\NormalFont\ShortTitle{GENESIS}
{\MTB This book contains the account of God making the world and everything there is and of his choosing the descendants of Abraham to be his people. We call this book
\par }{\MT Genesis

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH God made the earth and the sky
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Long,
long
ago
God
created
the
heavens
and
the
earth.
\VS{2}When
he
began
to
create
the
earth,
it
was shapeless
and
completely
desolate/chaotic.
Darkness
covered
the
deep
water
that
surrounded
the
earth.
And
the
Spirit
of
God
was
hovering
over
the
water.
\VS{3}God
said, “I
want
light
to
shine!”
And
light
shone.
\VS{4}God
was
pleased
with
the
light.
Then
he
made
the
light
to
shine
in
some
places,
and
in
other
places
there
was
still
darkness.
\VS{5}He
gave
to
the
light
the
name ‘day’,
and
he
gave
to
the
darkness
the
name ‘night’.
After
that,
there
was
an
evening
which
was
followed
by
a
morning.
He
called
that
whole
period
of
time ‘the
first day’.
\VS{6}Then
God
said, “I
command
that
there
be
an
empty
space
like
a
huge
dome
to
separate
the
water
that
is
above
it
from
the
water
on
the
earth
that
is
below
it!”
\VS{7}And
that
is
what
happened.
God
gave
to
the
space
the
name ‘sky’.
\VS{8}Then
there
was
another
evening,
which
was
followed
by
another
morning.
He
called
that
period
of
time ‘the
second day’.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Then
God
said, “I
want
the
water
that
is
below
the
sky
to
come
together,
and
dry
ground
to
appear
and
rise
above
the
water.”
And
that
is
what
happened.
\VS{10}God
gave
to
the
ground
the
name ‘earth’,
and
he
gave
to
the
water
that
came
together
the
name ‘oceans’.
God
was
pleased
with
the
earth
and
the
oceans.
\VS{11}Then
God
said, “I
want
the
earth
to
produce
plants,
including
plants
that
will
produce
seeds
and
trees
that
will
produce
fruit.
Each
kind
of
tree
will
bear
its
own
kind
of
fruit.”
\VS{12}Then
plants
grew
on
the
earth;
each
kind
of
plant
began
to
produce
its
own
kind
of
seed.
\VS{13}Then
there
was
another
evening
which
was
followed
by
another
morning.
God
called
that
period
of
time ‘the
third day’.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Then
God
said, “I
want
a
sun,
a
moon,
and
many
stars
to
shine
in
the
sky.
The
sun
will
shine
in
the
daytime
and
the
moon
and
stars
will
shine
during
the nighttime.
By
the
changes
in
their
appearance
they
will indicate
the
various
seasons (OR,
the
times
for
special
celebrations),
and
will
enable
people
to
know
when
days
and
years
begin.
\VS{15}I
want
them
also
to
be
like
lights
in
the
sky
that
will
shine
on
the
earth.”
And
that
is
what
happened.
\VS{16}God
made
two
of
them
that
were
like
big
lights.
The
bigger
one,
the
sun,
shines
during
the
day
and
the
smaller
one,
the
moon,
shines
during
the
night.
He
also
made
the
stars.
\VS{17}God
set
all
of
them
in
the
sky
to
shine
on
the
earth,
\VS{18}to
rule
the
day
and
the
night,
and
to
separate
the
light
of
the
daytime
from
the
darkness
of
the nighttime.
God
was
pleased
with
these
things
he
had
made.
\VS{19}Then
there
was
another
evening
which
was
followed
by
another
morning.
He
called
that
period
of
time ‘the
fourth day’.
\VS{20}Then
God
said, “I
want
many
creatures
to
live
in
all
the
oceans,
and
I
also
want
birds
to
fly
in
the
sky
above
the
earth.”
\VS{21}So
God
created
huge
sea
creatures
and
every
other
kind
of
creature
that
moves
in
the
water,
and
caused
them
to
live
in
all
the
oceans.
He
also
created
many
kinds
of
birds.
God
was
pleased
with
all
those
creatures.
\VS{22}God
blessed
them.
He
said, “Produce
offspring
and
become
very
numerous.
I
want
the
creatures
in
the
water
to
live
in
all
the
oceans,
and
birds
also
to
become
very
numerous.”
And
that
is
what
happened.
\VS{23}Then
there
was
another
evening
that
was
followed
by
another
morning.
He
called
that
period
of
time ‘the
fifth day’.
\VS{24}Then
God
said, “I
want
various
kinds
of
creatures
to
appear
on
the
earth.
There
will
be
many
kinds
of ◄livestock/domestic
animals►,
creatures
that scurry
across
the
ground,
and
large
wild
animals.”
And
that
is
what
happened.
\VS{25}God
made
all
kinds
of
wild
animals
and ◄livestock/domestic
animals►
and
all
kinds
of
creatures
that scurry
across
the
ground.
God
was
pleased
with
all
these
creatures.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}Then
God
said, “Now
we
will
make
human
beings
that
will
be
like
us
in
many
ways.
I
want
them
to
rule
over
the
fish
in
the
sea,
over
the
birds,
over
all
the ◄livestock/domestic
animals►,
and
over
all
the
other
creatures
that scurry
across
the
ground.”
\VS{27}So
God
created
human
beings
that
were
like
him
in
many
ways.
He
made
them
to
be
like
himself.
He
created
some
to
be
male
and
some
to
be
female.
\VS{28}God
blessed
them,
saying, “Produce
many
children,
who
will
live
all
over
the
earth
and
rule
over
it.
I
want
them
to
rule
over
the
fish
and
the
birds
and
over
all
creatures
that scurry
across
the
ground.”
\VS{29}God
said
to
the humans, “Listen!
I
have
given
you
all
the
plants
that
produce
seeds,
all
over
the
earth,
and
all
the
trees
that
have
seeds
in
their
fruit.
All
these
things
are
for
you
to
eat.
\VS{30}I
have
given
all
the
green
plants
to
all
the
wild
animals
and
to
the
birds
and
to
all
the
creatures
that scurry
across
the
ground,
to
everything
that
breathes,
for
them
to
eat.”
And
that
is
what
happened.
\VS{31}God
was
pleased
with
everything
that
he
had
made.
Truly,
it
was
all
very
good.
Then
there
was
another
evening,
that
was
followed
by
another
morning.
He
called
that
period
of
time ‘the
sixth day’.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}That
is
the
way
God
created
the
heavens
and
the
earth.
\VS{2}By
the
time
it
was
the
seventh
day,
God
had
finished
the
work
of
creating
everything,
so
he
did
not
work
anymore
on
that
day.
\VS{3}God
blessed
each
seventh
day,
and
he
set
those
days
apart
to
be
special
days,
because
on
the
seventh
day
God
did
not
work
anymore,
after
finishing
all
his
work
of
creating
everything.
\VS{4}That
is
how
God
created
the
heavens
and
the
earth.
\par }{\SH God
made
the
garden
of
Eden
\par }{\PP God,
whose
name
is
Yahweh,
made
the
heavens
and
the
earth.
\VS{5}At
first
there
were
no
plants
growing,
because
Yahweh
God
had
not
yet
caused
rain
to
fall
on
the
ground.
Furthermore,
there
was
no
one
to
till
the
ground
for
planting
crops.
\VS{6}Instead,
mist
rose
up
from
the
ground,
so
that
it
watered
the
surface
of
the
ground.
\VS{7}Then
Yahweh
God
took
some
soil
and
formed
a
man.
He
breathed
into
the
man’s
nostrils
his
own
breath
that
gives
life,
and
as
a
result
the
man
became
a
living
person.
\VS{8}Yahweh
God
made
a park/garden
in
a
place
named
Eden,
which
was
east
of
the
land
of
Canaan,
and
he
put
there
the
man
that
he
had
created.
\VS{9}Yahweh
God
also
put
there
every
kind
of
tree
that
is
beautiful
to
see
and
that
produced
fruit
that
was
good
to
eat.
He
also
placed
in
the
middle
of
the park/garden
a
tree
{\ADD{
whose
fruit
would
enable
those
who
ate
it}}
to
live
forever.
He
also
placed
there
another
tree
whose
fruit
would
enable
those
who
ate
it
to
know
what
actions
were
good
{\ADD{
to
do}}
and
what
actions
were
evil
{\ADD{
to
do}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}A
river
flowed
from
Eden
to
provide
water
for
the park/garden.
Outside
of
Eden,
the
river
divided
into
four
rivers.
\VS{11}The
name
of
the
first
river
is
Pishon.
That
river
flows
through
all
the
land
of
Havilah,
where
there
is
gold.
\VS{12}That
gold ◄is
very
pure/has
no
impurities
in
it►.
There
is
{\ADD{
also
a sweet-smelling
gum
called}}
bdellium,
and
valuable
stones
called
onyx.
\VS{13}The
name
of
the
second
river
is
Gihon.
That
river
flows
through
all
the
land
of
Cain.
\VS{14}The
name
of
the
third
river
is
Tigris.
It
flows
east
of
{\ADD{
the
city
of}}
Asshur.
The
name
of
the
fourth
river
is
Euphrates.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Yahweh
God
took
the
man
and
put
him
in
Eden park/garden
to
till/cultivate
it
and
take
care
of
it.
\VS{16-17}But
Yahweh
said
to
him, “You
must
not
eat
the
fruit
of
the
tree
that
will
enable
you
to
know
what
actions
are
good
to
do
and
what
actions
are
evil
to
do.
If
you
eat
any
fruit
from
that
tree,
on
that
day
your relationship
with
me
will
end.
But
I
will
permit
you
to
eat
the
fruit
of
any
of
the
other
trees
in
the park/garden.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Then
Yahweh
God
said, “It
is
not
good
for
this
man
to
be
alone.
So
I
will
make
someone
who
will
be
a
suitable
partner
for
him.”
\VS{19}Yahweh
God
had
taken
some
soil
and
had
formed
from
it
all
kinds
of
animals
and
birds,
and
he
brought
them
to
the
man
to
hear
what
names
he
would
give
them.
\VS{20}Then
the
man
gave
names
to
all
the
kinds
of
livestock
and
birds
and
wild
animals,
but
none
of
these
creatures
was
a
partner
that
was
suitable
for
the
man.
\VS{21}So
Yahweh
God
caused
the
man
to
fall
into
a
deep
sleep.
While
the
man
was
sleeping,
Yahweh
took
out
one
of
the
man’s
ribs.
Then
he
immediately
closed
the
opening
in
his
body
{\ADD{
and
healed
it}}.
\VS{22}Yahweh
then
made
a
woman
from
the
rib
that
he
had
taken
from
the
man’s
body,
and
he
brought
her
to
the
man.
\VS{23}The
man
exclaimed, “{\ADD{Wow}}!
This
is
truly ◄someone
like
me/what
I
was
looking
for!►
She
is
truly
from
my
bones
and
from
my
flesh.
So
I
will
call
her
woman,
because
she
was
taken
from
me,
a
man.”
\par }{\PP \VS{24}{\ADD{
The
first
woman
was
taken
from
the
man’s
body,}}
so
that
is
why
when
a
man
and
a
woman
marry,
they
must
leave
their
parents.
The
man
will
join
very
closely
to
his
wife,
so
that
the
two
of
them
will
be
as
though
they
are
one
person.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Although
the
man
and
his
wife
were
naked,
they
were
not
ashamed
about
that.

\par }\Chap{3}{\SH Those first people sinned by disobeying God
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
snake
was
more
cunning
than
all
the
other
wild
animals
that
Yahweh
God
had
made.
{\ADD{
One
day
Satan
gave
to}}
the
snake
{\ADD{
the
ability
to
talk
to
the
woman}}.
The
snake
said
to
her, “Did
God
really
say
to
you, ‘Do
not
eat
the
fruit
from
any
of
the
trees
in
the park/garden’?”
\VS{2-3}The
woman
replied, “{\ADD{
What
God
said
was}}, ‘Do
not
eat
the
fruit
from
the
tree
that
is
in
the
middle
of
the park/garden
or
touch
it.
If
you
do
that,
you
will
die.
But
you
can
eat
fruit
from
any
of
the
other
trees.’ ”
\VS{4}The
snake
said
to
the
woman, “No,
you
will
certainly
not
die.
God
said
that
\VS{5}{\ADD{
only}}
because
he
knows
that
when
you
eat
fruit
from
that
tree,
{\ADD{
you
will
understand
new
things.
It
will
be
as
though}}
your
eyes
are
opened [MET],
and
you
will
know
what
is
good
{\ADD{
to
do}}
and
what
is
evil
{\ADD{
to
do}},
just
as
God
does.”
\VS{6}The
woman
saw
that
the
fruit
on
that
tree
was
good
to
eat,
and
it
was
very
beautiful,
and
she
desired
it
because
{\ADD{
she
thought}}
it
would
make
her
wise.
So
she
picked
some
of
the
fruit
and
ate
it.
Then
she
gave
some
to
her
husband,
and
he
ate
it.
\VS{7}Immediately
{\ADD{
it
was
as
though}}
their
eyes
were
opened,
and
they
realized
that
they
were
naked,
so
they
were
ashamed.
So
they
{\ADD{
picked}}
some
fig
leaves
and
fastened
them
together
to
make
clothes
for
themselves.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}{\ADD{
Late
that
afternoon}},
when
a
cool
breeze
was
blowing,
they
heard
the
sound/footsteps
of
Yahweh
as
he
was
walking
in
the park/garden.
So
the
man
and
his
wife
hid
themselves
among
the
bushes
in
the park/garden,
{\ADD{
so
that
Yahweh
God
would
not
see
them}}.
\VS{9}But
Yahweh
God
called
to
the
man,
saying
to
him, “Why
are
you
{\ADD{
trying
to
hide
from
me}}?”
\VS{10}The
man
replied, “I
heard
the
sound
of
your
{\ADD{
footsteps/walking}}
in
the
garden,
and
I
was
naked,
so
I
was
afraid
and
I
hid
myself.”
\VS{11}God
said, “How
did
you
find
out
you
were
naked [RHQ]?
It
must
be
because
you
ate
some
of
the
fruit
{\ADD{
from
the
tree}}
that
I
told
you, ‘Do
not
eat
its
fruit.’ ” [RHQ]
\VS{12}The
man
said, “You
gave
me
this
woman
to
be
with
me.
She
is
the
one
who
gave
me
some
of
the
fruit
from
that
tree,
and
so
I
ate
it.”
\VS{13}Then
Yahweh
God
said
to
the
woman, “Why
did
you
do
such
a
thing?”
The
woman
replied, “I
ate
some
of
the
fruit
because
the
snake
deceived
me.”
\VS{14}Then
Yahweh
God
said
to
the
snake, “Because
you
did
this,
of
all
the
livestock
and
the
wild
animals,
I
will
curse/punish
you
alone.
As
a
result,
you
{\ADD{
and
all
other
snakes}}
will scurry
across
the
ground
on
your bellies,
and
so
what
you
eat
will
have
dirt
{\ADD{
on
it}}
as
long
as
you
live.
\VS{15}And
I
will
cause
you
and
the
woman
to
act
in
a
hostile
way
toward
each
other,
and
I
will
cause
your
brood
and
her
descendants
to
act hostilely
toward
each
other.
You
will
strike
at
the
heel
{\ADD{
of
one
descendant}}
of hers,
but
he
will
strike
your
head.”
\VS{16}Then
Yahweh
said
to
the
woman, “You
will
have
great
pain
when
you
give
birth
to
children;
you
will
suffer
great
pain
as
your
children
are
being
born [DOU].
You
will
greatly
desire
your
husband
{\ADD{
to
show
affection
for
you}},
but
he
will
rule
over
you.”
\VS{17}Then
Yahweh
said
to
the
man, “You
heeded
what
your
wife
said,
and
you
ate
some
of
the
fruit
{\ADD{
of
the
tree}}
concerning
which
I
commanded
you
saying, ‘Do
not
eat
it.’
So
I
will
make
it
difficult
{\ADD{
to
grow
things
in}}
the
ground
because
of
what
you
did.
You
will
have
to
work
hard
as
long
as
you
live
to
produce
things
from
the
ground
to
eat.
\VS{18}Thornbushes
and
thistle
plants
and
other
weeds
will
grow
{\ADD{
and
prevent
what
you
have
planted
from
growing}}.
And
for
food,
you
will
have
to
eat
things
that
just
grow
in
your
fields.
\VS{19}{\ADD{
All
your
life}}
you
will
sweat
as
you
work
hard
to
produce
food
to
eat.
Then
you
will
die [EUP],
and
your
{\ADD{
body
will
be
buried}}
in
the
ground.
{\ADD{
I
made}}
you
from
soil,
so
when
you
{\ADD{
die
and
are
buried
your
body
will
decay}}
and
become
soil
again.”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}{\ADD{
The
man,
whose
name
was}}
Adam,
named
his
wife
Eve,
{\ADD{
which
means ‘living’}},
because
she
became
the ancestor
of
all
living
people.
\VS{21}Then
Yahweh
God
{\ADD{
killed
some
animals
and}}
made
clothes
from
their
skins
for
Adam
and
his
wife.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Then
Yahweh
said, “Look!
Those
two
have
become
like
us
because
they
know
what
is
good
{\ADD{
to
do}}
and
what
is
evil
{\ADD{
to
do}}.
So
now,
it
will
not
be
good
if
they
reach
out
and
pick
and
eat
{\ADD{
some
of
the
fruit
from}}
the
tree
{\ADD{
which enables
people
who
eat
it}}
to
live
{\ADD{
forever}}!”
\VS{23}So
Yahweh
God
expelled
the
man
and
his
wife
from
the
garden
of
Eden.
Yahweh
God
had
created
Adam
from
the
ground,
but
now
he
forced
him
to
till
that
ground
{\ADD{
so
that
he
could
grow
food
to
eat}}.
\VS{24}After
Yahweh
expelled
them,
on
the
east
side
of
the
garden
he
placed ◄cherubim/creatures
with
wings►
and
{\ADD{
an
angel
holding}}
a
flaming
sword
which
flashed
back
and
forth.
He
did
that
in
order
to
block
the
entrance
to
the
garden,
so
that
people
could
not
go
back
to
the
tree
that enables
people
{\ADD{
who
eat
its
fruit}}
to
live
{\ADD{
forever}}.

\par }\Chap{4}{\SH God punished Adam and Eve’s oldest son Cain for killing his younger brother Abel
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Adam ◄had
sex/slept►
with
his
wife
Eve,
and
she
became
pregnant
and
gave
birth
to
a
son
whom
she
named
Cain,
{\ADD{
which
sounds
like
the
word
that
means ‘produce’}},
because,
she
said, “By
Yahweh’s
help
I
have
produced
a
son.”
Some
time
later
she
gave
birth
to
another
son,
and
she
named
him
Abel.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}{\ADD{
After
those
boys
grew
up}},
Abel ◄tended/took
care
of►
sheep
and
goats,
and
Cain
became
a
farmer.
\VS{3}One
day
Cain
harvested
some
of
the
crops
he
had
grown
and
brought
them
to
Yahweh
as
a
gift
for
him,
\VS{4}and
Abel
took
from
his
flock
some
of
the
first
lambs
that
had
been
born
{\ADD{
and
killed
them}}
and,
as
a
gift,
gave
to
Yahweh
the fatty
parts,
{\ADD{
which
were
the
best
parts}}.
Yahweh
was
pleased
with
Abel
and
his
offering,
\VS{5}but
he
was
not
pleased
with
Cain
and
his
offering.
So
Cain
became
very
angry,
and
his
face
looked
dejected.
\VS{6}Yahweh
said
to
Cain, “◄You
should
not
be
angry!/Why
are
you
angry?► [RHQ] ◄You
should
not scowl
like
that!/Why
do
you scowl
like
that?► [RHQ]
\VS{7}If
you
had
done
what
was
right (OR,
if
you
do
what
is
right) [RHQ],
I
would
accept
your
offering.
But
if
you
do
not
do
what
is
right,
{\ADD{
your
desire
to}}
sin
{\ADD{
is
ready
to
attack
you
like
a
wild
animal
that}} [PRS]
crouches
outside
the
doorway,
{\ADD{
ready
to
spring
on
its
victim}} [MET].
{\ADD{
Your
desire
to}}
sin
wants
to
control
you,
but
you
must ◄control/not
obey►
it.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}But
one
day,
Cain
said
to
his
younger
brother
Abel, “Let’s
go
for
a
walk
in
the
fields.”
{\ADD{
So
they
went
together}}.
And
when
they
were
in
the
countryside,
suddenly
Cain
attacked
Abel
and
killed
him.
\VS{9}{\ADD{
Later,
even
though}}
Yahweh
{\ADD{
knew
what
Cain
had
done}},
he
said
to
Cain, “{\ADD{
Do
you
know}}
where
Abel,
your
younger
brother,
is?”
\par }{\PP Cain
replied, “No,
I
do
not
know. ◄My
job
is
not
to
guard
my
younger
brother!/Am
I supposed
to
take
care
of
my
younger
brother?►” [RHQ]
\VS{10}Yahweh
said, “You
have
done
a
terrible
thing [RHQ]!
So
now
{\ADD{
it
is
as
though}}
your
younger
brother’s
voice
is
crying
to
me
from
the
ground, demanding
that
his
death
must
be
avenged.
\VS{11}You
have
killed
your
younger
brother,
and
the
ground
has
soaked
up
his
blood.
So
now
I
will
expel
you
from
this
land
and
curse
your
efforts
to
produce
crops.
\VS{12}You
will
till
the
ground
to
plant
crops,
but
the
ground
will
produce
very
few [HYP]
crops.
And
you
will
continually
wander
around
the
earth,
and
not
have
any
place
to
live
permanently.”
\VS{13}Cain
replied, “You
are
punishing
me
more
then
I
can
endure.
\VS{14}You
are
about
to
expel
me
from
the
ground
{\ADD{
that
I
have
been cultivating}},
and
I
will
no
longer
be
able
to
come ◄into
your
presence/and
talk
with
you►.
Furthermore,
I
will
be
continually
wandering
around
the
earth
with
no
place
to
live
permanently,
and
anyone
who
sees
me
will
kill
me.”
\VS{15}But
Yahweh
said
to
him, “No,
that
will
not
happen.
I
will
put
a
mark
on
you
to
warn
anyone
who
sees
you
that
{\ADD{
I
will
punish
him
severely
if}}
he
kills
you.
I
will
punish
that
person
seven
times
as
severely
as
I
am
punishing
you.”
Then
Yahweh
put
a
mark
on Cain’s
forehead.
\VS{16}So
Cain
left
Yahweh
and
went
to
live
in
the
land
called
Nod,
{\ADD{
which
means ‘wandering’}},
which
was
east
of
Eden.
\par }{\SH The
descendants
of
Cain
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Some
time
later,
Cain ◄had
sex/slept►
with
his
wife,
and
she
{\ADD{
became
pregnant
and}}
gave
birth
to
a
son,
whom
she
named
Enoch.
Then
Cain
started
to
build
a
city,
and
he
named
the
city ‘Enoch’,
the
same
name
that
his
son
had.
\VS{18}Enoch
{\ADD{
grew
up
and
married
and}}
became
the
father
of
a
son
whom
he
named
Irad.
When
Irad
{\ADD{
grew
up
he}}
became
the
father
of
a
son
whom
he
named
Mehujael.
Mehujael
{\ADD{
grew
up
and}}
became
the
father
of
a
son
whom
he
named
Methuselah.
Methuselah
{\ADD{
grew
up
and}}
became
the
father
of
Lamech.
\VS{19}When
Lamech
{\ADD{
grew
up
he}}
married
two
women.
The
name
of
one
was
Adah
and
the
other
was
Zillah.
\VS{20}Adah
gave
birth
to
{\ADD{
a
son
she
named}}
Jabal.
\VS{21}Later,
Jabal
was
the
first
person
who
lived
in
tents
because
he
traveled
from
place
to
place
to
take
care
of
livestock.
His
younger
brother’s
name
was
Jubal.
He
was
the
first
person
who
made/played
a ◄lyre/stringed
instrument►
and
a
flute.
\VS{22}{\ADD{Lamech’s
other
wife}}
Zillah
gave
birth
to
a
son
whom
she
named
Tubal-Cain.
Later
Tubal-Cain
became
a ◄blacksmith/one
who
made
tools
from
bronze
and
iron►.
Tubal-Cain
had
a
younger
sister
whose
name
was
Naamah.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}One
day
Lamech
said
to
his
two
wives, “Adah
and
Zillah,
listen
carefully
to
what
I
am
saying.
A
young
man
struck
me
and
wounded
me,
so
I
killed
him.
\VS{24}Yahweh
said
long
ago
that
he
would
avenge
and
punish
anyone
who
killed
Cain
seven
times
as
much
as
he
punished
Cain
{\ADD{
for
killing
his
younger
brother}}.
So
if
anyone
{\ADD{
tries
to}}
kill
me,
I
will
punish
him 77
times
as
much
{\ADD{
as
Yahweh
punished
Cain}}.”
\par }{\SH Adam
and
Eve
had
another
son,
Seth
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Adam
continued
to ◄have
sex/sleep►
with [EUP]
his
wife,
and
she
{\ADD{
became
pregnant
and}}
gave
birth
to
another
son,
whom
she
named
Seth,
{\ADD{
which
sounds
like
the
Hebrew
word
that
means ‘given’}},
because,
she
said, “God
has
given
me
another
child
to
take
the
place
of
Abel,
since
Cain
killed
him.”
\VS{26}When
Seth
grew
up,
he
became
the
father
of
a
son
whom
he
named
Enosh.
About
that
time
people
began
to
worship
Yahweh
{\ADD{
again}}.

\par }\Chap{5}{\SH The descendants of Adam
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Here
is
a
list
of
the
descendants
of
Adam.
When
God
created humans,
he
caused
them
to
be
like
him
in
many
ways.
\VS{2}He
created
one
man
and
one
woman.
He
blessed
them,
and
on
the
day
that
he
created
them,
he
called
them ‘human beings’.
\VS{3}When
Adam
was 130
years
old,
he
became
the
father
of
a
son
who
{\ADD{
grew
up
to}}
be
just
like
him.
That
was
the
son
he
named
Seth.
\VS{4}After
Seth
was
born,
Adam
lived 800
more
years,
and
during
those
years
he
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters.
\VS{5}Adam
lived 930
years
altogether,
and
then
he
died.
\VS{6}When
Seth
was 105
years
old,
he
became
the
father
of
Enosh.
\VS{7}After
Enosh
was
born,
Seth
lived 807
more
years,
and
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters.
\VS{8}Seth
lived 912
years
altogether,
and
then
he
died.
\VS{9}When
Enosh
was 90
years
old,
he
became
the
father
of
Kenan.
\VS{10}After
Kenan
was
born,
Enosh
lived 815
more
years
and
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters.
\VS{11}Enosh
lived 905
years
altogether,
and
then
he
died.
\VS{12}When
Kenan
was 70
years
old,
he
became
the
father
of
Mahalalel.
\VS{13}After
Mahalalel
was
born,
Kenan
lived 840
more
years
and
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters.
\VS{14}Kenan
lived 910
years
altogether,
and
then
he
died.
\VS{15}When
Mahalalel
was 65
years
old,
he
became
the
father
of
Jared.
\VS{16}After
Jared
was
born,
Mahalalel
lived 830
more
years
and
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters.
\VS{17}Mahalalel
lived 895
years
altogether,
and
then
he
died.
\VS{18}When
Jared
was 162
years
old,
he
became
the
father
of
Enoch.
\VS{19}Jared
lived 800
years
after
Enoch
was
born,
and
he
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters.
\VS{20}Jared
lived 962
years
altogether,
and
then
he
died.
\VS{21}When
Enoch
was 65
years
old,
he
became
the
father
of
Methuselah.
\VS{22}Enoch
lived
in
close
fellowship
with
God
for 300
years
after
Methuselah
was
born,
and
he
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters.
\VS{23}Enoch
lived 365
years
altogether
in
close
fellowship
with
God.
\VS{24}Then
one
day
he
disappeared,
because
God
took
him
away
{\ADD{
to
be
with
him
in
heaven}}.
\VS{25}When
Methuselah
was 187
years
old,
he
became
the
father
of
Lamech.
\VS{26}Methuselah
lived 782
years
after
Lamech
was
born,
and
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters.
\VS{27}Methuselah
lived 969
years
altogether,
and
then
he
died.
\VS{28}When
Lamech
was 182
years
old,
he
became
the
father
of
a
son,
\VS{29}whom
he
named
Noah,
{\ADD{
which
sounds
like
the
Hebrew
word
that
means ‘relief’}},
because
he
said, “He
will
bring
us
relief
from
all
the
hard
work
we
have
been
doing
to
produce
food
from
the
ground
that
Yahweh
cursed.”
\VS{30}Lamech
lived 595
years
after
Noah
was
born
and
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters.
\VS{31}Lamech
lived 777
years
altogether,
and
then
he
died.
\VS{32}When
Noah
was 500
years
old,
he
became
the
father
of
a
son
whom
he
named
Shem.
Later
he
became
the
father
of
another
son
whom
he
named
Ham,
and
later
he
became
the
father
of
another
son
whom
he
named
Japheth.

\par }\Chap{6}{\SH People became very evil and did many evil things
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
people
began
to
become
very
numerous
all
over
the
earth,
and
many
daughters
were
born
to
them,
\VS{2}some
of
the
men
who ◄belonged
to/believed
in►
God
saw
that
some
of
the
women
who
did
not ◄belong
to/believe
in►
God
were
very
beautiful.
So
they
took
whichever
ones
they
chose
to
become
their
wives.
\VS{3}Then
Yahweh
said, “{\ADD{
I
will}}
not
{\ADD{
allow
}}
my
Spirit
to
keep
people
alive
forever (OR,
the
breath
of
life
will
not
remain
in
people
forever).
They
will
die
eventually.
They
will
live
not
more
than 120
years
before
they
die (OR,
there
will
be
only 120
more
years
before
they
die).”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}There
were
{\ADD{
giants
called}} Nephils
who
lived
on
the
earth
at
that
time
and
later.
During
that
time
{\ADD{
some
of
the Nephil}}
men
who ◄belonged
to/believed
in►
God
had
sex [EUP]
with
women
who
did
not ◄belong
to/believe
in►
God,
and
they
gave
birth
to
children.
The Nephils
were
considered
to
be heroic
fighters,
and
they
became
famous.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Yahweh
saw
that
people
on
the
earth
had
become
very
wicked,
and
that
everything
they
thought
about
evil
things
continually.
\VS{6}Yahweh
was
sorry
that
he
had
made
people.
\VS{7}So
he
said, “I
will
completely
destroy
the
people
I
made.
I
will
also
destroy
all
the
animals
and
the
creatures
that scurry
across
the
ground
and
the
birds.
None
of
them
will
remain
on
the
earth,
because
I
regret
that
I
made
them.”
\par }{\SH Noah
pleased
God,
so
God
planned
to
spare
him
\par }{\PP \VS{8}But
Yahweh
was
pleased
with
Noah.
\VS{9}This
is
why:
Noah
was
a
man
who
always
acted
in
a
righteous
way.
No
one
who
lived
at
that
time
could
criticize
him
about
anything.
Noah
lived
in
close
fellowship
with
God.
\VS{10}Noah
became
the
father
of
three
sons:
Shem,
Ham,
and
Japheth.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}At
that
time
God
considered
that
everyone
else
on
earth
was
very
wicked,
and
everywhere
on
the
earth,
people [MTY]
were
acting
cruelly
and
violently
toward
each
other.
\VS{12}God
was
dismayed
when
he
saw
how
evil
people [MTY]
were,
because
everyone (OR,
all
living
creatures)
had
begun
to
behave
in
an
evil
way.
\VS{13}So
God
said
to
Noah, “I
have
decided
to
destroy
everyone,
because
all
over
the
earth
people
are
acting
violently
toward
each
other.
So
I
am
about
to
get
rid
of
them
as
well
as
everything
else
on
the
earth.
\VS{14}{\ADD{
I
want
you
to}}
make
for
yourself
a
large
boat
from
cypress
wood.
Make
rooms
inside
it.
Cover
the
outside
and
the
inside
with
tar
{\ADD{
to
make
it ◄waterproof/so
that
water
cannot
get
in
and
sink
the
boat}}►.
\VS{15}This
is
the
size
you
must
make
it:
It
shall
be ◄150
yards/135 meters►
long, ◄25
yards/22.5 meters►
wide,
and ◄15
yards/13.5 meters►
high.
\VS{16}Make
a
roof
for
the
boat.
Leave
a
space
of
about ◄18
in./.5 meter►
between
the
sides
and
the
roof
to
let
air
and
light
enter (OR,
the
middle
of
the
roof
should
be 18
inches
higher
than
the
sides).
Build
the
boat
with
three
decks
inside,
and
put
a
door
in
one
side.
\VS{17}Listen
carefully!
I
am
about
to
cause
a
flood
to
occur
that
will
destroy
every
creature
that
lives
beneath
the
sky.
Everything
on
the
earth
will
die.
\VS{18}But
I
will
make
an
agreement
with
you(sg):
You
and
your
wife,
your
sons
and
their
wives
will
enter
the
boat.
\VS{19}And
I
want
to
save
some
of
all
kinds
of
creatures.
So
you
must
also
bring
two
of
all
living
creatures,
a
male
and
a
female,
into
the
boat
with
you,
so
that
their species
also
may
remain
alive.
\VS{20}Two
of
every
kind
of
creature
will
come
to
you{\ADD{
in
order
that
by
your
putting
them
in
the
boat
}}
you
will
keep
them
alive.
They
will
include
two
of
each
kind
of
bird
and
each
kind
of
animal
and
each
kind
of
creature
that scurries
across
the
ground.
\VS{21}You
must
also
take
some
of
every
kind
of
food
that
you
and
all
these
animals
will
need,
and
store
it
in
the
boat.”
\VS{22}So
Noah
did
everything
that
God
told
him
to
do.

\par }\Chap{7}{\SH God sent a flood to cover the earth
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Yahweh
said
to
Noah, “I
have
seen
that
out
of
everyone
who
is
now
living,
you
alone
always
act
righteously.
So
you
and
all
your
family
go
into
the
boat.
\VS{2}Take
with
you
seven
pairs
of
every
kind
of
animal
that
I
have
said
I
will
accept
for
sacrifices.
Take
seven
males
and
seven
females.
Also
take
a
male
and
a
female
from
every
kind
of
animal
that
I
have
said
that
I
will
not
accept
for
sacrifices.
\VS{3}Also
take
seven
pairs
of
every
kind
of
bird
from
all
over
the
earth
to
keep
them
alive.
\VS{4}Do
this
because
seven
days
from
now
I
will
cause
rain
to
fall
on
the
earth.
It
will
rain
constantly
for 40
days
and
nights.
By
doing
that,
I
will
destroy
everything
that
I
have
made
that
is
on
the
earth.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Noah
did
everything
that
Yahweh
told
him
to
do.
\VS{6}Noah
was 600
years
old
when
the
flood
covered
the
earth.
\VS{7}Before
it
started
to
rain,
Noah
and
his
wife
and
his
sons
went
into
the
boat
to
escape
from
the
flood
water.
\VS{8}Pairs
of
animals,
those
that
God
said
that
he
would
accept
for
sacrifices
and
those
that
he
would
not
accept
for
sacrifices,
and
pairs
of
birds
and
pairs
of
all
the
kinds
of
creatures
that
move
close
to
the
ground,
\VS{9}males
and
females,
came
to
Noah
and
then
went
into
the
boat,
just
as
God
told
Noah
that
they
would
do.
\VS{10}Seven
days
later,
it
started
to
rain
and
a
flood
began
to
cover
the
earth.
\VS{11}When
Noah
was 600
years
old, ◄on
the 17th
day
of
the
second
month
{\ADD{
of
that
year/late
in October}}►,
all
the
water
that
is
under
the
surface
of
the
earth
burst
forth,
and
it
began
to
rain
so
hard
that
it
was
as
though
a
dam [MET]
in
the
sky
burst
open.
\VS{12}Rain
fell
on
the
earth
constantly
for 40
days
and
nights.
\VS{13}On
the
day
that
it
started
to
rain,
Noah
went
into
the
boat
with
his
wife,
and
his
three
sons,
Shem,
Ham,
and
Japheth
and
their
wives.
\VS{14}They
had
already
put
in
the
boat
some
of
every
kind
of
wild
animal
and
every
kind
of
livestock
and
every
kind
of
bird
and
every
other
creature
that
has
wings.
\VS{15}Pairs
of
all
animals
came
to
Noah
and
entered
the
boat.
\VS{16}There
was
a
male
and
a
female
of
each
animal
that
came
to
Noah,
just
as
God
had
said
they
would
do.
After
they
were
all
in
the
boat,
God
shut
the
door.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}It
rained
for 40
days
and
nights,
and
the
flood
increased.
It
flooded
until
the
water
lifted
the
boat
above
the
ground.
\VS{18}As
he
water
rose
higher
and
higher,
the
boat
floated
on
the
surface
of
the
water.
\VS{19}The
water
rose
all
over
the
earth
until
it
covered
all
the
mountains.
\VS{20}Even
the
highest
mountains
were
covered
by
more
than ◄20
feet/6 meters►
of
water.
\VS{21}As
a
result,
every
living
creature
on
the
surface
of
the
earth
died.
That
included
birds
and
livestock
and
wild
animals
and
other
creatures
that scurry
across
the
ground,
and
all
the
people.
\VS{22}On
the
land, ◄everything
that
breathed/every
living
thing►
died.
\VS{23}God
destroyed
every
living
creature:
People
and
animals
and
creatures
that scurry
across
the
ground
and
birds.
Only
Noah
and
those
who
were
in
the
boat
with
him
remained
alive.
\VS{24}The
flood
remained
like
that
on
the earthfor 150
days.

\par }\Chap{8}{\SH God caused the water to recede and then told Noah to leave the boat
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
God ◄did
not
forget/thought►
about
Noah
and
all
the
wild
animals
and
all
the
kinds
of
livestock
that
were
with
him
in
the
boat.
So
one
day
God
sent
a
wind
to
blow
across
the
earth,
and
the
wind
caused
the
water
{\ADD{
to
begin}}
to recede.
\VS{2}God
caused
the
water
that
was
under
the
earth
to
stop
bursting
forth,
and
he
caused
the
floodgates
of
water
from
the
sky
to
close
so
that
it
stopped raining.
\VS{3}The
water
on
the
earth gradually
receded. 150
days
after
the
flood
began,
\VS{4}◄on
the 17th
day
of
the
seventh
month
{\ADD{
of
that
year/late
in
March}}►,
the
boat
came
to
rest
on
one
of
the
mountains
in
the
Ararat
region.
\VS{5}The
water
continued
to recede
until,
on
the
first
day
of
the
tenth
month
{\ADD{
of
that
year}},
the
tops
of
other
mountains
became
visible.
\VS{6}40
days
later,
Noah
opened
the
window
that
he
had
made
in
the
side
of
the
boat,
and
sent
out
a
raven.
\VS{7}The
raven
flew
back
and
forth
{\ADD{
to
and
from
the
boat}}
until
the
water
was
completely
gone.
\VS{8}Then
Noah
sent
out
a
dove
to
find
out
if
the
water
had
all
receded
on
the
ground.
\VS{9}But
the
dove
did
not
find
any
place
to perch,
so
it
flew
back
to
Noah
in
the
boat,
because
there
was
still
water
all
over
the
surface
of
the
earth.
So
Noah
reached
out
his
hand
and
took
the
dove
back
inside
the
boat.
\VS{10}Noah
waited
seven
more
days.
Then
he
sent
the
dove
out
of
the
boat
again.
\VS{11}This
time
the
dove
returned
to
him
in
the
evening
and,
{\ADD{surprisingly}},
in
its
beak
there
was
a
leaf
from
an
olive
tree
that
the
dove
had
just
plucked.
Then
Noah
knew
that
the
water
had
truly
receded
from
the
surface
of
the
ground.
\VS{12}Noah
waited
seven
more
days.
Then
he
sent
the
dove
out
again,
but
this
time
it
did
not
return
to
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Noah
was
now 601
years
old.
By
the
first
day
of
the
first
month
{\ADD{
of
the
Jewish
year}},
the
water
had
completely
drained
away
from
the
ground.
Noah
removed
the
covering
on
top
of
the
ark,
and
he
was
surprised
to
see
that
the
surface
of
the
ground
was drying.
\VS{14}By
the 27th
day
of
the
next
month,
the
ground
was
completely
dry.
\VS{15}Then
God
said
to
Noah,
\VS{16}“Leave
the
boat,
along
with
your
wife
and
your
sons
and
their
wives.
\VS{17}Bring
out
with
you
all
the
birds,
the
animals,
and
all
the
creatures
that scurry
across
the
ground,
in
order
that
they
can
spread
all
over
the
earth
and
become
very
numerous.”
\VS{18}So
Noah
left
the
boat,
along
with
his
wife
and
his
sons
and
their
wives.
\VS{19}And
every
kind
of
creature,
including
all
those
that scurry
across
the
ground,
all
the
birds,
every
creature
that
moves
on
the
earth,
left
the
boat.
They
left
the
boat
in
groups
of
their
own species.
\par }{\SH God
promised
to
never
again
destroy
all
the
people
with
a
flood
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Then
Noah
built
a ◄stone
altar/place
for
offering
sacrifices►
to
Yahweh.
Then
he
took
some
of
the
animals
that
Yahweh
had
said
were
acceptable
as
sacrifices
and
killed
them.
Then
he
burned
them
whole
on
the
altar.
\VS{21}When
Yahweh
smelled
the
pleasant odor,
he
was
pleased
with
the
sacrifice.
Then
he
said
to
himself, “I
will
never
again
devastate
everything
on
the
earth
because
of
the
sinful
things
people
do.
Even
though
everything
that
people
think
is
evil
from
the
time
they
are
young,
I
will
not
destroy
all
the
living
creatures
again,
as
I
did
this
time.
\VS{22}As
long
as
the
earth
exists,
each
year
there
will
be
seasons
for
planting
seeds
and
seasons
for
harvesting
crops.
Each
year
there
will
be
times
when
it
is
cold
and
times
when
it
is
hot,
summer
and
winter (OR,
rainy
season
and
dry
season).
Each
day
there
will
be
daytime
and nighttime.”

