\NormalFont\ShortTitle{Genesis}
{\MTB The First Book of Moses,
\par }{\MTC Commonly Called
\par }{\MT Genesis

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
beginning,
God\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:1 }
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).}
created
the
heavens
and
the
earth.
\VS{2}The
earth
was
formless
and
empty.
Darkness
was
on
the
surface
of
the
deep
and
God’s
Spirit
was
hovering
over
the
surface
of
the
waters.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}God
said, “Let
there
be
light,”
and
there
was
light.
\VS{4}God
saw
the
light,
and
saw
that
it
was
good.
God
divided
the
light
from
the
darkness.
\VS{5}God
called
the
light “day”,
and
the
darkness
he
called “night”.
There
was
evening
and
there
was
morning,
the
first
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}God
said, “Let
there
be
an
expanse
in
the
middle
of
the
waters,
and
let
it
divide
the
waters
from
the
waters.”
\VS{7}God
made
the
expanse,
and
divided
the
waters
which
were
under
the
expanse
from
the
waters
which
were
above
the
expanse;
and
it
was
so.
\VS{8}God
called
the
expanse “sky”.
There
was
evening
and
there
was
morning,
a
second
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}God
said, “Let
the
waters
under
the
sky
be
gathered
together
to
one
place,
and
let
the
dry
land
appear;”
and
it
was
so.
\VS{10}God
called
the
dry
land “earth”,
and
the
gathering
together
of
the
waters
he
called “seas”.
God
saw
that
it
was
good.
\VS{11}God
said, “Let
the
earth
yield
grass,
herbs
yielding
seeds,
and
fruit
trees
bearing
fruit
after
their
kind,
with
their
seeds
in
it,
on
the
earth;”
and
it
was
so.
\VS{12}The
earth
yielded
grass,
herbs
yielding
seed
after
their
kind,
and
trees
bearing
fruit,
with
their
seeds
in
it,
after
their
kind;
and
God
saw
that
it
was
good.
\VS{13}There
was
evening
and
there
was
morning,
a
third
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}God
said, “Let
there
be
lights
in
the
expanse
of
the
sky
to
divide
the
day
from
the
night;
and
let
them
be
for
signs
to
mark
seasons,
days,
and
years;
\VS{15}and
let
them
be
for
lights
in
the
expanse
of
the
sky
to
give
light
on
the
earth;”
and
it
was
so.
\VS{16}God
made
the
two
great
lights:
the
greater
light
to
rule
the
day,
and
the
lesser
light
to
rule
the
night.
He
also
made
the
stars.
\VS{17}God
set
them
in
the
expanse
of
the
sky
to
give
light
to
the
earth,
\VS{18}and
to
rule
over
the
day
and
over
the
night,
and
to
divide
the
light
from
the
darkness.
God
saw
that
it
was
good.
\VS{19}There
was
evening
and
there
was
morning,
a
fourth
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}God
said, “Let
the
waters
abound
with
living
creatures,
and
let
birds
fly
above
the
earth
in
the
open
expanse
of
the
sky.”
\VS{21}God
created
the
large
sea
creatures
and
every
living
creature
that
moves,
with
which
the
waters
swarmed,
after
their
kind,
and
every
winged
bird
after
its
kind.
God
saw
that
it
was
good.
\VS{22}God
blessed
them,
saying, “Be
fruitful,
and
multiply,
and
fill
the
waters
in
the
seas,
and let
birds
multiply
on
the
earth.”
\VS{23}There
was
evening
and
there
was
morning,
a
fifth
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}God
said, “Let
the
earth
produce
living
creatures
after
their
kind,
livestock,
creeping
things,
and
animals
of
the
earth
after
their
kind;”
and
it
was
so.
\VS{25}God
made
the
animals
of
the
earth
after
their
kind,
and
the
livestock
after
their
kind,
and
everything
that
creeps
on
the
ground
after
its
kind.
God
saw
that
it
was
good.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}God
said, “Let’s
make
man
in
our
image,
after
our
likeness. Let
them
have
dominion
over
the
fish
of
the
sea,
and
over
the
birds
of
the
sky,
and
over
the
livestock,
and
over
all
the
earth,
and
over
every
creeping
thing
that
creeps
on
the
earth.”
\VS{27}God
created
man
in
his own
image.
In
God’s
image
he
created
him;
male
and
female
he
created
them.
\VS{28}God
blessed
them.
God
said
to
them, “Be
fruitful,
multiply,
fill
the
earth,
and
subdue
it.
Have
dominion
over
the
fish
of
the
sea,
over
the
birds
of
the
sky,
and
over
every
living
thing
that
moves
on
the
earth.”
\VS{29}God
said, “Behold,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:29 }
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.}
I
have
given
you
every
herb
yielding
seed,
which
is
on
the
surface
of
all
the
earth,
and
every
tree,
which bears
fruit
yielding
seed.
It
will
be
your
food.
\VS{30}To
every
animal
of
the
earth,
and
to
every
bird
of
the
sky,
and
to
everything
that
creeps
on
the
earth,
in
which
there
is
life,
I
have given
every
green
herb
for
food;”
and
it
was
so.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}God
saw
everything
that
he
had
made,
and,
behold,
it
was
very
good.
There
was
evening
and
there
was
morning,
a
sixth
day.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
heavens,
the
earth,
and
all
their
vast
array
were
finished.
\VS{2}On
the
seventh
day
God
finished
his
work
which
he
had
done;
and
he
rested
on
the
seventh
day
from
all
his
work
which
he
had
done.
\VS{3}God
blessed
the
seventh
day,
and
made
it
holy,
because
he
rested
in
it
from
all
his
work
of
creation
which
he
had
done.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}This
is
the
history
of
the
generations
of
the
heavens
and
of
the
earth
when
they
were
created,
in
the
day
that
the
LORD\FTNT{*}{{\FR 2:4 }
When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name.}
God
made
the
earth
and
the
heavens.
\VS{5}No
plant
of
the
field
was
yet
in
the
earth,
and
no
herb
of
the
field
had
yet
sprung
up;
for
the
LORD
God
had
not
caused
it
to
rain
on
the
earth.
There
was
not
a
man
to
till
the
ground,
\VS{6}but
a
mist
went
up
from
the
earth,
and
watered
the
whole
surface
of
the
ground.
\VS{7}The
LORD
God
formed
man
from
the
dust
of
the
ground,
and
breathed
into
his
nostrils
the
breath
of
life;
and
man
became
a
living
soul.
\VS{8}The
LORD
God
planted
a
garden
eastward,
in
Eden,
and
there
he
put
the
man
whom
he
had
formed.
\VS{9}Out
of
the
ground
the
LORD
God
made
every
tree
to
grow
that
is
pleasant
to
the
sight,
and
good
for
food,
including
the
tree
of
life
in
the
middle
of
the
garden
and
the
tree
of
the
knowledge
of
good
and
evil.
\VS{10}A
river
went
out
of
Eden
to
water
the
garden;
and
from
there
it
was
parted,
and
became
the source
of
four
rivers.
\VS{11}The
name
of
the
first
is
Pishon:
it
flows
through
the
whole
land
of
Havilah,
where
there
is
gold;
\VS{12}and
the
gold
of
that
land
is
good.
Bdellium\FTNT{†}{{\FR 2:12 }
or, aromatic resin}
and
onyx
stone
are also
there.
\VS{13}The
name
of
the
second
river
is
Gihon.
It
is
the
same
river
that
flows
through
the
whole
land
of
Cush.
\VS{14}The
name
of
the
third
river
is Hiddekel.
This
is
the
one
which
flows
in front
of
Assyria.
The
fourth
river
is
the
Euphrates.
\VS{15}The
LORD
God
took
the
man,
and
put
him
into
the
garden
of
Eden
to
cultivate
and
keep
it.
\VS{16}The
LORD
God
commanded
the
man,
saying, “You
may
freely
eat
of
every
tree
of
the
garden;
\VS{17}but
you
shall
not
eat
of
the
tree
of
the
knowledge
of
good
and
evil;
for
in
the
day
that
you
eat
of
it,
you
will
surely
die.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}The
LORD
God
said, “It
is
not
good
for
the
man
to
be
alone.
I
will
make
him
a
helper comparable
to\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 2:18 }
or, suitable for, or appropriate for.}
him.”
\VS{19}Out
of
the
ground
the
LORD
God
formed
every
animal
of
the
field,
and
every
bird
of
the
sky,
and
brought
them
to
the
man
to
see
what
he
would
call
them.
Whatever
the
man
called
every
living
creature
became
its
name.
\VS{20}The
man
gave
names
to
all
livestock,
and
to
the
birds
of
the
sky,
and
to
every
animal
of
the
field;
but
for
man
there
was
not
found
a
helper comparable
to
him.
\VS{21}The
LORD
God
caused
the
man
to
fall
into
a
deep
sleep.
As
the
man
slept,
he
took
one
of
his
ribs,
and
closed
up
the
flesh
in
its
place.
\VS{22}The
LORD
God
made
a
woman
from
the
rib
which
he
had
taken
from
the
man,
and
brought
her
to
the
man.
\VS{23}The
man
said, “This
is
now
bone
of
my
bones,
and
flesh
of
my
flesh.
She
will
be
called ‘woman,’
because
she
was
taken
out
of
Man.”
\VS{24}Therefore
a
man
will
leave
his
father
and
his
mother,
and
will join
with
his
wife,
and
they
will
be
one
flesh.
\VS{25}The
man
and
his
wife
were
both
naked,
and
they
were
not
ashamed.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
the
serpent
was
more subtle
than
any
animal
of
the
field
which
the
LORD
God
had
made.
He
said
to
the
woman, “Has
God
really
said, ‘You
shall
not
eat
of
any
tree
of
the garden’?”
\par }{\PP \VS{2}The
woman
said
to
the
serpent, “We
may
eat
fruit
from
the
trees
of
the
garden,
\VS{3}but
not
the
fruit
of
the
tree
which
is
in
the
middle
of
the
garden.
God
has
said, ‘You
shall
not
eat
of
it.
You
shall
not
touch
it,
lest
you
die.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}The
serpent
said
to
the
woman, “You
won’t
really
die,
\VS{5}for
God
knows
that
in
the
day
you
eat
it,
your
eyes
will
be
opened,
and
you
will
be
like
God,
knowing
good
and
evil.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}When
the
woman
saw
that
the
tree
was
good
for
food,
and
that
it
was
a
delight
to
the
eyes,
and
that
the
tree
was
to
be
desired
to
make
one
wise,
she
took
some
of
its
fruit,
and
ate.
Then
she
gave
some
to
her
husband
with
her,
and
he
ate
it,
too.
\VS{7}Their
eyes
were
opened,
and
they
both
knew
that
they
were
naked.
They
sewed
fig
leaves
together,
and
made
coverings
for
themselves.
\VS{8}They
heard
the
LORD
God’s
voice
walking
in
the
garden
in
the
cool
of
the
day,
and
the
man
and
his
wife
hid
themselves
from
the
presence
of
the
LORD
God amongst
the
trees
of
the
garden.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}The
LORD
God
called
to
the
man,
and
said
to
him, “Where
are
you?”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}The man
said, “I
heard
your
voice
in
the
garden,
and
I
was
afraid,
because
I
was
naked;
so
I
hid
myself.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}God
said, “Who
told
you
that
you
were
naked?
Have
you
eaten
from
the
tree
that
I
commanded
you
not
to
eat
from?”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}The
man
said, “The
woman
whom
you
gave
to
be
with
me,
she
gave
me
fruit
from
the
tree,
and
I
ate
it.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}The
LORD
God
said
to
the
woman, “What
have
you
done?”
\par }{\PP The
woman
said, “The
serpent deceived
me,
and
I
ate.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}The
LORD
God
said
to
the
serpent,
\par }{\Q “Because
you
have
done
this,
\par }{\QB you
are
cursed
above
all
livestock,
\par }{\QB and
above
every
animal
of
the
field.
\par }{\Q You
shall go
on
your
belly
\par }{\QB and
you
shall
eat
dust
all
the
days
of
your
life.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}I
will
put
hostility
between
you
and
the
woman,
\par }{\QB and
between
your
offspring
and
her
offspring.
\par }{\Q He
will
bruise
your
head,
\par }{\QB and
you
will
bruise
his
heel.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}To
the
woman
he
said,
\par }{\Q “I
will
greatly
multiply
your
pain
in
childbirth.
\par }{\QB You
will
bear
children
in
pain.
\par }{\Q Your
desire
will
be
for
your
husband,
\par }{\QB and
he
will
rule
over
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}To
Adam
he
said,
\par }{\Q “Because
you
have
listened
to
your
wife’s
voice,
\par }{\QB and
have
eaten
from
the
tree,
\par }{\QB about
which
I
commanded
you,
saying, ‘You
shall
not
eat
of
it,’
\par }{\QB the
ground
is
cursed
for
your
sake.
\par }{\Q You
will
eat
from
it
with
much labour
all
the
days
of
your
life.
\par }{\QB \VS{18}It
will yield
thorns
and
thistles
to
you;
\par }{\QB and
you
will
eat
the
herb
of
the
field.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}You
will
eat
bread
by
the
sweat
of
your
face
until
you
return
to
the
ground,
\par }{\QB for
you
were
taken
out
of
it.
\par }{\Q For
you
are
dust,
\par }{\QB and
you shall
return
to
dust.”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}The
man
called
his
wife Havah
because
she
would
be
the
mother
of
all
the
living.
\VS{21}The
LORD
God
made
garments
of animal
skins
for Adam
and
for
his
wife,
and
clothed
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}The
LORD
God
said, “Behold,
the
man
has
become
like
one
of
us,
knowing
good
and
evil.
Now,
lest
he
reach
out
his
hand,
and
also
take
of
the
tree
of
life,
and
eat,
and
live
forever—”
\VS{23}Therefore
the
LORD
God
sent
him
out
from
the
garden
of
Eden,
to
till
the
ground
from
which
he
was
taken.
\VS{24}So
he
drove
out
the
man;
and
he placed
cherubim\FTNT{*}{{\FR 3:24 }
cherubim are powerful angelic creatures, messengers of God with wings. See Ezekiel 10.}
at
the
east
of
the
garden
of
Eden,
and
a flaming
sword
which
turned every
way,
to
guard
the
way
to
the
tree
of
life.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
man
knew\FTNT{*}{{\FR 4:1 }
or, lay with, or, had relations with} Havah
his
wife. She
conceived,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 4:1 }
or, became pregnant}
and
gave
birth
to
Cain,
and
said, “I
have
gotten
a
man
with
the
LORD’s help.”
\VS{2}Again she
gave
birth,
to Cain’s
brother
Abel.
Abel
was
a keeper
of
sheep,
but
Cain
was
a
tiller
of
the
ground.
\VS{3}As
time
passed,
Cain
brought
an
offering
to
the
LORD
from
the
fruit
of
the
ground.
\VS{4}Abel
also
brought some
of
the
firstborn
of
his
flock
and
of
its
fat.
The
LORD respected
Abel
and
his
offering,
\VS{5}but
he
didn’t
respect
Cain
and
his
offering.
Cain
was
very
angry,
and
the
expression
on
his
face
fell.
\VS{6}The
LORD
said
to
Cain, “Why
are
you
angry?
Why
has
the
expression
of
your
face
fallen?
\VS{7}If
you
do
well,
won’t
it
be
lifted
up?
If
you
don’t
do
well,
sin crouches
at
the
door.
Its
desire
is
for
you,
but
you
are
to
rule
over
it.”
\VS{8}Cain
said
to
Abel,
his
brother, “Let’s
go
into
the
field.”
While
they
were
in
the
field,
Cain
rose
up
against
Abel,
his
brother,
and
killed
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}The
LORD
said
to
Cain, “Where
is
Abel,
your
brother?”
\par }{\PP He
said, “I
don’t
know.
Am
I
my
brother’s
keeper?”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}The LORD
said, “What
have
you
done?
The
voice
of
your
brother’s
blood
cries
to
me
from
the
ground.
\VS{11}Now
you
are
cursed
because
of
the
ground,
which
has
opened
its
mouth
to
receive
your
brother’s
blood
from
your
hand.
\VS{12}From
now
on,
when
you
till
the
ground,
it
won’t
yield
its
strength
to
you.
You
will
be
a fugitive
and
a
wanderer
in
the
earth.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Cain
said
to
the
LORD, “My
punishment
is
greater
than
I can
bear.
\VS{14}Behold,
you
have
driven
me
out
today
from
the
surface
of
the
ground.
I
will
be
hidden
from
your
face,
and
I
will
be
a fugitive
and
a
wanderer
in
the
earth.
Whoever
finds
me
will
kill
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}The
LORD
said
to
him, “Therefore
whoever
slays
Cain,
vengeance
will
be
taken
on
him
sevenfold.”
The
LORD
appointed
a
sign
for
Cain,
so
that
anyone
finding
him
would
not
strike
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Cain
left
the
LORD’s
presence,
and
lived
in
the
land
of
Nod,
east
of
Eden.
\VS{17}Cain
knew
his
wife.
She
conceived,
and
gave
birth
to
Enoch.
He
built
a
city,
and
named
the
city
after
the
name
of
his
son,
Enoch.
\VS{18}Irad
was
born
to
Enoch.
Irad
became
the
father
of
Mehujael.
Mehujael
became
the
father
of
Methushael.
Methushael
became
the
father
of
Lamech.
\VS{19}Lamech
took
two
wives:
the
name
of
the
first
one
was
Adah,
and
the
name
of
the
second
one
was
Zillah.
\VS{20}Adah
gave
birth
to
Jabal,
who
was
the
father
of
those
who
dwell
in
tents
and
have
livestock.
\VS{21}His
brother’s
name
was
Jubal,
who
was
the
father
of
all
who
handle
the
harp
and
pipe.
\VS{22}Zillah
also
gave
birth
to Tubal Cain,
the
forger
of
every cutting instrument
of
bronze
and
iron. Tubal Cain’s
sister
was
Naamah.
\VS{23}Lamech
said
to
his
wives,
\par }{\Q “Adah
and
Zillah,
hear
my
voice.
\par }{\QB You
wives
of
Lamech,
listen
to
my speech,
\par }{\Q for
I
have
slain
a
man
for
wounding
me,
\par }{\QB a
young
man
for bruising
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}If
Cain will
be
avenged
seven
times,
\par }{\QB truly
Lamech
seventy-seven
times.”
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Adam
knew
his
wife
again.
She
gave
birth
to
a
son,
and
named
him
Seth, saying, “for
God
has
given
me
another
child
instead
of
Abel,
for
Cain
killed
him.”
\VS{26}A
son
was
also
born
to
Seth,
and
he
named
him
Enosh.
At
that
time
men
began
to
call
on
the
LORD’s
name.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}This
is
the
book
of
the
generations
of
Adam.
In
the
day
that
God
created
man,
he
made
him
in
God’s
likeness.
\VS{2}He
created
them
male
and
female,
and
blessed
them.
On
the
day
they
were
created,
he
named
them Adam.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 5:2 }
“Adam” and “Man” are spelled with the exact same consonants in Hebrew, so this can be correctly translated either way.}
\VS{3}Adam
lived
one
hundred
and
thirty
years,
and
became
the
father
of
a son
in
his own
likeness,
after
his
image,
and
named
him
Seth.
\VS{4}The
days
of
Adam
after
he
became
the
father
of
Seth
were
eight
hundred
years,
and
he
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters.
\VS{5}All
the
days
that
Adam
lived
were
nine
hundred
and
thirty
years,
then
he
died.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Seth
lived
one
hundred
and
five
years,
then
became
the
father
of
Enosh.
\VS{7}Seth
lived
after
he
became
the
father
of
Enosh
eight
hundred
and
seven
years,
and
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters.
\VS{8}All
of
the
days
of
Seth
were
nine
hundred
and
twelve
years,
then
he
died.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Enosh
lived
ninety
years,
and
became
the
father
of
Kenan.
\VS{10}Enosh
lived
after
he
became
the
father
of
Kenan
eight
hundred
and
fifteen
years,
and
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters.
\VS{11}All
of
the
days
of
Enosh
were
nine
hundred
and
five
years,
then
he
died.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Kenan
lived
seventy
years,
then
became
the
father
of
Mahalalel.
\VS{13}Kenan
lived
after
he
became
the
father
of
Mahalalel
eight
hundred
and
forty
years,
and
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters
\VS{14}and
all
of
the
days
of
Kenan
were
nine
hundred
and
ten
years,
then
he
died.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Mahalalel
lived sixty-five
years,
then
became
the
father
of
Jared.
\VS{16}Mahalalel
lived
after
he
became
the
father
of
Jared
eight
hundred
and
thirty
years,
and
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters.
\VS{17}All
of
the
days
of
Mahalalel
were
eight
hundred
and ninety-five
years,
then
he
died.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Jared
lived
one
hundred
and sixty-two
years,
then
became
the
father
of
Enoch.
\VS{19}Jared
lived
after
he
became
the
father
of
Enoch
eight
hundred
years,
and
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters.
\VS{20}All
of
the
days
of
Jared
were
nine
hundred
and sixty-two
years,
then
he
died.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Enoch
lived sixty-five
years,
then
became
the
father
of
Methuselah.
\VS{22}After Methuselah’s
birth,
Enoch
walked
with
God
for
three
hundred
years,
and
became
the
father
of more
sons
and
daughters.
\VS{23}All
the
days
of
Enoch
were
three
hundred
and sixty-five
years.
\VS{24}Enoch
walked
with
God,
and
he
was
not
found,
for
God
took
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Methuselah
lived
one
hundred
and
eighty-seven
years,
then
became
the
father
of
Lamech.
\VS{26}Methuselah
lived
after
he
became
the
father
of
Lamech
seven
hundred
and
eighty-two
years,
and
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters.
\VS{27}All
the
days
of
Methuselah
were
nine
hundred
and sixty-nine
years,
then
he
died.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Lamech
lived
one
hundred
and
eighty-two
years,
then
became
the
father
of
a
son.
\VS{29}He
named
him
Noah,
saying, “This
one
will
comfort
us
in
our
work
and
in
the
toil
of
our
hands,
caused
by
the
ground
which
the
LORD
has
cursed.”
\VS{30}Lamech
lived
after
he
became
the
father
of
Noah
five
hundred
and ninety-five
years,
and
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters.
\VS{31}All
the
days
of
Lamech
were
seven
hundred
and
seventy-seven
years,
then
he
died.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}Noah
was
five
hundred
years
old,
then
Noah
became
the
father
of
Shem,
Ham,
and
Japheth.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
men
began
to
multiply
on
the
surface
of
the
ground,
and
daughters
were
born
to
them,
\VS{2}God’s
sons
saw
that
men’s
daughters
were beautiful,
and
they
took
any
that
they wanted
for
themselves
as
wives.
\VS{3}The
LORD
said, “My
Spirit
will
not
strive
with
man
forever,
because
he
also
is
flesh;
so
his
days
will
be
one
hundred
and
twenty
years.”
\VS{4}The
Nephilim\FTNT{*}{{\FR 6:4 }
or, giants}
were
in
the
earth
in
those
days,
and
also
after
that,
when
God’s
sons
came
in
to
men’s
daughters
and
had
children
with
them.
Those
were
the
mighty
men
who
were
of
old,
men
of
renown.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}The
LORD
saw
that
the
wickedness
of
man
was
great
in
the
earth,
and
that
every
imagination
of
the
thoughts
of
man’s
heart
was
continually
only
evil.
\VS{6}The
LORD
was
sorry
that
he
had
made
man
on
the
earth,
and
it
grieved
him
in
his
heart.
\VS{7}The
LORD
said, “I
will
destroy
man
whom
I
have
created
from
the
surface
of
the
ground—man,
along
with
animals,
creeping
things,
and
birds
of
the
sky—for
I
am
sorry
that
I
have
made
them.”
\VS{8}But
Noah
found favour
in
the
LORD’s
eyes.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}This
is
the
history
of
the
generations
of
Noah:
Noah
was
a
righteous
man,
blameless amongst
the
people
of
his
time.
Noah
walked
with
God.
\VS{10}Noah
became
the
father
of
three
sons:
Shem,
Ham,
and
Japheth.
\VS{11}The
earth
was
corrupt
before
God,
and
the
earth
was
filled
with
violence.
\VS{12}God
saw
the
earth,
and
saw
that
it
was
corrupt,
for
all
flesh
had
corrupted
their
way
on
the
earth.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}God
said
to
Noah, “I
will
bring
an
end
to
all
flesh,
for
the
earth
is
filled
with
violence
through
them.
Behold,
I
will
destroy
them
and
the
earth.
\VS{14}Make
a
ship
of
gopher
wood.
You
shall
make
rooms
in
the
ship,
and
shall seal
it
inside
and
outside
with
pitch.
\VS{15}This
is
how
you
shall
make
it.
The
length
of
the
ship
shall be
three
hundred
cubits,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 6:15 }
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimetres.}
its
width
fifty
cubits,
and
its
height
thirty
cubits.
\VS{16}You shall
make
a roof
in
the
ship,
and
you shall
finish
it
to
a
cubit
upward.
You shall
set
the
door
of
the
ship
in
its
side.
You shall
make
it
with
lower,
second,
and
third levels.
\VS{17}I,
even
I,
will
bring
the
flood
of
waters
on
this
earth,
to
destroy
all
flesh having
the
breath
of
life
from
under
the
sky.
Everything
that
is
in
the
earth
will
die.
\VS{18}But
I
will
establish
my
covenant
with
you.
You
shall
come
into
the
ship,
you,
your
sons,
your
wife,
and
your
sons’
wives
with
you.
\VS{19}Of
every
living
thing
of
all
flesh,
you
shall
bring
two
of
every sort
into
the
ship,
to
keep
them
alive
with
you.
They
shall
be
male
and
female.
\VS{20}Of
the
birds
after
their
kind,
of
the
livestock
after
their
kind,
of
every
creeping
thing
of
the
ground
after
its
kind,
two
of
every sort
will
come
to
you,
to
keep
them
alive.
\VS{21}Take
with
you
some
of
all
food
that
is
eaten,
and
gather
it
to
yourself;
and
it
will
be
for
food
for
you,
and
for
them.”
\VS{22}Thus
Noah
did.
He
did
all
that
God
commanded
him.

