Bible (American Standard)/Genesis

The First Book of Moses, called Genesis
==Chapter 1==
 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
 And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon
the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face
of the waters 
 And God said, Let there be light: and there
was light. 
 And God saw the light, that it was good: and
God divided the light from the darkness. 
 And God called
the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was
evening and there was morning, one day.
 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of
the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 
 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. 
 And God called the firmament
Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second
day.
 And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be
gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear:
and it was so. 
 And God called the dry land Earth; and the
gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw
that it was good. 
 And God said, Let the earth put forth
grass, herbs yielding seed, [and] fruit-trees bearing fruit
after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth:
and it was so. 
 And the earth brought forth grass, herbs
yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, wherein
is the seed thereof, after their kind: and God saw that it was
good. 
 And there was evening and there was morning, a
third day.
 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of
heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for
signs, and for seasons, and for days and years: 
 and let
them be for lights in the firmament of heaven to give light upon
the earth: and it was so. 
 And God made the two great
lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light
to rule the night: [he made] the stars also. 
 And God set
them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth,
 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. 
 And there was evening and there was morning, a
fourth day.
 And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of
living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open
firmament of heaven. 
 And God created the great
sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith
the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird
after its kind: and God saw that it was good. 
 And God
blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the
waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth. 
 And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
 And God said, Let the earth bring forth living
creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and
beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so. 
 And
God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the
cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the
ground after its kind: and God saw that it was good. 
 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
birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the
earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the
earth. 
 And God created man in his own image, in the image
of God created he him; male and female created he them. 
 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 birds of the
heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb
yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and
every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to
you it shall be for food: 
 and to every beast of the
earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that
creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, [I have given]
every green herb for food: and it was so. 
 And God saw
everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And
there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
==Chapter 2==
 And the heavens and the earth were finished, and all
the host of them. 
 And on the seventh day God finished his
work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from
all his work which he had made. 
 And God blessed the
seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it he rested from
all his work which God had created and made.
 These are the generations of the heavens and of the
earth when they were created, in the day that Jehovah God made
earth and heaven. 
 And no plant of the field was yet in the
earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Jehovah
God had not caused it to rain upon the earth: and there was not
a man to till the ground; 
 but there went up a mist from
the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. 
 And
Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed
into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living
soul. 
 And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward, in Eden;
and there he put the man whom he had formed. 
 And out of
the ground made Jehovah 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 the knowledge of good and
evil. 
 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden;
and from thence it was parted, and became four heads. 
 The
name of the first is Pishon: that is it which compasseth the
whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; 
 and the gold
of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it
that compasseth the whole land of Cush. 
 And the name of
the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth in front of
Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. 
 And
Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to
dress it and to keep it. 
 And Jehovah God commanded the
man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
 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.
 And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man
should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him. 
 And
out of the ground Jehovah God formed every beast of the field,
and every bird of the heavens; and brought them unto the man to
see what he would call them: and whatsoever the man called every
living creature, that was the name thereof. 
 And the man
gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the heavens, and
to every beast of the field; but for man there was not found a
help meet for him. 
 And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to
fall upon the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs,
and closed up the flesh instead thereof: 
 and the rib,
which Jehovah God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and
brought her unto the man. 
 And the man 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. 
 Therefore, shall
a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his
wife: and they shall be one flesh. 
 And they were both
naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
==Chapter 3==
 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the
field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman,
Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?
 And the woman said unto the serpent, Of the fruit of the
trees of the garden we may eat: 
 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.
 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely
die: 
 for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof,
then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing
good and evil. 
 And when the woman saw that the tree was
good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that
the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the
fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband
with her, and he did eat. 
 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. 
 And they
heard the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden in the cool
of the day: and the man and his wife hid themselves from the
presence of Jehovah God amongst the trees of the garden.
 And Jehovah God called unto the man, and said unto him,
Where art thou? 
 And he said, I heard thy voice in the
garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
 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? 
 And the man said, The woman whom thou
gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
 And Jehovah God said unto the woman, What is this thou
hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I
did eat. 
 And Jehovah God said unto the serpent, Because
thou hast done this, cursed art thou 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: 
 and I will put
enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her
seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain
and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and
thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
 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 toil shalt thou eat of it all the days
of thy life; 
 thorns also and thistles shall it bring
forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 
 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. 
 And the man called
his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
 And Jehovah God made for Adam and for his wife coats of
skins, and clothed them.
 And Jehovah 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- 
 therefore Jehovah God sent him forth from the
garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the
garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the flame of a sword which
turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
==Chapter 4==
 And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and
bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man with [the help of]
Jehovah. 
 And again she bare his brother Abel. And Abel was
a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 
 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the
fruit of the ground an offering unto Jehovah. 
 And Abel, he
also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat
thereof. And Jehovah had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
 but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And
Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. 
 And Jehovah
said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance
fallen? 
 If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and
if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door: and unto thee
shall be its desire, but do thou rule over it. 
 And Cain
told 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.
 And Jehovah said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother?
And he said, I know not: am I my brother's keeper? 
 And he
said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood
crieth unto me from the ground. 
 And now cursed art thou
from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy
brother's blood from thy hand; 
 when thou tillest the
ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee its strength; a
fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth. 
 And
Cain said unto Jehovah, My punishment is greater than I can
bear. 
 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the
face of the ground; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I
shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it will
come to pass, that whosoever findeth me will slay me. 
 And
Jehovah said unto him, Therefore, whosoever slayeth Cain,
vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And Jehovah appointed
a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should smite him.
 And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah, and
dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. 
 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. 
 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat
Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methushael; and Methushael begat
Lamech. 
 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of
the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 
 And
Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents and
[have] cattle. 
 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was
the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe. 
 And
Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, the forger of every cutting
instrument of brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was
Naamah. 
 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 for wounding me,
And a young man for bruising me:
 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold,
Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and
called his name Seth. For, [said she], God hath appointed me
another seed instead of Abel; for Cain slew him. 
 And to
Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name
Enosh. Then began men to call upon the name of Jehovah.
==Chapter 5==
 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day
that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; 
 male and female created he them, and blessed them, and called
their name Adam, in the day when they were created. 
 And
Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat [a son] in his
own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: 
 and the days of Adam after he begat Seth were eight hundred
years: and he begat sons and daughters. 
 And all the days
that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
 And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begat
Enosh: 
 and Seth lived after he begat Enosh eight hundred
and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: 
 and all the
days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
 And Enosh lived ninety years, and begat Kenan. 
 and Enosh lived after he begat Kenan eight hundred and fifteen
years, and begat sons and daughters: 
 and all the days of
Enosh were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
 And Kenan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalalel:
 and Kenan lived after he begat Mahalalel eight hundred
and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: 
 and all
the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
 And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begat
Jared: 
 And Mahalalel lived after he begat Jared eight
hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters: 
 and all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety and five
years: and he died.
 And Jared lived a hundred sixty and two years, and
begat Enoch: 
 and Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight
hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: 
 And all the
days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat
Methuselah: 
 and Enoch walked with God after he begat
Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
 and all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and
five years: 
 and Enoch walked with God: and he was not;
for God took him.
 And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years,
and begat Lamech: 
 and Methuselah lived after he begat
Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and
daughters. 
 And all the days of Methuselah were nine
hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
 And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and
begat a son: 
 and he called his name Noah, saying, This
same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands,
[which cometh] because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.
 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety
and five years, and begat sons and daughters: 
 And all the
days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and
he died.
 And Noah was five hundred years old: And Noah begat
Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
==Chapter 6==
 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the
face of the ground, and daughters were born unto them, 
 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were
fair; and they took them wives of all that they chose. 
 And
Jehovah said, My spirit shall not strive with man for ever, for
that he also is flesh: yet shall his days be a hundred and
twenty years. 
 The Nephilim were in the earth in those
days, and also after that, when the sons of God came unto the
daughters of men, and they bare children to them: the same were
the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.
 And Jehovah 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. 
 And it repented Jehovah
that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his
heart. 
 And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have
created from the face of the ground; both man, and beast, and
creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repenteth me
that I have made them. 
 But Noah found favor in the eyes of
Jehovah.
 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous
man, [and] perfect in his generations: Noah walked with God.
 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 
 And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled
with violence. 
 And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was
corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.
 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. 
 Make
thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark,
and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. 
 And
this is how thou shalt make it: the length of the ark three
hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height
of it thirty cubits. 
 A light shalt thou make to the ark,
and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the
ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and
third stories shalt thou make it. 
 And I, behold, I do
bring the flood of waters upon this earth, to destroy all flesh,
wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything
that is in the earth shall die. 
 But I will establish my
covenant with thee; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and
thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. 
 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. 
 Of the birds after their kind,
and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of
the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto
thee, to keep them alive. 
 And take thou unto thee of all
food that is eaten, and gather it to thee; and it shall be for
food for thee, and for them. 
 Thus did Noah; according to
all that God commanded him, so did he.
==Chapter 7==
 And Jehovah said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house
into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this
generation. 
 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee
seven and seven, the male and his female; and of the beasts that
are not clean two, the male and his female: 
 of the birds
also of the heavens, seven and seven, male and female, to keep
seed alive upon the face of all the earth. 
 For yet seven
days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and
forty nights; and every living thing that I have made will I
destroy from off the face of the ground. 
 And Noah did
according unto all that Jehovah commanded him.
 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of
waters was upon the earth. 
 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. 
 Of clean beasts, and
of beasts that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything
that creepeth upon the ground, 
 there went in two and two
unto Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah.
 And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters
of the flood were upon the earth. 
 In the six hundredth
year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day
of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the
great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty
nights.
 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; 
 they, and
every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind,
and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its
kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort.
 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of
all flesh wherein is the breath of life. 
 And they that
went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded
him: and Jehovah shut him in. 
 And the flood was forty
days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the
ark, and it was lifted up above the earth. 
 And the waters
prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark
went upon the face of the waters. 
 And the waters
prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high mountains
that were under the whole heaven were covered. 
 Fifteen
cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were
covered. 
 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth,
both birds, and cattle, and beasts, and every creeping thing
that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: 
 all in whose
nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was
on the dry land, died. 
 And every living thing was
destroyed that was upon the face of the ground, both man, and
cattle, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; and they
were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only was left, and they
that were with him in the ark. 
 And the waters prevailed
upon the earth a hundred and fifty days.
==Chapter 8==
 And God remembered Noah, and all the beasts, and all
the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God made a wind to
pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged; 
 the
fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were
stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; 
 and the
waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the
end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased. 
 And
the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of
the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. 
 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.
 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah
opened the window of the ark which he had made: 
 and he
sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the
waters were dried up from off the earth. 
 And he sent forth
a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the
face of the ground; 
 but the dove found no rest for the
sole of her foot, and she returned unto him to the ark; for the
waters were on the face of the whole earth: and he put forth his
hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him into the ark.
 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent
forth the dove out of the ark; 
 and the dove came in to
him at eventide; and, lo, in her mouth an olive-leaf plucked
off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the
earth. 
 And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth
the dove; and she returned not again unto him any more.
 And it came to pass in the six hundred 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
dried. 
 And in the second month, on the seven and
twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry. 
 And God
spake unto Noah, saying, 
 Go forth from the ark, thou, and
thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. 
