THE BOOK OF
GENESIS
CHAPTERS 26-38
1 ¶ And there was a famine in the
land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went
unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
2 And the LORD
appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I
shall tell thee of:
3 Sojourn in this
land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will
perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
4 And I will make
thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all
these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
5 Because that
Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments,
my statutes, and my laws.
6 ¶ And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
7 And the men of
the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared
to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for
Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
8
And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech
king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was
sporting with Rebekah his wife.
9 And Abimelech
called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst
thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for
her.
10 And Abimelech
said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have
lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
11 And Abimelech
charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
12 ¶ Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the
same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
13 And the man
waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
14
For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great
store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
15 For all the
wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father,
the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
16 And Abimelech
said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
17 And Isaac
departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
18 And Isaac
digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham
his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which
his father had called them.
19 And Isaac's
servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.
20 And the herdmen
of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they
strove with him.
21 And they
digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it
Sitnah.
22 And he removed
from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he
called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
23 And he went up
from thence to Beersheba.
24 And the LORD
appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father:
fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my
servant Abraham's sake.
25
And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and
pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well.
26 ¶ Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath
one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
27 And Isaac said
unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have
sent me away from you?
28 And they said,
We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an
oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with
thee;
29 That thou wilt
do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace:
thou art now the blessed of the LORD.
30 And he made
them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
31 And they rose
up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away,
and they departed from him in peace.
32
And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told
him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found
water.
33 And he called
it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.
34 ¶ And Esau was forty years old
when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath
the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
35 Which were a
grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
1 ¶ And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his
eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau
his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here
am I.
2 And he said,
Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
3 Now therefore
take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the
field, and take me some venison;
4
And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may
eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
5 And Rebekah
heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for
venison, and to bring it.
6 ¶ And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold,
I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
7 Bring me
venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the
LORD before my death.
8 Now therefore,
my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
9 Go now to the
flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he
loveth:
10 And thou shalt
bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his
death.
11 And Jacob said
to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a
smooth man:
12
My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a
deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
13 And his mother
said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch
me them.
14 And he went,
and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made
savoury meat, such as his father loved.
15 And Rebekah
took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house,
and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
16 And she put
the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his
neck:
17
And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared,
into the hand of her son Jacob.
18 ¶ And he came unto his father, and said, My father:
and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
19 And Jacob said
unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my
venison, that thy soul may bless me.
20 And Isaac said
unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he
said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me.
21 And Isaac said
unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.
22 And Jacob went
near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's
voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
23 And he
discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands:
so he blessed him.
24
And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
25 And he said,
Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless
thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine,
and he drank.
26 And his father
Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
27
And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment,
and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field
which the LORD hath blessed:
28 Therefore God
give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of
corn and wine:
29
Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy
brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that
curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
30 ¶ And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an
end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of
Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his
hunting.
31 And he also
had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his
father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may
bless me.
32 And Isaac his
father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
33 And Isaac
trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison,
and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed
him? yea, and he shall be blessed.
34 And when Esau
heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding
bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
35 And he said,
Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
36 And he said,
Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he
took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And
he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
37
And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord,
and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine
have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?
38 And Esau said
unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also,
O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
39
And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling
shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
40 And by thy
sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass
when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy
neck.
41 ¶ And Esau hated Jacob because of
the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The
days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
42 And these
words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob
her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
43 Now therefore,
my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
44 And tarry with
him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away;
45 Until thy
brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from
thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
46 And Rebekah said
to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take
a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of
the land, what good shall my life do me?
1 ¶ And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged
him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
2 Arise, go to
Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife
from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
3
And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee,
that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
4 And give thee
the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest
inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
5
And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of
Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.
6 ¶ When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent
him away to 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 daughters
of Canaan;
7
And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to
Padanaram;
8 And Esau seeing
that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
9 Then went Esau
unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of
Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
10 ¶ And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward
Haran.
11
And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night,
because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for
his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
12 And he
dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to
heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
13
And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of
Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee
will I give it, and to thy seed;
14 And thy seed
shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west,
and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
15 And, behold, I
am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will
bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done
that which I have spoken to thee of.
16 ¶ And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said,
Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
17 And he was
afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house
of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
18 And Jacob rose
up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows,
and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
19
And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city
was called Luz at the first.
20 And Jacob
vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that
I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
21 So that I come
again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
22 And this
stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that
thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
1 ¶ Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the
land of the people of the east.
2
And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three
flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and
a great stone was upon the well's mouth.
3 And thither
were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth,
and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.
4 And Jacob said
unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
5 And he said
unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
6
And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and,
behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
7 And he said, Lo,
it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered
together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.
