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+In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
+And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was
+upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon
+the face of the waters.
+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 the evening and the morning were the first 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
+firmame and it was so.
+And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the
+morning were the second day.
+And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered
+together unto one place, and let the dry land appe and it
+was so.
+And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together
+of the waters called he Se and God saw that it was good.
+And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb
+yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his
+kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the ear and it was so.
+And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed
+after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in
+itself, after his ki and God saw that it was good.
+And the evening and the morning were the third day.
+And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the
+heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for
+signs, and for seasons, and for days, and yea
+And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to
+give light upon the ear and it was so.
+And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the
+day, and the lesser light to rule the nig he made the stars
+also.
+And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light
+upon the earth,
+And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the
+light from the darkne and God saw that it was good.
+And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
+And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving
+creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth
+in the open firmament of heaven.
+And God created great whales, and every living creature that
+moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their
+kind, and every winged fowl after his ki 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 fowl multiply in the
+earth.
+And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
+And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature
+after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the
+earth after his ki and it was so.
+And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle
+after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth
+after his ki and God saw that it was good.
+And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our
+likene and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,
+and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over
+all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth
+upon the earth.
+So 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  and have
+dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the
+air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
+And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing
+seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree,
+in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it
+shall be for meat.
+And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air,
+and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there
+is life, I have given every green herb for me and it was
+so.
+And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was
+very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
+Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host
+of them.
+And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made;
+and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he
+had made.
+And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because
+that in it he had rested from all his work which God created
+and made.
+These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when
+they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth
+and the heavens,
+And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and
+every herb of the field before it gr for the LORD 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 the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and
+breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became
+a living soul.
+And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there
+he put the man whom he had formed.
+And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree
+that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of
+life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of
+knowledge of good and evil.
+And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from
+thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
+The name of the first is Pison: 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 Ethiopia.
+And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which
+goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is
+Euphrates.
+And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of
+Eden to dress it and to keep it.
+And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of
+the garden thou mayest freely e
+But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt
+not eat of  for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou
+shalt surely die.
+And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be
+alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
+And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the
+field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam
+to see what he would call th and whatsoever Adam called
+every living creature, that was the name thereof.
+And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air,
+and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not
+found an help meet for him.
+And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he
+sle and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh
+instead thereof;
+And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a
+woman, and brought her unto the man.
+And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my
+fle 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.
+Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field
+which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea,
+hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
+And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit
+of the trees of the gard
+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 gods, knowing good
+and evil.
+And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and
+that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to
+make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and
+gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
+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 the LORD God walking in the garden
+in the cool of the d and Adam and his wife hid themselves
+from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the
+garden.
+And the LORD God called unto Adam, 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 the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou
+hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I
+did eat.
+And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done
+this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast
+of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt
+thou eat all the days of thy li
+And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between
+thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou
+shalt bruise his heel.
+Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and
+thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and
+thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over
+thee.
+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  cursed is
+the ground for thy sake; in sorrow 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 tak for
+dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
+And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the
+mother of all living.
+Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of
+skins, and clothed them.
+And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us,
+to know good and ev and now, lest he put forth his hand,
+and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ev
+Therefore the LORD 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 Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned
+every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
+And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain,
+and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
+And she again 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 the LORD.
+And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and
+of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to
+his offeri
+But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain
+was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
+And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is
+thy countenance fallen?
+If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou
+doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be
+his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
+And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass,
+when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel
+his brother, and slew him.
+And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he
+said, I know n 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 art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her
+mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
+When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield
+unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou
+be in the earth.
+And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I
+can bear.
+Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the
+earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a
+fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to
+pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
+And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain,
+vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a
+mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
+And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, 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 Methusa and Methusael 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 of such as have cattle.
+And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all
+such as handle the harp and organ.
+And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructor of every
+artificer in brass and ir and the sister of Tubalcain was
+Naamah.
+And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my
+voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my spee for I have
+slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
+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 Se For God, said she, hath appointed me another
+seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
+And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called
+his name En then began men to call upon the name of the
+LORD.
+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 an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in
+his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name
+Se
+And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight
+hundred yea and he begat sons and daughters:
+And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty
+yea and he died.
+And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
+And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven
+years, and begat sons and daughte
+And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years:
+and he died.
+And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
+And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen
+years, and begat sons and daughte
+And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and
+he died.
+And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel:
+And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and
+forty years, and begat sons and daughte
+And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years:
+and he died.
+And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
+And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and
+thirty years, and begat sons and daughte
+And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and
+five yea and he died.
+And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat
+Eno
+And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and
+begat sons and daughte
+And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two
+yea 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 daughte
+And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five
+yea
+And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
+And Methuselah lived an 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 daughte
+And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and
+nine yea and he died.
+And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a
+s
+And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort
+us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the
+ground which the LORD hath cursed.
+And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and
+five years, and begat sons and daughte
+And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and
+seven yea and he died.
+And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham,
+and Japheth.
+And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of
+the earth, 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 which they chose.
+And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man,
+for that he also is fle yet his days shall be an hundred
+and twenty years.
+There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after
+that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men,
+and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men
+which were of old, men of renown.
+And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth,
+and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was
+only evil continually.
+And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth,
+and it grieved him at his heart.
+And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from
+the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping
+thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I
+have made them.
+But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
+These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and
+perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
+And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
+The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was
+filled with violence.
+And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt;
+for all flesh had corrupted his 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 the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The
+length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth
+of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
+A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou
+finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the
+side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou
+make it.
+And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the
+earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life,
+from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall
+die.
+But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt
+come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy
+sons' wives with thee.
+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 fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of
+every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every
+sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
+And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou
+shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee,
+and for them.
+Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did
+he.
+And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into
+the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this
+generation.
+Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the
+male and his fema and of beasts that are not clean by two,
+the male and his female.
+Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the 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 substance that I
+have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
+And Noah did according unto all that the LORD 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
+fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
+There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and
+the female, as God had commanded Noah.
+And it came to pass after 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,
+the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the
+fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of
+heaven were opened.
+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 his kind, and all the cattle after
+their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the
+earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every
+bird of every sort.
+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 had commanded h and the LORD shut him in.
+And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters
+increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the
+earth.
+And the waters prevailed, and were 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 hills, 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 of fowl,
+and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that
+creepeth upon the earth, and every m
+All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was
+in the dry land, died.
+And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the
+face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping
+things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed
+from the ear and Noah only remained alive, and they that
+were with him in the ark.
+And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty
+days.
+And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the
+cattle that was with him in the a and God made a wind to
+pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
+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 the hundred and fifty days the waters were
+abated.