 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of
all flesh, both birds, and cattle, and every creeping thing that
creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the
earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. 
 And
Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives
with him: 
 every beast, every creeping thing, and every
bird, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families,
went forth out of the ark.
 And Noah builded an altar unto Jehovah, and took of
every clean beast, and of every clean bird, and offered
burnt-offerings on the altar. 
 And Jehovah smelled the
sweet savor; and Jehovah said in his heart, I will not again
curse the ground any more for man's sake, for that the
imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will
I again smite any more everything living, as I have done. 
 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and
heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
==Chapter 9==
 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them,
Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. 
 And
the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast
of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens; With all
wherewith the ground teemeth, and all the fishes of the sea,
into your hand are they delivered. 
 Every moving thing that
liveth shall be food for you; As the green herb have I given you
all. 
 But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood
thereof, shall ye not eat. 
 And surely your blood, [the
blood] of your lives, will I require; At the hand of every beast
will I require it. And at the hand of man, even at the hand of
every man's brother, will I require the life of man. 
 Whoso
sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: For in the
image of God made he man. 
 And you, be ye fruitful, and
multiply; Bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply
therein.
 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him,
saying, 
 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you,
and with your seed after you; 
 and with every living
creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every
beast of the earth with you. Of all that go out of the ark, even
every beast of the earth. 
 And I will establish my
covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more
by the waters of the flood; neither shall there any more be a
flood to destroy the earth. 
 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:
 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token
of a covenant between me and the earth. 
 And it shall come
to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall
be seen in the cloud, 
 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. 
 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. 
 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.
 And the sons of Noah, that went forth from the ark,
were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of
Canaan. 
 These three were the sons of Noah: and of these
was the whole earth overspread.
 And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a
vineyard: 
 and he drank of the wine, and was drunken. And
he was uncovered within his tent. 
 And Ham, the father of
Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two
brethren without. 
 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. 
 And
Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had
done unto him. 
 And he said,
Cursed be Canaan;
A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
 And he said,
Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem;
And let Canaan be his servant.
 God enlarge Japheth,
And let him dwell in the tents of Shem;
And let Canaan be his servant.
 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty
years. 
 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and
fifty years: And he died.
==Chapter 10==
 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah,
[namely], of Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons
born after the flood.
 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and
Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 
 And the sons of
Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 
 And the sons
of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 
 Of
these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands,
every one after his tongue, after their families, in their
nations.
 And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and
Canaan. 
 And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and
Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba,
and Dedan. 
 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty
one in the earth. 
 He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah:
wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before
Jehovah. 
 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and
Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 
 Out
of that land he went forth into Assyria, and builded Nineveh,
and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah, 
 and Resen between Nineveh
and Calah (the same is the great city). 
 And Mizraim
begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 
 and
Pathrusim, and Casluhim (whence went forth the Philistines), and
Caphtorim.
 And Canaan begat Sidon his first-born, and Heth,
 and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
 and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 
 and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and
afterward were the families of the Canaanite spread abroad.
 And the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon, as thou
goest toward Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest toward Sodom and
Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, unto Lasha. 
 These are
the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in
their lands, in their nations.
 And unto Shem, the father of all the children of
Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children
born. 
 The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and
Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram. 
 And the sons of Aram: Uz,
and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 
 And Arpachshad begat
Shelah; and Shelah begat Eber. 
 And unto Eber were born
two sons: The name of the one was Peleg. For in his days was the
earth divided. And his brother's name was Joktan. 
 And
Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
 and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 
 and Obal, and
Abimael, and Sheba, 
 and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab:
all these were the sons of Joktan. 
 And their dwelling
was from Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar, the mountain of the
east. 
 These are the sons of Shem, after their families,
after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after
their generations, in their nations: and of these were the
nations divided in the earth after the flood.
==Chapter 11==
 And the whole earth was of one language and of one
speech. 
 And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that
they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
 And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick,
and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and
slime had they for mortar. 
 And they said, Come, 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. 
 And Jehovah came down to see the
city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 
 And Jehovah said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all
one language; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing
will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do. 
 Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that
they may not understand one another's speech. 
 So Jehovah
scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the
earth: and they left off building the city. 
 Therefore, was
the name of it called Babel; because Jehovah did there confound
the language of all the earth: and from thence did Jehovah
scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
 These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred
years old, and begat Arpachshad two years after the flood.
 and Shem lived after he begat Arpachshad five hundred
years, and begat sons and daughters.
 And Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begat
Shelah. 
 and Arpachshad lived after he begat Shelah four
hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
 And Shelah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
 and Shelah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and
three years, and begat sons and daughters.
 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat
Peleg: 
 and Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred
and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: 
 and Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years,
and begat sons and daughters.
 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
 and Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven
years, and begat sons and daughters.
 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
 and Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years,
and begat sons and daughters.
 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat
Terah: 
 and Nahor lived after he begat Terah a hundred
and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram,
Nahor, and Haran.
 Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begat
Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran begat Lot. 
 And Haran
died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur
of the Chaldees. 
 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. 
 And Sarai was barren; She had no
child. 
 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. 
 And the days of Terah were two
hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
==Chapter 12==
 Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy
country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto
the land that I will show thee: 
 and I will make of thee a
great nation, and I will bless thee, and make they name great;
and be thou a blessing; 
 and I will bless them that bless
thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and in thee shall
all the families of the earth be blessed. 
 So Abram went,
as Jehovah had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram
was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
 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.
 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of
Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in
the land. 
 And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto
thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar
unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him. 
 And he removed from
thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his
tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there
he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of
Jehovah. 
 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the
South.
 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went
down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was sore in the
land. 
 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: 
 and it
will come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they
will say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will
save thee alive. 
 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister;
that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may
live because of thee. 
 And it came to pass, that, when
Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that
she was very fair. 
 And the princes of Pharaoh saw her,
and praised her to Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into
Pharaoh's house. 
 And he dealt well with Abram for her
sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and
men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-asses, and camels.
 And Jehovah plagued Pharaoh and his house with great
plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife. 
 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? 
 why saidst thou, She is my sister, so that I took her to be my
wife? now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
 And Pharaoh gave men charge concerning him: and they
brought him on the way, and his wife, and all that he had.
==Chapter 13==
 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and
all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South. 
 And
Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. 
 And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, unto
the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between
Beth-el and Ai, 
 unto the place of the altar, which he had
made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of
Jehovah. 
 And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks,
and herds, and tents. 
 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. 
 And there
was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the
herdsmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite
dwelt then in the land. 
 And Abram said unto Lot, Let
there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and
between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen; for we are brethren.
 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 take] the right hand, then I
will go to the left. 
 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and
beheld all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered
every where, before Jehovah destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like
the garden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest
unto Zoar. 
 So Lot chose him all the Plain of the Jordan;
and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one
from the other. 
 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and
Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far
as Sodom. 
 Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners
against Jehovah exceedingly.
 And Jehovah 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: 
 for all the land which thou seest, to thee
will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. 
 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 may thy seed also be
numbered. 
 Arise, walk through the land in the length of
it and in the breadth of it; for unto thee will I give it.
 And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks
of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto
Jehovah.
==Chapter 14==
 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 Goiim, 
 that they 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 (the same is
Zoar). 
 All these joined together in the vale of Siddim
(the same is the Salt Sea). 
 Twelve years they served
Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 
 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that
were with him, and smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, and
the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim, 
 and
the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the
wilderness. 
 And they returned, and came to En-mishpat
(the same is Kadesh), and smote all the country of the
Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.
 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 set the battle in
array against them in the vale of Siddim; 
 against
Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel
king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against
the five. 
 Now the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits;
and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there,
and they that remained fled to the mountain. 
 And they
took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their
victuals, and went their way. 
 And they took Lot, Abram's
brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram
the Hebrew: now he dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite,
brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were
confederate with Abram. 
 And when Abram heard that his
brother was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in
his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as
Dan. 
 And he divided himself against them by night, he
and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah,
which is on the left hand of Damascus. 
 And he brought
back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot, and
his goods, and the women also, and the people.
 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his
return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings that
were with him, at the vale of Shaveh (the same is the King's
Vale). 
 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread
and wine: and he was priest of God Most High. 
 And he
blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of God Most High,
possessor of heaven and earth: 
 and blessed be God Most
High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he
gave him a tenth of all. 
 And the king of Sodom said unto
Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my
hand unto Jehovah, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,
 that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor
aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram
rich: 
 save only that which the young men have eaten, and
the portion of the men that went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and
Mamre. Let them take their portion.
==Chapter 15==
 After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram
in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, [and] thy
exceeding great reward. 
 And Abram said, O Lord Jehovah,
what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and he that shall
be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus? 
 And
Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one
born in my house is mine heir. 
 And, behold, the word of
Jehovah came unto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heir;
But he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be
thine heir. 
 And he brought him forth abroad, and said,
Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to
number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. 
 And he believed in Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him for
righteousness. 
 And he said unto him, I am Jehovah that
brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land
to inherit it. 
 And he said, O Lord Jehovah, whereby shall
I know that I shall inherit it? 
 And he said unto him,
Take me a heifer three years old, and a she-goat three years
old, and a ram three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young
pigeon. 
 And he took him all these, and divided them in
the midst, and laid each half over against the other: but the
birds divided he not. 
 And the birds of prey came down
upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell
upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.
 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed
shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall
serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
 and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I
judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
 But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be
buried in a good old age. 
 And in the fourth generation
they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorite is
not yet full. 
 And it came to pass, that, when the sun
went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a
flaming torch that passed between these pieces. 
 In that
day Jehovah 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: 
 the Kenite, and the
Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite, 
 and the Hittite, and the
Perizzite, and the Rephaim, 
 and the Amorite, and the
Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.
==Chapter 16==
 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no children: and she
had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 
 And
Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, Jehovah hath restrained me
from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; it may be
that I shall obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the
voice of Sarai. 
 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the
Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the
land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his
wife. 
 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and
when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised
in her eyes. 
 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon
thee: I gave my handmaid into they bosom; and when she saw that
she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: Jehovah judge
between me and thee. 
 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold,
thy maid is in thy hand; do to her that which is good in thine
eyes. And Sarai dealt hardly with her, and she fled from her
face.
 And the angel of Jehovah found her by a fountain of
water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, whence camest thou?
and whither goest thou? And she said, I am fleeing from the face
of my mistress Sarai. 
 And the angel of Jehovah said unto
her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
 And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, I will greatly
multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
 And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, Behold, thou art
with child, and shalt bear a son; and thou shalt call his name
Ishmael, because Jehovah hath heard thy affliction. 
 And
he shall be [as] a wild ass among men; his hand [shall be]
against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he
shall dwell over against all his brethren. 
 And she
called the name of Jehovah that spake unto her, Thou art a God
that seeth: for she said, Have I even here looked after him that
seeth me? 
 Wherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi;
behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called the name
of his son, whom Hagar bare, Ishmael. 
 And Abram was
fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
==Chapter 17==
 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah
appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk
before me, and be thou perfect. 
 And I will make my
covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee
exceedingly. 
 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked
with him, saying, 
 As for me, behold, my covenant is with
thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.
 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy
name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations
have I made thee. 
 And I will make thee exceeding
fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come
out of thee. 
 And I will establish my covenant between me
and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations
for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy
seed after thee. 