\par }\Chap{9}{\SH God made an agreement with Noah
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
God
blessed
Noah
and
his
sons,
saying
to
them, “I
want
you
to
have
many
children
who
will
live
all
over
the
earth.
\VS{2}All
the
wild
animals
on
the
earth
and
all
the
birds,
all
the
creatures
that scurry arosss
the
ground,
and
all
the
fish,
will
be
very
afraid [DOU]
of
you.
I
have
put
them
under
your
control.
\VS{3}Just
as
I
previously
said
you
could
eat
green
plants
for
food,
now
I
am
saying
you
can
eat
everything
that
lives
and
moves.
\VS{4}{\ADD{
It
is
blood
that
causes
creatures
to
be
alive}},
therefore
you
must
not
eat
meat
that
still
has
blood
in
it
after
the
animal
is
killed.
{\ADD{
After
you
have
drained
the
blood
out,
you
may
cook
it
and
eat
it}}.
\VS{5}I insist
that
murderers
must
be
executed.
Animals
that
kill
people
must
also
be
executed.
The
reason
that
everyone
who
murders
someone
else
must
be
executed
is
that
\VS{6}I
made
people
to
be
like
myself
{\ADD{
in
many
ways}}.
So
someone
who
murders
another
human
being
must
be
executed
by
others,
{\ADD{
because
he
killed
someone
who
is
like
me}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}As
for
you,
I
want
you
to
produce
many
children,
in
order
that
they
and
their
descendants
may
live
all
over
the
earth.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}God
also
said
to
Noah
and
his
sons,
\VS{9}“Listen
carefully.
I
am
now
making
a
solemn
promise
to
you
and
with
your
descendants,
\VS{10}and
with
all
the
living
creatures
that
are
with
you—including
the
birds,
the
livestock,
and
the
wild
animals—every
living
creature
on
the
earth
that
came
out
of
the
boat
with
you.
\VS{11}This
is
the
promise
that
I
am
making
to
you:
I
will
never
again
destroy
all
living
creatures
by
a
flood,
or
destroy
everything
else
on
the
earth
by
a
flood.”
\VS{12}Then
God
said
to
him, “This
is
the
sign
to
guarantee
that
I
will
keep
the
promise
that
I
am
making
to
you
and
to
all
living
creatures,
a
promise
that
I
will
keep
forever:
\VS{13}{\ADD{
From
time
to
time}}
I
will
put
a
rainbow
in
the
sky.
It
will
remind
me
of
my
promise
that
I
have
made
to
you
and
everything
on
the
earth.
\VS{14}When
I
cause
rain
to
fall
from
the
clouds,
and
a
rainbow
appears
in
the
sky,
\VS{15}it
will
remind
me
about
the
promise
that
I
have
made
to
you
and
all
living
creatures,
my
promise
that
there
will
never
again
be
a
flood
that
will
destroy
all
living
creatures.
\VS{16}Whenever
there
is
a
rainbow
in
the
sky,
I
will
see
it,
and
I
will
think
about
the
promise
that
I
have
made
to
every
living
creature
that
is
upon
the
earth,
a
promise
that
I
will
keep
forever.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Then
God
said
to
Noah, “The
rainbow
will
be
the
sign
of
the
promise
that
I
have
made
to
all
the
creatures
that
live
on
the
earth.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}The
sons
of
Noah
who
came
out
of
the
boat
were
Shem,
Ham,
and
Japheth.
Ham
later
became
the
father
of
Canaan.
\VS{19}All
the
people
on
the
earth
are
descended
from
those
three
sons
of
Noah.
\par }{\SH What
happened
after
Noah
got
drunk
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Noah
was
a
farmer.
He
planted grapevines.
\VS{21}{\ADD{
When
they
later
produced
grapes,
he
made
wine
from
the
grapes}}.
One
day,
when
he
drank
too
much
of
the
wine,
he
became
drunk,
and
he
lay
naked
in
his
tent.
\VS{22}Ham,
the
father
of
Canaan,
saw
his
father
lying
naked
in
the
tent.
So
he
went
outside
and
told
his
two
older
brothers
what
he
had
seen.
\VS{23}Then
Shem
and
Japheth
took
a
large
cloth
and
placed
it
across
their
backs,
and
walked backwards
into
the
tent.
They
covered
their
father’s
naked
body
with
the
cloth.
Their
faces
were
turned
away
from
their
father,
so
they
did
not
see
him
naked.
\VS{24}When
Noah
woke
up
{\ADD{
and
was sober
again}},
he
found
out
how
wrongfully
Ham,
his
youngest
son,
had
behaved
toward
him.
\VS{25}He
said, “I
am
cursing Ham’s
youngest
son,
Canaan,
and
his
descendants.
They
will
be
like
slaves
to
their uncles.
\VS{26}I
will
ask
God
to
enlarge
the
territory
that
belongs
to
Japheth,
and
allow
his
descendants
to
live
peacefully
among
the
descendants
of
Shem [MTY].
\VS{27}And
I
desire
that
Canaan’s
descendants
will
be
like
slaves
of
Japheth’s
descendants.”
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Noah
lived 350
more
years
after
the
flood.
\VS{29}He
died
when
he
was 950
years
old.

\par }\Chap{10}{\SH The descendants of Noah’s sons
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}◄This
is/I
will
now
give►
a
list
of
the
descendants
of
Noah’s
sons,
Shem,
Ham,
and
Japheth.
They
had
many
children
after
the
flood.
\VS{2}The
sons
of
Japheth
were
Gomer,
Magog,
Madai,
Javan,
Tubal,
Meshech,
and
Tiras.
\VS{3}The
sons
of
Gomer
were Askenaz,
Riphath,
and
Togarmah.
\VS{4}The
sons
of
Javan
were
Elishah,
Tarshish,
Kittim,
and
Dodanim.
\VS{5}Those
sons
and
their
families
who
were
descended
from
Javan
lived
on
the
islands
and
on
the
land
close
to
the
{\ADD{Mediterranean}}
Sea.
Their
descendants
became
tribes,
each
with
its
own
language
and
clans
and
territory.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}The
descendants
of
Ham
were
Cush,
Egypt,
Put,
and
Canaan.
\VS{7}The
descendants
of
Cush
were
Seba,
Havilah,
Sabtah,
Raamah,
and
Sabteca.
The
descendants
of
Raamah
were
Sheba
and
Dedan.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Another
one
of Cush’s
descendants
was
Nimrod.
Nimrod
was
the
first
person
on
earth
who
became
a
mighty
warrior.
\VS{9}Yahweh
saw
that
he
had
become (OR,
caused
him
to
become)
a
great
hunter.
That
is
why
people
say
to
a
great
hunter, “Yahweh ◄sees
that
you
are/has
caused
you
to
be►
a
great
hunter
like
Nimrod.”
\VS{10}Nimrod
became
a
king
who
ruled
in
Babylonia.
The
first
cities
over
which
he
ruled
were
Babel,
Erech,
Accad,
and
Calneh.
\VS{11}From
there
he
went
{\ADD{
with
others}}
to
Assyria
and
built
the
cities
of
Nineveh,
Rehoboth-Ir,
Calah,
\VS{12}and
Resen.
Resen
was
a
large
city
between
Nineveh
and
Calah.
\VS{13}Ham’s
son,
Egypt,
became
the ancestor
of
the
Lud,
Anam,
Lehab
and
Naphtuh,
\VS{14}Pathrus,
Casluh
and
Caphtor people-groups.
The
Philistine
people
were
descended
from
Casluh.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Ham’s
youngest
son,
Canaan,
became
the
father
of
Sidon,
who
was
his
eldest
son,
and
Heth,
his
younger
son.
\VS{16}Canaan
was
also
the ancestor
of
the
Jebus, Amor, Girgash,
\VS{17}Hiv,
Ark,
Sin,
\VS{18}Arved, Zemar
and
Hamath people-groups.
Later
the
descendants
of
Canaan
dispersed
over
a
large
area.
\VS{19}Their
land
extended
from
Sidon
{\ADD{
city}}
in
the
north
as
far
south
as
Gaza
{\ADD{
town}},
and
then
to
the
east
as
far
as
Gerar
{\ADD{
town}},
and
then
farther
east
to
Sodom,
Gomorrah,
Admah,
and
Zeboiim
{\ADD{
towns}},
and
even
as
far
as
Lasha
{\ADD{
town}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Those
are
the
descendants
of
Ham.
They
became
groups
that
had
their
own
clans,
their
own
languages,
and
their
own
land.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Shem,
the
older
brother
of
Japheth,
became
the
father
of
Eber,
and
the ancestor
of
all
the
descendants
of
Eber.
\VS{22}The
sons
of
Shem
were
Elam,
Asshur,
Arphaxad,
Lud,
and
Aram.
\VS{23}The
sons
of
Aram
were
Uz,
Hul,
Gether,
and
Mash.
\VS{24}Arphaxad
became
the
father
of
Shelah.
Shelah
became
the
father
of
Eber.
\VS{25}Eber
became
the
father
of
two
sons.
One
of
them
was
named
Peleg,
{\ADD{
which
means ‘division’}},
because
during
the
time
he
lived,
people
on [MTY]
the
earth
became
divided
and
scattered
everywhere. Peleg’s
younger
brother
was
Joktan.
\VS{26}Joktan
became
the ancestor
of
Almodad,
Sheleph,
Hazarmaveth,
Jerah,
\VS{27}Hadoram,
Uzal,
Diklah,
\VS{28}Obal,
Abimael,
Sheba,
\VS{29}Ophir,
Havilah,
and
Jobab.
All
those
people
were
descended
from
Joktan.
\VS{30}The
areas
in
which
they
lived
extended
from
Mesha
westward
to
Sephar,
which
is
in
the ◄hill
country/area
that
has
a
lot
of
hills►.
\VS{31}They
are
descendants
of
Shem.
They
became
groups
that
had
their
own
clans,
their
own
languages,
and
their
own
land.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}All
those
groups
descended
from
the
sons
of
Noah.
Each
group
had
its
own ◄genealogy/record
of
people’s
ancestors►
and
each
became
a
separate ethnic
group.
Those ethnic
groups
formed
after
the
flood
and
spread
all
around
the
earth.

\par }\Chap{11}{\SH Yahweh caused people to speak many different languages after they started to build a tower at Babel
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}At
first,
all
the
people
in [MTY]
the
world
spoke
the
same
language [DOU].
\VS{2}As
people
moved
further
east,
they
arrived
at
a
plain
in
Babylonia
region
and
began
to
live
there.
\VS{3}Then
they
said
to
each
other, “◄Hey/Come
on►,
let’s
form
bricks
and
bake
them
to
make
them
hard,
for
building!”
So
they
used
bricks
instead
of
stones,
and
used
tar
instead
of ◄mortar/a
mixture
of cement,
sand
and
lime►
to
hold
them
together.
\VS{4}They
said, “Hey,
let’s
build
a
city
for
ourselves!
We
also
ought
to
build
a
very
high
tower
that
reaches
up
to
the
sky!
In
that
way
we
will
become
famous!
If
we
do
not
do
this,
we
will
be
scattered
all
over
the
earth!”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}So
they
began
to
build
the
city
and
the
tower.
Then
Yahweh
looked
down
and
saw
the
city
and
the
tower
that
those
{\ADD{puny}}
men
were
building.
\VS{6}Yahweh
said, “These
people
are
one
group
that
all
speak
the
same
language.
If
they
have
begun
to
do
this
now,
then ◄there
is
nothing
that
they
will
decide
to
do
that
will
be
impossible
for
them/they
will
be
able
to
do
whatever
they
decide
to
do► [LIT]!
\VS{7}So, okay/now,
we
will
go
down
there
and
cause
there
to
be
many
different
languages,
so
that
they
will
not
be
able
to
understand
each
other.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}So
Yahweh
did
that.
As
a
result,
the
people
stopped
building
the
city,
and
Yahweh
caused
them
to
disperse
all
over
the
earth.
\VS{9}The
city
was
called
Babel
which
means ‘confusion’,
because
there
Yahweh
caused
the
people
to
become
confused
because
the
people [MTY]
spoke
{\ADD{
different
languages
that
the
others
could
not
understand}},
not
just
one
language.
From
there
Yahweh
caused
them
to
disperse
all
over
the
earth.
\par }{\SH Shem’s
descendants
\par }{\PP \VS{10}◄This
is
a
bigger
list/I
will
now
tell
you
more►
of
the
descendants
of
Shem:
Two
years
after
the
flood,
when
Shem
was 100
years
old,
he
became
the
father
of
Arpachshad.
\VS{11}After
Arpachshad
was
born,
Shem
lived 500
more
years
and
had
more
sons
and
daughters.
\VS{12}When Arphachshad
was 35
years
old,
he
became
the
father
of
Shelah.
\VS{13}After
Shelah
was
born,
Arpachshad
lived 403
more
years
and
became
the
father
of
more
sons
and
daughters.
\VS{14}When
Shelah
was 30
years
old,
he
became
the
father
of
Eber.
\VS{15}After
Eber
was
born,
Shelah
lived 403
more
years
and
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters.
\VS{16}When
Eber
was 34
years
old,
he
became
the
father
of
Peleg.
\VS{17}After
Peleg
was
born,
Eber
lived 430
more
years
and
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters.
\VS{18}When
Peleg
was 30
years
old,
he
became
the
father
of
Reu.
\VS{19}After
Reu
was
born,
Peleg
lived 209
more
years
and
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters.
\VS{20}When
Reu
was 32
years
old,
he
became
the
father
of
Serug.
\VS{21}After
Serug
was
born,
Reu
lived 207
more
years
and
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters.
\VS{22}When
Serug
was 30
years
old,
he
became
the
father
of
Nahor.
\VS{23}After
Nahor
was
born,
Serug
lived 200
more
years
and
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters.
\VS{24}When
Nahor
was 29
years
old,
he
became
the
father
of
Terah.
\VS{25}After
Terah
was
born,
Nahor
lived 119
more
years
and
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters.
\VS{26}When
Terah
was 70
years
old,
his
son
Abram
was
born.
Later,
two
other
sons,
Nahor
and
Haran
were
born.
\par }{\SH Terah’s
descendants
\par }{\PP \VS{27}◄This
is/I
will
now
give►
a
list
of
the
descendants
of
Terah: Terah’s
sons
were
Abram,
Nahor,
and
Haran. Haran’s
son
was
named
Lot.
\VS{28}Haran
died
before
his
father
died.
He
died
in
Ur
{\ADD{
city}}
in
Chaldea
land,
where
he
was
born.
\VS{29}Abram
and
Nahor
both
married.
Abram’s
wife
was
named
Sarai,
and
Nahor’s
wife
was
named
Milcah.
Milcah
and
her
younger
sister
Iscah
were
the
daughters
of
Haran.
\VS{30}Sarai
was
unable
to
bear
any
children.
\VS{31}Terah
decided
to
leave
Ur
and
go
to
live
in
Canaan
land.
So
he
took
his
son
Abram
and
his
grandson
Lot,
the
son
of
Haran,
and
Abram’s
wife
Sarai
with
him.
But
instead
of
going
to
Canaan,
they
stopped
at
Haran
{\ADD{
town}}
and
lived
there.
\VS{32}When
Terah
was 205
years
old,
he
died
there
in
Haran.

\par }\Chap{12}{\SH Yahweh told Abram to go to Canaan and promised to bless him
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Yahweh
said
to
Abram, “Leave
this
country
where
you
are
now
living.
Leave
your
father’s
clan
and
his
family.
Go
to
a
land
that
I
will
show
you.
\VS{2}I
will
cause
your
descendants
to
become
a
large
nation.
I
will
bless
you
and
cause
you
to
become ◄famous/highly
esteemed►.
What
I
do
for
you
will
be
a
blessing
to
others.
\VS{3}I
will
bless
those
who ◄bless/ask
God
to
do
good
things
for►
you,
and
I
will ◄curse/ask
God
to
punish►
those
who
do
evil
things
to
you.
And
because
of
what
you
do,
groups
of
people
all
over
the
earth
will
receive
blessings (OR,
people
will
wish
that
God
will
bless
others
as
much
as
he
has
blessed
you).”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}So
Abram
left
Haran
{\ADD{
town}},
as
Yahweh
told
him
to
do.
Abram
was 75
years
old
when
he
left
there
along
with
his
wife,
Sarai,
and
his
nephew,
Lot.
\VS{5}Abram
also
took
along
all
the
possessions
and
slaves
that
they
had
accumulated/acquired
in
Haran
{\ADD{
town}},
and
they
left
there
and
went
to
Canaan
land.
\VS{6}In
Canaan
they
traveled
as
far
as
Shechem
{\ADD{
town}}
and
camped
by
a
huge
tree
called
the
tree
of
Moreh.
The
Canaan people-group
were
still
living
in
that
land.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Then
Yahweh
appeared
to
Abram
and
said
to
him, “I
will
give
this
land
to
your
descendants.”
Then
Abram
built
a
stone
altar
to
offer
a
sacrifice
to
Yahweh
because
Yahweh
had
appeared
to
him.
\VS{8}From
Shechem,
Abram
and
his
family
traveled
to
the
hills
that
were
east
of
Bethel
{\ADD{
town}}.
Bethel
{\ADD{
town}}
was
to
the
west
of
where
they
set
up
their
tent,
and
Ai
{\ADD{
town}}
was
further
to
the
east.
There
he
built
another
stone
altar
and
offered
a
sacrifice
and
worshiped
Yahweh
there.
\VS{9}Then
they
left
there
and
started
traveling
south
to
the
Negev
{\ADD{
Desert}}.
\par }{\SH Abram
and
Sarai
went
to
Egypt
for
a
while
\par }{\PP \VS{10}There
was ◄a
famine/very
little
food
to
eat►
in
Canaan,
so
they
went
south
to
live
in
Egypt
for
a
while.
\VS{11}Just
as
they
were
about
to
enter
Egypt,
Abram
said
to
his
wife
Sarai, “Listen,
I
know
that
you
are
a
very
beautiful
woman.
\VS{12}When
the
people
in
Egypt
see
you,
they
will
say, ‘This
woman
is
his
wife!’
and
they
will
kill
me
in
order
to
get
you,
but
they
will
not
kill
you.
\VS{13}So
I
ask
you
to
tell
them
that
you
are
my
sister,
so
that
because
of
you
telling
them
that,
they
will ◄spare
my
life/not
kill
me►.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}And
as
soon
as
they
arrived
in
Egypt,
the
people
in
Egypt
saw
that
his
wife
was
indeed
very
beautiful.
\VS{15}When
the
king’s
officials
saw
her,
they
told
the
king
how
beautiful
she
was.
And
they
took
her
to
the
king’s
palace.
\VS{16}The
king
treated
Abram
kindly
because
of
Sarai,
and
he
gave
Abram
many
sheep
and
cattle
and
donkeys
and
male
and
female
slaves
and
camels.
\VS{17}But
because
the
king
had
taken
Sarai,
Abram’s
wife,
Yahweh
caused
the
king
and
the
others
in
his
household
to
be
inflicted
with
terrible
diseases.
\VS{18}When
the
king
realized
why
that
was happening,
he
summoned
Abram
and
said
to
him, “Why
did
you
do
this
to
me?
Why
did
you
not
tell
me
that
she
was
your
wife?
\VS{19}Why
did
you
lie,
saying
she
is
your
sister,
with
the
result
that
I
took
her
to
be
my
wife?
You
should
not
have
done
that!
So
now
take
your
wife,
leave
here
and
go!”
\VS{20}Then
the
king
told
his
officials/servants
to
take
Abram
and
his
wife
and
all
his
possessions
out
of
Egypt.

\par }\Chap{13}{\SH Abram and Lot separated
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}So
Abram
and
Sarai
left
Egypt,
and
they
took
along
all
his
possessions,
and
Lot
went
with
them
to
the
Negev
{\ADD{
Desert}}.
\VS{2}Abram
was
very
rich.
He
owned
a
lot
of
livestock,
silver
and
gold.
\VS{3}They
continued
traveling
from
place
to
place
from
the
Negev
{\ADD{
Desert}}
toward
Bethel
{\ADD{
town}}
to
the
place
between
Bethel
and
Ai
where
they
had
previously
set
up
their
tents,
\VS{4}and
where
Abram
had
made
a
stone
altar
and
worshiped
Yahweh.
\VS{5}Lot,
who
was
traveling
with
Abram,
also
had
flocks
of
sheep
and
goats
and
herds
of
cattle,
and
tents.
\VS{6}But
they
had
so
many
animals
that
they
could
not
all
stay
in
the
same
area.
There
was
not
enough
land
to
provide
water
and
food
for
all
their
animals.
\VS{7}Furthermore,
the
descendants
of
Canaan
and Perizzi
were
also
living
in
that
area,
and
the
land
really
belonged
to
them.
And
the
men
who
took
care
of
Abram’s
animals
started
quarreling
with
the
men
who
took
care
of
Lot’s
animals.
\VS{8}So
Abram
said
to
Lot, “Since
we
are
close
relatives,
it
is
not
good
for
us
two
to
quarrel,
or
for
the
men
who
take
care
of
your
animals
to
quarrel
with
the
men
who
take
care
of
my
animals.
\VS{9}There
is
plenty
of
land
for
both
of
us.
So
we
should
separate.
You
can
choose
whatever
part
you
want [RHQ].
If
you
want
the
area
over
there,
I
will
stay
here.
If
you
want
the
area
here,
I
will
go
over
there.”
\VS{10}Lot
looked
around
toward
Zoar
{\ADD{
town}},
and
saw
that
there
was
plenty
of
water
all
over
the
plain
near
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}.
It
was
like
the park/garden
in
Eden,
and
like
the
land
in
Egypt. [That
was
before
Yahweh
destroyed
{\ADD{
the
cities
of}}
Sodom
and
Gomorrah
which
were
on
that
plain.]
\VS{11}So
Lot
chose
the
land
in
the
plain
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}.
He
left
his
uncle,
Abram,
and
moved
east.
\VS{12}Abram
stayed
in
the
Canaan
area,
and
Lot
started
to
live
near
the
cities
in
the
plain
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}},
and
he
set
up
his
tents
near
Sodom
{\ADD{
city}}.
\VS{13}{\ADD{
You
need
to
know
that}}
people
who
lived
there
were
extremely
wicked.
\par }{\SH Abram
moved
to
Hebron
\par }{\PP \VS{14}After
Abram
and
Lot
separated,
Yahweh
said
to
Abram, “Look
around
at
this
whole
area
where
you
are.
Look
north
and
south,
look
east
and
west.
\VS{15}I
will
give
to
you
and
your
descendants
all
the
land
that
you
see;
I
will
give
it
to
you
forever.
\VS{16}I
will
cause
your
descendants
to
be
as
numerous
as particles
of
dust!
{\ADD{
It
will
be
easier}}
to
count
the particles
of
dust
than
it
will
be
to
count
your
descendants [HYP].
\VS{17}Walk
through
the
land
in
every
direction,
because
I
am
going
to
give
it
all
to
you.”
\VS{18}So
Abram
{\ADD{
and
his
men}}
took
down
their
tents
and
moved
to
Hebron
and
started
to
live
by
the
huge
trees
{\ADD{
at
the
town
}}of
Mamre.
He
placed
a
stone
altar
there
to
{\ADD{
make
sacrifices
to}}
Yahweh.

\par }\Chap{14}{\SH Abram rescued Lot
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
a
region
to
the
east,
there
were
four
kings
{\ADD{
who
were
friends/allies}}.
They
were
King
Amraphel
of
Babylonia,
King
Arioch
of
Ellasar,
King
Chedorlaomer
of
Elam,
and
King
Tidal
of
Goiim.
\VS{2}In
an
area
to
the
west,
there
were
five
other
kings.
They
were
King
Bera
of
Sodom,
King
Birsha
of
Gomorrah,
King
Shinab
of
Admah,
King
Shemeber
of
Zeboiim,
and
the
king
of
Bela,
the
city
that
is
now
called
Zoar.
\VS{3}Those
five
kings
and
their
armies
gathered
together
in
Siddim
Valley,
which
is
also
called
the
Dead
Sea
{\ADD{
Valley}},
to
fight
against
the
four
kings
and
their
armies.
King
Chedorlaomer
and
his
army
{\ADD{
conquered
the
armies
of
those
five
kings,
and
demanded
that
those
kings
pay
him
tribute
money
each
year}}.
\VS{4}For
twelve
years
he
ruled
them.
But
during
the
thirteenth
year
they
rebelled
{\ADD{
and
refused
to
keep
giving
him
tribute
money}}.
\VS{5}The
next
year,
King
Chedorlaomer
and
the
other
kings
that
were
his
allies
took
their
armies
and
defeated
the Repha people-group
in
Ashteroth-Karnaim
and
the Zuz people-group
in
Ham,
and
the Emi people-group
in
Shaveh-Kiriathaim.
\VS{6}They
also
defeated
the
Hor people-group
in
the hilly
area
of
Seir
as
far
as
El-Paran
near
the
desert.
\VS{7}Then
they
turned
back
and
went
to Mishpat
{\ADD{
city}},
which
is
now
called
Kadesh.
They
conquered
all
the
land belonging
to
the
Amalek people-group
and
the Amor people-group
who
were
living
in
Hazazon-Tamar
{\ADD{
town}}.
\VS{8}Then
the
armies
of
the
kings
of
Sodom,
Gomorrah,
Admah,
Zeboiim
and
Bela
marched
out
to
fight
the
armies
of
the
other
four
kings
in
Siddim
Valley.
That
valley
is
close
to
the
Salt/Dead
Sea.
\VS{9}They
fought
against
the
armies
of
Chedorlaomer
the
king
of
Elam,
Tidal
the
king
of
Goiim,
Amraphel
the
king
of
Shinar,
and
Arioch
the
king
of
Ellasar.
The
armies
of
four
kings
were
fighting
against
the
armies
of
five
kings.
\VS{10}The
Siddim
Valley
was
full
of
tar
pits.
So
when
the
armies
of
the
kings
of
Sodom
and
Gomorrah
tried
to
run
away,
many
of
the
men
fell
into
the
tar
pits.
The
others
escaped
and
ran
away
to
the
hills.
\VS{11}As
{\ADD{
the
armies
of
the
five
kings}}
fled,
{\ADD{
the
armies
of
the
four
kings}}
seized
all
of
the
valuable
things
in
Sodom
and
Gomorrah,
including
all
the
food.
\VS{12}They
also
captured
Abram’s
nephew
Lot
and
his
possessions,
since
he
was
living
in
Sodom
at
that
time.
\VS{13}Abram
was
living
near
the
big
trees
near
Mamre,
who
belonged
to
the Amor people-group.
Abram
had
made
an
agreement
with
Mamre
and
his
two
brothers,
Eshcol
and
Aner,
{\ADD{
that
they
would
help
each
other
if
there
was
a
war}}.
\VS{14}One
of
the
men
who
escaped
from
the
battle
told
Abram
what
had
happened
and
that
his
nephew
Lot
had
been
captured
and
taken
away.
So
Abram
summoned 318
men
who
were
his
servants,
men
who
had
been
with
Abram
since
they
were
born.
They
all
went
together
and
pursued
their
enemies
as
far
north
as
Dan
{\ADD{
city}}.
\VS{15}During
the
night,
Abram
divided
the
men
into
several
groups,
and
they
attacked
their
enemies
from
various
directions
and
defeated
them.
They
pursued
them
as
far
as
Hobah,
which
was
north
of
Damascus
{\ADD{
city}}.
\VS{16}Abram’s
men
recovered
all
of
the
goods
that
had
been
taken.
They
also
rescued
Lot
and
all
his
possessions
and
also
the
women
and
others
who
had
been
captured
by
their
enemies.
\par }{\SH Melchizedek
blessed
Abram
\par }{\PP \VS{17}As
Abram
was
returning
home
after
he
and
his
men
had
defeated
the
armies
of
King
Chedorlaomer
and
the
other
kings
who
had
fought
alongside
him,
the
king
of
Sodom
went
north
to
meet
him
in
Shaveh
Valley,
which
people
call
the
King’s
Valley.
\VS{18}The
king
of
Salem
{\ADD{
city}},
whose
name
was
Melchizedek,
was
also
a
priest
who
offered
sacrifices
to
the Supreme
God.
He
brought
some
bread
and
wine
to
Abram.
\VS{19}Then
he
blessed
Abram,
saying “I
ask
the Supreme
God,
the
one
who
created
heaven
and
earth,
to
bless
you.
\VS{20}The Supreme
God
has
enabled
you
to
defeat [MTY]
your
enemies,
so
we
should
praise/thank
him.”
Then
Abram
gave
to
Melchizedek
a
tenth
part
of
all
the
things
he
had
captured.
\VS{21}The
king
of
Sodom
said
to
Abram, “You
can
keep
all
the
goods
you
recovered.
Just
let
me
take
back
the
people
from
my
city
whom
you
rescued.”
\VS{22}But
Abram
said
to
the
king
of
Sodom, “I
have
solemnly
promised [MTY]
to
Yahweh,
the Supreme
God,
the
one
who
created
heaven
and
earth,
\VS{23}that
I
will
not
accept
even
one
thread
or
a
thong
of
a
sandal
from
anything
that
belongs
to
you.
As
a
result,
you
will
never
be
able
to
say, ‘I
caused
Abram
to
become
rich.’
\VS{24}The
only
thing
I
will
accept
is
the
food
that
my
men
have
eaten.
But
Aner,
Eshcol,
and
Mamre
went
with
me
and
fought
alongside
me,
so
let
them
also
have
a
share
of
the
goods
we
brought
back.”
{\ADD{
So
the
king
of
Sodom
agreed
to
what
he
said}}.

\par }\Chap{15}{\SH Yahweh made a solemn promise to Abram
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Some
time
later,
Abram
had
a
vision
in
which
Yahweh
spoke
to
him
and
said, “Do
not
be
afraid
of ◄anything/your
enemies►.
I
will
protect
you [MTY],
and
I
will
give
a
great
reward.”
\VS{2}But
Abram
replied, “Yahweh
God,
how
can
you
give
me
what
I
truly
want,
because
I
have
no
children,
and
the
one
who
will
be
like
a
son
and
inherit
all
my
possessions
is
my
servant
Eliezer
from
Damascus!”
\VS{3}Abram
added, “You
have
not
given
me
any
children,
so
think
about
this:
A
servant
in
my
household
will
inherit
all
I
own!”
\VS{4}Yahweh
replied, “No!
He
will
not
be
the
one
who
will
inherit
it.
Instead,
you
yourself
will
be
the
father
of
the
one
who
will
inherit
everything
you
own.”
\VS{5}Then
Yahweh
took
Abram
outside
{\ADD{
of
his
tent}}
and
said, “Look
up
at
the
sky!
Can
you
count
the
stars?
No,
you
cannot
count
them
because
there
are
so
many
of
them,
and
your
descendants
will
be
as
numerous
as
the
stars.”
\VS{6}Abram
believed
that
what
Yahweh
said
would
happen.
And
because
of
that,
Yahweh
considered
that
Abram
was
righteous.
\VS{7}Yahweh
also
said
to
him, “I
am
Yahweh.
I
am
the
one
who
brought
you
from
Ur
in
Chaldea
land.
I
brought
you
here
to
give
you
this
land
to
possess.”
\VS{8}But
Abram
replied, “Yahweh
God,
how
can
I
know
for
sure
that
this
land
will
belong
to
me?”
\VS{9}God
said
to
him, “Bring
a
three-year-old
heifer
and
a
three-year-old
goat
to
me,
and
a
dove
and
a
pigeon.”
\VS{10}So
Abram
brought
all
of
them
and
killed
them
and
cut
each
of
the
animals
in
half.
He
arranged
the halves
of
each
one,
side
by
side.
But
he
did
not
cut
the
pigeon
and
dove
in
half.
\VS{11}Birds
that
eat
dead
flesh
came
down
to
eat
the
carcasses,
but
Abram shooed
them
away.
\VS{12}As
the
sun
was
going
down,
Abram
fell
sound
asleep,
and
suddenly
everything
around
him
became
dark
and frightening.
\VS{13}Then
God
said
to
Abram, “I
want
you
to
know
that
your
descendants
will
become
foreigners
living
in
a
land
that
does
not
belong
to
them.
They
will
become
slaves
of
the
owners
of
that
land.
The
owners
of
the
land
will
mistreat
them
for 400
years.
\VS{14}But
then
I
will
punish
the
people
of
that
country
that
made
them
become
slaves,
and
then
your
descendants
will
leave
that
country,
taking
many
possessions
with
them.
\VS{15}But
as
for
you,
you
will
die [EUP]
peacefully
when
you
are
very
old.
\VS{16}After
your
descendants
have
been
slaves
for 400
years,
they
will
return
here,
and
take
control
of
this
land
and
defeat
the Amor people-group. Tose
people
will,
because
those
people
have
not
yet
sinned
enough
to
deserve
to
be
punished
now.”
\VS{17}When
the
sun
had
set
and
it
had
become
dark,
{\ADD{
unexpectedly}}
a
blazing
torch
and
a
clay
pot
containing
burning
coals
from
which
smoke
was
rising
appeared
and
went
between
the halves
of
the
animals.
\VS{18}And
on
that
day
Yahweh
made
an
agreement
with
Abram.
Yahweh
told
him, “I
will
give
to
your
descendants
all
the
land
between
the
river
that
is
on
the
eastern
border
of
Egypt
to
the
south,
and
north
to
the
huge
Euphrates
River.
\VS{19}That
is
the
land
where
the Ken,
the Keniz,
the Kidmon,
\VS{20}the
Heth,
the Periz,
the Repha,
\VS{21}the Amor,
the
Canaan,
the Girgash,
and
the Tebus people-groups
live.”

\par }\Chap{16}{\SH Sarai gave Abram a slave woman to be another wife, and that woman gave birth to Ishmael
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Up
to
that
time,
Abram’s
wife
Sarai
had
not
given
birth
to
any
children
for
Abram.
But
she
had
a
female
slave
from
Egypt,
whose
name
was
Hagar.
\VS{2}{\ADD{
So
one
day}}
Sarai
said
to
Abram, “Listen
to
me!
Yahweh
has
not
allowed
me
to
become
pregnant.
So ◄sleep
with/have
sex
with► [EUP]
my
slave
Hagar.
Perhaps
she
will
bear
children
whom
I
can
consider
to
be
mine.”
Abram
agreed
to
do
what
Sarai
said.
\VS{3}So
Abram ◄slept
with/had
sex
with►
Hagar,
his
wife
Sarai’s
slave
from
Egypt.
This
happened
ten
years
after
they
went
to
live
in
Canaan
{\ADD{
land}}.
Sarai
gave
Hagar
to
her
husband
to
be
his secondary
wife.
\VS{4}He ◄slept
with/had
sex
with► [EUP]
Hagar
and
she
became
pregnant.
When
she
realized
that
she
was
pregnant,
she
began
to
despise
her
mistress
Sarai.
\VS{5}Then
Sarai
said
to
Abram, “It
is
your
fault!
I
put
my
servant
into
your
arms,
so
that
you
could
sleep
with
her [EUP].
Now
she
realizes
that
she
is
pregnant,
and
she
despises
me.
I
think
Yahweh
will
punish
you
for
doing
this
to
me!”
\VS{6}So
Abram
said
to
Sarai, “{\ADD{
You
listen
to
me}}!
She
is
your
servant,
so
act towards
her
in
the
way
you
consider
best.”
Then
Sarai
started
to
mistreat
her,
so
she
ran
away
from
Sarai.
\VS{7}An
angel
of
Yahweh
found
her
as
she
was
near
a
spring
of
water
in
the
desert.
It
was
the
spring
that
was
alongside
the
road
to
Shur.
\VS{8}He
said
to
her, “Hagar,
slave
of
Sarai,
where
have
you
come
from,
and
where
are
you
going?”
She
replied, “I
have
run
away
from
Sarai,
my
mistress.”
\VS{9}The
angel
said, “Go
back
to
your
mistress
and
be
under
her
authority [MTY]”.
\VS{10}The
angel
also
said
to
her, “I
will
enable
you
to
bear
so
many
descendants
that
no
one
will
be
able
to
count
them!”
\VS{11}The
angel
also
said
to
her, “{\ADD{
Listen
to
this!}}
You
are
pregnant.
You
will
give
birth
to
a
son.
You
must
name
him
Ishmael,
{\ADD{
which
means ‘God
hears}}’,
because
Yahweh
has
heard
you
crying
because
you
feel
so
miserable.
\VS{12}But
your
son
will
be
as uncontrollable
as
a
wild
donkey [MET].
He
will
oppose
everyone,
and
everyone
will
oppose
him [MTY].
He
will
live
far
away
from
his
relatives [SYN].”
\VS{13}Then
Hagar
realized
that
the
angel
was
really
Yahweh,
so
she
said
to
herself, “◄It
is
difficult
to
believe
that
I
have
really
seen
the
back
of
Yahweh,
the
one
who
sees
me!/Have
I
really
seen
the
back
of
Yahweh,
the
one
who
sees
me?►” [RHQ]
So
she
called
him ‘Yahweh,
the
one
who
sees me’.
\VS{14}That
is
why
people
call
the
well
there ‘Beer-Lahai-Roi’,
{\ADD{
which
means, ‘The
well
of
the
living
one
who
sees us’!}}
It
is
still
there,
between
Kadesh
and
Bered.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}So
Hagar
later
gave
birth
to
a
son
for
Abram,
and
she
gave
to
her
son
the
name
Ishmael.
\VS{16}Abram
was
eighty-six
years
old
when
Hagar
gave
birth
to
Abram’s
son
Ishmael.

\par }\Chap{17}{\SH Yahweh changed Abram’s name to Abraham and made an agreement with him
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
Abram
was 99
years
old,
Yahweh
appeared
to
him
again
and
said
to
him, “I
am
God
Almighty.
I
want
you
to
live
in
a
way
that
I
will
regard
you
as
someone
that
cannot
be
criticized.
\VS{2}If
you
do
that,
I
will
make
an
agreement
with
you
in
which
I
will
promise
to
enable
you
to
have
very
many
descendants.” [MTY]
\VS{3}Abram
prostrated
himself
with
his
face
on
the
ground.
Then
God
said
to
him,
\VS{4}“Listen
to
this
agreement
that
I
am
making
with
you:
People
of
many
nations
will
be
your
descendants.
\VS{5}And
no
longer
will
your
name
be
Abram.
Instead,
your
name
will
be
Abraham,
{\ADD{
which
means ‘father
of
many
nations,’}}
because
the
people
of
many
nations
will
descend
from
you.
\VS{6}I
will
enable
you
to
have
very
many
descendants,
and
I
will
cause
them
to
become
great
nations/people-groups,
and
some
of
your
descendants
will
become
kings.
\VS{7}I
will
make
this
agreement
between
me
and
you
and
your
descendants.
It
will
be
an
everlasting
agreement
to
be
in
effect
for
many
generations.
This
agreement
is
that
I
will
be
your
God,
and
the
God
of
your
descendants.
\VS{8}I
will
give
to
you
and
to
your
descendants
the
land
through
which
you
are
now
traveling,
all
of
the
Canaan
region.
It
will
be
an
everlasting
possession
for
your
descendants,
and
I
will
be
the
God
that
they
{\ADD{
will
worship}}.”
\par }{\SH God
told
Abraham
that
all
the
males
must
be
circumcised
as
part
of
that
agreement
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Then
God
said
to
Abraham, “Now
you
must
obey
{\ADD{
your
part
of}}
the
agreement
that
I
am
making
with
you,
and
your
descendants
must
also
obey
it,
for
all
generations.
\VS{10}This
is
the
agreement
that
I
am
making,
between
myself
and
you
and
all
your
descendants:
Every
male
among
you
must
be
circumcised.
\VS{11}◄Cutting
the
foreskins
of/Circumcising►
them
will
be
the
sign
{\ADD{
that
you
have
accepted}}
the
agreement
I
am
making
with
you.
\VS{12}Every
male
child
among
you
must
be
circumcised
when
he
is
eight
days
old,
in
all
future
generations.
That includes
baby
boys
in
your
household
or
those
born
from
slaves
that
have
been
bought,
and
baby
boys
of
foreigners
who
live
among
you
but
do
not
belong
to
your
household.
\VS{13}It
does
not
matter
whether
their
parents
are
members
of
your
household
or
slaves
that
have
been
bought;
they
must
all
be
circumcised.
Your
bodies
will
have
this
mark
to
show
{\ADD{
you
have
accepted}}
this
everlasting
agreement
I
am
making.
\VS{14}You
must
expel
from
your
community
any
male
who
has
not
been
circumcised,
because
{\ADD{
by
not
being circumised}}
that
person
has
disobeyed
my
agreement.”
\par }{\SH God
changed
Sarai’s
name
to
Sarah
\par }{\PP \VS{15}God
also
said
to
Abraham, “As
for
Sarai,
your
wife,
you
must
not
call
her
Sarai
any
longer.
{\ADD{
Since
I
changed
your
name,
I
will
change
her
name
also}}.
Her
name
will
now
be
Sarah.
\VS{16}I
will
bless
her,
and
she
will
surely
give
birth
to
a
son
for
you.
And
I
will
bless
her
so
much
that
she
will
be
the ancestor
of
people
of
many
nations.
Kings
of
some people-groups
will
be
descended
from
her.”
\par }{\SH God
promised
Abraham
and
Sarah
that
they
would
have
a
son
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Abraham
prostrated
himself
with
his
face
on
the
ground
{\ADD{
to
show
respect
to
God}}.
But
then
he
laughed
as
he
said
to
himself, “Can
a
man
who
is
a 100
years
old
become
a
father
of
a
son?
And
since
Sarah
is 90
years
old,
how
can
she
bear
a
child?”
\VS{18}Then
Abraham
said
to
God, “Perhaps
you
will
let
Ishmael
receive
your
blessing
{\ADD{
and
inherit
all
I
possess}}.”
\VS{19}Then
God
replied, “{\ADD{
No!}}
Your
wife
Sarah
will
bear
a
son
for
you.
You
must
name
him
Isaac.
I
will
establish
my
agreement
with
him,
one
which
will
be
an
everlasting
agreement
for
him
and
his
descendants.
\VS{20}As
for
Ishmael,
I
have
heard
what
you
asked
me
to
do
for
him.
I
will
bless
him
so
that
he
also
will
have
many
descendants.
Among
his
descendants
will
be
rulers
of
twelve
nations.
And
I
will
cause
his
{\ADD{
descendants}} [MTY]
to
also
become
a
great
nation.
\VS{21}But
Isaac,
the
son
whom
Sarah
will
give
birth
to
at
this
time
next
year,
is
the
one
with
whom
I
will
establish
my
agreement.”
\VS{22}When
God
finished
talking
to
Abraham,
God
disappeared
from
his
sight.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}On
that
same
day,
Abraham
took
his
son
Ishmael
and
all
the
males
that
were
in
his
household,
including
the
sons
of
all
the
slaves
he
had
bought,
and
circumcised
them.
He
cut
off
their
foreskins,
just
as
God
told
him
to
do.
\VS{24}Abraham
was 99
years
old
when ◄he
was
circumcised/someone
circumcised
him►,
\VS{25}and
Ishmael
was
thirteen
years
old
when
Abraham
circumcised
him.
\VS{26}On
that
very
day
Abraham
and
his
son,
Ishmael
were
circumcised.
\VS{27}And
all
the
males
in
his
household,
the
ones
who
had
been
born
there
and
those
who
had
been
bought
from
foreigners,
were
also
circumcised.

