money.
[16] For all the riches
which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our
children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
[17]
Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
[18]
And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had
gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padan-aram,
for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
[19]
And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images
that were her father's.
[20] And Jacob stole away unawares
to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
[21]
So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the
river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
[22] And
it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
[23]
And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days'
journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
[24]
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto
him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
[25]
Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the
mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of
Gilead.
[26] And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done,
that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my
daughters, as captives taken with the sword?
[27] Wherefore
didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not
tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs,
with tabret, and with harp?
[28] And hast not suffered me
to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so
doing.
[29] It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt:
but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take
thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
[30]
And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore
longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my
gods?
[31] And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I
was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy
daughters from me.
[32] With whomsoever thou findest thy
gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is
thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel
had stolen them.
[33] And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and
into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found
them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's
tent.
[34] Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in
the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the
tent, but found them not.
[35] And she said to her father,
Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for
the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the
images.
[36] And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and
Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my
sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
[37] Whereas
thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy
household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren,
that they may judge betwixt us both.
[38] This twenty years
have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their
young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
[39]
That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the
loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day,
or stolen by night.
[40] Thus I was; in the day the drought
consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine
eyes.
[41] Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I
served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for
thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
[42]
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of
Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty.
God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked
thee yesternight.
[43] And Laban answered and said unto
Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my
children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is
mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto
their children which they have born?
[44] Now therefore
come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a
witness between me and thee.
[45] And Jacob took a stone,
and set it up for a pillar.
[46] And Jacob said unto his
brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and
they did eat there upon the heap.
[47] And Laban called it
Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
[48] And Laban
said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore
was the name of it called Galeed;
[49] And Mizpah; for he
said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from
another.
[50] If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if
thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us;
see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
[51] And Laban
said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have
cast betwixt me and thee;
[52] This heap be witness, and
this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee,
and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me,
for harm.
[53] The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor,
the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the
fear of his father Isaac.
[54] Then Jacob offered sacrifice
upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did
eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.
[55] And
early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his
daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto
his place.
[1]
And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
[2]
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called
the name of that place Mahanaim.
[3] And Jacob sent
messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the
country of Edom.
[4] And he commanded them, saying, Thus
shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I
have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
[5]
And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and
womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace
in thy sight.
[6] And the messengers returned to Jacob,
saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee,
and four hundred men with him.
[7] Then Jacob was greatly
afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him,
and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
[8]
And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the
other company which is left shall escape.
[9] And Jacob
said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the
LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy
kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
[10] I am not
worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which
thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over
this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
[11] Deliver
me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau:
for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with
the children.
[12] And thou saidst, I will surely do thee
good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be
numbered for multitude.
[13] And he lodged there that same
night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his
brother;
[14] Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats,
two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
[15] Thirty milch camels
with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and
ten foals.
[16] And he delivered them into the hand of his
servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass
over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
[17]
And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth
thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest
thou? and whose are these before thee?
[18] Then thou shalt
say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord
Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.
[19] And so
commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the
droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find
him.
[20] And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is
behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that
goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he
will accept of me.
[21] So went the present over before
him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
[22] And
he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two
womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford
Jabbok.
[23] And he took them, and sent them over the
brook, and sent over that he had.
[24] And Jacob was left
alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the
day.
[25] And when he saw that he prevailed not against
him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's
thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
[26] And
he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let
thee go, except thou bless me.
[27] And he said unto him,
What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
[28] And he said, Thy
name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast
thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
[29]
And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he
said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he
blessed him there.
[30] And Jacob called the name of the
place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is
preserved.
[31] And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose
upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
[32] Therefore the
children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon
the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow
of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
[1]
And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and
with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and
unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
[2] And he put the
handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children
after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
[3] And he passed
over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until
he came near to his brother.
[4] And Esau ran to meet him,
and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they
wept.
[5] And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and
the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The
children which God hath graciously given thy servant.
[6]
Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they
bowed themselves.