 And I will give unto thee, and to thy
seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of
Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
 And God said unto Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt
keep my covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their
generations. 
 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep,
between me and you and thy seed after thee: every male among you
shall be circumcised. 
 And ye shall be circumcised in the
flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant
betwixt me and you. 
 And he that is eight days old shall
be circumcised among you, every male throughout your
generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money
of any foreigner that is not of thy seed. 
 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. 
 And the uncircumcised male who
is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall
be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife,
thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
 And I will bless her, and moreover I will give thee a
son of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be [a mother
of] nations; kings of peoples shall be of her. 
 Then
Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart,
Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and
shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? 
 And Abraham
said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee! 
 And God said, Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and
thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant
with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
 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. 
 But my covenant will I establish with
Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the
next year.
 And he left off talking with him, and God went up
from Abraham. 
 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. 
 And Abraham was ninety years old
and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was
circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 
 In the
selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
 And all the men of his house, those born in the house,
and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised
with him.
==Chapter 18==
 And Jehovah appeared unto him by the oaks of Mamre, as
he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; 
 and he
lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood over
against him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the
tent door, and bowed himself to the earth, 
 and said, My
lord, if now I have found favor in thy sight, pass not away, I
pray thee, from thy servant: 
 let now a little water be
fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
 and I will fetch a morsel of bread, and strengthen ye
your heart; after that ye shall pass on: forasmuch as ye are
come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said,
Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and
make cakes. 
 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a
calf tender and good, and gave it unto the servant; and he
hasted to dress it. 
 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.
 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And
he said, Behold, in the tent. 
 And he said, I will
certainly return unto thee when the season cometh round; and,
lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard in the tent
door, which was behind him. 
 Now Abraham and Sarah were
old, [and] well stricken in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah
after the manner of women. 
 And Sarah laughed within
herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my
lord being old also? 
 And Jehovah said unto Abraham,
Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a
child, who am old? 
 Is anything too hard for Jehovah? At
the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh
round, and Sarah shall have a son. 
 Then Sarah denied,
saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but
thou didst laugh.
 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward
Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
 And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I
do; 
 seeing that Abraham had surely become a great and
mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed
in him? 
 For I have known him, to the end that he may
command his children and his household after him, that they may
keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the
end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath
spoken of him. 
 And Jehovah said, Because the cry of
Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very
grievous; 
 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.
 And the men turned from thence, and went toward
Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before Jehovah. 
 And Abraham
drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the
wicked? 
 Peradventure there are fifty righteous within
the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the
fifty righteous that are therein? 
 That be far from thee
to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked,
that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from
thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? 
 And
Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the
city, then I will spare all the place for their sake. 
 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me
to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes: 
 peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt
thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will
not destroy it, if I find there forty and five. 
 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 the forty's
sake. 
 And he said, 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. 
 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 the twenty's sake. 
 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 the ten's sake. 
 And Jehovah went
his way, as soon as he had left off communing with Abraham: and
Abraham returned unto his place.
==Chapter 19==
 And the two angels came to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth;
 and he said, Behold now, my lords, turn aside, 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 way. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
 And he urged 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.
 But before they lay down, the men of the city, [even] the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people from every quarter;
 and they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men that came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
 And Lot went out unto them to the door, and shut the door after him.
 And he said, I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly.
 Behold now, I have two daughters that 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, forasmuch as they are come under the shadow of my roof.
 And they said, Stand back. And they said, 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 drew near to break the door.
 But the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.
 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.
 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whomsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of the place:
 for we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxed great before Jehovah: and Jehovah hath sent us to destroy it.
 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for Jehovah will destroy the city. But he seemed unto his sons-in-law as one that mocked.
 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters that are here, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
 But he lingered; and the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters, Jehovah being merciful unto him; and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
 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.
 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my lord:
 behold now, thy servant hath found favor in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy lovingkindness, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die:
 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.
 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.
 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore, the name of the city was called Zoar.
 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came unto
Zoar.
 Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven;
 and he overthrew those cities, and all the Plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Jehovah:
 and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the Plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.
 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 which Lot dwelt.
 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.
 And the first-born 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:
 come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the first-born went in, and lay with her father; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born 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.
 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
 And the first-born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
==Chapter 20==
 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the land of
the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur. And he sojourned
in Gerar. 
 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my
sister. And Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. 
 But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to
him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, because of the woman whom
thou hast taken. For she is a man's wife. 
 Now Abimelech
had not come near her. And he said, Lord, wilt thou slay even a
righteous nation? 
 Said he not himself unto me, She is my
sister? And she, even she herself said, He is my brother. In the
integrity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done
this. 
 And God said unto him in the dream, Yea, I know
that in the integrity of thy heart thou has done this, and I
also withheld thee from sinning against me. Therefore, suffered I
thee not to touch her. 
 Now therefore restore the man's
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.
 And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called
all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. And
the men were sore afraid. 
 Then Abimelech called Abraham,
and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? And wherein have
I sinned against 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. 
 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest
thou, that thou hast done this thing? 
 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. 
 And moreover
she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the
daughter of my mother; and she became my wife: 
 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 show unto me. At every place whither we shall come, say of
me, He is my brother. 
 And Abimelech took sheep and oxen,
and men-servants and women-servants, and gave them unto Abraham,
and restored him Sarah his wife. 
 And Abimelech said,
Behold, my land is before thee. Dwell where it pleaseth thee.
 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother
a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, it is for thee a covering
of the eyes to all that are with thee. And in respect of all
thou art righted. 
 And Abraham prayed unto God. And God
healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants. And they
bare children. 
 For Jehovah had fast closed up all the
wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's
wife.
==Chapter 21==
 And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah
did unto Sarah as he had spoken. 
 And Sarah conceived, and
bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God
had spoken to him. 
 And Abraham called the name of his son
that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. 
 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days
old, as God had commanded him. 
 And Abraham was a hundred
years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. 
 And
Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh. Every one that heareth
will laugh with me. 
 And she said, Who would have said
unto Abraham, that Sarah should give children suck? For I have
borne him a son in his old age.
 And the child grew, and was weaned. And Abraham made a
great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. 
 And Sarah
saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto
Abraham, mocking. 
 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast
out this handmaid and her son. For the son of this handmaid
shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. 
 And the
thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his
son. 
 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous
in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy handmaid. In
all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice. For in
Isaac shall thy seed be called. 
 And also of the son of
the handmaid will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
 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 [gave her] the child, and sent her away. And she
departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. 
 And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child
under one of the shrubs. 
 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 look upon the death of the child. And she sat
over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept. 
 And
God heard the voice of the lad. And the angel of God called to
Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar?
Fear not. For God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand. For I
will make him a great nation. 
 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. 
 And God was with the
lad, and he grew. And he dwelt in the wilderness, and became, as
he grew up, an archer. 
 And he dwelt in the wilderness of
Paran. And his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and
Phicol the captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God
is with thee in all that thou doest. 
 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. 
 And Abraham
said, I will swear. 
 And Abraham reproved Abimelech
because of the well of water, which Abimelech's servants had
violently taken away. 
 And Abimelech said, I know not who
hath done this thing. Neither didst thou tell me, neither yet
heard I of it, but to-day. 
 And Abraham took sheep and
oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech. And they two made a
covenant. 
 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock
by themselves. 
 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What
mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
 And he said, These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my
hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this
well. 
 Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba. Because
there they sware both of them. 
 So they made a covenant
at Beer-sheba. And Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of
his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
 And [Abraham] planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and
called there on the name of Jehovah, the Everlasting God.
 And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines
many days.
==Chapter 22==
 And it came to pass after these things, that God did
prove Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham. And he said, Here am
I. 
 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son, whom
thou lovest, even Isaac, 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. 
 And Abraham rose
early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his
young men with him, and Isaac his son. And he clave the wood for
the burnt-offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of
which God had told him. 
 On the third day Abraham lifted
up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. 
 And Abraham said
unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the
lad will go yonder; and we will worship, and come again to you.
 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid
it upon Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the
knife. And they went both of them together. 
 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? 
 And Abraham
said, God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my
son. So they went both of them together.
 And they came to the place which God had told him of.
And Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order,
and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the
wood. 
 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the
knife to slay his son. 
 And the angel of Jehovah called
unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham. And he said,
Here I am. 
 And he said, Lay not thy hand upon the lad,
neither do thou anything unto him. For now I know that thou
fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only
son, from me. 
 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and
looked, and behold, behind [him] a ram caught in the 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. 
 And
Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh. As it is
said to this day, In the mount of Jehovah it shall be provided.
 And the angel of Jehovah called unto Abraham a second
time out of heaven, 
 and said, By myself have I sworn,
saith Jehovah, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not
withheld thy son, thine only son, 
 that in blessing I
will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as
the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the
seashore. And thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies.
 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be
blessed. Because thou hast obeyed my voice. 
 So Abraham
returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together
to Beer-sheba. And Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.
 And it came to pass after these things, that it was
told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she also hath borne
children unto they brother Nahor. 
 Uz his first-born, and
Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram. 
 And
Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. 
 And Bethuel begat Rebekah. These eight did Milcah bear to Nahor,
Abraham's brother. 
 And his concubine, whose name was
Reumah, she also bare Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.
==Chapter 23==
 And the life of Sarah was a hundred and seven and
twenty years. These were the years of the life of Sarah. 
 And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), in the land
of Canaan. And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for
her. 
 And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spake
unto the children of Heth, saying, 
 I am a stranger and a
sojourner with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with
you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. 
 And the
children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, 
 Hear
us, my lord. Thou art a prince of God 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. 
 And Abraham rose up, and bowed himself to the people of the
land, even to the children of Heth. 
 And he communed with
them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out
of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of
Zohar, 
 that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which
he hath, which is in the end of his field. For the full price
let him give it to me in the midst of you for a possession of a
burying-place. 
 Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of
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, 
 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 children of my people give I it
thee. Bury thy dead. 
 And Abraham bowed himself down
before the people of the land. 
 And he spake unto Ephron
in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou
wilt, I pray thee, hear me. I will give the price of the field.
Take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. 
 And Ephron
answered Abraham, saying unto him, 
 My lord, hearken unto
me. A piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what
is that betwixt me and thee? Bury therefore thy dead. 
 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron. And Abraham weighed to Ephron
the silver which he had named in the audience of the children of
Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current [money] with the
merchant.
 So 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
border thereof round about, were made sure 
 unto Abraham
for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before
all that went in at the gate of his city. 
 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. 
 And the field, and the cave that is therein,
were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying-place
by the children of Heth.
==Chapter 24==
 And Abraham was old, [and] well stricken in age. And
Jehovah had blessed Abraham in all things. 
 And Abraham
said unto his servant, the elder of his house, that ruled over
all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh.
 And I will make thee swear by Jehovah, the God of heaven
and the God of the earth, that thou wilt not take a wife for my
son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell.
 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and
take a wife for my son Isaac. 
 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? 
 And Abraham said unto him,
Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again. 
 Jehovah, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house,
and from the land of my nativity, and who spake unto me, and who
sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land. He
will send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife for
my son from thence. 
 And if the woman be not willing to
follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath. Only
thou shalt not bring my son thither again. 
 And the
servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and
sware to him concerning this matter.