\par }\Chap{18}{\SH Yahweh appeared to them and promised again that they would have a son
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}One
day
during
that
year
when
it
was
hot,
Yahweh
appeared
to
Abraham
again
near
the
big
trees
that
belonged
to
Mamre,
while
Abraham
was
sitting
in
the
entrance
to
his
tent.
\VS{2}Abraham
looked
up [MTY]
and
was
surprised
to
see
three
men
standing
near
him.
{\ADD{
Actually,
one
was
Yahweh,
and
the
other
two
were
angels}}.
When
he
saw
them,
he
ran
to
meet
them.
He
prostrated
himself
with
his
face
on
the
ground
to
show
respect,
\VS{3}and
said
{\ADD{
to
one
of
them}}, “Sir,
if
you
are
pleased
with
me,
stay
here
for
a
little
while [LIT].
\VS{4}Allow
my
servants
to
bring
a
little
water
and
wash
your
feet,
and
rest
under
this
tree.
\VS{5}Since
you
have
come
here
to
me,
allow
me
to
bring
you
some
food [SYN]
so
that
you
can
feel
refreshed
before
you
leave.”
Yahweh
replied, “All
right,
do
as
you
have
said.”
\VS{6}So
Abraham
quickly
went
into
the
tent
and
said
to
Sarah, “Quick,
get
some
of
our
best
flour
and
make
some
loaves
of
bread!”
\VS{7}Then
he
ran
to
the
herd
of
cattle
and
selected
a
calf
whose
meat
would
be
tender
and
tasty.
He
gave
it
to
one
of
his
servants
{\ADD{
and
told
him
to}}
quickly
kill
it
and
cook
it.
\VS{8}When
the
meat
was
cooked,
Abraham
brought
some
curds
and
milk
and
the
meat
that
had
been
prepared,
and
set
them
in
front
of
his
visitors.
Then
he
stood
near
them,
under
a
tree,
while
they
ate.
\VS{9}{\ADD{
One
of}}
them
asked
him, “Where
is
Sarah,
your
wife?”
He
replied, “She
is
in
the
tent.”
\VS{10}Then
the
leader
of
the
group
said, “I
will
return
to
you ◄about
this
time/in
the springtime►
next
year,
and
to
your amazement,
your
wife
Sarah
will
have
an
infant
son.”
It
happened
that
Sarah
was
listening
at
the
entrance
of
the
tent,
which
was
behind
the
one
who
was
speaking.
\VS{11}Abraham
and
Sarah
were
very
old,
and
Sarah
was
far
past
the
time
of
when
she
could
bear
children.
\VS{12}So
Sarah
laughed
to
herself,
thinking, “My
body
is
worn
out,
and
my
husband
is
old.
So
how
can
I
have
the
pleasure
{\ADD{
of
having
a
child}}?” [RHQ]
\VS{13}Yahweh
said
to
Abraham, “Why
did
Sarah
laugh?
Why
was
she
thinking, ‘I
am
too
old,
so
how
can
I
bear
a
child?’
\VS{14}I
am
Yahweh! ◄Is
there
anything
too
difficult
for
me?/There
is
nothing
too
difficult
for
me!► [RHQ]
I
will
return
about
this
time
next
year
in
the springtime,
and
Sarah
will
have
an
infant
son.”
\VS{15}Then
Sarah
was
afraid,
so
she
lied
and
said, “I
did
not
laugh.”
But
Yahweh
said, “Don’t
deny
it!
You
did
laugh.”
\par }{\SH Abraham
tried
to
intercede
for
the
wicked
people
of
Sodom
\par }{\PP \VS{16}When
the
three
men
got
up
to
leave,
they
looked
down
into
the
valley
toward
Sodom
{\ADD{
city}}.
Abraham
was
walking
with
them
to
say “goodbye”
to
them.
\VS{17}Yahweh
thought
to
himself, “It
is
not
right
for
me
to
prevent
Abraham
from
knowing
what
I
plan
to
do [RHQ].
\VS{18}Abraham’s
descendants [MTY]
will
become
a
great
and
powerful
nation.
And
people
of [MTY]
all
nations
will
be
blessed
because
of
what
I
do
for
him.
\VS{19}I
have
chosen
him
in
order
that
he
will
teach
his
children
and
their
families
to
obey
me
and
do
what
is
right
and
fair,
and
then
I
will
do
for
Abraham
what
I
promised.”
\VS{20}So
Yahweh
said
to
Abraham, “I
have
heard
the
terrible
things
that
have
been
said
about
the
people
of [MTY]
Sodom
and
Gomorrah.
Their
sins
are
very
great.
\VS{21}So
I
will
go
down
now,
and
I
will
see
if
all
the
terrible
things
that
I
have
heard
are
true
or
not
true.”
\VS{22}Then
the
two
men
turned
and
started
walking
toward
Sodom.
But
Yahweh
remained,
standing
in
front
of
Abraham.
\VS{23}Abraham
came
closer
to
him
and
said, “Will
you
really
destroy
righteous
people
along
with
wicked
ones?
\VS{24}What
will
you
do
if
there
are
only 50
righteous
people
in
the
city?
Will
you
really
get
rid
of
them
all,
and
not
spare
the
place/city
for
the
sake
of
the 50
righteous
people
who
are
in
the
city?
\VS{25}It
would
certainly
not
be
right
for
you
to
do
such
a
thing,
to
kill
righteous
people
along
with
wicked
ones,
and
treat
righteous
people
and
wicked
people
the
same
way.
You
could
not
do
that,
because
you,
who
are
the
judge
of
everyone
on
the
earth,
will
certainly
do
what
is
right
{\ADD{
regarding
the
people
of
Sodom}}!” [RHQ]
\VS{26}Yahweh
replied, “If
I
find 50
righteous
people
in
Sodom,
I
will
spare
the
whole
place/city
for
their
sake.”
\VS{27}Abraham
replied, “I
should
not
be
bold
like
this
and
speak
to
you,
God,
because
I
am
as
worthless
as
dust
and
ashes [MET].
\VS{28}But
what
will
you
do
if
there
are
only 45
righteous
people?
Will
you
destroy
everyone
in
the
whole
city
because
there
are
only 45
and
not 50
righteous
people?”
Yahweh
replied, “I
will
not
destroy
it
if
I
find
that
there
are 45
righteous
people.”
\VS{29}Abraham
continued
to
speak
to
him
{\ADD{
like
this}},
saying, “What
will
you
do
if
you
find
that
there
are
only 40
righteous
people
there?”
Yahweh
replied, “I
will
not
destroy
them
all,
for
the
sake
of
the 40.”
\VS{30}Abraham
said, “God,
please
don’t
be
angry
now.
Let
me
speak
again.
What
will
you
do
if
there
are
only 30
righteous
people?”
He
replied, “I
will
not
do
it
if
I
find
that
there
are 30
there.”
\VS{31}Abraham
said, “I
should
not
be
bold
and
speak
to
you
like
this,
God.
But
what
will
you
do
if
you
find
that
there
are
only 20
righteous
people
there?”
He
replied, “I
will
not
destroy
the
whole
city,
for
the
sake
of
those 20.”
\VS{32}Abraham
said, “God,
don’t
be
angry
now.
Just
let
me
speak
one
time
more.
What
will
you
do
if
you
find
that
there
are
only
ten
righteous
people
there?”
Yahweh
answered, “I
will
not
destroy
the
city
for
the
sake
of
those
ten.”
\VS{33}Abraham
said
no
more,
and
as
soon
as
Yahweh
finished
speaking
with
Abraham,
he
left,
and
Abraham
returned
home.

\par }\Chap{19}{\SH Angels warned Lot that Sodom would be destroyed because of the people’s wickedness
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}That
evening,
the
two
angels
arrived
in
Sodom.
Lot
was
sitting
at
the
gateway
of
the
city.
When
he
saw
them,
he
got
up
to
greet
them,
and
prostrated
himself
with
his
face
on
the
ground.
\VS{2}He
said
to
them, “Gentlemen,
please
stay
in
my
house
tonight.
You
can
wash
your
feet,
and
tomorrow
you
can
continue
your
journey.”
But
they
said, “No,
we
will
just
sleep
in
the
city
square.”
\VS{3}But
Lot
kept insisting
strongly
that
they
sleep
in
his
house.
So
they
entered
his
house
with
him,
and
he
prepared
a
meal
for
them.
He
baked
some
bread
without
yeast,
and
they
ate
it.
\VS{4}After
they
finished
eating,
before
they
went
to
bed,
the
men
of
Sodom
{\ADD{
city}},
all
of
them,
from
the
young
ones
to
the
old
ones,
surrounded
the
house.
\VS{5}They
called
out
to
Lot,
saying, “Where
are
the
men
who
came
to
your
house
this
evening?
Bring
them
out,
so
that
we
can
have
sex
with
them!” [EUP]
\VS{6}Lot
went
outside
the
house
and
shut
the
door
behind
him,
so
that
they
could
not
go
inside.
\VS{7}He
said
to
them, “My
friends,
don’t
do
such
an
evil
thing!
\VS{8}Listen
to
me.
I
have
two
daughters
who
have
never
had
sex
with
any
man.
Let
me
bring
them
out
to
you
now,
and
you
can
do
with
them
whatever
pleases
you.
But
don’t
do
anything
to
these
men,
because
they
are
guests
in
my
house,
{\ADD{
so
I
must
protect
them}}!”
\VS{9}But
they
replied, “Get
out
of
our
way!
You
are
a
foreigner;
so
you
have
no
right
to
tell
us
what
is
right!
{\ADD{
If
you
don’t
get
out
of
our
way}},
we
will
do
worse
things
to
you
than
we
will
do
to
them!”
Then
they lunged towards
Lot,
and
tried forcefully
to
break
down
the
door.
\VS{10}But
the
two
angels
opened
the
door
carefully,
reached
out
their
hands,
and
pulled
Lot
to
them
inside
the
house.
Then
they
quickly
shut
the
door.
\VS{11}Then
they
caused
all
the
men
who
were
outside
the
door
of
the
house,
young
and
old,
to
become
blind,
so
that
they
could
not
find
the
door.
\VS{12}Then
the
two
angels
said
to
Lot, “Who
else
is
with
you
here?
If
you
have
sons
or
sons-in-law
or
daughters
or
anyone
else
in
the
city
who
is
related
to
you,
take
them
out
of
the
city,
\VS{13}because
we
are
the
ones
who
are
going
to
destroy
this
place.
Yahweh
considers
that
these
people
are
so
evil
that
he
sent
us
to
destroy
the
city.”
\VS{14}So
Lot
went
and
spoke
to
the
men
who
had
pledged
to
marry
his
daughters.
He
said
to
them, “Hurry!
Get
out
of
this
city,
because
Yahweh
is
about
to
destroy
it!”
But
his
future
sons-in-law
thought
he
was
joking.
\VS{15}As
it
was
about
to
dawn
the
next
morning,
the
two
angels
urged
Lot,
saying, “Get
up
quickly!
Take
your
wife
and
your
two
daughters
who
are
here
with
you
and
leave!
If
you
don’t,
you
will
die
when
{\ADD{
we
destroy/Yahweh
destroys}}
the
city!”
\VS{16}When
Lot
hesitated,
the
angels
grasped
his
hand
and
his
wife’s
hand
and
the
hands
of
his
two
daughters.
They
led
them
outside
the
city
safely.
The
angels
did
that
because
Yahweh
was
acting mercifully
toward
them.
\VS{17}When
they
were
outside
the
city,
one
of
the
angels
said, “{\ADD{
If
you
want
to
remain
alive}},
run
away
quickly!
Don’t
look
back!
And
don’t
stop
anywhere
in
the
valley!
Flee
to
the
hills!
If
you
don’t,
you
will
die!”
\VS{18}But
Lot
said
to
one
of
the
angels, “No,
sir,
don’t
make
me
do
that!
\VS{19}Please,
listen.
You
have
been
pleased
with
me
and
have
been
very
kind
to
me
and
spared
my
life.
But
I
cannot
flee
to
the
mountain.
If
I
try
to
do
that,
I
will
die
in
this
disaster [PRS].
\VS{20}But
listen
to
me.
There
is
a
town
nearby.
Let
me
run
to
that
small
town.
Let
me
go
there
now.
It
is
a
small
town,
but
our
lives
will
be
saved
if
we
go
there.”
\VS{21}One
of
the
angels
said
to
Lot, “I
will
allow
you
to
do
what
you
have
requested [MTY].
I
will
not
destroy
the
little
town
you
are
speaking
about.
\VS{22}But
hurry!
Run
there,
because
I
cannot
destroy
anything
until
you
arrive
there.”
People
later
called
the
name
of
the
town
Zoar
{\ADD{
which
means ‘small’,}}
because
Lot
said
it
was
small.
\par }{\SH God
destroyed
Sodom
and
Gomorrah
cities
\par }{\PP \VS{23}As
the
sun
was
rising,
Lot
and
his
family
arrived
in
the
town
which
is
now
called
Zoar.
\VS{24}Then
Yahweh
caused
fire
and
{\ADD{
burning}}
sulfur
to
fall
down
on
Sodom
and
Gomorrah
like
rain.
\VS{25}In
that
way,
he
destroyed
those
cities
and
all
the
people
who
were
living
in
those
cities.
He
also
destroyed
everything
in
the
valley,
including
all
the
plants/vegetation.
\VS{26}But
Lot’s
wife
stopped
and
looked
back
{\ADD{
to
see
what
was happening}},
so
she
died,
and
her
body
{\ADD{
later}}
became
a
pillar
of
salt.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}That
morning,
Abraham
got
up
and
went
to
the
place
where
he
had
stood
in
front
of
Yahweh.
\VS{28}He
looked
down
toward
Sodom
and
Gomorrah,
and
he
{\ADD{
was
surprised
to}}
see
that
all
over
the
valley,
smoke
was
rising,
like
the
smoke
of
a
huge
furnace.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}So,
when
God
destroyed
those
cities
in
the
valley,
he
remembered
what
he
had
promised
Abraham,
and
he
rescued
Lot
from
the
disaster
that
occurred
in
the
cities
where
Lot
had
lived.
\par }{\SH Lot’s
daughters
tricked
him
into
making
them
pregnant
\par }{\PP \VS{30}Lot
was
afraid
to
stay
in
Zoar,
so
he
left
there
and
moved
with
his
two
daughters
to
the
mountain,
and
they
lived
in
a
cave.
\VS{31}One
day
the
older
daughter
said
to ◄the
younger
daughter/her
sister►, “Our
father
is
old,
and
there
is
no
man
in
this
area
who
can
have
sex [EUP]
with
us,
as
people
all
over
the
earth
do.
\VS{32}Let’s
make
our
father
drink
wine
until
he
gets
drunk.
Then
we
can
have
sex
with
him [EUP]
{\ADD{
without
him
knowing
it}}.
In
that
way
{\ADD{
he
will
cause
us
to
become
pregnant}}
and
we
can
bear
children.”
\VS{33}So
that
night
they
caused
their
father
to
become
drunk.
And
the
older
daughter
went
in
and
lay
in
bed
with
her
father,
and
he
had
sex
with
her,
but
he
was
so
drunk
that
he
did
not
know
when
she
lay
down
with
him
or
when
she
got
up.
\VS{34}The
next
day,
his
older
daughter
said
to ◄his
younger
daughter/her
sister►, “Listen
to
me.
Last
night
I
slept
with
our
father.
Let’s
cause
him
to
become
drunk
again
tonight!
This
time
you
can
go
and
sleep
with
him.
If
he
has
sex
with
you,
you
can
become
pregnant,
and
that
way
you
can
have
a
child,
too.”
\VS{35}So
that
night,
they
caused
their
father
to
become
drunk
with
wine
again,
and
then
his
younger
daughter
went
and
slept
with
him.
But
again,
he
was
so
drunk
that
he
did
not
know
when
she
lay
down
with
him
or
when
she
got
up.
\VS{36}So
Lot
caused
his
two
daughters
to
become
pregnant.
\VS{37}The
older
one
later
gave
birth
to
a
son,
whom
she
named
Moab.
He
became
the ancestor
of
the
Moab people-group.
\VS{38}The
younger
one
also
gave
birth
to
a
son,
whom
she
named
Ben-Ammi.
He
became
the ancestor
of
the
Ammon people-group.

\par }\Chap{20}{\SH Abraham deceived King Abimelech about Sarah
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Abraham
left
Mamre
and
moved southwest
to
the
Negev
desert
and
lived
in
a
place
named
Gerar,
between
Kadesh
and
Shur.
\VS{2}While
he
was
there,
he
told
people
that
Sarah
was
his
sister,
not
his
wife.
Then
King
Abimelech
of
Gerar
sent
some
of
his
men
to
Sarah,
and
they
brought
her
to
him
to
be
his
wife.
\VS{3}But
God
appeared
to
Abimelech
in
a
dream
during
the
night
and
said
to
him, “Listen
to
me!
You
are
going
to
die
because
the
woman
you
took
is
another
man’s
wife.”
\VS{4}But
Abimelech
had
not
had
sex [EUP]
with
her,
so
he
said, “God,
since
the
people
of
my
nation
and
I
am
innocent;
will
you
kill
me?
\VS{5}He
told
me, ‘She
is
my
sister,’
and
she
also
said, ‘He
is
my
brother.’
I
did
this
with
pure
motives
and
I [SYN]
have
not
done
anything
wrong
yet.”
\VS{6}God
said
to
him
in
another
dream, “Yes,
I
know
that
your
motives
were
pure.
That
is
why
I
truly
prevented
you
from
sinning
against
me.
I
did
not
allow
you
to
have
sex [EUP]
with
her.
\VS{7}Now,
return
this
man’s
wife
to
her
husband,
because
he
is ◄a
prophet/a
man
who
receives
messages
from
me►.
He
will
pray
for
you,
and
you
will ◄remain
alive/not
die►.
But
if
you
do
not
return
her
to
him,
you
will
certainly
die,
and
all
the
members
of
your
household
will
also
certainly
die.”
\VS{8}Early
the
next
morning,
Abimelech
summoned
all
his
officials,
and
told
them
everything
that
had
happened.
When
they
heard
that [MTY],
his
men
were
very
afraid
{\ADD{
that
God
would
punish
them}}.
\VS{9}Abimelech
then
summoned
Abraham,
and
said
to
him, “You
should
not
have
done
that
to
us [RHQ]!
Did
I
do
something
wrong
to
you,
with
the
result
that
you
are
causing
me
and
the
people
in [MTY]
my
kingdom
to
be
guilty
of
committing
a
great
sin [RHQ]?
You
have
done
things
to
me
that ◄should
not
be
done/you
should
not
have
done►!”
\VS{10}Abimelech
asked
Abraham, “What
was
your
reason
for
doing
this?”
\VS{11}Abraham
replied, “I
said
that
because
I
thought, ‘They
certainly
do
not
respect
God
in
this
place.
If
they
don’t
respect
God,
they
will
not
respect relationships
with
others.
{\ADD{
If
I
say
she
is
my
sister,
they
will
try
to
pay
me
a
bride
price}}
to
get
her.
But
if
I
say
she
is
my
wife,
they
will
kill
me
to
get
her.’
\VS{12}Besides,
she
really
{\ADD{
can
be
considered}}
my
sister,
because
she
is
the
daughter
of
my
father,
although
she
is
not
the
daughter
of
my
mother.
She
is
the
daughter
of
another
woman,
and
I
married
her.
\VS{13}Later,
when
God
told
me
to
move
away
from
my
father’s
household,
I
said
to
her, ‘This
is
the
way
you
can
show
that
you
love
me:
Everywhere
we
go,
say
about
me, “This
is
my
brother.” ’ ”
\VS{14}So
Abimelech
brought
some
sheep
and
cattle
and
male
and
female
slaves
and
gave
them
to
Abraham.
And
he
returned
his
wife
Sarah
to
him.
\VS{15}And
Abimelech
said
to
him, “Look!
All
my
land
is
here
in
front
of
you.
Live
in
whatever
place
you
like!”
\VS{16}And
he
said
to
Sarah, “Look
here,
I
am
giving 1,000
pieces
of
silver
to
your
brother.
This
is
to insure
that
no
one
will
{\ADD{
bring
up
this
matter
again
and}}
say
that
I
have
done
something
wrong. [EUP, IDM]”
\VS{17}Then
Abraham
prayed
to
God,
and
God
healed
Abimelech’s
wife
and
his
slave
girls
so
that
they
could
become
pregnant.
\VS{18}This
was
because
Yahweh
had
caused
it
to
be
impossible
for
any
of
the
women
in
Abimelech’s
household
to
bear
children,
because
Abimelech
had
taken
Abraham’s
wife
Sarah.

\par }\Chap{21}{\SH Sarah gave birth to Isaac
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
was
very
kind
to
Sarah,
just
as
he
said
he
would
be.
He
did
for
Sarah
exactly
what
he
promised
to
do.
\VS{2}She
became
pregnant
and
gave
birth
to
a
son
for
Abraham
when
he
was
very
old,
at
the
time
God
promised
it
would
happen.
\VS{3}Abraham
gave
the
name ‘Isaac’ (which
means ‘he laughs’)
to
the
son
Sarah
gave
birth
to.
\VS{4}Abraham
circumcised
his
son
Isaac
when
his
son
was
eight
days
old,
just
as
God
commanded
him
to
do.
\VS{5}Abraham
was 100
years
old
when
his
son
Isaac
was
born.
\VS{6}And
Sarah
said, “{\ADD{
Although
I
was
sad
before
because
I
did
not
have
any
children}},
God
has
now
enabled
me
to
laugh,
and
everyone
who
hears
about
what
God
has
done
for
me
will
laugh
with
me.”
\VS{7}Then
she
also
said, “No
one
would
have
said
to
Abraham
that
some
day
Sarah
would
nurse
a
child,
but
I
have
given
birth
to
a
son
when
Abraham
is
very
old.”
\par }{\SH Abraham
sent
Hagar
and
her
son
Ishmael
away
\par }{\PP \VS{8}The
baby
grew
and
was
weaned
{\ADD{
when
he
was
about
three
years
old}}.
On
that
day,
Abraham
prepared
a
large
feast
to
celebrate.
\VS{9}◄{\ADD{
One
day/During
the
feast►}}
Sarah
noticed
that Hagar’s
son
Ishmael
was ◄making fun
of/playing
with►
Isaac.
\VS{10}So
she
said
to
Abraham, “Get
rid
of
that
slave
woman
from
Egypt
and
her
son!
I
do
not
want
the
son
of
that
slave
woman
to
be
alone (OR,
to
be
an
heir
along
with)
my
son,
Isaac!”
\VS{11}Abraham
was
very
distressed
about
the
matter,
because
he
was
concerned
about
his
son
{\ADD{
Ishmael}}.
\VS{12}But
God
said
to
Abraham, “Do
not
be
distressed
about
your
son,
Ishmael,
and
about
your
maidservant,
Hagar.
Do
everything
that
Sarah
tells
you
to
do.
Listen
to
her,
because
Isaac
is
the
one
who
will
be
considered
the ancestor
of
the
descendants
I
promised
to
give
you.
\VS{13}But
I
will
also
cause
the
son
of
your
maidservant
to
be
the ancestor
of
the
people
of
a
great
nation [MTY],
because
he
is
also
your
son.”
\VS{14}So
Abraham
got
up
early
the
next
morning.
He
got
some
food
ready,
put
water
in
a
container,
and
gave
them
to
Hagar.
He
put
them
{\ADD{
in
a
bag}}
on
her
shoulder
and
sent
them
away.
\par }{\PP They
wandered
in
the
desert
near
Beersheba
{\ADD{
town}}.
\VS{15}After
they
had
drunk
all
the
water
in
the
container,
she
put
her
son
under
one
of
the
bushes
there.
\VS{16}Then
she
went
and
sat
nearby,
about ◄as
far
as
someone
can
shoot
an
arrow/100 meters
away►,
because
she
thought, “I
cannot
endure
seeing
my
son
die!”
As
she
sat
there,
she
began
to
cry
{\ADD{
loudly}} [MTY].
\VS{17}{\ADD{
The
boy
was
crying
too.}}
And
God
heard
the
boy
crying.
So
he
caused
one
of
his
angels
to
call
out
from
heaven
to
Hagar,
saying, “Hagar,
are
you
worried
about
something?
Do
not
be
afraid,
because
God
has
heard
the
boy
crying
there.
\VS{18}Help
your
son
up,
and
hold
his
hand
as
you
leave,
because
I
will
cause
his
descendants
to
become
a
great
nation.”
\VS{19}Then
God
showed
her
a
well
of
water.
So
she
went
to
the
well
and
filled
the
container
with
water,
and
gave
the
boy
a
drink.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}God
helped
the
boy
as
he
grew
up.
He
lived
in
the
desert
and
became
a
good ◄archer/man
who
hunts
with
bow
and
arrows►.
\VS{21}He
lived
in
Paran
Desert.
While e
was
there,
Hagar
got
a
wife
for
him
from
Egypt.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}At
that
time,
{\ADD{
King}}
Abimelech
and
Phicol,
the
commander
of
his
army,
said
to
Abraham, “It
is
clear
that
God
helps
you
with
everything
that
you
do.
\VS{23}So
now ◄solemnly
promise/swear►
to
me
here,
as
God
is
listening,
that
you
will ◄not
deceive/act
fairly
to►
me
and
my
children
and
my
descendants,
in
return
for
my
being
kind
to
you.
Be
kind
to
me
and
to
all
the
people
here
in
the
country
where
you
are
now
living.”
\VS{24}So
Abraham
promised
to
do
that.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}{\ADD{
Then}}
Abraham
complained
to
Abimelech
about
one
of
Abraham’s
wells
that
Abimelech’s
servants
had
seized.
\VS{26}But
Abimelech
said, “I
do
not
know
who
has
done
that.
You
did
not
tell
me
previously,
and
I
did
not
hear
about
it
until
today.”
\VS{27}So
Abraham
brought
some
sheep
and
gave
them
to
Abimelech,
and
the
two
of
them
made
a ◄treaty/peace
agreement►.
\VS{28}Abraham
separated
seven
female
lambs
from
his
flock.
\VS{29}Abimelech
asked
Abraham, “What
are
these
seven
female
lambs
that
you
have
separated
from
the
rest
of
your
flock?”
\VS{30}Abraham
replied, “I
want
you
truly
to
accept
these
female
lambs
from
me [SYN],
so
that
it
may
be
a ◄public
witness/proof►
that
this
well
belongs
to
me
because
I
dug
it.”
\VS{31}So
Abimelech
accepted
the
animals,
and
as
a
result
they
called
that
place
Beersheba,
{\ADD{
which
means ‘Friendship
Agreement Well’,}}
because
there
the
two
of
them
made
that
agreement.
\VS{32}After
they
made
the
agreement
at
Beersheba,
Abimelech
and
his
army
commander,
Phicol,
left,
and
returned
to
the
land
of
the
Philistine people-group.
\VS{33}Abraham
planted
a ◄tamarisk
tree/kind
of
tree
called esel►
there,
and
he
worshiped
the
eternal
God
there.
\VS{34}Abraham
lived
in
the
land
of
the
Philistine people-group
for
a
long
time.

\par }\Chap{22}{\SH Yahweh told Abraham to offer Isaac as a sacrifice
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Several
years
later,
God
tested
Abraham
{\ADD{
to
find
out}}
whether
Abraham
{\ADD{
really
trusted
in
him
and
would
obey
him}}.
He
called
out
to
Abraham,
and
Abraham
replied, “I’m
here.”
\VS{2}God
said, “Your
son,
Isaac,
whom
you
love
very
much,
is
the
only
son
{\ADD{
who
is
still
here
with
you}}.
But
take
him
and
go
together
to
the
Moriah
region.
Offer
him
as
a
sacrifice
like
a
burnt
offering,
on
a
hill
that
I
will
show
you.”
\VS{3}So
Abraham
got
up
early
the
next
morning,
put
a
saddle
on
his
donkey,
and
took
with
him
two
of
his
servants
along
with
his
son,
Isaac.
He
also
chopped
some
wood
to
kindle
a
fire
for
a
burnt
offering.
Then
they
started
traveling
to
the
place
God
told
him
about.
\VS{4}On
the
third
day
of
their
travels,
Abraham
looked
up
and
saw
in
the
distance
the
place
where
God
wanted
him
to
go.
\VS{5}Abraham
said
to
his
servants, “You
two
stay
here
with
the
donkey
while
the
boy
and
I
go
over
there.
We
will
worship
God
there,
and
then
we
will
come
back
to
you.”
\VS{6}Then
Abraham
took
the
wood
to
kindle
a
fire
for
the
burnt
offering
and
placed
it
on
his
son
Isaac,
for
him
to
carry.
Abraham
carried
in
his
hand
a
{\ADD{
pan
containing
burning
coals
to
start
a}}
fire,
and
a
knife,
and
the
two
of
them
walked
along
together.
\VS{7}Then
Isaac
spoke
to
his
father
Abraham,
saying, “My
father!”
Abraham
replied, “Yes,
my
son, I’m
here!”
Isaac
said, “Look,
we
have
wood
and
{\ADD{
coals
to
light}}
a
fire,
but
where
is
the
lamb
for
the
burnt
offering?”
\VS{8}Abraham
replied, “My
son,
God
himself
will
provide
the
lamb
for
the
burnt
offering.”
So
the
two
of
them
continued
walking
along
together.
\VS{9}They
arrived
at
the
place
God
had
told
him
about.
There,
Abraham
built
a
stone
altar
and
arranged
the
wood
on
top
of
it.
Then
he
tied
his
son
Isaac,
and
laid
him
on
the
altar
on
top
of
the
wood.
\VS{10}Then
Abraham
took
the
knife
and
reached
out
to
kill
his
son.
\VS{11}But
an
angel
{\ADD{
who
was
really
Yahweh}}
called
to
him
from
heaven
and
said, “Abraham!
Abraham!”
Abraham
replied, “I’m
here!”
\VS{12}The
angel
said, “Do
not
harm
the
boy
or
do
anything
to
injure
him,
because
now
I
know
that
you
respect
and
obey
God.
I
know
that
because
you
have
not
refused
to
sacrifice
your
son,
the
only
son
{\ADD{
who
is
still
with
you}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Then
Abraham
looked
up
and
saw
that
a
ram
was
nearby,
whose
horns
had
been
caught
in
a ◄thicket/clump
of
bushes►.
So
Abraham
went
over
and
grabbed
the
ram
{\ADD{
and
killed
it}},
and
sacrificed
it
on
the
altar
as
a
burnt
offering,
instead
of
his
son.
\VS{14}Abraham
named
that
place ‘Yahweh
will provide’.
And
to
the
present
day,
people
say, “On
Yahweh’s
mountain,
he
will
provide.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}The
angel
{\ADD{
who
was
really
Yahweh}}
called
out
to
Abraham
from
heaven
a
second
time.
\VS{16}He
said, “I,
Yahweh
your
Lord,
am
telling
you
that
you
did
what
I
told
you,
and
you
have
not
refused
to
sacrifice
your
only
son
{\ADD{
that
is
with
you}}.
So
I
say, ‘I
solemnly
swear,
with
myself
as
my
witness,
\VS{17}that
some
day
your
descendants
will
be
as
numerous
as
the
stars
in
the
sky
and
the
grains
of
sand
on
the
seashore.
And
your
descendants
will
defeat
their
enemies
and
capture
their
cities [SYN].’
\VS{18}You
obeyed
me,
so
by
means
of
your
descendants
the
people
of
all
the
nations
on
the
earth
will
be
blessed.”
\VS{19}Then
Abraham
and
Isaac
returned
to
where
his
servants
were
waiting,
and
they
went
back
home
together
to
Beersheba,
and
Abraham
stayed
there.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}After
these
things
happened,
someone
told
Abraham, “Your
brother
Nahor’s
wife,
Milcah,
has
also
given
birth
to
children.
She
has
eight
sons.”
\VS{21}The
oldest
son
was
Uz.
The
next
was
Buz.
After
him
was
Kemuel,
the
father
of
Aram.
\VS{22}After
Kemuel
was Kesad,
then
Hazo,
then
Pildash,
then
Jidlaph,
then
Bethuel,
\VS{23}who
was
the
father
of
Rebekah,
{\ADD{
who
later
became
Isaac’s
wife}}.
Those
were
the
eight
sons
of
Milcah,
wife
of
Abraham’s
brother,
Nahor.
\VS{24}Nahor
also
had
a ◄concubine/female
slave
whom
he
took
as
a
wife►,
whose
name
was Beumah.
She
gave
birth
to
four
sons:
Tebah,
Gaham,
Tahash,
and
Maacah.

\par }\Chap{23}{\SH After Sarah died, Abraham bought a burial place for her
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
Sarah
was 127
years
old,
\VS{2}she
died
at
Kiriath-Arba
{\ADD{
town}},
which
is
now
called
Hebron,
in rhe
Canaan
region.
After
Abraham
mourned
for
her,
\VS{3}he
left
the
body
of
his
wife
and
{\ADD{
went
and}}
spoke
to
some
of
the
descendants
of
Heth,
saying,
\VS{4}“I
am
a
foreigner [DOU]
living
among
you,
{\ADD{
so
I
do
not
own
any
land
here}}.
Sell
me
some
land
here
so
that
I
can
bury
my
wife’s
body.”
\VS{5}They
replied
to
him,
\VS{6}“Sir,
you
are
a
powerful
prince
among
us.
Choose
one
of
our
finest
tombs
and
bury
your
wife’s
{\ADD{
body}}
in
it.
None
of
us
will
refuse
to
sell
land
to
you
for
a
tomb
for
your relatives’
bodies.”
\VS{7}Then
Abraham
stood
up
and
bowed
{\ADD{
in
respect}}
in
front
of
the
people
who
owned
the
land,
the
descendants
of
Heth.
\VS{8}He
said
to
them, “If
you
say
that
you
are
willing
for
me
to
bury
my
wife’s
body
here,
listen
to
me,
and
ask
Ephron,
the
son
of
Zohar
for
me,
\VS{9}to
sell
to
me
the
cave
in
the
Machpelah
area,
which
is
at
the
end
of
his
field.
Ask
him
to
sell
it
to
me
for
the
full
price
he
wants,
so
that
I
can
have
a
burial
ground
among
you.”
\VS{10}Ephron
was
sitting
among
the
people
near
the
city
gate
where
many [HYP]
descendants
of
Heth
had
gathered.
He
heard
what
Abraham
said
to
them.
\VS{11}{\ADD{
So,
just
to
make
the
customary
reply
to
start
the real discussion
about
a
price}},
Ephron
said, “No,
sir,
listen
to
me.
I
will
give
to
you
the
field
and
the
cave
in
it,
without
charge,
with
the
people
here
as
witnesses.”
\VS{12}Abraham
again
bowed
before
the
people
who
lived
in
the
area,
\VS{13}and
said
to
Ephron,
as
all
the
others
were
listening, “{\ADD{
No}},
listen
to
me.
If
you
are
willing,
I
will
pay
for
the
field.
You
tell
me
what
the
price
is,
and
I
will
give
it
to
you.
If
you
accept
it,
the
field
will
become
mine,
and
I
can
bury
my
wife’s
body
there.”
\VS{14}Ephron
answered
Abraham,
saying
to
him,
\VS{15}“Sir,
listen
to
me.
The
land
is
worth 400
pieces
of
silver.
But
the
price
is
not
important
to
you
and
me.
Give
me
the
money
and
bury
your
wife’s
body
there.”
\VS{16}Abraham
agreed
with
Ephron
about
the
price,
and
weighed
for
Ephron
the 400
pieces
of
silver
he
had
suggested,
as
everyone
was
listening,
using
the
standard
weights
for
silver
used
{\ADD{
in
that
area}}
by
people
who
sold
things.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}So
Ephron’s
field
in
the
Machpelah
area,
near
Mamre,
and
the
cave
in
the
field,
and
all
the
trees
that
were
in
the
field
inside
the
boundaries
of
the
land,
became
Abraham’s
possession.
\VS{18}It
became
Abraham’s
property
as
all
the
descendants
of
Heth
were
listening
there
at
the
city
gate.
\VS{19}After
that,
Abraham
buried
his
wife
Sarah’s
body
in
the
cave
in
the
field
in
the
Machpelah
area
near
Mamre,
which
is
now
called
Hebron
{\ADD{
city}},
in
the
Canaan
region.
\VS{20}So
the
field
and
the
cave
in
it
were
officially
sold
to
Abraham
by
the
descendants
of
Heth,
to
be
used
as
a
burial
ground.