8 And they said,
We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the
sheep.
9 ¶ And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with
her father's sheep: for she kept them.
10 And it came to
pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the
sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock
of Laban his mother's brother.
11 And Jacob
kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
12 And Jacob told
Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son: and she
ran and told her father.
13
And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's
son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him
to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
14 And Laban said
to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space
of a month.
15 ¶ And Laban said unto Jacob,
Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell
me, what shall thy wages be?
16 And Laban had
two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was
Rachel.
17 Leah was
tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
18
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for
Rachel thy younger daughter.
19 And Laban
said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to
another man: abide with me.
20 And Jacob
served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
21 And Jacob said
unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto
her.
22 And Laban
gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
23 And it came to
pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
24 And Laban gave
unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
25 And it came to
pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is
this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore
then hast thou beguiled me?
26
And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the
younger before the firstborn.
27 Fulfil her
week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve
with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did
so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave
to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
30 And he went in
also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him
yet seven other years.
31 ¶ And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened
her womb: but Rachel was barren.
32 And Leah
conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely
the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
33 And she
conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son
also: and she called his name Simeon.
34 And she
conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be
joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name
called Levi.
35
And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise
the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.
1 ¶ And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel
envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
2
And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's
stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
3 And she said,
Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I
may also have children by her.
4 And she gave
him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
5
And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
6 And Rachel
said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a
son: therefore called she his name Dan.
7 And Bilhah
Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
8 And Rachel
said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
9 When Leah saw
that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to
wife.
10 And Zilpah
Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
11 And Leah said,
A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
12
And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
13 And Leah said,
Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name
Asher.
14 ¶ And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and
found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then
Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's
mandrakes.
15 And she said
unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest
thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie
with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.
16 And Jacob came
out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired
thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
17 And God
hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
18 And Leah said,
God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and
she called his name Issachar.
19
And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
20 And Leah said,
God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me,
because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
21 And afterwards
she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
22 And God
remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
23 And she
conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
24 And she called
his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
25 ¶ And it came to pass, when
Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go
unto mine own place, and to my country.
26 Give me my
wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou
knowest my service which I have done thee.
27 And Laban said
unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry:
for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
28 And he said,
Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
29 And he said
unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
30 For it was
little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming:
and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
31 And he said,
What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if
thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:
32 I will pass
through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep,
and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
33 So shall my
righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire
before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats,
and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
34
And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
35 And he removed
that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats
that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and
all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
36 And he set
three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
37 ¶ And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the
hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white
appear which was in the rods.
38 And he set the
rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering
troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.
39 And the flocks
conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and
spotted.
40 And Jacob did
separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and
all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.
41 And it came to
pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods
before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among
the rods.
42 But when the
cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
43 And the man
increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants,
and camels, and asses.
1 ¶ And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob
hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which
was our father's hath he gotten all this glory.
2 And Jacob
beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
3 And the LORD
said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I
will be with thee.
4
And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
5 And said unto
them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but
the God of my father hath been with me.
6 And ye know that
with all my power I have served your father.
7 And your father
hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered
him not to hurt me.
8 If he said
thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and
if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle
ringstraked.
9 Thus God hath
taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
10
And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted
up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the
cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
11 And the angel
of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
12
And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap
upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all
that Laban doeth unto thee.
13 I am the God
of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto
me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
14 And Rachel and
Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us
in our father's house?
15 Are we not
counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our
money.
16
For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours,
and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
17 ¶ Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives
upon camels;
18 And he carried
away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his
getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
19 And Laban went
to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.
20 And Jacob
stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
21
So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the
river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
22 And it was
told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
23 And he took
his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they
overtook him in the mount Gilead.
24
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him,
Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
25 ¶ Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his
tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
26 And Laban said
to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares
to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?
27 Wherefore
didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me,
that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and
with harp?
28 And hast not
suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
29 It is in the
power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me
yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or
bad.
30 And now,
though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
31 And Jacob
answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou
wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
32 With
whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern
thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.
33 And Laban went
into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents;
but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into
Rachel's tent.
34 Now Rachel had
taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat
upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.
35 And she said
to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee;
for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.
36 ¶ And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob
answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is
my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
37 Whereas thou
hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff?
set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us
both.
38
This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have
not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
39 That which was
torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst
thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.
40 Thus I was; in
the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
41 Thus have I
been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two
daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten
times.
42 Except the God
of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been
with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine
affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
43 ¶ And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These
daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these
cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this
day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which
they have born?
44 Now therefore
come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness
between me and thee.