 And the servant took ten camels, of the camels of his
master, and departed, having all goodly things of his master's
in his hand. And he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the
city of Nahor. 
 And he made the camels to kneel down
without the city by the well of water at the time of evening,
the time that women go out to draw water. 
 And he said, O
Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, send me, I pray thee,
good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham.
 Behold, I am standing by the fountain of water. And the
daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
 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 showed kindness unto my
master. 
 And it came to pass, before he had done
speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to
Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother,
with her pitcher upon her shoulder. 
 And the damsel was
very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her.
And she went down to the fountain, and filled her pitcher, and
came up. 
 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Give
me to drink, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher.
 And she said, Drink, my lord. And she hasted, and let
down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. 
 And
when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw for
thy camels also, until they have done drinking. 
 And she
hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again
unto the well to draw, and drew for all his camels. 
 And
the man looked stedfastly on her, holding his peace, to know
whether Jehovah had made his journey prosperous or not. 
 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the
man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two
bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold, 
 and said, Whose daughter art thou? Tell me, I pray thee. Is
there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in? 
 And
she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of
Milcah, whom she bare unto Nahor. 
 She said moreover unto
him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge
in. 
 And the man bowed his head, and worshipped Jehovah.
 And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of my master
Abraham, who hath not forsaken his lovingkindness and his truth
toward my master. As for me, Jehovah hath led me in the way to
the house of my master's brethren.
 And the damsel ran, and told her mother's house
according to these words. 
 And Rebekah had a brother, and
his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the
fountain. 
 And it came to pass, when he saw the ring, and
the 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 was standing by the
camels at the fountain. 
 And he said, Come in, thou
blessed of Jehovah. Wherefore standest thou without? For I have
prepared the house, and room for the camels. 
 And the man
came into the house, and he ungirded the camels. And he gave
straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet
and the feet of the men that were with him. 
 And there
was set food before him to eat. But he said, I will not eat,
until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on. 
 And he said, I am Abraham's servant. 
 And Jehovah hath
blessed my master greatly. And he is become great. And he hath
given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and
men-servants and maid-servants, and camels and asses. 
 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. 
 And my
master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife for my
son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell.
 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my
kindred, and take a wife for my son. 
 And I said unto my
master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me. 
 And
he said unto me, Jehovah, 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. 
 Then
shalt thou be clear from my oath, when thou comest to my
kindred. And if they give her not to thee, thou shalt be clear
from my oath. 
 And I came this day unto the fountain, and
said, O Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, if now thou do
prosper my way which I go. 
 Behold, I am standing by the
fountain of water. And let it come to pass, that the maiden that
cometh forth to draw, to whom I shall say, Give me, I pray thee,
a little water from thy pitcher to drink. 
 And she shall
say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels.
Let the same be the woman whom Jehovah hath appointed for my
master's son. 
 And before I had done speaking in my
heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her
shoulder. And she went down unto the fountain, and drew. And I
said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee. 
 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. 
 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
ring upon her nose, and the bracelets upon her hands. 
 And I bowed my head, and worshipped Jehovah, and blessed
Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the
right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his son.
 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.
 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing
proceedeth from Jehovah. We cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and
let her be thy master's son's wife, as Jehovah hath spoken.
 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard
their words, he bowed himself down to the earth unto Jehovah.
 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. 
 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. 
 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. 
 And he said unto
them, Hinder me not, seeing Jehovah hath prospered my way. Send
me away that I may go to my master. 
 And they said, We
will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth. 
 And they
called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man?
And she said, I will go. 
 And they sent away Rebekah
their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.
 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Our sister,
be thou [the mother] of thousands of ten thousands, and let thy
seed possess the gate of those that hate them.
 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. 
 And Isaac came from the way
of Beer-lahai-roi. For he dwelt in the land of the South.
 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the
eventide. And he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there
were camels coming. 
 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and
when she saw Isaac, she alighted from the camel. 
 And she
said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the
field to meet us? And the servant said, It is my master. And she
took her veil, and covered herself. 
 And the servant told
Isaac all the things that he had done. 
 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.
==Chapter 25==
 And Abraham took another wife, and her name was
Keturah. 
 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan,
and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. 
 And Jokshan begat
Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and
Letushim, and Leummim. 
 And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and
Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the
children of Keturah. 
 And Abraham gave all that he had
unto Isaac. 
 But unto the sons of the concubines, that
Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts. And he sent them away from
Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east
country. 
 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's
life which he lived, a hundred threescore and fifteen years.
 And 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. 
 And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the
cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the
Hittite, which is before Mamre. 
 The field which Abraham
purchased of the children of Heth. There was Abraham buried, and
Sarah his wife. 
 And it came to pass after the death of
Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac dwelt by
Beer-lahai-roi.
 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's
son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto
Abraham. 
 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael,
by their names, according to their generations: the first-born
of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 
 and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, 
 Hadad, and Tema,
Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. 
 These are the sons of
Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by
their encampments. Twelve princes according to their nations.
 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, a
hundred and thirty and seven years. And he gave up the ghost and
died, and was gathered unto his people. 
 And they dwelt
from Havilah unto Shur that is before Egypt, as thou goest
toward Assyria. He abode over against all his brethren.
 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's
son. Abraham begat Isaac. 
 And Isaac was forty years old
when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of
Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife.
 And Isaac entreated Jehovah for his wife, because she
was barren. And Jehovah was entreated of him, and Rebekah his
wife conceived. 
 And the children struggled together
within her. And she said, If it be so, wherefore do I live? And
she went to inquire of Jehovah. 
 And Jehovah said unto
her,
Two nations are in thy womb,
And two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels.
And the one people shall be stronger than the other people.
And the elder shall serve the younger.
 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled,
behold, there were twins in her womb. 
 And the first came
forth red, all over like a hairy garment. And they called his
name Esau. 
 And after that came forth his brother, and
his hand had hold on Esau's heel. And his name was called Jacob.
And Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
 And the boys grew. And Esau was a skilful hunter, a
man of the field. And Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.
 Now Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison.
And Rebekah loved Jacob. 
 And Jacob boiled pottage. And
Esau came in from the field, and he was faint. 
 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.
 And Jacob said, Sell me first thy birthright. 
 And Esau said, Behold, I am about to die. And what profit shall
the birthright do to me? 
 And Jacob said, Swear to me
first. And he sware unto him. And he sold his birthright unto
Jacob. 
 And Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils.
And he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way. So Esau
despised his birthright.
==Chapter 26==
 And there was a famine in the land, besides the first
famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto
Abimelech king of the Philistines, unto Gerar. 
 And
Jehovah appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt.
Dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of. 
 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 lands, and I
will establish the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father.
 And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and
will give unto thy seed all these lands. And in thy seed shall
all the nations of the earth be blessed. 
 Because that
Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my
statutes, and my laws. 
 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar. 
 And the men of the place asked him of his wife. And he said, She
is my sister. For he feared to say, My wife. Lest, [said he],
the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah. Because she was
fair to look upon. 
 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. 
 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
because of her. 
 And Abimelech said, What is this thou
hast done unto us? One of the people might easily have lain with
thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
 And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that
toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
 And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same
year a hundredfold. And Jehovah blessed him. 
 And the man
waxed great, and grew more and more until he became very great.
 And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of
herds, and a great household. And the Philistines envied him.
 Now all the wells which his father's servants had digged
in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped,
and filled with earth. 
 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go
from us. For thou art much mightier than we. 
 And Isaac
departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt
there.
 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. 
 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley,
and found there a well of springing water. 
 And the
herdsmen of Gerar strove with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The
water is ours. And he called the name of the well Esek, because
they contended with him. 
 And they digged another well,
and they strove for that also. And he called the name of it
Sitnah. 
 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 Jehovah hath made room for us,
and we shall be fruitful in the land.
 And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. 
 And
Jehovah 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.
 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name
of Jehovah, and pitched his tent there. And there Isaac's
servants digged a well.
 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath
his friend, and Phicol the captain of his host. 
 And
Isaac said unto them, Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye
hate me, and have sent me away from you? 
 And they said,
We saw plainly that Jehovah was with thee. And we said, Let
there now be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and
let us make a covenant with thee, 
 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 Jehovah. 
 And he made them a
feast, and they did eat and drink. 
 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. 
 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. 
 And he called it Shibah.
Therefore, the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
 And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife
Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the
daughter of Elon the Hittite. 
 And they were a grief of
mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
==Chapter 27==
 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
elder son, and said unto him, My son. And he said unto him, Here
am I. 
 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the
day of my death. 
 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy
weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and
take me venison. 
 And make me savory food, such as I love,
and bring it to me, that I may eat. That my soul may bless thee
before I die.
 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son.
And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I
heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, 
 Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and
bless thee before Jehovah before my death. 
 Now therefore,
my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good
kids of the goats. And I will make them savory food for thy
father, such as he loveth. 
 And thou shalt bring it to
thy father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee before
his death. 
 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold,
Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man. 
 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. 
 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy
curse, my son. Only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. 
 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother. And
his mother made savory food, such as his father loved. 
 And Rebekah took the goodly garments of Esau her elder son,
which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her
younger son. 
 And she put the skins of the kids of the
goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck. 
 And she gave the savory food and the bread, which she had
prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
 And he came unto his father, and said, My father. And
he said, Here am I. Who art thou, my son? 
 And Jacob said
unto his father, I am Esau thy first-born; I have done according
as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my
venison, that thy soul may bless me. 
 And Isaac said unto
his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son?
And he said, Because Jehovah thy God sent me good speed. 
 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.
 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. 
 And he discerned him not, because his
hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands. So he blessed
him. 
 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he
said, I am. 
 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. 
 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come
near now, and kiss me, my son. 
 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 Jehovah hath blessed.
 And God five thee of the dew of heaven,
And of the fatness of the earth,
And plenty of grain and new wine.
 Let peoples 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 every one that blesseth thee.
 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. 
 And he also made savory food, and brought
it unto his father. And he said unto his father, Let my father
arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.
 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he
said, I am thy son, thy first-born, Esau. 
 And Isaac
trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who then 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. 
 When Esau heard the words of his father, he
cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said unto his
father, Bless me, even me also, O my father. 
 And he
said, Thy brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy
blessing. 
 And he said, Is not he rightly name Jacob? for
he hath supplanted me these two time. 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? 
 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 grain and new wine have I sustained him. And what then
shall I do for thee, my son? 
 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.
 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him,
Behold, of the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling,
And of the dew of heaven from above.
 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve
thy brother.
And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt break loose,
That thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck.
 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. 
 And the 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. 
 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. And arise, flee thou to
Laban my brother to Haran. 
 And tarry with him a few
days, until thy brother's fury turn away. 
 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 bereaved of you both in one day?
 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, of the daughters of the land,
what good shall my life do me?
==Chapter 28==
 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. 
 Arise, go to Paddan-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. 
 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and
multiply thee, that thou mayest be a company of peoples. 
 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed
with thee. That thou mayest inherit the land of thy sojournings,
which God gave unto Abraham. 
 And Isaac sent away Jacob.
And he went to Paddan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the
Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
 Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him
away to Paddan-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. 
 And that Jacob obeyed
his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram. 
 And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his
father. 
 And Esau went unto Ishmael, and took, besides the
wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's
son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.
 And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward
Haran. 