[7] And Leah also with her children came
near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel,
and they bowed themselves.
[8] And he said, What meanest
thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find
grace in the sight of my lord.
[9] And Esau said, I have
enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
[10]
And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy
sight, then 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.
[11] Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is
brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and
because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.
[12]
And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go
before thee.
[13] And he said unto him, My lord knoweth
that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are
with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will
die.
[14] Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his
servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that
goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto
my lord unto Seir.
[15] And Esau said, Let me now leave
with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What
needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.
[16]
So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
[17] And
Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths
for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called
Succoth.
[18] And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem,
which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and
pitched his tent before the city.
[19] And he bought a
parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the
children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of
money.
[20] And he erected there an altar, and called it
El-elohe-Israel.
[1]
And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out
to see the daughters of the land.
[2] And when Shechem the
son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her,
and lay with her, and defiled her.
[3] And his soul clave
unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake
kindly unto the damsel.
[4] And Shechem spake unto his
father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
[5] And
Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were
with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they
were come.
[6] And Hamor the father of Shechem went out
unto Jacob to commune with him.
[7] And the sons of Jacob
came out of the field when they heard it: and the men 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.
[8]
And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem
longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
[9]
And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and
take our daughters unto you.
[10] And ye shall dwell with
us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and
get you possessions therein.
[11] And Shechem said unto her
father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and
what ye shall say unto me I will give.
[12] Ask me never so
much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto
me: but give me the damsel to wife.
[13] And the sons of
Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said,
because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
[14] And they
said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one
that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
[15]
But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that
every male of you be circumcised;
[16] Then will we give
our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we
will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
[17]
But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we
take our daughter, and we will be gone.
[18] And their
words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
[19] And the
young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in
Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of
his father.
[20] And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto
the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city,
saying,
[21] These men are peaceable with us; therefore let
them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it
is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for
wives, and let us give them our daughters.
[22] Only herein
will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people,
if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
[23]
Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs
be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with
us.
[24] And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened
all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was
circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
[25]
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two
of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each
man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the
males.
[26] And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with
the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and
went out.
[27] The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and
spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
[28]
They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that
which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
[29]
And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took
they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
[30]
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to
stink among 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.
[31] And they said, Should he deal with our sister
as with an harlot?
[1]
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and
make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou
fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
[2] Then Jacob
said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the
strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your
garments:
[3] And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I
will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my
distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
[4] And
they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand,
and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them
under the oak which was by Shechem.
[5] And they journeyed:
and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them,
and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
[6] So
Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel,
he and all the people that were with him.
[7] And he built
there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God
appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
[8]
But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel
under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.
[9]
And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram,
and blessed him.
[10] And God said unto him, Thy name is
Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall
be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
[11] And God
said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation
and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out
of thy loins;
[12] And the land which I gave Abraham and
Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give
the land.
[13] And God went up from him in the place where
he talked with him.
[14] And Jacob set up a pillar in the
place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured
a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
[15]
And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him,
Bethel.
[16] And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was
but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she
had hard labour.
[17] And it came to pass, when she was in
hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt
have this son also.
[18] And it came to pass, as her soul
was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni:
but his father called him Benjamin.
[19] And Rachel died,
and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
[20]
And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's
grave unto this day.
[21] And Israel journeyed, and spread
his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
[22] And it came to
pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with
Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of
Jacob were twelve:
[23] The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's
firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and
Zebulun:
[24] The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and
Benjamin:
[25] And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid;
Dan, and Naphtali:
[26] And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's
handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were
born to him in Padan-aram.
[27] And Jacob came unto Isaac
his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where
Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
[28] And the days of Isaac
were an hundred and fourscore years.
[29] And Isaac gave up
the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and
full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
[1]
Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
[2]
Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of
Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of
Zibeon the Hivite;
[3] And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter,
sister of Nebajoth.
[4] And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and
Bashemath bare Reuel;
[5] And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and
Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto
him in the land of Canaan.
[6] And Esau took his wives, and
his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and
his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had
got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of
his brother Jacob.