45 And Jacob took
a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
46 And Jacob said
unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made
an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
47 And Laban
called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
48 And Laban
said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the
name of it called Galeed;
49 And Mizpah;
for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent
one from another.
50 If thou shalt
afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no
man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
51 And Laban said
to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt
me and thee;
52
This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass
over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this
pillar unto me, for harm.
53 The God of
Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And
Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
54
Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to
eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.
55 And early in
the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed
them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.
1 ¶ And Jacob went on his way, and
the angels of God met him.
2 And when Jacob
saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place
Mahanaim.
3 ¶ And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his
brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
4
And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau;
Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there
until now:
5 And I have
oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to
tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
6 And the
messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
7 Then Jacob was
greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and
the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
8 And said, If
Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is
left shall escape.
9 ¶ And Jacob said, O God of my
father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me,
Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
10 I am not
worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast
shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I
am become two bands.
11 Deliver me, I
pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him,
lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
12 And thou saidst,
I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which
cannot be numbered for multitude.
13 ¶ And he lodged there that same
night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
14 Two hundred
she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
15 Thirty milch
camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
16 And he
delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and
said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and
drove.
17 And he
commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest
thou? and whose are these before thee?
18 Then thou
shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau:
and, behold, also he is behind us.
19 And so
commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when
ye find him.
20 And say ye
moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease
him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face;
peradventure he will accept of me.
21 So went the
present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
22 And he rose up
that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven
sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
23 And he took
them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
24 ¶ And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man
with him until the breaking of the day.
25 And when he
saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and
the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
26 And he said,
Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except
thou bless me.
27
And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
28 And he said,
Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou
power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
29 And Jacob
asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is
it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
30
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face
to face, and my life is preserved.
31 And as he
passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
32 Therefore the
children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched
the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
1 ¶ And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold,
Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto
Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
2 And he put the
handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and
Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
3 And he passed
over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came
near to his brother.
4
And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and
kissed him: and they wept.
5 ¶ And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the
children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which
God hath graciously given thy servant.
6
Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed
themselves.
7 And Leah also
with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near
and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
8 And he said,
What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These
are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
9 And Esau said,
I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
10 And Jacob
said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my
present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen
the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
11
Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath
dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he
took it.
12 And he said,
Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
13 And he said
unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and
herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
14 Let my lord, I
pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according
as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I
come unto my lord unto Seir.
15 And Esau said,
Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And
he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.
16 ¶ So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
17 And Jacob
journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle:
therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
18 And Jacob came
to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when
he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.
19 And he bought
a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children
of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.
20 And he erected
there an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel.
1 ¶ And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which
she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
2 And when
Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took
her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
3 And his soul
clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
4 And Shechem
spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
5 And Jacob heard
that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in
the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
6 ¶ And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob
to commune with him.
7
And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the
men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in
Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
8 And Hamor
communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your
daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
9
And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take
our daughters unto you.
10 And ye shall
dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein,
and get you possessions therein.
11 And Shechem
said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
12 Ask me never
so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but
give me the damsel to wife.
13 And the sons
of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because
he had defiled Dinah their sister:
14
And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to
one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
15 But in this
will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be
circumcised;
16 Then will we
give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
17 But if ye will
not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we
will be gone.
18 ¶ And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's
son.
19 And the young
man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's
daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.
20 And Hamor and
Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of
their city, saying,
21 These men are
peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for
the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
22 Only herein
will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every
male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
23 Shall not their
cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us
consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
24
And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of
the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the
gate of his city.
25 ¶ And it came to pass on the third day, when they were
sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took
each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and
slew all the males.
26 And they slew
Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of
Shechem's house, and went out.
27 The sons of
Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their
sister.
28
They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which
was in the city, and that which was in the field,
29 And all their
wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and
spoiled even all that was in the house.
30 And Jacob said
to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among
the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I
being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay
me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
31 And they said,
Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
1 ¶ And God said unto Jacob, Arise,
go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that
appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
2 Then Jacob said
unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods
that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
3
And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar
unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way
which I went.
4 And they gave
unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their
earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
5 And they
journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about
them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
6 ¶ So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan,
that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
7
And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because
there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
8 But Deborah
Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the
name of it was called Allonbachuth.
9 And God
appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed
him.
10 And God said
unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel
shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
11 And God said
unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company
of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
12
And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and
to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
13 And God went
up from him in the place where he talked with him.
14 And Jacob set
up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he
poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
15
And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.
16 ¶ And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a
little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
17 And it came to
pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not;
thou shalt have this son also.
18
And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that
she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
19 And Rachel
died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
20 And Jacob set
a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.