 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried
there all night, because the sun was set. And he took one of the
stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in
that place to sleep. 
 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.
 And, behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am
Jehovah, the 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. 
 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. 
 And,
behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee, whithersoever 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. 
 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said,
Surely Jehovah is in this place. And I knew it not. 
 And
he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! This is
none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the
stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a
pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. 
 And he called
the name of that place Beth-el. But the name of the city was Luz
at the first. 
 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, 
 so that I
come again to my father's house in peace, and Jehovah will be my
God, 
 then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar,
shall be God's house. And of all that thou shalt give me I will
surely give the tenth unto thee.
==Chapter 29==
 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land
of the children of the east. 
 And he looked, and behold, a
well in the field, and, lo, three flocks of sheep lying there by
it. For out of that well they watered the flocks. And the stone
upon the well's mouth was great. 
 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 its place. 
 And Jacob said unto them, My
brethren, whence are ye? And they said, Of Haran are we. 
 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they
said, We know him. 
 And he said unto them, Is it well with
him? And they said, It is well. And, behold, Rachel his daughter
cometh with the sheep. 
 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. 
 And
they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together,
and they roll the stone from the well's mouth. Then we water the
sheep. 
 While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came
with her father's sheep. For she kept them. 
 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.
 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and
wept. 
 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.
 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. 
 And Laban said to him, Surely
thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space
of a month. 
 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art
my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? Tell
me, what shall thy wages be? 
 And Laban had two
daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the
younger was Rachel. 
 And Leah's eyes were tender. But
Rachel was beautiful and well favored. 
 And Jacob loved
Rachel. And he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel
thy younger daughter. 
 And Laban said, It is better that
I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man.
Abide with me. 
 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel.
And they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to
her.
 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my
days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. 
 And Laban
gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
 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.
 And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter
Leah for a handmaid. 
 And it came to pass in the morning
that, 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? 
 And Laban said, It
is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the
first-born. 
 Fulfil the week of this one, and we will
give thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve
with me yet seven other years. 
 And jacob did so, and
fulfilled her week. And he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife.
 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his
handmaid to be her handmaid. 
 And he went in also unto
Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with
him yet seven other years.
 And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened
her womb. But Rachel was barren. 
 And Leah conceived, and
bare a son, and she called his name Reuben. For she said,
Because Jehovah hath looked upon my affliction. For now my
husband will love me. 
 And she conceived again, and bare
a son: and said, Because Jehovah hath heard that I am hated, he
hath therefore given me this [son] also. And she called his name
Simeon. 
 And she conceived again, and bare a son. And
said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I
have borne him three sons. Therefore, was his name called Levi.
 And she conceived again, and bare a son. And she said,
This time will I praise Jehovah. Therefore, she called his name
Judah. And she left off bearing.
==Chapter 30==
 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children,
Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me
children, or else I die. 
 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? 
 And she said,
Behold, my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; that she may bear upon
my knees, and I also may obtain children by her. 
 And she
gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto
her. 
 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. 
 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. 
 And Bilhah Rachel's handmaid conceived again, and
bare Jacob a second son. 
 And Rachel said, With mighty
wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed:
and she called his name Naphtali.
 When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took
Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife. 
 And
Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare Jacob a son. 
 And Leah said,
Fortunate! and she called his name Gad. 
 And Zilpah
Leah's handmaid bare Jacob a second son. 
 And Leah said,
Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy: and she called
his name Asher.
 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. 
 And she said unto her, Is it a small
matter that thou hast taken away 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. 
 And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out
to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for I have
surely hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her
that night. 
 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she
conceived, and bare Jacob a fifth son. 
 And Leah said,
God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my
husband: and she called his name Issachar. 
 And Leah
conceived again, and bare a sixth son to Jacob. 
 And Leah
said, God hath endowed me with a good dowry; now will my husband
dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called
his name Zebulun. 
 And afterwards she bare a daughter,
and called her name Dinah. 
 And God remembered Rachel,
and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. 
 And she
conceived, and bare a son: and said, God hath taken away my
reproach: 
 and she called his name Joseph, saying,
Jehovah add to me another son.
 And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph,
that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto
mine own place, and to my country. 
 Give me my wives and
my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou
knowest my service wherewith I have served thee. 
 And
Laban said unto him, If now I have found favor in thine eyes,
[tarry]: [for] I have divined that Jehovah hath blessed me for
thy sake. 
 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will
give it. 
 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have
served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me. 
 For
it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it hath
increased unto a multitude; and Jehovah hath blessed thee
whithersoever I turned: and now when shall I provide for mine
own house also? 
 And he said, What shall I give thee? And
Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me aught: if thou wilt do this
thing for me, I will again feed thy flock and keep it. 
 I
will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence
every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the
sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and [of
such] shall be my hire. 
 So shall my righteousness answer
for me hereafter, when thou shalt come concerning my hire that
is before thee: every one that is not speckled and spotted among
the goats, and black among the sheep, that [if found] with me,
shall be counted stolen. 
 And Laban said, Behold, I would
it might be according to thy word. 
 And he removed that
day the he-goats that were ringstreaked and spotted, and all the
she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had
white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave
them into the hand of his sons; 
 and he set three days'
journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of
Laban's flocks.
 And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the
almond and of the plane-tree. And peeled white streaks in them,
and made the white appear which was in the rods. 
 And he
set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the
gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink;
and they conceived when they came to drink. 
 And the
flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth
ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted. 
 And Jacob separated
the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the
ringstreaked and all the black in the flock of Laban: and he put
his own droves apart, and put them not unto Laban's flock.
 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger of the
flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of
the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the
rods; 
 but when the flock were feeble, he put them not
in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
 And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks,
and maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and asses.
==Chapter 31==
 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. 
 And Jacob
beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward
him as beforetime. 
 And Jehovah said unto Jacob, Return
unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be
with thee. 
 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to
the field unto his flock, 
 and said unto them, I see your
father's countenance, that it is not toward me as beforetime;
but the God of my father hath been with me. 
 And ye know
that will all my power I have served your father. 
 And
your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times;
but God suffered him not to hurt me. 
 If he said thus, The
speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bare speckled:
and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy wages; then
bare all the flock ringstreaked. 
 Thus God hath taken away
the cattle of your father, and given them to me. 
 And it
came to pass at the time that the flock conceive, that I lifted
up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats
which leaped upon the flock were ringstreaked, speckled, and
grizzled. 
 And the angel of God said unto me in the
dream, Jacob: and I said, Here am I. 
 And he said, Lift
up now thine eyes, and see, all the he-goats which leap upon the
flock are ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen
all that Laban doeth unto thee. 
 I am the God of Beth-el,
where thou anointedst a pillar, where thou vowedst a vow unto
me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the
land of thy nativity. 
 And Rachel and Leah answered and
said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in
our father's house? 
 Are we not accounted by him as
foreigners? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured
our money. 
 For all the riches which God hath taken away
from our father, that is ours and our children's: now then,
whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives
upon the camels; 
 and he carried away all his cattle, and
all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his
getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac
his father unto the land of Canaan. 
 Now Laban was gone
to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her
father's. 
 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the
Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. 
 So he fled
with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the River,
and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.
 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was
fled. 
 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued
after him seven days' journey; and he overtook him in the
mountain of Gilead. 
 And God came to Laban the Syrian in
a dream of the night, and said unto him, Take heed to thyself
that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. 
 And
Laban came up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the
mountain: and Laban with his brethren encamped in the mountain
of Gilead. 
 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done,
that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my
daughters as captives of the sword? 
 Wherefore didst thou
flee 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; 
 and didst not suffer me to kiss my
sons and my daughters? now hast thou done foolishly. 
 It
is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your
father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take heed to thyself
that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. 
 And
now, [though] thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore
longedst after thy father's house, [yet] wherefore hast thou
stolen my gods? 
 And Jacob answered and said to Laban,
Because I was afraid: for I said, Lest thou shouldest take thy
daughters from me by force. 
 With whomsoever thou findest
thy gods, he shall 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.
 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's
tent, and into the tent of the two maid-servants; but he found
them not. And he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into
Rachel's tent. 
 Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, and
put them in the camel's saddle, and sat upon them. And Laban
felt about all the tent, but found them not. 
 And she
said to her father, Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise
up before thee; for the manner of women is upon me. And he
searched, but found not the teraphim.
 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 hotly pursued after me? 
 Whereas thou hast
felt about 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 two. 
 These
twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she-goats
have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flocks have I not
eaten. 
 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. 
 Thus I was; in
the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my
sleep fled from mine eyes. 
 These twenty years have I
been in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two
daughters, and six years for thy flock: and thou hast changed my
wages ten times. 
 Except the God of my father, the God of
Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now
hadst thou sent me away empty. God hath seen mine affliction and
the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, The daughters
are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the
flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest is mine: and what
can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their
children whom they have borne? 
 And now come, let us make
a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me
and thee. 
 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a
pillar. 
 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones;
and they took stones, and made a heap: and they did eat there by
the heap. 
 And Laban called it Jegar-saha-dutha: but
Jacob called it Galeed. 
 And Laban said, This heap is
witness between me and thee this day. Therefore, was the name of
it called Galeed: 
 and Mizpah, for he said, Jehovah watch
between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, and if thou shalt
take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is
witness betwixt me and thee. 
 And Laban said to Jacob,
Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which I have set
betwixt me and thee. 
 This heap be witness, and the
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. 
 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. 
 And Jacob offered a
sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread:
and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mountain.
 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.
==Chapter 32==
 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met
him. 
 And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God's host:
and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his
brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom. 
 And he
commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye say unto my lord Esau:
Thus saith thy servant Jacob, I have sojourned with Laban, and
stayed until now: 
 and I have oxen, and asses, [and]
flocks, and men-servants, and maid-servants: and I have sent to
tell my lord, that I may find favor in thy sight. 
 And the
messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother
Esau, and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men
with him. 
 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was
distressed: and he divided the people that were with him, and
the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;
 and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite
it, then the company which is left shall escape. 
 And
Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father
Isaac, O Jehovah, who saidst unto me, Return unto thy country,
and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good: 
 I am not
worthy of the least of all the lovingkindnesses, and of all the
truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my
staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two
companies. 
 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my
brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and
smite me, the mother with the children. 
 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.
 And he lodged there that night, and took of that
which he had with him a present for Esau his brother: 
 two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and
twenty rams, 
 thirty milch camels and their colts, forty
cows and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals. 
 And
he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by
itself, and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put
a space betwixt drove and drove. 
 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? 
 then thou shalt say [They are]
thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau:
and, behold, he also is behind us. 
 And he commanded also
the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves,
saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find
him; 
 and ye shall say, 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 me. 
 So the present passed
over before him: and he himself lodged that night in the company.
 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives,
and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over
the ford of the Jabbok. 
 And he took them, and sent them
over the stream, and sent over that which he had. 
 And
Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until
the breaking of the day. 
 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 strained, as he wrestled
with him. 
 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh.
And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said,
Jacob. 
 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more
Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men,
and hast prevailed. 
 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. 
 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, [said he], I
have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. 
 And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Penuel, and he
limped upon his thigh. 
 Therefore, the children of Israel
eat not the sinew of the hip which is upon the hollow of the
thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's
thigh in the sinew of the hip.