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
LORD
said
to
Noah, “Come
with
all
of
your
household
into
the
ship,
for
I
have
seen
your righteousness
before
me
in
this
generation.
\VS{2}You
shall
take
seven
pairs
of
every
clean
animal
with
you,
the
male
and
his
female.
Of
the
animals
that
are
not
clean,
take
two,
the
male
and
his
female.
\VS{3}Also
of
the
birds
of
the
sky,
seven
and
seven,
male
and
female,
to keep
seed
alive
on
the
surface
of
all
the
earth.
\VS{4}In
seven
days,
I
will cause
it
to
rain
on
the
earth
for
forty
days
and
forty
nights.
I
will
destroy
every
living
thing
that
I
have
made
from
the
surface
of
the
ground.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Noah
did
everything
that
the
LORD
commanded
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Noah
was
six
hundred
years
old
when
the
flood
of
waters
came
on
the
earth.
\VS{7}Noah
went
into
the
ship
with
his
sons,
his
wife,
and
his
sons’
wives,
because
of
the
floodwaters.
\VS{8}Clean
animals, unclean
animals,
birds,
and
everything
that
creeps
on
the
ground
\VS{9}went
by
pairs
to
Noah
into
the
ship,
male
and
female,
as
God
commanded
Noah.
\VS{10}After
the
seven
days,
the
floodwaters
came
on
the
earth.
\VS{11}In
the
six
hundredth
year
of
Noah’s
life,
in
the
second
month,
on
the seventeenth
day
of
the
month,
on
that
day
all
the
fountains
of
the
great
deep
burst
open,
and
the sky’s
windows
opened.
\VS{12}It rained
on
the
earth
forty
days
and
forty
nights.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}In
the
same
day
Noah,
and
Shem,
Ham,
and
Japheth—the
sons
of
Noah—and
Noah’s
wife
and
the
three
wives
of
his
sons
with
them,
entered
into
the
ship—
\VS{14}they,
and
every
animal
after
its
kind,
all
the
livestock
after
their
kind,
every
creeping
thing
that
creeps
on
the
earth
after
its
kind,
and
every
bird
after
its
kind,
every
bird
of
every sort.
\VS{15}Pairs
from
all
flesh
with
the
breath
of
life
in
them
went
into
the
ship
to
Noah.
\VS{16}Those
who
went
in,
went
in
male
and
female
of
all
flesh,
as
God
commanded
him;
then
the
LORD
shut
him
in.
\VS{17}The
flood
was
forty
days
on
the
earth.
The
waters
increased,
and
lifted
up
the
ship,
and
it
was
lifted
up
above
the
earth.
\VS{18}The
waters
rose,
and
increased
greatly
on
the
earth;
and
the
ship
floated
on
the
surface
of
the
waters.
\VS{19}The
waters
rose
very
high
on
the
earth.
All
the
high
mountains
that
were
under
the
whole
sky
were
covered.
\VS{20}The
waters
rose
fifteen
cubits\FTNT{*}{{\FR 7:20 }
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimetres.}
higher,
and
the
mountains
were
covered.
\VS{21}All
flesh
died
that
moved
on
the
earth,
including
birds,
livestock,
animals,
every creeping
thing
that
creeps
on
the
earth,
and
every
man.
\VS{22}All
on
the
dry
land,
in
whose
nostrils
was
the
breath
of
the
spirit
of
life,
died.
\VS{23}Every
living
thing
was
destroyed
that
was
on
the
surface
of
the
ground,
including
man,
livestock,
creeping
things,
and
birds
of
the
sky.
They
were
destroyed
from
the
earth.
Only
Noah
was
left,
and
those
who
were
with
him
in
the
ship.
\VS{24}The
waters flooded
the
earth
one
hundred
and
fifty
days.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}God
remembered
Noah,
all
the
animals,
and
all
the
livestock
that
were
with
him
in
the
ship;
and
God
made
a
wind
to
pass
over
the
earth.
The
waters
subsided.
\VS{2}The deep’s
fountains
and
the sky’s
windows
were also
stopped,
and
the
rain
from
the
sky
was
restrained.
\VS{3}The
waters
continually
receded
from
the
earth.
After
the
end
of
one
hundred
and
fifty
days
the
waters
receded.
\VS{4}The
ship
rested
in
the
seventh
month,
on
the seventeenth
day
of
the
month,
on Ararat’s
mountains.
\VS{5}The
waters receded
continually
until
the
tenth
month.
In
the
tenth
month,
on
the
first
day
of
the
month,
the
tops
of
the
mountains
were
visible.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}At
the
end
of
forty
days,
Noah
opened
the
window
of
the
ship
which
he
had
made,
\VS{7}and
he
sent
out
a
raven.
It
went
back
and
forth,
until
the
waters
were
dried
up
from
the
earth.
\VS{8}He
himself
sent
out
a
dove
to
see
if
the
waters
were
abated
from
the
surface
of
the
ground,
\VS{9}but
the
dove
found
no
place
to
rest
her
foot,
and
she
returned
into
the
ship
to
him,
for
the
waters
were
on
the
surface
of
the
whole
earth.
He
put
out
his
hand,
and
took
her,
and
brought
her
to
him
into
the
ship.
\VS{10}He waited
yet
another
seven
days;
and
again
he
sent
the
dove
out
of
the
ship.
\VS{11}The
dove
came
back
to
him
at
evening
and,
behold,
in
her
mouth
was
a
freshly
plucked
olive
leaf.
So
Noah
knew
that
the
waters
were
abated
from
the
earth.
\VS{12}He
waited
yet
another
seven
days,
and
sent
out
the
dove;
and
she
didn’t
return
to
him
any
more.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}In
the
six
hundred
and first
year,
in
the
first
month,
the
first
day
of
the
month,
the
waters
were dried
up
from
the
earth.
Noah
removed
the
covering
of
the
ship,
and
looked.
He
saw
that
the
surface
of
the
ground
was
dry.
\VS{14}In
the
second
month,
on
the twenty-seventh
day
of
the
month,
the
earth
was
dry.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}God
spoke
to
Noah,
saying,
\VS{16}“Go
out
of
the
ship,
you,
your
wife,
your
sons,
and
your
sons’
wives
with
you.
\VS{17}Bring
out
with
you
every
living
thing
that
is
with
you
of
all
flesh,
including
birds,
livestock,
and
every
creeping
thing
that
creeps
on
the
earth,
that
they
may
breed
abundantly
in
the
earth,
and
be
fruitful,
and
multiply
on
the
earth.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Noah
went
out,
with
his
sons,
his
wife,
and
his
sons’
wives
with
him.
\VS{19}Every
animal,
every
creeping
thing,
and
every
bird,
whatever
moves
on
the
earth,
after
their
families,
went
out
of
the
ship.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Noah
built
an
altar
to
the
LORD,
and
took
of
every
clean
animal,
and
of
every
clean
bird,
and
offered
burnt
offerings
on
the
altar.
\VS{21}The
LORD
smelled
the pleasant
aroma.
The
LORD
said
in
his
heart, “I
will
not
again
curse
the
ground
any
more
for
man’s
sake
because
the
imagination
of
man’s
heart
is
evil
from
his
youth.
I
will
never
again
strike
every
living
thing,
as
I
have
done.
\VS{22}While
the
earth
remains,
seed
time
and
harvest,
and
cold
and
heat,
and
summer
and
winter,
and
day
and
night
will
not
cease.”

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}God
blessed
Noah
and
his
sons,
and
said
to
them, “Be
fruitful,
multiply,
and replenish
the
earth.
\VS{2}The
fear
of
you
and
the dread
of
you
will
be
on
every
animal
of
the
earth,
and
on
every
bird
of
the
sky.
Everything
that
moves
along
the
ground,
and
all
the
fish
of
the
sea,
are
delivered
into
your
hand.
\VS{3}Every
moving
thing
that
lives
will
be
food
for
you.
As
I
gave
you
the
green
herb,
I
have
given
everything
to
you.
\VS{4}But
flesh
with
its
life,
that
is,
its
blood,
you
shall
not
eat.
\VS{5}I
will
surely
require accounting
for
your life’s
blood.
At
the
hand
of
every
animal
I
will
require
it.
At
the
hand
of
man,
even
at
the
hand
of
every
man’s
brother,
I
will
require
the
life
of
man.
\VS{6}Whoever
sheds
man’s
blood,
his
blood
will
be
shed
by
man,
for
God
made
man
in
his own
image.
\VS{7}Be
fruitful
and
multiply.
Increase
abundantly
in
the
earth,
and
multiply
in it.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}God
spoke
to
Noah
and
to
his
sons
with
him,
saying,
\VS{9}“As
for
me,
behold,
I
establish
my
covenant
with
you,
and
with
your
offspring
after
you,
\VS{10}and
with
every
living
creature
that
is
with
you:
the
birds,
the
livestock,
and
every
animal
of
the
earth
with
you,
of
all
that
go
out
of
the
ship,
even
every
animal
of
the
earth.
\VS{11}I
will
establish
my
covenant
with
you:
All
flesh
will
not
be
cut
off
any
more
by
the
waters
of
the
flood.
There
will
never
again
be
a
flood
to
destroy
the
earth.”
\VS{12}God
said, “This
is
the token
of
the
covenant
which
I
make
between
me
and
you
and
every
living
creature
that
is
with
you,
for
perpetual
generations:
\VS{13}I
set
my
rainbow
in
the
cloud,
and
it
will
be
a
sign
of
a
covenant
between
me
and
the
earth.
\VS{14}When
I
bring
a
cloud
over
the
earth,
that
the
rainbow
will
be
seen
in
the
cloud,
\VS{15}I
will
remember
my
covenant,
which
is
between
me
and
you
and
every
living
creature
of
all
flesh,
and
the
waters
will
no
more
become
a
flood
to
destroy
all
flesh.
\VS{16}The
rainbow
will
be
in
the
cloud.
I
will
look
at
it,
that
I
may
remember
the
everlasting
covenant
between
God
and
every
living
creature
of
all
flesh
that
is
on
the
earth.”
\VS{17}God
said
to
Noah, “This
is
the token
of
the
covenant
which
I
have
established
between
me
and
all
flesh
that
is
on
the
earth.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}The
sons
of
Noah
who
went
out
from
the
ship
were
Shem,
Ham,
and
Japheth.
Ham
is
the
father
of
Canaan.
\VS{19}These
three
were
the
sons
of
Noah,
and
from
these
the
whole
earth
was populated.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Noah
began
to
be
a
farmer,
and
planted
a
vineyard.
\VS{21}He
drank
of
the
wine
and got
drunk.
He
was
uncovered
within
his
tent.
\VS{22}Ham,
the
father
of
Canaan,
saw
the
nakedness
of
his
father,
and
told
his
two
brothers
outside.
\VS{23}Shem
and
Japheth
took
a
garment,
and
laid
it
on
both
their
shoulders,
went
in backwards,
and
covered
the
nakedness
of
their
father.
Their
faces
were backwards,
and
they
didn’t
see
their
father’s
nakedness.
\VS{24}Noah
awoke
from
his
wine,
and
knew
what
his
youngest
son
had
done
to
him.
\VS{25}He
said,
\par }{\Q “Canaan
is
cursed.
\par }{\QB He
will
be
a
servant
of
servants
to
his
brothers.”
\par }{\PP \VS{26}He
said,
\par }{\Q “Blessed
be
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Shem.
\par }{\QB Let
Canaan
be
his
servant.
\par }{\Q \VS{27}May
God
enlarge
Japheth.
\par }{\QB Let
him
dwell
in
the
tents
of
Shem.
\par }{\QB Let
Canaan
be
his
servant.”
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Noah
lived
three
hundred
and
fifty
years
after
the
flood.
\VS{29}All
the
days
of
Noah
were
nine
hundred
and
fifty
years,
and
then
he
died.

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
this
is
the
history
of
the
generations
of
the
sons
of
Noah
and
of
Shem,
Ham,
and
Japheth.
Sons
were
born
to
them
after
the
flood.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}The
sons
of
Japheth
were:
Gomer,
Magog,
Madai,
Javan,
Tubal,
Meshech,
and
Tiras.
\VS{3}The
sons
of
Gomer
were:
Ashkenaz,
Riphath,
and
Togarmah.
\VS{4}The
sons
of
Javan
were:
Elishah,
Tarshish,
Kittim,
and
Dodanim.
\VS{5}Of
these
were
the
islands
of
the
nations
divided
in
their
lands,
everyone
after
his
language,
after
their
families,
in
their
nations.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}The
sons
of
Ham
were:
Cush,
Mizraim,
Put,
and
Canaan.
\VS{7}The
sons
of
Cush
were:
Seba,
Havilah,
Sabtah,
Raamah,
and
Sabteca.
The
sons
of
Raamah
were:
Sheba
and
Dedan.
\VS{8}Cush
became
the
father
of
Nimrod.
He
began
to
be
a
mighty
one
in
the
earth.
\VS{9}He
was
a
mighty
hunter
before
the
LORD.
Therefore
it
is
said, “like
Nimrod,
a
mighty
hunter
before
the
LORD”.
\VS{10}The
beginning
of
his
kingdom
was
Babel,
Erech,
Accad,
and
Calneh,
in
the
land
of
Shinar.
\VS{11}Out
of
that
land
he
went
into
Assyria,
and
built
Nineveh,
Rehoboth Ir,
Calah,
\VS{12}and
Resen
between
Nineveh
and
the
great
city
Calah.
\VS{13}Mizraim
became
the
father
of
Ludim,
Anamim,
Lehabim,
Naphtuhim,
\VS{14}Pathrusim,
Casluhim (which
the
Philistines
descended
from),
and
Caphtorim.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Canaan
became
the
father
of
Sidon (his
firstborn),
Heth,
\VS{16}the
Jebusites,
the
Amorites,
the
Girgashites,
\VS{17}the
Hivites,
the
Arkites,
the
Sinites,
\VS{18}the
Arvadites,
the
Zemarites,
and
the
Hamathites.
Afterward
the
families
of
the
Canaanites
were
spread abroad.
\VS{19}The
border
of
the
Canaanites
was
from
Sidon—as
you
go towards
Gerar—to
Gaza—as
you
go towards
Sodom,
Gomorrah,
Admah,
and
Zeboiim—to
Lasha.
\VS{20}These
are
the
sons
of
Ham,
after
their
families, according
to
their
languages,
in
their
lands
and
their
nations.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Children
were
also
born
to
Shem (the
elder
brother
of
Japheth),
the
father
of
all
the
children
of
Eber.
\VS{22}The
sons
of
Shem
were:
Elam,
Asshur,
Arpachshad,
Lud,
and
Aram.
\VS{23}The
sons
of
Aram
were:
Uz,
Hul,
Gether,
and
Mash.
\VS{24}Arpachshad
became
the
father
of
Shelah.
Shelah
became
the
father
of
Eber.
\VS{25}To
Eber
were
born
two
sons.
The
name
of
the
one
was
Peleg,
for
in
his
days
the
earth
was
divided.
His
brother’s
name
was
Joktan.
\VS{26}Joktan
became
the
father
of
Almodad,
Sheleph,
Hazarmaveth,
Jerah,
\VS{27}Hadoram,
Uzal,
Diklah,
\VS{28}Obal,
Abimael,
Sheba,
\VS{29}Ophir,
Havilah,
and
Jobab.
All
these
were
the
sons
of
Joktan.
\VS{30}Their
dwelling
extended
from
Mesha,
as
you
go towards
Sephar,
the
mountain
of
the
east.
\VS{31}These
are
the
sons
of
Shem,
by
their
families, according
to
their
languages,
lands,
and
nations.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}These
are
the
families
of
the
sons
of
Noah,
by
their
generations,
according
to
their
nations.
The
nations
divided
from
these
in
the
earth
after
the
flood.

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
whole
earth
was
of
one
language
and
of
one
speech.
\VS{2}As
they travelled
east,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 11:2 }
LXX reads “from the east”.}
they
found
a
plain
in
the
land
of
Shinar,
and
they
lived
there.
\VS{3}They
said
to
one
another, “Come, let’s
make
bricks,
and
burn
them
thoroughly.”
They
had
brick
for
stone,
and
they
used
tar
for mortar.
\VS{4}They
said, “Come, let’s
build
ourselves
a
city,
and
a
tower
whose
top reaches
to
the
sky,
and let’s
make
a
name
for
ourselves,
lest
we
be
scattered abroad
on
the
surface
of
the
whole
earth.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}The
LORD
came
down
to
see
the
city
and
the
tower,
which
the
children
of
men
built.
\VS{6}The
LORD
said, “Behold,
they
are
one
people,
and
they
all
have
one
language,
and
this
is
what
they
begin
to
do.
Now
nothing
will
be withheld
from
them,
which
they
intend
to
do.
\VS{7}Come, let’s
go
down,
and
there confuse
their
language,
that
they
may
not
understand
one
another’s
speech.”
\VS{8}So
the
LORD
scattered
them abroad
from
there
on
the
surface
of
all
the
earth.
They
stopped
building
the
city.
\VS{9}Therefore
its
name
was
called
Babel,
because
there
the
LORD
confused
the
language
of
all
the
earth.
From
there,
the
LORD
scattered
them abroad
on
the
surface
of
all
the
earth.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}This
is
the
history
of
the
generations
of
Shem:
Shem
was
one
hundred
years
old
when
he
became
the
father
of
Arpachshad
two
years
after
the
flood.
\VS{11}Shem
lived
five
hundred
years
after
he
became
the
father
of
Arpachshad,
and
became
the
father
of more
sons
and
daughters.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Arpachshad
lived thirty-five
years
and
became
the
father
of
Shelah.
\VS{13}Arpachshad
lived
four
hundred
and
three
years
after
he
became
the
father
of
Shelah,
and
became
the
father
of more
sons
and
daughters.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Shelah
lived
thirty
years,
and
became
the
father
of
Eber.
\VS{15}Shelah
lived
four
hundred
and
three
years
after
he
became
the
father
of
Eber,
and
became
the
father
of more
sons
and
daughters.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Eber
lived thirty-four
years,
and
became
the
father
of
Peleg.
\VS{17}Eber
lived
four
hundred
and
thirty
years
after
he
became
the
father
of
Peleg,
and
became
the
father
of more
sons
and
daughters.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Peleg
lived
thirty
years,
and
became
the
father
of
Reu.
\VS{19}Peleg
lived
two
hundred
and
nine
years
after
he
became
the
father
of
Reu,
and
became
the
father
of more
sons
and
daughters.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Reu
lived thirty-two
years,
and
became
the
father
of
Serug.
\VS{21}Reu
lived
two
hundred
and
seven
years
after
he
became
the
father
of
Serug,
and
became
the
father
of more
sons
and
daughters.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Serug
lived
thirty
years,
and
became
the
father
of
Nahor.
\VS{23}Serug
lived
two
hundred
years
after
he
became
the
father
of
Nahor,
and
became
the
father
of more
sons
and
daughters.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}Nahor
lived
twenty-nine
years,
and
became
the
father
of
Terah.
\VS{25}Nahor
lived
one
hundred
and
nineteen
years
after
he
became
the
father
of
Terah,
and
became
the
father
of more
sons
and
daughters.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}Terah
lived
seventy
years,
and
became
the
father
of
Abram,
Nahor,
and
Haran.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}Now
this
is
the
history
of
the
generations
of
Terah.
Terah
became
the
father
of
Abram,
Nahor,
and
Haran.
Haran
became
the
father
of
Lot.
\VS{28}Haran
died
in
the
land
of
his
birth,
in Ur-Kasdim,
while
his
father
Terah
was still alive.
\VS{29}Abram
and
Nahor
married
wives.
The
name
of
Abram’s
wife
was
Sarai,
and
the
name
of
Nahor’s
wife
was
Milcah,
the
daughter
of
Haran,
who
was also
the
father
of
Iscah.
\VS{30}Sarai
was
barren. She
had
no
child.
\VS{31}Terah
took
Abram
his
son,
Lot
the
son
of
Haran,
his
son’s
son,
and
Sarai
his
daughter-in-law,
his
son
Abram’s
wife.
They
went
from Ur-Kasdim,
to
go
into
the
land
of
Canaan.
They
came
to
Haran
and
lived
there.
\VS{32}The
days
of
Terah
were
two
hundred
and
five
years.
Terah
died
in
Haran.

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
the
LORD
said
to
Abram, “Leave
your
country,
and
your
relatives,
and
your
father’s
house,
and go
to
the
land
that
I
will
show
you.
\VS{2}I
will
make
of
you
a
great
nation.
I
will
bless
you
and
make
your
name
great.
You
will
be
a
blessing.
\VS{3}I
will
bless
those
who
bless
you,
and
I
will
curse
him
who treats
you
with
contempt.
All
the
families
of
the
earth
will
be
blessed
through
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}So
Abram
went,
as
the
LORD
had
told
him.
Lot
went
with
him.
Abram
was
seventy-five
years
old
when
he
departed
from
Haran.
\VS{5}Abram
took
Sarai
his
wife,
Lot
his
brother’s
son,
all
their
possessions
that
they
had
gathered,
and
the
people
whom
they
had
acquired
in
Haran,
and
they
went
to
go
into
the
land
of
Canaan.
They
entered
into
the
land
of
Canaan.
\VS{6}Abram
passed
through
the
land
to
the
place
of
Shechem,
to
the
oak
of
Moreh.
At
that
time,
Canaanites
were
in
the
land.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}The
LORD
appeared
to
Abram
and
said, “I
will
give
this
land
to
your
offspring.”\FTNT{*}{{\FR 12:7 }
or, seed}
\par }{\PP He
built
an
altar
there
to
the
LORD,
who
had
appeared
to
him.
\VS{8}He
left
from
there
to go
to
the
mountain
on
the
east
of
Bethel
and
pitched
his
tent, having
Bethel
on
the
west,
and
Ai
on
the
east.
There
he
built
an
altar
to
the
LORD
and
called
on
the
LORD’s
name.
\VS{9}Abram travelled, still
going
on towards
the
South.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}There
was
a
famine
in
the
land.
Abram
went
down
into
Egypt
to
live
as
a foreigner
there,
for
the
famine
was
severe
in
the
land.
\VS{11}When
he
had
come
near
to
enter
Egypt,
he
said
to
Sarai
his
wife, “See
now,
I
know
that
you
are
a
beautiful
woman
to
look
at.
\VS{12}It
will
happen
that
when
the
Egyptians
see
you,
they
will
say, ‘This
is
his
wife.’
They
will
kill
me,
but
they
will save
you
alive.
\VS{13}Please
say
that
you
are
my
sister,
that
it
may
be
well
with
me
for
your
sake,
and
that
my
soul
may
live
because
of
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}When
Abram
had
come
into
Egypt,
Egyptians
saw
that
the
woman
was
very
beautiful.
\VS{15}The
princes
of
Pharaoh
saw
her,
and
praised
her
to
Pharaoh;
and
the
woman
was
taken
into
Pharaoh’s
house.
\VS{16}He dealt
well
with
Abram
for
her
sake.
He
had
sheep,
cattle,
male
donkeys,
male
servants,
female
servants,
female
donkeys,
and
camels.
\VS{17}The
LORD
afflicted
Pharaoh
and
his
house
with
great
plagues
because
of
Sarai,
Abram’s
wife.
\VS{18}Pharaoh
called
Abram
and
said, “What
is
this
that
you
have
done
to
me?
Why
didn’t
you
tell
me
that
she
was
your
wife?
\VS{19}Why
did
you
say, ‘She
is
my
sister,’
so
that
I
took
her
to
be
my
wife?
Now
therefore,
see
your
wife,
take
her,
and
go
your way.”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Pharaoh
commanded
men
concerning
him,
and
they
escorted
him
away
with
his
wife
and
all
that
he
had.

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Abram
went
up
out
of
Egypt—he,
his
wife,
all
that
he
had,
and
Lot
with
him—into
the
South.
\VS{2}Abram
was
very
rich
in
livestock,
in
silver,
and
in
gold.
\VS{3}He
went
on
his
journeys
from
the
South
as
far
as
Bethel,
to
the
place
where
his
tent
had
been
at
the
beginning,
between
Bethel
and
Ai,
\VS{4}to
the
place
of
the
altar,
which
he
had
made
there
at
the
first.
There
Abram
called
on
the
LORD’s
name.
\VS{5}Lot
also,
who
went
with
Abram,
had
flocks,
herds,
and
tents.
\VS{6}The
land
was
not
able
to
bear
them,
that
they might
live
together;
for
their
possessions
were
so
great
that
they
couldn’t
live
together.
\VS{7}There
was
strife
between
the
herdsmen
of
Abram’s
livestock
and
the
herdsmen
of
Lot’s
livestock.
The
Canaanites
and
the
Perizzites
lived
in
the
land
at
that
time.
\VS{8}Abram
said
to
Lot, “Please,
let
there
be
no
strife
between
you
and
me,
and
between
your
herdsmen
and
my
herdsmen;
for
we
are
relatives.
\VS{9}Isn’t
the
whole
land
before
you?
Please
separate
yourself
from
me.
If
you
go
to
the
left
hand,
then
I
will
go
to
the
right.
Or
if
you
go
to
the
right
hand,
then
I
will
go
to
the
left.”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Lot
lifted
up
his
eyes,
and
saw
all
the
plain
of
the
Jordan,
that
it
was well-watered
everywhere,
before
the
LORD
destroyed
Sodom
and
Gomorrah,
like
the
garden
of
the
LORD,
like
the
land
of
Egypt,
as
you
go
to
Zoar.
\VS{11}So
Lot
chose
the
Plain
of
the
Jordan
for
himself.
Lot travelled
east,
and
they
separated
themselves
from
one
other.
\VS{12}Abram
lived
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
and
Lot
lived
in
the
cities
of
the
plain,
and
moved
his
tent
as
far
as
Sodom.
\VS{13}Now
the
men
of
Sodom
were
exceedingly
wicked
and
sinners
against
the
LORD.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}The
LORD
said
to
Abram,
after
Lot
was
separated
from
him, “Now,
lift
up
your
eyes,
and
look
from
the
place
where
you
are,
northward
and
southward
and
eastward
and
westward,
\VS{15}for
I
will
give
all
the
land
which
you
see
to
you
and
to
your
offspring
forever.
\VS{16}I
will
make
your
offspring
as
the
dust
of
the
earth,
so
that
if
a
man
can
count
the
dust
of
the
earth,
then
your
offspring
may
also
be
counted.
\VS{17}Arise,
walk
through
the
land
in
its
length
and
in
its
width;
for
I
will
give
it
to
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Abram
moved
his
tent,
and
came
and
lived
by
the
oaks
of
Mamre,
which
are
in
Hebron,
and
built
an
altar
there
to
the
LORD.