+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 ma
+And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until
+the waters were dried up from off the earth.
+Also 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 into the ark, for the waters were on the
+face of the whole ear then he put forth his hand, and took
+her, and pulled 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 in the evening; and, lo, in her
+mouth was an olive leaf pluckt o so Noah knew that the
+waters were abated from off the earth.
+And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove;
+which returned not again unto him any more.
+And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in
+the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were
+dried up from off the ear and Noah removed the covering of
+the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was
+dry.
+And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the
+month, was the earth dried.
+And God spake unto Noah, saying,
+Go forth of 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 of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping
+thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed
+abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon
+the earth.
+And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons'
+wives with h
+Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and
+whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went
+forth out of the ark.
+And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every
+clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt
+offerings on the altar.
+And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his
+heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's
+sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his
+youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living,
+as I have done.
+While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and
+heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not
+cease.
+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 fowl of the air, upon all
+that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the
+sea; into your hand are they delivered.
+Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as
+the green herb have I given you all things.
+But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof,
+shall ye not eat.
+And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the
+hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man;
+at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of
+man.
+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, of the fowl,
+of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from
+all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
+And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all
+flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither
+shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
+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 generatio
+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 clo
+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 of the ark, were Shem,
+and Ham, and Japhe and Ham is the father of Canaan.
+These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole
+earth overspread.
+And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he 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 younger 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 the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall
+be his servant.
+God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of
+Shem; and Canaan shall 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.
+Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham,
+and Japhe 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.
+By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their
+lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in
+their nations.
+And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
+And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and
+Raamah, and Sabtech 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 the LORD: wherefore it is said,
+Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
+And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and
+Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
+Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and
+the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
+And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.
+And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and
+Naphtuhim,
+And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and
+Caphtorim.
+And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth,
+And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
+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 Canaanites spread abroad.
+And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou
+comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and
+Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
+These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their
+tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
+Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the
+brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
+The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud,
+and Aram.
+And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
+And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
+And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg;
+for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name
+was Joktan.
+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 unto Sephar a
+mount 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 natio and by these were the nations
+divided in the earth after the flood.
+And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
+And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that
+they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt
+there.
+And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and
+burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime
+had they for morter.
+And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower,
+whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name,
+lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
+And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which
+the children of men builded.
+And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have
+all one language; and this they begin to  and now nothing
+will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
+Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that
+they may not understand one another's speech.
+So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of
+all the ear and they left off to build the city.
+Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did
+there confound the language of all the ear and from thence
+did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the
+earth.
+These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years
+old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flo
+And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and
+begat sons and daughters.
+And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
+And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three
+years, and begat sons and daughters.
+And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
+And Salah 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 an 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.
+But 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.
+Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country,
+and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land
+that I will shew th
+And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee,
+and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessi
+And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that
+curseth th and in thee shall all families of the earth be
+blessed.
+So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot
+went with h 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 Sichem,
+unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the
+land.
+And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will
+I give this la and there builded he an altar unto the LORD,
+who appeared unto him.
+And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of
+Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and
+Hai on the ea and there he builded an altar unto the LORD,
+and called upon the name of the LORD.
+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 grievous 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 up
+Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see
+thee, that they shall say, This is his wife and they will
+kill me, but they will save thee alive.
+Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with
+me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
+And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the
+Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
+The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before
+Phara and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
+And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep,
+and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and
+she asses, and camels.
+And the LORD 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 I might have taken her
+to me to wife now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go
+thy way.
+And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent
+him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
+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 Bethel,
+unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning,
+between Bethel and Hai;
+Unto the place of the altar, which he had make there at the
+fir and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
+And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds,
+and tents.
+And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell
+togeth for their substance was great, so that they could
+not dwell together.
+And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle
+and the herdmen of Lot's catt and the Canaanite and the
+Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
+And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee,
+between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen;
+for we be brethren.
+Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray
+thee, from  if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go
+to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will
+go to the left.
+And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of
+Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD
+destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD,
+like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
+Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed
+ea and they separated themselves the one from the other.
+Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the
+cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
+But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD
+exceedingly.
+And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated
+from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place
+where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and
+westwa
+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 shall thy seed
+also be numbered.
+Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the
+breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
+Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain
+of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto
+the LORD.
+And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar,
+Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal
+king of nations;
+That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha
+king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of
+Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
+All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which 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 Rephaims in Ashteroth
+Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emins in Shaveh
+Kiriathaim,
+And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by
+the wilderness.
+And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and
+smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the
+Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.
+And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of
+Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and
+the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle
+with them in the vale of Siddim;
+With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of
+nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of
+Ellasar; four kings with five.
+And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of
+Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that
+remained fled to the mountain.
+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; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite,
+brother of Eshcol, and brother of An and these were
+confederate with Abram.
+And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he
+armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three
+hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
+And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by
+night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is
+on the left hand of Damascus.
+And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again 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 of the kings that were
+with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.
+And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine:
+and he was the priest of the most high God.
+And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most
+high God, possessor of heaven and ear
+And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine
+enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes 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 lift up mine hand
+unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and
+earth,
+That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and
+that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou
+shouldest say, I have made Abram ri
+Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion
+of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let
+them take their portion.
+After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a
+vision, saying, Fear not, Abr I am thy shield, and thy
+exceeding great reward.
+And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go
+childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of
+Damascus?
+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 the LORD came unto him, saying, This
+shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of
+thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
+And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward
+heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number th
+and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
+And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for
+righteousness.
+And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of
+Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
+And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall
+inherit it?
+And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old,
+and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years
+old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
+And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst,
+and laid each piece one against anoth but the birds divided
+he not.
+And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove
+them away.
+And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram;
+and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
+And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall
+be a stranger in a land that is not their's, 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.
+And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be
+buried in a good old age.
+But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for
+the iniquity of the Amorites 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 burning lamp that passed
+between those pieces.
+In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying,
+Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt
+unto the great river, the river Euphrat
+The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
+And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
+And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and
+the Jebusites.
+Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an
+handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
+And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath
+restrained me from beari I pray thee, go in unto my maid;
+it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram
+hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
+And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after
+Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her
+to her husband Abram to be his wife.
+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 have given
+my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had
+conceived, I was despised in her ey the LORD judge between
+me and thee.
+But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand;
+do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly
+with her, she fled from her face.
+And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in
+the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
+And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and
+whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my
+mistress Sarai.
+And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy
+mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
+And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy
+seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
+And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with
+child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;
+because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
+And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man,
+and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the
+presence of all his brethren.
+And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou
+God seest  for she said, Have I also here looked after him
+that seeth me?
+Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is
+between Kadesh and Bered.
+And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name,
+which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
+And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare
+Ishmael to Abram.
+And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD
+appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God;
+walk before me, and be thou perfect.
+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
+a father of many nations.
+Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name
+shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made
+thee.
+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 in 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 wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for
+an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
+And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant
+therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
+This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you
+and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be
+circumcised.
+And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it
+shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
+And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you,
+every man child in your generations, he that is born in the
+house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of
+thy seed.
+He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy
+money, must needs be circumcis and my covenant shall be in
+your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
+And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is
+not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people;
+he hath broken my covenant.
+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 give thee a son also of her: yea, I
+will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of
+people shall be of her.
+Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his
+heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years
+old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
+And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before
+thee!
+And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and
+thou shalt call his name Isa and I will establish my
+covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with 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, which 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, born in the house, and bought
+with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
+And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he
+sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
+And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood
+by h and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the
+tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
+And said, My LORD, if now I have found favour in thy sight,
+pass not away, I pray thee, from thy serva
+Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your
+feet, and rest yourselves under the tr
+And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your
+hearts; after that ye shall pass  for therefore are ye 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 upon the hearth.
+And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and
+good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
+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 according to
+the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son.
+And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
+Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and
+it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
+Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am
+waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
+And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh,
+saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
+Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I
+will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and
+Sarah shall have a son.
+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 the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which
+I do;
+Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty
+nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in
+him?
+For I know him, that he will command his children and his
+household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD,
+to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon
+Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
+And the LORD 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 their faces from thence, and went toward
+Sod but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
+And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the
+righteous with the wicked?
+Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt
+thou also destroy 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 wick and that the righteous should be as
+the wicked, that be far from th Shall not the Judge of all
+the earth do right?
+And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within
+the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
+And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon
+me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ash
+Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous:
+wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said,
+If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
+And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there
+shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for
+forty's sake.
+And he said unto him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will
+spe 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 LO Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And
+he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.
+And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak
+yet but this on Peradventure ten shall be found there. And
+he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.
+And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing
+with Abrah and Abraham returned unto his place.
+And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the
+gate of Sod and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and
+he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
+And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into
+your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet,
+and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they
+said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
+And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him,
+and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did
+bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
+But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of
+Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the
+people from every quart
+And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men
+which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that
+we may know them.
+And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door
+after him,
+And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
+Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let
+me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as
+is good in your ey only unto these men do nothing; for
+therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
+And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one
+fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a jud now
+will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed
+sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
+But the men put forth their hand, and pulled 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 gre 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 whatsoever thou hast
+in the city, bring them out of this pla
+For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is
+waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath
+sent us to destroy it.
+And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which
+married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this
+place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as
+one that mocked unto his sons in law.
+And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot,
+saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are
+here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
+And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and
+upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two
+daughters; the LORD being merciful unto h 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 grace in thy sight, and
+thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me
+in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest
+some evil take me, and I d
+Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little
+o 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 this city, for the
+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 entered into Zoar.
+Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone
+and fire from the LORD 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
+stood before the LO
+And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the
+land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the
+country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
+And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the
+plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the
+midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the
+which Lot dwelt.
+And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and
+his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zo
+and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
+And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old,
+and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after
+the manner of all the ear
+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
+firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived
+not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
+And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said
+unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my fath
+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 perceived 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
+Benam the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto
+this day.
+And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country,
+and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and 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 by night, and said to
+him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou
+hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
+But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt
+thou slay also a righteous nation?
+Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she
+herself said, He is my broth in the integrity of my heart
+and innocency of my hands have I done this.
+And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst
+this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee
+from sinning against  therefore suffered I thee not to
+touch her.
+Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet,
+and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt li and if thou
+restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou,
+and all that are thine.
+Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all
+his servants, and told all these things in their ea and the
+men were sore afraid.
+Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast
+thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou
+hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast
+done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
+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 yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my
+father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my
+wife.
+And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my
+father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness
+which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall
+come, say of me, He is my brother.
+And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and
+womenservants, 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 silv behold, he is to thee a covering of
+the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all oth
+thus she was reproved.
+So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his
+wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
+For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of
+Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
+And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did
+unto Sarah as he had spoken.
+For 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 being eight days old, as
+God had commanded him.
+And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was
+born unto him.
+And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that
+hear will laugh with me.
+And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah
+should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in
+his old age.
+And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great
+feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
+And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had
+born unto Abraham, mocking.
+Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and
+her s for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with
+my son, even with Isaac.
+And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of
+his son.
+And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight
+because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that
+Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in
+Isaac shall thy seed be called.
+And also of the son of the bondwoman 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 the child, and sent her aw and she departed,
+and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
+And the water was spent in the bottle, 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 bow sh for she said, Let me not see the
+death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up
+her voice, and wept.
+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 thine 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 dwelt in the
+wilderness, and became 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 Phichol
+the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God
+is with thee in all that thou doe
+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 s
+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 a well of water,
+which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
+And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing;
+neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to
+day.
+And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech;
+and both of them 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, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my
+hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged
+this well.
+Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they
+sware both of them.
+Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose
+up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they
+returned into the land of the Philistines.
+And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on
+the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
+And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.
+And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt
+Abraham, and said unto him, Abrah and he said, Behold, here
+I am.
+And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou
+lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him
+there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I
+will tell thee of.
+And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass,
+and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and
+clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went
+unto the place of which God had told him.
+Then 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 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 the fire in his hand, and a
+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 wo but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
+And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for
+a burnt offeri so they went both of them together.
+And they came to the place which God had told him of; and
+Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and
+bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
+And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to
+slay his son.
+And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and
+said, Abraham, Abrah and he said, Here am I.
+And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou
+any thing unto h 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 a thicket by his hor 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 Jehovahjireh: as it
+is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be
+seen.
+And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven
+the second time,
+And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because
+thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son,
+thine only s
+That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will
+multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand
+which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the
+gate of his enemies;
+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 Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
+And it came to pass after these things, that it was told
+Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children
+unto thy brother Nahor;
+Huz his firstborn, 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 Milcah did bear to
+Nahor, Abraham's brother.
+And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah,
+and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
+And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these
+were the years of the life of Sarah.
+And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land
+of Cana and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep
+for her.
+And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the
+sons of Heth, saying,
+I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession
+of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my
+sight.
+And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
+Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the
+choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall
+withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury
+thy dead.
+And Abraham stood 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 intreat 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 as much money as it is
+worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace
+amongst you.
+And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the
+Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of
+Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city,
+saying,
+Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave
+that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons
+of my people give I it th bury thy dead.
