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35 Then God said to Jacob, “Arise. Go up to Bethel and dwell there and make there an altar to God (Who appeared to you when you fled from Esau, your brother).”
2 Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, “Put away the strange gods that are among you; and cleanse yourselves and change your garments.
3 “For we will rise and go up to Bethel. And I will make there an altar to God (Who heard me on the day of my tribulation and was with me on the way which I went).”
4 And they gave to Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hands, and all their 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 fear of God was upon the cities that were around them, so that they did not follow after the sons of Jacob.
6 So Jacob came 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 an altar there and had called the place “The God of Bethel”, because God appeared to 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 “Allon Bachuth”.
9 Again, God appeared to Jacob after he came to Padan Aram and blessed him.
10 Moreover, God said to him, “Your name is Jacob. No more shall your name be called ‘Jacob’, but ‘Israel’ shall be your name.” And He called his name “Israel”.
11 And God said to him, “I am God All-Sufficient. Grow and multiply. A nation and a multitude of nations shall spring from you; and kings shall come out of your loins.
12 “I will also give you the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac; and I will give that land to your seed after you.”
13 So God 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 on it. He also poured oil on it.
15 And Jacob called the name of that place where God spoke with him, “Bethel”.
16 Then they departed from Bethel, and when they were about half a day’s journey from Ephrath, Rachel labored; and she was in peril in her labor.
17 And when she was in the pains of her labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not fear. For you shall have this son also.”
18 Then, as she was about to give up the ghost (for she died), she called his name, “Ben-Oni”. But his father called him “Benjamin”.
19 Thus Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave. This is the pillar of Rachel’s grave to 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 lay with Bilhah, his father’s concubine. And Israel heard about it. 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 who were born to him in Padan Aram.
27 Then Jacob came to Isaac, his father, to Mamre, a city of Kirjath Arbah (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac were strangers.
28 And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years.
29 And Isaac gave up the ghost and died and was gathered to his people, being old and full of days; and his sons, Esau and Jacob, buried him.
36 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
2 Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah, the daughter of Elon (a Hittite) and Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah (the daughter of Zibeon, a Hivite).
3 He also took Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
4 And Adah bore to Esau, Eliphaz; and Basemath bore Reuel.
5 Also, Aholibamah bore Jeush and Jaalam and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who 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 went into a different 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 Therefore, Esau dwelt on Mount Seir. This Esau is Edom.
9 So, these are the generations of Esau, father of Edom, on Mount Seir:
10 These are the names of Esau’s sons: 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 bore to Eliphaz, Amalek. These are the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife.
13 And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath and Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.
14 And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah (daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife). For she bore to Esau, Jeush and Jaalam and Korah.
15 These were Chiefs of the sons of Esau, the sons of Eliphaz, the firstborn of Esau: Chief Teman, Chief Omar, Chief Zepho, Chief Kenaz,
16 Chief Korah, Chief Gatam, and Chief Amalek. These are the Chiefs who came from Eliphaz in the land of Edom. These were the sons of Adah.
17 And these are the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: Chief Nahath, Chief Zerah, Chief Shammah, Chief Mizzah. These are the Chiefs who came from Reuel, in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.
18 Likewise, these were the sons of Aholibamah, Esau’s wife. Chief Jeush, Chief Jaalam, Chief Korah. These Chiefs came from Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife.
19 These are the children of Esau; and these are the Chiefs of them. This is Edom.
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 Chiefs 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 who found mules in the wilderness as he fed his father Zibeon’s donkeys).
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 Chiefs of the Horites: Chief Lotan, Chief Shobal, Chief Zibeon, Chief Anah,
30 Chief Dishon, Chief Ezer, Chief Dishan. These are the Chiefs of the Horites, after their Chiefdoms, in the land of Seir.
31 And these are the Kings who 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 place.
34 When Jobab also died, Husham, of the land of Temani, reigned in his place.
35 And after the death of Husham, Hadad, the son of Bedad (who killed Midian in the field of Moab), reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Avith.