\par }\Chap{14}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
days
of
Amraphel,
king
of
Shinar;
Arioch,
king
of
Ellasar;
Chedorlaomer,
king
of
Elam;
and
Tidal,
king
of
Goiim,
\VS{2}they
made
war
with
Bera,
king
of
Sodom;
Birsha,
king
of
Gomorrah;
Shinab,
king
of
Admah;
Shemeber,
king
of
Zeboiim;
and
the
king
of
Bela (also called
Zoar).
\VS{3}All
these
joined
together
in
the
valley
of
Siddim (also called
the
Salt
Sea).
\VS{4}They
served
Chedorlaomer
for
twelve
years,
and
in
the thirteenth
year
they
rebelled.
\VS{5}In
the fourteenth
year
Chedorlaomer
and
the
kings
who
were
with
him
came
and
struck
the
Rephaim
in Ashteroth Karnaim,
the
Zuzim
in
Ham,
the Emim
in
Shaveh
Kiriathaim,
\VS{6}and
the
Horites
in
their
Mount
Seir,
to El Paran,
which
is
by
the
wilderness.
\VS{7}They
returned,
and
came
to En Mishpat (also called
Kadesh),
and
struck
all
the
country
of
the
Amalekites,
and
also
the
Amorites,
that
lived
in Hazazon Tamar.
\VS{8}The
king
of
Sodom,
and
the
king
of
Gomorrah,
the
king
of
Admah,
the
king
of
Zeboiim,
and
the
king
of
Bela (also called
Zoar)
went
out;
and
they
set
the
battle
in
array
against
them
in
the
valley
of
Siddim
\VS{9}against
Chedorlaomer
king
of
Elam,
Tidal
king
of
Goiim,
Amraphel
king
of
Shinar,
and
Arioch
king
of
Ellasar;
four
kings
against
the
five.
\VS{10}Now
the
valley
of
Siddim
was full
of
tar
pits;
and
the
kings
of
Sodom
and
Gomorrah
fled,
and
some
fell
there. Those
who
remained
fled
to
the
hills.
\VS{11}They
took
all
the
goods
of
Sodom
and
Gomorrah,
and
all
their
food,
and went
their
way.
\VS{12}They
took
Lot,
Abram’s
brother’s
son,
who
lived
in
Sodom,
and
his
goods,
and departed.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}One
who
had escaped
came
and
told
Abram,
the
Hebrew.
At
that time,
he
lived
by
the
oaks
of
Mamre,
the
Amorite,
brother
of
Eshcol
and
brother
of
Aner.
They
were allies
of
Abram.
\VS{14}When
Abram
heard
that
his
relative
was
taken
captive,
he
led
out
his
three
hundred
and
eighteen
trained
men,
born
in
his
house,
and
pursued
as
far
as
Dan.
\VS{15}He
divided
himself
against
them
by
night,
he
and
his
servants,
and
struck
them,
and
pursued
them
to
Hobah,
which
is
on
the
left
hand
of
Damascus.
\VS{16}He
brought
back
all
the
goods,
and
also
brought
back
his
relative
Lot
and
his
goods,
and
the
women
also,
and
the
other
people.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}The
king
of
Sodom
went
out
to
meet
him
after
his
return
from
the
slaughter
of
Chedorlaomer
and
the
kings
who
were
with
him,
at
the
valley
of
Shaveh (that
is,
the
King’s
Valley).
\VS{18}Melchizedek
king
of
Salem
brought
out
bread
and
wine.
He
was
priest
of
God
Most High.
\VS{19}He
blessed
him,
and
said, “Blessed
be
Abram
of
God Most High,
possessor
of
heaven
and
earth.
\VS{20}Blessed
be
God Most High,
who
has
delivered
your enemies
into
your
hand.”
\par }{\PP Abram
gave
him
a
tenth
of
all.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}The
king
of
Sodom
said
to
Abram, “Give
me
the
people,
and
take
the
goods
for
yourself.”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Abram
said
to
the
king
of
Sodom, “I
have
lifted
up
my
hand
to
the
LORD,
God
Most
High,
possessor
of
heaven
and
earth,
\VS{23}that
I
will
not
take
a
thread
nor
a
sandal
strap
nor
anything
that
is yours, lest
you
should
say, ‘I
have
made
Abram
rich.’
\VS{24}I
will
accept
nothing
from
you
except
that
which
the
young
men
have
eaten,
and
the
portion
of
the
men
who
went
with
me:
Aner,
Eshcol,
and
Mamre.
Let
them
take
their
portion.”

\par }\Chap{15}{\PP \VerseOne{1}After
these
things
the
LORD’s
word
came
to
Abram
in
a
vision,
saying, “Don’t
be
afraid,
Abram.
I
am
your
shield,
your
exceedingly
great
reward.”
\par }{\PP \VS{2}Abram
said, “Lord\FTNT{*}{{\FR 15:2 }
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai”.}
GOD,
what
will
you
give
me, since
I
go
childless,
and
he
who
will inherit
my
estate
is
Eliezer
of
Damascus?”
\VS{3}Abram
said, “Behold,
you
have
given
no
children
to
me:
and,
behold,
one
born
in
my
house
is
my
heir.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Behold,
the
LORD’s
word
came
to
him,
saying, “This man
will
not
be
your
heir,
but
he
who
will
come
out
of
your
own
body
will
be
your
heir.”
\VS{5}The LORD
brought
him
outside,
and
said, “Look
now towards
the
sky,
and
count
the
stars,
if
you
are
able
to
count
them.”
He
said
to Abram, “So
your
offspring
will
be.”
\VS{6}He
believed
in
the
LORD,
who
credited
it
to
him
for
righteousness.
\VS{7}He
said
to Abram, “I
am
the
LORD
who
brought
you
out
of Ur-Kasdim,
to
give
you
this
land
to
inherit
it.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}He
said, “Lord
GOD,
how
will
I
know
that
I
will
inherit
it?”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}He
said
to
him, “Bring
me
a
heifer
three years
old,
a
female
goat
three years
old,
a
ram
three years
old,
a
turtledove,
and
a
young
pigeon.”
\VS{10}He
brought
him
all
these,
and divided
them
in
the
middle,
and
laid
each
half
opposite
the
other;
but
he
didn’t
divide
the
birds.
\VS{11}The
birds
of
prey
came
down
on
the
carcasses,
and
Abram
drove
them
away.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}When
the
sun
was
going
down,
a
deep
sleep
fell
on
Abram.
Now
terror
and
great
darkness
fell
on
him.
\VS{13}He
said
to
Abram, “Know
for
sure
that
your
offspring
will live
as
foreigners
in
a
land
that
is
not theirs,
and
will
serve
them.
They
will
afflict
them
four
hundred
years.
\VS{14}I
will
also
judge
that
nation,
whom
they
will
serve.
Afterward
they
will
come
out
with
great
wealth;
\VS{15}but
you
will
go
to
your
fathers
in
peace.
You
will
be
buried
at
a
good
old
age.
\VS{16}In
the
fourth
generation
they
will
come
here
again,
for
the
iniquity
of
the
Amorite
is
not
yet
full.”
\VS{17}It
came
to
pass
that,
when
the
sun
went
down,
and
it
was
dark,
behold,
a
smoking
furnace
and
a
flaming
torch
passed
between
these
pieces.
\VS{18}In
that
day
the
LORD
made
a
covenant
with
Abram,
saying, “I
have
given
this
land
to
your
offspring,
from
the
river
of
Egypt
to
the
great
river,
the
river
Euphrates:
\VS{19}the land
of
the
Kenites,
the
Kenizzites,
the
Kadmonites,
\VS{20}the
Hittites,
the
Perizzites,
the
Rephaim,
\VS{21}the
Amorites,
the
Canaanites,
the
Girgashites,
and
the
Jebusites.”

\par }\Chap{16}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
Sarai,
Abram’s
wife,
bore
him
no
children.
She
had
a
servant,
an
Egyptian,
whose
name
was
Hagar.
\VS{2}Sarai
said
to
Abram, “See
now,
the
LORD
has
restrained
me
from
bearing.
Please
go
in
to
my
servant.
It
may
be
that
I
will
obtain
children
by
her.”
Abram
listened
to
the
voice
of
Sarai.
\VS{3}Sarai,
Abram’s
wife,
took
Hagar
the
Egyptian,
her
servant,
after
Abram
had
lived
ten
years
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
and
gave
her
to
Abram
her
husband
to
be
his
wife.
\VS{4}He
went
in
to
Hagar,
and
she
conceived.
When
she
saw
that
she
had
conceived,
her
mistress
was
despised
in
her
eyes.
\VS{5}Sarai
said
to
Abram, “This
wrong
is
your fault.
I
gave
my
servant
into
your
bosom,
and
when
she
saw
that
she
had
conceived,
she
despised
me.
May
The
LORD
judge
between
me
and
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}But
Abram
said
to
Sarai, “Behold,
your
maid
is
in
your
hand.
Do
to
her
whatever
is
good
in
your
eyes.”
Sarai dealt harshly
with
her,
and
she
fled
from
her
face.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}The
LORD’s
angel
found
her
by
a fountain
of
water
in
the
wilderness,
by
the fountain
on
the
way
to
Shur.
\VS{8}He
said, “Hagar,
Sarai’s
servant,
where did
you
come
from?
Where
are
you
going?”
\par }{\PP She
said, “I
am
fleeing
from
the
face
of
my
mistress
Sarai.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}The
LORD’s
angel
said
to
her, “Return
to
your
mistress,
and submit
yourself
under
her
hands.”
\VS{10}The
LORD’s
angel
said
to
her, “I
will
greatly
multiply
your
offspring,
that
they
will
not
be
counted
for
multitude.”
\VS{11}The
LORD’s
angel
said
to
her, “Behold,
you
are
with
child,
and
will
bear
a
son.
You
shall
call
his
name
Ishmael,
because
the
LORD
has
heard
your affliction.
\VS{12}He
will
be
like
a
wild
donkey amongst
men.
His
hand
will
be
against
every
man,
and
every
man’s
hand
against
him.
He
will
live
opposed
to
all
of
his
brothers.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}She
called
the
name
of
the
LORD
who
spoke
to
her, “You
are
a
God
who
sees,”
for
she
said, “Have
I
even stayed
alive
after
seeing
him?”
\VS{14}Therefore
the
well
was
called Beer Lahai Roi.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 16:14 }
Beer Lahai Roi means “well of the one who lives and sees me”.}
Behold,
it
is
between
Kadesh
and
Bered.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Hagar
bore
a
son
for
Abram.
Abram
called
the
name
of
his
son,
whom
Hagar
bore,
Ishmael.
\VS{16}Abram
was
eighty-six
years
old
when
Hagar
bore
Ishmael
to
Abram.

\par }\Chap{17}{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
Abram
was ninety-nine
years
old,
the
LORD
appeared
to
Abram
and
said
to
him, “I
am
God
Almighty.
Walk
before
me
and
be
blameless.
\VS{2}I
will
make
my
covenant
between
me
and
you,
and
will
multiply
you
exceedingly.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Abram
fell
on
his
face.
God
talked
with
him,
saying,
\VS{4}“As
for
me,
behold,
my
covenant
is
with
you.
You
will
be
the
father
of
a
multitude
of
nations.
\VS{5}Your
name
will
no
more
be
called
Abram,
but
your
name
will
be
Abraham;
for
I
have
made
you
the
father
of
a
multitude
of
nations.
\VS{6}I
will
make
you
exceedingly
fruitful,
and
I
will
make
nations
of
you.
Kings
will
come
out
of
you.
\VS{7}I
will
establish
my
covenant
between
me
and
you
and
your
offspring
after
you
throughout
their
generations
for
an
everlasting
covenant,
to
be
a
God
to
you
and
to
your
offspring
after
you.
\VS{8}I
will
give
to
you,
and
to
your
offspring
after
you,
the
land
where
you
are travelling,
all
the
land
of
Canaan,
for
an
everlasting
possession.
I
will
be
their
God.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}God
said
to
Abraham, “As
for
you,
you
shall
keep
my
covenant,
you
and
your
offspring
after
you
throughout
their
generations.
\VS{10}This
is
my
covenant,
which
you
shall
keep,
between
me
and
you
and
your
offspring
after
you.
Every
male amongst
you
shall
be
circumcised.
\VS{11}You
shall
be circumcised
in
the
flesh
of
your
foreskin.
It
will
be
a token
of
the
covenant
between
me
and
you.
\VS{12}He
who
is
eight
days
old
shall
be
circumcised amongst
you,
every
male
throughout
your
generations,
he
who
is
born
in
the
house,
or
bought
with
money
from
any
foreigner
who
is
not
of
your
offspring.
\VS{13}He
who
is
born
in
your
house,
and
he
who
is
bought
with
your
money, must
be
circumcised.
My
covenant
shall
be
in
your
flesh
for
an
everlasting
covenant.
\VS{14}The
uncircumcised
male
who
is
not
circumcised
in
the
flesh
of
his
foreskin,
that
soul
shall
be
cut
off
from
his
people.
He
has
broken
my
covenant.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}God
said
to
Abraham, “As
for
Sarai
your
wife,
you
shall
not
call
her
name
Sarai,
but
her
name
shall
be
Sarah.
\VS{16}I
will
bless
her,
and
moreover
I
will
give
you
a
son
by
her.
Yes,
I
will
bless
her,
and
she
will
be
a mother
of
nations.
Kings
of
peoples
will
come
from
her.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Then
Abraham
fell
on
his
face,
and
laughed,
and
said
in
his
heart, “Will
a
child
be
born
to
him
who
is
one
hundred
years
old?
Will
Sarah,
who
is
ninety
years
old,
give
birth?”
\VS{18}Abraham
said
to
God, “Oh
that
Ishmael
might
live
before
you!”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}God
said, “No,
but
Sarah,
your
wife,
will
bear
you
a
son.
You
shall
call
his
name
Isaac.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 17:19 }
Isaac means “he laughs”.}
I
will
establish
my
covenant
with
him
for
an
everlasting
covenant
for
his
offspring
after
him.
\VS{20}As
for
Ishmael,
I
have
heard
you.
Behold,
I
have
blessed
him,
and
will
make
him
fruitful,
and
will
multiply
him
exceedingly.
He
will
become
the
father
of
twelve
princes,
and
I
will
make
him
a
great
nation.
\VS{21}But
I
will
establish
my
covenant
with
Isaac,
whom
Sarah
will
bear
to
you
at
this
set
time
next
year.”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}When
he
finished
talking
with
him,
God
went
up
from
Abraham.
\VS{23}Abraham
took
Ishmael
his
son,
all
who
were
born
in
his
house,
and
all
who
were
bought
with
his
money:
every
male amongst
the
men
of
Abraham’s
house,
and
circumcised
the
flesh
of
their
foreskin
in
the
same
day,
as
God
had
said
to
him.
\VS{24}Abraham
was ninety-nine
years
old
when
he
was
circumcised
in
the
flesh
of
his
foreskin.
\VS{25}Ishmael,
his
son,
was
thirteen
years
old
when
he
was
circumcised
in
the
flesh
of
his
foreskin.
\VS{26}In
the
same
day both
Abraham
and
Ishmael,
his
son,
were
circumcised.
\VS{27}All
the
men
of
his
house,
those
born
in
the
house,
and
those
bought
with
money
from
a
foreigner,
were
circumcised
with
him.

\par }\Chap{18}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
LORD
appeared
to
him
by
the
oaks
of
Mamre,
as
he
sat
in
the
tent
door
in
the
heat
of
the
day.
\VS{2}He
lifted
up
his
eyes
and
looked,
and
saw
that
three
men
stood
near
him.
When
he
saw
them,
he
ran
to
meet
them
from
the
tent
door,
and
bowed
himself
to
the
earth,
\VS{3}and
said, “My
lord,
if
now
I
have
found favour
in
your
sight,
please
don’t
go
away
from
your
servant.
\VS{4}Now
let
a
little
water
be fetched,
wash
your
feet,
and
rest
yourselves
under
the
tree.
\VS{5}I
will
get
a
piece
of
bread
so
you
can
refresh
your
heart.
After
that
you
may
go
your
way,
now
that
you
have come
to
your
servant.”
\par }{\PP They
said, “Very
well,
do
as
you
have
said.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Abraham
hurried
into
the
tent
to
Sarah,
and
said, “Quickly
prepare
three
seahs\FTNT{*}{{\FR 18:6 }
1 seah is about 7 litres or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks}
of
fine
meal,
knead
it,
and
make
cakes.”
\VS{7}Abraham
ran
to
the
herd,
and fetched
a
tender
and
good
calf,
and
gave
it
to
the
servant.
He
hurried
to dress
it.
\VS{8}He
took
butter,
milk,
and
the
calf
which
he
had dressed,
and
set
it
before
them.
He
stood
by
them
under
the
tree,
and
they
ate.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}They
asked
him, “Where
is
Sarah,
your
wife?”
\par }{\PP He
said, “There,
in
the
tent.”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}He
said, “I
will
certainly
return
to
you
at
about
this
time
next
year;
and
behold,
Sarah
your
wife
will
have
a
son.”
\par }{\PP Sarah
heard
in
the
tent
door,
which
was
behind
him.
\VS{11}Now
Abraham
and
Sarah
were
old, well
advanced
in
age.
Sarah
had
passed
the
age
of childbearing.
\VS{12}Sarah
laughed
within
herself,
saying, “After
I
have
grown
old
will
I
have pleasure,
my
lord
being
old
also?”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}The
LORD
said
to
Abraham, “Why
did
Sarah
laugh,
saying, ‘Will
I
really
bear
a
child
when
I
am
old?’
\VS{14}Is
anything
too
hard
for
the
LORD?
At
the
set
time
I
will
return
to
you,
when
the
season comes
around,
and
Sarah
will
have
a
son.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Then
Sarah
denied
it,
saying, “I
didn’t
laugh,”
for
she
was
afraid.
\par }{\PP He
said, “No,
but
you
did
laugh.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}The
men
rose
up
from
there,
and
looked towards
Sodom.
Abraham
went
with
them
to see
them
on
their
way.
\VS{17}The
LORD
said, “Will
I
hide
from
Abraham
what
I
do,
\VS{18}since
Abraham
will
surely
become
a
great
and
mighty
nation,
and
all
the
nations
of
the
earth
will
be
blessed
in
him?
\VS{19}For
I
have
known
him,
to
the
end
that
he
may
command
his
children
and
his
household
after
him,
that
they
may
keep
the
way
of
the
LORD,
to
do
righteousness
and
justice;
to
the
end
that
the
LORD
may
bring
on
Abraham
that
which
he
has
spoken
of
him.”
\VS{20}The
LORD
said, “Because
the
cry
of
Sodom
and
Gomorrah
is
great,
and
because
their
sin
is
very grievous,
\VS{21}I
will
go
down
now,
and
see
whether
their deeds
are
as bad
as
the reports which
have
come
to
me.
If
not,
I
will
know.”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}The
men
turned
from
there,
and
went towards
Sodom,
but
Abraham
stood
yet
before
the
LORD.
\VS{23}Abraham
came
near,
and
said, “Will
you consume
the
righteous
with
the
wicked?
\VS{24}What
if
there
are
fifty
righteous
within
the
city?
Will
you consume
and
not
spare
the
place
for
the
fifty
righteous
who
are
in
it?
\VS{25}May
it
be
far
from
you
to
do
things
like
that,
to
kill
the
righteous
with
the
wicked,
so
that
the
righteous
should
be
like
the
wicked.
May
that
be
far
from
you. Shouldn’t
the
Judge
of
all
the
earth
do
right?”
\par }{\PP \VS{26}The
LORD
said, “If
I
find
in
Sodom
fifty
righteous
within
the
city,
then
I
will
spare
the
whole
place
for
their
sake.”
\VS{27}Abraham
answered, “See
now,
I
have taken
it
on
myself
to
speak
to
the
Lord,
although
I
am
dust
and
ashes.
\VS{28}What
if
there
will
lack
five
of
the
fifty
righteous?
Will
you
destroy
all
the
city
for
lack
of
five?”
\par }{\PP He
said, “I
will
not
destroy
it
if
I
find
forty-five
there.”
\par }{\PP \VS{29}He
spoke
to
him
yet
again,
and
said, “What
if
there
are
forty
found
there?”
\par }{\PP He
said, “I
will
not
do
it
for
the forty’s
sake.”
\par }{\PP \VS{30}He
said, “Oh
don’t
let
the
Lord
be
angry,
and
I
will
speak.
What
if
there
are
thirty
found
there?”
\par }{\PP He
said, “I
will
not
do
it
if
I
find
thirty
there.”
\par }{\PP \VS{31}He
said, “See
now,
I
have
taken
it
on myself
to
speak
to
the
Lord.
What
if
there
are
twenty
found
there?”
\par }{\PP He
said, “I
will
not
destroy
it
for
the twenty’s
sake.”
\par }{\PP \VS{32}He
said, “Oh
don’t
let
the
Lord
be
angry,
and
I
will
speak
just
once
more.
What
if
ten
are
found
there?”
\par }{\PP He
said, “I
will
not
destroy
it
for
the ten’s
sake.”
\par }{\PP \VS{33}The
LORD
went
his way
as soon
as
he
had
finished communing
with
Abraham,
and
Abraham
returned
to
his
place.

\par }\Chap{19}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
two
angels
came
to
Sodom
at
evening.
Lot
sat
in
the
gate
of
Sodom.
Lot
saw
them,
and
rose
up
to
meet
them.
He
bowed
himself
with
his
face
to
the
earth,
\VS{2}and
he
said, “See
now,
my
lords,
please
come
into
your
servant’s
house,
stay
all night,
wash
your
feet,
and
you
can
rise
up
early,
and
go
on
your
way.”
\par }{\PP They
said, “No,
but
we
will
stay
in
the
street
all night.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}He
urged
them
greatly,
and
they
came
in
with
him,
and
entered
into
his
house.
He
made
them
a
feast,
and
baked
unleavened
bread,
and
they
ate.
\VS{4}But
before
they
lay
down,
the
men
of
the
city,
the
men
of
Sodom,
surrounded
the
house,
both
young
and
old,
all
the
people
from
every quarter.
\VS{5}They
called
to
Lot,
and
said
to
him, “Where
are
the
men
who
came
in
to
you
this
night?
Bring
them
out
to
us,
that
we
may
have sex
with
them.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Lot
went
out
to
them
through
the
door,
and
shut
the
door
after
himself.
\VS{7}He
said, “Please,
my
brothers,
don’t
act
so wickedly.
\VS{8}See
now,
I
have
two virgin
daughters.
Please
let
me
bring
them
out
to
you,
and
you
may
do
to
them
what
seems
good
to
you.
Only
don’t
do
anything
to
these
men,
because
they
have
come
under
the
shadow
of
my
roof.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}They
said, “Stand
back!”
Then
they
said, “This
one
fellow
came
in
to
live
as
a foreigner,
and
he appoints
himself
a
judge.
Now
we
will
deal worse
with
you than
with
them!”
They
pressed
hard
on
the
man
Lot,
and
came
near
to
break
the
door.
\VS{10}But
the
men
reached
out
their
hand,
and
brought
Lot
into
the
house
to
them,
and
shut
the
door.
\VS{11}They
struck
the
men
who
were
at
the
door
of
the
house
with
blindness, both
small
and
great,
so
that
they
wearied
themselves
to
find
the
door.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}The
men
said
to
Lot, “Do
you
have anybody
else
here? Sons-in-law,
your
sons,
your
daughters,
and
whomever
you
have
in
the
city,
bring
them
out
of
the
place:
\VS{13}for
we
will
destroy
this
place,
because
the
outcry
against
them
has
grown
so
great
before
the
LORD
that
the
LORD
has
sent
us
to
destroy
it.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Lot
went
out,
and
spoke
to
his sons-in-law,
who
were pledged
to
marry
his
daughters,
and
said, “Get
up!
Get
out
of
this
place,
for
the
LORD
will
destroy
the
city!”
\par }{\PP But
he
seemed
to
his sons-in-law
to
be joking.
\VS{15}When
the
morning
came,
then
the
angels
hurried
Lot,
saying, “Get
up!
Take
your
wife
and
your
two
daughters
who
are
here,
lest
you
be consumed
in
the
iniquity
of
the
city.”
\VS{16}But
he lingered;
and
the
men
grabbed
his
hand,
his
wife’s
hand,
and
his
two daughters’
hands,
the
LORD being merciful
to
him;
and
they
took
him
out,
and
set
him
outside
of
the
city.
\VS{17}It
came
to
pass,
when
they
had
taken
them
out,
that
he
said, “Escape
for
your
life!
Don’t
look
behind
you,
and
don’t
stay
anywhere
in
the
plain.
Escape
to
the
mountains,
lest
you
be consumed!”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Lot
said
to
them, “Oh,
not
so,
my
lord.
\VS{19}See
now,
your
servant
has
found favour
in
your
sight,
and
you
have
magnified
your loving
kindness,
which
you
have
shown
to
me
in saving
my
life.
I
can’t
escape
to
the
mountain,
lest
evil
overtake
me,
and
I
die.
\VS{20}See
now,
this
city
is
near
to
flee
to,
and
it
is
a
little
one.
Oh
let
me
escape
there (isn’t
it
a
little
one?),
and
my
soul
will
live.”
\par }{\PP \VS{21}He
said
to
him, “Behold,
I
have
granted
your
request
concerning
this
thing
also,
that
I
will
not
overthrow
the
city
of
which
you
have
spoken.
\VS{22}Hurry,
escape
there,
for
I
can’t
do
anything
until
you
get
there.”
Therefore
the
name
of
the
city
was
called
Zoar.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 19:22 }
Zoar means “little”.}
\par }{\PP \VS{23}The
sun
had
risen
on
the
earth
when
Lot
came
to
Zoar.
\VS{24}Then
the
LORD
rained
on
Sodom
and
on
Gomorrah sulphur
and
fire
from
the
LORD
out
of
the
sky.
\VS{25}He
overthrew
those
cities,
all
the
plain,
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
cities,
and
that which
grew
on
the
ground.
\VS{26}But Lot’s
wife
looked
back
from
behind
him,
and
she
became
a
pillar
of
salt.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}Abraham
went
up
early
in
the
morning
to
the
place
where
he
had
stood
before
the
LORD.
\VS{28}He
looked towards
Sodom
and
Gomorrah,
and towards
all
the
land
of
the
plain,
and
saw
that
the
smoke
of
the
land
went
up
as
the
smoke
of
a
furnace.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}When
God
destroyed
the
cities
of
the
plain,
God
remembered
Abraham,
and
sent
Lot
out
of
the
middle
of
the
overthrow,
when
he
overthrew
the
cities
in
which
Lot
lived.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}Lot
went
up
out
of
Zoar,
and
lived
in
the
mountain,
and
his
two
daughters
with
him;
for
he
was
afraid
to
live
in
Zoar.
He
lived
in
a
cave
with
his
two
daughters.
\VS{31}The
firstborn
said
to
the
younger, “Our
father
is
old,
and
there
is
not
a
man
in
the
earth
to
come
in
to
us
in
the
way
of
all
the
earth.
\VS{32}Come, let’s
make
our
father
drink
wine,
and we
will
lie
with
him,
that we
may
preserve
our
father’s
family
line.”
\VS{33}They
made
their
father
drink
wine
that
night:
and
the
firstborn
went
in,
and
lay
with
her
father.
He
didn’t
know
when
she
lay
down,
nor
when
she
arose.
\VS{34}It
came
to
pass
on
the
next
day,
that
the
firstborn
said
to
the
younger, “Behold,
I
lay
last
night
with
my
father. Let’s
make
him
drink
wine
again
tonight.
You
go
in,
and
lie
with
him,
that
we
may
preserve
our
father’s
family
line.”
\VS{35}They
made
their
father
drink
wine
that
night
also.
The
younger
went
and
lay
with
him.
He
didn’t
know
when
she
lay
down,
nor
when
she
got
up.
\VS{36}Thus
both
of
Lot’s
daughters
were
with
child
by
their
father.
\VS{37}The
firstborn
bore
a
son,
and
named
him
Moab.
He
is
the
father
of
the
Moabites
to
this
day.
\VS{38}The
younger
also
bore
a
son,
and
called
his
name Ben Ammi.
He
is
the
father
of
the
children
of
Ammon
to
this
day.