==Chapter 33==
 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold,
Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. And he divided
the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two
handmaids. 
 And he put the handmaids and their children
foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph
hindermost. 
 And he himself passed over before them, and
bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to
his brother. 
 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him,
and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. 
 And
he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and
said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children whom
God hath graciously given thy servant. 
 Then the handmaids
came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
 And Leah also and her children came near, and bowed
themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they
bowed themselves. 
 And he said, What meanest thou by all
this company which I met? And he said, To find favor in the
sight of my lord. 
 And Esau said, I have enough, my
brother; let that which thou hast be thine. 
 And Jacob
said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found favor in thy sight,
then receive my present at my hand; forasmuch as I have seen thy
face, as one seeth the face of God, and thou wast pleased with
me. 
 Take, I pray thee, my gift 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. 
 And he said,
Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before
thee. 
 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the
children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have
their young: and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks
will die. 
 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his
servant: and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the
cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the
children, until I come unto my lord unto Seir. 
 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 favor in the sight
of my lord. 
 So Esau returned that day on his way unto
Seir. 
 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him a
house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the
place is called Succoth.
 And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which
is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram; and
encamped before the city. 
 And he bought the parcel of
ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the
children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of
money. 
 And he erected there an altar, and called it
El-elohe-Israel.
==Chapter 34==
 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bare unto
Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. 
 And
Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw
her; And he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her. 
 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he
loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. 
 And
Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel
to wife. 
 Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his
daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field: and
Jacob held his peace until they came. 
 And Hamor the
father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
 And the sons of Jacob came in from 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. 
 And Hamor
communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth
for your daughter: I pray you, give her unto him to wife. 
 And make ye marriages with us; give your daughters unto us, and
take our daughters unto you. 
 And ye shall dwell with us:
and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein,
and get you possessions therein. 
 And Shechem said unto
her father and unto her brethren, Let me find favor in your
eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give. 
 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. 
 And
the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with
guile, and spake, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,
 and said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our
sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach
unto us. 
 Only on this condition will we consent unto
you: if ye will be as we are, that every male of you be
circumcised; 
 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. 
 But if ye will not
hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our
daughter, and we will be gone.
 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's
son. 
 And the young man deferred not to do the thing,
because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was honored
above all the house of his father. 
 And Hamor and Shechem
his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the
men of their city, saying, 
 These men are peaceable with
us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein;
for, behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take
their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our
daughters. 
 Only on this condition will the men consent
unto us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male
among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised. 
 Shall
not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be
ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with
us. 
 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. 
 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 unawares, and
slew all the males. 
 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his
son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's
house, and went forth. 
 The sons of Jacob came upon the
slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their
sister. 
 They took their flocks and their herds and their
asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the
field; 
 and all their wealth, and all their little ones
and their wives, took they captive and made a prey, even all
that was in the house. 
 And Jacob said to Simeon and
Levi, Ye have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants
of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and, I
being few in number, they will gather themselves together
against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my
house. 
 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as
with a harlot?
==Chapter 35==
 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and
dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, who appeared unto
thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were
with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and
purify yourselves, and change your garments: 
 and let us
arise, and go up to Beth-el; 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. 
 And they gave unto Jacob all the
foreign gods which were in their hand, and the rings which were
in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by
Shechem. 
 And they journeyed: and a terror of God was upon
the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue
after the sons of Jacob. 
 So Jacob came to Luz, which is
in the land of Canaan (the same is Beth-el), he and all the
people that were with him. 
 And he built there an altar,
and called the place El-beth-el; because there God was revealed
unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 
 And
Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried below Beth-el
under the oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth.
 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from
Paddan-aram, and blessed him. 
 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. 
 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; 
 and the land
which I gave unto Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and
to thy seed after thee will I give the land. 
 And God
went up from him in the place where he spake with him. 
 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spake with him,
a pillar of stone: and he poured out a drink-offering thereon,
and poured oil thereon. 
 And Jacob called the name of the
place where God spake with him, Beth-el.
 And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still
some distance to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she
had hard labor. 
 And it came to pass, when she was in
hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; for now
thou shalt have another son. 
 And it came to pass, as her
soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name
Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin. 
 And Rachel
died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is
Beth-lehem). 
 And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave:
the same is the Pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. 
 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of
Eder. 
 And it came to pass, while Israel dwelt in that
land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's
concubine: and Israel heard of it.
Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 
 The sons of Leah:
Reuben, Jacob's first-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and
Issachar, and Zebulun; 
 the sons of Rachel: Joseph and
Benjamin; 
 and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid: Dan
and Naphtali; 
 and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid:
Gad and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, that were born to
him in Paddan-aram. 
 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father
to Mamre, to Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), where Abraham
and Isaac sojourned.
 And the days of Isaac were a hundred and fourscore
years. 
 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was
gathered unto his people, old and full of days: and Esau and
Jacob his sons buried him.
==Chapter 36==
 Now these are the generations of Esau (the same is
Edom). 
 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan:
Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the
daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite, 
 and
Basemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth. 
 And Adah
bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Basemath bare Reuel; 
 and
Oholibamah bare Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah: these are the sons
of Esau, that were born unto him in the land of Canaan. 
 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and
all the souls of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts,
and all his possessions, which he had gather in the land of
Canaan; and went into a land away from his brother Jacob. 
 For their substance was too great for them to dwell together;
and the land of their sojournings could not bear them because of
their cattle. 
 And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
 And these are the generations of Esau the father of
the Edomites in mount Seir: 
 these are the names of
Esau's sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the
son of Basemath the wife of Esau. 
 And the sons of
Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. 
 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to
Eliphaz Amalek: these are the sons of Adah, Esau's wife. 
 And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and
Mizzah: these were the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife. 
 And these were the sons of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the
daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and
Jalam, and Korah.
 These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau: the sons of
Eliphaz the first-born of Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief
Zepho, chief Kenaz, 
 chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief
Amalek: these are the chiefs that came of Eliphaz in the land of
Edom; these are the sons of Adah. 
 And these are the sons
of Reuel, Esau's son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah,
chief Mizzah: these are the chiefs that came of Reuel in the
land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife.
 And these are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau's wife: chief
Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah: these are the chiefs that came
of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. 
 These
are the sons of Esau, and these are their chiefs: the same is
Edom.
 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the
inhabitants of the land: Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah,
 and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan: these are the chiefs
that came of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of
Edom. 
 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Heman. And
Lotan's sister was Timna. 
 And these are the children of
Shobal: Alvan and Manahath and Ebal, Shepho and Onam. 
 And these are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; this is
Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed the
asses of Zibeon his father. 
 And these are the children
of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah. 
 And
these are the children of Dishon: Hemdan and Eshban and Ithran
and Cheran. 
 These are the children of Ezer: Bilhan and
Zaavan and Akan. 
 These are the children of Dishan: Uz
and Aran. 
 These are the chiefs that came of the Horites:
chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah, 
 chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan: these are the chiefs
that came of the Horites, according to their chiefs in the land
of Seir.
 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of
Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom; and the name
of his city was Dinhabah. 
 And Bela died, and Jobab the
son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. 
 And Jobab
died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his
stead. 
 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. 
 And Hadad died, and Samlah
of Masrekah reigned in his stead. 
 And Samlah died, and
Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead. 
 And
Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his
stead. 
 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 Me-zahab.
 And these are the names of the chiefs that came of
Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their
names: chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth, 
 chief
Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon, 
 chief Kenaz, chief
Teman, chief Mibzar, 
 chief Magdiel, chief Iram: these
are the chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in the
land of their possession. This is Esau, the father of the
Edomites.
==Chapter 37==
 And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's
sojournings, in the land of Canaan. 
 These are the
generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was
feeding the flock with his brethren; and he was a lad with the
sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives:
and Joseph brought the evil report of them unto their father.
 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 colors. 
 And his brethren saw that their father loved
him more than all his brethren; and they hated him, and could
not speak peaceably unto him.
 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his
brethren: and they hated him yet the more. 
 And he said
unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
 for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and,
lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your
sheaves came round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. 
 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. 
 And he
dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and
said, Behold, I have dreamed yet a dream: and, behold, the sun
and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance to me. 
 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? 
 And his
brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying in mind.
 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in
Shechem. 
 And Israel said unto Joseph, Are not thy
brethren feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send
thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I. 
 And he
said to him, Go now, see whether it is well with thy brethren,
and well with the flock; and bring me word again. So he sent him
out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 
 And a
certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the
field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? 
 And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee,
where they are feeding [the flock]. 
 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.
 And they saw him afar off, and before he came near
unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. 
 And
they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. 
 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into one
of the pits, and we will say, And evil beast hath devoured him:
and we shall see what will become of his dreams. 
 And
Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said,
Let us not take his life. 
 And Reuben said unto them,
Shed no blood; cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness,
but lay no hand upon him: that he might deliver him out of their
hand, to restore him to his father. 
 And it came to pass,
when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped
Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;
 and they took him, and cast him into the pit: and the
pit was empty, there was no water in it.
 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up
their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was
coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm
and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. 
 And Judah
said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother
and conceal his blood? 
 Come, and let us sell him to the
Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our
brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened unto him. 
 And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew and
lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the
Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph
into Egypt.
 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph
was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes. 
 And he
returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I,
whither shall I go? 
 And they took Joseph's coat, and
killed a he-goat, and dipped the coat in the blood; 
 and
they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their
father, and said, This have we found: know now whether it is thy
son's coat or not. 
 And he knew it, and said, It is my
son's coat: an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without
doubt torn in pieces. 
 And Jacob rent his garments, and
put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
 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 to Sheol to my son mourning. And his father wept
for him. 
 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto
Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.
==Chapter 38==
 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. 
 And Judah saw there a daughter of a
certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. And he took her, and went
in unto her. 
 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he
called his name Er. 
 And she conceived again, and bare a
son; and she called his name Onan. 
 And she yet again bare
a son, and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when
she bare him. 
 And Judah took a wife for Er his
first-born, and her name was Tamar. 
 And Er, Judah's
first-born, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah. And Jehovah slew
him. 
 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's
wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her, and
raise up seed to thy brother. 
 And Onan knew that the seed
would 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 he should
give seed to his brother. 
 And the thing which he did was
evil in the sight of Jehovah: and he slew him also. 
 Then
said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow in thy
father's house, till Shelah my son be grown up; for he said,
Lest he also die, like his brethren. And Tamar went and dwelt in
her father's house.
 And in process of time Shua's daughter, the wife of
Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his
sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the
Adullamite. 
 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy
father-in-law goeth up to Timnah to shear his sheep. 
 And
she put off from her the garments of her widowhood, and covered
herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate
of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah
was grown up, and she was not given unto him to wife. 
 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she had
covered her face. 
 And he turned unto her by the way, and
said, Come, 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? 
 And he
said, I will send thee a kid of the goats from the flock. And
she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it? 
 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy
signet and thy cord, and thy staff that is in thy hand. And he
gave them to her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by
him. 
 And she arose, and went away, and put off her veil
from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. 
 And
Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the
Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand: but he
found her not. 
 Then he asked the men of her place,
saying, Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the
wayside? And they said, There hath been no prostitute here.
 And he returned to Judah, and said, I have not found
her; and also the men of the place said, There hath been no
prostitute here. 