+And Abraham bowed down himself 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 give it, I pray thee, hear 
+I will give thee money for 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: the land is 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
+sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money
+with the merchant.
+And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was
+before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and
+all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the
+borders round about, were made sure
+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 Mam 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 buryingplace by the sons of
+Heth.
+And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD
+had blessed Abraham in all things.
+And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that
+ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under
+my thi
+And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and
+the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my
+son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwe
+But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take
+a wife unto my son Isaac.
+And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not
+be willing to follow me unto this la 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.
+The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house,
+and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and
+that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this
+land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take
+a wife unto my son from thence.
+And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou
+shalt be clear from this my oa only bring not my son
+thither again.
+And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his
+master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
+And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master,
+and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his
+ha and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of
+Nahor.
+And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a
+well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that
+women go out to draw water.
+And he said O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send
+me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master
+Abraham.
+Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters
+of the men of the city come out to draw wat
+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 al let
+the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant
+Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness
+unto my master.
+And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that,
+behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of
+Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher
+upon her shoulder.
+And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither
+had any man known h and she went down to the well, and
+filled her pitcher, and came up.
+And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray
+thee, drink a little water of 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
+water 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 water, and drew for all his
+camels.
+And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether
+the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.
+And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the
+man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two
+bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
+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, which 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 down his head, and worshipped the LORD.
+And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who
+hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his tru
+I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my
+master's brethren.
+And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these
+things.
+And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban
+ran out unto the man, unto the well.
+And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets
+upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of
+Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that
+he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at
+the well.
+And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore
+standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room
+for the camels.
+And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels,
+and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash
+his feet, and the men's feet that were with him.
+And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will
+not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
+And he said, I am Abraham's servant.
+And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become
+gre and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver,
+and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and
+asses.
+And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she
+was o and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
+And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a
+wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose
+land I dwe
+But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred,
+and take a wife unto my son.
+And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not
+follow me.
+And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send
+his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take
+a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's hou
+Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest
+to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be
+clear from my oath.
+And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my
+master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I 
+Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to
+pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I
+say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy
+pitcher to drink;
+And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for
+thy came let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath
+appointed out for my master's son.
+And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah
+came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down
+unto the well, and drew wat 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
+al 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 h and I put the earring upon her face, and the
+bracelets upon her hands.
+And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed
+the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the
+right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son.
+And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell
+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 the LO 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 the LORD hath spoken.
+And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their
+words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.
+And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of
+gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebek 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 the LORD hath
+prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.
+And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire 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, Thou art our
+sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let
+thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
+And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the
+camels, and followed the m and the servant took Rebekah,
+and went his way.
+And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt
+in the south country.
+And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide:
+and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels
+were coming.
+And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she
+lighted off the camel.
+For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that
+walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It
+is my mast therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
+And the servant told Isaac all 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 h and Isaac
+was comforted after his mother's death.
+Then again Abraham took a 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
+Abidah, 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, which Abraham had,
+Abraham gave gifts, and 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, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
+Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an
+old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
+And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of
+Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the
+Hittite, which is before Mamre;
+The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there
+was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
+And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God
+blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.
+Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom
+Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abrah
+And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their
+names, according to their generatio the firstborn of
+Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
+And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
+Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
+These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by
+their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to
+their nations.
+And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and
+thirty and seven yea 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 Assyr and he died in the presence of
+all his brethren.
+And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham
+begat Isa
+And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife,
+the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to
+Laban the Syrian.
+And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was
+barr and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his
+wife conceived.
+And the children struggled together within her; and she said,
+If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the
+LORD.
+And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and
+two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and
+the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and
+the elder shall serve the younger.
+And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold,
+there were twins in her womb.
+And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment;
+and they called his name Esau.
+And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on
+Esau's heel; and his name was called Jac and Isaac was
+threescore years old when she bare them.
+And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the
+field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
+And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but
+Rebekah loved Jacob.
+And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he
+was fai
+And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same
+red pottage; for I am fai therefore was his name called
+Edom.
+And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
+And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what
+profit shall this birthright do to me?
+And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him:
+and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
+Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did
+eat and drink, and rose up, and went his w thus Esau
+despised his birthright.
+And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine
+that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech
+king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
+And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into
+Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee 
+Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless
+thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these
+countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto
+Abraham thy father;
+And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven,
+and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy
+seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
+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 sist for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest,
+said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah;
+because she was fair to look upon.
+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 for her.
+And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one
+of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou
+shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
+And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth
+this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
+Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year
+an hundredfo and the LORD blessed him.
+And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he
+became very gre
+For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and
+great store of servan and the Philistines envied him.
+For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in
+the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped
+them, and filled them with earth.
+And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much
+mightier than we.
+And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent 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 Abrah 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 herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen,
+saying, The water is ou and he called the name of the well
+Esek; because they strove with him.
+And they digged another well, and 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 n and he called the name of it Rehoboth;
+and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we
+shall be fruitful in the land.
+And he went up from thence to Beersheba.
+And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am
+the God of Abraham thy fath 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 the
+LORD, and pitched his tent the and there Isaac's servants
+digged a well.
+Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his
+friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
+And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye
+hate me, and have sent me away from you?
+And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee:
+and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt
+us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
+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 pea thou art now the blessed of the LORD.
+And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
+And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to
+anoth 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 Shebah: therefore the name of the city is
+Beersheba unto this day.
+And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the
+daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of
+Elon the Hitti
+Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
+And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes
+were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest
+son, and said unto him, My s and he said unto him, Behold,
+here am I.
+And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my
+dea
+Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and
+thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
+And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me,
+that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
+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 savoury meat, that I may eat,
+and bless thee before the LORD 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 savoury meat for thy father,
+such as he love
+And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and
+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 m
+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 savoury meat, such as his father loved.
+And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which
+were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her
+younger s
+And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands,
+and upon the smooth of his ne
+And she gave the savoury meat 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  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 the LORD thy God
+brought it to me.
+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 han 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 e 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 the LORD hath bless
+Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness
+of the earth, and plenty of corn and wi
+Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord
+over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to th
+cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he 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 had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his
+father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat
+of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.
+And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said,
+I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
+And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is
+he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have
+eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea,
+and he shall be blessed.
+And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a
+great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father,
+Bless me, even me also, O my father.
+And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken
+away thy blessing.
+And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath
+supplanted me these two tim 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 corn and wine have I sustained h and
+what shall I do now unto 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, thy
+dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of
+heaven from above;
+And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother;
+and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion,
+that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
+And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his
+father blessed h and Esau said in his heart, The days of
+mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my
+brother Jacob.