\par }\Chap{20}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Abraham travelled
from
there towards
the
land
of
the
South,
and
lived
between
Kadesh
and
Shur.
He
lived
as
a foreigner
in
Gerar.
\VS{2}Abraham
said
about
Sarah
his
wife, “She
is
my
sister.”
Abimelech
king
of
Gerar
sent,
and
took
Sarah.
\VS{3}But
God
came
to
Abimelech
in
a
dream
of
the
night,
and
said
to
him, “Behold,
you
are
a
dead
man,
because
of
the
woman
whom
you
have
taken;
for
she
is
a
man’s
wife.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Now
Abimelech
had
not
come
near
her.
He
said, “Lord,
will
you
kill
even
a
righteous
nation?
\VS{5}Didn’t
he
tell
me, ‘She
is
my sister’?
She,
even
she
herself,
said, ‘He
is
my
brother.’
I
have
done
this
in
the
integrity
of
my
heart
and
the
innocence
of
my
hands.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}God
said
to
him
in
the
dream, “Yes,
I
know
that
in
the
integrity
of
your
heart
you
have
done
this,
and
I
also
withheld
you
from
sinning
against
me.
Therefore
I
didn’t
allow
you
to
touch
her.
\VS{7}Now
therefore,
restore
the
man’s
wife.
For
he
is
a
prophet,
and
he
will
pray
for
you,
and
you
will
live.
If
you
don’t
restore
her,
know
for
sure
that
you
will
die,
you,
and
all
who
are
yours.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Abimelech
rose
early
in
the
morning,
and
called
all
his
servants,
and
told
all
these
things
in
their
ear.
The
men
were
very scared.
\VS{9}Then
Abimelech
called
Abraham,
and
said
to
him, “What
have
you
done
to
us?
How
have
I
sinned
against
you,
that
you
have
brought
on
me
and
on
my
kingdom
a
great
sin?
You
have
done
deeds
to
me
that ought
not
to
be
done!”
\VS{10}Abimelech
said
to
Abraham, “What
did
you
see,
that
you
have
done
this
thing?”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Abraham
said, “Because
I
thought, ‘Surely
the
fear
of
God
is
not
in
this
place.
They
will
kill
me
for
my
wife’s
sake.’
\VS{12}Besides,
she
is
indeed
my
sister,
the
daughter
of
my
father,
but
not
the
daughter
of
my
mother;
and
she
became
my
wife.
\VS{13}When
God
caused
me
to
wander
from
my
father’s
house,
I
said
to
her, ‘This
is
your
kindness
which
you
shall
show
to
me.
Everywhere
that
we
go,
say
of
me, “He
is
my
brother.” ’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Abimelech
took
sheep
and
cattle,
male
servants
and
female
servants,
and
gave
them
to
Abraham,
and
restored
Sarah,
his
wife,
to
him.
\VS{15}Abimelech
said, “Behold,
my
land
is
before
you.
Dwell
where
it
pleases
you.”
\VS{16}To
Sarah
he
said, “Behold,
I
have
given
your
brother
a
thousand pieces
of
silver.
Behold,
it
is
for
you
a
covering
of
the
eyes
to
all
that
are
with
you.
In front
of
all
you
are vindicated.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Abraham
prayed
to
God.
So
God
healed
Abimelech,
his
wife,
and
his
female servants,
and
they
bore
children.
\VS{18}For
the
LORD
had
closed
up tight
all
the
wombs
of
the
house
of
Abimelech,
because
of
Sarah,
Abraham’s
wife.

\par }\Chap{21}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
LORD
visited
Sarah
as
he
had
said,
and
the
LORD
did
to
Sarah
as
he
had
spoken.
\VS{2}Sarah
conceived,
and
bore
Abraham
a
son
in
his
old
age,
at
the
set
time
of
which
God
had
spoken
to
him.
\VS{3}Abraham
called
his
son
who
was
born
to
him,
whom
Sarah
bore
to
him,
Isaac.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 21:3 }
Isaac means “He laughs”.}
\VS{4}Abraham
circumcised
his
son,
Isaac,
when
he
was
eight
days
old,
as
God
had
commanded
him.
\VS{5}Abraham
was
one
hundred
years
old
when
his
son,
Isaac,
was
born
to
him.
\VS{6}Sarah
said, “God
has
made
me
laugh.
Everyone
who
hears
will
laugh
with
me.”
\VS{7}She
said, “Who
would
have
said
to
Abraham
that
Sarah
would
nurse
children?
For
I
have
borne
him
a
son
in
his
old
age.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}The
child
grew
and
was
weaned.
Abraham
made
a
great
feast
on
the
day
that
Isaac
was
weaned.
\VS{9}Sarah
saw
the
son
of
Hagar
the
Egyptian,
whom
she
had
borne
to
Abraham,
mocking.
\VS{10}Therefore
she
said
to
Abraham, “Cast
out
this
servant
and
her
son!
For
the
son
of
this
servant
will
not
be
heir
with
my
son,
Isaac.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}The
thing
was
very grievous
in
Abraham’s
sight
on
account
of
his
son.
\VS{12}God
said
to
Abraham, “Don’t
let
it
be grievous
in
your
sight
because
of
the
boy,
and
because
of
your
servant.
In
all
that
Sarah
says
to
you,
listen
to
her
voice.
For
your
offspring
will
be
named
through
Isaac.
\VS{13}I
will
also
make
a
nation
of
the
son
of
the
servant,
because
he
is
your
child.”
\VS{14}Abraham
rose
up
early
in
the
morning,
and
took
bread
and
a container
of
water,
and
gave
it
to
Hagar,
putting
it
on
her
shoulder;
and
gave
her
the
child,
and
sent
her
away. She departed,
and
wandered
in
the
wilderness
of
Beersheba.
\VS{15}The
water
in
the container
was
spent,
and she
put
the
child
under
one
of
the shrubs.
\VS{16}She
went
and
sat
down
opposite
him,
a
good way
off,
about
a
bow shot
away.
For
she
said, “Don’t
let
me
see
the
death
of
the
child.”
She
sat
opposite
him,
and
lifted
up
her
voice,
and
wept.
\VS{17}God
heard
the
voice
of
the
boy.
\par }{\PP The
angel
of
God
called
to
Hagar
out
of
the
sky,
and
said
to
her, “What troubles
you,
Hagar?
Don’t
be
afraid.
For
God
has
heard
the
voice
of
the
boy
where
he
is.
\VS{18}Get
up,
lift
up
the
boy,
and
hold
him
with
your
hand.
For
I
will
make
him
a
great
nation.”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}God
opened
her
eyes,
and
she
saw
a
well
of
water.
She went,
filled
the container
with
water,
and
gave
the
boy
a
drink.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}God
was
with
the
boy,
and
he
grew.
He
lived
in
the
wilderness,
and
as
he
grew
up,
he
became
an archer.
\VS{21}He
lived
in
the
wilderness
of
Paran.
His
mother
got
a
wife
for
him
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}At
that
time,
Abimelech
and
Phicol
the
captain
of
his
army
spoke
to
Abraham,
saying, “God
is
with
you
in
all
that
you
do.
\VS{23}Now,
therefore,
swear
to
me
here
by
God
that
you
will
not
deal
falsely
with
me,
nor
with
my son,
nor
with
my son’s son.
But according
to
the
kindness
that
I
have
done
to
you,
you
shall
do
to
me,
and
to
the
land
in
which
you
have
lived
as
a foreigner.”
\par }{\PP \VS{24}Abraham
said, “I
will
swear.”
\VS{25}Abraham
complained
to
Abimelech
because
of
a
water
well,
which
Abimelech’s
servants
had violently
taken
away.
\VS{26}Abimelech
said, “I
don’t
know
who
has
done
this
thing.
You
didn’t
tell
me,
and
I
didn’t
hear
of
it
until
today.”
\par }{\PP \VS{27}Abraham
took
sheep
and
cattle,
and
gave
them
to
Abimelech. Those
two
made
a
covenant.
\VS{28}Abraham
set
seven
ewe
lambs
of
the
flock
by
themselves.
\VS{29}Abimelech
said
to
Abraham, “What
do
these
seven
ewe
lambs,
which
you
have
set
by
themselves, mean?”
\par }{\PP \VS{30}He
said, “You
shall
take
these
seven
ewe
lambs
from
my
hand,
that
it
may
be
a witness
to
me,
that
I
have
dug
this
well.”
\VS{31}Therefore
he
called
that
place
Beersheba,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 21:31 }
Beersheba can mean “well of the oath” or “well of seven”.}
because
they
both
swore
an
oath
there.
\VS{32}So
they
made
a
covenant
at
Beersheba.
Abimelech
rose
up
with
Phicol,
the
captain
of
his
army,
and
they
returned
into
the
land
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{33}Abraham
planted
a
tamarisk
tree
in
Beersheba,
and
there
he
called
on
the
name
of
the
LORD,
the
Everlasting
God.
\VS{34}Abraham
lived
as
a foreigner
in
the
land
of
the
Philistines
many
days.

\par }\Chap{22}{\PP \VerseOne{1}After
these
things,
God
tested
Abraham,
and
said
to
him, “Abraham!”
\par }{\PP He
said, “Here
I
am.”
\par }{\PP \VS{2}He
said, “Now
take
your
son,
your
only
son,
Isaac,
whom
you
love,
and
go
into
the
land
of
Moriah.
Offer
him
there
as
a
burnt
offering
on
one
of
the
mountains
which
I
will
tell
you
of.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Abraham
rose
early
in
the
morning,
and
saddled
his
donkey;
and
took
two
of
his
young
men
with
him,
and
Isaac
his
son.
He
split
the
wood
for
the
burnt offering,
and
rose
up,
and
went
to
the
place
of
which
God
had
told
him.
\VS{4}On
the
third
day
Abraham
lifted
up
his
eyes,
and
saw
the
place
far
off.
\VS{5}Abraham
said
to
his
young
men, “Stay
here
with
the
donkey.
The
boy
and
I
will
go
over
there.
We
will
worship,
and
come
back
to
you.”
\VS{6}Abraham
took
the
wood
of
the
burnt offering
and
laid
it
on
Isaac
his
son.
He
took
in
his
hand
the
fire
and
the
knife.
They
both went
together.
\VS{7}Isaac
spoke
to
Abraham
his
father,
and
said, “My
father?”
\par }{\PP He
said, “Here
I am,
my
son.”
\par }{\PP He
said, “Here
is
the
fire
and
the
wood,
but
where
is
the
lamb
for
a
burnt offering?”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Abraham
said, “God
will
provide himself
the
lamb
for
a
burnt offering,
my
son.”
So
they
both went
together.
\VS{9}They
came
to
the
place
which
God
had
told
him
of.
Abraham
built
the
altar
there,
and
laid
the
wood
in
order,
bound
Isaac
his
son,
and
laid
him
on
the
altar,
on
the
wood.
\VS{10}Abraham
stretched
out
his
hand,
and
took
the
knife
to
kill
his
son.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}The
LORD’s
angel
called
to
him
out
of
the
sky,
and
said, “Abraham,
Abraham!”
\par }{\PP He
said, “Here
I
am.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}He
said, “Don’t
lay
your
hand
on
the
boy
or
do
anything
to
him.
For
now
I
know
that
you
fear
God,
since
you
have
not
withheld
your
son,
your
only
son,
from
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Abraham
lifted
up
his
eyes,
and
looked,
and
saw
that
behind
him
was
a
ram
caught
in
the
thicket
by
his
horns.
Abraham
went
and
took
the
ram,
and
offered
him
up
for
a
burnt
offering
instead
of
his
son.
\VS{14}Abraham
called
the
name
of
that
place “The
LORD
Will
Provide”.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 22:14 }
or, the LORD Jireh, or, the LORD Seeing}
As
it
is
said
to
this
day, “On
the
LORD’s
mountain,
it
will
be
provided.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}The
LORD’s
angel
called
to
Abraham
a
second
time
out
of
the
sky,
\VS{16}and
said, “ ‘I
have
sworn
by myself,’
says
the
LORD, ‘because
you
have
done
this
thing,
and
have
not
withheld
your
son,
your
only
son,
\VS{17}that
I
will
bless
you
greatly,
and
I
will
multiply
your
offspring
greatly
like
the
stars
of
the
heavens,
and
like
the
sand
which
is
on
the
seashore.
Your
offspring
will
possess
the
gate
of
his
enemies.
\VS{18}All
the
nations
of
the
earth
will
be
blessed
by
your
offspring,
because
you
have
obeyed
my
voice.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}So
Abraham
returned
to
his
young
men,
and
they
rose
up
and
went
together
to
Beersheba.
Abraham
lived
at
Beersheba.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}After
these
things,
Abraham
was
told, “Behold,
Milcah,
she
also
has
borne
children
to
your
brother
Nahor:
\VS{21}Uz
his
firstborn,
Buz
his
brother,
Kemuel
the
father
of
Aram,
\VS{22}Chesed,
Hazo,
Pildash,
Jidlaph,
and
Bethuel.”
\VS{23}Bethuel
became
the
father
of
Rebekah.
These
eight
Milcah
bore
to
Nahor,
Abraham’s
brother.
\VS{24}His
concubine,
whose
name
was
Reumah,
also
bore
Tebah,
Gaham,
Tahash,
and
Maacah.

\par }\Chap{23}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Sarah
lived
one
hundred
and twenty-seven
years. This
was
the
length
of
Sarah’s
life.
\VS{2}Sarah
died
in Kiriath Arba (also called
Hebron),
in
the
land
of
Canaan.
Abraham
came
to
mourn
for
Sarah,
and
to
weep
for
her.
\VS{3}Abraham
rose
up
from
before
his
dead
and
spoke
to
the
children
of
Heth,
saying,
\VS{4}“I
am
a
stranger
and
a
foreigner living
with
you.
Give
me
a
possession
of
a burying-place
with
you,
that
I
may
bury
my
dead
out
of
my
sight.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}The
children
of
Heth
answered
Abraham,
saying
to
him,
\VS{6}“Hear
us,
my
lord.
You
are
a
prince
of
God amongst
us.
Bury
your
dead
in
the best
of
our
tombs.
None
of
us
will
withhold
from
you
his
tomb.
Bury
your
dead.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Abraham
rose
up,
and
bowed
himself
to
the
people
of
the
land,
to
the
children
of
Heth.
\VS{8}He
talked
with
them,
saying, “If
you
agree
that
I
should
bury
my
dead
out
of
my
sight,
hear
me,
and
entreat
for
me
to
Ephron
the
son
of
Zohar,
\VS{9}that
he
may
sell
me
the
cave
of
Machpelah,
which
he
has,
which
is
in
the
end
of
his
field.
For
the
full
price
let
him
sell
it
to
me amongst
you
as
a
possession
for
a
burial
place.”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Now
Ephron
was
sitting
in
the
middle
of
the
children
of
Heth.
Ephron
the
Hittite
answered
Abraham
in
the
hearing
of
the
children
of
Heth,
even
of
all
who
went
in
at
the
gate
of
his
city,
saying,
\VS{11}“No,
my
lord,
hear
me.
I
give
you
the
field,
and
I
give
you
the
cave
that
is
in
it.
In
the
presence
of
the
children
of
my
people
I
give
it
to
you.
Bury
your
dead.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Abraham
bowed
himself
down
before
the
people
of
the
land.
\VS{13}He
spoke
to
Ephron
in
the audience
of
the
people
of
the
land,
saying, “But
if
you
will,
please
hear
me.
I
will
give
the
price
of
the
field.
Take
it
from
me,
and
I
will
bury
my
dead
there.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Ephron
answered
Abraham,
saying
to
him,
\VS{15}“My
lord,
listen
to
me.
What
is
a
piece
of
land
worth
four
hundred
shekels
of
silver\FTNT{*}{{\FR 23:15 }
A shekel is about 10 grams, so 400 shekels would be about 4 kg. or 8.8 pounds.}
between
me
and
you?
Therefore
bury
your
dead.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Abraham
listened
to
Ephron.
Abraham
weighed
to
Ephron
the
silver
which
he
had
named
in
the
hearing
of
the
children
of
Heth,
four
hundred
shekels
of
silver,
according
to
the current merchants’ standard.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}So
the
field
of
Ephron,
which
was
in
Machpelah,
which
was
before
Mamre,
the
field,
the
cave
which
was
in
it,
and
all
the
trees
that
were
in
the
field,
that
were
in
all
of
its
borders,
were
deeded
\VS{18}to
Abraham
for
a
possession
in
the
presence
of
the
children
of
Heth,
before
all
who
went
in
at
the
gate
of
his
city.
\VS{19}After
this,
Abraham
buried
Sarah
his
wife
in
the
cave
of
the
field
of
Machpelah
before
Mamre (that
is,
Hebron),
in
the
land
of
Canaan.
\VS{20}The
field,
and
the
cave
that
is
in
it,
were
deeded
to
Abraham
by
the
children
of
Heth
as
a
possession
for
a
burial
place.

\par }\Chap{24}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Abraham
was
old,
and well
advanced
in
age.
The
LORD
had
blessed
Abraham
in
all
things.
\VS{2}Abraham
said
to
his
servant,
the
elder
of
his
house,
who
ruled
over
all
that
he
had, “Please
put
your
hand
under
my
thigh.
\VS{3}I
will
make
you
swear
by
the
LORD,
the
God
of
heaven
and
the
God
of
the
earth,
that
you
shall
not
take
a
wife
for
my
son
of
the
daughters
of
the
Canaanites, amongst
whom
I
live.
\VS{4}But
you
shall go
to
my
country,
and
to
my
relatives,
and
take
a
wife
for
my
son
Isaac.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}The
servant
said
to
him, “What
if
the
woman
isn’t
willing
to
follow
me
to
this
land?
Must
I
bring
your
son
again
to
the
land
you
came
from?”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Abraham
said
to
him, “Beware
that
you
don’t
bring
my
son
there
again.
\VS{7}The
LORD,
the
God
of
heaven—who
took
me
from
my
father’s
house,
and
from
the
land
of
my
birth,
who
spoke
to
me,
and
who
swore
to
me,
saying, ‘I
will
give
this
land
to
your
offspring—he
will
send
his
angel
before
you,
and
you
shall
take
a
wife
for
my
son
from
there.
\VS{8}If
the
woman
isn’t
willing
to
follow
you,
then
you
shall
be
clear
from
this
oath
to
me.
Only
you
shall
not
bring
my
son
there
again.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}The
servant
put
his
hand
under
the
thigh
of
Abraham
his
master,
and
swore
to
him
concerning
this
matter.
\VS{10}The
servant
took
ten
of
his
master’s
camels,
and departed,
having
a
variety
of
good
things
of
his
master’s
with
him.
He
arose,
and
went
to
Mesopotamia,
to
the
city
of
Nahor.
\VS{11}He made
the
camels
kneel
down
outside
the
city
by
the
well
of
water
at
the
time
of
evening,
the
time
that women
go
out
to
draw
water.
\VS{12}He
said, “LORD,
the
God
of
my
master
Abraham,
please
give
me success
today,
and
show
kindness
to
my
master
Abraham.
\VS{13}Behold,
I
am
standing
by
the
spring
of
water.
The
daughters
of
the
men
of
the
city
are
coming
out
to
draw
water.
\VS{14}Let
it
happen,
that
the
young
lady
to
whom
I
will
say, ‘Please
let
down
your
pitcher,
that
I
may
drink,’
then
she
says, ‘Drink,
and
I
will
also
give
your
camels
a
drink,’—let
her
be
the
one
you
have
appointed
for
your
servant
Isaac.
By
this
I
will
know
that
you
have
shown
kindness
to
my
master.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Before
he
had
finished
speaking,
behold,
Rebekah
came
out,
who
was
born
to
Bethuel
the
son
of
Milcah,
the
wife
of
Nahor,
Abraham’s
brother,
with
her
pitcher
on
her
shoulder.
\VS{16}The
young
lady
was
very
beautiful
to
look
at,
a
virgin.
No
man
had
known
her.
She
went
down
to
the
spring,
filled
her
pitcher,
and
came
up.
\VS{17}The
servant
ran
to
meet
her,
and
said, “Please
give
me
a
drink,
a
little
water
from
your
pitcher.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}She
said, “Drink,
my
lord.”
She
hurried,
and
let
down
her
pitcher
on
her
hand,
and
gave
him
a
drink.
\VS{19}When
she
had
finished
giving
him
a
drink,
she
said, “I
will
also
draw
for
your
camels,
until
they
have
finished
drinking.”
\VS{20}She
hurried,
and
emptied
her
pitcher
into
the
trough,
and
ran
again
to
the
well
to
draw,
and
drew
for
all
his
camels.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}The
man looked steadfastly
at
her, remaining
silent,
to
know
whether
the
LORD
had
made
his
journey
prosperous
or
not.
\VS{22}As
the
camels
had
done
drinking,
the
man
took
a
golden
ring
of half
a shekel\FTNT{*}{{\FR 24:22 }
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.}
weight,
and
two
bracelets
for
her
hands
of
ten
shekels
weight
of
gold,
\VS{23}and
said, “Whose
daughter
are
you?
Please
tell
me.
Is
there
room
in
your
father’s
house
for
us
to
stay?”
\par }{\PP \VS{24}She
said
to
him, “I
am
the
daughter
of
Bethuel
the
son
of
Milcah,
whom
she
bore
to
Nahor.”
\VS{25}She
said
moreover
to
him, “We
have
both
straw
and
feed
enough,
and
room
to lodge
in.”
\par }{\PP \VS{26}The
man
bowed
his head,
and worshipped
the
LORD.
\VS{27}He
said, “Blessed
be
the
LORD,
the
God
of
my
master
Abraham,
who
has
not forsaken
his loving
kindness
and
his
truth towards
my
master.
As
for
me,
the
LORD
has
led
me
on
the
way
to
the
house
of
my
master’s
relatives.”
\par }{\PP \VS{28}The
young
lady
ran,
and
told
her
mother’s
house
about
these
words.
\VS{29}Rebekah
had
a
brother,
and
his
name
was
Laban.
Laban
ran
out
to
the
man,
to
the
spring.
\VS{30}When
he
saw
the
ring,
and
the
bracelets
on
his
sister’s
hands,
and
when
he
heard
the
words
of
Rebekah
his
sister,
saying, “This
is
what
the
man
said
to
me,”
he
came
to
the
man.
Behold,
he
was
standing
by
the
camels
at
the
spring.
\VS{31}He
said, “Come
in,
you
blessed
of
the
LORD.
Why
do
you
stand
outside?
For
I
have
prepared
the
house,
and
room
for
the
camels.”
\par }{\PP \VS{32}The
man
came
into
the
house,
and
he unloaded
the
camels.
He
gave
straw
and
feed
for
the
camels,
and
water
to
wash
his
feet
and
the
feet
of
the
men
who
were
with
him.
\VS{33}Food
was set
before
him
to
eat,
but
he
said, “I
will
not
eat
until
I
have
told
my
message.”
\par }{\PP Laban
said, “Speak
on.”
\par }{\PP \VS{34}He
said, “I
am
Abraham’s
servant.
\VS{35}The
LORD
has
blessed
my
master
greatly.
He
has
become
great.
The
LORD
has
given
him
flocks
and
herds,
silver
and
gold,
male
servants
and
female
servants,
and
camels
and
donkeys.
\VS{36}Sarah,
my
master’s
wife,
bore
a
son
to
my
master
when
she
was
old.
He
has
given
all
that
he
has
to
him.
\VS{37}My
master
made
me
swear,
saying, ‘You
shall
not
take
a
wife
for
my
son
from
the
daughters
of
the
Canaanites,
in
whose
land
I
live,
\VS{38}but
you
shall go
to
my
father’s
house,
and
to
my
relatives,
and
take
a
wife
for
my
son.’
\VS{39}I
asked
my
master, ‘What
if
the
woman
will
not
follow
me?’
\VS{40}He
said
to
me, ‘The
LORD,
before
whom
I
walk,
will
send
his
angel
with
you,
and
prosper
your
way.
You
shall
take
a
wife
for
my
son
from
my
relatives,
and
of
my
father’s
house.
\VS{41}Then
you
will
be
clear
from
my
oath,
when
you
come
to
my
relatives.
If
they
don’t
give
her
to
you,
you
shall
be
clear
from
my
oath.’
\VS{42}I
came
today
to
the
spring,
and
said, ‘The
LORD,
the
God
of
my
master
Abraham,
if
now
you
do
prosper
my
way
which
I
go—
\VS{43}behold,
I
am
standing
by
this
spring
of
water.
Let
it
happen,
that
the
maiden
who
comes
out
to
draw,
to whom
I
will
say, “Please
give
me
a
little
water
from
your
pitcher
to
drink,”
\VS{44}then
she
tells
me, “Drink,
and
I
will
also
draw
for
your
camels,”—let
her
be
the
woman
whom
the
LORD
has
appointed
for
my
master’s
son.’
\VS{45}Before
I
had
finished
speaking
in
my
heart,
behold,
Rebekah
came
out
with
her
pitcher
on
her
shoulder.
She
went
down
to
the
spring,
and
drew.
I
said
to
her, ‘Please
let
me
drink.’
\VS{46}She
hurried
and
let
down
her
pitcher
from
her shoulder,
and
said, ‘Drink,
and
I
will
also
give
your
camels
a
drink.’
So
I
drank,
and
she
also
gave
the
camels
a
drink.
\VS{47}I
asked
her,
and
said, ‘Whose
daughter
are
you?’
She
said, ‘The
daughter
of
Bethuel,
Nahor’s
son,
whom
Milcah
bore
to
him.’
I
put
the
ring
on
her
nose,
and
the
bracelets
on
her
hands.
\VS{48}I
bowed
my head,
and worshipped
the
LORD,
and
blessed
the
LORD,
the
God
of
my
master
Abraham,
who
had
led
me
in
the
right
way
to
take
my
master’s
brother’s
daughter
for
his
son.
\VS{49}Now
if
you
will
deal kindly
and
truly
with
my
master,
tell
me.
If
not,
tell
me,
that
I
may
turn
to
the
right
hand,
or
to
the
left.”
\par }{\PP \VS{50}Then
Laban
and
Bethuel
answered, “The
thing
proceeds
from
the
LORD.
We
can’t
speak
to
you
bad
or
good.
\VS{51}Behold,
Rebekah
is
before
you.
Take
her,
and
go,
and
let
her
be
your
master’s
son’s
wife,
as
the
LORD
has
spoken.”
\par }{\PP \VS{52}When
Abraham’s
servant
heard
their
words,
he
bowed
himself
down
to
the
earth
to
the
LORD.
\VS{53}The
servant
brought
out
jewels
of
silver,
and
jewels
of
gold,
and
clothing,
and
gave
them
to
Rebekah.
He also
gave
precious
things
to
her
brother
and
her
mother.
\VS{54}They
ate
and
drank,
he
and
the
men
who
were
with
him,
and
stayed
all night.
They
rose
up
in
the
morning,
and
he
said, “Send
me
away
to
my
master.”
\par }{\PP \VS{55}Her
brother
and
her
mother
said, “Let
the
young
lady
stay
with
us
a few
days,
at least
ten.
After
that
she
will go.”
\par }{\PP \VS{56}He
said
to
them, “Don’t hinder
me, since
the
LORD
has prospered
my
way.
Send
me
away
that
I
may
go
to
my
master.”
\par }{\PP \VS{57}They
said, “We
will
call
the
young
lady,
and
ask
her.”
\VS{58}They
called
Rebekah,
and
said
to
her, “Will
you go
with
this
man?”
\par }{\PP She
said, “I
will go.”
\par }{\PP \VS{59}They
sent
away
Rebekah,
their
sister,
with
her
nurse,
Abraham’s
servant,
and
his
men.
\VS{60}They
blessed
Rebekah,
and
said
to
her, “Our
sister,
may
you
be
the mother
of
thousands
of
ten
thousands,
and
let
your
offspring
possess
the
gate
of
those
who
hate
them.”
\par }{\PP \VS{61}Rebekah
arose
with
her
ladies.
They
rode
on
the
camels,
and
followed
the
man.
The
servant
took
Rebekah,
and
went
his
way.
\VS{62}Isaac
came
from
the way
of Beer Lahai Roi,
for
he
lived
in
the
land
of
the
South.
\VS{63}Isaac
went
out
to
meditate
in
the
field
at
the
evening.
He
lifted
up
his
eyes
and
looked.
Behold,
there
were
camels
coming.
\VS{64}Rebekah
lifted
up
her
eyes,
and
when
she
saw
Isaac,
she got
off
the
camel.
\VS{65}She
said
to
the
servant, “Who
is
the
man
who
is
walking
in
the
field
to
meet
us?”
\par }{\PP The
servant
said, “It
is
my
master.”
\par }{\PP She
took
her
veil,
and
covered
herself.
\VS{66}The
servant
told
Isaac
all
the
things
that
he
had
done.
\VS{67}Isaac
brought
her
into
his
mother
Sarah’s
tent,
and
took
Rebekah,
and
she
became
his
wife.
He
loved
her.
So
Isaac
was
comforted
after
his
mother’s death.