[7] For their riches were more than that
they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers
could not bear them because of their cattle.
[8] Thus dwelt
Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
[9] And these are the
generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
[10]
These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife
of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
[11]
And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and
Kenaz.
[12] And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son;
and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's
wife.
[13] And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and
Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's
wife.
[14] And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the
daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to
Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
[15] These were dukes of
the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke
Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,
[16] Duke Korah,
duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz
in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
[17] And
these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke
Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the
land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
[18]
And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke
Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the
daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
[19] These are the sons of
Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes.
[20] These
are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and
Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
[21] And Dishon, and Ezer,
and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir
in the land of Edom.
[22] And the children of Lotan were
Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.
[23] And the
children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho,
and Onam.
[24] And these are the children of Zibeon; both
Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the
wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
[25]
And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the
daughter of Anah.
[26] And these are the children of
Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
[27]
The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.
[28]
The children of Dishan are these: Uz, and Aran.
[29] These
are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke
Zibeon, duke Anah,
[30] Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke
Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in
the land of Seir.
[31] And these are the kings that reigned
in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children
of Israel.
[32] And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom:
and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
[33] And Bela died,
and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
[34]
And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his
stead.
[35] And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad,
who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the
name of his city was Avith.
[36] And Hadad died, and Samlah
of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
[37] And Samlah died, and
Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
[38]
And Saul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his
stead.
[39] And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and
Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his
wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of
Mezahab.
[40] And these are the names of the dukes that
came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by
their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,
[41]
Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
[42] Duke Kenaz,
duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
[43] Duke Magdiel, duke Iram:
these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the
land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.
[1]
And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the
land of Canaan.
[2] These are the generations of Jacob.
Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding 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.
[3] Now Israel loved Joseph more than
all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made
him a coat of many colours.
[4] And when his brethren saw
that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated
him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
[5] And Joseph
dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet
the more.
[6] And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this
dream which I have dreamed:
[7] For, behold, we were
binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood
upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made
obeisance to my sheaf.
[8] And his brethren said to him,
Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion
over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his
words.
[9] And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it
his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and,
behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to
me.
[10] And he told it to his father, and to his brethren:
and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream
that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren
indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
[11]
And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
[12]
And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
[13]
And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in
Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him,
Here am I.
[14] And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see
whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and
bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he
came to Shechem.
[15] And a certain man found him, and,
behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying,
What seekest thou?
[16] And he said, I seek my brethren:
tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
[17]
And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let
us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them
in Dothan.
[18] And when they saw him afar off, even before
he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
[19]
And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
[20]
Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit,
and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see
what will become of his dreams.
[21] And Reuben heard it,
and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill
him.
[22] And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but
cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand
upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to
his father again.
[23] And it came to pass, when Joseph was
come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his
coat of many colours that was on him;
[24] And they took
him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no
water in it.
[25] And they sat down to eat bread: and they
lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of
Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and
balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
[26] And
Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our
brother, and conceal his blood?
[27] Come, and let us sell
him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is
our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
[28]
Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted
up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for
twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
[29]
And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the
pit; and he rent his clothes.
[30] And he returned unto his
brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?
[31]
And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and
dipped the coat in the blood;
[32] And they sent the coat
of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This
have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.
[33]
And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath
devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
[34]
And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and
mourned for his son many days.
[35] And all his sons and
all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be
comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son
mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
[36] And the
Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of
Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.
[1]
And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his
brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was
Hirah.
[2] And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain
Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto
her.
[3] And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called
his name Er.
[4] And she conceived again, and bare a son;
and she called his name Onan.
[5] And she yet again
conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at
Chezib, when she bare him.
[6] And Judah took a wife for Er
his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
[7] And Er, Judah's
firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew
him.
[8] And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's
wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
[9]
And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass,
when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the
ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
[10]
And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him
also.
[11] Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law,
Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown:
for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And
Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.
[12] And in
process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah
was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and
his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
[13] And it was told
Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear
his sheep.