\par }\Chap{24}{\SH Abraham sent a servant to Mesopotamia to find a wife for Isaac
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Abraham
was
now
a
very
old
man.
Yahweh
had
blessed
Abraham
in
many
ways.
\VS{2}One
day
Abraham
said
to
the
chief
servant
of
his
household,
the
man
who
was
in
charge
of
everything
Abraham
owned, “Put
your
hand
between
my
thighs
to
solemnly
promise
you
will
do
what
I
tell
you.
\VS{3}Knowing
that
Yahweh
God
{\ADD{
who
created}}
the
heavens
and
the
earth
is
listening,
promise
that
you
will
not
get
a
wife
for
my
son,
Isaac,
from
the
women
here
in
Canaan.
\VS{4}Instead,
go
back
to
my
country
and
to
my
relatives
and
get
a
wife
for
my
son
Isaac
from
among
them.”
\VS{5}The
servant
asked
him, “If
I
find
a
woman
among
your
relatives,
what
if
she
is
not
willing
to
come
back
with
me
to
this
land?
Shall
I
take
your
son
back
there
to
the
country
you
came
from,
{\ADD{
so
he
can
find
a
wife
and
live
there}}?”
\VS{6}Abraham
replied
to
him, “No!
Be
certain
that
you
don’t
take
my
son
there!
\VS{7}Yahweh
God,
who
created
the
heavens,
brought
me
here.
He
brought
me
from
my
father’s
household,
and
from
the
land
where
my
relatives
lived.
He
spoke
to
me
and
made
a
solemn
promise
to
me,
saying, ‘I
will
give
this
land
{\ADD{
of
Canaan}}
to
your
descendants.’
He
will
send
an
angel
who
will
go
there
ahead
of
you,
and
enable
you
to
get
a
wife
for
my
son
{\ADD{
there
and
bring
her
to
live
here}}.
\VS{8}But
if
the
woman
you
find
will
not
come
back
with
you,
you
are
free
to
disregard
the
promise
you
are
making.
The
only
thing
that
you
must
not
do
is
to
take
my
son
to
live
there!”
\VS{9}So
the
servant
put
his
hand
between
Abraham’s
thighs
and
made
a
solemn
promise
about
the
matter.
\par }{\SH Abraham’s
servant
found
a
wife
for
Isaac
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Then
the
servant
took
ten
of
his
master’s
camels
and
loaded
them
with
all
kinds
of
goods
that
his
master
gave
him
to
take
along.
Then
he
left
to
go
to
Aram-Naharaim,
{\ADD{
which
is
in ◄northern
Mesopotamia/Syria►}}.
He
arrived
in
Nahor
city.
\VS{11}It
was
late
in
the
afternoon,
at
the
time
when
the
women
go
to
the
well
to
get
water,
when
he
arrived
there.
He
made
the
camels
kneel
down
near
the
well,
which
was
outside
the
city.
\VS{12}The
servant
prayed, “Yahweh
God
whom
my
master
Abraham
worships,
enable
me
to
be
successful
today!
Act
kindly
to
my
master,
Abraham!
\VS{13}Listen
to
me.
I
am
standing
near
a
well
of
water,
and
the
young
women
of
the
city
are
coming
to
get
water.
\VS{14}I
am
asking
you
this: ‘I
will
say
to
some
girl, “Please
lower
your
jar
so
that
I
may
drink
some
water.”
If
she
says, “Drink
some,
and
I
will
draw
some
water
{\ADD{
from
the
well}}
for
your
camels,
too,”
I
will
know
that
she
is
the
woman
whom
you
chose
to
be
a
wife
for
your
servant,
Isaac,
and
I
will
know
that
you
have
been
kind
to
my
master.’ ”
\VS{15}Before
he
finished
praying,
{\ADD{amazingly}},
Rebekah
arrived
there,
carrying
a
jar
on
her
shoulder.
She
was
the
daughter
of
Bethuel,
who
was
the
son
of
Milcah,
the
wife
of
Abraham’s
younger
brother
Nahor.
\VS{16}She
was
very
beautiful
and
still
a
virgin.
She
went
down
to
the
edge
of
the
well,
filled
her
jar
with
water,
and
then
came
back
up.
\VS{17}Abraham’s
servant
immediately
ran
to
meet
her,
and
said, “Please
give
me
a
little
water
from
your
jar.”
\VS{18}She
replied, “Drink
some,
sir!”
She
lowered
her
jar
from
her
shoulder
to
her
hands
and
gave
him
a
drink.
\VS{19}After
she
had
finished
giving
him
a
drink,
she
said, “I
will
also
get
some
water
for
your
camels,
until
they
have
had
enough
to
drink.”
\VS{20}She
quickly
emptied
the
water
in
her
jar
into
the
trough
{\ADD{
for
giving
water
to
animals}},
and
then
ran
back
to
the
well,
and
kept
getting
water
for
all
the
camels.
\VS{21}The
servant
just
watched
her,
without
saying
anything.
He
wanted
to
know
if
Yahweh
had
caused
his
trip
to
be
successful
or
not.
\VS{22}Finally,
after
the
camels
finished
drinking,
the
servant
took
out
a
gold
nose
ring
that
weighed ◄two ounces/6 grams►,
and
two
large
gold
bracelets
for
her
arms,
and
gave
them
to
Rebekah
{\ADD{
and
told
her
to
put
them
on}}.
\VS{23}Then
he
said, “Tell
me
whose
daughter
you
are.
Also,
tell
me,
is
there
room
in
your
father’s
house
for
me
and
my
men
to
sleep
there
tonight?”
\VS{24}She
replied, “My
father’s
name
is
Bethuel.
He
is
the
son
of
Nahor
and
his
wife
Milcah.
\VS{25}Yes,
we
have
room
where
you
all
can
sleep
tonight,
and
we
also
have
plenty
of
straw
and
grain
to
feed
the
camels.”
\VS{26}The
servant
bowed
and
worshiped
Yahweh.
\VS{27}He
said, “I
thank
you,
Yahweh
God,
whom
my
master
Abraham
worships.
You
have
continued
to
be
kind
and
faithful
to
my
master.
You
led
me
on
this
journey
straight/directly
to
the
house
of
my
master’s
relatives!”
\VS{28}The
girl
ran
and
told
everyone
in
her
mother’s
household
about
what
had
happened.
\VS{29}Rebekah
had
a
brother
whose
name
was
Laban.
Laban
went
quickly
to
Abraham’s
servant,
who
was
still
by
the
well.
\VS{30}He
was
surprised
to
have
seen
the
bracelets
on
his
sister’s
arms
and
the
nose
ring
and
to
have
heard
Rebekah
tell
what
the
man
had
said
to
her.
So
he
went
out
and
saw
the
man
standing
near
the
camels,
close
to
the
well.
\VS{31}He
said
to
the
man, “You
who
have
been
blessed
by
Yahweh,
come
with
me! ◄Why
are
standing
out
here?/You
should
not
keep
standing
out
here!► [RHQ]
I
have
prepared
a
room
for
you
in
the
house,
and
a
place
for
the
camels
to
stay.”
\VS{32}So
the
servant
went
to
the
house,
and
Laban’s
servants
unloaded
the
camels,
and
brought
straw
and
grain
for
the
camels,
and
water
for
him
and
the
men
with
him
to
wash
their
feet.
\VS{33}They
set
food
in
front
of
him
for
him
to
eat,
but
he
said, “I
will
not
eat
until
I
tell
you ◄what
I
need
to
tell
you/why
I
have
come►.”
So
Laban
said, “Tell
us!”
\VS{34}So
the
servant
said, “I
am
Abraham’s
servant.
\VS{35}Yahweh
has
greatly
blessed
my
master
so
that
he
has
become
very
rich.
Yahweh
has
given
him
many
sheep
and
cattle,
a
lot
of
gold
and
silver,
male
and
female
servants,
camels
and
donkeys.
\VS{36}My
master’s
wife,
Sarah,
bore
a
son
for
him
when
she
was
very
old,
and
my
master
has
given
to
his
son
everything
he
owns.
\VS{37}My
master
made
me
solemnly
promise,
saying, ‘Do
not
get
a
wife
for
my
son
from
the
women
here
in
Canaan.
\VS{38}Instead,
go
back
to
my
father’s
family,
to
my
own
clan,
and
get
from
them
a
wife
for
my
son.’
\VS{39}Then
I
asked
my
master, ‘What
shall
I
do
if
the
woman
you
show
me
will
not
come
back
with
me?’
\VS{40}He
replied, ‘Yahweh,
whom
I
have
always
obeyed [MTY],
will
send
his
angel
with
you,
and
he
will
cause
your
journey
to
be
successful,
with
the
result
that
you
can
get
a
wife
for
my
son
from
my
clan,
from
my
father’s
family.
\VS{41}But
if
my
clan
refuses
to
allow
her
to
return
with
you,
you
will
be
freed
from
being
cursed
because
of
not
obeying
me.’
\par }{\PP \VS{42}“hen
I
came
today
to
the
well,
I
prayed, ‘Yahweh
God
whom
my
master,
Abraham
worships,
if
you
are
willing,
please
allow
this
journey
of
mine
to
be
successful.
\VS{43}Listen
to
me.
I
am
standing
beside
a
well.
A
young
woman
may
come
to
draw
water.
I
will
say
to
her, “Please,
give
me
a
little
water
to
drink
from
your
jar.”
\VS{44}If
she
says
to
me, “Certainly,
drink
some!
And
I
will
also
draw
some
water
for
your
camels,”
that
will
be
the
woman
whom
you
have
chosen
for
my
master’s
son!’
\VS{45}Before
I
finished
praying,
{\ADD{amazingly}},
Rebekah
approached
with
her
water
jar
on
her
shoulder.
She
went
down
to
the
well
and
got
some
water.
I
said
to
her, ‘Please
give
me
a
drink!’
\VS{46}She
quickly
lowered
her
jar
and
said, ‘Drink
some!
And
I
will
draw
water
{\ADD{
from
the
well}}
for
your
camels,
too.’
So
I
drank
some
water,
and
she
also
got
water
for
the
camels.
\VS{47}Then
I
asked
her, ‘Whose
daughter
are
you?’
She
said, ‘The
daughter
of
Bethuel,
the
son
of
Nahor
and
his
wife,
Milcah.’
I
had
{\ADD{
a
ring
and
bracelets
with
me,
and}}
I
put
the
ring
in
her
nose
and
put
the
bracelets
on
her
arms.
\VS{48}Then
I
bowed
and
worshiped
Yahweh,
and
I
thanked
Yahweh
God,
the
one
my
master
Abraham
worships,
the
one
who
led
me
on
the
right
road
to
get
the
granddaughter
of
my
master’s
brother
to
be
a
wife
for
my
master’s
son.
\VS{49}Now,
if
you
are
kind
and
faithful
to
my
master,
tell
me
that
you
will
do
what
I
am
asking.
If
you
will
not
do
that,
tell
me
that
also,
so
I
may
know
what
to
do [MTY].”
\VS{50}Laban
and
Bethuel
answered, “It
is
clear
that
Yahweh
has
caused
this
to
happen.
So
we
two
cannot
say
anything
more.
\VS{51}Rebekah
is
here
in
front
of
you.
Take
her
and
go,
and
let
her
be
a
wife
for
your
master’s
son,
just
as
Yahweh
has indicated.”
\par }{\PP \VS{52}When
Abraham’s
servant
heard
these
words,
he
bowed
down
to
the
ground
to
{\ADD{
thank}}
Yahweh.
\VS{53}Then
the
servant
brought
out
silver
and
gold
jewelry
and
clothes,
and
gave
them
to
Rebekah.
And
he
gave
gifts
to
her
brother
Laban
and
to
her
mother.
\VS{54}Then
they
ate
a
meal
together.
The
men
who
were
with
Abraham’s
servant
also
slept
there
that
night.
The
next
morning,
the
servant
said, “Allow
me
now
to
return
to
my
master.”
\VS{55}But
her
brother
and
her
mother
replied, “Let
the
girl
remain
with
us
for
about
ten
days.
After
that,
you
may
take
her
and
go.”
\VS{56}But
he
replied
to
them, “Yahweh
has
made
my
journey
successful,
so
do
not
detain
me.
Let
me
take
her
back
to
my
master
now!”
\VS{57}They
said, “Let’s
call
Rebekah
and
ask
her
what
she
wants
to
do.” [MTY]
\VS{58}So
they
summoned
Rebekah
and
asked
her, “Will
you
go
with
this
man
now?”
She
replied, “Yes,
I
will
go.”
\VS{59}So
they
allowed
Rebekah,
a
woman
who
had
taken
care
of
her
when
she
was
very
young,
Abraham’s
servant,
and
the
men
who
had
come
with
him.
to
go.
\VS{60}Before
they
all
left,
they
{\ADD{
asked
God
to}}
bless
Rebekah,
and
said
to
her, “Our
sister,
we
ask
that
Yahweh
will
cause
you
to
have
millions
of
descendants,
and
allow
them
to
completely
defeat [MET]
all
those
that
hate
them.”
\VS{61}Then
Rebekah
and
her
maid
servants
got
ready
and
got
on
their
camels
and
went
with
Abraham’s
servant.
\par }{\PP \VS{62}At
that
time,
Isaac
was
living
in
the
Negev
desert.
He
had
gone
there
from
Beer-Lahai-Roi.
\VS{63}One
evening
he
went
out
into
the
field
to
meditate
as
he
walked.
He
looked
up
and
{\ADD{
was
surprised
to}}
see
some
camels
coming.
\VS{64}Rebekah
also
looked
up
and
saw
Isaac.
She
got
off
the
camel,
\VS{65}and
asked
the
servant, “Who
is
that
man
who
is
approaching?”
The
servant
replied, “That
is
Isaac,
my
master,
{\ADD{
the
man
you
will
be
marrying}}.”
So
she
took
her
veil
and
covered
her
face,
which
was
the
custom
for
a
woman
who
was
about
to
be
married.
\VS{66}The
servant
told
Isaac
everything
that
had
happened.
\VS{67}Then
Isaac
took
Rebekah
into
the
tent
that
belonged
to
his
mother,
Sarah,
and
she
became
his
wife.
And
he
loved
her.
So
Isaac
was
comforted
about
his
mother’s
death.

\par }\Chap{25}{\SH Abraham died and was buried near Sarah
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
Some
time
after
Sarah
died}},
Abraham
married
another
woman,
whose
name
was
Keturah.
\VS{2}She
later
gave
birth
to
six
sons:
Zimran,
Jokshan,
Medan,
Midian,
Ishbak,
and
Shuah.
\VS{3}Jokshan
became
the
father
of
two
sons,
Sheba
and
Dedan.
The
descendants
of
Dedan
were
the
Asshur people-group,
the Letush people-group,
and
the Leum people-group.
\VS{4}The
sons
of
Midian
were
Ephah,
Epher,
Hanoch,
Abida,
and
Eldaah.
They
were
all
descendants
of
Keturah.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Abraham
declared
that
after
he
died,
Isaac
would
inherit
everything
he
owned.
\VS{6}But
while
Abraham
was
still
living,
he
gave
gifts
to
the
sons
of
his ◄concubines/slaves
that
he
had
taken
to
be
his secondary
wives►,
and
then
he
sent
them
away
to
live
in
a
land
to
the
east,
to
keep
them
far
from
his
son
Isaac.
\VS{7}Abraham
lived
until
he
was 175
years
old.
\VS{8}He
died
at
a
very
old
age,
joining
his
ancestors
who
had
died
previously [DOU].
\VS{9}His
sons
Isaac
and
Ishmael
buried
his
body
in
the
cave
at
Machpelah
area,
near
Mamre,
in
the
field
that
Abraham
had
previously
bought
from
Ephron,
one
of
the
descendants
of
Heth.
\VS{10}Isaac
and
Ishmael
buried
his
body
there,
where
Abraham
previously
buried
his
wife
Sarah.
\VS{11}After
Abraham
died,
God
blessed
his
son
Isaac.
And
Isaac
moved
to
live
near
Beer-Lahai-Roi.
\par }{\SH The
descendants
of
Ishmael
\par }{\PP \VS{12}◄These
are/I
will
now
give
a
list
of►
the
descendants
of
Abraham’s
son,
Ishmael,
to
whom
Sarah’s
female
slave,
Hagar
from
Egypt,
had
given
birth.
\VS{13}These
are
their
names,
in
the
order
in
which
they
were
born:
Ishmael’s
oldest
son
was
named
Nebaioth.
After
him
were
born
Kedar,
Adbeel,
Mibsam,
\VS{14}Mishma,
Dumah,
Massa,
\VS{15}Hadar,
Tema,
Jetur,
Naphish,
and
Kedemah.
\VS{16}The
twelve
sons
of
Ishmael
became
the
leaders/chiefs
of people-groups
that
had
those
names.
They
each
had
their
own
settlement
and campsite.
\VS{17}Ishmael
lived
until
he
was 137
years
old.
Then
he
died, [EUP]
joining
his
ancestors
who
had
previously
died.
\VS{18}His
descendants ◄settled/went
to
live►
in
the
area
between
Shur
and
Havilah,
near
the
border
of
Egypt
as
a
person
travels
toward
Asshur.
All
of
their
camps
were
close
to
each
other (OR,
they
all frequently
attacked
each
other).
\par }{\SH The
birth
of
Esau
and
Jacob
\par }{\PP \VS{19}◄This
is
an
account
of/I
will
now
tell
you
about►
Abraham’s
son,
Isaac.
Abraham
became
the
father
of
Isaac,
\VS{20}and
when
Isaac
was 40
years
old,
he
married
Rebekah,
the
daughter
of
Bethuel.
Bethuel
was
one
of
the
descendants
of
Aram
from
Paddan-Aram.
Rebekah
was
the
sister
of
Laban,
who
belonged
to
the
Aram people-group.
\VS{21}Almost 20
years
after
they
were
married,
Rebekah
still
had
no
children.
So
Isaac
prayed
to
Yahweh
concerning
his
wife,
and
Yahweh
answered
his
prayer.
His
wife
Rebekah
became
pregnant.
\VS{22}She
was
carrying
twins
in
her
womb,
and
they
kept jostling
each
other.
So
she
said, “Why
is
it
{\ADD{
that
this
is happening
to
me}}?”
So
she
asked
Yahweh
about
it.
\VS{23}Yahweh
said
to
her, “The
older
one
of
your
twins
will
serve
the
younger
one.
The
twins
will
be
ancestors
of
two
nations.
And
those
two people-groups
will
separate
from
each
other.” [CHI]
\par }{\PP \VS{24}When
Rebekah
gave
birth,
it
was
true! Twin
boys
were
born!
\VS{25}The
first
one
born
was
red,
and
his
body
had
hair
all
over
it,
like
a
garment
made
of
hair.
So
they
named
him
Esau,
{\ADD{
which
sounds
like
the
Hebrew
word
that
means ‘hairy'}}.
\VS{26}Then
his
brother
was
born, grasping
Esau’s
heel.
So
they
named
him
Jacob,
{\ADD{
which
sounds
like
the
Hebrew
word
that
means ‘heel’}}.
Isaac
was 60
years
old
when
the
twins
were
born.
\par }{\SH Esau
sold
his
rights
as
the
oldest
son
\par }{\PP \VS{27}When
the
boys
grew
up,
Esau
became
a
skilled
hunter.
He
spent
a
lot
of
time
out
in
the
fields.
Jacob
was
a
quiet
man
who
stayed
close
to
the campsite.
\VS{28}Isaac
liked
Esau
more,
because
he
enjoyed
the
taste
of
the
meat
of
the
animals
that
Esau
killed.
But
Rebekah
liked
Jacob
more.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}One
day
while
Jacob
was
cooking
some
stew,
Esau
came
home
from
the
field,
very
hungry.
\VS{30}He
said
to
Jacob, “Give
me
some
of
that
red
stew
to
eat
right
now,
because
I
am
very
hungry!” [That
is
why
Esau’s
other
name
was
Edom,
{\ADD{
which
sounds
like
the
Hebrew
word
that
means ‘red}}’.]
\VS{31}Jacob
said, “I
will
give
you
some
if
you
sell
me ◄your
birthright/the privileges
you
have
because
you
are
the
firstborn
son►.”
\VS{32}Esau
replied, “Well,
I
am
about
to
die
{\ADD{
from
being
so
hungry}}.
{\ADD{
If
I
die
now}}, ◄my
birthright
will
not
benefit
me./What
good
will
my
birthright
be
to
me?►” [RHQ]
\VS{33}Jacob
said, “◄Swear
to/Solemnly
promise►
me
that
you
are
giving
me
the privileges
that
you
will
have
from
being
the
firstborn sont!”
So
that
is
what
Esau
did.
He
sold
his
birthright
to
Jacob.
\VS{34}Then
Jacob
gave
to
Esau
some
bread
and
some
stew
made
of
lentils/beans.
Esau
ate
and
drank,
and
then
he
got
up
and
left.
By
doing
that,
Esau
showed
that
he ◄was
not interested
in/did
not
value►
the privileges
that
would
be
his
because
of
being
the fiirstborn
son.

\par }\Chap{26}{\SH Isaac deceived King Abimelech
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Some
time
later
there
was
a
severe ◄famine/scarcity
of
food►
there.
That
was
different
from
the
famine
that
occurred
when
Abraham
was
alive.
So
Isaac
went
{\ADD{
southeast}}
to
Gerar
{\ADD{
town,
to
talk}}
to
Abimelech,
the
king
of
the
Philistine people-group.
{\ADD{
What
happened
was
this:
Isaac
considered
going
to
Egypt}},
\VS{2}but
Yahweh
appeared
to
him
and
said, “Do
not
go
down
to
Egypt!
Live
in
the
land
where
I
will
tell
you
to
go!
\VS{3}Stay
in thTs
land
for
a
while,
and
I
will
help
you
and
bless
you,
because
it
is
to
you
and
your
descendants
that
I
will
give
all
these
lands,
and
I
will
do
what
I
solemnly
promised
to
your
father.
\VS{4}I
will
cause
your
descendants
to
be
as
numerous
as
the
stars
in
the
sky.
I
will
give
to
your
descendants
all
these
lands,
and
I
will
cause
your
descendants
to
be
a
blessing
to
the
people
of [MTY]
all
nations
on
the
earth.
\VS{5}I
will
do
that
because
your
father
Abraham
obeyed
me.
He
obeyed
everything
that
I
told
him
to
do,
everything
that
I
declared
and
all
the
laws
that
I
gave
him.”
\par }{\PP So
Isaac
{\ADD{
went
and
asked
King
Abimelech
if
he
would
permit
him
to
live
in
the
Gerar
area.
The
king
said, “Okay,”}}
\VS{6}{\ADD{
so
Isaac}}
stayed
there
{\ADD{
along
with
his
wife
and
sons}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}When
the
men
in
Gerar
{\ADD{
town}}
asked
who
Rebekah
was,
Isaac
said, “She
is
my
sister.”
He
said
that
because
he
was
afraid
to
say, “She
is
my
wife.”
He
thought, “Rebekah
is
very
beautiful,
so
they
will
want
her.
{\ADD{
If
I
say
that
she
is
my
sister,
they
know
they
will
have
to negotiate
about
a
bride
price
because
I
am
her
older
brother;
but
if
I
say
that
she
is
my
wife,
no negotiation
will
be possible}}.
They
will
just
kill
me
to
get
her.”
\VS{8}When
Isaac
had
been
there
a
long
time,
one
day
Abimelech,
the
king
of
the
Philistine people-group,
looked
down
from
a
window
{\ADD{
in
his
palace}}
and
was
surprised
to
see
Isaac
caressing
his
wife
Rebekah.
\VS{9}So
Abimelech
summoned
Isaac
and
said
to
him, “Now
I
realize
that
she
is
really
your
wife!
So
why
did
you
say, ‘She
is
my sister’?”
Isaac
replied
to
him, “I
said
that
because
I
thought
that
someone
here
might
kill
me
to
get
her.”
\VS{10}Abimelech
said, “◄You
should
not
have
done
this
to
us!/Why
did
you
do
this?► [RHQ]
One
of
our
people
might
have ◄had
sex
with/slept
with► [EUP]
your
wife,
and
you
would
have
caused
us
to
be
guilty
of
a
great
sin!”
\VS{11}Then
Abimelech
commanded
all
his
people,
saying, “Do
not
harm/molest
this
man
or
his
wife!
Anyone
who
does
that
will
surely
be
executed!”
\par }{\SH The
Philistines argued
with
Isaac
about
wells
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Isaac
planted
grain
in
that
land
that
year,
and
he
harvested
a
very
large
crop,
because
Yahweh
blessed
him.
\VS{13}Isaac
continued
to
acquire
more
and
more
possessions,
until
finally
he
became
very
wealthy.
\VS{14}He
had
large
herds
of
sheep
and
goats
and
cattle,
and
many
slaves.
Because
of
that,
the
Philistine
people
envied
him.
\VS{15}So
all
the
wells
that
the
servants
of
his
father
Abraham
had
dug
during
the
time
when
he
was
alive,
the
people
filled
up
with
dirt.
\VS{16}Then
Abimelech
said
to
Isaac, “You
people
have
become
more
numerous
than
we
are,
so
I
want
you
to
get
out
of
our
area.”
\VS{17}So
Isaac
{\ADD{
and
his
family}}
moved
from
there.
They
set
up
their
tents
in
Gerar
Valley
{\ADD{
and
started
to
live
there}}.
\VS{18}There
were
several
wells
in
that
area
that
had
been
dug
when
Isaac’s
father
Abraham
was
living,
but
Philistine
people
had
filled
them
up
{\ADD{
with
dirt}}
after
Abraham
died.
Now
Isaac
and
his
servants
removed
the
dirt,
and
Isaac
gave
the
wells
the
same
names
that
his
father
had
given
to
them.
\VS{19}Isaac’s
servants
dug
in
the
valley
and
discovered
a
well
of
fresh
water.
\VS{20}But
other
men
who
lived
in
Gerar
{\ADD{
Valley}}
who
took
care
of
their
animals argued/quarreled
with
the
men
who
took
care
of
Isaac’s
animals,
and
said, “The
water
in
this
well
is
ours!”
So
Isaac
named
the
well
Esek,
which
means ‘dispute’,
because
they disputed
about
who
owned
it.
\VS{21}Then
Isaac’s
servants
dug
another
well,
but
they
quarreled
about
who
owned
that
one
also.
So
Isaac
named
it
Sitnah,
{\ADD{
which
means ‘opposition}}’.
\VS{22}They
moved
on
from
there
and
dug
another
well,
but
this
time
no
one
quarreled
about
who
owned
it.
So
Isaac
named
it
Rehoboth,
{\ADD{
which
means ‘uninhabited place’}},
saying, “Yahweh
has
given
us
an
uninhabited
place
to
live
in,
a
place
that
is
not
wanted
by
other
people,
and
we
will
become
very
prosperous
here.”
\par }{\PP \VS{23}From
there
Isaac
went
up
to
Beersheba.
\VS{24}The
first
night
that
he
was
there,
Yahweh
appeared
to
him
and
said, “I
am
God,
whom
your
father
Abraham
worshiped.
Do
not
be
afraid
of
anything.
I
will
help
you
and
bless
you,
and
because
of
what
I
promised
my
servant
Abraham,
I
will
greatly
increase
the
number
of
your
descendants.”
\VS{25}So
Isaac
built
a
stone
altar
there
{\ADD{
and
offered
a
sacrifice}}
to
worship
Yahweh.
He
{\ADD{
and
his
servants}}
set
up
their
tents
there,
and
his
servants
started
to
dig
a
well.
\par }{\SH Isaac
made
a
peace
treaty
with
King
Abimelech
\par }{\PP \VS{26}{\ADD{
While
they
were digging
the
well}},
King
Abimelech
came
to
Isaac
from
Gerar,
along
with
Ahuzzath,
his advisor,
and
Phicol,
the
commander
of
his
army.
\VS{27}Isaac
asked
them, “You ◄acted
in
a
hostile
way
toward
me/treated
me
like
an
enemy►
before,
and
sent
me
away.
So
why
have
you
come
to
me
now?”
\VS{28}One
of
them
answered, “We
have
seen
that
Yahweh
helps
you.
So
we
said
to
each
other, ‘We
should
have
an
agreement
between
us
and
you.
We
should
make
a
peace
treaty
with
you,
\VS{29}stating
that
you
will
not
harm
us,
in
the
same
way
that
we
did
not molest [EUP]
you.’
We
always
treated
you
well
and
sent
you
away
peacefully.
And
now
Yahweh
is
blessing
you.”
\VS{30}So
Isaac
made
a
feast
for
them,
and
they
all
ate
and
drank.
\VS{31}Early
the
next
morning
they
all ◄swore/solemnly
promised►
each
other
that
they
would
do
what
they
had
promised.
Then
Isaac
sent
them
home
peacefully.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}That
day
Isaac’s
servants
came
to
him
and
told
him
about
the
well
that
they
had
finished digging.
They
said, “We
found
water
in
the wel!!”
\VS{33}Isaac
named
the
well
Shibah,
{\ADD{
which
sounds
like
the
Hebrew
word
that
means ‘oath’}}.
To
the
present
time
the
town
there
has
the
name
Beersheba
{\ADD{
which
means ‘Friendship
Agreement Well’}}.
\par }{\SH Esau
married
foreign
women
\par }{\PP \VS{34}When
Esau
was 40
years
old,
he
married
Judith,
the
daughter
of
Beeri,
and
Basemath,
the
daughter
of
Elon.
Both
of
those
women
were
descendants
of
Heth,
{\ADD{
not
from
Isaac’s
clan}}.
\VS{35}Esau’s
two
wives
made
life
miserable
for
Isaac
and
Rebekah.

\par }\Chap{27}{\SH Jacob received a blessing from Isaac by trickery
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
Isaac
was
old,
he
became
almost
blind.
One
day
he
summoned
Esau,
his
firstborn/older
son,
\VS{2}and
said
to
him, “My
son?”
Esau
replied, “Here
I
am!”
\VS{3}Isaac
said, “Listen
to
me.
I
am
very
old,
and
I
do
not
know
when
I
will
die.
So
now
take
your
bow
and
quiver
full
of
arrows
and
go
out
into
the
countryside,
and
hunt
for
a
wild
animal
for
me.
\VS{4}Kill
one
and
prepare
the
kind
of
tasty
meat
that
I
like.
Then
bring
it
to
me
so
that
after
I
eat
it,
I
can
give
you
a
blessing
before
I
die.”
\VS{5}Rebekah
was
listening
as
Isaac
said
that
to
his
son,
Esau.
So
when
Esau
left
the
tent
to
go
to
the
countryside
to
hunt
for
a
wild
animal
in
order
to
kill
it
and
bring
it
back,
\VS{6}Rebekah
said
to
her
son,
Jacob, “Listen
to
me.
I
heard
your
father
talking
to
your
brother,
Esau,
saying,
\VS{7}‘Go
and
kill
some
wild
animal
and
bring
it
here,
and
prepare
the
meat
in
a
tasty
way,
so
that
I
may
eat
it,
and
then
before
I
die
I
can
give
you
my
blessing
while
Yahweh
is
listening.’
\VS{8}So
now,
my
son,
do
what
I
am
telling
you.
\VS{9}Go
out
to
the
flock
and
{\ADD{
kill}}
two
nice
young
goats
and
bring
{\ADD{
the
meat}}
to
me.
Then
I
will
prepare
some
tasty
food
for
your
father,
the
way
he likes
it.
\VS{10}Then
you
can
take
it
to
your
father,
in
order
that
he
can
eat
it,
and
then,
before
he
dies,
he
will
give
his
blessing
to
you,
{\ADD{
and
not
to
your
older
brother}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}But
Jacob
said
to
his
mother
Rebekah, “But
my
brother
Esau’s
skin
has
hair
all
over
it,
and
my
skin
is
not
like
that!
My
skin
is
smooth!
\VS{12}What
will
happen
if
my
father
touches
me?
He
will
realize
that
I
am tricking
him,
and
as
a
result ◄I
will
be
cursed/he
will
say
that
God
will
do
bad
things
to►
me,
not
a
blessing!”
\VS{13}His
mother
replied, “If
that
happens,
let
the
curse
be
on
me.
You
do
what
I
am
telling
you.
Go
and
get
the
goats
for
me!”
\VS{14}So
Jacob
went
and
killed
two
goats
and
brought
them
to
his
mother.
Then
{\ADD{
with
the
meat}}
his
mother
prepared
some
tasty
food,
just
the
way
his
father
liked.
\VS{15}Then
Rebekah
took
her
older
son
Esau’s
clothes
that
were
with
her
in
the
tent,
and
she
put
them
on
her
younger
son
Jacob.
\VS{16}She
also
put
the
skins
of
the
young
goats
on
his
hands
and
the
smooth
part
of
his
neck.
\VS{17}Then
she
handed
him
some
bread
and
the
tasty
food
that
she
had
prepared.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Jacob
took
it
to
his
father
and
said, “My
father!”
Isaac
replied, “I’m
here;
which
of
my
sons
are
you?”
\VS{19}Jacob
said
to
his
father, “I
am
Esau,
your
firstborn
son.
I
did
what
you
told
me
to
do.
Sit
up
and
eat
some
of
the
meat
so
that
you
can
then
bless
me.”
\VS{20}But
Isaac
asked
his
son, “My
son,
how
is
it
that
you
were
able
to
find
and
kill
an
animal
so
quickly?”
Jacob
replied, “Because
Yahweh,
whom
you
worship,
enabled
me
to
be
successful.”
\VS{21}Isaac
said
to
Jacob, “Come
near
to
me,
my
son,
so
that
I
can
touch
you
and
determine
whether
you
are
really
my
son
Esau.”
\VS{22}So
Jacob
went
close
to
him.
Isaac.
Isaac
touched
him
and
said, “Your
voice
sounds
like
Jacob,
but
your
hands
feel
hairy,
like
the
hands
of
your
older
brother,
Esau.”
\VS{23}Isaac
did
not
recognize
Jacob,
{\ADD{
because
he
was
blind}}
and
because
Jacob’s
hands
were
now
hairy,
like
those
of
his
older
brother,
Esau.
So
Isaac
prepared
to
bless
Jacob.
\VS{24}But
first
Isaac
asked, “Are
you
really
my
son
Esau?”
Jacob
replied, “Yes,
I
am.”
\VS{25}Isaac
said, “My
son,
bring
me
some
of
the
meat
that
you
have
cooked,
so
that
I
may
eat
it
and
then
give
you
my
blessing.”
So
Jacob
brought
him
some,
and
he
ate
it.
Jacob
also
brought
him
some
wine,
and
he
drank
it.
\VS{26}Then
Isaac
said
to
him, “My
son,
come
here
and
kiss
me.”
\VS{27}So
Jacob
came
close
to
him,
and
his
father
kissed
him
on
the
cheek.
Isaac
smelled
the
clothes
Jacob
was
wearing.
They
smelled
like
Esau’s
clothes.
So
he
said,
\par }{\Q “Truly,
the
smell
of
my
son
is
like
the
smell
of
a
field
that
Yahweh
has
blessed.
\par }{\Q \VS{28}I
ask
that
God
will
send
down
to
you
dew
from
heaven
{\ADD{
to
water
your
fields}},
\par }{\Q and
cause
you
to
have
abundant
crops,
\par }{\Q good
harvests
of
grain,
and
grapes
for
wine.
\par }{\Q \VS{29}I
ask
that
people
of
many
nations
will
serve
you
and
bow
down
to
you.
\par }{\Q I
ask
that
you
will
rule
over
your
brothers,
\par }{\Q and
that
your
mother’s
descendants
will
also
bow
down
to
you.
\par }{\Q I
ask
that
God
will
curse/punish
those
who ◄curse
you/ask
God
to
do
bad
things
to
you►,
\par }{\Q and
bless
those
who
bless
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{30}After
Isaac
finished
blessing
Jacob,
Jacob
was
just
leaving
the
room
where
his
father
was,
when
his
older
brother,
Esau,
returned
from
hunting.
\VS{31}Esau
cooked
some
tasty
meat
and
brought
it
to
his
father.
He
said
to
his
father, “My
father,
please
sit
up
and
eat
some
of
the
meat
that
I
have
cooked,
so
that
you
can
then
give
me
your
blessing!”
\VS{32}His
father,
Isaac,
said
to
him, “Who
are
you?”
He
answered, “I
am
Esau,
your
firstborn
son!”
\VS{33}Then
Isaac, realizing
that
it
was
not
Esau
who
had
come
earlier,
trembled
very
violently.
He
said, “Then
who
is
it
that
brought
me
some
meat
from
an
animal
that
he
had
hunted
and
killed,
and
I
ate
it
all?
He
was
here
just
before
you
came.
I
blessed
him,
and
I
cannot ◄take
back
that
blessing/declare
that
those
things
will
not
happen
to
him►.”
\VS{34}When
Esau
heard
those
words
of
his
father,
he
cried
loudly.
He
was
very
disappointed.
He
said
to
his
father, “My
father,
bless
me,
too!”
\VS{35}But
his
father
said, “Your
brother
came
deceitfully
and
took
your
blessing!”
\VS{36}Esau
said, “It
is
right [RHQ]
that
his
name
is
Jacob,
which
means ‘cheat,’
because
he
deceived
me
two
times.
The
first
time
he
took
my
rights frrom
being
his
firstborn
son,
and
this
time
he
took
my
blessing!”
Then
he
asked, “Do
you
not
have
any
blessing
left
for
me?”
\VS{37}Isaac
answered
and
said
to
Esau, “I
have
declared
that
your
younger
brother
will
rule
over
you,
and
declared
that
all
his
relatives
will
serve
him.
And
I
have
said
that
God
will
give
him
plenty
of
grain
and
grapes
for
wine.
So,
my
son, ◄what
can
I
do
for
you?/There
is
nothing
more
that
I
can
do
for
you!►” [RHQ]
\VS{38}Esau
said
to
his
father, “My
father,
do
you
have
only
one
blessing?
My
father,
bless
me,
too!”
Then
Esau
cried
very
loudly.
\VS{39}His
father
Isaac
answered
and
said
to
him,
\par }{\Q “The
place
where
you
will
live
will
be
far
from
the
fertile
soil
and
from
the
dew
that
God
sends
from
heaven
{\ADD{
to
water
the
fields}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{40}You
will
{\ADD{
rob
and}}
kill
people [MTY]
in
order
to
{\ADD{
get
what
you
need
to}}
live,
\par }{\Q and
you
will
be
as
though
you
are
your
brother’s
slave.
\par }{\Q But
when
you
decide
to
rebel
against
him,
you
will ◄free
yourself
from/no
longer
be
under►
his
control.”
\par }{\SH Jacob
fled
from
Esau
\par }{\PP \VS{41}So,
because
his
father
had
given
a
blessing
to
Jacob,
and
not
to
him,
Esau
hated
his youngerbrother.
Esau
thought
to
himself, “After
my
father
dies
and
we
finish
mourning
for
him,
I
will
kill
Jacob!”
\VS{42}But
Rebekah
found
out
what
her
older
son,
Esau,
was
thinking.
So
she
summoned
her
younger
son,
Jacob,
and
said
to
him, “Listen
to
me.
Your
older
brother,
Esau,
is
{\ADD{
comforting
himself
by}}
planning
to
kill
you,
to
get
revenge
because
of
your
deceiving
your
father.
\VS{43}So
now,
my
son,
listen
carefully
to
what
I
am
telling
you.
Escape
quickly
and
go
and
stay
with
my
brother
Laban,
in
Haran
{\ADD{
town}}.
\VS{44}Stay
with
him
a
while,
until
your
older
brother
is
no
longer
angry.
\VS{45}When
he
forgets
what
you
did
to
him,
I
will
send
a
message
to
you,
to
tell
you
to
return
from
there.
If
Esau
kills
you,
{\ADD{
others
will
kill
him,
and}}
then
both
my
sons
would
die
at
the
same
time!” [RHQ]
\par }{\PP \VS{46}Rebekah
also
said
to
Isaac, “These
{\ADD{
foreign}}
women
whom
Esau
has
married,
who
are
descendants
of
Heth,
are
making
my
life
miserable.
I
would
prefer
to
die
than
to
see
Jacob
marry
a
woman
from
the
descendants
of
Heth
in
this
area!”

\par }\Chap{28}{\SH Isaac gave instructions to Jacob
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Isaac
summoned
Jacob,
and
gave
him
a
blessing.
He
told
him, “Do
not
marry
a
woman
of
the
Canaan people-group.
\VS{2}Instead,
go
right
away
to
Paddan-Aram
{\ADD{
in northwest
Mesopotamia}},
to
the
house
of
your
mother’s
father
Bethuel.
Ask
one
of
the
daughters
of
your
mother’s
brother
Laban
to
marry
you.
\VS{3}I
will
pray
that
God
Almighty
will
bless
you,
and
enable
you
to
{\ADD{
get
married
and}}
have
many
descendants,
in
order
that
they
will
become
many people-groups.
\VS{4}I
also
will
pray
that
he
will
bless
you
and
your
descendants
by enabling
you
to
possess/seize
the
land
in
which
you
are
now
living
as
a
foreigner,
the
land
that
God
promised
to
give
to
{\ADD{
my
father}}
Abraham
and
his
descendants.”
\VS{5}So
Isaac
sent
Jacob
to
Paddan-Aram,
to
live
with
Rebekah’s
brother
Laban,
the
son
of
Bethuel,
who
belonged
to
the
Aram people-group.
\par }{\SH Esau
married
Ishmael’s
daughter
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Esau
found
out
that
his
father
Isaac
had
blessed
Jacob
and
then
sent
him
to
Paddan-Aram.
He
also
found
out
that
when
he
blessed
Isaac,
he
told
him, “Do
not
marry
a
woman
of
the
Canaan people-group,”
\VS{7}and
that
Jacob
had
obeyed
his
father
and
mother,
and
had
gone
to
Paddan-Aram.
\VS{8}Esau
also
realized
that
his
father
Isaac
did
not
approve
of
women
from
the
Canaan people-group.
\VS{9}Because
of
that,
Esau
went
to
see
his
uncle
Ishmael,
and
married
Mahalath,
the
daughter
of
Ishmael.
Mahalath
was
the
sister
of Nabaioth
and
the
granddaughter
of
Abraham.
\par }{\SH God
made
a
promise
to
Jacob
in
a
dream
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Meanwhile,
Jacob
left
Beersheba
and
started
walking
along
the
road
to
Haran.
\VS{11}When
he
arrived
at
a
certain
place,
he
stopped
there,
because
the
sun
had
gone
down.
He
took
one
of
the
stones
there
and
put
it
under
his
head
to
use
as
a
pillow.
Then
he
lay
down
and
slept
there.
\VS{12}While
he
was
sleeping,
he
had
a
dream,
in
which
he
{\ADD{
was
surprised
to}}
see
a
stairway.
The
bottom
of
the
stairway
was
on
the
earth
and
the
top
was
in
the
sky.
Jacob
also
saw
that
God’s
angels
were
going
up
and
down
the
stairway.
\VS{13}And
he
{\ADD{
was
surprised
to}}
see
Yahweh
standing
at
the
top
of
the
stairway,
saying “I
am
Yahweh
God,
whom
your
grandfather
Abraham
worshiped,
and
whom
Isaac
worships.
I
will
give
to
you
and
to
your
descendants
the
land
on
which
you
are
lying.
\VS{14}Your
descendants
will
be
as
numerous
as
the particles
of
dirt
that
are
on
the
earth,
and
their
territory
will
be
very
large.
It
will
extend
in
all
directions,
to
the
east
and
to
the
west,
to
the
north
and
to
the
south.
And
people
of
all people-groups
on
earth
will
receive
blessings
because
of
{\ADD{
what
happens
to}}
you
and
to
your
descendants.
\VS{15}I
will
help
you
and
protect
you
wherever
you
go,
and
I
will
bring
you
back
to
this
land.
I
will
not
leave
you;
I
will
continue
to
do
for
you
all
that
I
have
promised
to
do.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}{\ADD{
During
the
night}},
when
Jacob
woke
up
from
sleeping,
he
thought, “Surely
Yahweh
is
in
this
place,
and
until
now
I
was
not
aware
of
it!”
\VS{17}He
was
afraid,
and
he
said, “This
place
is
very
awesome!
This
is
surely
the
place
where
God
lives,
and
this
is
the
entrance
to
heaven!”
\VS{18}In
the
morning
Jacob
got
up
and
took
the
stone
that
he
had
put
under
his
head
and
set
it
up
on
its
end
to
show
that
the
place
was
a
holy
place.
He
poured
some
olive
oil
on
top
of
the
stone
{\ADD{
to
dedicate
it
to
God}}.
\VS{19}He
named
that
place
Bethel,
{\ADD{
which
means ‘house
of God’.}}
Previously
its
name
was
Luz.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Jacob
solemnly
promised
God,
saying, “God,
if
you
will
help
me
and
protect
me
while
I
am
taking
this
journey,
and
if
you
give
me
enough
food
to
eat
and
clothes
to
wear,
\VS{21}in
order
that
I
can
later
return
safely
to
my
father’s
house,
then
you,
Yahweh,
will
be
the
God
that
I
will
worship.
\VS{22}This
stone
that
I
have
set
up
will
mark
the
place
where
people
can
worship
you.
And
I
will
give
back
to
you
a
tenth
of
everything
that
you
give
to
me.”

