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Genesis 36

Esau’s Descendants

 ⁶Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, his livestock, all his beasts, and all his property that he had acquired in the land of Canaan. He went into a land away from his brother Jacob. ^7(F) For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together.^(G) The land of their sojournings could not support them because of their livestock. ⁸So Esau settled in^(H) the hill country of Seir. (^(I) Esau is Edom.)

 ⁹These are the generations of Esau the father of^(J) the Edomites in the hill country of Seir. ¹⁰These are the names of Esau’s sons:^(K) Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau. ¹¹The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. ¹²(Timna was a concubine of Eliphaz, Esau’s son; she bore^(L) Amalek to Eliphaz.) These are the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife. ¹³These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife. ¹⁴These are the sons of^(M) Oholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: she bore to Esau Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

 ¹⁵These are^(N) the chiefs of the sons of Esau.^(O) The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: the chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz, ¹⁶Korah, Gatam, and Amalek; these are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah. ¹⁷These are the sons of^(P) Reuel, Esau’s son: the chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah; these are the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife. ¹⁸These are the sons of^(Q) Oholibamah, Esau’s wife: the chiefs Jeush, Jalam, and Korah; these are the chiefs born of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife. ¹⁹These are the sons of Esau (^(R) that is, Edom), and these are their chiefs.

 ^20(S) These are the sons of^(T) Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, ²¹Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan; these are the chiefs of the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom. ²²The sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna. ²³These are the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. ²⁴These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; he is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he pastured the donkeys of Zibeon his father. ²⁵These are the children of Anah: Dishon and^(U) Oholibamah the daughter of Anah. ²⁶These are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. ²⁷These are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. ²⁸These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. ²⁹These are the chiefs of the Horites: the^(V) chiefs Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, ³⁰Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan; these are the chiefs of the Horites, chief by chief in the land of Seir.

 ^31(W) These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the Israelites. ³²Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom, the name of his city being Dinhabah. ³³Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place. ³⁴Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place. ³⁵Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place, the name of his city being Avith. ³⁶Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. ³⁷Samlah died, and Shaul of^(X) Rehoboth on the Euphrates^[b] reigned in his place. ³⁸Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place. ³⁹Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his place, the name of his city being Pau; his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezahab.

 ⁴⁰These are the names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their clans and their dwelling places, by their names: the chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, ⁴¹Oholibamah, Elah,^(Y) Pinon, ⁴²Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, ⁴³Magdiel, and Iram; these are the chiefs of Edom (that is, Esau, the father of^(Z) Edom), according to their dwelling places in the land of their possession.

Genesis 37

Joseph’s Dreams

 ²These are the generations of Jacob.

   Joseph, being seventeen years old, was pasturing the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought^(AB) a bad report of them to their father. ³Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his sons, because he was^(AC) the son of his old age. And he made him^(AD) a robe of many colors.^{[c] 4}But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peacefully to him.

 ⁵Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they hated him even more. ⁶He said to them, "Hear this dream that I have dreamed: ⁷Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold,^(AE) my sheaf arose and stood upright. And behold, your sheaves gathered around it and^(AF) bowed down to my sheaf." ⁸His brothers said to him, "Are you indeed to reign over us? Or are you indeed to rule over us?" So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.

 ⁹Then he dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers and said, "Behold, I have dreamed another dream. Behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me." ¹⁰But when he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him and said to him, "What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and^(AG) your mother and your brothers indeed come^(AH) to bow ourselves to the ground before you?" ¹¹And^(AI) his brothers were jealous of him,^(AJ) but his father kept the saying in mind.

Joseph Sold by His Brothers

 ¹⁸They saw him from afar, and before he came near to them^(AN) they conspired against him to kill him. ¹⁹They said to one another, "Here comes this dreamer. ²⁰Come now,^(AO) let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits.^[d] Then we will say that a fierce animal has devoured him, and we will see what will become of his dreams." ²¹But when^(AP) Reuben heard it, he rescued him out of their hands, saying, "Let us not take his life." ²²And Reuben said to them, "Shed no blood; throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him"—^(AQ) that he might rescue him out of their hand to restore him to his father. ²³So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe,^(AR) the robe of many colors that he wore. ²⁴And they took him and^(AS) threw him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.

