and prepare for me delicious food, such as I love, and bring it to me so that I may eat, that my soul may bless you before I die.”

Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me; now sit up and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me.”

And his soul was drawn to Dinah the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.

But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him to be his wife.

And as her soul was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.

Then they said to one another, “In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us and we did not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”

Let my soul come not into their council; O my glory, be not joined to their company. For in their anger they killed men, and in their willfulness they hamstrung oxen.