\par }\Chap{29}{\SH Jacob met Laban’s daughter Rachel at Haran
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Jacob
continued
on
the
road [MTY],
and
he
arrived
at
the
land
that
was
east
of
Canaan.
\VS{2}There
he
{\ADD{
was
surprised
to}}
see
a
well
in
a
field,
and
three
flocks
of
sheep
were
lying
near
the
well.
It
was
the
well
from
which
shepherds habitually
got
water
for
their
sheep.
There
was
a
large
stone
covering
the
top
of
the
well.
\VS{3}When
all
the
flocks
were
gathered
there,
the
shepherds
would
work
together
to
roll
the
stone
away
from
the
top
of
the
well
and
get
water
for
the
sheep.
When
they
finished
doing
that,
they
would
put
the
stone
back
in
its
place
over
the
top
of
the
well.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}{\ADD{
On
that
day}},
Jacob
asked
the
shepherds
who
were
sitting
there, “Where
are
you
from?”
They
replied, “We
are
from
Haran.”
\VS{5}He
asked
them, “Do
you
know
Laban,
the
grandson
of
Nahor?”
They
replied, “Yes,
we
know
him.”
\VS{6}Jacob
asked
them, “Is
Laban
well?”
They
replied, “Yes,
he
is
well.
Look!
Here
comes
his
daughter
Rachel
with
the
sheep!”
\VS{7}Jacob
said, “Hey!
The
sun
is
still
high
in
the
sky.
It
is
not
time
for
the
flocks
to
be
gathered
for nighttime.
Give
the
sheep
some
water
and
then
take
them
back
to ◄graze/eat
grass►
in
the
pastures!”
\VS{8}They
replied, “No,
we
cannot
do
that
until
all
the
flocks
are
gathered
here
and
the
stone
is
removed
from
the
top
of
the
well.
After
that,
we
will
give
water
to
the
sheep.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}While
he
was
still
talking
with
them,
Rachel
came
with
her
father’s
sheep.
She
was
the
one
who
took
care
of
her
father’s
sheep.
\VS{10}When
Jacob
saw
Rachel,
the
daughter
of
Laban,
who
was
his
mother’s
brother,
{\ADD{
Jacob
was
so
excited
that}}
he
went
over
and
{\ADD{
by
himself}}
rolled
away
the
stone
that
covered
the
top
of
the
well,
and
he
got
water
for
his
uncle’s
sheep.
\VS{11}Then
Jacob
kissed
Rachel
{\ADD{
on
the
cheek}},
and
he
cried
loudly
{\ADD{
because
he
was
so
happy}}.
\VS{12}Jacob
told
Rachel
that
he
was
one
of
her
father’s
relatives,
the
son
of
her
aunt
Rebekah.
So
she
ran
and
told
that
to
her
father.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}As
soon
as
Laban
heard
that
Jacob,
his
sister’s
son,
was
there,
he
ran
to
meet
him.
He
embraced
him
and
kissed
him
{\ADD{
on
the
cheek}}.
Then
he
brought
him
to
his
home,
and
Jacob
told
him
all
that
had
happened
to
him.
\VS{14}Then
Laban
said
to
him, “Truly,
you
are
part
of
my
family!”
\par }{\SH Jacob
married
Leah
and
Rachel
\par }{\PP After
Jacob
had
stayed
there
and
worked
for
Laban
for
a
month,
\VS{15}Laban
said
to
him “◄You
should
not
work
for
me
for
nothing
just
because
you
are
a
relative
of
mine!/Why
should
you
work
for
me
for
nothing
just
because
you
are
a
relative
of
mine?► [RHQ]
Tell
me
how
much
you
want
me
to
pay
you.”
\VS{16}Well,
Laban
had
two
daughters.
The
older
one
was
named
Leah,
and
the
younger
one
was
named
Rachel.
\VS{17}Leah
had
pretty
eyes,
but
Rachel
had
a
very
attractive
figure
and
was
beautiful.
\VS{18}Jacob ◄was
in
love
with/wanted
very
much
to
be
married
to►
Rachel,
and
he
said, “I
will
work
for
you
for
seven
years.
That
will
be
my
payment
for
your
letting
me
marry
your
younger
daughter,
Rachel.”
\VS{19}Laban
replied, “It
is
better
for
me
to
let
you
marry
her
than
for
her
to
marry
some
other
man!”
\VS{20}So
Jacob
worked
for
Laban
for
seven
years
to
get
Rachel,
but
to
him
it
seemed
like
it
was
only
a
few
days,
because
he
loved
her
so
much.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}After
the
seven
years
were
ended,
Jacob
said
to
Laban, “Let
me
marry
Rachel
now,
because
the
time
we
agreed
upon
for
me
to
work
for
you
is
ended,
and
I
want
to
marry
her. [EUP]”
\VS{22}So
Laban
gathered
together
all
the
people
who
lived
in
that
area
and
made
a
feast.
\VS{23}But
that
evening,
instead
of
taking
Rachel
to
Jacob,
Laban
took
his
older
daughter,
Leah,
to
him.
But
because
it
was
already
dark,
he
could
not
see
that
it
was
Leah
and
not
Rachel,
and
he
had
sex [EUP]
with
her.
\VS{24}(Laban
had
already
given
his
slave
girl
Zilpah
to
his
daughter
Leah
to
be
her
maid/servant.)
\par }{\PP \VS{25}The
next
morning,
Jacob
was
shocked
to
see
that
it
was
Leah
who
was
with
him!
So
he
went
to
Laban
{\ADD{
and
told
him}}
very
angrily, “◄What
you
have
done
to
me
is
disgusting!/What
is
this
that
you
have
done
to
me?► [RHQ]
I
worked
for
you
to
get
Rachel,
did
I
not?
So
why
did
you
deceive
me?”
\VS{26}Laban
replied, “In
this
land,
it
is
not
our
custom
to
give
a
younger
daughter
to
be
married
before
we
let
someone
marry
our
firstborn
daughter.
\VS{27}After
we
finish
this
week
of
celebration,
we
will
let
you
marry
the
younger
one
also.
But
in
return,
you
must
pay
for
Rachel
by
working
for
me
for
another
seven
years.”
\par }{\PP \VS{28}So
that
is
what
Jacob
did.
After
the
week
of
celebration
was
ended,
Laban
gave
him
his
daughter,
Rachel,
to
be
his
wife.
\VS{29}Laban
gave
his
slave
girl,
Bilhah,
to
Rachel
to
be
her
maid/servant.
\VS{30}Jacob
had
sex [EUP]
with
Rachel
also,
and
he
loved
Rachel
more
than
he
loved
Leah.
And
Jacob
worked
for
Laban
for
another
seven
years.
\par }{\SH Leah
gave
birth
to
four
sons
\par }{\PP \VS{31}When
Yahweh
saw
that
Jacob
did
not
love
Leah
{\ADD{
very
much}},
he
enabled
her
to
become
pregnant.
But
Rachel
was
not
able
to
become
pregnant.
\VS{32}Leah
gave
birth
to
a
son,
whom
she
named
Reuben,
{\ADD{
which
sounds
like
the
Hebrew
words
that
mean ‘Look,
a
son}}!’
She
said, “Yahweh
has
seen
that
I
was
miserable,
and
because
of
that
he
has
given
me
a
son.
Now,
surely
my
husband
will
love
me
for
giving
birth
to
a
son
for
him.”
\VS{33}Later
she
became
pregnant
again
and
gave
birth
to
another
son.
She
said, “Because
Yahweh
has
heard
that
my
husband
doesn’t
love
me,
he
has
given
me
this
son,
too.”
So
she
named
him
Simeon,
{\ADD{
which
means ‘someone
who hears’}}.
\VS{34}Later
she
became
pregnant
again,
and
gave
birth
to
another
son.
She
said, “Now,
finally,
my
husband
will
hold
me
close
to
him.”
So
she
named
him
Levi,
{\ADD{
which
means ‘hold close’}}.
\VS{35}Later
she
became
pregnant
again
and
gave
birth
to
another
son.
She
said, “◄This
time/Now►
I
will
praise
Yahweh.”
So
she
called
his
name
Judah,
{\ADD{
which
sounds
like
the
Hebrew
word
that
means ‘praise’}}.
After
that,
she
did
not
give
birth
to
any
more
children
{\ADD{
for
several
years}}.

\par }\Chap{30}{\SH Jacob had more sons and a daughter
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Rachel
realized
that
she
was
not
becoming
pregnant
and
giving
birth
to
any
children
for
Jacob.
So
she
became
jealous
of
her
older
sister,
Leah,
because
Leah
had
given
birth
to
four
sons.
She
said
to
Jacob, “Enable
me
to
become
pregnant
and
give
birth
to
children.
If
you
do
not
do
that,
I
{\ADD{
think
I
will
}}die!”
\VS{2}Jacob
became
angry
with
Rachel
and
said, “◄I
am
not
God!/Am
I
God?► [RHQ]
He
is
the
one
who
has
prevented
you
from
becoming
pregnant!”
\VS{3}Then
she
said, “Look,
here
is
my
female
slave,
Bilhah. ◄Sleep
with/Have
sex
with► [EUP]
her,
so
that
she
may
become
pregnant
and
give
birth
to
children
for
me.
In
that
way
it
will
be
as
though ◄I
have
children/her
children
are
mine►.”
\VS{4}So
she
gave
him
her
slave,
Bilhah,
to
be
another
wife
for
him,
and
Jacob
had
sex [EUP]
with
her.
\VS{5}She
became
pregnant
and
bore
Jacob
a
son.
\VS{6}Rachel
said, “God
has ◄vindicated
me/judged
my
case
and
has
decided
that
what
I
have
done
is
right►.
He
has
also
heard
my
requests
and
has
given
me
a
son.”
So
she
named
him
Dan,
{\ADD{
which
sounds
like
the
Hebrew
word
that
means ‘he judged’}}.
\VS{7}Later,
Rachel’s
slave
Bilhah
became
pregnant
again
and
gave
birth
to
another
son
for
Jacob.
\VS{8}Then
Rachel
said, “I
have
had
a
great
struggle
to
have
children
like
my
older
sister,
but
truly
I
have
a
son.”
So
she
named
him
Naphtali,
{\ADD{
which
sounds
like
the
Hebrew
word
that
means ‘struggle’}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}When
Leah
realized
that
she
was
not
becoming
pregnant
and
giving
birth
to
any
more
children,
she
took
her
female
slave,
Zilpah,
and
gave
her
to
Jacob
to
be
another
wife
for
him.
\VS{10}Zilpah
soon
became
pregnant
and
gave
birth
to
a
son
for
Jacob.
\VS{11}Leah
said, “I
am
truly
fortunate!”
So
she
named
him
Gad,
{\ADD{
which
means ‘fortunate’}}.
\VS{12}Later
Leah’s
slave,
Zilpah,
gave
birth
to
another
son
for
Jacob.
\VS{13}Leah
said, “Now
I
am
very
happy,
and
people
will
call
me
happy.”
So
she
named
him
Asher,
{\ADD{
which
means ‘happy}}.’
\par }{\PP \VS{14}When
it
was
time
to
harvest
wheat,
Reuben
went
out
into
the
fields
and
saw
some ◄mandrakes/plants
that
women
eat
to
help
them
to
become
pregnant►.
He
brought
some
of
them
to
his
mother
Leah.
But
Rachel
saw
them
and
said
to
Leah, “Please
give
me
some
of
those
plants
that
your
son
brought
to
you!”
\VS{15}But
Leah
said
to
her, “No! ◄It
was
bad
that
you
stole
my
husband!/Is
it
not
bad
enough
that
you
stole
my
husband?► [RHQ]
Now ◄are
you
going
to
take
my
son’s mandrake
plants?/You
want
to
take
my
son’s mandrake
plants
also,
{\ADD{
so
that
you
can
become
pregnant}}!►” [RHQ]
So
Rachel
said, “All
right,
Jacob
can
sleep
with
you
tonight,
if
you
give
me
some
of
your
son’s mandrake
plants.”
{\ADD{
So
Leah ◄agreed/gave
her
some►}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}When
Jacob
returned
from
the
wheat
fields
that
evening,
Leah
went
out
to
meet
him.
She
said, “You
must
sleep
with
me
tonight,
because
I
gave
Rachel
some
of
my
son’s
mandrakes
{\ADD{
that
enable
women
to
become
pregnant}},
to
pay
her
for allowing
us
to
do
that.”
So
Jacob
slept
with
her
that
night.
\VS{17}God
answered
Leah’s
prayers,
and
she
became
pregnant
and
bore
a
fifth
son
to
Jacob.
\VS{18}Leah
said, “God
has
rewarded
me
for
giving
my
slave
to
my
husband
to
be
another
wife
for
him.”
So
she
named
him
Issachar,
{\ADD{
which
sounds
like
the
Hebrew
word
that
means ‘reward’}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Leah
became
pregnant
again
and
bore
a
sixth
son
for
Jacob.
\VS{20}Leah
said, “God
has
given
me
a
precious
gift. ◄This
time/Now►
my
husband
will
honor/respect
me,
because
I
have
given
birth
to
six
sons
for
him.”
So
she
named
him Zebulon,
{\ADD{
which
sounds
like
the
Hebrew
word
that
means ‘accepted gift’}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Later
she
gave
birth
to
a
daughter,
and
named
her
Dinah.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Then
God
thought
about
what
Rachel
wanted.
He
heard
her
prayers
and
enabled
her
to
become
pregnant.
\VS{23}She
became
pregnant
and
gave
birth
to
a
son.
She
said, “God
has
caused
that
no
longer
will
I
be
ashamed
{\ADD{
for
not
having
children}}.”
\VS{24}She
named
him
Joseph,
{\ADD{
which
sounds
like
the
Hebrew
words
that
mean ‘may
he
give another’
}}
and
she
said, ‘
want
Yahweh
to
give
me
another
son.’
\par }{\SH Jacob
tricked
Laban
and
became
very
wealthy
\par }{\PP \VS{25}After
Rachel
had
given
birth
to
Joseph,
Jacob
said
to
Laban, “Now
allow
me
to
quit
working
for
you
and
let
me
return
to
my
own
land.
\VS{26}You
know
the
work
that
I
have
done
for
you
{\ADD{
for
a
long
time
to
get
my
wives}}.
So
let
me
take
my
wives
and
my
children,
and
leave.”
\VS{27}But
Laban
said
to
him, “If
you
are
pleased
with
me,
stay
here,
because
I
have
found
out
by
performing
a magic
ritual
that
Yahweh
has
blessed
me
because
of
what
you
have
done
for
me.
\VS{28}Tell
me
what
you
want
me
to
pay
you
for
continuing
to
work
for
me,
and
that
is
what
I
will
pay
you.”
\VS{29}Jacob
replied, “You
know
how
I
have
worked
for
you,
and
you
know
that
your
livestock
have
increased
greatly
as
I
have
taken
care
of
them.
\VS{30}You
had
only
a
few
animals
before
I
came
here.
But
now
you
have
very
many,
and
Yahweh
has
caused
them
to
increase
greatly
in
number
wherever
I
have
taken
them.
But
now
I
need
to
start
taking
care
of
the
needs
of
my
own
family.”
\VS{31}Laban
replied, “What
do
you
want
me
to
give
you?”
Jacob
replied, “I
do
not
want
you
to
pay
me
anything.
But
if
you
will
do
this
one
thing
for
me,
I
will
continue
to
take
care
of
your
flocks
and
protect
them.
\VS{32}Allow
me
to
go
and
look
at
all
of
your
flocks
today
and
remove
from
them
all
the
speckled
sheep,
all
the
spotted
sheep,
and
every
dark-colored
lamb,
all
the
goats
that
are
speckled,
and
all
the
goats
that
are
spotted,
{\ADD{
and
keep
them
for
myself}}.
They
will
be
my
wages.
\VS{33}In
that
way,
in
the
future,
you
will
be
able
to
know
whether
I
have
been
honest
regarding
what
you
have
paid
me.
If
any
of
my
goats
are
neither
speckled
or
spotted,
or
if
any
of
my
lambs
are
not
dark-colored,
you
will
know
that
I
have
stolen
them
from
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{34}Laban
agreed
and
said, “Okay,
we
will
do
as
you
have
said.”
\VS{35}But
that
same
day
Laban
removed
all
the
male
goats
that
had
black
and
white
stripes
on
them
or
were
spotted,
and
all
the
female
goats
that
were
speckled
or
spotted,
all
the
goats
that
were
partly
white,
and
all
the
dark-colored
lambs.
He
separated
them
and
told
his
sons
to
take
care
of
them.
\VS{36}Then
he
took
these
flocks
and
walked
a
distance
of
three
days,
in
order
that
he
could
be
that
far
from
Jacob.
Jacob
continued
to
take
care
of
the
rest
of
Laban’s
flocks.
\par }{\PP \VS{37}Then
Jacob
cut
some
branches
of ◄poplar,
almond,
and
plane
trees/three
kinds
of
trees
that
had
white
wood►.
He
peeled
strips
of
bark
from
the
branches,
so
that
where
the
bark
had
been
peeled
off,
the
branches
were
light
in
color.
\VS{38}Then
he
placed
the
peeled
branches
in
the
troughs
where
they
put
the
water
for
the
animals
to
drink,
so
that
the
branches
would
be
in
front
of
the
flocks
when
they
came
to
drink.
\VS{39}The
animals
also
mated
in
front
of
the
branches,
and
eventually
they
gave
birth
to
animals
that
were
speckled,
or
to
animals
that
were
spotted,
or
to
animals
that
had
black
and
white
stripes
on
them.
\VS{40}Furthermore,
Jacob
separated
the
female
sheep
in
his
flock
from
the
other
sheep
and
goats
in
Laban’s
flock.
And
when
his
female
sheep
mated,
he
made
them
look
toward
the
animals
that
belonged
to
Laban
that
had
black
and
white
stripes
on
them,
and
the
dark-colored
animals.
He
did
that
so
that
the
female
sheep
would
give
birth
to
animals
that
were
striped
or
dark-colored.
By
doing
that,
he
made
bigger
flocks
for
himself,
and
he
kept
them
separate
from
Laban’s
flocks.
\VS{41}In
addition,
whenever
the
stronger
female
sheep
were
ready
to
mate,
Jacob
put
some
of
those
peeled
branches
in
the
troughs
in
front
of
them,
so
that
they
would
mate
in
front
of
the
branches.
\VS{42}But
when
weak
animals
were
ready
to
mate,
he
did
not
put
the
branches
in
their
troughs.
So
the
weak
ones
became
part
of
Laban’s
flock,
and
the
strong
ones
became
part
of
Jacob’s
flock.
\VS{43}As
a
result,
Jacob
became
very
rich.
He
owned
many
large
flocks
of
sheep
and
goats,
and
many
male
and
female
slaves,
and
many
camels
and
donkeys.

\par }\Chap{31}{\SH Jacob’s family fled from Laban
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Someone
told
Jacob
that
Laban’s
sons
were
complaining
and
saying, “Jacob
has
become
very
rich
by
taking
everything [HYP]
that
belonged
to
our
father.”
\VS{2}And
Jacob
noticed
that
Laban
was
not
acting
friendly
toward
him
as
he
had
done
before.
\VS{3}Then
Yahweh
said
to
Jacob, “Go
back
to
your
country
and
your
relatives,
and
I
will
help
you
there.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}So
Jacob
sent
a
message
to
Rachel
and
Leah,
telling
them
to
come
out
to
the
pastures
where
his
flocks
of
sheep
and
goats
were.
\VS{5}When
they
arrived,
he
said
to
them, “I
see
that
your
father
does
not
act
friendly
toward
me
as
he
did
previously.
But
God,
whom
my
father
worshiped,
has
helped
me.
\VS{6}You
two
know
that
I
have
worked
very
hard
for
your
father,
\VS{7}but
many
times [HYP]
he
has
cheated
me
by decreasing
my
wages.
But
God
has
not
allowed
him
to
harm
me.
\VS{8}When
Laban
said, ‘The
speckled
animals
are
the
ones
that
I
will
give
you
to
be
your
wages,’
then
all
the
animals
gave
birth
to
young
ones
that
were
speckled.
When
he
changed
and
said, ‘The
ones
that
have
black
and
white
stripes
on
them
will
be
your
wages,’
then
all
the
animals
gave
birth
to
young
ones
that
were
striped.
\VS{9}In
that
way,
God
has
taken
away
the
livestock
that
belonged
to
your
father
and
has
given
them
to
me.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}“ne
time,
when
the
animals
were
mating,
I
had
a
dream.
In
my
dream
I
{\ADD{
looked
up
and
was
surprised
to}}
see
that
some
of
the
male
goats
that
were
mating
with
the
female
goats
had
black
and
white
stripes
on
them,
some
were
speckled,
and
some
were
spotted.
\VS{11}An
angel
who
was
sent
by
God
said
to
me
in
the
dream, ‘Jacob!’
I
replied, ‘I
am
here!’
\VS{12}He
said
to
me, ‘Look
up
and
you
will
see
that
all
the
male
goats
that
are
mating
have
black
and
white
stripes
on
them,
or
are
speckled
or
spotted.
This
is happening
because
I
have
seen
all
that
Laban
has
done
to
you.
\VS{13}I
am
God
who
appeared
to
you
at
Bethel,
where
you
set
up
a
stone
to
show
that
the
place
was
holy,
and
you
poured
{\ADD{
olive}}
oil
on
the
stone
and
made
a
solemn
promise
to
me.
So
now
leave
this
land
immediately,
and
return
to
the
land
where
you
were
born.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Rachel
and
Leah
replied, “Our
father
will
not
give
us
anything
more
when
he
dies [RHQ].
\VS{15}He
treats
us
as
though
we
were
foreigners [RHQ]!
{\ADD{
Your
working
for
him
all
these
years
was
like
a
payment}}
that
you
gave
him
as
a
price
for
us,
but
we
will
not
inherit
any
of
that
money
that
he
got
as
a
price
for
us.
He
has
spent
it
all!
\VS{16}Surely
all
of
the
wealth
that
God
took
away
from
our
father
belongs
to
us
and
to
our
children.
So
do
whatever
God
has
told
you
to
do!”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Then
Jacob
put
his
children
and
his
wives
on
camels.
\VS{18}He
made
all
his
livestock
go
ahead
of
him.
Besides
the
livestock,
he
took
along
all
the
other
things
that
he
had
acquired
while
living
in
Paddan-Aram.
And
they
prepared
to
return
to
his
father
Isaac,
in
the
Canaan
region.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Before
they
left,
while
Laban
was
shearing
his
sheep,
Rachel
stole
the
{\ADD{
small
wooden}}
idols
{\ADD{
that
were
in
her
father’s
tent}}.
\VS{20}Furthermore,
Jacob
deceived
Laban,
who
belonged
to
the
Aram people-group,
by
not
telling
him
that
they
were
planning
to
leave.
\VS{21}So
Jacob
and
his
family
fled
with
all
their
possessions,
and
they
crossed
the
Euphrates
River,
and
then
started
traveling
south
toward
the hilly
Gilead
region.
\par }{\SH Jacob
rebuked
Laban
after
Laban
caught
up
with
him
\par }{\PP \VS{22}On
the
third
day
after
they
left,
someone
told
Laban
that
Jacob
and
his
family
had
left.
\VS{23}So
he
took
some
of
his
relatives
with
him
and
started
to
pursue
Jacob.
They
continued
walking
for
seven
days.
\VS{24}Then
God
appeared
to
Laban
in
a
dream
at
night,
and
said
to
him, “When
you
catch
up
to
Jacob,
be
sure
that
you
do
not
say
anything
at
all [HYP]
to
him
in
an
angry
manner!”
\par }{\PP \VS{25}The
next
day,
by
the
time
Laban
caught
up
with
Jacob,
Jacob
and
his
household
had
set
up
their
tents
in
the hilly
Gilead
region.
So
Laban
and
his
relatives
set
up
their
tents
there,
too.
\VS{26}Then
Laban
went
to
Jacob
and
said
to
him, “Why
have
you
done
this?
You
have
deceived
me
by
carrying
away
my
daughters
as
though
you
had
captured
them
in
a
war [MTY]!
\VS{27}Why
did
you
run
away
and
deceive
me?
Why
did
you
not
tell
me
that
you
were
going
to
leave,
so
that
we
could
have
rejoiced
and
sung
while
people
played
music
on
tambourines
and
harps
before
I
said ‘goodbye’
to
you?
\VS{28}◄You
did
not
even
let
me
kiss
my
grandchildren
and
my
daughters goodbye
before
they
left!/Why
did
you
not
allow
me
to
kiss
my
grandchildren
and
daughters goodbye
before
they
left?► [RHQ]
What
you
have
done
was
foolish!
\VS{29}My
relatives
and
I
have
the
power
to
harm
you,
but
last
night
the
God
whom
your
father
worships
said
to
me
in
a
dream, ‘Be
sure
that
you
do
not
say
anything
at
all
to
Jacob
in
an
angry
way.’
\VS{30}Now,
I
know
you
have
left
because
you
long
to
go
back
home.
But
why
did
you
steal
my
{\ADD{
wooden}}
idols?”
\par }{\PP \VS{31}Jacob
replied
to
Laban,
saying, “I
did
not
tell
you
that
we
were
planning
to
leave,
because
I
was
afraid.
I
thought
that
{\ADD{
if
I
told
you}},
you
would forcefully
take
your
daughters
away
from
me.
\VS{32}But
if
you
find
anyone
here
who
has
your
wooden
idols,
we
will
execute
that
person.
While
our
relatives
are
watching,
search
for
yourself
to
see
if
there
is
anything
that
belongs
to
you
that
is
here
with
me.
If
you
find
anything,
you
can
take
it!”
When
Jacob
said
that,
he
did
not
know
that
Rachel
had
stolen
the
wooden
idols.
\par }{\PP \VS{33}Laban
went
into
Jacob’s
tent,
and
then
into
Leah’s
tent,
and
then
into
the
tents
of
the
two
female
slaves
and
searched
for
the
idols,
but
he
did
not
find
them.
After
he
left
their
tents,
he
entered
Rachel’s
tent.
\VS{34}But
Rachel
had
previously
taken
the
idols
and
put
them
in
the
saddle
of
a
camel,
and
she
was
sitting
on
the
saddle.
So
when
Laban
searched
all
over
for
them
inside
Rachel’s
tent,
he
did
not
find
them.
\VS{35}Rachel
said
to
her
father, “Do
not
be
angry
with
me,
sir,
but
I
cannot
get
up
in
your
presence
{\ADD{
to
show
respect
for
you}},
because
I
am
having
my
monthly
menstrual
period. [EUP]”
So
when
Laban
searched
some
more,
he
did
not
find
the
{\ADD{
wooden}}
idols.
\par }{\PP \VS{36}Then
Jacob
became
angry.
He
rebuked
Laban,
saying, “What
crime
did
I
commit?
For
what
sin
that
I
committed
have
you
pursued
me?
\VS{37}Now
you
have
searched
through
all
my
possessions,
and
what
did
you
find
from
all
these
possessions
that
belongs
to
you?
Put
it
here
in
front
of
my
relatives
and
your
relatives,
so
that
they
can
decide
who
is
right,
you
or
me!
\par }{\PP \VS{38}I
was
with
you
for 20
years.
In
all
that
time,
your
sheep
and
goats
have ◄not
miscarried/always
given
birth
to
animals
safely►.
I
have
not
{\ADD{
killed
and}}
eaten
any
rams
from
your
flocks.
\VS{39}When
one
of
your
animals
was
attacked
and mauled/killed
by
a
wild
animal,
I
did
not
bring
it
to
you.
I
replaced
the
dead
animal
with
a
living
one
of
my
own
animals.
Whenever
one
of
your
animals
was
stolen,
during
the
day
or
during
the
night,
you
demanded
that
I
replace
it
with
one
of
my
own
animals.
\VS{40}I
suffered
from
the
heat
during
the
day
and
from
the
cold
at
night.
I
was
often
not
even
able
to
sleep [PRS]!
\VS{41}I
lived
in
your
household
for 20
years.
I
worked
for
you
for 14
years
to
buy
your
two
daughters,
and
for
six
more
years
to
buy
some
of
your
sheep
and
goats.
During
that
time,
you
changed
and
reduced
my
wages
many
times [HYP].
\VS{42}If
God,
the
one
whom
my
grandfather
Abraham
worshiped
and
before
whom
my
father
Isaac
trembled
in
fear,
had
not
been
with
me
and
helped
me,
you
would
have
sent
me
away ◄with
nothing
in
my
hands/owning
nothing►!
But
God
saw
how
much
I
was
suffering
and
how
hard
I
was
working,
so
last
night
he
told
you
that
what
you
have
done
to
me
was
wrong.”
\par }{\SH Jacob
and
Laban
made
a
solemn
promise
not
to
harm
each
other
\par }{\PP \VS{43}Laban
replied, “These
two
women
are
my
daughters,
and
their
children
are
my
grandchildren,
and
the
animals
are
my
animals.
Everything
you
see
here
is
mine [HYP]!
But
what
can
I
do
today
to
keep
my
daughters
or
the
children
they
have
given
birth
to [RHQ]?
\VS{44}I
cannot
do
anything
in
order
to
keep
them,
so
hey,
we
should
make
a
peace
agreement,
you
and
I,
and
do
something
that
will
remind
us
about
our
agreement.”
\par }{\PP \VS{45}So
Jacob
took
a
{\ADD{
large}}
stone
and
set
it
on
its
end.
\VS{46}Then
Jacob
said
to
his
relatives, “You
also
gather
some
stones.”
So
they
gathered
some
rocks
and
put
them
in
a
heap,
and
they
ate
some
food
there
near
the
heap.
\VS{47}Laban
gave
the
heap
the
Aramaic
name
Jegar-Sahadutha,
{\ADD{
which
means ‘rock-pile
to
remind us’,}}
but
Jacob
gave
the rock-pile
the
Hebrew
name
Galeed,
{\ADD{
which
has
the
same
meaning}}.
\VS{48}Laban
said
to
Jacob, “This
pile
of
rocks
we
have
put
here
today
will
help
us
to
remember
our
agreement.”
That
is
why
Jacob
called
it
Galeed.
\VS{49}They
also
named
the
place
Mizpah,
{\ADD{
which
sounds
like
the
Hebrew
word
that
means ‘watchtower’,}}
because
Laban
said, “We
will
ask
Yahweh
to
watch
you
and
me
while
we
are
separated
from
each
other,
{\ADD{
so
that
we
do
not
try
to
harm
each
other}}.
\VS{50}If
you
mistreat
my
daughters,
or
if
you
take
other
women
to
be
your
wives,
even
if
no
one
tells
me
about
it,
don’t
forget
that
God
sees
what
you
and
I
are
doing!”
\par }{\PP \VS{51}Laban
also
said
to
Jacob, “You
see
this
large
stone
and
this
pile
of
rocks
that
we
have
set
up
to
be
between
us.
\VS{52}Both
this
pile
of
rocks
and
this
large
stone
will
remind
us,
that
I
will
not
go
past
these
rocks
to
harm
you,
and
you
will
not
go
past
these
rocks
to
harm
me.
\VS{53}We
will
ask
the
God
whom
{\ADD{
your
grandfather}}
Abraham
and
{\ADD{
his
father}}
Nahor
worshiped
to
punish [MTY]
either
one
of
us,
{\ADD{
if
we
harm
the
other
one}}.”
\par }{\PP So
Jacob
solemnly
promised
to
do
what
they
said
in
their
peace
agreement.
And
he
asked
God,
the
one
before
whom
his
father
Isaac
trembled,
to
listen
to
what
they
promised.
\VS{54}He
offered
a
sacrifice
to
God
there
in
the hilly
area,
and
he
invited
his
relatives
to
eat
with
him.
After
they
had
eaten,
they
slept
there
that
night.
\VS{55}The
next
morning
Laban
kissed
his
grandchildren
and
his
daughters
{\ADD{goodbye}}
and
asked
God
to
bless
them.
Then
he
{\ADD{
and
his
men}}
left
them
and
returned
home.

\par }\Chap{32}{\SH Jacob sent gifts to Esau as he prepared to meet him
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}As
Jacob
and
his
family
continued
traveling,
some
angels,
whom
God
sent,
met
him.
\VS{2}When
Jacob
saw
them,
he
said, “This
is
God’s
army
camp!”
So
he
named
that
place
Mahanaim,
{\ADD{
which
means ‘two camps’}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Jacob
told
some
of
the
men
to
go
ahead
of
him
to
his
older
brother
Esau,
who
was
living
in
Seir,
the
land
where
the
descendants
of
Edom
lived.
\VS{4}He
told
them, “This
is
what
I
want
you
to
say
to
Esau: 'I,
Jacob,
want
to
be
your
servant
and
I
want
you
to
be
my
master.
I
have
been
living
with
our
uncle
Laban,
and
I
have
stayed
there
until
now.
\VS{5}I
now
own
many
cattle,
donkeys,
sheep,
goats,
and
male
and
female
slaves.
Now
I
am
sending
this
message
to
you,
sir,
hoping
that
you
will ◄be
friendly
toward
me/treat
me
kindly►
when
I
arrive.’ “
\par }{\PP \VS{6}The
messengers
went
and
gave
that
message
to
Esau.
When
they
returned
to
Jacob,
they
said, “We
went
to
your
older
brother
Esau.
Now
he
is
coming
to
you,
and 400
men
are
coming
with
him.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Jacob
was
very
afraid
and
worried.
So
he
divided
the
people
who
were
with
him
into
two
groups.
He
also
divided
the
sheep
and
goats,
the
cattle,
and
the
camels,
into
two
groups.
\VS{8}He
was
thinking, “If
Esau
and
his
men
come
and
attack
us,
perhaps
one
of
the
groups
will
be
left
and
will
be
able
to
escape.”
\VS{9}Then
Jacob
prayed, “O
Yahweh
God,
whom
my
grandfather
Abraham
worshiped
and
my
father
Isaac
worships,
you
said
to
me, ‘Go
back
to
your
own
land
and
to
your
relatives,
and
I
will ◄cause
good
things
happen
to/do
good
things
for►
you.’
\VS{10}I
am
not
worthy
for
you
to
have
been
so
kind
and
faithful
to
me
in
so
many
ways,
your
servant.
I
had
only
this
walking
stick
with
me
when
I
crossed
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River
on
my
way
to
Haran}},
but
now
I
am
so
wealthy
that
there
are
two
large
groups
of
my
family
and
possessions.
\VS{11}So
now
I
pray
that
you
will
rescue
me
from [MTY]
my
{\ADD{
older
}}
brother
Esau,
because
I
am
afraid
that
he
and
his
men
will
come
and
attack
and
kill
me
and
the
children
and
their
mothers.
\VS{12}But
do
not
forget
that
you
have
said, ‘I
will
certainly
enable
you
to
prosper,
and
I
will
cause
your
descendants
to
be
as
numerous
as
the
grains
of
sand
on
the
seashore,
which
are
so
many
that
no
one
can
count
them.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Jacob
slept
there
that
night.
The
next
morning
he
selected
some
animals
to
give
to
his
brother
Esau.
\VS{14}He
selected 200
female
goats
and 20
male
goats, 200
female
sheep
and 20
male
sheep,
\VS{15}30
female
camels
and
their
offspring, 40
cows
and
ten
bulls, 20
female
donkeys
and 10
male
donkeys.
\VS{16}He
divided
them
into
small
herds,
and
put
each
herd
into
the
care
of
one
of
his
servants.
He
said
to
his
servants, “Go
ahead
of
me,
one
group
at
a
time,
and
keep
some
space
between
each
herd.”
\VS{17}He
said
to
the
servant
who
was
going
with
the
first
group, “When
my
brother
Esau
meets
you,
and
he
asks
you, ‘To
whom
do
you
belong,
and
where
are
you
going,
and
to
whom
do
these
animals
in
front
of
you
belong?’
\VS{18}tell
him, ‘They
belong
to
your
servant
Jacob.
He
has
sent
them
to
you
as
a
gift,
sir.
And
he
is
coming
behind
us.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}He
also
said
the
same
thing
to
the
servants
who
were
taking
care
of
the
second
and
third
groups,
and
to
the
other
herdsmen.
He
said
to
them, “When
you
meet
Esau,
I
want
you
to
say
to
him
the
same
thing
that
I
told
the
first
servant.
\VS{20}And
be
sure
to
say ‘Jacob,
who
wants
to
serve
you,
is
coming
behind
us.’ ”
Jacob
told
them
to
say
that
because
he
was
thinking, “Perhaps
these
gifts
that
I
am
sending
ahead
of
me
will
cause
him
to ◄act
peacefully
toward/stop
being
angry
with►
me.
Then
later,
when
I
see
him,
perhaps
he
will
be
kind
to
me.”
\VS{21}So
the
men
taking
the
gifts [PRS]
went
ahead,
but
Jacob
himself
stayed
in
the
camp
that
night.
\par }{\SH Jacob
wrestled
with
Yahweh
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Some
time
during
that
night,
Jacob
got
up
and
took
his
two
wives,
his
two
female
slaves,
and
his
eleven
sons
and
his
daughter,
and
he
sent
them
across
the
ford
at
the
Jabbok
River.
\VS{23}After
he
had
done
that,
he
sent
other
slaves,
carrying
all
his
possessions,
across
the
river.
\VS{24}So
Jacob
was
left
there
alone.
But
a
man
came
and
wrestled
with
him
until
dawn.
\VS{25}When
the
man
realized
that
he
was
not winning
against
Jacob,
he
struck
Jacob’s
hip
and
caused
the
thigh
bone
to
pull
away
from
the
hip
socket.
\VS{26}Then
the
man
said, “Let
me
go,
because
it
will
soon
be
daylight.”
{\ADD{
Then
Jacob
realized
who
he
was
really wrestling
with}}.
So
he
replied, “No,
if
you
will
not
bless
me,
I
will
not
let
you
go!”
\VS{27}The
man
said
to
him, “What
is
your
name?”
He
replied, “Jacob.”
\VS{28}The
man
said, “Your
name
will
no
longer
be
Jacob.
Your
name
will
be
Israel,
{\ADD{
which
means ‘he struggles
with God’,}}
because
you
have
struggled
with
God
and
with
people,
and
you
have
won.”
\VS{29}Jacob
said, “Now,
please
tell
me
your
name!”
The
man
replied, “◄Why
do
you
ask
me
what
my
name
is?/You
should
not
have
to
ask
me
what
my
name
is!►” [RHQ]
But
he
blessed
Jacob
there.
\VS{30}So
Jacob
named
the
place
Peniel,
{\ADD{
which
means ‘God’s face’,}}
saying “I
looked
directly
at
God,
but
I
did
not
die
because
of
doing
that.”
\par }{\PP \VS{31}The
sun
was
rising
as
Jacob
left
Peniel,
and
he
was
limping
because
of
what
had
happened
to
his
hip.
\VS{32}The muscle
on
his
hip
joint
had
been
injured.
So
to
this
present
time,
because
of
what
happened
to
Jacob,
the Israeli
people
do
not
eat
the muscle/tendon
that
is
attached
to
the
socket
of
the
hips
of
animals.

\par }\Chap{33}{\SH Jacob and Esau met peacefully
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
Then
Jacob
joined
the
rest
of
his
family}}.
{\ADD{
Later
that
day
}}
Jacob
looked
up
and
saw
Esau
coming,
and
there
were 400
men
with
him.
{\ADD{
Jacob
was
worried
because
of
that}},
so
he
separated
the
children.
He
put
Leah’s
children
with
Leah,
Rachel’s
children
with
Rachel,
and
the
two
female slaves’
children
with
their
mothers.
\VS{2}He
put
the
two
female
slaves
and
their
children
in
front.
He
put
Leah
and
her
children
next.
He
put
Rachel
and
Joseph
at
the
rear.
\VS{3}He
himself
went
ahead
of
them
all,
and
as
he
continued
to
approach
his
older
brother,
he
prostrated
himself
with
his
face
on
the
ground
seven
times.
\VS{4}But
Esau
ran
to
Jacob.
He
hugged
him,
put
his
arms
around
his
neck,
and
kissed
him
on
the
cheek.
And
they
both
cried.
\VS{5}Then
Esau
looked
up
and
saw
the
women
and
the
children.
He
asked, “Who
are
these
people
who
are
with
you?”
Jacob
replied, “These
are
the
wives
and
children
that
God
has
graciously/kindly
given
to
me.”
\VS{6}Then
the
female
slaves
and
their
children
came
near
and
bowed
in
front
of
Esau.
\VS{7}Then
Leah
and
her
children
came
and
bowed
down.
Finally
Joseph
and
Rachel
came
near
and
bowed
down.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Esau
asked, “What
is
the
meaning
of
all
the
animals
that
I
saw?”
Jacob
replied, “I
am
giving
them
to
you,
sir,
so
that
you
will
feel
good
toward
me.”
\VS{9}But
Esau
replied, “My
{\ADD{
younger}}
brother,
I
have
enough
animals!
Keep
for
yourself
the
animals
that
you
have!”
\VS{10}But
Jacob
said, “No,
please,
if
you
feel
good
toward
me,
accept
these
gifts
from
me.
You
have
greeted
me
very
kindly.
Seeing
your smiling
face assures
me
{\ADD{
that
you
have
forgiven
me}}.
It
is
like
seeing
the
face
of
God!
\VS{11}Please
accept
these
gifts
that
I
have
brought
to
you,
because
God
has
acted
kindly
toward
me,
and
I
still
have
plenty
of
animals!”
Jacob
kept
on
urging
him
to
accept
the
animals,
and
finally
he
accepted
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Then
Esau
said, “Let’s
continue
traveling
together,
and
I
will
show
the
road
to
you.”
\VS{13}Jacob
{\ADD{
had
no
intention
to
go
with
Esau}},
but
he
said, “You
know,
sir,
that
the
children
are
weak,
and
that
I
must
take
care
of
the
female
sheep
and
cows
that
are ◄sucking
their
mother’s
milk/nursing
their
young►.
If
I
force
them
to
walk
fast
for
a
long
distance
in
just
one
day,
the
animals
will
all
die.
\VS{14}You
go
ahead
of
me.
I
will
lead
the
animals slowly,
but
I
will
walk
as
fast
as
the
children
and
animals
can
walk.
I
will
catch
up
with
you
in
Seir,
{\ADD{
in
the
land
where
the
descendants
of
Edom
live}}.”
\VS{15}Esau
said, “Then
allow
me
to
leave
with
you
some
of
the
men
who
came
with
me,
{\ADD{
to
protect
you}}.”
But
Jacob
replied, “◄Why
do
that?/There
is
no
need
to
do
that!► [RHQ]
The
only
thing
that
I
want
is
for
you
to
act
friendly
toward
me.”
\VS{16}So
on
that
day
Esau
left
to
return
to
Seir.
\VS{17}But
{\ADD{
instead
of
going
to
Seir}},
Jacob
and
his
family
went
to
{\ADD{
a
place
called}}
Succoth.
There
he
built
a
house
for
himself
and
his
family,
and
built
shelters
for
his
livestock.
That
is
the
reason
they
named
the
place
Succoth,
{\ADD{
which
means ‘shelters’}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}{\ADD{
Some
time
later,}}
Jacob
and
his
family
left
Paddan-Aram
{\ADD{
in
Mesopotamia}},
and
they
traveled
safely
to
the
Canaan
region.
There
they
set
up
their
tents
in
a
field
near
Shechem
city.
\VS{19}One
of
the
leaders
of
the
people
in
that
area
was
named
Hamor.
Hamor
had
several
sons.
Jacob
paid
the
sons
of
Hamor 100
pieces
of
silver
for
the
piece
of
ground
on
which
they
set
up
their
tents.
\VS{20}He
built
a
stone
altar
there,
and
named
it El-Elohe
Israel,
{\ADD{
which
means ‘God,
the
God
of
Israel}}.’