 ²⁵Then they sat down to eat. And looking up they saw a^(AT) caravan of^(AU) Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing^(AV) gum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt. ²⁶Then Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it^(AW) if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? ²⁷Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and^(AX) let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh." And his brothers listened to him. ²⁸Then^(AY) Midianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and^(AZ) sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels^[e] of silver. They took Joseph to Egypt.

 ²⁹When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he^(BA) tore his clothes ³⁰and returned to his brothers and said, "The boy^(BB) is gone, and I, where shall I go?" ³¹Then they took^(BC) Joseph’s robe and slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood. ³²And they sent the robe of many colors and brought it to their father and said, "This we have found; please identify whether it is your son’s robe or not." ³³And he identified it and said, "It is my son’s robe.^(BD) A fierce animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn to pieces." ³⁴Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days. ³⁵All his sons and all his daughters^(BE) rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, "No,^(BF) I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning." Thus his father wept for him. ³⁶Meanwhile^(BG) the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh,^(BH) the captain of the guard.

Genesis 38

Judah and Tamar

 ⁶And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. ⁷But Er, Judah’s firstborn,^(BO) was wicked in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD put him to death. ⁸Then Judah said to Onan, "Go in to^(BP) your brother’s wife and^(BQ) perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother." ⁹But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his. So whenever he went in to his brother’s wife he would waste the semen on the ground, so as not to give offspring to his brother. ¹⁰And what he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, and he put him to death also. ¹¹Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law,^(BR) "Remain a widow in your father’s house, till Shelah my son grows up"—for he feared that he would die, like his brothers. So Tamar went and remained^(BS) in her father’s house.

 ¹²In the course of time the wife of Judah, Shua’s daughter, died. When Judah^(BT) was comforted, he went up to^(BU) Timnah to his sheepshearers, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. ¹³And when Tamar was told, "Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep," ¹⁴she took off her widow’s garments^(BV) and covered herself with a veil, wrapping herself up, and sat at the entrance to^(BW) Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. For she saw that Shelah was grown up,^(BX) and she had not been given to him in marriage. ¹⁵When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face. ¹⁶He turned to her at the roadside and said, "Come, let me come in to you," for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, "What will you give me, that you may come in to me?" ¹⁷He answered, "I will send you a young goat from the flock." And she said, "If you give me a pledge, until you send it—" ¹⁸He said, "What pledge shall I give you?" She replied,^(BY) "Your signet and your cord and your staff that is in your hand." So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she conceived by him. ¹⁹Then she arose and went away, and taking off^(BZ) her veil she put on the garments of her widowhood.

 ²⁰When Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite to take back the pledge from the woman’s hand, he did not find her. ²¹And he asked the men of the place, "Where is the cult prostitute^[g] who was at^(CA) Enaim at the roadside?" And they said, "No cult prostitute has been here." ²²So he returned to Judah and said, "I have not found her. Also, the men of the place said, 'No cult prostitute has been here.'" ²³And Judah replied, "Let her keep the things as her own, or we shall be laughed at. You see, I sent this young goat, and you did not find her."

 ²⁴About three months later Judah was told, "Tamar your daughter-in-law^(CB) has been immoral.^[h] Moreover, she is pregnant by immorality."^[i] And Judah said, "Bring her out, and^(CC) let her be burned." ²⁵As she was being brought out, she sent word to her father-in-law, "By the man to whom these belong, I am pregnant." And she said, "Please identify whose these are,^(CD) the signet and the cord and the staff." ²⁶Then Judah identified them and said,^(CE) "She is more righteous than I, since^(CF) I did not give her to my son Shelah." And he did not know her again.

 ²⁷When the time of her labor came, there were twins in her womb. ²⁸And when she was in labor, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, "This one came out first." ²⁹But as he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out. And she said, "What a breach you have made for yourself!" Therefore his name was called^(CG) Perez.^{[j] 30}Afterward his brother came out with the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called^(CH) Zerah.

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^21(A) Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death, ^22(B) and you will be hated by all for my name’s sake.^(C) But the one who endures to the end will be saved. ²³When they^(D) persecute you in one town,^(E) flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel^(F) before the Son of Man comes.

 ^24(G) "A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant^[a] above his master. ²⁵It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master.^(H) If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign^[b] those of his household.

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