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35 1 Jacob at God’s commandment goeth up to Bethel built an altar. 2 He reformeth his household. 5 God maketh the enemies of Jacob afraid. 8 Deborah dieth. 12 The land of Canaan is promised him. 18 Rachel dieth in labor. 22 Reuben lieth with his father’s concubine.
1 Then [a]God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there, and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee, (A)when thou fleddest from Esau thy brother.
2 Then said Jacob unto his household and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and [b]cleanse yourselves, and change your garments:
3 For we will rise and go up to Bethel, and I will make an altar there unto God, which heard me in the day of my tribulation, and was with me in the way which I went.
4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods, which were in their hands, and all their [c]earrings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under an oak, which was by Shechem.
5 Then they went on their journey, and the [d]fear of God was upon the cities that were round about them: so that they did not follow after the sons of Jacob.
6 ¶ So came Jacob to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan: (the same is Bethel) he and all the people that were with him.
7 And he built there an altar, and (B)had called the place, The God of Bethel, because that God appeared unto him there, when he fled from his brother.
8 But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and he called the name of it [e]Allon Bachuth.
9 Again God appeared unto Jacob, after he came to Padan Aram, and blessed him.
10 Moreover God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall be no more called Jacob, but (C)Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
11 And God said unto him, I am God [f]all-sufficient: grow, and multiply: a nation and a multitude of nations shall spring of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.
12 Also I will give the land, which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, unto thee: and unto thy seed after thee will I give that land.
13 So God [g]ascended from him in the place where he had talked with him.
14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, a pillar of stone, and poured drink offerings thereon: also he poured oil thereon.
15 And Jacob called the name of that place where God spake with him, Bethel.
16 ¶ Then they departed from Bethel, and when there was [h]about half a day’s journey of ground to come to Ephrath, Rachel travailed, and in travailing she was in peril.
17 And when she was in the pains of her labor, the midwife said unto her, Fear not, for thou shalt have this son also.
18 Then as she was about to yield up the ghost (for she died) she called his name Ben-Oni, but his father called him Benjamin.
19 Thus (D)died Rachel and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
20 And Jacob set a [i]pillar upon her grave: This is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.
21 ¶ Then Israel went forward, and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder.
22 Now when Israel dwelt in that land, Reuben went and [j]lay (E)with Bilhah his father’s concubine, and it came to Israel’s ear. And Jacob had twelve sons.
23 The sons of Leah: Reuben Jacob’s eldest son, 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 maid: Dan and Naphtali:
26 And the sons of Zilpah Leah’s maid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, which were born him in Padan Aram.
27 ¶ Then Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre a city of Kirjath Arbah: that is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac were strangers.
28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
29 And Isaac gave up the ghost and died, and was (F)gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
36 2 The wives of Esau. 7 Jacob and Esau are rich. 9 The genealogy of Esau. 24 The finding of mules.
1 Now these are [k]the generations of Esau, which is Edom.
2 Esau took his wives of the [l]daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon an Hittite and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon an Hivite.
3 And took Basemath Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
4 And (G)Adah bare unto Esau, Eliphaz: and Basemath bare Reuel,
5 Also Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau which were born to him in the land of Canaan.
6 So Esau took his wives and his sons, and his daughters, and all the souls of his house, and his flocks, and all his cattle, and all his substance, which he had gotten in the land of Canaan, and [m]went into another country from his brother Jacob.
7 For their riches were so great, that they could not dwell together, and the land, wherein they were strangers, could not receive them because of their flocks.
8 (H)Therefore dwelt Esau in mount Seir: this Esau is Edom.
9 ¶ So these are the generations of Esau father of [n]Edom in mount Seir:
10 These are the names of Esau’s sons: (I)Eliphaz, the son of Adah, the wife of Esau, and Reuel the son of Basemath, 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 bare unto Eliphaz, Amalek: these be the sons of Adah Esau’s wife.
13 ¶ And these are the [o]sons of Reuel: Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these be the sons of Basemath Esau’s wife.
14 ¶ And these were the sons of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, [p]daughter of Zibeon Esau’s wife: for she bare unto Esau, Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
15 ¶ These were [q][r]Dukes of the sons of Esau the sons of Eliphaz, the firstborn 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 [s]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 [t]sons of Basemath Esau’s wife.
18 ¶ Likewise these were the sons of Aholibamah Esau’s wife: Duke Jeush, Duke Jaalam, Duke Korah: these Dukes came of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah Esau’s wife.
19 These are the children of Esau, and these are the Dukes of them: This Esau is Edom.
20 ¶ (J)These are the sons of Seir the Horite, which [u]inhabited the land before Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the Dukes of the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom.
22 And the sons of Lotan were, Hori and Hemam, and Lotan’s sister was Timna.
23 And the sons of Shobal were these: Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
24 And these are the sons of Zibeon: Both Ajah, and Anah: this was Anah that found [v]mules in the wilderness, as he fed his father Zibeon’s asses.