\par }\Chap{34}{\SH Hamor’s son Shechem raped Jacob’s daughter Dinah
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}One
day
Dinah,
the
daughter
of
Jacob
and
Leah,
went
to
visit
some
of
the
women
in
that
area.
\VS{2}Shechem,
one
of
the
sons
of
Hamor,
the
ruler
of
that
area
who
was
descended
from
the Hiv people-group,
saw
her.
He
wanted
her.
So
he
grabbed
her
and
forced
her
to
have
sex [EUP]
with
him.
\VS{3}He [SYN]
was
very
much
attracted
to
her,
and
fell
in
love
with
her,
and
he
tried
to
get
her
to
love
him.
\VS{4}So
Shechem
said
to
his
father
Hamor, “Please
get
this
girl
for
me.
I
want
her
to
become
my
wife!”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Jacob
very
soon
found
out
that
his
daughter
Dinah
had
been
disgraced/defiled.
But
his
sons
were
in
the
fields
with
his
livestock,
so
he
did
nothing
about
it
until
they
returned
home.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}In
the meantime,
Shechem’s
father
Hamor
went
to
talk
with
Jacob.
\VS{7}While
they
were
still
talking,
Jacob’s
sons
came
in
from
the
field.
When
they
found
out
what
had
happened,
they
were
shocked
and
very
angry.
They
said, “Shechem
has
done
something
that
is
very
disgraceful
among
us Israeli
people,
something
that
never
should
be
done!”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}But
Hamor
said
to
them, “My
son
Shechem
really likes
this
girl.
Please
allow
him
to
marry
her.
\VS{9}Let’s
make
an
agreement:
You
will
give
your
daughters
to
our
young
men
to
be
their
wives,
and
we
will
give
our
daughters
to
your
young
men
to
be
their
wives.
\VS{10}You
can
live
among
us,
and
live
anywhere
in
our
land
that
you
wish.
You
can
buy
and
sell
things (OR,
travel
around)
and
if
you
find
land
that
you
want,
then
you
can
buy
it.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
Shechem
said
to
Dinah’s
father
and
brothers, “If
you
feel
good
toward
me
and
do
what
I
am
asking
for,
I
will
give
you
whatever
you
ask
for.
\VS{12}Tell
me
what
gifts
you
want
and
what
bride
price
you
want,
and
I
will
give
you
what
you
ask
for.
I
just
want
you
to
give
the
girl
to
me
to
be
my
wife.”
\par }{\SH Dinah’s
brothers
got
revenge
\par }{\PP \VS{13}But
because
Shechem
had
done
a
shameful
thing
to
their
sister
Dinah,
the
sons
of
Jacob
deceived
Shechem
and
his
father
Hamor
\VS{14}by
saying
to
them, “No,
we
cannot
do
that.
We
cannot
give
our
sister
to
be
the
wife
of
a
man
who
is
not
circumcised,
because
that
would
be
a
shameful
thing
for
us
to
do.
\VS{15}We
will
do
that
only
if
you
do
one
thing:
You
must
become
like
us
by
circumcising
all
the
males
that
are
among
you.
\VS{16}Then
we
will
give
our
daughters
to
your
young
men
to
be
your
wives,
and
we
will
take
your
daughters
to
be
the
wives
of
our
young
men.
We
will
live
among
you,
and
we
will
become
one people-group.
\VS{17}But
if
you
will
not
agree
to
being
circumcised,
we
will
take
our
sister
and
go
back
to
our
land.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}What
they
said
pleased
Hamor
and
his
son
Shechem.
\VS{19}Shechem
was
very
much
in
love
with
Jacob’s
daughter,
so
he
quickly
agreed
to
do
what
they
suggested.
\VS{20}Shechem
went
with
Hamor
to
the
meeting
place
near
the
city
gate,
and
they
spoke
to
the
city
leaders,
saying,
\VS{21}“These
men
are
friendly
toward
us.
We
should
let
them
live
here
and
travel
around (OR,
buy
and
sell
things)
and
if
they
find
land
that
they
want,
they
can
buy
it.
There
is
plenty
of
land
for
them
to
live
here.
Our
young
men
can
marry
their
daughters,
and
their
young
men
can
marry
our
daughters.
\VS{22}But
these
men
will
agree
to
live
among
us
and
become
one people-group
with
us
only
if
all
our
males
are
circumcised,
as
they
are.
\VS{23}But
if
we
do
that,
just
think!
Their
livestock
and
their
possessions
and
their
other
animals
will
become
ours [RHQ]!
So
we
should
agree
to
do
what
they suggest,
and
then
they
will
live
among
us!”
\VS{24}Shechem
was
the
most
respected
person
in
his
father’s
household,
so
all
the
men
who
were
there
at
the
city
gate
agreed
to
what
Hamor
and
Shechem
suggested.
So
every
male
in
the
city
was
circumcised.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}On
the
third
day
after
that,
when
the
men
of
the
city
were
still
sore
because
of
being
circumcised,
two
of
Jacob’s
sons,
Simeon
and
Levi,
who
were
Dinah’s
brothers,
took
their
swords
and
entered
the
city
without
anyone opposing
them,
and
killed
all
the
men.
\VS{26}They
even
killed
Hamor
and
his
son
Shechem.
Then
they
took
Dinah
out
of
Shechem’s
house
and
left
the
city.
\VS{27}Then
the
other
sons
of
Jacob
went
into
the
city
where
all
those
dead
bodies
were.
They ◄looted/took
everything
in►
the
city
to
get
revenge
for
the
shameful
thing
that
had
been
done
to
their
sister.
\VS{28}They
took
away
the
people’s
sheep
and
goats,
their
cattle,
their
donkeys,
and
everything
else
that
they
wanted
from
inside
the
city
and
from
out
in
the
countryside.
\VS{29}They
took
away
everything
that
was
valuable,
even
the
children
and
the
women.
They
seized
and
took
away
everything
that
was
in
the
houses.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}Then
Jacob
said
to
Simeon
and
Levi, “You
have
caused
a
lot
of
trouble
for
me!
Now
the
Canaan people-group
and
the Perizzi people-group
and
everyone
else
who
lives
in
this
land
will ◄hate
me/say
my
name stinks►!
I
do
not
have
many
men
to
fight
for
us,
so
if
they
all
gather
together
and
come
to
me
and
attack
us,
they
will
destroy
us
and
all
our
household!”
\VS{31}But
they
replied, “◄Should
we
have
allowed
Shechem
to
treat
our
sister
like
a
prostitute?/We
could
not
just
let
Shechem
treat
our
sister
like
a
prostitute!►” [RHQ]

\par }\Chap{35}{\SH Jacob and his family returned to Bethel
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
Some
time
later}}
God
said
to
Jacob, “Go
up
to
Bethel,
and
live
there.
Build
an
altar
to
worship
me,
God,
who
appeared
to
you
when
you
were
fleeing
from
your
older
brother
Esau.”
\VS{2}So
Jacob
said
to
his
household
and
to
all
the
others
who
were
with
him, “Get
rid
of
the
idols
you
brought
from
Mesopotamia.
Also,
bathe
yourselves
and
put
on
clean
clothes.
\VS{3}Then
we
will
get
ready
and
go
up
to
Bethel.
There
I
will
make
an
altar
to
worship
God.
He
is
the
one
who
helped
me
at
the
time
when
I
was
greatly
distressed
and
afraid,
and
he
has
been
with
me
wherever
I
have
gone.”
\VS{4}So
they
gave
to
Jacob
all
the
idols
that
they
had
brought,
and
all
their
earrings.
Jacob
buried
them
in
the
ground
under
the
big
oak
tree
that
was
near
Shechem
{\ADD{
town}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}As
they
prepared
to
leave
there,
God
caused
the
people
who
lived
in
the
cities
around
them
to
be
extremely
afraid
of
Jacob’s
family [PRS],
so
that
they
did
not
pursue
and
attack
them.
\VS{6}Jacob
and
all
those
who
were
with
him
came
to
Luz,
which
is
now
called
Bethel,
in
the
Canaan
region.
\VS{7}There
he
built
an
altar.
He
named
the
place
El-Bethel,
{\ADD{
which
means ‘God
of
Bethel}}’,
because
it
was
there
that
God
revealed
himself
to
Jacob
when
he
was
fleeing
from
his
older
brother
Esau.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Deborah,
who
had
taken
care
of
Isaac’s
wife
Rebekah
when
Rebekah
was
a
small
girl,
was
now
very
old.
She
died
and
was
buried
under
an
oak
tree
south
of
Bethel.
So
they
named
that
place
Allon-Bacuth,
{\ADD{
which
means ‘oak
of weeping’}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}After
Jacob
and
his
family
returned
from
Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia,
while
they
were
still
at
Bethel,
God
appeared
to
Jacob
again
and
blessed
him.
\VS{10}God
said
to
him
again, “Your
name
will
no
longer
be
Jacob.
It
will
be
Israel.”
So
Jacob
was
then
called ‘Israel’.
\VS{11}Then
God
said
to
him, “I
am
God
Almighty.
Produce
many
children.
Your
descendants
will
become
many
nations,
and
some
of
your
descendants
will
be
kings.
\VS{12}The
land
that
I
promised
to
give
to
{\ADD{
your
grandfather}}
Abraham
and
{\ADD{
your
father}}
Isaac,
I
will
give
to
you.
I
will
also
give
it
to
your
descendants.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}When
God
finished
talking
there
with
Jacob,
he
left
him.
\VS{14}Jacob
set
up
a
large
stone
at
the
place
where
God
had
talked
with
him.
He
poured
some
wine
and
some
{\ADD{
olive}}
oil
on
it
to
dedicate
it
to
God.
\VS{15}Jacob
named
that
place
Bethel,
{\ADD{
which
means ‘house
of
God}}’,
because
God
had
spoken
to
him
there.
\par }{\SH Rachel
died
as
Benjamin
was
born
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Jacob
and
his
family
left
Bethel
and
traveled
south
toward
Ephrath
{\ADD{
town}}.
When
they
were
still
some
distance
from
Ephrath,
Rachel
began
to
have
severe
childbirth
pains.
\VS{17}When
her
pain
was
the
most
severe,
the ◄midwife/woman
who
helped
her
to
give
birth►
said
to
Rachel, “Do
not
be
afraid,
because
now
you
have
given
birth
to
another
son!”
\VS{18}But
she
was
dying,
and
with
her
last
breath
she
said, “Name
him Benoni,”
{\ADD{
which
means ‘son
of
my
sorrow}}’,
but
his
father
named
him
Benjamin,
{\ADD{
which
means ‘son
of
my
right
hand}}’.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}After
Rachel
died,
she
was
buried
alongside
the
road
to
Ephrath,
which
is
{\ADD{
now
called}}
Bethlehem.
\VS{20}Jacob
set
up
a
large
stone
over
her
grave,
and
it
is
still
there,
showing
where
Rachel’s
grave
is.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Jacob,
whose
new
name
was
Israel,
continued
traveling
with
his
family,
and
he
set
up
his
tents
on
the
south
side
of
the
watchtower
at
Eder
{\ADD{
town}}.
\VS{22}While
they
were
living
in
that
area,
Jacob’s
son
Reuben
had
sex [EUP]
with
Bilhah,
one
of
his
father’s ◄concubines/female
slaves
whom
he
had
taken
as
a secondary
wife►.
Someone
told
Jacob
about
it,
and
it
made
him
very
angry.
\par }{\PP ◄I
will
now
give
you/Here
is►
a
list
of
Jacob’s
twelve
sons.
\VS{23}The
sons
of
Leah
were
Reuben,
who
was
Jacob’s
oldest
son,
then
Simeon,
Levi,
Judah,
Issachar
and Zebulon.
\VS{24}The
sons
of
Rachel
were
Joseph
and
Benjamin.
\VS{25}The
sons
of
Rachel’s
female
slave
Bilhah
were
Dan
and
Naphtali.
\VS{26}The
sons
of
Leah’s
female
slave
Zilpah
were
Gad
and
Asher.
All
those
sons
of
Jacob,
except
Benjamin,
were
born
while
he
was
living
in
Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia.
\par }{\SH Isaac
died
\par }{\PP \VS{27}Jacob
had
returned
back
home
to
see
his
father
Isaac
at
Mamre,
which
is
also
named
Kiriath-Arba,
and
which
is
now
named
Hebron.
Isaac’s
father
Abraham
had
also
lived
there.
\VS{28}Isaac
lived
until
he
was 180
years
old.
\VS{29}He
was
very
old
when
he
died,
joining
his
ancestors
who
had
died
previously.
His
sons
Esau
and
Jacob
buried
his
body.

\par }\Chap{36}{\SH The descendants of Esau
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}◄Here
is/I
will
now
give
you►
a
list
of
the
descendants
of
Esau,
whose
other
name
was
Edom.
\VS{2}Esau
married
three
women
from
the
Canaan
region:
Adah,
the
daughter
of
Elon
from
the
Heth people-group;
Oholibamah,
who
was
the
daughter
of
Anah
and
granddaughter
of
Zibeon
from
the Hiv people-group;
\VS{3}and
Basemath,
who
was
the
daughter
of
Ishmael
and
sister
of
Nebaioth.
\VS{4}Esau’s
wife
Adah
gave
birth
to
Eliphaz.
Basemath
gave
birth
to
Reuel.
\VS{5}Oholibamah
gave
birth
to
Jeush,
Jalam,
and
Korah.
All
these
sons
of
Esau
were
born
while
he
was
living
in
the
Canaan
region.
\par }{\PP \VS{6-7}Jacob
and
Esau
had
very
many
possessions.
The
result
was
that
they
needed
more
land
for
their
livestock.
The
land
where
they
were
living
was
not
big
enough
for
both
of
them.
They
had
too
much
livestock.
So
Esau,
whose
other
name
was
Edom,
had
taken
his
wives
and
sons
and
daughters
and
all
the
other
members
of
his
household,
his
sheep
and
goats
and
his
other
animals,
and
all
the
other
things
he
had
obtained
in
Canaan
land,
and
they
had
moved
to
an
area
that
was
away
from
Jacob.
\VS{8}They
went
to
live
in
the
Seir hilly
area.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}◄Here
is/I
will
now
give
you►
another
list
of
the
male
descendants
of
Esau.
He
was
the ancestor
of
the
Edom people-group
who
live
in
the
Seir
area.
\VS{10}Esau’s
wife
Adah
gave
birth
to
Eliphaz,
and
Esau’s
wife
Basemath
gave
birth
to
Reuel.
\VS{11}The
sons
of
Eliphaz
were
Teman,
Omar,
Zepho,
Gatam,
and
Kenaz.
\VS{12}Esau’s
son
Eliphaz
also
had
a ◄concubine/female
slave
whom
he
took
as
a secondary
wife►.
Her
name
was
Timna.
She
gave
birth
to
Amalek.
Those
six
men
were
grandsons
of
Esau’s
wife
Adah.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Reuel’s
sons
were
Nahath,
Zerah,
Shammah,
and
Mizzah.
They
were
grandsons
of
Esau’s
wife
Basemath.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Esau’s
wife
Oholibamah,
who
was
the
daughter
of
Anah
and
granddaughter
of
Zibeon,
gave
birth
to
three
sons:
Jeush,
Jalam,
and
Korah.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}◄Here
is/I
will
now
give
you►
a
list
of
the people-groups
who
were
descendants
of
Esau.
His
oldest
son
Eliphaz
was
the ancestor
of
the
Teman people-group,
the
Omar people-group,
the
Zepho people-group,
the
Kenaz people-group,
\VS{16}the
Korah people-group,
the
Gatam people-group,
and
the
Amalek people-group.
They
were
descendants
of
Eliphaz
and
of
Esau’s
wife
Adah.
They
lived
in
the
Edom
region.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}The
sons
of
Esau’s
son
Reuel
were
ancestors
of
the
Nahath,
Zerah,
Shammah,
and
Mizzah people-groups.
They
were
descended
from
Esau’s
wife
Basemath.
They
also
lived
in
Edom.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}The
sons
of
Esau’s
wife
Oholibamah,
whose
mother
was
Anah,
were
ancestors
of
the
Jeush,
Jalam,
and
Korah people-groups.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}That
is
the
list
of
the
sons
of
Esau,
and
the people-groups
who
were
their
descendants.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}◄This
is/I
will
now
give
you►
a
list
of
the
descendants
of
Seir,
who
belonged
to
the
Hor people-group,
who
were
the
first people-group
who
lived
in
the
Edom
region:
Lotan,
Shobal,
Zibeon,
Anah,
\VS{21}Dishon,
Ezer,
and
Dishan.
Those
seven
men
became
ancestors
of people-groups.
Each
of
the people-groups
had
the
same
name
as
the
name
of
their ancestor.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}The
sons
of
Lotan
were
Hori
and
Heman
and
Lotan’s
sister
was
Timna.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}The
sons
of
Shobal
were
Alvan,
Manahath,
Ebal,
Shepho,
and
Onam.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}The
sons
of
Zibeon
were
Aiah
and
Anah.
This
Anah
was
the
one
who
discovered
the
hot
springs
in
the
desert
while
he
was
taking
care
of
his
father Zibeon’s
donkeys.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Anah
had
two
children—a
son
named
Dishon
and
a
daughter
named
Oholibamah.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}Dishon’s
sons
were
Hemdan,
Eshban,
Ithran,
and Keran.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}Ezer’s
sons
were
Bilhan,
Zaavan,
and
Akan.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Dishan’s
sons
were
Uz
and
Aran.
\par }{\PP \VS{29-30}The people-groups
who
were
descendants
of
Hor
lived
in
the
Seir/Edom
region.
The
names
of
the people-groups
are
Lotan,
Shobal,
Zibeon,
Anah,
Dishon,
Ezer,
and
Dishan.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}These
are
the
names
of
the
kings
who
ruled
in
Edom
before
any
kings
ruled
over
Israel.
\VS{32}Beor’s
son
Bela
became
the
first
king
in
Edom.
The
city
where
he
lived
was
named
Dinhabah.
\par }{\PP \VS{33}When
Bela
died, Zerah’s
son
Jobab/became
the
king.
He
was
from
Bozrah
{\ADD{
city}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{34}When
Jobab
died,
Husham
became
the
king.
He
was
from
the
region
where
the
Teman people-group
lived.
\par }{\PP \VS{35}When
Husham
died, Bedad’s
son Hadan
became
the
king. Husham’s
army
fought
the
army
of
the
Midian people-group
in
the
Moab
region
and
defeated
them.
The
city
where
Husham
lived
was
Avith.
\par }{\PP \VS{36}When
Hadad
died,
Samlah
became
the
king.
He
was
from
Masrekah
{\ADD{
town}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{37}When
Samlah
died,
Shaul
became
the
king.
He
was
from
Rehoboth
{\ADD{
town}}
along
the
{\ADD{
Euphrates}}
river.
\par }{\PP \VS{38}When
Shaul
died, Achbor’s
son
Baal-Hanan
became
king.
\par }{\PP \VS{39}When Achbor’s
son
Baal-Hanan
died,
Hadad
became
king.
The
city
where
he
lived
was
named
Pau.
His
wife’s
name
was
Mehetabel.
She
was
the
daughter
of
Matred,
who
was
the
daughter
of Me-Zahab.
\par }{\PP \VS{40-43}◄Here
is/I
will
now
give
you►
a
list
of
all
the people-groups
that
were
descendants
of
Esau:
Timna,
Alvah,
Jetheth,
Oholibamah,
Elah,
Pinon,
Kenaz,
Teman,
Mibzar,
Magdiel,
and
Iram.
They
all
lived
in
the
Edom
region.
The
land
where
each people-group
lived
got
the
same
name
as
the
name
of
the people-group.

\par }\Chap{37}{\SH Joseph had two dreams about himself and his brothers
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Jacob
continued
to
live
in
the
Canaan regon
where
his
father
had
lived
previously.
\VS{2}◄This
is/I
will
now
tell
you►
what
happened
to
Jacob’s
family.
\par }{\PP When
his
son
Joseph
was 17
years
old,
he
was
taking
care
of
the
flocks
of
sheep
and
goats
with
some
of
his
older
brothers.
They
were
sons
of
his
father’s ◄concubines/female
slaves
that
he
had
taken
to
be
his secondary
wives►.
Joseph
sometimes
told
his
father
about
bad
things
that
his
brothers
were
doing.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Jacob
loved
Joseph
more
than
he
loved
any
of
his
other
children,
because
Joseph
had
been
born
when
Jacob
was
an
old
man.
Jacob
made
for
Joseph
a
long
pretty
robe
that
had
long sleeves.
\VS{4}When
Joseph’s
older
brothers
realized
that
their
father
loved
him
more
than
he
loved
any
of
them,
they
hated
him.
They
never
spoke
kindly
to
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}One
night
Joseph
had
a
dream.
He
told
his
brothers
about
the
dream.
\VS{6}He
said
to
them, “Listen
to
the
dream
I
had!
\VS{7}In
the
dream,
we
were tying
up
bundles
of
wheat
in
the
field.
Suddenly
my
bundle
stood
up
straight,
and surprisingly,
your
bundles
gathered
around
my
bundle
and
bowed
down
to
it!”
\VS{8}His
brothers
said
to
him, “Do
you
think
that
some
day
you
will
rule
over
us?
Are
you
{\ADD{
saying
that
some
day}}
you
are
going
to
be
our
king?” [RHQ]
They
hated
him
even
more
than
before
because
of
what
he
had
told
them
about
his
dream.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Later
he
had
another
dream,
and
again
he
told
his
older
brothers
about
it.
He
said, “Listen
to
this!
I
had
another
dream.
In
this
dream,
the
sun
and
moon
and
eleven
stars
were
bowing
down
to
me!”
\VS{10}He
also
told
his
father
about
it.
His
father
rebuked
him,
saying “What
are
you suggesting
by
that
dream [RHQ]?
Do
you
think
it
means
that
your
mother
and
I
and
your
older
brothers
will
some
day
bow
down
to
the
ground
in
front
of
you?” [RHQ]
\VS{11}Joseph’s
older
brothers
were
furious/angry
with
him,
but
his
father
just
kept
thinking
about
what
the
dream
meant.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}One
day
Joseph’s
older
brothers
went
to
take
care
of
their
father’s
sheep
and
goats
that
were
eating
grass
near
Shechem.
\VS{13}Some
time
later,
Jacob
said
to
Joseph, “Your
brothers
are
taking
care
of
the
sheep
and
goats
near
Shechem [RHQ].
I
am
going
to
send
you
there
to
see
them.”
Joseph
replied, “Okay.”
\VS{14}Jacob
said, “Go
and
see
if
they
are
doing okay,
and
if
the
flocks
are
doing okay.
Then
come
back
and
give
me
a
report.”
So
Jacob
sent
Joseph
from
{\ADD{
the
valley
where
they
were
living}},
the
valley
where
Hebron
is
located,
{\ADD{
to
go
north}}
to
find
his
brothers.
\par }{\PP When
Joseph
arrived
near
Shechem
{\ADD{
city}},
\VS{15}while
he
was
wandering
around
in
the
fields
looking/searching
for
his
brothers,
a
man
saw
him
and
asked
him, “Whom
are
you
looking/searching
for?”
\VS{16}Joseph
replied, “I
am
looking
for
my
older
brothers.
Can
you
tell
me
where
they
are
taking
care
of
their
sheep
and
goats?”
\VS{17}The
man
replied, “They
are
not
here
anymore.
I
heard
one
of
them
saying, ‘Let’s
take
the
sheep
and
goats
and
go
to
Dothan
{\ADD{
town}}.’ ”
\par }{\SH Joseph
was
taken
to
Egypt
after
his
brothers
sold
him.
\par }{\PP So
Joseph
left
there
and
went
north,
and
found
his
older
brothers
near
Dothan.
\VS{18}But
they
saw
him
when
he
was
still
far
away,
and
they
decided
to
kill
him.
\VS{19}They
said
to
each
other
{\ADD{
things
like}}, “Here
comes
that
dreamer!”
\VS{20}and “Hey,
let’s
kill
him,
and
then
throw
his
body
into
one
of
the
pits/cisterns.
Then
we
will
tell
people
that
a ferocious/wild
animal
attacked
and
killed
him
and
ate
him.
And
then
we
will ◄find
out
whether
his
dreams
come
true/make
sure
that
his
dreams
do
not
come
true►!”
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Reuben
heard
what
they
were
saying,
so
he
tried
to
persuade
them
not
to
kill [MTY]
Joseph.
He
said, “No,
we
should
not
kill
him.
\VS{22}Do
not
even
shed
his
blood!
We
can
throw
him
into
this
pit/cistern
in
the
desert,
but
we
should
not
harm
him [MTY].”
He
said
that,
and
then
left
them,
planning
to
rescue
Joseph
later
and
take
him
back
to
his
father.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}So
when
Joseph
arrived
where
his
older
brothers
were,
they
seized
him
and
ripped
off
his
pretty
robe
with
long sleeves.
\VS{24}Then
they
took
him
and
threw
him
into
the
pit/cistern.
But
the
pit/cistern
was
dry;
there
was
no
water
in
it.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}After
they
sat
down
to
eat
some
food,
they
looked
up
and
saw
a ◄caravan/group
{\ADD{
of
traders}}►,
descendants
of
Ishmael,
coming
from
the
Gilead
area.
Their
camels
were
loaded
with
bags
of
spices
and nice-smelling resins.
They
were
going
down
to
Egypt
to
sell
those
things
there.
\VS{26}Judah
said
to
his
{\ADD{
older
and
younger}}
brothers, “If
we
kill
our
younger
brother
and
hide
his
body, ◄what
will
we
gain?/we
will
not
gain
anything!► [RHQ]
\VS{27}So,
instead
of
harming
him,
let’s
sell
him
to
these
men
who
are
descendants
of
Ishmael.
Don’t
forget,
he
is
our
own
younger
brother!”
So
they
all
agreed
to
do
that.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}When
those
traders
from
the
Midian
area
came
near,
Joseph’s
brothers
pulled
him
up
out
of
the
pit/cistern.
Then
they
sold
him
to
the
men
from
Midian
for 20
pieces
of
silver.
The
traders
then
took
Joseph
to
Egypt.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}When
Reuben
returned
to
the
pit/cistern,
he
saw
that
his
younger
brother
was
not
there.
He
was
so
grieved
that
he
tore
his
clothes.
\VS{30}He
went
back
to
his
{\ADD{
younger}}
brothers
and
said, “The
boy
is
not
in
the
pit/cistern!
What
can
I
do
now?” [RHQ]
\par }{\PP \VS{31}{\ADD{
Joseph’s
brothers
did
not
dare
to
tell
their
father
what
they
had
done.
So,
they
decided
to
invent
a
story
about
what
had
happened}}.
They
got
Joseph’s
robe.
Then
they
killed
a
goat
and
dipped
the
robe
in
the
goat’s
blood.
\VS{32}They
took
that
pretty
robe
back
to
their
father
and
said, “We
found
this
robe!
Look
at
it.
Is
it
your
son’s
robe?”
\VS{33}He
recognized
it,
and
he
said, “Yes,
it
is
my
son’s
robe!
Some ferocious/wild
animal
must
have
attacked
and
killed
him!
I
am
sure
that
the
animal
has
torn
Joseph
to
pieces!”
\par }{\PP \VS{34}Jacob
was
so
grieved
that
he
tore
his
clothes.
He
put
on ◄sackcloth/clothes
that
people
wear
when
they
are
mourning
for
someone
who
has
died►.
He
mourned/cried
for
his
son
for
many
days.
\VS{35}All
of
his
children
came
to
try
to
comfort
him,
but
he
did
not
pay
attention
to
what
they
said.
He
said, “No,
I
will
still
be
mourning/crying
when
I
die
and
go
to
be
with
my
son.”
So
Joseph’s
father
continued
to
cry
because
of
what
had
happened
to
his
son.
\par }{\PP \VS{36}In
the meantime,
the
men/traders
from
Midian
took
Joseph
to
Egypt
and
sold
him
to
Potiphar,
who
was
one
of
the
king’s
officials.
He
was
the
captain
of
the
soldiers
who
protected
the
king.

\par }\Chap{38}{\SH Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar tricked Judah into making her pregnant
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}At
that
time,
Judah
left
his
older
and
younger
brothers
and
went
down
from
the hilly
area
and
stayed
with
a
man
whose
name ws
Hiram,
who
lived
in
Adullam
{\ADD{
town}}.
\VS{2}There
he ◄met/became
acquainted
with►
a
woman
who
was
the
daughter
of
a
man
from
Canaan
named
Shua.
He
married
her.
He
had
sex [EUP]
with
her,
\VS{3}and
she
became
pregnant
and
later
gave
birth
to
a
son,
whom
he
named
Er.
\VS{4}Later
she
became
pregnant
again
and
gave
birth
to
another
son
whom
she
named
Onan.
\VS{5}Many
years
later,
when
Judah
and
his
family
went
to
live
in Kezib
{\ADD{
town}},
Judah’s
wife
gave
birth
to
another
son,
whom
she
named
Shelah.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}When
Judah’s
oldest
son
Er
{\ADD{
grew
up}},
Judah
got
a
wife
for
him,
a
woman
named
Tamar.
\VS{7}But
Er
did
something
that
Yahweh
considered
to
be
very
wicked,
so
Yahweh
caused
him
to
die.
\VS{8}Then
Judah
said
to
Onan, “Your
older
brother
died
without
having
any
sons.
So
marry
his
widow
and
have
sex [EUP]
with
her.
That
is
what
our
customs
require
that
you
should
do.”
\VS{9}But
Onan
knew
if
he
did
that,
any
children
who
would
be
born
would
not
be
considered
to
be
his.
So
every
time
he
had
sex [EUP]
with
his
brother’s
widow,
he
spilled
his semen
on
the
ground,
so
that
she
would
not
get
pregnant
and
produce
children
for
his
older
brother.
\VS{10}Yahweh
considered
that
what
he
did
was
wicked,
so
he
caused
him
to
die
also.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
Judah
said
to
his
daughter-in-law
Tamar, “Return
to
your
father’s
house,
but
do
not
marry
anyone
else.
When
my
youngest
son
Shelah
grows
up,
{\ADD{
he
can
marry
you}}.”
But
Judah
{\ADD{
really
did
not
want
Shelah
to
marry
her,
because}}
he
was
afraid
that
then
Shelah
would
die
too,
just
as
his
older
brothers
had
died.
So
Tamar
{\ADD{
obeyed
Judah
and}}
went
back
to
live
in
her
father’s
house
again.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Several
years
later,
Judah’s
wife,
who
was
the
daughter
of
Shua,
died.
When
the
time
of
mourning
for
her
was
finished,
Judah
decided
to
go
up
to
Timnah,
to
the
place
where
his ◄men
were
shearing
his
sheep/sheep
were
being sheared►
His
friend
Hiram,
from
Adullam,
went
with
him.
\VS{13}Someone
said
to
Tamar, “Your
father-in-law
is
going
to
{\ADD{
the
fields
near
the
city
of}}
Timnah
to
help
the
men
who
are
shearing
his
sheep.”
\VS{14}{\ADD{
She
realized
that
now
Shelah
was
grown
up,
but
Judah
had
not
given
her
to
him
to
be
his
wife.
So}}
she
took
off
her
widow’s
clothes,
and
covered
her
head
with
a
veil,
so
that
people
would
not ◄recognize
her/know
who
she
was►.
Then
she
sat
down
at
the
entrance
to
Enaim
{\ADD{
town}},
which
is
on
the
road
to
Timnah.
\VS{15}When
Judah
came
along
and
saw
her,
he
thought
that
she
was
a
prostitute,
because
she
had
covered
her
head
{\ADD{
like
prostitutes
often
did}} (OR,
{\ADD{
and
sat
where
prostitutes
often
sat)}}.
\VS{16}Judah
did
not
realize
that
she
was
his
daughter-in-law.
So
he
said
to
her, “Hey,
let
me
have
sex [EUP]
with
you!”
She
replied, “What
will
you
give
me
for allowing
you
to
have
sex [EUP]
with
me?”
\VS{17}He
replied, “I
will
send
you
a
young
goat
from
my
flock
of
goats.”
She
asked, “Will
you
give
me
something
now
for
me
to
keep
until
you
send
the
goat?”
\VS{18}He
replied, “What
do
you
want
me
to
give
to
you?”
She
replied, “Give
me
the
ring
that
has
your
name
on
it
that
is
tied
by
a
cord
around
your
neck,
and
give
me
the
walking
stick
that
you
are
holding
in
your
hand.”
So
he
gave
them
to
her.
Then
he
had
sex [EUP]
with
her,
and
she
became
pregnant.
\VS{19}After
she
left,
she
took
off
the
veil
and
put
her
widow’s
clothes
on
again.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Judah
gave
a
young
goat
to
his
friend
from
Adullam,
for
him
to
take
back
to
the
woman,
as
he
had
promised.
But
his
friend
could
not
find
the
woman.
\VS{21}So
he
asked
the
men
who
lived
there, “Where
is
the
prostitute
who
was
sitting
by
the
road
at
Enaim?”
They
replied, “There
has
never
been
a
prostitute
here!”
\VS{22}So
he
went
back
to
Judah
and
said, “I
did
not
find
her.
{\ADD{
Furthermore}},
the
men
who
live
in
that
town
said, ‘There
has
never
been
a
prostitute
here.’ ”
\VS{23}Judah
said, “She
can
keep
the
things
that
I
gave
to
her.
If
we
continued
to
search
for
her,
people
would
ridicule
us.
I
tried
to
send
this
young
goat
to
her,
but
you
could
not
find
her
to
give
it
to
her.”
\par }{\PP \VS{24}About
three
months
later,
someone
told
Judah, “Your
daughter-in-law
Tamar
has
become
a
prostitute
and
now
she
is
pregnant!”
Judah
said, “Drag
her
outside
of
the
city
and
kill
her
by
burning
her!”
\par }{\PP \VS{25}But
as
they
were
taking
her
outside
of
the
city,
she
gave
the
ring
and
walking
stick
to
someone,
and
told
him
to
take
them
to
Judah,
and
say
to
him, “The
man
who
owns
these
things
is
the
one
who
caused
me
to
become
pregnant.”
She
also
said
to
tell
him, “Look
at
this
ring,
and
the
cord
that
is
attached
to
it,
and
this
walking
stick.
Whose
are
they?”
\VS{26}When
the
man
did
that,
Judah
recognized
the
ring
and
the
stick.
He
said, “She
is
more
righteous
than
I
am.
I
did
not
tell
my
son
Shelah
to
marry
her,
as
I
promised
that
I
would.”
And
Judah
did
not
have
sex [EUP]
with
her
again.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}When
it
was
time
for
her
to
give
birth,
{\ADD{
she
was
surprised
that}}
there
were twin
boys
in
her
womb.
\VS{28}As
she
was
giving
birth,
one
of
them
put
out
his
hand.
So
the
midwife
fastened
a
scarlet
thread
around
his wrist,
saying, “This
one
came
out
first.”
\VS{29}But
he
pulled
his
hand
back
inside
the
womb,
and
his
brother
came
out
first.
So
she
said, “So
this
is
how
you
break
your
way
out
first!”
So
she
named
him
Perez,
{\ADD{
which
sounds
like
the
Hebrew
word
that
means ‘breaking
out}}.’
\VS{30}Then
his
younger
brother,
the
one
who
had
the
scarlet
thread
around
his wrist,
came
out.
And
he
was
named
Zerah,
{\ADD{
which
sounds
like
the
Hebrew
word
that
means ‘redness
of
dawn}}.’

\par }\Chap{39}{\SH In Egypt, Joseph refused to have sex with Potiphar’s wife
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Meanwhile,
the
descendants
of
Ishmael
took
Joseph
down
to
Egypt.
There
Potiphar
bought
Joseph
from
them.
Potiphar
was
an
Egyptian
who
was
one
of
the
king’s
officials
and
the
captain
of
the
king’s ◄palace
guards/guards
who
protected
the
king►.
\VS{2}Because
Yahweh
helped
Joseph,
he
was
able
to
do
his
work
very
well,
and
lived
in
the
house
of
his
Egyptian
master.
\VS{3}His
master
saw
that
Yahweh
was
helping
Joseph
and enabling
him
to
be
successful
in
everything
that
he
did.
\VS{4}Joseph’s
master
was
pleased
with
him,
so
he
appointed
him
to
be
his
personal
servant.
Then
he
appointed
him
to
be
the
one
who
would
take
care
of
everything
in
his
household
and
all
of
his
possessions.
\VS{5}From
the
time
Potiphar
appointed
Joseph
to
take
care
of
everything
in
his
household
and
all
that
he
owned,
Yahweh
blessed
the
people
who
lived
in Potiphar’s
house
because
of
Joseph.
He
also
caused Potiphar’s
crops
to
grow
well.
\VS{6}Potiphar
allowed
Joseph
to
take
care
of
everything
that
he
owned.
Potiphar
needed
to
decide
only
about
the
food
he
ate.
He
was
not
concerned
about
anything
else
in
his
house.
\par }{\PP Joseph
was well-built/muscular
and
handsome.
\VS{7}Because
of
that,
after
a
while,
his
master’s
wife
started
to
look fondly
at
Joseph.
So
one
day
she
said
to
him, “Have
sex [EUP]
with
me!”
\VS{8}But
he
refused,
saying
to
his
master’s
wife, “Listen!
My
master
is
not
concerned
about
anything
in
this
house.
He
has
appointed
me
to
take
care
of
everything
that
he
owns.
\VS{9}No
one
in
this
household
has
more
authority
than
I
do.
The
only
thing
that
he
has
not
allowed
me
to
have
is
you,
because
you
are
his
wife!
So ◄how
could
I
do
this
wicked
thing
{\ADD{
that
you
are
asking
me
to
do}}?/I
certainly
could
not
do
this
wicked
thing!► [RHQ]
I
would
be
sinning
against
God
if
I
did
that!”
\VS{10}She
kept
on
asking
Joseph
day
after
day
to
have
sex [EUP]
with
her,
but
he
refused.
He
would
not
even
go
near
her.
\par }{\SH To
get
revenge, Potiphar’s
wife
lied,
and
Potiphar
had
Joseph
thrown
into
prison
\par }{\PP \VS{11}One
day
Joseph
went
into
the
house
to
do
his
work,
and
none
of
the
other
household
servants
were
in
the
house.
\VS{12}Potiphar’s
wife
grabbed
his
cloak
and
said, “Have
sex [EUP]
with
me!”
Joseph
ran
out
of
the
house,
but
his
cloak
was
still
in
her
hand!
\VS{13}When
she
saw
that
he
had
run
outside
leaving
his
cloak
in
her
hand,
\VS{14}she
called
the
household
servants.
She
said
to
them, “Look!
This
Hebrew
man
that
my
husband
brought
to
us
is ◄insulting/trying
to
do
something
disgraceful
to►
us!
He
came
into
my
room
and
tried
to ◄rape
me/make
me
have
sex [EUP]
with
him►,
but
I
screamed
loudly.
\VS{15}As
soon
as
he
heard
me scream
loudly,
he
left
his loincloth
with
me
and
ran
outside!”
\VS{16}She
kept
the loincloth
beside
her
until
her
husband,
Joseph’s
master,
came
home.
\VS{17}Then
she
told
him
this
story: “That
Hebrew
slave
whom
you
brought
here
came
into
my
room
and
tried
to
rape
me!
\VS{18}As
soon
as
I
screamed
loudly,
he
ran
outside,
leaving
me
holding
his loincloth!”
\VS{19}When
Joseph’s
master
heard
this
story
that
his
wife
told
him,
saying “This
is
how
your
slave
treated
me,”
he
was
very
angry.
\VS{20}Joseph’s
master
took
Joseph
and
put
him
in
prison,
the
place
where
all
the
king’s
prisoners
were
put,
and
Joseph
stayed
there.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}But
Yahweh
was
kind
to
Joseph
and
helped
him,
and
caused
the ◄prison
warden/man
who
was
in
charge
of
the
prison►
to
be
pleased
with
him.
\VS{22}So
the
prison
warden
put
Joseph
in
charge
of
all
those
who
were
in
the
prison,
and
in
charge
of
all
the
work
that
was
done
there.
\VS{23}The
warden
was
not
concerned
with
anything
that
Joseph
was
taking
care
of,
because
Yahweh
helped
Joseph
to
do
well
everything
that
he
did.