[14] And she put her widow's garments off from
her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an
open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah
was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
[15]
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had
covered her face.
[16] And he turned unto her by the way,
and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in 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?
[17] And he
said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou
give me a pledge, till thou send it?
[18] And he said, What
pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy
bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her,
and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
[19] And
she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on
the garments of her widowhood.
[20] And Judah sent the kid
by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from
the woman's hand: but he found her not.
[21] Then he asked
the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly
by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this
place.
[22] And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot
find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no
harlot in this place.
[23] And Judah said, Let her take it
to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not
found her.
[24] And it came to pass about three months
after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath
played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom.
And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
[25]
When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By
the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I
pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and
staff.
[26] And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath
been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my
son. And he knew her again no more.
[27] And it came to
pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her
womb.
[28] And it came to pass, when she travailed, that
the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his
hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first,
[29]
And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his
brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this
breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
[30]
And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon
his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
[1]
And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of
Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands
of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
[2]
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was
in the house of his master the Egyptian.
[3] And his master
saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he
did to prosper in his hand.
[4] And Joseph found grace in
his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his
house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
[5] And it
came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his
house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's
house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all
that he had in the house, and in the field.
[6] And he left
all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save
the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well
favoured.
[7] And it came to pass after these things, that
his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with
me.
[8] But he refused, and said unto his master's wife,
Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he
hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
[9] There is
none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any
thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do
this great wickedness, and sin against God?
[10] And it
came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened
not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
[11] And it
came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do
his business; and there was none of the men of the house there
within.
[12] And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie
with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him
out.
[13] And it came to pass, when she saw that he had
left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
[14] That
she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying,
See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto
me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
[15] And
it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried,
that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.
[16]
And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
[17]
And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew
servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock
me:
[18] And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and
cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.
[19]
And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife,
which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant
to me; that his wrath was kindled.
[20] And Joseph's master
took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's
prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
[21]
But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him
favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
[22] And
the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners
that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the
doer of it.
[23] The keeper of the prison looked not to any
thing that was under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and
that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper.
[1]
And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king
of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
[2]
And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief
of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
[3]
And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard,
into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
[4] And
the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served
them: and they continued a season in ward.
[5] And they
dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each
man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the
baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
[6]
And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them,
and, behold, they were sad.
[7] And he asked Pharaoh's
officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying,
Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
[8] And they said unto
him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And
Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me
them, I pray you.
[9] And the chief butler told his dream
to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before
me;
[10] And in the vine were three branches: and it was as
though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters
thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
[11] And Pharaoh's cup
was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into
Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
[12]
And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three
branches are three days:
[13] Yet within three days shall
Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou
shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner
when thou wast his butler.
[14] But think on me when it
shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and
make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:
[15]
For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here
also have I done nothing that they should put me into the
dungeon.
[16] When the chief baker saw that the
interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream,
and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:
[17] And
in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for
Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my
head.
[18] And Joseph answered and said, This is the
interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
[19]
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee,
and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from
off thee.
[20] And it came to pass the third day, which was
Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and
he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker
among his servants.
[21] And he restored the chief butler
unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's
hand:
[22] But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had
interpreted to them.
[23] Yet did not the chief butler
remember Joseph, but forgat him.
[1]
And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh
dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
[2] And,
behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and
fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
[3] And, behold,
seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured
and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the
river.
[4] And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did
eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
[5]
And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of
corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
[6] And,
behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up
after them.
[7] And the seven thin ears devoured the seven
rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a
dream.
[8] And it came to pass in the morning that his
spirit was troubled; and he sent and 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.
[9]
Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my
faults this day:
[10] Pharaoh was wroth with his servants,
and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and
the chief baker:
[11] And we dreamed a dream in one night,
I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his
dream.
[12] And there was there with us a young man, an
Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he
interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he
did interpret.
[13] And it came to pass, as he interpreted
to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he
hanged.
[14] Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they
brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and
changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
[15] And
Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none
that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst
understand a dream to interpret it.