21 ¶ And Israel journeyed, and
spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
22 And it came to
pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his
father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
23 The sons of
Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
24 The sons of
Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
25 And the sons
of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
26 And the sons
of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which
were born to him in Padanaram.
27
And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah,
which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
28 And the days
of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
29 And Isaac gave
up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of
days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
1 ¶ Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
2 Esau took his
wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and
Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
3 And Bashemath
Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
4
And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
5 And Aholibamah
bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born
unto him in the land of Canaan.
6 And Esau took
his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and
his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face
of his brother Jacob.
7 For their
riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they
were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
8 Thus dwelt Esau
in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
9 ¶ And these are the generations of
Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
10 These are the
names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son
of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
11 And the sons
of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
12 And Timna was
concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek:
these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife.
13 And these are
the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons
of Bashemath Esau's wife.
14 And these were
the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's
wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
15
These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn
son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,
16 Duke Korah,
duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the
land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
17 And these are
the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah,
duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these
are the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
18 And these are
the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these
were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
19
These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes.
20 ¶ These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited
the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
21 And Dishon,
and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir
in the land of Edom.
22
And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was
Timna.
23 And the
children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
24 And these are
the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses
of Zibeon his father.
25 And the
children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.
26 And these are
the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
27
The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.
28 The children
of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.
29 These are the
dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke
Anah,
30 Duke Dishon,
duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.
31 ¶ And these are the kings that reigned in the land of
Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
32 And Bela the
son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
33
And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his
stead.
34 And Jobab
died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.
35 And Husham
died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned
in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
36 And Hadad
died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
37
And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
38 And Saul died,
and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
39 And Baalhanan
the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his
city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the
daughter of Mezahab.
40
And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to
their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah,
duke Jetheth,
41 Duke
Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
42 Duke Kenaz,
duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
43 Duke Magdiel,
duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations
in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.
1 ¶ And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a
stranger, in the land of Canaan.
2 These are the
generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of
Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought
unto his father their evil report.
3 Now Israel
loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age:
and he made him a coat of many colours.
4
And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his
brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
5 ¶ And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his
brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
6 And he said
unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
7
For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf
arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and
made obeisance to my sheaf.
8 And his
brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed
have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
9 And he dreamed
yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a
dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made
obeisance to me.
10 And he told it
to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed?
Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to
thee to the earth?
11 And his
brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
12 ¶ And his brethren went to feed their father's flock
in Shechem.
13 And Israel
said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him,
Here am I.
14 And he said to
him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with
the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron,
and he came to Shechem.
15 And a certain
man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
16 And he said, I
seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
17 And the man
said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And
Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
18
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they
conspired against him to slay him.
19 And they said
one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
20 Come now
therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say,
Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
21 And Reuben
heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill
him.
22 And Reuben
said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the
wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands,
to deliver him to his father again.
23 ¶ And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his
brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours
that was on him;
24 And they took
him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
25
And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked,
and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels
bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
26 And Judah said
unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his
blood?
27
Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be
upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
28 Then there
passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the
pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they
brought Joseph into Egypt.
29
And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the
pit; and he rent his clothes.
30 And he
returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I
go?
31 ¶ And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the
goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
32 And they sent
the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This
have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.
33 And he knew
it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is
without doubt rent in pieces.
34
And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and
mourned for his son many days.
35 And all his
sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be
comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning.
Thus his father wept for him.
36
And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of
Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.
1 ¶ And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went
down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was
Hirah.
2
And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was
Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
3 And she
conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
4 And she
conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.
5 And she yet
again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
6 And Judah took
a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
7 And Er, Judah's
firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.
8 And Judah said
unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise
up seed to thy brother.
9 And Onan knew
that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his
brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed
to his brother.
10 And the thing
which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
11
Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy
father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he
die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.
12 ¶ And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's
wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to
Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
13 And it was
told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his
sheep.
14 And she put
her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped
herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to
wife.
15 When Judah saw
her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.
16 And he turned
unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee;
(for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
17 And he said, I
will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge,
till thou send it?
18 And he said,
What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and
thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
19 And she arose,
and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her
widowhood.
20 And Judah sent
the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from
the woman's hand: but he found her not.
21
Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that
was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.
22 And he
returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place
said, that there was no harlot in this place.
23 And Judah
said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
24 ¶ And it came to pass about three months after, that
it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot;
and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her
forth, and let her be burnt.
25 When she was
brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I
pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
26 And Judah
acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that
I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
27 And it came to
pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.
28 And it came to
pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took
and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.
29 And it came to
pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she
said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
30 And afterward
came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name
was called Zarah.