 And Judah said, Let her take it to her,
lest we be put to shame: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast
not found her.
 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 moreover, behold, she is with child by whoredom.
And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. 
 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 the
cords, and the staff. 
 And Judah acknowledged them, and
said, She is more righteous than I; forasmuch as I gave her not
to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more. 
 And it
came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins
were in her womb. 
 And it came to pass, when she
travailed, that one put out a hand: and the midwife took and
bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out
first. 
 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand,
that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, Wherefore hast
thou made a breach for thyself? Therefore, his name was called
Perez. 
 And afterward came out his brother, that had the
scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zerah.
==Chapter 39==
 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an
officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian,
bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites, that had brought him
down thither. 
 And Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a
prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the
Egyptian. 
 And his master saw that Jehovah was with him,
and that Jehovah made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
 And Joseph found favor in his sight, and he ministered
unto him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that
he had he put into his hand. 
 And it came to pass from the
time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that
he had, that Jehovah blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's
sake; and the blessing of Jehovah was upon all that he had, in
the house and in the field. 
 And he left all that he had
in Joseph's hand; and he knew not aught [that was] with him,
save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was comely, and
well-favored. 
 And it came to pass after these things,
that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said,
Lie with me. 
 But he refused, and said unto his master's
wife, Behold, my master knoweth not what is with me in the
house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand: 
 he
is not greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back
anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then
can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? 
 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.
 And it came to pass about this time, that he went into
the house to do his work; and there was none of the men of the
house there within. 
 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. 
 And it came to pass, when she saw
that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
 that she called unto the men of her house, and spake
unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in a Hebrew unto us to
mock us: he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a
loud voice: 
 and it came to pass, when he heard that I
lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me,
and fled, and got him out. 
 And she laid up his garment
by her, until his master came home. 
 And she spake unto
him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, whom
thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me: 
 and it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he
left his garment by me, and fled out.
 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. 
 And
Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place
where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the
prison. 
 But Jehovah was with Joseph, and showed kindness
unto him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the
prison. 
 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. 
 The
keeper of the prison looked not to anything that was under his
hand, because Jehovah was with him; and that which he did,
Jehovah made it prosper.
==Chapter 40==
 And it came to pass after these things, that the
butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord
the king of Egypt. 
 And Pharaoh was wroth against his two
officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the
chief of the bakers. 
 And he put them in ward in the house
of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where
Joseph was bound. 
 And the captain of the guard charged
Joseph with them, and he ministered unto them: and they
continued a season in ward. 
 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, who were bound in the prison. 
 And Joseph
came in unto them in the morning, and saw them, and, behold,
they were sad. 
 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were
with him in ward in his master's house, saying, Wherefore look
ye so sad to-day? 
 And they said unto him, We have dreamed
a dream, and there is none that can interpret it. And Joseph
said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell it
me, I pray you.
 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and
said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me; 
 and in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it
budded, [and] its blossoms shot forth; [and] the clusters
thereof brought forth ripe grapes: 
 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. 
 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: the
three branches are three days; 
 within yet three days
shall Pharaoh lift up thy head, and restore thee unto thine
office: and thou shalt give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after
the former manner when thou wast his butler. 
 But have me
in thy remembrance when it shall be well with thee, and show
kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto
Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: 
 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.
 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was
good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold,
three baskets of white bread were on my head: 
 and in the
uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked food for
Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my
head. 
 And Joseph answered and said, This is the
interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days;
 within yet 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. 
 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 the head of the chief baker among his servants.
 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership
again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand: 
 but he
hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat
him.
==Chapter 41==
 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that
Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. 
 And,
behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well-favored
and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the reed-grass. 
 And,
behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river,
ill-favored and lean-fleshed, and stood by the other kine upon
the brink of the river. 
 And the ill-favored and
lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favored and fat
kine. So Pharaoh awoke. 
 And he slept and dreamed a second
time: and, behold, seven ears of grain came up upon one stalk,
rank and good. 
 And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted
with the east wind, sprung up after them. 
 And the thin
ears swallowed up the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh
awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. 
 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.
 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do
remember my faults this day: 
 Pharaoh was wroth with his
servants, and put me in ward in the house of the captain of the
guard, me and the chief baker: 
 and we dreamed a dream in
one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the
interpretation of his dream. 
 And there was with us there
a young man, a 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. 
 And it came to
pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto
mine office, and him he hanged.
 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. 
 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
when thou hearest a dream thou canst interpret it. 
 And
Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God will give
Pharaoh an answer of peace. 
 And Pharaoh spake unto
Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the brink of the
river: 
 and, behold, there came up out of the river seven
kine, fat-fleshed and well-favored: and they fed in the
reed-grass: 
 and, behold, seven other kine came up after
them, poor and very ill-favored and lean-fleshed, such as I
never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness: 
 and the
lean and ill-favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
 and when they had eaten them up, it could not be known
that they had eaten them; but they were still ill-favored, as at
the beginning. So I awoke. 
 And I saw in my dream, and,
behold, seven ears came up upon one stalk, full and good:
 and, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, [and] blasted
with the east wind, sprung up after them: 
 and the thin
ears swallowed up the seven good ears: and I told it unto the
magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is
one: what God is about to do he hath declared unto Pharaoh.
 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good
ears are seven years: the dream is one. 
 And the seven
lean and ill-favored kine that came up after them are seven
years, and also the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind;
they shall be seven years of famine. 
 That is the thing
which I spake unto Pharaoh: what God is about to do he hath
showed unto Pharaoh. 
 Behold, there come seven years of
great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: 
 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; 
 and the plenty shall not be known in
the land by reason of that famine which followeth; for it shall
be very grievous. 
 And for that the dream was doubled
unto Pharaoh, it is because the thing is established by God, and
God will shortly bring it to pass. 
 Now therefore let
Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the
land of Egypt. 
 Let Pharaoh do [this], and let him
appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of
the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. 
 And let
them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay
up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and
let them keep it. 
 And the food shall be for a 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.
 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in
the eyes of all his servants. 
 And Pharaoh said unto his
servants, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom the
spirit of God is? 
 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all of this, there is none so
discreet and wise as thou: 
 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. 
 And Pharaoh
said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of
Egypt. 
 And Pharaoh took off his signet 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; 
 and
he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they
cried before him, Bow the knee: and he set him over all the land
of Egypt. 
 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh,
and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in
all the land of Egypt. 
 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name
Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath, the daughter
of Poti-phera priest of On. And Joseph went out over the land of
Egypt.
 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. 
 And
in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by
handfuls. 
 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. 
 And Joseph laid up grain
as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering;
for it was without number. 
 And unto Joseph were born two
sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter
of Potiphera priest of On, bare unto him. 
 And Joseph
called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For, [said he], God
hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God
hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction. 
 And
the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came
to an end. 
 And the seven years of famine began to come,
according as Joseph had said: and there was famine in all lands;
but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 
 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. 
 And the famine was
over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the
store-houses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine was
sore in the land of Egypt. 
 And all countries came into
Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was sore in all
the earth.
==Chapter 42==
 Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob
said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? 
 And
he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: get
you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live,
and not die. 
 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy
grain from Egypt. 
 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob
sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest Peradventure harm
befall him. 
 And the sons of Israel came to buy among
those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
 And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that
sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came,
and bowed down themselves to him with their faces to the earth.
 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made
himself strange unto them, and spake roughly with them; and he
said unto them. Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of
Canaan to buy food. 
 And Joseph knew his brethren, but
they knew not him. 
 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. 
 And they said unto
him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants
are no spies. 
 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the
nakedness of the land ye are come. 
 And they said, We 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. 
 And Joseph said unto them, That is it
that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies: 
 hereby ye
shall be proved: by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth
hence, except your youngest brother come hither. 
 Send
one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be
bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in
you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. 
 And he put them all together into ward three days.
 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and
live: for I fear God: 
 if ye be true men, let one of your
brethren be bound in your prison-house; but go ye, carry grain
for the famine of your houses: 
 and bring your youngest
brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall
not die. And they did so. 
 And they said one to another,
We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the
distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not
hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. 
 And
Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do
not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore
also, behold, his blood is required. 
 And they knew not
that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter
between them. 
 And he turned himself about from them, and
wept; and he returned to them, and spake to them, and took
Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes. 
 Then Joseph commanded to fill their vessels with grain, and to
restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them
provisions for the way: and thus was it done unto them.
 And they laded their asses with their grain, and
departed thence. 
 And as one of them opened his sack to
give his ass provender in the lodging-place, he espied his
money; and, behold, it was in the mouth of his sack. 
 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 turned
trembling one to another, saying, What is this that God hath
done unto us? 
 And they came unto Jacob their father unto
the land of Canaan, and told him all that had befallen them,
saying, 
 The man, the lord of the land, spake roughly
with us, and took us for spies of the country. 
 And we
said unto him, We are true men; and we are no spies: 
 we
are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the
youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
 And the man, the lord of the land, said unto us, Hereby
shall I know that ye are true men: leave one of your brethren
with me, and take [grain for] the famine of your houses, and go
your way; 
 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 traffic in the
land.
 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks,
that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and
when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were
afraid. 
 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.
 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. 
 And he said, My son
shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only
is left: if harm befall him by the way in which ye go, then will
ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.
==Chapter 43==
 And the famine was sore in the land. 
 And it
came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had
brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy
us a little food. 
 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. 
 If thou wilt send
our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food: 
 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. 
 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with
me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother? 
 And
they said, The man asked straitly concerning ourselves, and
concerning 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 in any wise know that he would say, Bring
your brother down? 
 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.
 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: 
 for except we had
lingered, surely we had now returned a second time. 
 And
their father Israel said unto them, If it be so now, do this:
take of the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry
down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey,
spicery and myrrh, nuts, and almonds; 
 and take double
money in your hand; and the money that was returned in the mouth
of your sacks carry again in your hand; peradventure it was an
oversight: 
 take also your brother, and arise, go again
unto the man: 
 and God Almighty give you mercy before the
man, that he may release unto you your other brother and
Benjamin. And if I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
 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. 
 And when Joseph saw
Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, Bring
the men into the house, and slay, and make ready; for the men
shall dine with me at noon. 
 And the man did as Joseph
bade; and the man brought the men to Joseph's house. 
 And
the men were afraid, because they were brought to 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. 
 And they came near to the steward of
Joseph's house, and they spake unto him at the door of the
house, 
 and said, Oh, my lord, we came indeed down at the
first time to buy food: 
 and it came to pass, when we
came to the lodging-place, 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.
 And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy
food: we know not who put our money in our sacks. 
 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. 
 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. 
 And they made ready the present against Joseph's coming at noon:
for they heard that they should eat bread there.
 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the
present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down
themselves to him to the earth. 
 And he asked them of
their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of
whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? 
 And they said, Thy
servant our father is well, he is yet alive. And they bowed the
head, and made obeisance. 
 And he lifted up his eyes, and
saw Benjamin his brother, his mother's son, and said, Is this
your youngest brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said,
God be gracious unto thee, my son. 
 And Joseph made
haste; for his heart yearned over his brother: and he sought
where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
 And he washed his face, and came out; and he refrained
himself, and said, Set on bread. 
 And they set on for him
by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians,
that did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians
might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination
unto the Egyptians. 