[16] And Joseph
answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an
answer of peace.
[17] And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my
dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
[18]
And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed
and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
[19] And,
behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill
favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of
Egypt for badness:
[20] And the lean and the ill favoured
kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
[21] And when
they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten
them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I
awoke.
[22] And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears
came up in one stalk, full and good:
[23] And, behold,
seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up
after them:
[24] And the thin ears devoured the seven good
ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that
could declare it to me.
[25] And Joseph said unto Pharaoh,
The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about
to do.
[26] The seven good kine are seven years; and the
seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
[27] And
the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are
seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind
shall be seven years of famine.
[28] This is the thing
which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth
unto Pharaoh.
[29] Behold, there come seven years of great
plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
[30] And there
shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty
shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume
the land;
[31] And the plenty shall not be known in the
land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very
grievous.
[32] And for that the dream was doubled unto
Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God
will shortly bring it to pass.
[33] Now therefore let
Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land
of Egypt.
[34] Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint
officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of
Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
[35] And let them
gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn
under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
[36]
And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years
of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish
not through the famine.
[37] And the thing was good in the
eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
[38]
And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this
is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
[39] And Pharaoh
said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there
is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
[40] Thou shalt
be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be
ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
[41]
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land
of Egypt.
[42] And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand,
and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine
linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
[43] And he
made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried
before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of
Egypt.
[44] And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and
without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of
Egypt.
[45] And Pharaoh called Joseph's name
Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of
Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of
Egypt.
[46] And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood
before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence
of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
[47]
And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by
handfuls.
[48] And he gathered up all the food of the seven
years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the
cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid
he up in the same.
[49] And Joseph gathered corn as the
sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was
without number.
[50] And unto Joseph were born two sons
before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of
Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.
[51] And Joseph
called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath
made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
[52]
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me
to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
[53] And the
seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were
ended.
[54] And the seven years of dearth began to come,
according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in
all the land of Egypt there was bread.
[55] And when all
the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for
bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what
he saith to you, do.
[56] And the famine was over all the
face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold
unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of
Egypt.
[57] And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for
to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
[1]
Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his
sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
[2] And he said,
Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down
thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not
die.
[3] And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in
Egypt.
[4] But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not
with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall
him.
[5] And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among
those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
[6]
And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to
all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed
down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
[7]
And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself
strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto
them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy
food.
[8] And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not
him.
[9] And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed
of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of
the land ye are come.
[10] And they said unto him, Nay, my
lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
[11] We are
all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
[12]
And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye
are come.
[13] And they said, Thy servants are twelve
brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the
youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
[14]
And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying,
Ye are spies:
[15] Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life
of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother
come hither.
[16] Send one of you, and let him fetch your
brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be
proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of
Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
[17] And he put them all
together into ward three days.
[18] And Joseph said unto
them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
[19]
If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of
your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
[20]
But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be
verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
[21] And
they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our
brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us,
and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
[22]
And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do
not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold,
also his blood is required.
[23] And they knew not that
Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an
interpreter.
[24] And he turned himself about from them,
and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and
took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
[25]
Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore
every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the
way: and thus did he unto them.
[26] And they laded their
asses with the corn, and departed thence.
[27] And as one
of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he
espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth.
[28]
And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is
even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid,
saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
[29]
And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and
told him all that befell unto them; saying,
[30] The man,
who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for
spies of the country.
[31] And we said unto him, We are
true men; we are no spies:
[32] We be twelve brethren, sons
of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our
father in the land of Canaan.
[33] And the man, the lord of
the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men;
leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine
of your households, and be gone:
[34] And bring your
youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but
that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye
shall traffick in the land.
[35] And it came to pass as
they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money
was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles
of money, they were afraid.
[36] And Jacob their father
said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not,
and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things
are against me.
[37] And Reuben spake unto his father,
saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him
into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
[38] And
he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead,
and he is 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.
[1]
And the famine was sore in the land.