\par }\Chap{25}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Abraham
took
another
wife,
and
her
name
was
Keturah.
\VS{2}She
bore
him
Zimran,
Jokshan,
Medan,
Midian,
Ishbak,
and
Shuah.
\VS{3}Jokshan
became
the
father
of
Sheba,
and
Dedan.
The
sons
of
Dedan
were Asshurim,
Letushim,
and
Leummim.
\VS{4}The
sons
of
Midian
were Efah,
Epher,
Hanoch,
Abida,
and
Eldaah.
All
these
were
the
children
of
Keturah.
\VS{5}Abraham
gave
all
that
he
had
to
Isaac,
\VS{6}but
Abraham
gave
gifts
to
the
sons
of
Abraham’s
concubines.
While
he
still
lived,
he
sent
them
away
from
Isaac
his
son,
eastward,
to
the
east
country.
\VS{7}These
are
the
days
of
the
years
of
Abraham’s
life
which
he
lived:
one
hundred
and
seventy-five
years.
\VS{8}Abraham gave
up
his spirit,
and
died
at
a
good
old
age, an
old
man,
and
full
of
years,
and
was
gathered
to
his
people.
\VS{9}Isaac
and
Ishmael,
his
sons,
buried
him
in
the
cave
of
Machpelah,
in
the
field
of
Ephron,
the
son
of
Zohar
the
Hittite,
which
is
near
Mamre,
\VS{10}the
field
which
Abraham
purchased
from
the
children
of
Heth.
Abraham
was
buried
there
with
Sarah,
his
wife.
\VS{11}After
the
death
of
Abraham,
God
blessed
Isaac,
his
son.
Isaac
lived
by Beer Lahai Roi.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Now
this
is
the
history
of
the
generations
of
Ishmael,
Abraham’s
son,
whom
Hagar
the
Egyptian,
Sarah’s
servant,
bore
to
Abraham.
\VS{13}These
are
the
names
of
the
sons
of
Ishmael,
by their
names, according
to
the
order
of their
birth:
the
firstborn
of
Ishmael,
Nebaioth,
then
Kedar,
Adbeel,
Mibsam,
\VS{14}Mishma,
Dumah,
Massa,
\VS{15}Hadad,
Tema,
Jetur,
Naphish,
and
Kedemah.
\VS{16}These
are
the
sons
of
Ishmael,
and
these
are
their
names,
by
their villages,
and
by
their
encampments:
twelve
princes, according
to
their nations.
\VS{17}These
are
the
years
of
the
life
of
Ishmael:
one
hundred
and thirty-seven
years.
He gave
up
his spirit
and
died,
and
was
gathered
to
his
people.
\VS{18}They
lived
from
Havilah
to
Shur
that
is
before
Egypt,
as
you
go towards
Assyria.
He
lived
opposite
all
his
relatives.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}This
is
the
history
of
the
generations
of
Isaac,
Abraham’s
son.
Abraham
became
the
father
of
Isaac.
\VS{20}Isaac
was
forty
years
old
when
he
took
Rebekah,
the
daughter
of
Bethuel
the
Syrian
of
Paddan
Aram,
the
sister
of
Laban
the
Syrian,
to
be
his
wife.
\VS{21}Isaac
entreated
the
LORD
for
his
wife,
because
she
was
barren.
The
LORD
was
entreated
by
him,
and
Rebekah
his
wife
conceived.
\VS{22}The
children
struggled
together
within
her.
She
said, “If
it
is
like
this,
why
do
I
live?”
She went
to enquire
of
the
LORD.
\VS{23}The
LORD
said
to
her,
\par }{\Q “Two
nations
are
in
your
womb.
\par }{\Q Two
peoples
will
be
separated
from
your
body.
\par }{\Q The
one
people
will
be
stronger
than
the
other
people.
\par }{\Q The elder
will
serve
the
younger.”
\par }{\PP \VS{24}When
her
days
to
be
delivered
were
fulfilled,
behold,
there
were
twins
in
her
womb.
\VS{25}The
first
came
out
red
all
over,
like
a
hairy
garment.
They
named
him
Esau.
\VS{26}After
that,
his
brother
came
out,
and
his
hand
had
hold
on
Esau’s
heel.
He
was
named
Jacob.
Isaac
was
sixty
years
old
when
she
bore
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}The
boys
grew.
Esau
was
a skilful
hunter,
a
man
of
the
field.
Jacob
was
a quiet
man,
living
in
tents.
\VS{28}Now
Isaac
loved
Esau,
because
he ate
his venison.
Rebekah
loved
Jacob.
\VS{29}Jacob boiled
stew.
Esau
came
in
from
the
field,
and
he
was
famished.
\VS{30}Esau
said
to
Jacob, “Please feed
me
with
some
of
that
red stew,
for
I
am
famished.”
Therefore
his
name
was
called
Edom.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 25:30 }
“Edom” means “red”.}
\par }{\PP \VS{31}Jacob
said, “First,
sell
me
your
birthright.”
\par }{\PP \VS{32}Esau
said, “Behold,
I
am
about
to
die.
What good
is
the
birthright
to
me?”
\par }{\PP \VS{33}Jacob
said, “Swear
to
me
first.”
\par }{\PP He
swore
to
him.
He
sold
his
birthright
to
Jacob.
\VS{34}Jacob
gave
Esau
bread
and
lentil
stew.
He
ate
and
drank,
rose
up,
and
went
his way.
So
Esau
despised
his
birthright.

\par }\Chap{26}{\PP \VerseOne{1}There
was
a
famine
in
the
land,
in
addition
to
the
first
famine
that
was
in
the
days
of
Abraham.
Isaac
went
to
Abimelech
king
of
the
Philistines,
to
Gerar.
\VS{2}The
LORD
appeared
to
him,
and
said, “Don’t
go
down
into
Egypt.
Live
in
the
land
I
will
tell
you
about.
\VS{3}Live
in
this
land,
and
I
will
be
with
you,
and
will
bless
you.
For
I
will
give
to
you,
and
to
your
offspring,
all
these
lands,
and
I
will
establish
the
oath
which
I
swore
to
Abraham
your
father.
\VS{4}I
will
multiply
your
offspring
as
the
stars
of
the
sky,
and
will
give
all
these
lands
to
your
offspring.
In
your
offspring
all
the
nations
of
the
earth
will
be
blessed,
\VS{5}because
Abraham
obeyed
my
voice,
and
kept
my requirements,
my
commandments,
my
statutes,
and
my
laws.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Isaac
lived
in
Gerar.
\VS{7}The
men
of
the
place
asked
him
about
his
wife.
He
said, “She
is
my
sister,”
for
he
was
afraid
to
say, “My
wife”,
lest,
he
thought, “the
men
of
the
place
might
kill
me
for
Rebekah,
because
she
is
beautiful
to look
at.”
\VS{8}When
he
had
been
there
a
long
time,
Abimelech
king
of
the
Philistines
looked
out
at
a
window,
and
saw,
and,
behold,
Isaac
was
caressing
Rebekah,
his
wife.
\VS{9}Abimelech
called
Isaac,
and
said, “Behold,
surely
she
is
your
wife.
Why did
you
say, ‘She
is
my
sister?’ ”
\par }{\PP Isaac
said
to
him, “Because
I
said, ‘Lest
I
die
because
of
her.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Abimelech
said, “What
is
this
you
have
done
to
us?
One
of
the
people might
easily
have
lain
with
your
wife,
and
you
would
have
brought
guilt
on
us!”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Abimelech
commanded
all
the
people,
saying, “He
who
touches
this
man
or
his
wife
will
surely
be
put
to
death.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Isaac
sowed
in
that
land,
and
reaped
in
the
same
year
one
hundred
times what
he
planted.
The
LORD
blessed
him.
\VS{13}The
man
grew
great,
and
grew
more
and
more
until
he
became
very
great.
\VS{14}He
had
possessions
of
flocks,
possessions
of
herds,
and
a
great
household.
The
Philistines
envied
him.
\VS{15}Now
all
the
wells
which
his
father’s
servants
had
dug
in
the
days
of
Abraham
his
father,
the
Philistines
had
stopped,
and
filled
with
earth.
\VS{16}Abimelech
said
to
Isaac, “Go
away
from
us,
for
you
are
much mightier
than
we.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Isaac departed
from
there,
encamped
in
the
valley
of
Gerar,
and
lived
there.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Isaac
dug
again
the
wells
of
water,
which
they
had
dug
in
the
days
of
Abraham
his
father,
for
the
Philistines
had
stopped
them
after
the
death
of
Abraham.
He
called
their
names
after
the
names
by
which
his
father
had
called
them.
\VS{19}Isaac’s
servants
dug
in
the
valley,
and
found
there
a
well
of
flowing\FTNT{*}{{\FR 26:19 }
Or, living. Or, fresh.}
water.
\VS{20}The
herdsmen
of
Gerar argued
with
Isaac’s
herdsmen,
saying, “The
water
is ours.”
So
he
called
the
name
of
the
well
Esek,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 26:20 }
“Esek” means “contention”.}
because
they
contended
with
him.
\VS{21}They
dug
another
well,
and
they argued
over
that,
also.
So
he
called
its
name
Sitnah.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 26:21 }
“Sitnah” means “hostility”.}
\VS{22}He
left
that
place,
and
dug
another
well.
They
didn’t
argue
over
that
one.
So
he
called
it
Rehoboth.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 26:22 }
“Rehoboth” means “broad places”.}
He
said, “For
now
the
LORD
has
made
room
for
us,
and
we
will
be
fruitful
in
the
land.”
\par }{\PP \VS{23}He
went
up
from
there
to
Beersheba.
\VS{24}The
LORD
appeared
to
him
the
same
night,
and
said, “I
am
the
God
of
Abraham
your
father.
Don’t
be
afraid,
for
I
am
with
you,
and
will
bless
you,
and
multiply
your
offspring
for
my
servant
Abraham’s
sake.”
\par }{\PP \VS{25}He
built
an
altar
there,
and
called
on
the
LORD’s
name,
and
pitched
his
tent
there.
There
Isaac’s
servants
dug
a
well.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}Then
Abimelech
went
to
him
from
Gerar
with
Ahuzzath
his friend,
and
Phicol
the
captain
of
his
army.
\VS{27}Isaac
said
to
them, “Why
have
you
come
to
me, since
you
hate
me,
and
have
sent
me
away
from
you?”
\par }{\PP \VS{28}They
said, “We
saw
plainly
that
the
LORD
was
with
you.
We
said, ‘Let
there
now
be
an
oath
between
us,
even
between
us
and
you,
and
let’s
make
a
covenant
with
you,
\VS{29}that
you
will
do
us
no
harm,
as
we
have
not
touched
you,
and
as
we
have
done
to
you
nothing
but
good,
and
have
sent
you
away
in
peace.’
You
are
now
the
blessed
of
the
LORD.”
\par }{\PP \VS{30}He
made
them
a
feast,
and
they
ate
and
drank.
\VS{31}They
rose
up
some time
in
the
morning,
and
swore
an
oath
to
one
another.
Isaac
sent
them
away,
and
they departed
from
him
in
peace.
\VS{32}The
same
day,
Isaac’s
servants
came,
and
told
him
concerning
the
well
which
they
had
dug,
and
said
to
him, “We
have
found
water.”
\VS{33}He
called
it “Shibah”.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 26:33 }
Shibah means “oath” or “seven”.}
Therefore
the
name
of
the
city
is “Beersheba”\FTNT{†}{{\FR 26:33 }
Beersheba means “well of the oath” or “well of the seven”}
to
this
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{34}When
Esau
was
forty
years
old,
he
took
as
wife
Judith,
the
daughter
of
Beeri
the
Hittite,
and
Basemath,
the
daughter
of
Elon
the
Hittite.
\VS{35}They grieved
Isaac’s
and
Rebekah’s
spirits.

\par }\Chap{27}{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
Isaac
was
old,
and
his
eyes
were dim,
so
that
he could
not
see,
he
called
Esau
his
elder
son,
and
said
to
him, “My
son?”
\par }{\PP He
said
to
him, “Here
I
am.”
\par }{\PP \VS{2}He
said, “See
now,
I
am
old.
I
don’t
know
the
day
of
my
death.
\VS{3}Now
therefore,
please
take
your
weapons,
your
quiver
and
your
bow,
and
go
out
to
the
field,
and
get
me venison.
\VS{4}Make
me savoury
food,
such
as
I
love,
and
bring
it
to
me,
that
I
may
eat,
and
that
my
soul
may
bless
you
before
I
die.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Rebekah
heard
when
Isaac
spoke
to
Esau
his
son.
Esau
went
to
the
field
to
hunt
for venison,
and
to
bring
it.
\VS{6}Rebekah
spoke
to
Jacob
her
son,
saying, “Behold,
I
heard
your
father
speak
to
Esau
your
brother,
saying,
\VS{7}‘Bring
me venison,
and
make
me savoury
food,
that
I
may
eat,
and
bless
you
before
the
LORD
before
my
death.’
\VS{8}Now
therefore,
my
son,
obey
my
voice according
to
that
which
I
command
you.
\VS{9}Go
now
to
the
flock
and
get
me
two
good
young
goats
from
there.
I
will
make
them savoury
food
for
your
father,
such
as
he
loves.
\VS{10}You
shall
bring
it
to
your
father,
that
he
may
eat,
so
that
he
may
bless
you
before
his
death.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Jacob
said
to
Rebekah
his
mother, “Behold,
Esau
my
brother
is
a hairy
man,
and
I
am
a
smooth
man.
\VS{12}What
if
my
father touches
me?
I
will
seem
to
him
as
a deceiver,
and
I would
bring
a
curse
on myself,
and
not
a
blessing.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}His
mother
said
to
him, “Let
your
curse
be
on
me,
my
son.
Only
obey
my
voice,
and go
get
them
for
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}He
went,
and
got
them,
and
brought
them
to
his
mother.
His
mother
made savoury
food,
such
as
his
father
loved.
\VS{15}Rebekah
took
the good
clothes
of
Esau,
her
elder
son,
which
were
with
her
in
the
house,
and
put
them
on
Jacob,
her
younger
son.
\VS{16}She
put
the
skins
of
the
young
goats
on
his
hands,
and
on
the smooth
of
his
neck.
\VS{17}She
gave
the savoury
food
and
the
bread,
which
she
had
prepared,
into
the
hand
of
her
son
Jacob.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}He
came
to
his
father,
and
said, “My
father?”
\par }{\PP He
said, “Here
I am.
Who
are
you,
my
son?”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Jacob
said
to
his
father, “I
am
Esau
your
firstborn.
I
have
done
what
you
asked
me
to
do.
Please
arise,
sit
and
eat
of
my venison,
that
your
soul
may
bless
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Isaac
said
to
his
son, “How
is
it
that
you
have
found
it
so
quickly,
my
son?”
\par }{\PP He
said, “Because
the
LORD
your
God
gave
me success.”
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Isaac
said
to
Jacob, “Please
come
near,
that
I
may
feel
you,
my
son,
whether
you
are
really
my
son
Esau
or
not.”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Jacob
went
near
to
Isaac
his
father.
He
felt
him,
and
said, “The
voice
is
Jacob’s
voice,
but
the
hands
are
the
hands
of
Esau.”
\VS{23}He
didn’t recognise
him,
because
his
hands
were hairy,
like
his
brother
Esau’s
hands.
So
he
blessed
him.
\VS{24}He
said, “Are
you
really
my
son
Esau?”
\par }{\PP He
said, “I
am.”
\par }{\PP \VS{25}He
said, “Bring
it
near
to
me,
and
I
will
eat
of
my
son’s venison,
that
my
soul
may
bless
you.”
\par }{\PP He
brought
it
near
to
him,
and
he
ate.
He
brought
him
wine,
and
he
drank.
\VS{26}His
father
Isaac
said
to
him, “Come
near
now,
and kiss
me,
my
son.”
\VS{27}He
came
near,
and
kissed
him.
He
smelled
the
smell
of
his
clothing,
and
blessed
him,
and
said,
\par }{\Q “Behold,
the
smell
of
my
son
\par }{\QB is
as
the
smell
of
a
field
which
the
LORD
has
blessed.
\par }{\Q \VS{28}God
give
you
of
the
dew
of
the
sky,
\par }{\QB of
the fatness
of
the
earth,
\par }{\QB and
plenty
of
grain
and
new
wine.
\par }{\Q \VS{29}Let
peoples
serve
you,
\par }{\QB and
nations
bow
down
to
you.
\par }{\Q Be
lord over
your
brothers.
\par }{\QB Let
your
mother’s
sons
bow
down
to
you.
\par }{\Q Cursed
be everyone
who
curses
you.
\par }{\QB Blessed
be everyone
who
blesses
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{30}As
soon
as
Isaac
had
finished
blessing
Jacob,
and
Jacob
had
just
gone
out
from
the
presence
of
Isaac
his
father,
Esau
his
brother
came
in
from
his hunting.
\VS{31}He
also
made savoury
food,
and
brought
it
to
his
father.
He
said
to
his
father, “Let
my
father
arise,
and
eat
of
his
son’s venison,
that
your
soul
may
bless
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{32}Isaac
his
father
said
to
him, “Who
are
you?”
\par }{\PP He
said, “I
am
your
son,
your
firstborn,
Esau.”
\par }{\PP \VS{33}Isaac
trembled
violently,
and
said, “Who,
then,
is
he
who
has
taken venison,
and
brought
it
to
me,
and
I
have
eaten
of
all
before
you
came,
and
have
blessed
him?
Yes,
he
will
be
blessed.”
\par }{\PP \VS{34}When
Esau
heard
the
words
of
his
father,
he
cried
with
an
exceedingly
great
and
bitter
cry,
and
said
to
his
father, “Bless
me,
even
me
also,
my
father.”
\par }{\PP \VS{35}He
said, “Your
brother
came
with
deceit,
and
has
taken
away
your
blessing.”
\par }{\PP \VS{36}He
said, “Isn’t
he rightly
named
Jacob?
For
he
has
supplanted
me
these
two
times.
He
took
away
my
birthright.
See,
now
he
has
taken
away
my
blessing.”
He
said, “Haven’t
you
reserved
a
blessing
for
me?”
\par }{\PP \VS{37}Isaac
answered
Esau, “Behold,
I
have
made
him
your
lord,
and
all
his
brothers
I
have
given
to
him
for
servants.
I
have
sustained
him
with
grain
and
new
wine.
What
then
will
I
do
for
you,
my
son?”
\par }{\PP \VS{38}Esau
said
to
his
father, “Do
you
have
just
one
blessing,
my
father?
Bless
me,
even
me
also,
my
father.”
Esau
lifted
up
his
voice,
and
wept.
\par }{\PP \VS{39}Isaac
his
father
answered
him,
\par }{\Q “Behold,
your
dwelling
will
be
of
the fatness
of
the
earth,
\par }{\Q and
of
the
dew
of
the
sky
from
above.
\par }{\Q \VS{40}You
will
live
by
your
sword,
and
you
will
serve
your
brother.
\par }{\Q It
will
happen,
when
you
will
break
loose,
\par }{\Q that
you
will shake
his
yoke
from
off
your
neck.”
\par }{\PP \VS{41}Esau
hated
Jacob
because
of
the
blessing
with
which
his
father
blessed
him.
Esau
said
in
his
heart, “The
days
of
mourning
for
my
father
are
at hand.
Then
I
will
kill
my
brother
Jacob.”
\par }{\PP \VS{42}The
words
of
Esau,
her
elder
son,
were
told
to
Rebekah.
She
sent
and
called
Jacob,
her
younger
son,
and
said
to
him, “Behold,
your
brother
Esau
comforts
himself
about
you
by
planning
to
kill
you.
\VS{43}Now
therefore,
my
son,
obey
my
voice.
Arise,
flee
to
Laban,
my
brother,
in
Haran.
\VS{44}Stay
with
him
a
few
days,
until
your
brother’s
fury
turns
away—
\VS{45}until
your
brother’s
anger
turns
away
from
you,
and
he
forgets
what
you
have
done
to
him.
Then
I
will
send,
and
get
you
from
there.
Why
should
I
be
bereaved
of
you
both
in
one
day?”
\par }{\PP \VS{46}Rebekah
said
to
Isaac, “I am weary
of
my
life
because
of
the
daughters
of
Heth.
If
Jacob
takes
a
wife
of
the
daughters
of
Heth,
such
as
these,
of
the
daughters
of
the
land,
what good
will
my
life
do
me?”