 And they sat before him, the
first-born according to his birthright, and the youngest
according to his youth: and the men marvelled one with another.
 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.
==Chapter 44==
 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. 
 And put my
cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and
his grain money. And he did according to the word that Joseph
had spoken. 
 As soon as the morning was light, the men
were sent away, they and their asses. 
 [And] when they
were gone out of the city, and were 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? 
 Is not this that in which my lord drinketh, and
whereby he indeed divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these words.
 And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such
words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do
such a thing. 
 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? 
 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, let
him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen. 
 And he
said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom
it is found shall be my bondman; and ye shall be blameless.
 Then they hasted, and took down every man his sack to
the ground, and opened every man his sack. 
 And he
searched, [and] began at the eldest, and left off at the
youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. 
 Then
they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and
returned to the city.
 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house;
and he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye
have done? know ye not that such a man as I can indeed divine?
 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
bondmen, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found.
 And he said, Far be it from me that I should do so: the
man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my bondman; but
as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.
 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. 
 My lord asked his servants, saying,
Have ye a father, or a brother? 
 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. 
 And thou saidst
unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine
eyes upon him. 
 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot
leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father
would die. 
 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except
your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face
no more. 
 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy
servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. 
 And
our father said, Go again, buy us a little food. 
 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, expect
our youngest brother be with us. 
 And thy servant my
father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
 and the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is
torn in pieces; and I have not seen him since: 
 and if ye
take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring
down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol. 
 Now therefore
when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with
us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life; 
 it will come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not [with
us], that he will die: and thy servants will bring down the gray
hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol. 
 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father,
saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then shall I bear the
blame to my father for ever. 
 Now therefore, let thy
servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the lad a bondman to my
lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. 
 For how
shall I go up to my father, if the lad be not with me? lest I
see the evil that shall come on my father.
==Chapter 45==
 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them
that stood before 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. 
 And he wept aloud: and
the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard. 
 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. 
 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.
 And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that
ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve
life. 
 For these two years hath the famine been in the
land: and there are yet five years, in which there shall be
neither plowing nor harvest. 
 And God sent me before you
to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by
a great deliverance. 
 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 ruler over all the land of Egypt.
 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; 
 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: 
 and there will I nourish
thee; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou come to
poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.
 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother
Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. 
 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. 
 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck,
and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. 
 And he kissed
all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his
brethren talked with him. 
 And the report thereof was
heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come:
and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. 
 And
Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye:
lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;
 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. 
 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. 
 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all
the land of Egypt is yours.
 And the sons of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them
wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them
provision for the way. 
 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. 
 And to his
father he sent after this manner: ten asses laden with the good
things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with grain and bread
and provision for his father by the way. 
 So he sent his
brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See
that ye fall not out by the way. 
 And they went up out of
Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father.
 And they told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he
is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And his heart fainted, for
he believed them not. 
 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: 
 and Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my
son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
==Chapter 46==
 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. 
 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of
the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
 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: 
 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. 
 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. 
 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: 
 his sons, and
his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons's
daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
 And these are the names of the children of Israel, who
came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's first-born.
 And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron,
and Carmi. 
 And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin,
and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a
Canaanitish woman. 
 And the sons of Levi: Gershon,
Kohath, and Merari. 
 And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan,
and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the
land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
 And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puvah, and Iob, and
Shimron. 
 And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and
Jahleel. 
 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bare unto
Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of
his sons and his daughters were thirty and three. 
 And
the sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and
Arodi, and Areli. 
 And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and
Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; and the
sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel. 
 These are the sons
of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she
bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. 
 The sons of Rachel
Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin. 
 And unto Joseph in
the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath,
the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On, bare unto him. 
 And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera,
and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. 
 These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the
souls were fourteen. 
 And the sons of Dan: Hushim.
 And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer,
and Shillem. 
 These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban
gave unto Rachel his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob:
all the souls were seven. 
 All the souls that came with
Jacob into Egypt, that came out of his loins, besides Jacob's
sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six; 
 and
the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two
souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, that came into
Egypt, were threescore and ten.
 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to show the
way before him unto Goshen; and they came into the land of
Goshen. 
 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up
to meet Israel his father, to Goshen; and he presented himself
unto him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good
while. 
 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die,
since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive. 
 And
Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I
will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and will say unto him, My
brethren, and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan,
are come unto me; 
 and the men are shepherds, for they
have been keepers of cattle; and they have brought their flocks,
and their herds, and all that they have. 
 And it shall
come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What
is your occupation? 
 that ye shall say, Thy servants have
been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we,
and our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for
every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
==Chapter 47==
 Then Joseph went in 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. 
 And from among
his brethren he took five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.
 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your
occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are
shepherds, both we, and our fathers. 
 And they said unto
Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no
pasture for thy servants' 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. 
 And Pharaoh spake unto
Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
 the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land
make thy father and thy brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen
let them dwell: and if thou knowest any able men among them,
then make them rulers over my cattle. 
 And Joseph brought
in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob
blessed Pharaoh. 
 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How many
are the days of the years of thy life? 
 And Jacob said
unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a
hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the
years of my life, and they have not attained unto the days of
the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their
pilgrimage. 
 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from
the presence of Pharaoh. 
 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. 
 And Joseph nourished his father,
and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread,
according to their families.
 And there was no bread in all the land; for the
famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and the land of
Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. 
 And Joseph
gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt,
and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought: and
Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. 
 And when
the money was all spent 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 [our] money
faileth. 
 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will
give you for your cattle, if money fail. 
 And they
brought their cattle unto Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread in
exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds,
and for the asses: and he fed them with bread in exchange for
all their cattle for that year. 
 And when that year was
ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We
will not hide from my lord, how that our money is all spent; and
the herds of cattle are my lord's; there is nought left in the
sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands: 
 wherefore should 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, and that the land be not desolate.
 So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh;
for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine
was sore upon them: and the land became Pharaoh's. 
 And
as for the people, he removed them to the cities from one end of
the border of Egypt even to the other end thereof. 
 Only
the land of the priests bought he not: for the priests had a
portion from Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh
gave them; wherefore they sold not their land. 
 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. 
 And it shall come to pass at the
ingatherings, that ye shall give a fifth 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. 
 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives:
let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be
Pharaoh's servants. 
 And Joseph made it a statute
concerning the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should
have the fifth; only the land of the priests alone became not
Pharaoh's.
 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of
Goshen; and they gat them possessions therein, and were
fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly. 
 And Jacob lived in
the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the days of Jacob, the
years of his life, were a hundred forty and seven years. 
 And the time drew near that Israel must die: and he called his
son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found favor 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;
 but when I sleep with my fathers, thou shalt carry me
out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying-place. And he said, I
will do as thou hast said. 
 And he said, Swear unto me:
and he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's
head.
==Chapter 48==
 And it came to pass after these things, that one said
to Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his
two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. 
 And one told Jacob, and
said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel
strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. 
 And Jacob
said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the
land of Canaan, and blessed me, 
 and said unto me, Behold,
I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of
thee a company of peoples, and will give this land to thy seed
after thee for an everlasting possession. 
 And now thy two
sons, who were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came
unto thee into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as
Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine. 
 And thy issue, that
thou begettest after them, shall be thine; they shall be called
after the name of their brethren in their inheritance. 
 And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the
land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some distance to
come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath
(the same is Beth-lehem).
 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are
these? 
 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons,
whom God hath given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray
thee, unto me, and I will bless them. 
 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. 
 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to
see thy face: and, lo, God hath let me see thy seed also.
 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and
he bowed himself with his face to the earth. 
 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. 
 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 first-born. 
 And he
blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham
and Isaac did walk, the God who hath fed me all my lifelong
unto this day, 
 the angel who hath 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. 
 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. 
 And Joseph
said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the
first-born; put thy right hand upon his head. 
 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: howbeit
his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall
become a multitude of nations. 
 And he blessed them that
day, saying, In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as
Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God will
be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
 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.
==Chapter 49==
 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said: gather
yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall
you in the latter days.
 Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob;
And hearken unto Israel your father.
 Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the
beginning of my strength;
The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power.
 Boiling over as water, thou shalt not have the
pre-eminence;
Because thou wentest up to thy father's bed;
Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
 Simeon and Levi are brethren;
Weapons of violence are their swords.
 O my soul, come not thou into their council;
Unto their assembly, my glory, be not thou united;
For in their anger they slew a man,
And in their self-will they hocked an ox.
 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.
 Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise:
Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies;
Thy father's sons shall bow down before thee.
 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 a lioness; who shall rouse him up?
 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah,
Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet,
Until Shiloh come:
And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be.
 Binding his foal unto the vine,
And his ass's colt unto the choice vine;
He hath washed his garments in wine,
And his vesture in the blood of grapes:
 His eyes shall be red with wine,
And his teeth white with milk.
 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea;
And he shall be for a haven of ships;
And his border shall be upon Sidon.
 Issachar is a strong ass,
Couching down between the sheepfolds:
 And he saw a resting-place that it was good,
And the land that it was pleasant;
And he bowed his shoulder to bear,
And became a servant under taskwork.
 Dan shall judge his people,
As one of the tribes of Israel.
 Dan shall be a serpent in the way,
An adder in the path,
That biteth the horse's heels,
So that his rider falleth backward.
 I have waited for thy salvation, O Jehovah.
 Gad, a troop shall press upon him;
But he shall press upon their heel.
 Out of the Asher his bread shall be fat,
And he shall yield royal dainties.
 Naphtali is a hind let loose:
He giveth goodly words.
 Joseph is a fruitful bough,
A fruitful bough by a fountain;
His branches run over the wall.
 The archers have sorely grieved him,
And shot at him, and persecute him:
 But his bow abode in strength,
And the arms of his hands were made strong,
By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,
(From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
 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 coucheth beneath,
Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
 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.
 Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth:
In the morning she shall devour the prey,
And at even he shall divide the spoil.
 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. 
 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, 
 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 from Ephron the Hittite for
a possession of a burying-place. 
 there they buried
Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah
his wife; and there I buried Leah: 
 the field and the
cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of
Heth. 
 And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons,
he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost,
and was gathered unto his people.
==Chapter 50==
And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon 
him, and kissed him.
And Joseph commanded his servants 
the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed 
Israel.
And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are 
fulfilled the days of embalming: and the Egyptians wept for him 
three-score and ten days.
And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph 
spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found 
favor in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, 
saying,
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.
And Pharaoh said, 
Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
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,
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.
And there went up with him both chariots 
and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
And they 
came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, 
and there they lamented with a very great and sore lamentation: 
and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
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 the Jordan.
And his sons 
did unto him according as he commanded them:
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 burying-place, of Ephron the 
Hittite, before Mamre.
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.
And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was 
dead, they said, It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will 
fully requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
And 
they sent a message unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command 
before he died, saying,
So shall ye say unto Joseph, 
Forgive, I pray thee now, the transgression of thy brethren, and 
their sin, for that they did unto thee evil. And now, we pray 
thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of 
thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and 
they said, Behold, we are thy servants.
And Joseph said 
unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
And 
as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, 
to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your 
little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's 
house: and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.
And 
Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the 
children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon 
Joseph's knees.
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I 
die; but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this 
land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to 
Jacob.
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.
So Joseph died, being a hundred and 
ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin 
in Egypt.
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