[2] And it came to
pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of
Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little
food.
[3] And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did
solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except
your brother be with you.
[4] If thou wilt send our brother
with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
[5] But if thou
wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye
shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
[6]
And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the
man whether ye had yet a brother?
[7] And they said, The
man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is
your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him
according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that
he would say, Bring your brother down?
[8] And Judah said
unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and
go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our
little ones.
[9] I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt
thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before
thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
[10] For except
we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
[11]
And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do
this; take of the 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:
[12] And take double money in
your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your
sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an
oversight:
[13] Take also your brother, and arise, go again
unto the man:
[14] And God Almighty give you mercy before
the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I
be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
[15] And the men
took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and
Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before
Joseph.
[16] And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he
said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and
make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.
[17]
And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into
Joseph's house.
[18] And the men were afraid, because they
were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money
that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in;
that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us
for bondmen, and our asses.
[19] And they came near to the
steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of
the house,
[20] And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the
first time to buy food:
[21] And it came to pass, when we
came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's
money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we
have brought it again in our hand.
[22] And other money
have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put
our money in our sacks.
[23] And he said, Peace be to you,
fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you
treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out
unto them.
[24] And the man brought the men into Joseph's
house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave
their asses provender.
[25] And they made ready the present
against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat
bread there.
[26] And when Joseph came home, they brought
him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed
themselves to him to the earth.
[27] And he asked them of
their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye
spake? Is he yet alive?
[28] And they answered, Thy servant
our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down
their heads, and made obeisance.
[29] And he lifted up his
eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is
this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God
be gracious unto thee, my son.
[30] And Joseph made haste;
for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to
weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
[31]
And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and
said, Set on bread.
[32] And they set on for him by
himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did
eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat
bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the
Egyptians.
[33] And they sat before him, the firstborn
according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth:
and the men marvelled one at another.
[34] And he took and
sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five
times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with
him.
[1]
And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's
sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money
in his sack's mouth.
[2] And put my cup, the silver cup, in
the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did
according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
[3] As soon
as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their
asses.
[4] And when they were gone out of the city, and not
yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men;
and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye
rewarded evil for good?
[5] Is not this it in which my lord
drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so
doing.
[6] And he overtook them, and he spake unto them
these same words.
[7] And they said unto him, Wherefore
saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do
according to this thing:
[8] Behold, the money, which we
found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the
land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house
silver or gold?
[9] With whomsoever of thy servants it be
found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.
[10]
And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words; he with
whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.
[11]
Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and
opened every man his sack.
[12] And he searched, and began
at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in
Benjamin's sack.
[13] Then they rent their clothes, and
laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
[14] And
Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there:
and they fell before him on the ground.
[15] And Joseph
said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that
such a man as I can certainly divine?
[16] And Judah said,
What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we
clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants:
behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the
cup is found.
[17] And he said, God forbid that I should do
so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my
servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.
[18]
Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant,
I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger
burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.
[19]
My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a
brother?
[20] And we said unto my lord, We have a father,
an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother
is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth
him.
[21] And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down
unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
[22] And we
said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should
leave his father, his father would die.
[23] And thou
saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with
you, ye shall see my face no more.
[24] And it came to pass
when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of
my lord.
[25] And our father said, Go again, and buy us a
little food.
[26] And we said, We cannot go down: if our
youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see
the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.
[27]
And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me
two sons:
[28] And the one went out from me, and I said,
Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
[29]
And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall
bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
[30] Now
therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not
with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
[31]
It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us,
that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of
thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
[32] For
thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I
bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for
ever.
[33] Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant
abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up
with his brethren.
[34] For how shall I go up to my father,
and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that
shall come on my father.
[1]
Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by
him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood
no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his
brethren.
[2] And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the
house of Pharaoh heard.
[3] And Joseph said unto his
brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren
could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.
[4]
And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And
they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold
into Egypt.
[5] Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry
with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before
you to preserve life.