\par }\Chap{40}{\SH Joseph told two other prisoners the meaning of their dreams
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Some
time
later,
two
of
the
king
of
Egypt’s
officials
did
things
that
displeased
him.
One
was
his
chief ◄drink-server/man
who
prepared
the
wine
and
served
it
to
the
king►,
and
the
other
was
his
chief ◄baker/man
who
baked
bread
for
the
king►.
\VS{2}The
king
became
angry
with
both
of
them.
\VS{3}So
he
had
them
put
in
prison,
in
the
house
of
the
captain
of
the
palace
guards.
That
was
the
place
where
Joseph
was
being
kept.
\VS{4}The
two
men
were
in
prison
for
a
long
time.
And
during
that
time
the
captain
of
the
palace
guards
appointed
Joseph
to
be
their
servant,
to
take
care
of
their
needs.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}One
night
while
the
king’s drink-server
and
his
baker
were
there
in
the
prison,
each
of
them
had
a
dream.
Each
dream
had
a
different
meaning.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}The
next
morning,
when
Joseph
came
to
them,
he
saw
that
both
of
them
were
dejected/worried.
\VS{7}So
he
asked
them, “Why
do
you
look
so
sad
today?”
\VS{8}One
of
them
answered, “We
both
had
dreams
last
night,
but
there
is
no
one
who
can
tell
us
the
meaning
of
the
dreams.”
Joseph
said
to
them, “God
is
the
only
one
who
can [RHQ]
tell
the
meaning
of
dreams.
So
tell
me
what
you
dreamed,
and
God
will
tell
me
the
meaning.”
\VS{9}So
the
king’s
chief drink-server
told
his
dream
to
Joseph.
He
said, “In
my
dream
I
saw
a grapevine
in
front
of
me.
\VS{10}On
the
vine
there
were
three
branches.
After
the
branches
budded,
they
blossomed,
and
then
they
produced
clusters
of
grapes.
\VS{11}I
was
holding
the
king’s
cup,
so
I
took
the
grapes
and
squeezed
the
juice
into
the
cup.
Then
I
gave
the
cup
to
the
king
to
drink
the
juice.”
\VS{12}{\ADD{
God
immediately
told
Joseph
what
the
dream
meant}}.
So
Joseph
said
to
him, “This
is
the
meaning
of
your
dream:
The
three
branches
of
the
vine
represent
three
days.
\VS{13}Within
three
days
the
king
will
release
you
from
prison.
He
will
let
you
do
the
work
that
you
did
before.
You
will
take
cups
of
wine
to
the
king
as
you
did
before,
when
you
were
his drink-server.
\VS{14}But
when
you
are
out
of
prison
and
everything
goes
well
for
you,
please
do
not
forget
me.
\VS{15}People
took
me
away forcefully
from
the
land
where
my
fellow
Hebrews
live.
{\ADD{
I
did
nothing
wrong
there}},
and
also
while
I
have
been
here
in
Egypt,
I
have
done
nothing
for
which
I
deserved
to
be
put
in
prison.
So
be
kind
to
me
and
tell
the
king
about
me,
so
that
he
will
release
me
from
this
prison!”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}When
the
chief
baker
heard
that
the
meaning
of
the
dream
of
the
king’s drink-server
was
very
favorable,
he
said
to
Joseph, “I
also
had
a
dream.
In
the
dream
I
was
surprised
to
see
three
baskets
of
bread
stacked
on
my
head.
\VS{17}In
the
top
basket
there
were
many
kinds
of
baked
goods
for
the
king,
but
birds
were
eating
them
from
the
top
basket
that
was
on
my
head!”
\VS{18}God
again
told
Joseph
what
the
dream
meant,
so
he
said, “The
three
baskets
also
represent
three
days.
\VS{19}Within
three
days
the
king
will
command
that
your
head
be
cut
off.
Then
your
body
will
be
hung
on
a
tree,
and
vultures
will
come
and
eat
your
flesh.”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}The
third
day
after
that
was
the ◄king’s
birthday/day
they
celebrated
when
the
king
became
one
year
older►.
On
that
day
the
king
invited
all
his
officials
to
celebrate
his
birthday.
During
the
celebration,
while
they
were
all
gathered
there,
the
king
summoned
his
chief drink-server
and
chief
baker
from
the
prison.
\VS{21}He
said
that
his
chief drink-server
could
have
his
previous
job
again,
so
that
again
he
took
cups
of
wine
to
the
king.
\VS{22}But
he
commanded
that
the
chief
baker
should
be
killed
by
being
hanged,
just
as
Joseph
had
said
would
happen
when
he
told
the
two
men
the
meaning
of
their
dreams.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}But
the
chief drink-server
did
not
think
about
Joseph.
He
forgot
to
do
what
Joseph
asked
him
to
do.

\par }\Chap{41}{\SH Joseph told the king that the meaning of his dreams was that there would be a big famine
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Two
complete
years
later,
the
king
of
Egypt
had
a
dream.
In
the
dream,
he
was
standing
alongside
the
Nile
{\ADD{
River}}.
\VS{2}Suddenly
seven
healthy
fat
cows
come
up
out
of
the
river.
They
started
eating
the
grass
that
was
on
the riverbank.
\VS{3}Soon
seven
other
cows, unhealthy-looking
and
thin,
came
up
behind
them
from
the
Nile
{\ADD{
River}}.
They
stood
alongside
the
fat
cows
that
were
on
the riverbank.
\VS{4}Then
the unhealthy
thin
cows
ate
the
seven
healthy
fat
cows.
And
then
the
king
woke
up.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}The
king
went
to
sleep
again,
and
he
had
another
dream.
This
time
he
saw
seven
heads
of
grain
that
were
full
of
kernels
of
grain
and
ripe,
and
all
growing
on
one
stalk.
\VS{6}After
that,
the
king
saw
that
seven
other
heads
of
grain
sprouted
on
that (OR,
on
another)
stalk.
They
were
thin
and
had
been
dried
up
by
the
hot
east
wind.
\VS{7}Then
the
thin
heads
of
grain
swallowed
up
the
seven
ripe
full
heads.
Then
the
king
woke
up.
He
realized
that
he
had
been
dreaming.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}But
the
next
morning
he
was
worried
about
the
meaning
of
the
dream.
So
he
summoned
all
the
magicians
and
wise
men
who
lived
in
Egypt.
He
told
them
what
he
had
dreamed,
but
none
of
them
could
tell
him
the
meaning
of
the
two
dreams.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Then
the
chief drink-server
said
to
the
king, “Now
I
remember
something
that
I
should
have
told
you!
I
made
a
mistake
by
forgetting
to
tell
it
to
you.
\VS{10}One
time
you
were
angry
with
two
of
us.
So
you
put
me
and
the
chief
baker
in
the
prison
in
the
house
of
the
captain
of
the
palace
guards.
\VS{11}While
we
were
there,
one
night
each
of
us
had
a
dream,
and
the
dreams
had
different meanings.
\VS{12}There
was
a
young
Hebrew
man
there
with
us.
He
was
a
servant
of
the
captain
of
the
palace
guards.
We
told
him
what
we
had
dreamed,
and
he
told
us
what
our
dreams
meant.
He
told
each
of
us
the
meaning
of
our
dreams.
\VS{13}And
what
happened
was
exactly
the
same
as
the meanings
that
he
told
us:
You
said
I
could
have
my
previous
job
again,
but
the
other
man
was
killed
by
being
hanged.
{\ADD{
The
Hebrew
man’s
name
was
Joseph}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}When
the
king
heard
that,
he
told
some
servants
to
bring
Joseph
to
him,
and
they
quickly
brought
Joseph
out
of
the
prison.
Joseph
shaved
and
put
on
better
clothes,
and
then
he
went
and
stood
in
front
of
the
king.
\VS{15}The
king
said
to
Joseph, “I
had
two
dreams,
and
no
one
can
tell
me
what
they
mean.
But
someone
told
me
that
when
you
hear
someone
tell
about
a
dream
he
has
had,
you
can
tell
that
person
what
the
dream
means.”
\VS{16}But
Joseph
replied
to
the
king, “No,
I
cannot
do
that.
It
is
God
who
knows
the
meaning
of
dreams,
but
he
will
enable
me
to
tell
you
their
meaning,
and
they
will
mean
something
good.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}The
king
said
to
Joseph, “In
my
first
dream
I
was
standing
on
the
bank
of
the
Nile
{\ADD{
River}}.
\VS{18}Suddenly
seven
healthy
fat
cows
came
up
out
of
the
river,
and
they
started
eating
the
grass
that
was
on
the riverbank.
\VS{19}Soon
seven
other
cows,
ugly
and
thin
ones,
came
up
behind
them
from
the
river.
I
never
saw
such
ugly
cows
in
all
the
land
of
Egypt!
\VS{20}The
thin
ugly
cows
ate
the
seven
fat
cows
that
came
up
first.
\VS{21}But
afterwards,
no
one
would
have
known
that
the
thin
cows
ate
them,
because
they
were
just
as
ugly
as
they
were
before.
Then
I
woke
up.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Then
I
had
another
dream.
I
saw
seven
heads
of
grain.
They
were
full
of
kernels
of
grain
and
ripe,
and
they
were
all
growing
on
one
stalk.
\VS{23}Then
{\ADD{
to
my surprise}}
I
saw
seven
other
heads
of
grain
that
sprouted.
They
were
thin
and
had
been
dried
up
by
the
hot
east
wind.
\VS{24}The
thin
heads
of
grain
swallowed
the
seven
good
heads.
I
told
these
dreams
to
the
magicians,
but
none
of
them
could
explain
to
me
what
they
meant.”
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Then
Joseph
said
to
the
king, “Both
your
dreams
have
the
same
meaning.
God
is
revealing
to
you
in
your
dreams
what
he
is
about
to
do.
\VS{26}The
seven
healthy
cows
represent
seven
years.
The
seven
good
heads
of
grain
also
represent
seven
years.
The
two
dreams
both
have
the
same
meaning.
\VS{27}The
seven
thin
ugly
cows
that
came
up
behind
them
and
the
seven
worthless
heads
of
grain
that
were
dried
up
by
the
hot
east
wind
each
represent
seven
years ◄of
famine/when
food
will
be
very
scarce►.
\VS{28}It
will
happen
just
as
I
have
told
you,
because
God
has
revealed
to
you
what
he
is
about
to
do.
\VS{29}There
will
be
seven
years
in
which
there
will
be
plenty
of
food
throughout
the
land
of
Egypt,
\VS{30}but
after
that
there
will
be
seven
years ◄of
famine/when
food
will
be
very
scarce►.
Then
people
will
forget
all
the
years
when
there
was
plenty
of
food,
because
the
famine
that
will
come
afterward
will
ruin
the
country.
\VS{31}The
people
will
forget
how
plentiful
food
was
previously,
because
the
famine
will
be
very
terrible.
\VS{32}The
reason
God
gave
to
you
two
dreams
is
that
he
{\ADD{
wants
you
to
know}}
that
this
will
happen,
and
he
will
cause
it
to
happen
very
soon.
\par }{\PP \VS{33}“ow
I suggest
that
you
should
choose
a
man
who
is
wise
and
can
make
good
decisions.
I suggest
that
you
appoint
him
to
direct
the
affairs
of
the
whole
country.
\VS{34}You
should
also
appoint
supervisors
over
the
country,
in
order
that
they
can
arrange
to
collect
one-fifth
of
all
the
grain
that
is
harvested
during
the
seven
years
when
food
is
plentiful.
\VS{35}They
should
collect
this
amount
of
grain
during
those
seven
years
that
are
coming,
when
there
will
be
plenty
of
food.
You
should
supervise
them
as
they
store
it
in
the
cities.
\VS{36}This
grain
should
be
stored
so
that
it
can
be
eaten
during
the
seven
years
when
there
will
be
a
famine
here
in
Egypt,
so
that
the
people
in
this
country
will
not
die
from
hunger.”
\par }{\SH The
king
made
Joseph
the
governor
of
all
of
Egypt,
to
handle
the
problem
of
the
famine
\par }{\PP \VS{37}The
king
and
his
officials
thought
that
this
would
be
a
good
plan.
\VS{38}So
the
king
said
to
them, “◄Can
we
find
any
other
man
like
Joseph,
a
man
to
whom
God
has
given
his
Spirit?/It
is
not likely
that
we
will
find
another
man
like
this
man,
one
to
whom
God
has
given
his
Spirit!►” [RHQ]
\par }{\PP \VS{39}Then
the
king
said
to
Joseph, “Because
God
has
revealed
all
this
to
you,
it
seems
to
me
that
there
is
no
one
who
is
as
wise
as
you
and
who
can
decide
wisely
about
things.
\VS{40}So
I
will
put
you
in
charge
of
everything
in
my
palace.
All
the
people
here
in
Egypt
must
obey
what
you
command.
Only
because
I
am
king [MTY]
will
I
have
more
authority
than
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{41}Then
the
king
said
to
Joseph, “I
am
now
putting
you
in
charge
of
the
whole
country
of
Egypt.”
\VS{42}The
king
took
from
his
finger
the
ring
that
had
his
seal
on
it,
and
he
put
it
on
Joseph’s
finger.
He
put
robes
made
of
fine
linen
on
him,
and
he
put
a
gold
chain
around
his
neck.
\VS{43}Then
he
arranged
for
Joseph
to
ride
around
in
the
chariot
{\ADD{
that
showed
that
he
was}}
the second-most
important
man
in
the
country.
When
Joseph
rode
in
the
chariot,
men
shouted
to
the
people
who
were
on
the
road
in
front
of
him, “Get
off
the
road!”
So
the
king
put
Joseph
in
charge
of
everything
in
the
country.
\par }{\PP \VS{44}The
king
said
to
Joseph, “I
am
the
king,
but
no
one
in
the
whole
land
of
Egypt
will
do
anything [IDM]
if
you
do
not
permit
them
to
do
it.”
\VS{45}The
king
gave
Joseph
a
new
name,
Zaphenath-Paneah.
He
also
gave
him
Asenath
to
be
his
wife.
She
was
the
daughter
of
Potiphera,
who
was
a
priest
in
a
temple
in
On
{\ADD{
city}}.
Then
Joseph
became
known (OR,
traveled)
through
all
the
land
of
Egypt.
\par }{\PP \VS{46}Joseph
was 30
years
old
when
he
started
to
work
for
the
king
of
Egypt.
To
do
his
work,
he
left
the
king’s
palace
and
traveled
throughout
Egypt.
\VS{47}During
the
next
seven
years,
the
land
produced
abundant
crops,
so
there
was
plenty
of
food.
\VS{48}As
Joseph
supervised
them,
his
helpers
collected
one-fifth
of
all
the
grain
that
was
produced
during
those
years,
and
stored
it
in
the
cities.
In
each
city,
he
had
his
helpers
store
up
the
grain
that
was
grown
in
the
fields
that
surrounded
that
city.
\VS{49}Joseph
had
them
store
up
a
huge
amount
of
grain.
It
looked
as
plentiful
as
the
sand
on
the
seashore.
There
was
so
much
grain
that
after
a
while
they
stopped
keeping
records
of
how
much
grain
was
stored,
because
there
was
more
grain
than
they
could
measure.
\par }{\PP \VS{50}Before
the
seven
years
of
famine
started,
Joseph’s
wife
Asenath
gave
birth
to
two
sons.
\VS{51}Joseph
named
the
first
one
Manasseh,
{\ADD{
which
sounds
like
the
Hebrew
word
that
means ‘forget}}’,
because,
he
said, “God
has
caused
me
to
forget
all
my
troubles
and
all
my
father’s
family.”
\VS{52}He
named
his
second
son
Ephraim,
{\ADD{
which
means ‘to
have
children}}’,
because,
he
said, “God
has
given
me
children
here
in
this
land
where
I
have
suffered.”
\par }{\PP \VS{53}Finally
the
seven
years
in
which
there
was
plenty
of
food
ended.
\VS{54}Then
the
seven
years
of
famine
started,
just
as
Joseph
had
predicted.
There
was
also
a
famine
in
all
the
other
nearby
lands,
but
although
the
crops
did
not
grow,
there
was
food
everywhere
in
Egypt,
because
of
the
grain
they
had
stored
up
in
the
cities.
\VS{55}When
all
the
people
of [MTY]
Egypt
had
eaten
all
of
their
own
food
and
were
still
hungry,
they
begged
the
king
for
food.
So
the
king
told
all
the
people
of
Egypt, “Go
to
Joseph,
and
do
what
he
tells
you
to
do.”
\par }{\PP \VS{56}When
the
famine
was
very
bad
throughout
the
whole
country,
Joseph
ordered
his
helpers
to
open
the
storehouses.
Then
they
sold
the
grain
in
the
storehouses
to
the
people
of
Egypt,
because
the
famine
was
very
severe
all
over
Egypt.
\VS{57}And
people
from
many [HYP]
nearby
countries
came
to
Egypt
to
buy
grain
from
Joseph,
because
the
famine
was
very
severe
everywhere [HYP].

\par }\Chap{42}{\SH Joseph’s brothers went to Egypt to buy grain, but didn’t realize they were buying it from their brother
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
someone
told
Jacob
that
there
was
grain
in
Egypt
that
people
could
buy,
he
said
to
his
sons, “◄Why
do
you
just
sit
there
looking
at
each
other?/Do
not
just
sit
there
looking
at
each
other!► [RHQ]
We
need
some
grain!”
\VS{2}He
said
to
them, “Someone
told
me
that
there
is
grain
for
sale
in
Egypt.
Go
down
there
and
buy
some
for
us,
in
order
that
we
will
not
die!”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}So
Joseph’s
ten
{\ADD{
older}}
brothers
went
down
to
Egypt
to
buy
some
grain.
\VS{4}But
Jacob
did
not
send
Benjamin,
Joseph’s
{\ADD{
younger}}
brother,
to
go
with
the
others,
because
he
was
afraid/worried
that
something
terrible
might
happen
to
him
like
what
happened
to
Joseph.
\VS{5}So
Jacob’s
other
sons
went
down
from
Canaan
to
Egypt
to
buy
grain,
and
others
from
there
went
too,
because
there
was
a
famine
in
Canaan
also.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}At
that
time
Joseph
was
the
governor
of
Egypt.
He
was
the
one
who
sold
grain
to
people
who
came
from
all
over
Egypt
and
from
many
other
countries [HYP]
to
buy
grain.
So
when
Joseph’s
brothers
arrived,
{\ADD{
they
were
told
that
it
was
necessary
for
them
to
talk
with
Joseph.
So
they
went
to
him
and}}
prostrated
themselves
before
him
with
their
faces
to
the
ground.
\VS{7}As
soon
as
Joseph
saw
his
brothers,
he
recognized
them.
But
he
pretended
that
he
did
not
know
them.
He
spoke
harshly
to
them,
saying, “Where
do
you
come
from?”
One
of
them
replied, “We
have
come
from
Canaan,
to
buy
some
grain.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Although
Joseph
recognized
his
brothers,
they
did
not
recognize
him.
\VS{9}And
then
Joseph
remembered
what
he
had
dreamed
about
them
many
years
previously.
{\ADD{
But
he
decided
not
to
tell
them
yet
that
he
was
their
younger
brother}}.
He
said
to
them, “You
are
spies!
You
have
come
to
find
out
whether
we
will
be
able
to
defend
ourselves
{\ADD{
if
you
attack
us}}!”
\VS{10}One
of
them
replied, “No,
sir!
We
have
come
to
buy
grain.
\VS{11}We
are
all
sons
of
one
man.
We
are
honest
men,
not
spies.”
\VS{12}He
said
to
them, “{\ADD{
I
do
not
believe
you}}.
You
have
come
just
to
see
whether
we
would
be
able
to
defend
ourselves
if
we
were
attacked!”
\VS{13}But
one
of
them
replied, “No,
that
is
not
true! Originally
there
were
twelve
of
us
who
were
brothers,
the
sons
of
one
man.
Our
younger
brother
is
with
our
father.
One
{\ADD{
younger}}
brother
has
died. [EUP]”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Joseph
replied, “{\ADD{
You
are
lying!
I
think}}
it
is
just
as
I
told
you.
You
are
spies!
\VS{15}But
this
is
how
I
will
determine
whether
what
you
are
saying
is
true.
I
think
that
as
surely
as
the
king
lives,
you
are
spies.
And
you
will
not
leave
this
place
until
your
youngest
brother
comes
here!
\VS{16}Send
one
of
your
group
to
go
and
get
your
younger
brother
and
bring
him
here.
I
will
put
the
rest
of
you
in
prison,
in
order
that
I
may
test
what
you
have
said
to
find
out
whether
what
you
are
telling
me
is
true.
If
the
one
who
goes
does
not
bring
your
younger
brother
here,
then,
just
as
surely
as
the
king
lives,
it
will
be
clear
that
you
are
lying
and
that
you
are
spies.”
\VS{17}Then
Joseph
put
them
all
in
prison
for
three
days.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}On
the
third
day,
Joseph
went
to
the
prison
and
said
to
them, “I
am
a
man
who
fears
that
God
{\ADD{
will
punish
me
if
I
do
not
do
what
I
promise}}.
So
do
what
I
tell
you,
and
I
will
spare
your
lives.
\VS{19}If
you
are
honest
men,
let
one
of
your
brothers
stay
here
in
prison,
and
the
rest
of
you
can
take
some
grain
back
to
your
families
who
are
very
hungry
because
of
the
famine.
\VS{20}But
if
you
come
back
here
again,
you
must
bring
your
youngest
brother
to
me,
so
that
you
can
prove
that
what
you
told
me
is
true,
and
as
a
result
I
will
not
have
you
executed.”
So
they
agreed
to
do
that.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}They
said
to
each
other, “It
is
surely
because
of
what
we
did
to
our
{\ADD{
younger}}
brother
that ◄we
are
being
punished/God
is
punishing
us►!
We
saw
that
he [SYN]
was
very
distressed
when
he
pleaded
with
us
not
to
harm
him.
But
we
did
not
pay
any
attention
to
him,
and
that
is
why
we
are
having
this
trouble!”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Reuben
said
to
them, “I
told
you
not
to
harm
the
boy [RHQ],
but
you
did
not
pay
attention
to
what
I
said!
Now
we
are
being ◄paid
back/punished►
for
killing
him [MTY]!”
\par }{\PP \VS{23}While
they
were
talking
with
Joseph,
they
were
speaking
through ◄an
interpreter/someone
who
knew
their
language
and
the
Egyptian
language►,
but
when
they
said
these
things
among
themselves,
they
were
speaking
in
their
own
language,
and
they
did
not
know
that
Joseph
could
understand
their
language,
and
that
he
could
understand
what
they
were
saying.
\VS{24}{\ADD{
Because
of
what
they
said,
Joseph
realized
that
they admitted
that
what
they
had
done
to
him
many
years
previously
was
wrong}}.
He
could
not
keep
from
crying,
{\ADD{
and
he
did
not
want
them
to
see
him
crying}},
so
he
left
them
and
went
outside
the
room
and
began
to
cry.
But
then
he
returned
to
them
and
talked
to
them
again.
Then
he
took
Simeon,
and
while
they
were
watching,
he
told
his
servants
to
tie
him
up.
He
left
Simeon
in
the
prison
and
told
the
others
that
they
could
go.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Joseph
told
his
servants
to
fill
the
men’s
sacks
with
grain,
but
he
also
told
them
to
put
the
money
that
each
one
had
paid
for
the
grain
in
the
top
of
his
sack.
He
also
told
them
to
give
them
food
to
eat
along
the
way.
After
the
servants
did
those
things
for
Joseph’s
older
brothers,
\VS{26}his
older
brothers
loaded
the
sacks
of
grain
on
their
donkeys
and
left.
\par }{\SH Joseph’s
brothers
returned
home,
frightened
because
the
money
they
paid
was
in
their
sacks
\par }{\PP \VS{27}At
the
place
where
they
stopped
to
sleep
that
night,
one
of
them
opened
his
sack
to
get
some
grain
for
his
donkey.
He
was
amazed
to
see
his
money
in
the
top
of
the
sack.
\VS{28}He
exclaimed
to
his
brothers, “Someone
has
returned
my
money!
Here
it
is
in
my
sack!”
They
started
shaking
with
fear,
and
said
to
each
other, “What
is
this
that
God
has
done
to
us?”
\par }{\PP \VS{29}When
they
returned
to
their
father
in
Canaan
land,
they
told
him
all
that
had
happened
to
them.
One
of
them
said,
\VS{30}“The
man
who governs
the
whole
land
of
Egypt
talked
very
harshly
to
us.
He
acted
toward
us
as
though
we
were
spying
on
his
country.
\VS{31}But
we
told
him, ‘We
are
honest
men!
We
are
not
spies.
\VS{32}Originally
there
were
twelve
of
us
who
were
brothers,
the
sons
of
one
father.
One
has
died [EUP],
and
our
youngest
brother
is
with
our
father
in
Canaan.’
\VS{33}The
man
who
is
the
governor
of
the
land
{\ADD{
did
not
believe
us}},
so
he
said
to
us, ‘This
is
how
I
will
know
if
you
are
truly
honest
men:
Leave
one
of
your
brothers
here
with
me.
Then
the
rest
of
you
can
take
some
grain
for
your
families
that
are starving
from
hunger
and
go.
\VS{34}But
when
you
return,
bring
your
youngest
brother
to
me,
in
order
that
I
will
know
that
you
are
not
spies,
but
instead,
that
you
are
honest
men.
Then
I
will
release
your
brother
for
you.
And
then
you
can
buy
whatever
you
want
in
this
country.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{35}As
they
were
emptying
their
sacks,
they
were
surprised
that
in
each
man’s
sack
was
his
pouch
of
money!
When
they
and
their
father
saw
all
the pouches
of
money,
they
were
frightened.
\VS{36}Their
father
Jacob
said
to
them, “You
have
caused
two
of
my
children
to
be
taken
from
me!
Joseph
is
dead,
and
Simeon
is
gone!
And
now
you
want
to
take
Benjamin
from
me!
It
is
I
who
am
suffering
because
of
all
these
things
that
are happening!”
\par }{\PP \VS{37}Reuben
said
to
his
father, “I
will
be responsiible
for
Benjamin.
{\ADD{
I
will
take
him
to
Egypt
and}}
bring
him
back
to
you.
Let
me
take
care
of
him.
If
I
do
not
bring
Benjamin
back
to
you,
you
may
kill
both
of
my
sons.”
\VS{38}But
Jacob
said, “No,
I
will
not
let
my
son
go
down
there
with
you.
His
{\ADD{
older}}
brother
is
dead,
and
he
is
the
only
{\ADD{
one
of
my
wife
Rachel’s}}
sons
who
is
left!
If
something harms
him
while
you
are
traveling,
you
would
cause
me,
a
gray-haired
old
man,
to
die
because
of
sorrow.”

\par }\Chap{43}{\SH Joseph’s brothers returned to Egypt with Benjamin, to buy more grain
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
famine
in
Canaan
got
worse.
\VS{2}Finally,
when
Jacob
and
his
family
had
eaten
all
the
grain
they
had
brought
from
Egypt,
Jacob
said
to
them, “Go
back
to
Egypt
and
buy
some
more
grain
for
us!”
\VS{3}But
Judah
said
to
him, “The
man
who
sold
us
the
grain
warned
us sternly, ‘I
will
not
let
you
see
me [SYN]
again
if
you
come
and
your
younger
brother
is
not
with
you.’
\VS{4}So,
if
you
will
send
our
younger
brother
with
us,
we
will
go
down
to
Egypt
and
buy
some
grain
for
you.
\VS{5}But
if
you
will
not
send
him,
we
will
not
go
down
there,
because
that
man
said
to
us, ‘I
will
not
let
you
see
me
again
if
your
younger
brother
is
not
with
you.’ ”
\VS{6}Jacob
asked, “Why
did
you
cause
me
to
have
this
trouble
by
telling
the
man
that
you
had
a
younger
brother?”
\VS{7}One
of
them
replied, “The
man
asked
about
us
and
about
our
family.
He
said, ‘Is
your
father
still
living?
Do
you
have
another
brother?’
We
had
to
answer
his
questions. ◄We
could
not
know
that
he
would
say, ‘The
next
time
that
you
come
down
here,
bring
your
brother
with
you!’/How
could
we
know
that
he
would
say, ‘The
next
time
that
you
come
down
here,
bring
your
brother
with
you!’►” [RHQ]
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Then
Judah
said
to
his
father
Jacob, “Send
the
boy
with
me,
and
we
will
go
immediately,
in
order
that
we
and
you
and
our
children
may
get
grain
and
not
die
from
hunger.
\VS{9}I
myself
will
guarantee
that
he
will
return.
You
can
require
me
to
do
what
I
am
promising [IDM].
If
I
do
not
bring
him
back
to
you
safely,
you
can
say
forever
that ◄I
am
to
blame/it
was
my
fault
{\ADD{
that
he
did
not
return
to
you►}}.
\VS{10}If
we
had
not ◄wasted
so
much
time/waited
so
long►,
by
now
we
could
have
gone
there
and
returned
two
times!”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
their
father
Jacob
said
to
them, “If
there
is
no
other
way,
do
this:
Put
in
your
sacks
some
of
the
best
things
that
are
grown
in
this
land,
and
take
them
down
to
the
man
as
a
gift.
Take
some
balm/perfume
and
honey
and
spices
and
myrrh/ointment,
some
pistachio
nuts,
and
almonds.
\VS{12}Take
twice
as
much
money
as
you
took
the
previous
time,
because
you
must
return
the
silver
that
someone
put
in
the
tops
of
your
sacks.
Perhaps
it
was
a
mistake
that
it
was
put
in
your
sacks.
\VS{13}Take
your
younger
brother
and
go
back
to
that
man.
\VS{14}I
will
pray
that
God
Almighty
will
cause
that
man
to
act mercifully
toward
you,
so
that
he
will
let
your
other
brother,
as
well
as
Benjamin,
come
back
here
with
you.
But
as
for
me,
if
my
sons
are
taken
from
me,
then
I
will
not
have
my
sons!”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}So
the
men
took
the
gifts
that
Jacob
said
that
they
should
take,
and
twice
the
amount
of
money
that
the
grain
would
cost,
and
they
also
took
Benjamin.
They
went
down
quickly
to
Egypt,
and
they
stood
in
front
of
Joseph.
\VS{16}When
Joseph
saw
Benjamin
with
them,
he
said
to
the
man
who ◄was
in
charge
of/supervised►
things
in
his
house, “Take
these
men
to
my
house.
Slaughter
an
animal
and
prepare
a
meal,
because
I
want
them
to
eat
with
me
at
noon.”
{\ADD{
And
he
told
him
in
what
order
they
were
to
be
seated}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}The
man
did
as
Joseph
said.
And
he
took
them
to
Joseph’s
house.
\VS{18}But
they
were
afraid
because
he
was
taking
them
to
Joseph’s
house.
They
were
thinking, “He
is
taking
us
here
because
of
the
silver
that
was
put
in
our
sacks
the
first
time
that
we
came
here.
While
we
are
eating,
he
will
have
his
servants
attack
us
and
seize
us
and
cause
us
to
become
his
slaves,
and
also
take
our
donkeys.”
\par }{\SH Joseph
made
a
feast
for
his
brothers,
but
they
still
did
not
recognize
him
\par }{\PP \VS{19}They
went
with
the
man
who
was
in
charge
of
things
in
Joseph’s
house.
When
they
arrived
at
the
entrance
of
the
house,
\VS{20}one
of
them
said
to
him, “Please,
sir,
listen
to
me.
We
came
down
here
previously
and
bought
some
grain.
\VS{21}But
at
the
place
where
we
stopped
for
the
night
as
we
were
returning
home,
we
opened
our
sacks.
We
were
astonished
to
see
that
in
the
top
of
each
of
our
sacks
was
the
exact
amount
of
silver
that
we
had
paid
for
the
grain!
So
we
have
brought
it
back
with
us.
\VS{22}We
have
also
brought
more
silver
with
us
to
buy
more
grain.
We
do
not
know
who
put
the
silver
in
our
sacks.”
\par }{\PP \VS{23}The
man
replied,
{\ADD{“Relax}}!
Do
not
worry
about
it!
I
received
the
silver
that
you
brought.
Your
God,
the
God
your
father
worships,
must
have
put
it
in
your
sacks.”
And
then
he
brought
Simeon
to
them
from
the
prison.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}Then
he
took
them
into
Joseph’s
house.
He
gave
them
water
to
wash
their
feet
and
gave
them
food
for
the
donkeys.
\VS{25}He
told
them
that
they
were
going
to
eat
with
Joseph
at
noon.
So
the
men
prepared
their
gifts
to
give
to
Joseph
when
he
arrived.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}When
Joseph
came
home,
they
presented
to
him
the
gifts
that
they
had
brought
into
the
house.
Then
they
bowed
down
to
the
ground
in
front
of
him.
\VS{27}He
asked
them
if
they
were ◄well/in
good
health►,
and
then
he
asked, “How
is
the
health
of
your
old
father,
the
one
that
you
told
me
about?
Is
he
still
living?”
\VS{28}One
of
them
replied, “Yes,
our
father,
{\ADD{
who
is
willing
to
be}}
your
servant,
is
still
alive,
and
he
is
well.”
Then
again
they
bowed
down
in
front
of
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}Then
he
saw
his
{\ADD{
younger}}
brother
Benjamin,
his
own
mother’s
other
son.
He
asked
them, “Is
this
your
youngest
brother,
the
one
whom
you
told
me
about?”
After
they
said “Yes,”
he
said
to
Benjamin, “Young
man,
I
pray
that
God
will
act
kindly
toward
you.”
\VS{30}Joseph
quickly
left
the
room.
He
realized
that
he
was
about
to
cry
because
he ◄was
full
of emotion
about
his
younger
brother/loved
his
younger
brother
so
much►.
He
went
into
his
private
room
and
cried
there.
\VS{31}Then,
after
he
washed
the
tears
from
his
face,
he
came
out,
and controlling
his emotions,
he
said
to
the
servants, “Serve
the
food!”
\par }{\PP \VS{32}The
people
of
Egypt
considered
that
it
was
disgraceful
for
them
to
eat
with
Hebrews,
so
the
servants
served
food
to
Joseph
by
himself,
and
served
the
other
people
of
Egypt
who
ate
with
him
by
themselves,
and
they
served
Joseph’s
older
brothers
and
younger
brother
by
themselves.
\VS{33}His
brothers
were
astonished
to
see
that
their seats
were
arranged
according
to
their
ages,
from
the
oldest
to
the
youngest!
\VS{34}And
when
their
portions
of
food
were
served
to
them
from
Joseph’s
table,
Benjamin’s
portion
was
five
times
as
much
as
anyone
else’s
portion!
So
they
ate
food
and
drank
wine
with
Joseph
and
became
very
cheerful.

\par }\Chap{44}{\SH Joseph tricked his brothers by having his cup put in Benjamin’s sack
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
his
brothers
were
ready
to
return
home,
Joseph
said
to
the
man
who
was
in
charge
of
things
in
his
house, “Fill
the
sacks
of
those
men
with
as
much
grain
as
they
can
carry
{\ADD{
on
their
donkeys}}.
And
put
in
the
top
of
each
man’s
sack
the
silver
that
he
paid
for
the
grain.
\VS{2}Then
put
my
silver
cup
in
the
top
of
the
youngest
brother’s
sack,
along
with
the
silver
that
he
paid
for
the
grain.”
So
the
servant
did
what
Joseph
told
him
to
do.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}The
next
morning
at
dawn
the
men
started
on
the
way
home
with
their
donkeys.
\VS{4}When
they
had
not
gone
far
from
the
city,
Joseph
said
to
the
servant
in
charge
of
things
in
his
house, “Pursue
those
men
immediately.
When
you
catch
up
to
them,
say
to
them, ‘We
did
good
things
for
you!
Why
have
you
paid
us
back
by
doing
something
bad
to
us?
\VS{5}{\ADD{
You
have
stolen
the
cup}}
that
my
master
drinks
from [RHQ]!
It
is
the
cup
that
he
uses
to
find
out
things
that
nobody
knows!
What
you
did
was
very
wicked!’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}The
servant
{\ADD{
left
immediately
and}}
when
he
caught
up
with
them,
he
told
them
what
Joseph
had
told
him
to
say.
\VS{7}But
one
of
them
replied
to
him, “Sir,
why
do
you
say
such
things?
We
are
your
servants,
and
we
would
never
do
anything
like
that!
\VS{8}We
even
brought
back
to
you
from
Canaan
land
the
silver
that
we
found
inside
the
tops
of
our
sacks!
So ◄we
certainly
would
not
steal
silver
or
gold
from
your
master’s
house!/Why
would
we
steal
silver
or
gold
from
your
master’s
house?► [RHQ]
\VS{9}If
you
discover
that
any
of
us
has
that
cup,
you
can
execute
him,
and
the
rest
of
us
will
become
your
slaves.”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}The
man
replied, “Okay,
I
will
do
what
you
say.
But
the
one
who
has
the
cup
will
not
be
executed.
Instead,
he
will
become
my
slave,
and
the
rest
of
you
may
return
home.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Each
of
the
men
quickly
lowered
his
sack
down
from
the
donkey
to
the
ground
and
opened
it.
\VS{12}Then
the
servant
started
to
search
for
the
cup
in
each
sack.
He
started
with
the
oldest
brother’s
sack
and
ended
with
the
youngest
one’s
sack.
And
he
found
the
cup
in
Benjamin’s
sack
and
showed
it
to
them.
\VS{13}The
brothers
tore
their
clothes
{\ADD{
because
they
were
so
dismayed}}.
They
loaded
the
sacks
on
the
donkeys
again
and
returned
to
the
city.
\par }{\SH Back
in
Egypt,
Joseph
said
that
only
the
one
who
stole
his
cup
would
be
his
slave
\par }{\PP \VS{14}When
Judah
and
his
{\ADD{
older
and
younger}}
brothers
entered
Joseph’s
house,
Joseph
was
still
there.
The
servant
told
Joseph
what
had
happened.
Then
the
brothers
threw
themselves
down
on
the
ground
in
front
of
Joseph.
\VS{15}He
said
to
them, “Why
did
you
do
this?
Do
you
not
know
that
a
man
like
me
can
find
out
things
that
nobody
knows?” [RHQ]
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Judah
replied, “Sir,
what
can
we
say?
How
can
we
prove
that
we ◄are
innocent/did
not
steal
the
cup►?
God
has ◄paid
us
back/punished
us►
for
the
sins
{\ADD{
we
committed
many
years
ago}}.
So
now
we
will
become
your
slaves—both
we
and
the
one
in
whose
sack
the
cup
was
found.”
\VS{17}But
Joseph
replied, “No,
I
could
never
do
anything
like
that.
Only
the
man
in
whose
sack
the
cup
was
found
will
become
my
slave.
The
rest
of
you
can
return
to
your
father
peacefully.”
\par }{\SH Judah
pleaded
that
he
be
allowed
to
become
Joseph’s
slave
instead
of
Benjamin
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Then
Judah
came
near
to
Joseph
and
said, “Sir,
please
let
me
say
something
to
you.
You
are
equal
to
the
king
himself,
so
you
could
command
that
I
be
executed;
but
do
not
be
angry
with
me
for
speaking
to
you.
\VS{19}You
asked
us, ‘Is
your
father
still
living,
and
do
you
have
another
brother?’
\VS{20}We
answered, ‘Our
father
is
alive,
but
he
is
an
old
man.
He
has
a
young
son
who
was
born
after
our
father
became
an
old
man.
That
son
had
an
{\ADD{
older}}
brother,
who
is
now
dead.
So
the
youngest
son
is
the
only
one
of
his
mother’s
sons
who
is
still
alive,
and
his
father
loves
him
very
much.’
\VS{21}Then
you
said
to
us, ‘The
next
time
you
come
here,
bring
your
younger
brother
down
to
me,
so
that
I
can
see
him.’
\VS{22}We
said
to
you, ‘No,
we
cannot
do
that,
because
the
boy
cannot
leave
his
father.
If
he
leaves
his
father,
his
father
will
die
from
sorrow.’
\VS{23}But
you
told
us, ‘If
your
youngest
brother
does
not
come
back
with
you,
I
will
not
let
you
see
me
again!’
\VS{24}When
we
returned
to
our
father,
we
told
him
what
you
said.
\VS{25}{\ADD{
Months
later}}
our
father
said, ‘Go
back
to
Egypt
and
buy
some
more
grain!’
\VS{26}But
we
said, ‘We
cannot
go
back
by
ourselves.
We
will
go
only
if
our
youngest
brother
is
with
us.
We
will
not
be
able
to
see
the
man
who
sells
grain
if
our
youngest
brother
is
not
with
us.’
\VS{27}Our
father
replied, ‘You
know
that
my
wife
{\ADD{
Rachel}}
gave
birth
to
two
sons
for
me.
\VS{28}One
of
them
disappeared,
and
I
said, “A
wild
animal
has
surely
torn
him
to
pieces.”
And
I
have
not
seen
him
since
then.
\VS{29}I
am
an
old
gray-haired
man.
If
you
take
this
other
one
from
me,
too,
and
something harms
him,
you
would
cause
me
to
die
because
of
my
sorrow.’
\par }{\PP \VS{30}“o
please
listen.
My
father
will
remain
alive
only
if
his
youngest
son
remains
alive.
\VS{31}If
he
sees
that
the
boy
is
not
with
us
when
we
return
to
him,
he
will
die.
We
will
cause
our
gray-haired
father
to
die
because
of
his
sorrow.
\VS{32}I
guaranteed/promised
to
my
father
that
the
boy
would
return
safely.
I
told
him, ‘You
can
require
me
to
do
what
I
am
promising.
If
I
do
not
bring
him
back
to
you,
you
can
say
forever
that ◄I
am
to
blame/it
is
my
fault►
{\ADD{
for
not
bringing
him
back
to
you}}.’
\par }{\PP \VS{33}“o,
please
let
me
remain
here
as
your
slave
instead
of
my
youngest
brother,
and
let
the
boy
return
home
with
his
other
older
brothers.
\VS{34}◄I
cannot
return
to
my
father
if
the
boy
is
not
with
me!/How
can
I
return
to
my
father
if
the
boy
is
not
with
me?► [RHQ]
I
do
not
want
to
see
how
miserable/sad
my
father
would
become!”