+And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah:
+and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto
+him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort
+himself, purposing to kill thee.
+Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; 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 h then I will send, and fetch
+thee from then why should I be deprived also of you both in
+one day?
+And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of
+the daughters of He if Jacob take a wife of the daughters
+of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land,
+what good shall my life do me?
+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 Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's
+father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughers of
+Laban thy mother's brother.
+And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and
+multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
+And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy
+seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou
+art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
+And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto
+Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah,
+Jacob's and Esau's mother.
+When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away
+to Padanaram, 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 daughers of Canaan;
+And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone
+to Padanaram;
+And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac
+his father;
+Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he
+had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister
+of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
+And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
+And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all
+night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of
+that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that
+place to sleep.
+And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and
+the top of it reached to heav and behold the angels of God
+ascending and descending on it.
+And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD
+God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isa 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 sou 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 in all places
+whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land;
+for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have
+spoken to thee of.
+And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the
+LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
+And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this
+is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of
+heaven.
+And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone
+that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar,
+and poured oil upon the top of it.
+And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of
+that city was called 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; then shall
+the LORD be my G
+And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's
+hou and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give
+the tenth unto thee.
+Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the
+people of the east.
+And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there
+were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well
+they watered the floc and a great stone was upon the well's
+mouth.
+And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the
+stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put
+the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.
+And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be 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 he well? And they said, He 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 togeth water ye the sheep,
+and go and feed them.
+And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered
+together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth;
+then we water the sheep.
+And while he yet spake 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 s 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.
+Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well
+favoured.
+And Jacob loved Rachel; and 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 m 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 unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an
+handmaid.
+And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah:
+and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did
+not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou
+beguiled me?
+And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give
+the younger before the firstborn.
+Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this 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 also.
+And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to
+be her maid.
+And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more
+than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
+And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb:
+but Rachel was barren.
+And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name
+Reub for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my
+affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
+And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the
+LORD hath heard I was hated, he hath therefore given me this
+son al 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 born
+him three so therefore was his name called Levi.
+And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now
+will I praise the LO therefore she called his name Judah;
+and left bearing.
+And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel
+envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or
+else I die.
+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; and she
+shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have 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 s therefore called she his name
+Dan.
+And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a
+second son.
+And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my
+sister, and I have prevail and she called his name
+Naphtali.
+When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her
+maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
+And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
+And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
+And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
+And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me
+bless 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 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 out of the field in the evening, and Leah went
+out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for
+surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay
+with her that night.
+And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob
+the fifth son.
+And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given
+my maiden to my husba and she called his name Issachar.
+And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
+And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will
+my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six so
+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 reproa
+And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add
+to me another son.
+And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob
+said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own
+place, and to my country.
+Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee,
+and let me  for thou knowest my service which I have done
+thee.
+And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour
+in thine eyes, tar for I have learned by experience that
+the LORD 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 was with me.
+For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is
+now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee
+since my comi 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 any thi if thou wilt do this thing for
+me, I will again feed and keep thy flock.
+I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence
+all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle
+among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goa
+and of such shall be my hire.
+So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when
+it shall come for my hire before thy fa every one that is
+not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the
+sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
+And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy
+word.
+And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and
+spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted,
+and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown
+among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
+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 green poplar, and of the hazel and
+chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the
+white appear which was in the rods.
+And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in
+the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to
+drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.
+And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth
+cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
+And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the
+flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock
+of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put
+them not unto Laban's cattle.
+And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did
+conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the
+cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the
+rods.
+But when the cattle 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 much cattle, and
+maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
+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 before.
+And the LORD 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 before; but the God of my father hath been
+with me.
+And ye know that with 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
+cattle bare speckl and if he said thus, The ringstraked
+shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.
+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 cattle conceived,
+that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold,
+the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked,
+speckled, and grisled.
+And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob:
+And I said, Here am I.
+And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams
+which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and
+grisl for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
+I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and
+where thou vowedst a vow unto  now arise, get thee out from
+this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
+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 counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and
+hath quite devoured also our money.
+For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that
+is ours, and our children now then, whatsoever God hath
+said unto thee, do.
+Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon
+camels;
+And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he
+had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in
+Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of
+Canaan.
+And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the
+images 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 mount 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 they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
+And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said
+unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good
+or bad.
+Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in
+the mou and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount 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 taken with the sword?
+Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from
+me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away
+with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
+And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters?
+thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
+It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of
+your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed
+that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
+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, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy
+daughters from me.
+With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live:
+before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and
+take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen
+them.
+And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and
+into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then
+went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
+Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's
+furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent,
+but found them not.
+And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that
+I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon
+me. And he searched but found not the images.
+And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered
+and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that
+thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
+Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found
+of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and
+thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.
+This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she
+goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock
+have I not eaten.
+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 departed from mine eyes.
+Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee
+fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy
+catt 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 thou hadst sent me away now
+empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my
+hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
+And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my
+daughters, and these children are my children, and these
+cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mi and
+what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their
+children which they have born?
+Now therefore come thou, 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 an he and they did eat there upon the
+heap.
+And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it
+Galeed.
+And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee
+this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
+And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee,
+when we are absent one from another.
+If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take
+other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God
+is witness betwixt me and thee.
+And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this
+pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and th
+This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will
+not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass
+over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
+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.
+Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his
+brethren to eat bre and they did eat bread, and tarried all
+night in the mount.
+And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons
+and his daughters, and blessed th and Laban departed, and
+returned unto his place.
+And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
+And when Jacob saw them, he said, 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 country of Edom.
+And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my
+lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with
+Laban, and stayed there until n
+And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and
+womenservan and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may
+find grace in thy sight.
+And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy
+brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four
+hundred men with him.
+Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided
+the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and
+the camels, into two bands;
+And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then
+the other company which is left shall escape.
+And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my
+father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy
+country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with th
+I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all
+the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with
+my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two
+bands.
+Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the
+hand of Es for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me,
+and 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 same night; and took of that which
+came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
+Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes,
+and twenty rams,
+Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten
+bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
+And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every
+drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over
+before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
+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 be thy servant Jacob's; it is a
+present sent unto my lord Es and, behold, also he is behind
+us.
+And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that
+followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak
+unto Esau, when ye find him.
+And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us.
+For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth
+before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he
+will accept of me.
+So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that
+night in the company.
+And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two
+womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford
+Jabbok.
+And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over
+that 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
+out of joint, 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
+Isra for as a prince hast thou power 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 I have seen
+God face to face, and my life is preserved.
+And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he
+halted upon his thigh.
+Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which
+shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this d
+because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew
+that shrank.