\par }\Chap{28}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Isaac
called
Jacob,
blessed
him,
and
commanded
him, “You
shall
not
take
a
wife
of
the
daughters
of
Canaan.
\VS{2}Arise,
go
to
Paddan
Aram,
to
the
house
of
Bethuel
your
mother’s
father.
Take
a
wife
from
there
from
the
daughters
of
Laban,
your
mother’s
brother.
\VS{3}May
God
Almighty
bless
you,
and
make
you
fruitful,
and
multiply
you,
that
you
may
be
a
company
of
peoples,
\VS{4}and
give
you
the
blessing
of
Abraham,
to
you
and
to
your
offspring
with
you,
that
you
may
inherit
the
land
where
you travel,
which
God
gave
to
Abraham.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Isaac
sent
Jacob
away.
He
went
to
Paddan
Aram
to
Laban,
son
of
Bethuel
the
Syrian,
the
brother
of
Rebekah,
Jacob’s
and
Esau’s
mother.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Now
Esau
saw
that
Isaac
had
blessed
Jacob
and
sent
him
away
to
Paddan
Aram,
to
take
him
a
wife
from
there,
and
that
as
he
blessed
him
he
gave
him
a
command,
saying, “You
shall
not
take
a
wife
of
the
daughters
of
Canaan;”
\VS{7}and
that
Jacob
obeyed
his
father
and
his
mother,
and
was gone
to
Paddan
Aram.
\VS{8}Esau
saw
that
the
daughters
of
Canaan didn’t please
Isaac,
his
father.
\VS{9}So
Esau
went
to
Ishmael,
and
took,
in
addition
to
the
wives
that
he
had,
Mahalath
the
daughter
of
Ishmael,
Abraham’s
son,
the
sister
of
Nebaioth,
to
be
his
wife.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Jacob
went
out
from
Beersheba,
and
went towards
Haran.
\VS{11}He
came
to
a certain
place,
and
stayed
there
all night,
because
the
sun
had
set.
He
took
one
of
the
stones
of
the
place,
and
put
it
under
his
head,
and
lay
down
in
that
place
to
sleep.
\VS{12}He dreamt
and
saw
a stairway
set
upon
the
earth,
and
its
top
reached
to
heaven.
Behold,
the
angels
of
God
were
ascending
and
descending
on
it.
\VS{13}Behold,
the
LORD
stood
above
it,
and
said, “I
am
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Abraham
your
father,
and
the
God
of
Isaac.
I
will
give
the
land
you
lie
on
to
you
and
to
your
offspring.
\VS{14}Your
offspring
will
be
as
the
dust
of
the
earth,
and
you
will
spread
abroad
to
the
west,
and
to
the
east,
and
to
the
north,
and
to
the
south.
In
you
and
in
your
offspring,
all
the
families
of
the
earth
will
be
blessed.
\VS{15}Behold,
I
am
with
you,
and
will
keep
you,
wherever
you
go,
and
will
bring
you
again
into
this
land.
For
I
will
not
leave
you
until
I
have
done
that
which
I
have
spoken
of
to
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Jacob
awakened
out
of
his
sleep,
and
he
said, “Surely
the
LORD
is
in
this
place,
and
I
didn’t
know
it.”
\VS{17}He
was
afraid,
and
said, “How
awesome
this
place
is!
This
is
none
other
than
God’s
house,
and
this
is
the
gate
of
heaven.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Jacob
rose
up
early
in
the
morning,
and
took
the
stone
that
he
had
put
under
his
head,
and
set
it
up
for
a
pillar,
and
poured
oil
on
its
top.
\VS{19}He
called
the
name
of
that
place
Bethel,
but
the
name
of
the
city
was
Luz at
the
first.
\VS{20}Jacob
vowed
a
vow,
saying, “If
God
will
be
with
me,
and
will
keep
me
in
this
way
that
I
go,
and
will
give
me
bread
to
eat,
and
clothing
to
put
on,
\VS{21}so
that
I
come
again
to
my
father’s
house
in
peace,
and
the
LORD
will
be
my
God,
\VS{22}then
this
stone,
which
I
have
set
up
for
a
pillar,
will
be
God’s
house.
Of
all
that
you
will
give
me
I
will
surely
give
a
tenth
to
you.”

\par }\Chap{29}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Jacob
went
on
his
journey,
and came
to
the
land
of
the
children
of
the
east.
\VS{2}He
looked,
and
saw
a
well
in
the
field,
and
saw
three
flocks
of
sheep
lying
there
by
it.
For
out
of
that
well
they
watered
the
flocks.
The
stone
on
the
well’s
mouth
was
large.
\VS{3}There
all
the
flocks
were
gathered.
They
rolled
the
stone
from
the
well’s
mouth,
and
watered
the
sheep,
and
put
the
stone
back
on
the
well’s
mouth
in
its
place.
\VS{4}Jacob
said
to
them, “My
relatives,
where
are
you
from?”
\par }{\PP They
said, “We
are
from
Haran.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}He
said
to
them, “Do
you
know
Laban,
the
son
of
Nahor?”
\par }{\PP They
said, “We
know
him.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}He
said
to
them, “Is
it
well
with
him?”
\par }{\PP They
said, “It
is
well.
See,
Rachel,
his
daughter,
is
coming
with
the
sheep.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}He
said, “Behold,
it
is
still
the middle
of
the
day,
not
time
to
gather
the
livestock
together.
Water
the
sheep,
and
go
and
feed
them.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}They
said, “We
can’t,
until
all
the
flocks
are
gathered
together,
and
they
roll
the
stone
from
the
well’s
mouth.
Then
we
will
water
the
sheep.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}While
he
was
yet
speaking
with
them,
Rachel
came
with
her
father’s
sheep,
for
she kept
them.
\VS{10}When
Jacob
saw
Rachel
the
daughter
of
Laban,
his
mother’s
brother,
and
the
sheep
of
Laban,
his
mother’s
brother,
Jacob
went
near,
and
rolled
the
stone
from
the
well’s
mouth,
and
watered
the
flock
of
Laban
his
mother’s
brother.
\VS{11}Jacob
kissed
Rachel,
and
lifted
up
his
voice,
and
wept.
\VS{12}Jacob
told
Rachel
that
he
was
her
father’s
relative,
and
that
he
was
Rebekah’s
son.
She
ran
and
told
her
father.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}When
Laban
heard
the
news
of
Jacob,
his
sister’s
son,
he
ran
to
meet
Jacob,
and
embraced
him,
and
kissed
him,
and
brought
him
to
his
house.
Jacob
told
Laban
all
these
things.
\VS{14}Laban
said
to
him, “Surely
you
are
my
bone
and
my
flesh.”
Jacob
stayed
with
him
for
a
month.
\VS{15}Laban
said
to
Jacob, “Because
you
are
my
relative,
should
you
therefore
serve
me
for
nothing?
Tell
me,
what
will
your
wages
be?”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Laban
had
two
daughters.
The
name
of
the
elder
was
Leah,
and
the
name
of
the
younger
was
Rachel.
\VS{17}Leah’s
eyes
were
weak,
but
Rachel
was
beautiful
in
form
and
attractive.
\VS{18}Jacob
loved
Rachel.
He
said, “I
will
serve
you
seven
years
for
Rachel,
your
younger
daughter.”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Laban
said, “It
is
better
that
I
give
her
to
you,
than
that
I
should
give
her
to
another
man.
Stay
with
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Jacob
served
seven
years
for
Rachel.
They
seemed
to
him
but
a
few
days,
for
the
love
he
had
for
her.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Jacob
said
to
Laban, “Give
me
my
wife,
for
my
days
are
fulfilled,
that
I
may
go
in
to
her.”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Laban
gathered
together
all
the
men
of
the
place,
and
made
a
feast.
\VS{23}In
the
evening,
he
took
Leah
his
daughter,
and
brought
her
to
Jacob.
He
went
in
to
her.
\VS{24}Laban
gave
Zilpah
his
servant
to
his
daughter
Leah
for
a
servant.
\VS{25}In
the
morning,
behold,
it
was
Leah!
He
said
to
Laban, “What
is
this
you
have
done
to
me?
Didn’t
I
serve
with
you
for
Rachel?
Why
then
have
you
deceived
me?”
\par }{\PP \VS{26}Laban
said, “It
is
not
done
so
in
our
place,
to
give
the
younger
before
the
firstborn.
\VS{27}Fulfil
the
week
of
this
one,
and
we
will
give
you
the
other
also
for
the
service
which
you
will
serve
with
me
for
seven
more
years.”
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Jacob
did
so,
and
fulfilled
her
week.
He
gave
him
Rachel
his
daughter
as
wife.
\VS{29}Laban
gave
Bilhah,
his
servant,
to
his
daughter
Rachel
to
be
her
servant.
\VS{30}He
went
in
also
to
Rachel,
and
he
loved
also
Rachel
more
than
Leah,
and
served
with
him
seven
more
years.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}The
LORD
saw
that
Leah
was
hated,
and
he
opened
her
womb,
but
Rachel
was
barren.
\VS{32}Leah
conceived,
and
bore
a
son,
and
she
named
him
Reuben.
For
she
said, “Because
the
LORD
has
looked
at
my affliction;
for
now
my
husband
will
love
me.”
\VS{33}She
conceived
again,
and
bore
a
son,
and
said, “Because
the
LORD
has
heard
that
I
am
hated,
he
has
therefore
given
me
this
son
also.”
She
named
him
Simeon.
\VS{34}She
conceived
again,
and
bore
a
son.
She
said, “Now
this
time
my
husband
will
be joined
to
me,
because
I
have
borne
him
three
sons.”
Therefore
his
name
was
called
Levi.
\VS{35}She
conceived
again,
and
bore
a
son.
She
said, “This
time
I
will
praise
the
LORD.”
Therefore
she
named
him
Judah.
Then
she
stopped
bearing.

\par }\Chap{30}{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
Rachel
saw
that
she
bore
Jacob
no
children,
Rachel
envied
her
sister.
She
said
to
Jacob, “Give
me
children,
or
else
I
will
die.”
\par }{\PP \VS{2}Jacob’s
anger burnt
against
Rachel,
and
he
said, “Am
I
in
God’s
place,
who
has
withheld
from
you
the
fruit
of
the
womb?”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}She
said, “Behold,
my
maid
Bilhah.
Go
in
to
her,
that
she
may
bear
on
my
knees,
and
I
also
may
obtain
children
by
her.”
\VS{4}She
gave
him
Bilhah
her
servant
as
wife,
and
Jacob
went
in
to
her.
\VS{5}Bilhah
conceived,
and
bore
Jacob
a
son.
\VS{6}Rachel
said, “God
has judged
me,
and
has
also
heard
my
voice,
and
has
given
me
a
son.”
Therefore
she
called
his
name
Dan.
\VS{7}Bilhah,
Rachel’s
servant,
conceived
again,
and
bore
Jacob
a
second
son.
\VS{8}Rachel
said, “I
have
wrestled
with
my
sister
with
mighty
wrestlings,
and
have
prevailed.”
She
named
him
Naphtali.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}When
Leah
saw
that
she
had finished
bearing,
she
took
Zilpah,
her
servant,
and
gave
her
to
Jacob
as
a
wife.
\VS{10}Zilpah,
Leah’s
servant,
bore
Jacob
a
son.
\VS{11}Leah
said, “How
fortunate!”
She
named
him
Gad.
\VS{12}Zilpah,
Leah’s
servant,
bore
Jacob
a
second
son.
\VS{13}Leah
said, “Happy am
I,
for
the
daughters
will
call
me
happy.”
She
named
him
Asher.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Reuben
went
in
the
days
of
wheat
harvest,
and
found
mandrakes
in
the
field,
and
brought
them
to
his
mother,
Leah.
Then
Rachel
said
to
Leah, “Please
give
me
some
of
your
son’s
mandrakes.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Leah
said
to
her, “Is
it
a
small
matter
that
you
have
taken
away
my
husband?
Would
you
take
away
my
son’s
mandrakes,
also?”
\par }{\PP Rachel
said, “Therefore
he
will
lie
with
you
tonight
for
your
son’s
mandrakes.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Jacob
came
from
the
field
in
the
evening,
and
Leah
went
out
to
meet
him,
and
said, “You
must
come
in
to
me;
for
I
have
surely
hired
you
with
my
son’s
mandrakes.”
\par }{\PP He
lay
with
her
that
night.
\VS{17}God
listened
to
Leah,
and she
conceived,
and
bore
Jacob
a
fifth
son.
\VS{18}Leah
said, “God
has
given
me
my
hire,
because
I
gave
my
servant
to
my
husband.”
She
named
him
Issachar.
\VS{19}Leah
conceived
again,
and
bore
a
sixth
son
to
Jacob.
\VS{20}Leah
said, “God
has
endowed
me
with
a
good dowry.
Now
my
husband
will
live
with
me,
because
I
have
borne
him
six
sons.”
She
named
him
Zebulun.
\VS{21}Afterwards,
she
bore
a
daughter,
and
named
her
Dinah.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}God
remembered
Rachel,
and
God
listened
to
her,
and
opened
her
womb.
\VS{23}She
conceived,
bore
a
son,
and
said, “God
has
taken
away
my
reproach.”
\VS{24}She
named
him
Joseph,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 30:24 }
Joseph means “may he add”.}
saying, “May
the
LORD
add
another
son
to
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{25}When
Rachel
had
borne
Joseph,
Jacob
said
to
Laban, “Send
me
away,
that
I
may
go
to
my
own
place,
and
to
my
country.
\VS{26}Give
me
my
wives
and
my
children
for
whom
I
have
served
you,
and
let
me go;
for
you
know
my
service
with
which
I
have
served
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{27}Laban
said
to
him, “If
now
I
have
found favour
in
your
eyes, stay
here,
for
I
have
divined
that
the
LORD
has
blessed
me
for
your sake.”
\VS{28}He
said, “Appoint
me
your
wages,
and
I
will
give
it.”
\par }{\PP \VS{29}Jacob
said
to
him, “You
know
how
I
have
served
you,
and
how
your
livestock
have
fared
with
me.
\VS{30}For
it
was
little
which
you
had
before
I
came,
and
it
has
increased
to
a
multitude.
The
LORD
has
blessed
you
wherever
I
turned.
Now
when
will
I
provide
for
my
own
house
also?”
\par }{\PP \VS{31}Laban
said, “What
shall
I
give
you?”
\par }{\PP Jacob
said, “You
shall
not
give
me
anything.
If
you
will
do
this
thing
for
me,
I
will
again
feed
your
flock
and
keep
it.
\VS{32}I
will
pass
through
all
your
flock
today,
removing
from
there
every
speckled
and
spotted
one,
and
every
black
one amongst
the
sheep,
and
the
spotted
and
speckled amongst
the
goats.
This
will
be
my
hire.
\VS{33}So
my
righteousness
will
answer
for
me hereafter,
when
you
come
concerning
my
hire
that
is
before
you.
Every
one
that
is
not
speckled
and
spotted amongst
the
goats,
and
black amongst
the
sheep,
that
might
be
with
me,
will
be considered
stolen.”
\par }{\PP \VS{34}Laban
said, “Behold,
let
it
be according
to
your
word.”
\par }{\PP \VS{35}That
day,
he
removed
the
male
goats
that
were streaked
and
spotted,
and
all
the
female
goats
that
were
speckled
and
spotted,
every
one
that
had
white
in
it,
and
all
the
black
ones amongst
the
sheep,
and
gave
them
into
the
hand
of
his
sons.
\VS{36}He
set
three
days’
journey
between
himself
and
Jacob,
and
Jacob fed
the
rest
of Laban’s
flocks.
\par }{\PP \VS{37}Jacob
took
to himself
rods
of
fresh
poplar,
almond,
and
plane tree,
peeled
white
streaks
in
them,
and
made
the
white appear
which
was
in
the
rods.
\VS{38}He
set
the
rods
which
he
had
peeled
opposite
the
flocks
in
the
watering
troughs
where
the
flocks
came
to
drink.
They
conceived
when
they
came
to
drink.
\VS{39}The
flocks
conceived
before
the
rods,
and
the
flocks
produced streaked,
speckled,
and
spotted.
\VS{40}Jacob
separated
the
lambs,
and
set
the
faces
of
the
flocks towards
the streaked
and
all
the
black
in Laban’s
flock.
He
put
his
own
droves
apart,
and
didn’t
put
them
into Laban’s
flock.
\VS{41}Whenever
the
stronger
of
the
flock
conceived,
Jacob
laid
the
rods
in front
of
the
eyes
of
the
flock
in
the watering troughs,
that
they might conceive amongst
the
rods;
\VS{42}but
when
the
flock
were feeble,
he
didn’t
put
them
in.
So
the feebler
were Laban’s,
and
the
stronger
Jacob’s.
\VS{43}The
man
increased
exceedingly,
and
had
large
flocks,
female
servants
and
male
servants,
and
camels
and
donkeys.

\par }\Chap{31}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Jacob
heard Laban’s
sons’
words,
saying, “Jacob
has
taken
away
all
that
was
our
father’s.
He
has obtained
all
this wealth
from
that
which
was
our
father’s.”
\VS{2}Jacob
saw
the
expression
on Laban’s
face,
and,
behold,
it
was
not towards
him
as
before.
\VS{3}The
LORD
said
to
Jacob, “Return
to
the
land
of
your
fathers,
and
to
your
relatives,
and
I
will
be
with
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Jacob
sent
and
called
Rachel
and
Leah
to
the
field
to
his
flock,
\VS{5}and
said
to
them, “I
see
the
expression
on
your
father’s
face,
that
it
is
not towards
me
as
before;
but
the
God
of
my
father
has
been
with
me.
\VS{6}You
know
that
I
have
served
your
father
with
all
of
my
strength.
\VS{7}Your
father
has deceived
me,
and
changed
my
wages
ten
times,
but
God
didn’t
allow
him
to hurt
me.
\VS{8}If
he
said, ‘The
speckled
will
be
your
wages,’
then
all
the
flock
bore
speckled.
If
he
said, ‘The streaked
will
be
your
wages,’
then
all
the
flock
bore streaked.
\VS{9}Thus
God
has
taken
away
your
father’s
livestock,
and
given
them
to
me.
\VS{10}During
mating
season,
I
lifted
up
my
eyes,
and
saw
in
a
dream,
and
behold,
the
male
goats
which leapt
on
the
flock
were streaked,
speckled,
and grizzled.
\VS{11}The
angel
of
God
said
to
me
in
the
dream, ‘Jacob,’
and
I
said, ‘Here
I
am.’
\VS{12}He
said, ‘Now
lift
up
your
eyes,
and
behold,
all
the
male
goats
which leap
on
the
flock
are streaked,
speckled,
and grizzled,
for
I
have
seen
all
that
Laban
does
to
you.
\VS{13}I
am
the
God
of
Bethel,
where
you
anointed
a
pillar,
where
you
vowed
a
vow
to
me.
Now
arise,
get
out
from
this
land,
and
return
to
the
land
of
your
birth.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Rachel
and
Leah
answered
him, “Is there
yet
any
portion
or
inheritance
for
us
in
our
father’s
house?
\VS{15}Aren’t
we
considered
as
foreigners
by
him?
For
he
has
sold
us,
and
has
also used
up
our
money.
\VS{16}For
all
the
riches
which
God
has
taken
away
from
our
father
are ours
and
our
children’s.
Now
then,
whatever
God
has
said
to
you,
do.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Then
Jacob
rose
up,
and
set
his
sons
and
his
wives
on
the
camels,
\VS{18}and
he
took
away
all
his
livestock,
and
all
his
possessions
which
he
had
gathered,
including
the
livestock
which
he
had gained
in
Paddan
Aram,
to
go
to
Isaac
his
father,
to
the
land
of
Canaan.
\VS{19}Now
Laban
had
gone
to
shear
his
sheep;
and
Rachel
stole
the
teraphim\FTNT{*}{{\FR 31:19 }
teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.}
that
were
her
father’s.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Jacob
deceived
Laban
the
Syrian,
in
that
he didn’t
tell
him
that
he
was running
away.
\VS{21}So
he
fled
with
all
that
he
had.
He
rose
up,
passed
over
the
River,
and
set
his
face towards
the
mountain
of
Gilead.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Laban
was
told
on
the
third
day
that
Jacob
had
fled.
\VS{23}He
took
his
relatives
with
him,
and
pursued
him
seven
days’
journey.
He
overtook
him
in
the
mountain
of
Gilead.
\VS{24}God
came
to
Laban
the
Syrian
in
a
dream
of
the
night,
and
said
to
him, “Be
careful
that
you
don’t
speak
to
Jacob
either
good
or
bad.”
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Laban
caught
up
with
Jacob. Now
Jacob
had
pitched
his
tent
in
the
mountain,
and
Laban
with
his
relatives encamped
in
the
mountain
of
Gilead.
\VS{26}Laban
said
to
Jacob, “What
have
you
done,
that
you
have
deceived
me,
and
carried
away
my
daughters
like
captives
of
the
sword?
\VS{27}Why
did
you
flee
secretly,
and
deceive
me,
and
didn’t
tell
me,
that
I might
have
sent
you
away
with
mirth
and
with
songs,
with
tambourine
and
with
harp;
\VS{28}and
didn’t
allow
me
to kiss
my
sons
and
my
daughters?
Now
have
you
done
foolishly.
\VS{29}It
is
in
the
power
of
my
hand
to hurt
you,
but
the
God
of
your
father
spoke
to
me
last
night,
saying, ‘Be
careful
that
you
don’t
speak
to
Jacob
either
good
or
bad.’
\VS{30}Now,
you want
to
be
gone,
because
you
greatly
longed
for
your
father’s
house,
but
why
have
you
stolen
my
gods?”
\par }{\PP \VS{31}Jacob
answered
Laban, “Because
I
was
afraid,
for
I
said, ‘Lest
you
should
take
your
daughters
from
me
by
force.’
\VS{32}Anyone
you
find
your
gods
with
shall
not
live.
Before
our
relatives,
discern
what
is yours
with
me,
and
take
it.”
For
Jacob
didn’t
know
that
Rachel
had
stolen
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{33}Laban
went
into
Jacob’s
tent,
into
Leah’s
tent,
and
into
the
tent
of
the
two
female servants;
but
he
didn’t
find
them.
He
went
out
of
Leah’s
tent,
and
entered
into
Rachel’s
tent.
\VS{34}Now
Rachel
had
taken
the
teraphim,
put
them
in
the
camel’s
saddle,
and
sat
on
them.
Laban
felt
around
all
the
tent,
but
didn’t
find
them.
\VS{35}She
said
to
her
father, “Don’t
let
my
lord
be
angry
that
I
can’t
rise
up
before
you;
for I’m
having
my period.”
He
searched,
but
didn’t
find
the
teraphim.
\par }{\PP \VS{36}Jacob
was
angry,
and argued
with
Laban.
Jacob
answered
Laban, “What
is
my trespass?
What
is
my
sin,
that
you
have
hotly
pursued
me?
\VS{37}Now
that
you
have
felt
around
in
all
my stuff,
what
have
you
found
of
all
your
household stuff?
Set
it
here
before
my
relatives
and
your
relatives,
that
they
may judge
between
us
two.
\par }{\PP \VS{38}“These
twenty
years
I
have
been
with
you.
Your
ewes
and
your
female
goats
have
not
cast
their young,
and
I
haven’t
eaten
the
rams
of
your
flocks.
\VS{39}That which
was
torn
of animals,
I
didn’t
bring
to
you.
I
bore
its
loss.
Of
my
hand
you
required
it, whether
stolen
by
day
or
stolen
by
night.
\VS{40}This
was
my situation:
in
the
day
the drought
consumed
me,
and
the
frost
by
night;
and
my
sleep
fled
from
my
eyes.
\VS{41}These
twenty
years
I
have
been
in
your
house.
I
served
you
fourteen
years
for
your
two
daughters,
and
six
years
for
your
flock,
and
you
have
changed
my
wages
ten
times.
\VS{42}Unless
the
God
of
my
father,
the
God
of
Abraham,
and
the
fear
of
Isaac,
had
been
with
me,
surely
now
you would
have
sent
me
away
empty.
God
has
seen
my affliction
and
the labour
of
my
hands,
and rebuked
you
last
night.”
\par }{\PP \VS{43}Laban
answered
Jacob, “The
daughters
are
my
daughters,
the
children
are
my
children,
the
flocks
are
my
flocks,
and
all
that
you
see
is mine!
What
can
I
do
today
to
these
my
daughters,
or
to
their
children
whom
they
have
borne?
\VS{44}Now
come, let’s
make
a
covenant,
you
and
I.
Let
it
be
for
a
witness
between
me
and
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{45}Jacob
took
a
stone,
and
set
it
up
for
a
pillar.
\VS{46}Jacob
said
to
his
relatives, “Gather
stones.”
They
took
stones,
and
made
a
heap.
They
ate
there
by
the
heap.
\VS{47}Laban
called
it Jegar Sahadutha,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 31:47 }
“Jegar Sahadutha” means “Witness Heap” in Aramaic.}
but
Jacob
called
it
Galeed.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 31:47 }
“Galeed” means “Witness Heap” in Hebrew.}
\VS{48}Laban
said, “This
heap
is
witness
between
me
and
you
today.”
Therefore
it
was
named
Galeed
\VS{49}and
Mizpah,
for
he
said, “The
LORD
watch
between
me
and
you,
when
we
are
absent
one
from
another.
\VS{50}If
you
afflict
my
daughters,
or
if
you
take
wives
in
addition
to
my
daughters,
no
man
is
with
us;
behold,
God
is
witness
between
me
and
you.”
\VS{51}Laban
said
to
Jacob, “See
this
heap,
and
see
the
pillar,
which
I
have
set
between
me
and
you.
\VS{52}May
this
heap
be
a
witness,
and
the
pillar
be
a
witness,
that
I
will
not
pass
over
this
heap
to
you,
and
that
you
will
not
pass
over
this
heap
and
this
pillar
to
me,
for
harm.
\VS{53}The
God
of
Abraham,
and
the
God
of
Nahor,
the
God
of
their
father,
judge
between
us.” Then
Jacob
swore
by
the
fear
of
his
father,
Isaac.
\VS{54}Jacob
offered
a
sacrifice
in
the
mountain,
and
called
his
relatives
to
eat
bread.
They
ate
bread,
and
stayed
all night
in
the
mountain.
\VS{55}Early in the morning, Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them. Laban departed and returned to his place.