[6] For these two years hath the
famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which
there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
[7] And God sent
me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save
your lives by a great deliverance.
[8] So now it was not
you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to
Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the
land of Egypt.
[9] Haste ye, and go up to my father, and
say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all
Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not:
[10] And thou shalt
dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou,
and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and
thy herds, and all that thou hast:
[11] And there will I
nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and
thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
[12]
And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that
it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
[13] And ye shall
tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have
seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
[14]
And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin
wept upon his neck.
[15] Moreover he kissed all his
brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with
him.
[16] And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's
house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh
well, and his servants.
[17] And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you
unto the land of Canaan;
[18] And take your father and your
households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the
land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
[19]
Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land
of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your
father, and come.
[20] Also regard not your stuff; for the
good of all the land of Egypt is yours.
[21] And the
children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to
the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
[22]
To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin
he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of
raiment.
[23] And to his father he sent after this manner;
ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses
laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.
[24]
So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto
them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
[25] And they
went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob
their father,
[26] And told him, saying, Joseph is yet
alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's
heart fainted, for he believed them not.
[27] And they told
him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he
saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of
Jacob their father revived:
[28] And Israel said, It is
enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I
die.
[1]
And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to
Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father
Isaac.
[2] And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the
night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
[3]
And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down
into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
[4]
I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring
thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
[5]
And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and the sons of Israel carried
Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the
wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
[6] And they
took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land
of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:
[7]
His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons'
daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
[8]
And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into
Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
[9]
And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and
Carmi.
[10] And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and
Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish
woman.
[11] And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and
Merari.
[12] And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and
Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of
Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
[13]
And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and
Shimron.
[14] And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and
Jahleel.
[15] These be the sons of Leah, which she bare
unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of
his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
[16] And
the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and
Arodi, and Areli.
[17] And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and
Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of
Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.
[18] These are the sons of
Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto
Jacob, even sixteen souls.
[19] The sons of Rachel Jacob's
wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
[20] And unto Joseph in the
land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the
daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.
[21]
And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera,
and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
[22]
These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls
were fourteen.
[23] And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
[24]
And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and
Shillem.
[25] These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban
gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the
souls were seven.
[26] All the souls that came with Jacob
into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives,
all the souls were threescore and six;
[27] And the sons of
Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls
of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and
ten.
[28] And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to
direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of
Goshen.
[29] And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up
to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him;
and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
[30]
And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy
face, because thou art yet alive.
[31] And Joseph said unto
his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and shew
Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which
were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
[32] And the
men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they
have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they
have.
[33] And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall
call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?
[34] That
ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our
youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may
dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination
unto the Egyptians.
[1]
Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my
brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have,
are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land
of Goshen.
[2] And he took some of his brethren, even five
men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.
[3] And Pharaoh said
unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto
Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our
fathers.
[4] They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to
sojourn in the land are we come; for 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.
[5] And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy
father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
[6] The land of
Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and
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.
[7] And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set
him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
[8] And
Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
[9] And Jacob
said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an
hundred 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.
[10]
And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
[11]
And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a
possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land
of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
[12] And Joseph
nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's
household, with bread, according to their families.
[13]
And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore,
so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by
reason of the famine.
[14] And Joseph gathered up all the
money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan,
for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into
Pharaoh's house.
[15] And when money failed in the land of
Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph,
and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for
the money faileth.
[16] And Joseph said, Give your cattle;
and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.
[17]
And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread
in exchange 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.
[18] When that year was ended, they
came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it
from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our
herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but
our bodies, and our lands:
[19] Wherefore shall we die
before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for
bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us
seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not
desolate.
[20] And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for
Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the
famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.
[21]
And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the
borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
[22] Only
the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion
assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh
gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
[23] Then
Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and
your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the
land.
[24] And it shall come to pass in the increase, that
ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be
your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of
your households, and for food for your little ones.
[25]
And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the
sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
[26]
And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that
Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests
only, which became not Pharaoh's.
[27] And Israel dwelt in
the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions
therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
[28] And
Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of
Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.