+And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau
+came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the
+children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two
+handmaids.
+And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah
+and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
+And he 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 h and they wept.
+And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children;
+and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children
+which God hath graciously given thy servant.
+Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and
+they bowed themselves.
+And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed
+themselv and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they
+bowed themselves.
+And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met?
+And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
+And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast
+unto thyself.
+And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in
+thy sight, then receive my present at my ha for therefore I
+have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and
+thou wast pleased with me.
+Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee;
+because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have
+enough. And he urged him, and he took it.
+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 the flocks and herds with young are with  and
+if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
+Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I
+will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before
+me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my
+lord unto Seir.
+And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk
+that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find
+grace in the sight of my lord.
+So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
+And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and
+made booths for his catt therefore the name of the place is
+called Succoth.
+And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the
+land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his
+tent before the city.
+And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his
+tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father,
+for an hundred pieces of money.
+And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.
+And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob,
+went out to see the daughters of the land.
+And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the
+country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled
+her.
+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.
+And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now
+his sons were with his cattle in the fie and Jacob held his
+peace until they were come.
+And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune
+with him.
+And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard
+and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth,
+because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's
+daught which thing ought not to be done.
+And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son
+Shechem longeth for your daught I pray you give her him to
+wife.
+And make ye marriages with us, and 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 grace 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  but give me the damsel to wife.
+And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father
+deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their
+sist
+And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our
+sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach
+unto 
+But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be,
+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 daught and he was more honourable than
+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 the land, behold, it is large
+enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives,
+and let us give them our daughters.
+Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us,
+to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as
+they are circumcised.
+Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of
+their's be our's? only let us consent unto them, and they will
+dwell with us.
+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
+boldly, 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 out.
+The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city,
+because they had defiled their sister.
+They took their sheep, and their oxen, 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 spoiled even all that was in the
+house.
+And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make
+me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the
+Canaanites and the Perizzit and I being few in number, they
+shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and
+I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
+And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an
+harlot?
+And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell
+the and make there an altar unto God, that 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 strange gods that are among you, and be
+clean, and change your garmen
+And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there
+an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress,
+and was with me in the way which I went.
+And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in
+their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears;
+and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
+And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities
+that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the
+sons of Jacob.
+So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is,
+Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
+And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel:
+because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the
+face of his brother.
+But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath
+Bethel under an o and the name of it was called
+Allonbachuth.
+And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of
+Padanaram, 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 na 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 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 talked with
+him.
+And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with
+him, even a pillar of sto and he poured a drink offering
+thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
+And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with
+him, Bethel.
+And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way
+to come to Ephra and Rachel travailed, and she had hard
+labour.
+And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the
+midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son
+also.
+And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she
+died) that she called his name Beno but his father called
+him Benjamin.
+And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which
+is Bethlehem.
+And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of
+Rachel's grave unto this day.
+And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of
+Edar.
+And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that
+Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubi and
+Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twel
+The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and
+Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebul
+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, which were born to him in Padanaram.
+And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city
+of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
+And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
+And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto
+his people, being old and full of da and his sons Esau and
+Jacob buried him.
+Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
+Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the
+daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of
+Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
+And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
+And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
+And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are
+the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of
+Canaan.
+And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and
+all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his
+beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of
+Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother
+Jacob.
+For their riches were more than that they might dwell
+together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not
+bear them because of their cattle.
+Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
+And these are the generations of Esau the father of the
+Edomites in mount Se
+These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah
+the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
+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 Amal these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife.
+And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah,
+and Mizz these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
+And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah
+the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife and she bare to Esau
+Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
+These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the
+firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke
+Kenaz,
+Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes
+that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons
+of Adah.
+And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke
+Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizz these are the dukes that
+came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of
+Bashemath Esau's wife.
+And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush,
+duke Jaalam, duke Kor these were the dukes that came of
+Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
+These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their
+dukes.
+These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land;
+Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
+And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the
+Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
+And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's
+sister was Timna.
+And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath,
+and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
+And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah:
+this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as
+he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
+And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah
+the daughter of Anah.
+And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and
+Ithran, and Cheran.
+The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.
+The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.
+These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke
+Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
+Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that
+came of Hori, among their dukes 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 Temani reigned in
+his stead.
+And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian
+in the field of Moab, reigned in his ste and the name of
+his city was Avith.
+And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
+And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in
+his stead.
+And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his
+stead.
+And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his
+ste and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name
+was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of
+Mezahab.
+And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau,
+according to their families, after their places, by their
+names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,
+Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
+Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
+Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according
+to their habitations in the land of their possessi he is
+Esau the father of the Edomites.
+And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger,
+in the land of Canaan.
+These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen
+years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the
+lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah,
+his father's wiv and Joseph brought unto his father their
+evil report.
+Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he
+was the son of his old a and he made him a coat of many
+colours.
+And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more
+than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak
+peaceably unto him.
+And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and
+they hated him yet the more.
+And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I
+have dream
+For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my
+sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves
+stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
+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 his brethren,
+and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold,
+the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to
+me.
+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 observed the
+saying.
+And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
+And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the
+flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he
+said to him, Here am I.
+And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well
+with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word
+again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came
+to Shechem.
+And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in
+the fie and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
+And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where
+they feed their flocks.
+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 when they saw him afar off, even 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
+some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured h
+and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
+And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands;
+and said, Let us not kill him.
+And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into
+this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him;
+that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to
+his father again.
+And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren,
+that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many
+colours that was on him;
+And they took him, and cast him into a 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 company of Ishmeelites came 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 Ishmeelites, and let not our
+hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his
+brethren were content.
+Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and
+lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the
+Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silv 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 kid of the goats,
+and dipped the coat in the blood;
+And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to
+their father; and said, This have we fou know now whether
+it be thy son's coat or no.
+And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast
+hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
+And Jacob rent his clothes, 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 into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept
+for him.
+And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an
+officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.
+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 Shuah; 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 conceived, and bare a son; and called his
+name Shel and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
+And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was
+Tamar.
+And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the
+LORD; and the LORD slew him.
+And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and
+marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
+And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to
+pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled
+it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his
+brother.
+And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he
+slew him also.
+Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow
+at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be gro for he
+said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And
+Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.
+And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife
+died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his
+sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the
+Adullamite.
+And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth
+up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
+And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her
+with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place,
+which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was
+grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
+When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because
+she had covered her face.
+And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray
+thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was
+his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me,
+that thou mayest come in unto me?
+And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she
+said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?
+And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy
+signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine
+hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she
+conceived by him.
+And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her,
+and put on the garments of her widowhood.
+And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the
+Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's ha but
+he found her not.
+Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the
+harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There
+was no harlot in this place.
+And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and
+also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in
+this place.
+And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed:
+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 also, 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 chi and she
+said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and
+bracelets, and staff.
+And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more
+righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my
+son. And he knew her again no more.
+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 the one put out
+his ha 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 o and she said, How hast thou broken
+forth? this breach be upon th therefore his name was called
+Pharez.
+And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet
+thread upon his ha and his name was called Zarah.
+And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer
+of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of
+the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down
+thither.
+And the LORD 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 the LORD was with him, and that the
+LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
+And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he
+made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put
+into his hand.
+And it came to pass from the time that he had made him
+overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD
+blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the
+blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house,
+and in the field.
+And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not
+ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was
+a goodly person, and well favoured.
+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 wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath
+committed all that he hath to my hand;
+There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he
+kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his
+wife how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against
+God?
+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 Joseph went into the
+house to do his business; 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 an Hebrew unto us to
+mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a
+loud voi
+And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice
+and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got
+him out.
+And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
+And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The
+Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto
+me to mock 
+And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that
+he left his garment with 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, a
+place where the king's prisoners were bou and he was there
+in the prison.
+But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave
+him favour 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 any thing that was
+under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which
+he did, the LORD made it to prosper.
+And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the
+king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king
+of Egypt.
+And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his 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
+served th 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, which
+were bound in the prison.
+And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon
+them, and, behold, they were sad.
+And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward
+of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to
+day?
+And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is
+no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not
+interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.
+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 her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof
+brought forth ripe grap
+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 da
+Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and
+restore thee unto thy pla and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's
+cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his
+butler.
+But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew
+kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto
+Pharaoh, and bring me out of this hou
+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, I had
+three white baskets on my he
+And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of
+bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the
+basket upon my head.
+And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation
+there The three baskets are three days:
+Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off
+thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat
+thy flesh from off thee.
+And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's
+birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servan and he
+lifted up the head of the chief butler and 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 ha
+But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to
+them.
+Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
+And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh
+dream and, behold, he stood by the river.
+And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well
+favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
+And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the
+river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other
+kine upon the brink of the river.
+And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven
+well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
+And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven
+ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
+And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind
+sprung up after them.
+And the seven thin ears devoured 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 there 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 d
+Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the
+captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief bak
+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 there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to
+the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted
+to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did
+interpret.
+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 dunge 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  and I have heard say of
+thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
+And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God
+shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
+And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood
+upon the bank of the riv
+And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine,
+fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a mead
+And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and
+very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all
+the land of Egypt for badne
+And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first
+seven fat ki
+And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that
+they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at
+the beginning. So I awoke.
+And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one
+stalk, full and go
+And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the
+east wind, sprung up after th
+And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told
+this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare
+it to me.
+And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God
+hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
+The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears
+are seven yea the dream is one.
+And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after
+them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with
+the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
+This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God
+is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
+Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all
+the land of Egy
+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 following; for it shall be very grievous.
+And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is
+because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly
+bring it to pass.
+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 officers 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 those good years that
+come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them
+keep food in the cities.
+And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven
+years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the
+land perish not through the famine.
+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 is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
+And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed
+thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou a
+Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall
+all my people be rul 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 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 kn and he made him ruler
+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 foot in all the land of
+Egypt.
+And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave
+him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On.
+And Joseph went out over all 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 citi the
+food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he
+up in the same.
+And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much,
+until he left numbering; for it was without number.
+And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine
+came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On
+bare unto him.
+And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God,
+said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's
+house.
+And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath
+caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
+And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of
+Egypt, were ended.
+And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as
+Joseph had sa and the dearth was 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 bre 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 storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and
+the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
+And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn;
+because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
+Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said
+unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
+And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt:
+get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may
+live, and not die.
+And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
+But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his
+brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
+And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came:
+for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
+And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that
+sold to all the people of the la and Joseph's brethren
+came, and bowed down themselves before 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 unto 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, 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 spi
+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 kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether
+there be any truth in y 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 G
+If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the
+house of your pris go ye, carry corn for the famine of your
+hous
+But 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 anguish 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, behold, also his blood is required.
+And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake
+unto them by an interpreter.
+And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned
+to them again, and communed with them, and took from them
+Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
+Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to
+restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them
+provision for the w and thus did he unto them.
+And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.
+And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender
+in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his
+sack's mouth.
+And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo,
+it is even in my sa and their heart failed them, and they
+were afraid, saying one to another, 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 befell unto them; saying,
+The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and
+took us for spies of the country.
+And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
+We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the
+youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
+And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby
+shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren
+here with me, and take food for the famine of your households,
+and be go
+And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know
+that ye are no spies, but that ye are true m so will I
+deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
+And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold,
+every man's bundle of money was in his sa and when both
+they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were
+afraid.
+And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of
+my childr Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will
+take Benjamin aw all these things are against me.
+And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if
+I bring him not to th 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 is left alo if mischief befall him
+by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my
+gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
+And the famine was sore in the land.
+And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which
+they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go
+again, buy us a little food.
+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 fo
+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 us straitly of our state, and of
+our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another
+brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these
+wor could we certainly 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 ev
+For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this
+second time.
+And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now,
+do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels,
+and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little
+honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almon
+And take double money in your hand; and the money that was
+brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in
+your hand; peradventure it was an oversig
+Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:
+And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may
+send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved
+of my children, I am bereaved.
+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 ruler
+of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready;
+for these men shall dine with me at noon.
+And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men
+into Joseph's house.
+And the men were afraid, because they were brought into
+Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was
+returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in;
+that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and
+take us for bondmen, and our asses.
+And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they
+communed with him at the door of the house,
+And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy
+fo
+And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened
+our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of
+his sack, our money in full weig and we have brought it
+again in our hand.
+And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food:
+we cannot tell 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 sac 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 came 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 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 answered, Thy servant our father is in good health,
+he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made
+obeisance.
+And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his
+mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom
+ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my
+son.
+And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his
+broth and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his
+chamber, and wept there.
+And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself,
+and said, Set on bread.
+And they set on for him by himself, and for them by
+themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by
+themselv because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the
+Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
+And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his
+birthright, and the youngest according to his you and the
+men marvelled one at another.
+And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but
+Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of their's. And
+they drank, and were merry with him.
+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 corn 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 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 it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed
+he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
+And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
+And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words?
+God forbid that thy servants should do according to this
+thi
+Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we
+brought again unto thee out of the land of Cana how then
+should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?
+With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both 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 servant; and ye shall be
+blameless.
+Then they speedily 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 at the
+younge 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; for he was
+yet the and they fell before him on the ground.