\par }\Chap{32}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Jacob
went
on
his way,
and
the angels
of God met
him.
\VS{2}When
he saw
them,
Jacob said, “This
is
God’s army.”
He called
the name
of
that place Mahanaim.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 32:2 }
“Mahanaim” means “two camps”.}
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Jacob
sent messengers
in front
of
him
to
Esau,
his brother,
to
the
land
of Seir,
the field
of Edom.
\VS{4}He commanded
them, saying, “This
is what
you
shall
tell
my lord,
Esau: ‘This
is what
your servant,
Jacob, says.
I
have lived
as
a foreigner
with Laban,
and stayed until now.
\VS{5}I
have cattle, donkeys, flocks,
male
servants,
and female
servants.
I
have
sent
to
tell
my
lord,
that
I
may find favour
in
your sight.’ ”
\VS{6}The
messengers returned
to
Jacob, saying, “We
came
to
your brother Esau.
He
is coming
to
meet
you,
and four hundred
men
are
with
him.”
\VS{7}Then
Jacob
was greatly afraid
and
was distressed.
He divided
the
people
who
were
with
him,
along
with
the flocks,
the herds,
and
the camels,
into
two companies.
\VS{8}He said, “If Esau comes
to
the
one
company,
and strikes
it,
then
the
company
which
is left
will escape.”
\VS{9}Jacob
said, “God
of
my father
Abraham,
and
God
of
my father
Isaac,
the LORD,
who
said
to
me, ‘Return
to
your country,
and
to
your relatives,
and
I
will
do
you good,’
\VS{10}I
am
not worthy
of
the least
of all
the loving kindnesses,
and
of all
the truth, which
you
have
shown
to
your servant;
for
with just
my staff
I crossed
over
this Jordan;
and
now
I
have
become two companies.
\VS{11}Please deliver
me
from
the hand
of
my brother,
from
the hand
of Esau;
for
I fear
him, lest
he
come
and strike
me
and
the mothers
with
the children.
\VS{12}You said, ‘I
will
surely
do
you good,
and
make
your
offspring
as
the sand
of
the sea, which can’t
be counted
because there
are
so many.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}He stayed
there
that night,
and
took
from
that
which
he
had
with
him
a present
for
Esau,
his brother:
\VS{14}two hundred female goats
and twenty male goats,
two hundred ewes
and twenty rams,
\VS{15}thirty milk camels
and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls,
twenty
female donkeys
and ten foals.
\VS{16}He delivered
them into
the hands
of
his servants, every herd
by itself,
and said
to
his servants, “Pass over before
me,
and put
a space between herd
and herd.”
\VS{17}He
commanded
the foremost,
saying, “When
Esau,
my brother, meets
you,
and
asks
you,
saying, ‘Whose
are
you?
Where
are
you going?
Whose
are
these
before
you?’
\VS{18}Then
you
shall
say, ‘They
are
your servant, Jacob’s.
It
is
a present
sent
to
my lord,
Esau. Behold,
he
also
is behind
us.’ ”
\VS{19}He
commanded
also
the second,
and
the third,
and
all
that
followed
the herds,
saying, “This
is
how
you
shall
speak
to
Esau,
when
you find
him.
\VS{20}You
shall
say, ‘Not
only
that,
but behold,
your servant,
Jacob,
is
behind
us.’ ”
For,
he
said, “I
will appease
him
with
the
present
that
goes
before
me,
and
afterward
I
will see
his face. Perhaps
he
will accept
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{21}So
the
present
passed
over
before
him,
and
he
himself stayed
that night
in
the camp.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}He rose
up
that
night,
and took
his two wives,
and
his two servants,
and
his eleven sons,
and
crossed
over
the ford
of
the Jabbok.
\VS{23}He
took
them,
and
sent
them
over
the stream,
and
sent
over
that
which
he
had.
\VS{24}Jacob
was left alone,
and wrestled
with
a man
there until
the breaking
of
the day.
\VS{25}When
he saw
that
he didn’t prevail
against
him,
the
man touched
the hollow
of
his thigh,
and
the hollow
of
Jacob’s thigh
was strained
as
he
wrestled.
\VS{26}The
man said, “Let
me go,
for
the day breaks.”
\par }{\PP Jacob said, “I
won’t
let
you go
unless
you bless
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{27}He
said
to
him, “What
is
your
name?”
\par }{\PP He
said, “Jacob”.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}He
said, “Your
name
will no longer
be
called
Jacob,
but Israel;
for
you
have fought
with
God
and
with
men,
and
have prevailed.”
\par }{\PP \VS{29}Jacob
asked
him, “Please
tell
me
your
name.”
\par }{\PP He
said, “Why
is
it
that
you
ask
what
my
name
is?”
So
he blessed
him there.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}Jacob
called
the
name
of
the
place Peniel;\FTNT{†}{{\FR 32:30 }
Peniel means “face of God”.}
for
he
said, “I
have seen
God face
to face,
and
my life
is preserved.”
\VS{31}The sun rose
on
him
as
he passed
over
Peniel,
and
he limped
because
of
his thigh.
\VS{32}Therefore
the children
of Israel don’t eat
the sinew
of
the
hip,
which
is
on
the hollow
of
the
thigh,
to
this day,
because
he touched
the hollow
of Jacob’s
thigh
in
the sinew
of
the
hip.

\par }\Chap{33}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Jacob
lifted
up
his
eyes,
and
looked,
and,
behold,
Esau
was
coming,
and
with
him
four
hundred
men.
He
divided
the
children
between
Leah,
Rachel,
and
the
two
servants.
\VS{2}He
put
the
servants
and
their
children
in
front,
Leah
and
her
children after,
and
Rachel
and
Joseph at
the
rear.
\VS{3}He
himself
passed
over
in
front
of
them,
and
bowed
himself
to
the
ground
seven
times,
until
he
came
near
to
his
brother.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Esau
ran
to
meet
him,
embraced
him,
fell
on
his
neck,
kissed
him,
and
they
wept.
\VS{5}He
lifted
up
his
eyes,
and
saw
the
women
and
the
children;
and
said, “Who
are
these
with
you?”
\par }{\PP He
said, “The
children
whom
God
has
graciously
given
your
servant.”
\VS{6}Then
the
servants
came
near
with
their
children,
and
they
bowed
themselves.
\VS{7}Leah
also
and
her
children
came
near,
and
bowed
themselves.
After
them,
Joseph
came
near
with
Rachel,
and
they
bowed
themselves.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Esau
said, “What
do
you mean
by
all
this
company
which
I
met?”
\par }{\PP Jacob
said, “To
find favour
in
the
sight
of
my
lord.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Esau
said, “I
have
enough,
my
brother;
let
that
which
you
have
be yours.”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Jacob
said, “Please,
no,
if
I
have
now
found favour
in
your
sight,
then
receive
my
present
at
my
hand,
because
I
have
seen
your
face,
as
one
sees
the
face
of
God,
and
you
were
pleased
with
me.
\VS{11}Please
take
the
gift
that
I
brought
to
you,
because
God
has dealt
graciously
with
me,
and
because
I
have enough.”
He
urged
him,
and
he
took
it.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Esau
said, “Let’s
take
our
journey,
and let’s
go,
and
I will
go
before you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Jacob
said
to
him, “My
lord
knows
that
the
children
are
tender,
and
that
the
flocks
and
herds
with
me
have
their
young,
and
if
they overdrive
them
one
day,
all
the
flocks
will
die.
\VS{14}Please
let
my
lord
pass
over
before
his
servant,
and
I
will
lead
on
gently,
according
to
the
pace
of
the livestock
that
are
before
me
and
according
to
the
pace
of
the
children,
until
I
come
to
my
lord
to
Seir.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Esau
said, “Let
me
now
leave
with
you
some
of
the
people
who
are
with
me.”
\par }{\PP He
said, “Why?
Let
me
find favour
in
the
sight
of
my
lord.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}So
Esau
returned
that
day
on
his
way
to
Seir.
\VS{17}Jacob travelled
to
Succoth,
built
himself
a
house,
and
made
shelters
for
his
livestock.
Therefore
the
name
of
the
place
is
called
Succoth.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 33:17 }
succoth means shelters or booths.}
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Jacob
came
in peace
to
the
city
of
Shechem,
which
is
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
when
he
came
from
Paddan
Aram;
and
encamped
before
the
city.
\VS{19}He
bought
the parcel
of
ground
where
he
had
spread
his
tent,
at
the
hand
of
the
children
of
Hamor,
Shechem’s
father,
for
one
hundred
pieces
of
money.
\VS{20}He
erected
an
altar
there,
and
called
it
El Elohe
Israel.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 33:20 }
El Elohe Israel means “God, the God of Israel” or “The God of Israel is mighty”.}

\par }\Chap{34}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Dinah,
the
daughter
of
Leah,
whom
she
bore
to
Jacob,
went
out
to
see
the
daughters
of
the
land.
\VS{2}Shechem
the
son
of
Hamor
the
Hivite,
the
prince
of
the
land,
saw
her.
He
took
her,
lay
with
her,
and humbled
her.
\VS{3}His
soul
joined
to
Dinah,
the
daughter
of
Jacob,
and
he
loved
the
young
lady,
and
spoke
kindly
to
the
young
lady.
\VS{4}Shechem
spoke
to
his
father,
Hamor,
saying, “Get
me
this
young lady
as
a
wife.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Now
Jacob
heard
that
he
had
defiled
Dinah,
his
daughter;
and
his
sons
were
with
his
livestock
in
the
field.
Jacob
held
his peace
until
they
came.
\VS{6}Hamor
the
father
of
Shechem
went
out
to
Jacob
to
talk
with
him.
\VS{7}The
sons
of
Jacob
came
in
from
the
field
when
they
heard
it.
The
men
were
grieved,
and
they
were
very
angry,
because
he
had
done
folly
in
Israel
in
lying
with
Jacob’s
daughter,
a
thing
that ought
not
to
be
done.
\VS{8}Hamor
talked
with
them,
saying, “The
soul
of
my
son,
Shechem, longs
for
your
daughter.
Please
give
her
to
him
as
a
wife.
\VS{9}Make marriages
with
us.
Give
your
daughters
to
us,
and
take
our
daughters
for yourselves.
\VS{10}You
shall
dwell
with
us,
and
the
land
will
be
before
you.
Live
and
trade
in
it,
and get
possessions
in
it.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Shechem
said
to
her
father
and
to
her
brothers, “Let
me
find favour
in
your
eyes,
and
whatever
you
will
tell
me
I
will
give.
\VS{12}Ask
me
a
great
amount
for
a
dowry,
and
I
will
give
whatever
you
ask
of
me,
but
give
me
the
young
lady
as
a
wife.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}The
sons
of
Jacob
answered
Shechem
and
Hamor
his
father
with
deceit
when
they
spoke,
because
he
had
defiled
Dinah
their
sister,
\VS{14}and
said
to
them, “We
can’t
do
this
thing,
to
give
our
sister
to
one
who
is
uncircumcised;
for
that
is
a
reproach
to
us.
\VS{15}Only
on
this condition
will
we
consent
to
you.
If
you
will
be
as
we
are,
that
every
male
of
you
be
circumcised,
\VS{16}then
will
we
give
our
daughters
to
you;
and
we
will
take
your
daughters
to
us,
and
we
will
dwell
with
you,
and
we
will
become
one
people.
\VS{17}But
if
you
will
not
listen
to
us
and
be
circumcised,
then
we
will
take
our sister,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 34:17 }
Hebrew has, literally, “daughter”}
and
we
will
be
gone.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Their
words
pleased
Hamor
and
Shechem,
Hamor’s
son.
\VS{19}The
young
man
didn’t
wait
to
do
this
thing,
because
he
had
delight
in
Jacob’s
daughter,
and
he
was honoured above
all
the
house
of
his
father.
\VS{20}Hamor
and
Shechem,
his
son,
came
to
the
gate
of
their
city,
and
talked
with
the
men
of
their
city,
saying,
\VS{21}“These
men
are
peaceful
with
us.
Therefore
let
them
live
in
the
land
and
trade
in
it.
For
behold,
the
land
is large
enough
for
them. Let’s
take
their
daughters
to
us
for
wives,
and let’s
give
them
our
daughters.
\VS{22}Only
on
this condition
will
the
men
consent
to
us
to
live
with
us,
to
become
one
people,
if
every
male amongst
us
is
circumcised,
as
they
are
circumcised.
\VS{23}Won’t
their
livestock
and
their
possessions
and
all
their
animals
be ours?
Only let’s give
our
consent
to
them,
and
they
will
dwell
with
us.”
\par }{\PP \VS{24}All
who
went
out
of
the
gate
of
his
city
listened
to
Hamor,
and
to
Shechem
his
son;
and
every
male
was
circumcised,
all
who
went
out
of
the
gate
of
his
city.
\VS{25}On
the
third
day,
when
they
were sore,
two
of
Jacob’s
sons,
Simeon
and
Levi,
Dinah’s
brothers,
each
took
his
sword,
came
upon
the
unsuspecting
city,
and
killed
all
the
males.
\VS{26}They
killed
Hamor
and
Shechem,
his
son,
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
and
took
Dinah
out
of
Shechem’s
house,
and
went
away.
\VS{27}Jacob’s
sons
came
on
the
dead,
and
plundered
the
city,
because
they
had
defiled
their
sister.
\VS{28}They
took
their
flocks,
their
herds,
their
donkeys,
that
which
was
in
the
city,
that
which
was
in
the
field,
\VS{29}and
all
their
wealth.
They
took
captive
all
their
little
ones
and
their
wives,
and
took
as
plunder
everything
that
was
in
the
house.
\VS{30}Jacob
said
to
Simeon
and
Levi, “You
have
troubled
me,
to make
me
odious
to
the
inhabitants
of
the
land, amongst
the
Canaanites
and
the
Perizzites.
I
am
few
in
number.
They
will
gather
themselves
together
against
me
and
strike
me,
and
I
will
be
destroyed,
I
and
my
house.”
\par }{\PP \VS{31}They
said, “Should
he
deal
with our
sister as
with
a
prostitute?”

\par }\Chap{35}{\PP \VerseOne{1}God
said
to
Jacob, “Arise,
go
up
to
Bethel,
and
live
there.
Make
there
an
altar
to
God,
who
appeared
to
you
when
you
fled
from
the
face
of
Esau
your
brother.”
\par }{\PP \VS{2}Then
Jacob
said
to
his
household,
and
to
all
who
were
with
him, “Put
away
the
foreign
gods
that
are amongst
you,
purify
yourselves,
and
change
your
garments.
\VS{3}Let’s
arise,
and
go
up
to
Bethel.
I
will
make
there
an
altar
to
God,
who
answered
me
in
the
day
of
my
distress,
and
was
with
me
on
the
way
which
I
went.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}They
gave
to
Jacob
all
the
foreign
gods
which
were
in
their
hands,
and
the
rings
which
were
in
their
ears;
and
Jacob
hid
them
under
the
oak
which
was
by
Shechem.
\VS{5}They travelled,
and
a
terror
of
God
was
on
the
cities
that
were
around
them,
and
they
didn’t
pursue
the
sons
of
Jacob.
\VS{6}So
Jacob
came
to
Luz (that
is,
Bethel),
which
is
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
he
and
all
the
people
who
were
with
him.
\VS{7}He
built
an
altar
there,
and
called
the
place
El Beth
El;
because
there
God
was
revealed
to
him,
when
he
fled
from
the
face
of
his
brother.
\VS{8}Deborah,
Rebekah’s
nurse,
died,
and
she
was
buried
below
Bethel
under
the
oak;
and
its
name
was
called Allon Bacuth.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}God
appeared
to
Jacob
again,
when
he
came
from
Paddan
Aram,
and
blessed
him.
\VS{10}God
said
to
him, “Your
name
is
Jacob.
Your
name
shall
not
be
Jacob
any
more,
but
your
name
will
be
Israel.”
He
named
him
Israel.
\VS{11}God
said
to
him, “I
am
God
Almighty.
Be
fruitful
and
multiply.
A
nation
and
a
company
of
nations
will
be
from
you,
and
kings
will
come
out
of
your body.
\VS{12}The
land
which
I
gave
to
Abraham
and
Isaac,
I
will
give
it
to
you,
and
to
your
offspring
after
you
I
will
give
the
land.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}God
went
up
from
him
in
the
place
where
he
spoke
with
him.
\VS{14}Jacob
set
up
a
pillar
in
the
place
where
he
spoke
with
him,
a
pillar
of
stone.
He
poured
out
a drink offering
on
it,
and
poured
oil
on
it.
\VS{15}Jacob
called
the
name
of
the
place
where
God
spoke
with
him “Bethel”.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}They travelled
from
Bethel.
There
was
still
some distance
to
come
to
Ephrath,
and
Rachel travailed. She
had
hard labour.
\VS{17}When
she
was
in
hard labour,
the
midwife
said
to
her, “Don’t
be
afraid,
for
now
you
will
have
another
son.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}As
her
soul
was
departing (for
she
died),
she
named
him Benoni,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 35:18 }
“Benoni” means “son of my trouble”.}
but
his
father
named
him
Benjamin.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 35:18 }
“Benjamin” means “son of my right hand”.}
\VS{19}Rachel
died,
and
was
buried
on
the
way
to
Ephrath (also called
Bethlehem).
\VS{20}Jacob
set
up
a
pillar
on
her
grave.
The
same
is
the
Pillar
of
Rachel’s
grave
to
this
day.
\VS{21}Israel travelled,
and
spread
his
tent
beyond
the
tower
of
Eder.
\VS{22}While
Israel
lived
in
that
land,
Reuben
went
and
lay
with
Bilhah,
his
father’s
concubine,
and
Israel
heard
of
it.
\par }{\PP Now
the
sons
of
Jacob
were
twelve.
\VS{23}The
sons
of
Leah:
Reuben (Jacob’s
firstborn),
Simeon,
Levi,
Judah,
Issachar,
and
Zebulun.
\VS{24}The
sons
of
Rachel:
Joseph
and
Benjamin.
\VS{25}The
sons
of
Bilhah (Rachel’s
servant):
Dan
and
Naphtali.
\VS{26}The
sons
of
Zilpah (Leah’s
servant):
Gad
and
Asher.
These
are
the
sons
of
Jacob,
who
were
born
to
him
in
Paddan
Aram.
\VS{27}Jacob
came
to
Isaac
his
father,
to
Mamre,
to Kiriath Arba (which
is
Hebron),
where
Abraham
and
Isaac
lived
as
foreigners.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}The
days
of
Isaac
were
one
hundred
and
eighty
years.
\VS{29}Isaac gave
up
the spirit
and
died,
and
was
gathered
to
his
people,
old
and
full
of
days.
Esau
and
Jacob,
his
sons,
buried
him.

\par }\Chap{36}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
this
is
the
history
of
the
generations
of
Esau (that
is,
Edom).
\VS{2}Esau
took
his
wives
from
the
daughters
of
Canaan:
Adah
the
daughter
of
Elon,
the
Hittite;
and
Oholibamah
the
daughter
of
Anah,
the
daughter
of
Zibeon,
the
Hivite;
\VS{3}and
Basemath,
Ishmael’s
daughter,
sister
of
Nebaioth.
\VS{4}Adah
bore
to
Esau
Eliphaz.
Basemath
bore
Reuel.
\VS{5}Oholibamah
bore Jeush,
Jalam,
and
Korah.
These
are
the
sons
of
Esau,
who
were
born
to
him
in
the
land
of
Canaan.
\VS{6}Esau
took
his
wives,
his
sons,
his
daughters,
and
all
the
members
of
his
household,
with
his
livestock,
all
his
animals,
and
all
his
possessions,
which
he
had
gathered
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
and
went
into
a
land
away
from
his
brother
Jacob.
\VS{7}For
their substance
was
too
great
for
them
to
dwell
together,
and
the
land
of
their travels
couldn’t
bear
them
because
of
their
livestock.
\VS{8}Esau
lived
in
the
hill
country
of
Seir.
Esau
is
Edom.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}This
is
the
history
of
the
generations
of
Esau
the
father
of
the
Edomites
in
the
hill
country
of
Seir:
\VS{10}these
are
the
names
of
Esau’s
sons:
Eliphaz,
the
son
of
Adah,
the
wife
of
Esau;
and
Reuel,
the
son
of
Basemath,
the
wife
of
Esau.
\VS{11}The
sons
of
Eliphaz
were
Teman,
Omar,
Zepho,
and
Gatam,
and
Kenaz.
\VS{12}Timna
was
concubine
to
Eliphaz,
Esau’s
son;
and she
bore
to
Eliphaz
Amalek.
These
are
the
descendants
of
Adah,
Esau’s
wife.
\VS{13}These
are
the
sons
of
Reuel:
Nahath,
Zerah,
Shammah,
and
Mizzah.
These
were
the
descendants
of
Basemath,
Esau’s
wife.
\VS{14}These
were
the
sons
of
Oholibamah,
the
daughter
of
Anah,
the
daughter
of
Zibeon,
Esau’s
wife: she
bore
to
Esau Jeush,
Jalam,
and
Korah.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}These
are
the chiefs
of
the
sons
of
Esau:
the
sons
of
Eliphaz
the
firstborn
of
Esau:
chief
Teman,
chief
Omar,
chief
Zepho,
chief
Kenaz,
\VS{16}chief
Korah,
chief
Gatam,
chief
Amalek.
These
are
the chiefs
who came
of
Eliphaz
in
the
land
of
Edom.
These
are
the
sons
of
Adah.
\VS{17}These
are
the
sons
of
Reuel,
Esau’s
son:
chief
Nahath,
chief
Zerah,
chief
Shammah,
chief
Mizzah.
These
are
the chiefs
who came
of
Reuel
in
the
land
of
Edom.
These
are
the
sons
of
Basemath,
Esau’s
wife.
\VS{18}These
are
the
sons
of
Oholibamah,
Esau’s
wife:
chief
Jeush,
chief
Jalam,
chief
Korah.
These
are
the chiefs
who came
of
Oholibamah
the
daughter
of
Anah,
Esau’s
wife.
\VS{19}These
are
the
sons
of
Esau (that
is,
Edom),
and
these
are their chiefs.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}These
are
the
sons
of
Seir
the
Horite,
the
inhabitants
of
the
land:
Lotan,
Shobal,
Zibeon,
Anah,
\VS{21}Dishon,
Ezer,
and
Dishan.
These
are
the chiefs
who came
of
the
Horites,
the
children
of
Seir
in
the
land
of
Edom.
\VS{22}The
children
of
Lotan
were
Hori
and Heman.
Lotan’s
sister
was
Timna.
\VS{23}These
are
the
children
of
Shobal:
Alvan,
Manahath,
Ebal,
Shepho,
and
Onam.
\VS{24}These
are
the
children
of
Zibeon:
Aiah
and
Anah.
This
is
Anah
who
found
the
hot
springs
in
the
wilderness,
as
he fed
the
donkeys
of
Zibeon
his
father.
\VS{25}These
are
the
children
of
Anah:
Dishon
and
Oholibamah,
the
daughter
of
Anah.
\VS{26}These
are
the
children
of Dishon:
Hemdan,
Eshban,
Ithran,
and
Cheran.
\VS{27}These
are
the
children
of
Ezer:
Bilhan,
Zaavan,
and
Akan.
\VS{28}These
are
the
children
of
Dishan:
Uz
and
Aran.
\VS{29}These
are
the chiefs
who came
of
the
Horites:
chief
Lotan,
chief
Shobal,
chief
Zibeon,
chief
Anah,
\VS{30}chief
Dishon,
chief
Ezer,
and
chief
Dishan.
These
are
the chiefs
who came
of
the Horites, according
to their chiefs
in
the
land
of
Seir.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}These
are
the
kings
who
reigned
in
the
land
of
Edom,
before
any
king
reigned
over
the
children
of
Israel.
\VS{32}Bela,
the
son
of
Beor,
reigned
in
Edom.
The
name
of
his
city
was
Dinhabah.
\VS{33}Bela
died,
and
Jobab,
the
son
of
Zerah
of
Bozrah,
reigned
in
his
place.
\VS{34}Jobab
died,
and
Husham
of
the
land
of
the
Temanites
reigned
in
his
place.
\VS{35}Husham
died,
and
Hadad,
the
son
of
Bedad,
who
struck
Midian
in
the
field
of
Moab,
reigned
in
his
place.
The
name
of
his
city
was
Avith.
\VS{36}Hadad
died,
and
Samlah
of
Masrekah
reigned
in
his
place.
\VS{37}Samlah
died,
and
Shaul
of
Rehoboth
by
the
river,
reigned
in
his
place.
\VS{38}Shaul
died,
and Baal Hanan
the
son
of
Achbor
reigned
in
his
place.
\VS{39}Baal Hanan
the
son
of
Achbor
died,
and
Hadar
reigned
in
his
place.
The
name
of
his
city
was
Pau.
His
wife’s
name
was
Mehetabel,
the
daughter
of
Matred,
the
daughter
of
Mezahab.
\par }{\PP \VS{40}These
are
the
names
of
the chiefs
who came
from
Esau, according
to their
families,
after their
places,
and
by their
names:
chief
Timna,
chief
Alvah,
chief
Jetheth,
\VS{41}chief
Oholibamah,
chief
Elah,
chief
Pinon,
\VS{42}chief
Kenaz,
chief
Teman,
chief
Mibzar,
\VS{43}chief
Magdiel,
and
chief
Iram.
These
are
the chiefs
of
Edom, according
to their
habitations
in
the
land
of their
possession.
This
is
Esau,
the
father
of
the
Edomites.