[29] And the
time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph,
and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I
pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with
me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
[30] But I will lie
with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in
their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
[31]
And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed
himself upon the bed's head.
[1]
And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold,
thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and
Ephraim.
[2] And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son
Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat
upon the bed.
[3] And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty
appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
[4]
And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply
thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give
this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.
[5]
And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee
in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as
Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
[6] And thy issue,
which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called
after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
[7]
And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land
of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come
unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same
is Bethlehem.
[8] And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and
said, Who are these?
[9] And Joseph said unto his father,
They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said,
Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.
[10]
Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see.
And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced
them.
[11] And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought
to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.
[12]
And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed
himself with his face to the earth.
[13] And Joseph took
them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and
Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought
them near unto him.
[14] And Israel stretched out his right
hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his
left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for
Manasseh was the firstborn.
[15] And he blessed Joseph, and
said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God
which fed me all my life long unto this day,
[16] The Angel
which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be
named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let
them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
[17]
And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head
of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to
remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.
[18]
And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the
firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
[19] And his
father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall
become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger
brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a
multitude of nations.
[20] And he blessed them that day,
saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim
and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
[21]
And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with
you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
[22]
Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I
took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
[1]
And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together,
that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
[2]
Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken
unto Israel your father.
[3] Reuben, thou art my firstborn,
my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of
dignity, and the excellency of power:
[4] Unstable as
water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's
bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
[5]
Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their
habitations.
[6] O my soul, come not thou into their
secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in
their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a
wall.
[7] Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and
their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and
scatter them in Israel.
[8] Judah, thou art he whom thy
brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine
enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee.
[9]
Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he
stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall
rouse him up?
[10] The sceptre shall not depart from Judah,
nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him
shall the gathering of the people be.
[11] Binding his foal
unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his
garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
[12]
His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
[13]
Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an
haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
[14]
Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
[15]
And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and
bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.
[16]
Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
[17]
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth
the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
[18]
I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
[19] Gad, a troop
shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.
[20]
Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal
dainties.
[21] Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth
goodly words.
[22] Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a
fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
[23]
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated
him:
[24] But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of
his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob;
(from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
[25]
Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the
Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and
of the womb:
[26] The blessings of thy father have
prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors 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.
[27] Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the
morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the
spoil.
[28] All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and
this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every
one according to his blessing he blessed them.
[29] And he
charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people:
bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron
the Hittite,
[30] In the cave that is in the field of
Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which
Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession
of a buryingplace.
[31] There they buried Abraham and Sarah
his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I
buried Leah.
[32] The purchase of the field and of the cave
that is therein was from the children of Heth.
[33] And
when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his
feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto
his people.
[1]
And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed
him.
[2] And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians
to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
[3]
And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days
of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him
threescore and ten days.
[4] And when the days of his
mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying,
If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the
ears of Pharaoh, saying,
[5] My father made me swear,
saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me 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.
[6]
And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made
thee swear.
[7] And Joseph went up to bury his father: and
with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his
house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
[8] And all
the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only
their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in
the land of Goshen.
[9] And there went up with him both
chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
[10]
And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan,
and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he
made a mourning for his father seven days.
[11] And when
the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the
floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the
Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is
beyond Jordan.
[12] And his sons did unto him according as
he commanded them:
[13] For his sons carried him into the
land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah,
which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a
buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
[14] And
Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went
up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
[15]
And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said,
Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all
the evil which we did unto him.
[16] And they sent a
messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died,
saying,
[17] So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray
thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did
unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the
servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake
unto him.
[18] And his brethren also went and fell down
before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
[19]
And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of
God?
[20] But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but
God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save
much people alive.
[21] Now therefore fear ye not: I will
nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake
kindly unto them.
[22] And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and
his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
[23]
And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the
children also of Machir the son Manasseh were brought up upon
Joseph's knees.
[24] And Joseph said unto his brethren, I
die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land
unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
[25]
And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will
surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.
[26]
So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed
him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.