+And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have
+done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
+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 servan behold, we are my lord's servants,
+both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.
+And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in
+whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as
+for you, get you up in peace unto your father.
+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 serva 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, and buy us a little food.
+And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be
+with us, then will we go do for we may not see the man's
+face, except our youngest brother be with us.
+And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife
+bare me two so
+And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in
+pieces; and I saw him not sin
+And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye
+shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
+Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the
+lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the
+lad's life;
+It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with
+us, that he will d and thy servants shall bring down the
+gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
+For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father,
+saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the
+blame to my father for ever.
+Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of
+the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his
+brethren.
+For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with
+me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my
+father.
+Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that
+stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me.
+And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself
+known unto his brethren.
+And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians 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.
+Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that
+ye sold me hith for God did send me before you to preserve
+life.
+For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet
+there are five years, in the which there shall neither be
+earing nor harvest.
+And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the
+earth, and to save your lives 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 a ruler throughout 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 Egy come down
+unto me, tarry n
+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
+ha
+And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of
+famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast,
+come to poverty.
+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.
+Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and
+after that his brethren talked with him.
+And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying,
+Joseph's brethren are co 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 your's.
+And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them
+wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them
+provision for the way.
+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
+corn and bread and meat 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 told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor
+over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he
+believed them not.
+And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said
+unto th and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to
+carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father reviv
+And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I
+will go and see him before I die.
+And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to
+Beersheba, 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 nati
+I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely
+bring thee up aga and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine
+eyes.
+And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: 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 h
+His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his
+sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into
+Egypt.
+And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came
+into Egypt, Jacob and his so Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
+And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, 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 Pharez,
+and Zar but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the
+sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
+And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and
+Shimron.
+And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
+These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in
+Padanaram, with his daughter Din 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; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and
+Beriah, and Serah their sist 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, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On
+bare unto him.
+And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel,
+Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
+These are the sons of Rachel, which 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, which Laban gave unto Rachel his
+daughter, and she bare these unto Jac all the souls were
+seven.
+All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out
+of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were
+threescore and six;
+And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two
+sou all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into
+Egypt, were threescore and ten.
+And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face
+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 presented himself unto him; and he
+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, because thou art yet alive.
+And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's
+house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My
+brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of
+Canaan, are come unto me;
+And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed
+cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds,
+and all that they have.
+And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and
+shall say, What is your occupation?
+That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle
+from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathe
+that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is
+an abomination unto the Egyptians.
+Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my
+brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they
+have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they
+are in the land of Goshen.
+And he took some of his brethren, even 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 also our fathers.
+They said morever unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are
+we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks;
+for the famine is sore in the land of Cana 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 th
+The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make
+thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let
+them dwe and if thou knowest any men of activity among
+them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
+And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before
+Phara and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
+And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
+And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my
+pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty yea few and evil have
+the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained
+unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the
+days of their pilgrimage.
+And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before 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 all 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 corn which
+they boug and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's
+house.
+And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of
+Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us
+bre for why should we die in thy presence? for the 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 horses, and for the flocks, and for
+the cattle of the herds, and for the ass and he fed them
+with bread for all their cattle for that year.
+When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year,
+and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that
+our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle;
+there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our
+bodies, and our lan
+Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our
+land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will
+be servants unto Phara and give us seed, that we may live,
+and not die, that the land be not desolate.
+And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the
+Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine
+prevailed over th so the land became Pharaoh's.
+And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end
+of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
+Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests
+had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their
+portion which Pharaoh gave th wherefore they sold not their
+lands.
+Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you
+this day and your land for Phara lo, here is seed for you,
+and ye shall sow the land.
+And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give
+the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own,
+for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your
+households, and for food for your little ones.
+And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in
+the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.
+And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day,
+that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, except the land of
+the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.
+And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of
+Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and
+multiplied exceedingly.
+And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the
+whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.
+And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his
+son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in
+thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal
+kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egy
+But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of
+Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will
+do as thou hast said.
+And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel
+bowed himself upon the bed's head.
+And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph,
+Behold, thy father is si and he took with him his two sons,
+Manasseh and Ephraim.
+And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh
+unto th 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 multitude of people;
+and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an
+everlasting possession.
+And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born
+unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into
+Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
+And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be
+thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in
+their inheritance.
+And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in
+the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little
+way to come unto Ephra and I buried her there in the way of
+Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
+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 in this place. 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
+fa and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.
+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 firstborn.
+And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers
+Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life
+long unto this day,
+The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and
+let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers
+Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the
+midst of the earth.
+And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon
+the head of Ephraim, it displeased h 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 firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
+And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know
+he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great:
+but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and
+his seed shall become a multitude of nations.
+And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel
+bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manass and
+he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
+And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall 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.
+And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves
+together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in
+the last days.
+Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and
+hearken unto Israel your father.
+Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of
+my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of
+pow
+Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest
+up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou  he went up to
+my couch.
+Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in
+their habitations.
+O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their
+assembly, mine honour, be not thou unit for in their anger
+they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a
+wall.
+Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for
+it was cru I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in
+Israel.
+Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand
+shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children
+shall bow down before thee.
+Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone
+he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion;
+who shall rouse him up?
+The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from
+between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the
+gathering of the people be.
+Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the
+choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes
+in the blood of grap
+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 an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
+Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
+And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was
+pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant
+unto tribute.
+Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
+Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that
+biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
+I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
+Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the
+last.
+Out of 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, even a fruitful bough by a well;
+whose branches run over the wa
+The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and
+hated h
+But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were
+made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from
+thence is the shepherd, the stone of Isra)
+Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the
+Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above,
+blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the
+breasts, and of the wo
+The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings
+of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting
+hil they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown
+of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.
+Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour
+the prey, and at night 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 peop 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 of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a
+buryingplace.
+There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they
+buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
+The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was
+from the children of Heth.
+And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he
+gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost,
+and was gathered unto his people.
+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
+fath and the physicians embalmed Israel.
+And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled
+the days of those which are embalm and the Egyptians
+mourned for him threescore and ten days.
+And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto
+the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in
+your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
+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 hou 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 threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond
+Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore
+lamentati 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 Egyptia wherefore the name of it was called
+Abelmizraim, which is beyond 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 buryingplace 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, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will
+certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
+And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did
+command before he died, saying,
+So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the
+trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto
+thee ev and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the
+servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they
+spake unto him.
+And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and
+they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
+And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of
+God?
+But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it
+unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much
+people alive.
+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 an hundred and ten years.
+And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the
+children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up
+upon Joseph's knees.
+And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely
+visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which
+he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
+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 an hundred and ten years old: and they
+embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.