25 And the children of Anah were these: Dishon and Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
26 Also these are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
27 The sons of Ezer are these: Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.
28 The sons of Dishan are these, Uz, and Aran.
29 These are the Dukes of the Horites: Duke Lotan, Duke Shobal, Duke Zibeon, Duke Anah,
30 Duke Dishon, Duke Ezer, Duke Dishan: these be the Dukes of the Horites, after their Dukedoms in the land of Seir.
31 ¶ And these are the [w]Kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any King over the children of Israel.
32 Then Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
33 And when Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
34 When Jobab also was dead, Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.
35 And after the death of Husham, Hadad the son of Bedad, which slew Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead, and the name of his city was Avith.
36 When Hadad was dead, then Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
37 When Samlah was dead, Saul of [x]Rehoboth by the river, reigned in his stead.
38 When Saul died, Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
39 And after the death of Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor, Hadar reigned in his stead, and the name of his city was Pau: and his wife’s name Mehetabel the daughter of Matred, the [y]daughter of Mezahab.
40 Then these are the names of the Dukes of Esau according to their families, their places, and 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 inheritance. This Esau is the father of [z]Edom.
37 2 Joseph accuseth his brethren. 5 He dreameth and is hated of his brethren. 28 They sell him to the Ishmaelites. 34 Jacob bewaileth Joseph.
1 Jacob now dwelt in the land, wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
2 These are the [aa]generations of Jacob when Joseph was seventeen years old, he kept sheep with his brethren, and the child was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, And Joseph brought unto their father their evil [ab][ac]saying.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he begat him in his old age and he made him a coat of many [ad]colors.
4 So when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, then they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
5 ¶ And Joseph [ae]dreamed a dream, and told his brethren, who hated him so much the more.
6 For he said unto them, Hear, I pray you this dream which I have dreamed.
7 Behold now, we were binding sheaves in the midst of the field: and lo, my sheaf arose and also stood upright, and behold, your sheaves compassed round about, and did reverence to my sheaf.
8 Then his brethren said to him, What, shalt thou reign over us, and rule us? or shalt thou have altogether dominion over us? And they [af]hated him so much the more, for his dreams, and for his words.
9 ¶ Again he dreamed another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have had one dream more, and behold, the Sun and the Moon and eleven stars did reverence to me.
10 Then he told it unto his father and to his brethren, and his father [ag]rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this thy dream, which thou hast dreamed? shall I, and thy mother, and thy brethren come indeed and fall on the ground before thee?
11 And his brethren envied him, but his father [ah][ai]noted the saying.
12 ¶ Then his brethren went to keep their father’s sheep in Shechem.
13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren keep in Shechem? come and I will send thee to them.
14 And he answered him, I am here. Then he said unto him, Go now, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and how the flocks prosper, and bring me word again: so he sent him from the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
15 ¶ Then a man found him: for lo, he was wandering in the field, and the man asked him, saying, what seekest thou?
16 And he answered, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they keep sheep.
17 And the man said, they are departed hence: for I heard them say, Let us go unto Dothan. Then went Joseph after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came at them, they [aj]conspired against him for to slay him.
19 For they said one to another, Behold, this [ak]dreamer cometh.
20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, A wicked beast hath devoured him: then we shall see, what will come of his dreams.
21 (K)But when Reuben heard that, he delivered him out of their hands, and said, [al]Let us not kill him.
22 Also Reuben said unto them, Shed not blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him. Thus he said, that he might deliver him out of their hand, and restore him to his father.
23 ¶ Now when Joseph was come unto his brethren, they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his parti-colored coat that was upon him.
24 And they took him, and cast [am]him into a pit, and the pit was empty, without water in it.
25 Then they sat them down to eat bread: and lift up their eyes and looked, and behold, there came a company of Ishmaelites from Gilead, and their camels laden with spicery, and [an]balm, and myrrh, and were going to carry it down into Egypt.
26 Then Judah said to his brethren, What availeth it, if we slay our brother, though we keep his blood secret?
27 Come and let us (L)sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hands be upon him: for he is our brother, and our flesh: and his brethren obeyed.
28 Then the [ao]Midianites’ merchant men passed by, and they drew forth, and lift Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: who brought Joseph into Egypt.
29 ¶ Afterward Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit: then he rent his clothes,
30 And returned to his brethren, and said, The child is not yonder, 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 So they sent that parti-colored coat, [ap]and they brought it unto their father, and said, This have we found: see now, whether it be thy son’s coat, or no.
33 Then he knew it, and said, It is my son’s coat: a wicked beast hath (M)devoured him: Joseph is surely torn in pieces.
34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth about his loins, and sorrowed for his son a long season.
35 Then all his sons and his daughters arose up to comfort him, but he would not be comforted, but said, [aq]Surely I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning: so his father wept for him.
36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar [ar]an Eunuch of Pharaoh’s and his [as]chief steward.
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