36 When Hadad died, then Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place.
37 When Samlah died Saul of Rehoboth (by the river), reigned in his place.
38 When Saul died, Baal-Hanan, the son of Achbor, reigned in his place.
39 And after the death of Baal-Hanan, the son of Achbor, Hadar reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Pau. And his wife’s name was Mehetabel (the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab).
40 These, then, are the names of the Chiefs of Esau, according to their families, their places, by their names: Chief Timnah, Chief Alvah, Chief Jetheth.
41 Chief Aholibamah, Chief Elah, Chief Pinon,
42 Chief Kenaz, Chief Teman, Chief Mibzar,
43 Chief Magdiel, Chief Iram. These are the Chiefs of Edom, according to their dwellings, in the land of their inheritance. This Esau is the father of Edom.
37 Now, Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
2 These are the generations of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he kept sheep with his brothers. And the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah (his father’s wives). And Joseph brought an evil report of them to his father.
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 colors.
4 So, when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, then they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.
5 And Joseph dreamed a dream and told his brothers, who hated him so much the more.
6 For he said to them, “Please hear 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 surrounded it, and did reverence to my sheaf.”
8 Then his brothers said to him, “What!? Shall you reign over us, and rule us? Or, shall you have complete dominion over us?” And they hated him so much the more, for his dreams and for his words.
9 Again, he dreamed another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, “Behold, I have had one more dream. And behold, the Sun and the Moon and eleven stars did reverence to me.”
10 Then, he told it to his father and to his brothers. And his father rebuked him, and said to him, “What is this, your dream which you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers indeed come and fall on the ground before you?”
11 And his brothers envied him. But his father noted the saying.
12 Then, his brothers went to keep their father’s sheep in Shechem.
13 And Israel said to Joseph, “Do not your brothers pasture their flock in Shechem? Come and I will send you to them.”
14 And he answered him, “I am here.” Then he said to him, “Go now; see whether all is well with your brothers and how the flocks prosper. And report back.” So, he sent him from the valley 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 do you seek?”
16 And he answered, “I seek my brothers. Please, tell me where they are pasturing.”
17 And the man said, “They have left here. For I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” Then Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.
18 And when they saw him from far away, even before he came near, they conspired against him, to kill him.
19 For they said, one to another, “Behold, this dreamer comes.
20 “Come now, therefore, and let us kill him and cast him into some pit. And we will say, ‘A wicked beast has devoured him.’ Then we shall see what will come of his dreams.”
21 But when Reuben heard that, he delivered him out of their hands, and said, “Let us not kill him.”
22 And Reuben said to them, “Do not shed blood. Cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness; and lay no hand upon him.” (so that he might deliver him out of their hand and restore him to his father)
23 Now, when Joseph had come to his brothers, they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his parti-colored coat that was upon him.
24 And they took him and cast him into a pit; and the pit was empty, without water in it.
25 Then they sat down to eat bread. And they lifted up their eyes and looked. And behold, there came a company of Ishmaelites from Gilead, their camels laden with spicery and balm and myrrh, who were going to carry it down into Egypt.
26 Then Judah said to his brothers, “What does it profit us if we kill our brother yet keep his blood secret?
27 “Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites; and do not let our hands be upon him. For he is our brother, our flesh.” And his brothers obeyed.
28 Then, the Midianites’ merchant men passed by. And they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit. And they 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 tore his clothes
30 and returned to his brothers, and said, “The child is no more. And I? Where shall I go?”
31 And they took Joseph’s coat and killed a kid from the goats and dipped the coat in the blood.
32 So they sent that multi-colored coat; and they brought it to their father, and said, “We have found this. See, now, whether it be your son’s coat or not.”
33 Then he knew it, and said, “It is my son’s coat. A wicked beast has devoured him. Joseph is surely torn in pieces.”
34 And Jacob tore his clothes and put sackcloth around his waist and mourned for his son a long time.
35 Then all his sons and his daughters arose up to comfort him. But he would not be comforted, and said, “Surely I will go down into the grave mourning my son.” So, his father wept for him.
36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt, to Potiphar, a Eunuch of Pharaoh’s, and his chief steward.
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