\par }\Chap{45}{\SH Joseph told his brothers who he was
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Joseph
was
not
able
to
control
his
feelings
any
longer.
He
did
not
want
to
cry
in
front
of
his
servants,
so
he
said
to
them
loudly, “All
of
you
go
outside!”
After
they
went
outside,
there
was
no
one
else
there
with
Joseph
when
he
told
his
brothers
who
he
was.
\VS{2}He
cried
so
loudly
that
the
people
of
Egypt
who
were
outside
heard
it,
and
even
the
people
in
the
king’s
palace
heard
it.
\VS{3}Joseph
said
to
his
brothers, “I
am
Joseph!
Is
our
father
still
alive?”
But
his
brothers
were
not
able
to
reply,
because
they
were
frightened
because
of
what
he
said.
\VS{4}Then
Joseph
said
to
his
brothers, “Come
close
to
me!”
When
they
came
closer,
he
said, “I
am
your
brother
Joseph!
I
am
the
one
you
sold
to
traders
who
brought
me
here
to
Egypt!
\VS{5}But
now,
do
not
be
distressed,
and
do
not
be
angry
with
yourselves
for
having
sold
me
to
people
who
brought
me
here,
because
it
was
to
save
you
from
dying
{\ADD{
because
of
the
famine}}
that
God
sent
me
here
ahead
of
you.
\VS{6}There
has
been
a
famine
in
this
country
for
two
years,
and
it
will
continue
for
five
more
years,
so
that
no
one
will
plow
ground,
and
there
will
be
no
crops
to
harvest.
\VS{7}But
God
sent
me
here
ahead
of
you,
to
keep
you
from starving,
and
to
make
sure
that
your
descendants
will
survive.
\VS{8}Therefore,
it
was
not
you
who
sent
me
here;
it
was
God
who
sent
me
here!
He
has
caused
me
to
become
like
a
father
to
the
king.
I
am
in
charge
of
everything
in
his
palace
and
the
governor
of
everyone
in
Egypt!
\VS{9}Now
return
to
my
father
quickly,
and
say
to
him, ‘This
is
what
your
son
Joseph
says: “God
has
caused
me
to
become
the
governor
over
the
whole
land
of
Egypt.
Come
down
to
me
immediately!
\VS{10}You
can
live
in
the
Goshen
region.
You
and
your
children
and
your
grandchildren,
your
sheep
and
goats
and
cattle,
and
everything
that
you
own,
will
be
near
me.
\VS{11}Since
there
will
be
five
more
years
of
famine,
I
will
make
sure
that
you
have
food.
If
you
do
not
come
here,
you
and
your
family
and
all
of
your
servants
will
starve. [EUP]” ’
\par }{\PP \VS{12}“ook
closely,
and
all
of
you
can
see,
including
my
brother
Benjamin,
that
it
is
really
I,
Joseph,
who
am
speaking
to
you.
\VS{13}Go
and
tell
my
father
about
how
greatly
I
am
honored
here
in
Egypt.
And
tell
him
about
everything
else
that
you
have
seen.
And
bring
my
father
down
here
quickly!”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Then
he
threw
his
arms
around
his
{\ADD{
younger}}
brother
Benjamin’s
neck
and
cried.
And
Benjamin
hugged
him
and
cried.
\VS{15}And
then
as
he
kissed
his
older
brothers
{\ADD{
on
their
cheeks}},
he
cried.
After
that,
his
brothers
started
to
talk
with
him.
\par }{\SH The
king
invited
Joseph’s
family
to
come
and
live
in
Egypt
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Someone
went
to
the
palace
and
told
the
news
that
Joseph’s
brothers
had
come.
The
king
and
all
his
officials
were
pleased.
\VS{17}The
king
said
to
Joseph, “Tell
your
brothers
this: ‘Put
loads
of
grain
on
your
animals
and
return
to
the
Canaan
region.
\VS{18}Then
bring
your
father
and
your
families
back
here.
I
will
give
you
the
best
land
in
Egypt,
and
you
will
have
the
best
food
in
the
land
to
eat.’
\VS{19}“lso
tell
this
to
your
brothers: ‘Take
some
carts
from
Egypt
to
carry
your
children
and
your
wives,
and
get
them
and
your
father
and
come
back
here
quickly.
\VS{20}Do
not
worry
about
bringing
your
possessions,
because
the
best
things
in
Egypt
will
be
yours.
Because
of
that,
you
will
not
need
to
bring
any
of
your
things
from
Canaan.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Jacob’s
sons
did
what
the
king
suggested.
Joseph
gave
them
carts
and
food
to
eat
along
the
way,
as
the
king
had
ordered.
\VS{22}To
each
of
them
he
gave
new
clothes,
but
he
gave 300
pieces
of
silver
and
five
sets
of
new
clothes
to
Benjamin!
\VS{23}And
this
is
what
he
sent
to
his
father:
Ten
male
donkeys,
loaded
with
some
of
the
best
goods
that
come
from
Egypt,
and
ten
female
donkeys
loaded
with
grain
and
bread
and
other
food
for
his
father’s
trip
to
Egypt.
\VS{24}Then
he
sent
his
brothers
on
their
way,
saying
to
them “Do
not
quarrel
along
the
way!”
\par }{\PP \VS{25}So
they
left
Egypt
and
came
to
their
father
Jacob
in
Canaan.
\VS{26}One
of
them
told
him, “Joseph
is
still
alive!
In
fact,
he
is
the
governor
over
all
of
Egypt!”
Jacob
was
extremely
astonished;
he
could
not
believe
that
it
was
true.
\VS{27}But
they
told
him
everything
that
Joseph
had
said
to
them,
and
Jacob
saw
the
carts
that
Joseph
had
sent
to
carry
him
and
his
family
and
possessions
to
Egypt.
Then
their
father
Jacob’s shock
ended.
\VS{28}He
said, “What
you
have
said
is
enough
to convince
me!
My
son
Joseph
is
still
alive,
and
I
will
go
and
see
him
before
I
die!”

\par }\Chap{46}{\SH Jacob and his family moved to Egypt
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}So
Jacob
left
{\ADD{
Canaan}},
taking
with
him
all
his
family
and
possessions.
When
they
arrived
at
Beersheba,
he
offered
sacrifices
to
God,
the
one
whom
his
father
Isaac
worshiped.
\VS{2}That
night,
God
called
to
Jacob
in
a
vision,
saying, “Jacob!
Jacob!”
He
replied, “I
am
here!”
\VS{3}God
said, “I
am
God,
the
one
your
father
worshiped.
Do
not
be
afraid
to
go
down
to
Egypt,
because
I
will
give
you
many
descendants,
and
they
will
become
a
great
nation
there.
\VS{4}I
will
go
down
to
Egypt
with
you,
and
later
I
will
bring
{\ADD{
your
descendants}}
back
to
Canaan
again.
And
Joseph
will
be
with
you [MTY]
when
you
die.” [IDM]
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Jacob
left
Beersheba,
and
his
sons
took
their
father,
their
wives,
and
their
children,
in
the
carts
that
the
king
had
sent
for
them
to
travel
in.
\VS{6}So
Jacob
and
all
his
family
went
to
Egypt.
They
took
with
them
the
livestock
and
all
the
other
possessions
that
they
had
acquired
in
Canaan.
\VS{7}Jacob
went
to
Egypt
with
all
his
sons
and
his
daughters
and
grandsons
and
granddaughters—his
whole
family.
\par }{\PP \VS{8-25}◄Here
is/I
will
now
give
you►
a
list
of
the
names
of
the
members
of
Jacob’s
family
who
went
with
him
to
Egypt:
\par }{\LI Reuben,
Jacob’s
oldest
son;
\par }{\LI Reuben’s
sons
Hanoch,
Pallu,
Hezron,
and
Carmi;
\par }{\LI Simeon
and
his
sons
Jemuel,
Jamin,
Ohad,
Jakin,
Zohar,
and
Shaul,
who
was
the
son
of
a
Canaan people-group
woman;
\par }{\LI Levi
and
his
sons
Gershon,
Kohath,
and
Merari;
\par }{\LI Judah
and
his
sons,
Shelah,
Perez,
and
Zerah (his
other
sons,
Er,
and
Onan,
had
died
in
Canaan);
\par }{\LI Perez
and
his
two
sons
Hezron
and
Hamul;
\par }{\LI Issachar
and
his
sons
Tola,
Puah,
Jashub,
and
Shimron;
\par }{\LI Zebulon
and
his
sons
Sered,
Elon,
and
Jahleel;
\par }{\LI (Those
were
the
sons
of
Jacob
and
Leah,
and
their
daughter
Dinah,
who
were
born
in
Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia:
There
were 33
of
them,
altogether.)
They
had
Gad
and
his
sons
Zephon,
Haggi,
Shuni,
Ezbon,
Eri,
Arodi,
and
Areli;
\par }{\LI Asher
and
his
sons
Imnah,
Ishvah,
Ishvi,
and
Beriah;
and
their
sister
Serah;
\par }{\LI Beriah’s
sons
Heber
and Malkiel;
\par }{\LI (Those
were
the
children
and
grandchildren
of
Jacob
and
Zilpah,
the
slave
girl
whom
Laban
gave
to
his
daughter
Leah:
There
were 16
of
them,
altogether.)
\par }{\LI Joseph
and
Benjamin,
the
sons
of
Jacob’s
wife
Rachel;
\par }{\LI (Ephraim
and
Manasseh
were
Joseph’s
two
sons.
{\ADD{
They
did
not
go
down
to
Egypt}}
because
they
were
already
in
Egypt.
They
were
sons
of
Asenath,
the
daughter
of
On,
who
was
the
priest
in
the
temple
in
On
{\ADD{
city}}.)
\par }{\LI Benjamin
and
his
sons
Bela,
Beker,
Ashbel,
Gera,
Naaman,
Ehi,
Rosh,
Muppim,
Huppim,
and
Ard;
\par }{\LI (Those
were
the
sons
and
grandsons
of
Rachel
and
Jacob:
There
were 14
people
altogether.)
\par }{\LI Dan
and
his
son
Hushim;
\par }{\LI Naphtali
and
his
sons
Jahziel,
Guni,
Jezer,
and
Shillem.
\par }{\LI (Those
were
the
sons
and
grandsons
of
Jacob
and
Bilhah,
the
slave
girl
whom
Laban
gave
to
his
daughter
Rachel:
There
were
seven
people
altogether.)
\par }{\PP \VS{26}Altogether
there
were 66
people
who
were
Jacob’s
descendants
who
went
to
Egypt
with
him.
That
number
does
not
include
his
sons’
wives.
\VS{27}Including
Jacob
and
Joseph
and
Joseph’s
two
sons
who
were
born
in
Egypt,
there
were 70
members
of
Jacob’s
family
when
they
were
all
there
in
Egypt.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Jacob
sent
Judah
to
go
ahead
of
the
rest
of
them
to
talk
with
Joseph
and
ask
for
directions
on
how
to
travel
to
Goshen.
Then
{\ADD{
Judah
returned
to
the
rest
of
his
family
and}}
they
all
traveled
to
the
Goshen
region.
When
they
arrived
there,
\VS{29}Joseph
got
his
chariot
ready
and
went
to
Goshen
to
meet
his
father.
When
Joseph
arrived,
he
threw
his
arms
around
his
father’s
neck
and
cried
a
long
time.
\VS{30}Jacob
said
to
Joseph, “I
have
seen
you
and
I
know
that
you
are
still
alive!
So
now
I
am
ready
to
die.”
\par }{\SH Joseph
arranged
for
his
family
to
settle
in
Goshen
\par }{\PP \VS{31}Then
Joseph
said
to
his
{\ADD{
older}}
brothers
{\ADD{
and
younger
brother}}
and
to
the
rest
of
his
father’s
family, “I
will
go
to
the
king
and
say
to
him, ‘My
{\ADD{
older}}
brothers
{\ADD{
and
younger
brother}}
and
my
father
and
the
rest
of
his
family,
who
were
living
in
Canaan
land,
have
all
come
to
me.
\VS{32}The
men
are
all
shepherds.
They
take
care
of
their
livestock,
and
they
have
brought
with
them
their
sheep
and
goats
and
cattle,
and
everything
else
that
they
own.’
\VS{33}When
the
king
summons
you
and
asks, ‘What
work
do
you
do?’
\VS{34}answer
him
by
saying, ‘From
the
time
when
we
were
young,
we
have
taken
care
of
livestock,
just
as
our
ancestors
did.’
If
you
tell
him
that,
he
will
let
you
live
in
the
Goshen
region.”
Joseph
told
them
to
say
that
because
the
people
of
Egypt
despised
all
shepherds.

\par }\Chap{47}{\SH Jacob blessed the king of Egypt
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1-2}Joseph
chose
five
of
his
{\ADD{
older}}
brothers
to
go
with
him
to
talk
to
the
king.
He
introduced
his
{\ADD{
older}}
brothers
to
the
king,
and
then
he
said, “My
father
and
my
{\ADD{
older}}
brothers
{\ADD{
and
younger
brother}}
have
come
from
the
Canaan
region.
They
have
brought
all
their
sheep
and
goats
and
cattle
and
everything
else
that
they
own,
and
they
are
living
now
in
Goshen
region.”
\VS{3}The
king
asked
the
brothers, “What
work
do
you
do?”
They
replied, “We
are
shepherds,
just
as
our
ancestors
were.”
\VS{4}They
also
said
to
him, “We
have
come
here
to
live
for
a
while
in
this
land,
because
the
famine
is
very
severe
in
Canaan,
and
our
animals
have
no ◄pasture/grass
to
eat►
there.
So
now,
please
let
us
live
in
the
Goshen
region.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}The
king
said
to
Joseph, “I
am
happy
that
your
father
and
your
{\ADD{
older}}
brothers
{\ADD{
and
younger
brother}}
have
come
to
you.
\VS{6}They
can
live
wherever
you
want
in
the
whole
country
of
Egypt.
Give
your
father
and
your
brothers
the
best
part
of
the
land.
They
can
live
in
Goshen.
And
if
you
know
that
any
of
them
have
any
special
ability
to
work
with
livestock,
have
them
be
in
charge
of
my
own
livestock,
too.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Then
Joseph
brought
his
father
Jacob
{\ADD{
into
the
palace}}
and
introduced
him
to
the
king.
Jacob
asked
God
to
bless
the
king.
\VS{8}Then
the
king
asked
Jacob, “How
old
are
you?”
\VS{9}Jacob
replied, “I
have
been
traveling
around
for 130
years.
I
have
not
lived
as
long
as
my
ancestors,
but
my
life
has
been
full
of
troubles.”
\VS{10}Then
Jacob
again
{\ADD{
asked
God
to}}
bless
the
king,
and
left
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}{\ADD{
That
is
how
Joseph
enabled
his
father
and
older}}
brothers
{\ADD{
and
younger
brother}}
to
start
living
in
Egypt.
As
the
king
had
commanded,
he
gave
them
property
in
the
best
part
of
the
land,
in
{\ADD{
Goshen,
which
is
now
called}}
Rameses.
\VS{12}Joseph
also
provided
food
for
all
his
father’s
family.
The
amounts
that
he
gave
them
were
according
to
how
many
children
each
of
them
had.
\par }{\SH Joseph
arranged
for
people
to
buy
grain
from
him
during
the
famine
\par }{\PP \VS{13}There
were
no
crops
growing
in
the
whole
region,
because
the
famine
was
very
severe.
The
people
of
Egypt
and
Canaan [MTY]
became
weak
because
they
did
not
have
enough
food
to
eat.
\VS{14}Joseph
collected
all
the
money
that
the
people
in
Egypt
and
Canaan
paid
for
the
grain
they
were
buying
from
him,
and
he
brought
the
money
to
the
king’s
palace.
\VS{15}When
the
people
of
Egypt
and
Canaan
had
spent
all
their
money
for
grain,
they
all
kept
coming
to
Joseph
and
saying, “Please
give
us
some
food!
If
you
do
not
give
us
grain,
we
will
die [RHQ]!
We
have
used
all
our
money
to
buy
food,
and
we
have
no
money
left!”
\VS{16}Joseph
replied, “Since
your
money
is
all
gone,
bring
me
your
livestock.
If
you
do
that,
I
will
give
you
food
in
exchange
for
your
livestock.”
\VS{17}So
they
brought
their
livestock
to
Joseph.
He
gave
them
food
in
exchange
for
their
horses,
their
sheep
and
goats,
their
cattle,
and
their
donkeys.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}The
next
year
they
came
to
him
again
and
said, “We
cannot
hide
this
from
you:
We
have
no
more
money,
and
now
our
livestock
belongs
to
you.
We
have
only
our
bodies
and
our
land
to
give
to
you.
We
have
nothing
else
left.
\VS{19}◄If
you
do
not
give
us
some
food,
we
will
die!/Do
you
want
to
watch
us
die?► [RHQ]
If
you
do
not
give
us
seeds,
our
fields
will
become
useless [IDM].
Buy
us
and
our
land
in
exchange
for
food.
Then
we
will
be
the
king’s
slaves,
and
he
will
own
the
land.
Give
us
seeds
that
we
can
plant
and
grow
food,
in
order
that
we
will
not
die,
and
in
order
that
our
land
will
not
become
like
a
desert.”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}So
Joseph
bought
all
the farms
in
Egypt
for
the
king.
The
people
of
Egypt
each
sold
their
land
to
him
because
the
famine
was
very
severe,
{\ADD{
and
they
had
no
other
way
to
get
money
to
buy
food}}.
So
all
the farms
became
the
king’s farms.
\VS{21}As
a
result,
Joseph
caused
all
the
people
from
one
border
of
the
country
to
the
other
to
become
the
king’s
slaves.
\VS{22}But
he
did
not
buy
the
priests’
land,
because
they
received
food
from
the
king
regularly,
so
the
food
that
the
king
gave
them
was
enough
for
them.
That
is
the
reason
they
did
not
sell
their
land
to
him.
\VS{23}Joseph
said
to
the
people
{\ADD{
who
sold
themselves
and
their
land
to
him}}, “Listen
to
me!
Today
I
have
bought
you
and
your
land
for
the
king.
So
here
are
seeds
for
you
so
that
you
can
plant
them
in
the
ground.
\VS{24}But
when
you
harvest
the
crop,
you
must
give
one-fifth
of
the
crop
to
the
king.
The
rest
of
the
crop
you
can
keep,
to
be
seed
to
plant
in
the
fields,
and
to
be
food
for
you
and
your
children
and
for
everyone
else
in
your
household
to
eat.”
\VS{25}They
replied, “You
have
saved
our
lives!
We
want
you
to
be
pleased
with
us.
And
we
will
be
the
king’s
slaves.”
\par }{\PP \VS{26}So
Joseph
made
a
law
about
all
the
land
in
Egypt, stating
that
one-fifth
of
the
crops
that
are
harvested
belongs
to
the
king.
That
law
still
exists.
Only
the
land
that
belonged
to
the
priests
did
not
become
the
king’s
land.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}Jacob
and
his
family
started
to
live
in
Egypt,
in
the
Goshen
region.
They
acquired
property
there.
Many
children
were
born
to
them
there.
As
a
result,
their
population
increased
greatly.
\par }{\SH Jacob
made
Joseph
promise
to
not
bury
him
in
Egypt
after
he
died.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Jacob
lived
in
Egypt 17
years.
Altogether
he
lived 147
years.
\VS{29}When
it
was
almost
time
for
him
to
die,
he
summoned
his
son
Joseph
and
said
to
him, “If
I
have
pleased
you,
make
a
solemn
promise
that
you
will
be
kind
to
me
and
faithfully
do
what
I
am
now
asking
you:
When
I
die,
do
not
bury
me
here
in
Egypt.
\VS{30}Instead,
take
my
body
out
of
Egypt,
and
bury
it
in
Canaan
where
my
ancestors
are
buried.”
Joseph
replied, “I
will
do
that.”
\VS{31}Jacob
said, “◄Swear/Solemnly
promise►
to
me
that
you
will
do
it!”
So
Joseph
swore
to
do
it.
Then
Jacob
turned
over
in
bed,
bowed
his
head,
and
worshiped
God.

\par }\Chap{48}{\SH Jacob blessed Ephraim and Manasseh
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Some
time
later,
someone
told
Joseph, “{\ADD{
Hey,}}
your
father
is
ill.”
When
Joseph
heard
that,
he
took
his
two
sons,
Manasseh
and
Ephraim,
to
see
his
father.
\VS{2}When
someone
told
Jacob, “Look,
your
son
Joseph
has
come
to
see
you!”
Jacob
sat
up
on
the
bed,
even
though
it
was
difficult
for
him
to
do
that.
\VS{3}He
said
to
Joseph, “When
I
was
at
Luz
in
Canaan,
God
Almighty
appeared
to
me.
He
blessed
me
\VS{4}and
said
to
me, ‘I
am
going
to
enable
you
to
become
the
father
of
many
children.
You
will
have
many
descendants,
and
they
will
become
{\ADD{
the
ancestors
of}}
many people-groups.
And
I
will
give
this
land
to
your
descendants
to
possess
forever.’
\par }{\PP \VS{5}“nd
now
I
will
consider
that
your
two
sons,
who
were
born
to
you
here
in
Egypt
before
I
came
here,
will ◄belong
to
me/be
as
though
they
are
my
sons►.
Ephraim
and
Manasseh
will
be
{\ADD{
as
though
they
were}}
my
sons,
and
they
will
inherit
my
possessions,
just
like
my
sons
Reuben
and
Simeon
{\ADD{
and
the
others}}
will.
\VS{6}If
you
later
become
the
father
of
any
more
children,
they
will
not
be
considered
to
be
my
children,
but
as
my
grandchildren,
and
{\ADD{
in
Canaan}}
they
will
receive
as
part
of
what
they
inherit
some
of
the
same
land
that
is
in
the
territory
that
their
brothers
{\ADD{
Ephraim
and
Manasseh}}
will
inherit.
\VS{7}Many
years
ago,
as
I
was
returning
from
Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia,
your
mother
Rachel
died
in
the
Canaan
region,
while
we
were
still
traveling,
not
far
from
Ephrath
{\ADD{
town}}.
So
I
buried
her
body
there
alongside
the
road
to
Ephrath [which
is
now
called
Bethlehem].”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}When
Jacob
saw
Joseph’s
sons,
he
asked, “Who
are
these
boys?”
\VS{9}Joseph
replied, “They
are
the
sons
that
God
has
given
to
me
here
in
Egypt.”
Jacob
said, “Bring
them
close
to
me
so
that
I
can
bless
them.”
\VS{10}Jacob
was
almost
blind
because
he
was
very
old.
He
could
not
recognize
the
boys.
So
Joseph
brought
his
sons
close
to
his
father,
and
Jacob
kissed
them
and
hugged
them.
\VS{11}Jacob
said
to
Joseph, “I
did
not
expect
to
see
you
again,
but
look
at
this!
God
has
allowed
me
to
see
not
only
you,
but
he
has
allowed
me
to
see
your
children,
too!”
\par }{\SH Jacob
blessed
Joseph’s
two
sons,
Manasseh
and
Ephraim,
in
a
way
contrary
to
what
Joseph
expected
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Joseph
took
the
boys
from
alongside
Jacob’s
knees.
Then
he
bowed
down
with
his
face
to
the
ground.
\VS{13}Then
Joseph
took
both
of
the
boys,
putting
Ephraim
on
his
right
side
toward
Jacob’s
left
hand,
and
putting
Manasseh
on
his
left
side
toward
Jacob’s
right
hand,
and
brought
them
close
to
Jacob.
\VS{14}But
Jacob
{\ADD{
did
not
do
what
Joseph
wanted
him
to
do.
Instead}},
he
reached
out
his
right
hand
and
put
it
on
Ephraim’s
head,
even
though
he
was
the
younger
son.
He
crossed
his
arms
and
put
his
left
hand
on
Manasseh’s
head,
even
though
Manasseh
was
the
older
son.
\VS{15}Then
he ◄blessed/asked
God
to
bless►
Joseph
and
his
sons,
saying,
\par }{\Q “My
grandfather
Abraham
and
my
father
Isaac
conducted
their
lives
as
God
desired,
\par }{\Q and
to
this
very
day
God
has
led
me
and
taken
care
of
me
as
a
shepherd
leads
and
cares
for
his
sheep [MET].
\par }{\Q \VS{16}The
angel
whom
he
sent
has
kept
me
from
being
harmed
in
any
way.
\par }{\Q I
pray
that
God
will
bless
these
boys.
\par }{\Q I
pray
that
people
will
never
forget
about
me
and
about
Abraham
and
Isaac
because
of
what
God
does
for
these
boys.
\par }{\Q I
pray
that
they
will
have
many
descendants
who
will
live
all
over
the
earth.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}When
Joseph
saw
that
his
father
had
placed
his
right
hand
on
Ephraim’s
head
and
not
on
Manasseh’s
head,
he
was
distressed/displeased.
So
he
took
his
father’s
hand
to
move
it
from
Ephraim’s
head
to
Manasseh’s
head.
\VS{18}Joseph
said
to
him, “My
father,
that
is
not
right!
The
one
on
whom
you
put
your
left
hand
is
my
older
son.
Put
your
right
hand
on
his
head.”
\VS{19}But
his
father
refused,
saying, “I
know
that,
my
son,
I
know
what
I
am
doing.
Manasseh’s
descendants
will
also
become
a people-group,
and
they
will
become
important.
But
his
younger
brother’s
descendants
will
become
greater
than
his
will.
His
descendants
will
become
several
nations.”
\VS{20}So
he
blessed
them
both
on
that
day,
saying, “The
people
in
Israel
will
use
your
names
when
they
bless
people.
They
will
say, ‘We
pray
that
God
will
help
you
as
he
helped
Ephraim
and
Manasseh.’ ”
In
that
way,
Jacob
said
that
Ephraim
would
become
more
important
than
Manasseh.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Then
Jacob
said
to
Joseph, “I
am
about
to
die.
But
I
know
that
God
will
help/protect
you.
And
some
day
he
will
take
your
descendants
back
to
the
land
of
their
ancestors.
\VS{22}And
it
is
to
you,
not
to
your
brothers,
that
I
will
give
the
fertile
hill
in
the
Shechem
area.
I
captured
that
land
from
the Amor people-group,
fighting
them
with
my
sword
and
my
bow
and
arrows.”

\par }\Chap{49}{\SH Jacob prophesied what would happen to his sons and their descendants
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Jacob
summoned
all
his
sons,
and
said
to
them,
\par }{\Q \VS{2}“Gather
around
me
in
order
that
I
can
tell
you
what
will
happen
in
the
future.
\par }{\Q My
sons,
come
and
listen
to
me.
\par }{\Q I
am
your
father,
{\ADD{
Jacob,
whom
God
named}}
Israel.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Reuben,
you
are
my
oldest
son.
\par }{\Q You
were
born
when
I
was
young
and energetic/strong.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q You
are prouder
and
stronger
than
all
the
rest
of
my
sons.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}But
you
were
as uncontrollable
as
a
flood [SIM].
\par }{\Q So
now
you
will
not
be
my
most
important
son,
\par }{\Q because
you
climbed
up
onto
my
bed,
\par }{\Q and
had
sex
with [MTY]
my ◄concubine/slave
who
had
become
one
of
my
wives►.
\par }{\Q Your
doing
that
caused
me,
your
father,
to
have
great
shame.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Simeon
and
Levi,
you
have
both
acted
like
criminals.
\par }{\Q You
use
your
swords
to
act
violently.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}I
do
not
want
to
be
with
you
when
you
make
evil
plans [DOU].
\par }{\Q I
do
not
want
to
join
you
in
your meetings,
\par }{\Q because
you
killed
people
when
you
became
very
angry,
\par }{\Q and
you ◄hamstrung/cut
the
tendons
in
the
legs
of►
oxen
just
to ◄have fun/see
them
suffer►.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}God
says, ‘I
will ◄curse/cause
bad
things
to
happen
to►
them
for
being
very
angry,
\par }{\Q for
acting
very
cruelly
when
they
were
very
furious.
\par }{\Q I
will
scatter
their
descendants [MTY]
throughout
Israel
land.’
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Judah,
your
{\ADD{
older
and
younger}}
brothers
will
praise
you.
\par }{\Q They
will
bow
down
before
you,
\par }{\Q because
you
will
thoroughly
defeat [MTY]
your
enemies.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Judah
is
like
a
young
lion [SIM]
that
has
returned
to
its
den
satisfied
\par }{\Q after
eating
the
animals
that
it
has
killed.
\par }{\Q He
is
like
a
lion
that
lies
down
and
stretches
out
after
eating;
\par }{\Q no
one
would
dare
to
disturb
it [RHQ].
\par }{\Q \VS{10}There
will
always
be
a
ruler [MTY]
from
the
descendants
of
Judah [MTY].
\par }{\Q Each
one
will
hold
a
scepter/staff
to
show
that
he
has
authority
as
a
king.
\par }{\Q He
will
do
that
until
the
one
to
whom
the
scepter
belongs
comes,
\par }{\QB the
one
to
whom
the
nations
will
bring
tribute
\par }{\QB and
show
that
they
will
obey
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}The grapevines
of
Judah’s
descendants
will
produce
grapes
very
abundantly.
\par }{\Q As
a
result,
they
will
not
object
to tying
their
young
donkeys
to
the grapevines
\par }{\Q in
order
that
the
donkeys
can
eat
the
leaves
of
the grapevines.
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
Wine
will
be
very
plentiful,
with
the
result
that}}
\par }{\Q they
could
wash
their
cloaks
in
wine
that
is
as
red
as
blood [MET].
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Their
eyes
will
be
red
because
of
{\ADD{
drinking
too
much}}
wine,
\par }{\Q but
their
teeth
will
be
very
white
because
of
drinking
much
milk
{\ADD{
from
the
cows}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Zebulun,
your
descendants
will
live
by
the
seashore
\par }{\Q where
there
will
be
a
safe
harbor
for
ships.
\par }{\Q Their
land
will
extend
north
as
far
as
Sidon
{\ADD{
city}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}Issachar,
your
descendants
will
be
like
strong
donkeys
\par }{\Q that
are
lying
down
on
the
ground
between
their
loads,
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
so
tired
that
they
cannot
get
up}}!
\par }{\Q \VS{15}They
will
see
that
their
resting
place
is
good,
\par }{\Q and
that
the
land
pleases
them
very
much.
\par }{\Q But
they
will
bend
their
backs
to
carry
heavy
loads
\par }{\Q and
be
forced
to
work
for
others.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}Dan,
although
your
tribe
will
be
small,
\par }{\Q their
leaders
will
rule
their
people
just
like
the
leaders
of
other
tribes
of
Israel
will
rule
their
people.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}Your
descendants
will
be
like
snakes
at
the
side
of
a
road,
\par }{\Q like
poisonous
snakes
lying
beside
a
path.
\par }{\Q They
will
strike
the
heels
of
horses
that
pass
by,
\par }{\Q causing
the
riders
to
fall backwards
{\ADD{
as
the
horses
rear
up
on
their
hind
legs}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Then
Jacob
prayed, “Yahweh,
I
am
waiting
for
you
to
rescue
me
{\ADD{
from
my
enemies}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}{\ADD{
Then
Jacob
continued
telling
his
sons
what
would
happen
in
the
future.
He
said}},
\par }{\Q “Gad,
your
tribe/descendants
will
be
attacked
by
a
group
of
bandits,
\par }{\Q but
your
tribe/descendants
will
pursue
and
attack
them [MTY].
\par }{\Q \VS{20}Asher,
your
descendants
will
eat good-tasting
food;
\par }{\Q they
will
produce
food
that
is delicious
enough
for
kings
to
eat.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}Naphtali,
your
descendants
will
be
like
deer [MET]
that
are ◄free
to/not
tied
down
and
can►
run
wherever
they
wish.
\par }{\Q They
will
give
birth
to
children
who
are
good-looking
like ◄fawns/baby
deer► [MET].
\par }{\Q \VS{22}Joseph,
you
will
have
many
descendants [MET].
\par }{\Q Their
children
will
be
as
many
as
the
fruit
on
a
vine
near
a
spring
of
water,
\par }{\Q whose
branches
extend
over
a
wall.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}Their
enemies
will
attack
them
fiercely,
\par }{\Q and
shoot
at
them
with
bows
and
arrows
and
pursue
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}But
they
will
hold
their
bows
steady
and
their
arms
will
remain
strong,
\par }{\Q because
of
the
power [MTY]
of
my
mighty
God,
\par }{\Q because
of
Yahweh
who
guides
and
provides
for
me [MET]
\par }{\Q like
a
shepherd
guides
and
provides
for
his
sheep.
\par }{\Q The
people
of
Israel
will
{\ADD{
ask
Yahweh
to
protect
them}},
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
like
people
hide
under}}
a
huge
{\ADD{overhanging
}}rock
to
be
protected.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}God,
the
one
whom
I
worship,
will
help
your
descendants.
\par }{\Q God
Almighty
will
bless
them
\par }{\Q by
sending
them
rain
from
the
sky
\par }{\Q and
by
giving
them
water
from
deep/far
below
the
ground.
\par }{\Q He
will
give
them
many
cattle
and
children [MET] (OR,
and
their
cattle
will
have
many
offspring).
\par }{\Q \VS{26}The
blessings
that
I
want
God
to
give
you
are
great
ones.
\par }{\Q They
are
greater
than
the
blessings
that
come
from
the
eternal
mountains,
\par }{\Q greater
than
the
ones
that
come
from
the
everlasting
hills.
\par }{\Q Joseph,
I
pray
that
these
blessings
will ◄be
given
to
you/come
upon
your
head►,
\par }{\Q because
you
are
the
leader
of
your
{\ADD{
older}}
brothers
{\ADD{
and
younger
brother}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{27}Benjamin,
your
descendants
will
be
like [MET]
vicious/fierce
wolves:
\par }{\Q In
the
morning
they
will
kill
their
enemies
\par }{\Q like
a
wolf
devours ◄its
prey/the
animals
that
it
has
killed►,
\par }{\Q and
in
the
evening
they
will
divide
among
their
warriors
the
spoils
that
they
seized
from
their
enemies.”
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Those
twelve
sons
are
the
ancestors
of
the
twelve
tribes
of
Israel.
That
is
what
their
father
said
to
them
as
he
blessed
them,
telling
to
each
one
words
that
were
appropriate
for
him.
\par }{\SH Jacob
died
\par }{\PP \VS{29}Then
Jacob
said
to
his
sons, “I
will
soon
die.
Bury
my
body
where
some
of
my
ancestors
are
buried,
in
the
cave
that
is
in
the
field
that
was
bought
from
Ephron,
who
belonged
to
the
Heth people-group.
\VS{30}That
field
is
in
the
Machpelah
area,
east
of
Mamre
{\ADD{
town}},
in
Canaan.
My
grandfather
Abraham
bought
it
from
Ephron
to
use
as
a
burial
place.
\VS{31}That
is
where
they
buried
him
and
his
wife
Sarah.
That
is
where
they
buried
my
father
Isaac
and
his
wife
Rebekah.
And
that
is
where
I
buried
my
wife
Leah.
\VS{32}That
field
and
the
cave
in
it
were
bought
from
the
Heth people-group;
so
that
is
where
I
want
you
to
bury
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{33}When
Jacob
finished
giving
those
instructions
to
his
sons,
he
lay
down
on
his
bed
again.
Then
he
died [IDM].

\par }\Chap{50}{\SH Jacob’s body was taken to Canaan and buried there
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Joseph
leaned
close
to
his
father’s
face
and
cried
over
him
and
kissed
him.
\VS{2}Joseph
commanded
his
servants
who
were morticians
to ◄embalm
his
father’s
body/put
spices
on
his
father’s
body►
to ◄preserve
it/keep
it
from
decaying►,
and
then
wrap
it
with
strips
of
cloth.
\VS{3}So
the morticians
did
that.
It
took 40
days
to
embalm
Jacob’s
body,
because
that
is
the
amount
of
time
that
was
always
required
for
them
to
embalm
a
body.
And
the
people
of
Egypt
mourned
for 70
days
because
of
Jacob’s
death.
\VS{4}When
the
time
of
mourning
was
finished,
Joseph
said
to
the
king’s
officials, “If
you
are
pleased
with
me,
please
take
this
message
to
the
king:
\VS{5}‘When
my
father
was
about
to
die,
he
told
me
to
solemnly
promise
that
I
would
bury
his
body
in
Canaan,
in
the
tomb
that
he
himself
had
prepared.
So
please
let
me
go
up
to
Canaan
and
bury
my
father’s
body.
Then
I
will
return.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}After
they
gave
the
king
the
message,
he
replied, “Tell
Joseph, ‘Go
up
and
bury
your
father’s
body,
as
you ◄swore/solemnly
promised►
that
you
would
do.’ ”
\VS{7}So
Joseph
went
{\ADD{
up
to
Canaan}}
to
bury
his
father’s
body.
All
of
the
king’s
officials,
all
the
king’s advisors,
and
all
the
elders
in
Egypt
went
with
him.
\VS{8}His
own family’s
small
children
and
their
sheep
and
goats
and
their
cattle
stayed
in
the
Goshen
region.
But
all
the
rest
of
Joseph’s
family
and
his
{\ADD{
older}}
brothers
{\ADD{
and
younger
brother}}
and
his
father’s
family
went
with
him.
\VS{9}Men
riding
in
chariots [MTY]
and
on
horses
also
went
along.
It
was
a
huge
group.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}They
went
to
the
east
side
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}
and
arrived
at
Atad.
There
was
a
place
there
where
people ◄threshed/beat
the
grain
to
separate
the
wheat
from
the
chaff.►
There
they
mourned
loudly
for
Jacob
for
a
long
time.
Joseph
performed
mourning
ceremonies
for
his
father
for
seven
days.
\VS{11}When
the
Canaan people-group
who
lived
there
saw
them
mourning
like
that,
they
said, “This
is
a
sad
mourning
place
for
the
people
of
Egypt!”
So
they
named
the
place
Abel-Mizraim,
{\ADD{
which
sounds
like
the
Hebrew
words
that
mean ‘mourning
of
the
Egyptians}}.’
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Then
Jacob’s
sons
did
for
him
what
their
father
had
commanded.
\VS{13}They
{\ADD{
crossed
the
Jordan
River
and}}
carried
Jacob’s
body
to
Canaan.
They
buried
it
in
the
cave
in
the
field
at
Machpelah,
east
of
Mamre
{\ADD{
town}}.
That
was
the
field
that
Abraham
had
bought
from
Ephron,
who
was
one
of
the
Heth people-group,
to
use
as
a
burial
place.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}After
he
had
buried
his
father,
Joseph
and
his
{\ADD{
older}}
brothers
{\ADD{
and
younger
brother}}
and
all
the
others
who
had
gone
up
to
Canaan
with
him
for
the funeral
returned
to
Egypt.
\par }{\SH Joseph
told
his
brothers
that
he
would
not
get
revenge
for
what
they
did
to
him
\par }{\PP \VS{15}After
Jacob
died,
Joseph’s
brothers
became
worried.
They
realized
what
might
happen.
They
said, “Suppose
Joseph
hates
us
and
tries
to
get
revenge
for
all
the
evil
things
that
we
did
to
him
many
years
ago?”
\VS{16}So
they
sent
someone
to
tell
this
to
Joseph
for
them: “Before
our
father
died,
he
told
us
this:
\VS{17}‘Say
to
Joseph, “Please
forgive
your
{\ADD{
older}}
brothers
for
the
evil
thing
that
they
did
to
you,
for
their
terrible
sin
against
you,
because
what
they
did
to
you
was
very
wrong.” ’
So
now
we,
who
are
servants
of
your
father’s
God,
ask
you,
please
forgive
us
for
what
we
did
to
you.”
But
Joseph
just
cried
when
he
received
their
message.
\VS{18}Then
his
{\ADD{
older}}
brothers
themselves
came
and
threw
themselves
on
the
ground
in
front
of
Joseph,
and
one
of
them
said, “Please
listen.
We
will
just
be
your
servants.”
\VS{19}But
Joseph
replied
to
them, “Do
not
be
afraid!
{\ADD{
God
is
the
one
who
punishes
people}}; ◄am
I
God?/I
am
not
God!► [RHQ]
\VS{20}As
for
you,
yes,
you
wanted
to
do
something
very
evil
to
me.
But
God
caused
something
good
to
come
from
it!
He
wanted
to
save
many
people
from
dying
of
hunger,
and
that
is
what
happened!
Today
they
are
alive!
\VS{21}So
I
say
{\ADD{
again}},
do
not
be
afraid!
I
will
make
sure
that
you
and
your
children
have
enough
to
eat.”
In
that
way
he reassured
them
and
made
made
them
feel
much
better.
\par }{\SH Joseph
died
in
Egypt
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Joseph
lived
with
his
father’s
family
in
Egypt
until
he
was 110
years
old.
\VS{23}He
lived
long
enough
to
see
Ephraim’s
children
and
grandchildren.
The
children
of
Joseph’s
grandson
Machir,
who
was
Manasseh’s
son,
were
born
before
Joseph
died,
and
were
adopted
by
Joseph
to
be
his
own
children [IDM].
\VS{24}One
day
Joseph
said
to
his
{\ADD{
older}}
brothers, “I
am
about
to
die.
But
God
will
certainly ◄help/take
care
of►
you.
And
{\ADD{
some
day}}
he
will
lead
your
{\ADD{
descendants}}
up
out
of
this
land
and
take
them
to
Canaan,
the
land
that
he
solemnly
promised
to
give
to
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob.”
\VS{25}Then
Joseph
said, “When
God enables
you
to
do
that,
you
must
take
my
body
back
to
Canaan.”
He
made
his
older
brothers
solemnly
promise
to
do
that.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}So
Joseph
died
in
Egypt
when
he
was 110
years
old.
His
body
was
embalmed
and
put
in
a
coffin
there.
\par }