\par }\Chap{37}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Jacob
lived
in
the
land
of
his
father’s travels,
in
the
land
of
Canaan.
\VS{2}This
is
the
history
of
the
generations
of
Jacob.
Joseph,
being
seventeen
years
old,
was feeding
the
flock
with
his
brothers.
He
was
a
boy
with
the
sons
of
Bilhah
and
Zilpah,
his
father’s
wives.
Joseph
brought
an
evil
report
of
them
to
their
father.
\VS{3}Now
Israel
loved
Joseph
more
than
all
his
children,
because
he
was
the
son
of
his
old
age,
and
he
made
him
a
tunic
of many colours.
\VS{4}His
brothers
saw
that
their
father
loved
him
more
than
all
his
brothers,
and
they
hated
him,
and
couldn’t
speak
peaceably
to
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Joseph dreamt
a
dream,
and
he
told
it
to
his
brothers,
and they
hated
him
all
the
more.
\VS{6}He
said
to
them, “Please
hear
this
dream
which
I
have dreamt:
\VS{7}for
behold,
we
were
binding
sheaves
in
the
field,
and
behold,
my
sheaf
arose
and
also
stood upright;
and
behold,
your
sheaves came
around,
and
bowed
down
to
my
sheaf.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}His
brothers
asked
him, “Will
you
indeed
reign
over
us?
Will
you
indeed
have
dominion
over
us?”
They
hated
him
all
the
more
for
his
dreams
and
for
his
words.
\VS{9}He dreamt
yet
another
dream,
and
told
it
to
his
brothers,
and
said, “Behold,
I
have dreamt
yet
another
dream:
and
behold,
the
sun
and
the
moon
and
eleven
stars
bowed
down
to
me.”
\VS{10}He
told
it
to
his
father
and
to
his
brothers.
His
father
rebuked
him,
and
said
to
him, “What
is
this
dream
that
you
have dreamt?
Will
I
and
your
mother
and
your
brothers
indeed
come
to
bow
ourselves
down
to
the
earth
before
you?”
\VS{11}His
brothers
envied
him, but
his
father
kept
this
saying
in mind.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}His
brothers went
to
feed their
father’s
flock
in
Shechem.
\VS{13}Israel
said
to
Joseph, “Aren’t
your
brothers feeding
the flock
in
Shechem? Come,
and
I
will
send
you
to
them.”
He
said
to
him, “Here
I am.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}He
said
to
him, “Go
now,
see
whether
it
is
well
with
your
brothers,
and
well
with
the
flock;
and
bring
me
word
again.”
So
he
sent
him
out
of
the
valley
of
Hebron,
and
he
came
to
Shechem.
\VS{15}A
certain
man
found
him,
and
behold,
he
was
wandering
in
the
field.
The
man
asked
him, “What
are
you
looking
for?”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}He
said, “I
am
looking
for
my
brothers.
Tell
me,
please,
where
they
are feeding
the flock.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}The
man
said, “They
have
left
here,
for
I
heard
them
say, ‘Let’s
go
to
Dothan.’ ”
\par }{\PP Joseph
went
after
his
brothers,
and
found
them
in
Dothan.
\VS{18}They
saw
him
afar
off,
and
before
he
came
near
to
them,
they conspired
against
him
to
kill
him.
\VS{19}They
said
to
one
another, “Behold,
this dreamer
comes.
\VS{20}Come
now
therefore,
and let’s
kill
him,
and
cast
him
into
one
of
the
pits,
and
we
will
say, ‘An
evil
animal
has
devoured
him.’
We
will
see
what
will
become
of
his
dreams.”
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Reuben
heard
it,
and
delivered
him
out
of
their
hand,
and
said, “Let’s
not
take
his
life.”
\VS{22}Reuben
said
to
them, “Shed
no
blood.
Throw
him
into
this
pit
that
is
in
the
wilderness,
but
lay
no
hand
on
him”—that
he
might
deliver
him
out
of
their
hand,
to
restore
him
to
his
father.
\VS{23}When
Joseph
came
to
his
brothers,
they
stripped
Joseph
of
his
tunic,
the
tunic
of many colours
that
was
on
him;
\VS{24}and
they
took
him,
and
threw
him
into
the
pit.
The
pit
was
empty.
There
was
no
water
in
it.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}They
sat
down
to
eat
bread,
and
they
lifted
up
their
eyes
and
looked,
and
saw
a
caravan
of
Ishmaelites
was
coming
from
Gilead,
with
their
camels
bearing
spices
and
balm
and
myrrh,
going
to
carry
it
down
to
Egypt.
\VS{26}Judah
said
to
his
brothers, “What
profit
is
it
if
we
kill
our
brother
and
conceal
his
blood?
\VS{27}Come,
and let’s
sell
him
to
the
Ishmaelites,
and
not
let
our
hand
be
on
him;
for
he
is
our
brother,
our
flesh.”
His
brothers
listened
to
him.
\VS{28}Midianites
who
were
merchants
passed
by,
and
they
drew
and
lifted
up
Joseph
out
of
the
pit,
and
sold
Joseph
to
the
Ishmaelites
for
twenty pieces
of
silver.
The
merchants
brought
Joseph
into
Egypt.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}Reuben
returned
to
the
pit,
and
saw
that
Joseph wasn’t
in
the
pit;
and
he
tore
his
clothes.
\VS{30}He
returned
to
his
brothers,
and
said, “The
child
is
no
more;
and
I,
where
will
I
go?”
\VS{31}They
took
Joseph’s
tunic,
and
killed
a
male
goat,
and
dipped
the
tunic
in
the
blood.
\VS{32}They
took
the
tunic
of many colours,
and
they
brought
it
to
their
father,
and
said, “We
have
found
this.
Examine
it,
now,
and
see
if
it
is
your
son’s
tunic
or
not.”
\par }{\PP \VS{33}He recognised
it,
and
said, “It
is
my
son’s
tunic.
An
evil
animal
has
devoured
him.
Joseph
is without doubt
torn
in
pieces.”
\VS{34}Jacob
tore
his
clothes,
and
put
sackcloth
on
his
waist,
and
mourned
for
his
son
many
days.
\VS{35}All
his
sons
and
all
his
daughters
rose
up
to
comfort
him,
but
he
refused
to
be
comforted.
He
said, “For
I
will
go
down
to
Sheol\FTNT{*}{{\FR 37:35 }
Sheol is the place of the dead.}
to
my
son,
mourning.”
His
father
wept
for
him.
\VS{36}The Midianites
sold
him
into
Egypt
to
Potiphar,
an
officer
of
Pharaoh’s,
the
captain
of
the
guard.

\par }\Chap{38}{\PP \VerseOne{1}At
that
time,
Judah
went
down
from
his
brothers,
and
visited
a
certain
Adullamite,
whose
name
was
Hirah.
\VS{2}There,
Judah
saw
the
daughter
of
a
certain
Canaanite
man
named
Shua.
He
took
her,
and
went
in
to
her.
\VS{3}She
conceived,
and
bore
a
son;
and
he
named
him
Er.
\VS{4}She
conceived
again,
and
bore
a
son;
and
she
named
him
Onan.
\VS{5}She
yet
again
bore
a
son,
and
named
him
Shelah.
He
was
at
Chezib
when
she
bore
him.
\VS{6}Judah
took
a
wife
for
Er,
his
firstborn,
and
her
name
was
Tamar.
\VS{7}Er,
Judah’s
firstborn,
was
wicked
in
the
LORD’s
sight.
So
the
LORD
killed
him.
\VS{8}Judah
said
to
Onan, “Go
in
to
your
brother’s
wife,
and
perform
the
duty
of
a
husband’s
brother
to
her,
and
raise
up
offspring
for
your
brother.”
\VS{9}Onan
knew
that
the
offspring wouldn’t
be
his;
and
when
he
went
in
to
his
brother’s
wife,
he spilled
his semen
on
the
ground, lest
he
should
give
offspring
to
his
brother.
\VS{10}The thing
which
he
did
was
evil
in
the
LORD’s
sight,
and
he
killed
him
also.
\VS{11}Then
Judah
said
to
Tamar,
his
daughter-in-law, “Remain
a
widow
in
your
father’s
house,
until
Shelah,
my
son,
is
grown
up;”
for
he
said, “Lest
he
also
die,
like
his
brothers.”
Tamar
went
and
lived
in
her
father’s
house.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}After
many
days, Shua’s
daughter,
the
wife
of
Judah,
died.
Judah
was
comforted,
and
went
up
to
his
sheep
shearers
to
Timnah,
he
and
his
friend
Hirah,
the
Adullamite.
\VS{13}Tamar
was
told, “Behold,
your
father-in-law
is
going
up
to
Timnah
to
shear
his
sheep.”
\VS{14}She
took
off
the
garments
of
her
widowhood,
and
covered
herself
with
her
veil,
and
wrapped
herself,
and
sat
in
the
gate
of Enaim,
which
is
on
the
way
to
Timnah;
for
she
saw
that
Shelah
was
grown
up,
and
she wasn’t
given
to
him
as
a
wife.
\VS{15}When
Judah
saw
her,
he
thought
that
she
was
a
prostitute,
for
she
had
covered
her
face.
\VS{16}He
turned
to
her
by
the
way,
and
said, “Please
come,
let
me
come
in
to
you,”
for
he
didn’t
know
that
she
was
his
daughter-in-law.
\par }{\PP She
said, “What
will
you
give
me,
that
you
may
come
in
to
me?”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}He
said, “I
will
send
you
a
young
goat
from
the
flock.”
\par }{\PP She
said, “Will
you
give
me
a
pledge,
until
you
send
it?”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}He
said, “What
pledge
will
I
give
you?”
\par }{\PP She
said, “Your
signet
and
your
cord,
and
your
staff
that
is
in
your
hand.”
\par }{\PP He
gave
them
to
her,
and
came
in
to
her,
and
she
conceived
by
him.
\VS{19}She
arose,
and
went
away,
and
put
off
her
veil
from
her,
and
put
on
the
garments
of
her
widowhood.
\VS{20}Judah
sent
the
young
goat
by
the
hand
of
his
friend,
the
Adullamite,
to
receive
the
pledge
from
the
woman’s
hand,
but
he
didn’t
find
her.
\VS{21}Then
he
asked
the
men
of
her
place,
saying, “Where
is
the prostitute,
that
was
at Enaim
by
the
road?”
\par }{\PP They
said, “There
has
been
no prostitute
here.”
\par }{\PP \VS{22}He
returned
to
Judah,
and
said, “I
haven’t
found
her;
and
also
the
men
of
the
place
said, ‘There
has
been
no prostitute
here.’ ”
\VS{23}Judah
said, “Let
her
keep
it,
lest
we
be shamed.
Behold,
I
sent
this
young
goat,
and
you
haven’t
found
her.”
\par }{\PP \VS{24}About
three
months
later,
Judah
was
told, “Tamar,
your
daughter-in-law,
has
played
the
prostitute.
Moreover,
behold,
she
is
with
child
by prostitution.”
\par }{\PP Judah
said, “Bring
her
out,
and
let
her
be
burnt.”
\VS{25}When
she
was
brought
out,
she
sent
to
her
father-in-law,
saying, “I
am
with
child
by
the
man
who owns
these.”
She
also
said, “Please
discern
whose
these
are—the signet,
and
the
cords,
and
the
staff.”
\par }{\PP \VS{26}Judah
acknowledged
them,
and
said, “She
is
more
righteous
than
I,
because
I
didn’t
give
her
to
Shelah,
my
son.”
\par }{\PP He
knew
her
again
no
more.
\VS{27}In
the
time
of
her travail,
behold,
twins
were
in
her
womb.
\VS{28}When she travailed,
one
put
out
a
hand,
and
the
midwife
took
and
tied
a
scarlet thread
on
his
hand,
saying, “This
came
out
first.”
\VS{29}As
he
drew
back
his
hand,
behold,
his
brother
came
out,
and
she
said, “Why
have
you
made
a
breach
for
yourself?”
Therefore
his
name
was
called
Perez.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 38:29 }
Perez means “breaking out”.}
\VS{30}Afterward
his
brother
came
out,
who
had
the
scarlet thread
on
his
hand,
and
his
name
was
called
Zerah.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 38:30 }
Zerah means “scarlet” or “brightness”.}

\par }\Chap{39}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Joseph
was
brought
down
to
Egypt.
Potiphar,
an
officer
of
Pharaoh’s,
the
captain
of
the
guard,
an
Egyptian,
bought
him
from
the
hand
of
the
Ishmaelites
that
had
brought
him
down
there.
\VS{2}The
LORD
was
with
Joseph,
and
he
was
a
prosperous
man.
He
was
in
the
house
of
his
master
the
Egyptian.
\VS{3}His
master
saw
that
the
LORD
was
with
him,
and
that
the
LORD
made
all
that
he
did
prosper
in
his
hand.
\VS{4}Joseph
found favour
in
his
sight.
He
ministered
to
him,
and
Potiphar
made
him
overseer
over
his
house,
and
all
that
he
had
he
put
into
his
hand.
\VS{5}From
the
time
that
he
made
him
overseer
in
his
house,
and
over
all
that
he
had,
the
LORD
blessed
the
Egyptian’s
house
for
Joseph’s
sake.
The
LORD’s
blessing
was
on
all
that
he
had,
in
the
house
and
in
the
field.
\VS{6}He
left
all
that
he
had
in
Joseph’s
hand.
He
didn’t
concern
himself
with
anything,
except
for
the
food
which
he
ate.
\par }{\PP Joseph
was well-built
and
handsome.
\VS{7}After
these
things,
his
master’s
wife
set
her
eyes
on
Joseph;
and
she
said, “Lie
with
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}But
he
refused,
and
said
to
his
master’s
wife, “Behold,
my
master
doesn’t
know
what
is
with
me
in
the
house,
and
he
has
put
all
that
he
has
into
my
hand.
\VS{9}No
one
is
greater
in
this
house
than
I
am,
and
he
has
not
kept
back
anything
from
me
but
you,
because
you
are
his
wife.
How
then
can
I
do
this
great
wickedness,
and
sin
against
God?”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}As
she
spoke
to
Joseph
day
by
day,
he
didn’t
listen
to
her,
to
lie
by
her,
or
to
be
with
her.
\VS{11}About
this
time,
he
went
into
the
house
to
do
his
work,
and
there
were
none
of
the
men
of
the
house
inside.
\VS{12}She
caught
him
by
his
garment,
saying, “Lie
with
me!”
\par }{\PP He
left
his
garment
in
her
hand,
and
ran
outside.
\VS{13}When
she
saw
that
he
had
left
his
garment
in
her
hand,
and
had
run
outside,
\VS{14}she
called
to
the
men
of
her
house,
and
spoke
to
them,
saying, “Behold,
he
has
brought
a
Hebrew
in
to
us
to mock
us.
He
came
in
to
me
to
lie
with
me,
and
I
cried
with
a
loud
voice.
\VS{15}When
he
heard
that
I
lifted
up
my
voice
and
cried,
he
left
his
garment
by
me,
and
ran
outside.”
\VS{16}She
laid
up
his
garment
by
her,
until
his
master
came
home.
\VS{17}She
spoke
to
him
according
to
these
words,
saying, “The
Hebrew
servant,
whom
you
have
brought
to
us,
came
in
to
me
to mock
me,
\VS{18}and
as
I
lifted
up
my
voice
and
cried,
he
left
his
garment
by
me,
and
ran
outside.”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}When
his
master
heard
the
words
of
his
wife,
which
she
spoke
to
him,
saying, “This
is
what
your
servant
did
to
me,”
his
wrath
was
kindled.
\VS{20}Joseph’s
master
took
him,
and
put
him
into
the
prison,
the
place
where
the
king’s
prisoners
were
bound,
and
he
was
there
in custody.
\VS{21}But
the
LORD
was
with
Joseph,
and
showed
kindness
to
him,
and
gave
him favour
in
the
sight
of
the
keeper
of
the
prison.
\VS{22}The
keeper
of
the
prison
committed
to
Joseph’s
hand
all
the
prisoners
who
were
in
the
prison.
Whatever
they
did
there,
he
was
responsible
for
it.
\VS{23}The
keeper
of
the
prison didn’t
look after
anything
that
was
under
his
hand,
because
the
LORD
was
with
him;
and
that
which
he
did,
the
LORD
made
it
prosper.

\par }\Chap{40}{\PP \VerseOne{1}After
these
things,
the butler
of
the
king
of
Egypt
and
his
baker
offended
their
lord,
the
king
of
Egypt.
\VS{2}Pharaoh
was
angry
with
his
two
officers,
the
chief cup bearer
and
the
chief
baker.
\VS{3}He
put
them
in
custody
in
the
house
of
the
captain
of
the
guard,
into
the
prison,
the
place
where
Joseph
was
bound.
\VS{4}The
captain
of
the
guard
assigned
them
to
Joseph,
and
he
took
care
of
them.
They stayed
in
prison many
days.
\VS{5}They
both dreamt
a
dream,
each
man
his
dream,
in
one
night,
each
man
according
to
the
interpretation
of
his
dream,
the cup bearer
and
the
baker
of
the
king
of
Egypt,
who
were
bound
in
the
prison.
\VS{6}Joseph
came
in
to
them
in
the
morning,
and
saw
them,
and
saw
that
they
were sad.
\VS{7}He
asked
Pharaoh’s
officers
who
were
with
him
in
custody
in
his
master’s
house,
saying, “Why do
you look
so sad
today?”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}They
said
to
him, “We
have dreamt
a
dream,
and
there
is
no
one
who
can
interpret
it.”
\par }{\PP Joseph
said
to
them, “Don’t
interpretations
belong
to
God?
Please
tell
it
to
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}The
chief cup bearer
told
his
dream
to
Joseph,
and
said
to
him, “In
my
dream,
behold,
a
vine
was
in
front
of
me,
\VS{10}and
in
the
vine
were
three
branches.
It
was
as
though
it
budded,
it blossomed,
and
its
clusters
produced
ripe
grapes.
\VS{11}Pharaoh’s
cup
was
in
my
hand;
and
I
took
the
grapes,
and pressed
them
into
Pharaoh’s
cup,
and
I
gave
the
cup
into
Pharaoh’s
hand.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Joseph
said
to
him, “This
is its
interpretation:
the
three
branches
are
three
days.
\VS{13}Within
three
more
days,
Pharaoh
will
lift
up
your
head,
and
restore
you
to
your office.
You
will
give
Pharaoh’s
cup
into
his
hand,
the
way
you
did
when
you
were
his
cup
bearer.
\VS{14}But
remember
me
when
it
is
well
with
you.
Please
show
kindness
to
me,
and
make
mention
of
me
to
Pharaoh,
and
bring
me
out
of
this
house.
\VS{15}For
indeed,
I
was
stolen
away
out
of
the
land
of
the
Hebrews,
and
here
also
I
have
done
nothing
that
they
should
put
me
into
the dungeon.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}When
the
chief
baker
saw
that
the
interpretation
was
good,
he
said
to
Joseph, “I
also
was
in
my
dream,
and
behold,
three
baskets
of
white
bread
were
on
my
head.
\VS{17}In
the uppermost
basket
there
were
all
kinds
of
baked
food
for
Pharaoh,
and
the
birds
ate
them
out
of
the
basket
on
my
head.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Joseph
answered, “This
is its
interpretation.
The
three
baskets
are
three
days.
\VS{19}Within
three
more
days,
Pharaoh
will
lift
up
your
head
from
off
you,
and
will
hang
you
on
a
tree;
and
the
birds
will
eat
your
flesh
from
off
you.”
\VS{20}On
the
third
day,
which
was
Pharaoh’s
birthday,
he
made
a
feast
for
all
his
servants,
and
he
lifted
up
the
head
of
the
chief cup
bearer
and
the
head
of
the
chief
baker amongst
his
servants.
\VS{21}He
restored
the
chief
cup bearer
to
his position
again,
and
he
gave
the
cup
into
Pharaoh’s
hand;
\VS{22}but
he
hanged
the
chief
baker,
as
Joseph
had
interpreted
to
them.
\VS{23}Yet
the
chief cup bearer
didn’t
remember
Joseph,
but
forgot
him.

\par }\Chap{41}{\PP \VerseOne{1}At
the
end
of two
full
years,
Pharaoh dreamt,
and
behold,
he
stood
by
the
river.
\VS{2}Behold,
seven cattle
came
up
out
of
the
river.
They
were
sleek
and
fat,
and
they fed
in
the
marsh
grass.
\VS{3}Behold,
seven
other cattle
came
up
after
them
out
of
the
river,
ugly
and
thin,
and
stood
by
the
other cattle
on
the brink
of
the
river.
\VS{4}The
ugly
and
thin cattle
ate
up
the
seven
sleek
and
fat cattle.
So
Pharaoh
awoke.
\VS{5}He
slept
and dreamt
a
second
time;
and
behold,
seven
heads
of
grain
came
up
on
one
stalk,
healthy
and
good.
\VS{6}Behold,
seven
heads
of
grain,
thin
and blasted
with
the
east
wind,
sprung
up
after
them.
\VS{7}The
thin
heads
of
grain
swallowed
up
the
seven
healthy
and
full
ears.
Pharaoh
awoke,
and
behold,
it
was
a
dream.
\VS{8}In
the
morning,
his
spirit
was
troubled,
and
he
sent
and
called
for
all
of
Egypt’s
magicians
and
wise
men.
Pharaoh
told
them
his
dreams,
but
there
was
no
one
who could
interpret
them
to
Pharaoh.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Then
the
chief cup bearer
spoke
to
Pharaoh,
saying, “I
remember
my faults
today.
\VS{10}Pharaoh
was
angry
with
his
servants,
and
put
me
in
custody
in
the
house
of
the
captain
of
the
guard,
with
the
chief
baker.
\VS{11}We dreamt
a
dream
in
one
night,
he
and
I.
Each
man dreamt
according
to
the
interpretation
of
his
dream.
\VS{12}There
was
with
us
there
a
young
man,
a
Hebrew,
servant
to
the
captain
of
the
guard,
and
we
told
him,
and
he
interpreted
to
us
our
dreams.
He
interpreted
to
each
man
according
to
his
dream.
\VS{13}As
he
interpreted
to
us,
so
it
was.
He
restored
me
to
my office,
and
he
hanged
him.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Then
Pharaoh
sent
and
called
Joseph,
and
they
brought
him hastily
out
of
the dungeon.
He
shaved
himself,
changed
his
clothing,
and
came
in
to
Pharaoh.
\VS{15}Pharaoh
said
to
Joseph, “I
have dreamt
a
dream,
and
there
is
no
one
who
can
interpret
it.
I
have
heard
it
said
of
you,
that
when
you
hear
a
dream
you
can
interpret
it.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Joseph
answered
Pharaoh,
saying, “It isn’t
in
me.
God
will
give
Pharaoh
an
answer
of
peace.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Pharaoh
spoke
to
Joseph, “In
my
dream,
behold,
I
stood
on
the brink
of
the
river;
\VS{18}and
behold,
seven
fat
and
sleek cattle
came
up
out
of
the
river.
They fed
in
the
marsh
grass;
\VS{19}and
behold,
seven
other cattle
came
up
after
them, poor
and
very
ugly
and
thin,
such
as
I
never
saw
in
all
the
land
of
Egypt
for
ugliness.
\VS{20}The
thin
and
ugly cattle
ate
up
the
first
seven
fat cattle;
\VS{21}and
when
they
had eaten
them
up,
it
couldn’t
be
known
that
they
had eaten
them,
but
they
were still
ugly,
as
at
the
beginning.
So
I
awoke.
\VS{22}I
saw
in
my
dream,
and
behold,
seven
heads
of
grain
came
up
on
one
stalk,
full
and
good;
\VS{23}and
behold,
seven
heads
of
grain,
withered,
thin,
and blasted
with
the
east
wind,
sprung
up
after
them.
\VS{24}The
thin
heads
of
grain
swallowed
up
the
seven
good
heads
of
grain.
I
told
it
to
the
magicians,
but
there
was
no
one
who could
explain
it
to
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Joseph
said
to
Pharaoh, “The
dream
of
Pharaoh
is
one.
What
God
is
about
to
do
he
has
declared
to
Pharaoh.
\VS{26}The
seven
good cattle
are
seven
years;
and
the
seven
good
heads
of
grain
are
seven
years.
The
dream
is
one.
\VS{27}The
seven
thin
and
ugly cattle
that
came
up
after
them
are
seven
years,
and
also
the
seven
empty
heads
of
grain blasted
with
the
east
wind;
they
will
be
seven
years
of
famine.
\VS{28}That
is
the
thing
which
I
have
spoken
to
Pharaoh.
God
has
shown
Pharaoh
what
he
is
about
to
do.
\VS{29}Behold,
seven
years
of
great
plenty
throughout
all
the
land
of
Egypt
are
coming.
\VS{30}Seven
years
of
famine
will
arise
after
them,
and
all
the
plenty
will
be
forgotten
in
the
land
of
Egypt.
The
famine
will
consume
the
land,
\VS{31}and
the
plenty
will
not
be
known
in
the
land
by
reason
of
that
famine
which
follows;
for
it
will
be
very
grievous.
\VS{32}The
dream
was doubled
to
Pharaoh,
because
the
thing
is
established
by
God,
and
God
will shortly
bring
it
to pass.
\par }{\PP \VS{33}“Now
therefore
let
Pharaoh
look
for
a discreet
and
wise
man,
and
set
him
over
the
land
of
Egypt.
\VS{34}Let
Pharaoh
do
this,
and
let
him
appoint
overseers
over
the
land,
and
take
up
the
fifth
part
of
the
land
of
Egypt’s
produce
in
the
seven plenteous
years.
\VS{35}Let
them
gather
all
the
food
of
these
good
years
that
come,
and
store
grain
under
the
hand
of
Pharaoh
for
food
in
the
cities,
and let
them
keep
it.
\VS{36}The
food
will
be
to
supply
the
land
against
the
seven
years
of
famine,
which
will
be
in
the
land
of
Egypt;
so
that
the
land
will
not
perish
through
the
famine.”
\par }{\PP \VS{37}The
thing
was
good
in
the
eyes
of
Pharaoh,
and
in
the
eyes
of
all
his
servants.
\VS{38}Pharaoh
said
to
his
servants, “Can
we
find
such
a
one
as
this,
a
man
in
whom
is
the
Spirit
of
God?”
\VS{39}Pharaoh
said
to
Joseph, “Because
God
has
shown
you
all
of
this,
there
is
no
one
so discreet
and
wise
as
you.
\VS{40}You
shall
be
over
my
house.
All
my
people
will
be ruled
according
to
your
word.
Only
in
the
throne
I
will
be
greater
than
you.”
\VS{41}Pharaoh
said
to
Joseph, “Behold,
I
have
set
you
over
all
the
land
of
Egypt.”
\VS{42}Pharaoh
took
off
his
signet
ring
from
his
hand,
and
put
it
on
Joseph’s
hand,
and
arrayed
him
in
robes
of
fine
linen,
and
put
a
gold
chain
about
his
neck.
\VS{43}He
made
him
ride
in
the
second
chariot
which
he
had.
They
cried
before
him, “Bow
the
knee!”
He
set
him
over
all
the
land
of
Egypt.
\VS{44}Pharaoh
said
to
Joseph, “I
am
Pharaoh.
Without
you,
no
man
shall
lift
up
his
hand
or
his
foot
in
all
the
land
of
Egypt.”
\VS{45}Pharaoh
called
Joseph’s
name
Zaphenath-Paneah.
He
gave
him
Asenath,
the
daughter
of
Potiphera
priest
of
On
as
a
wife.
Joseph
went
out
over
the
land
of
Egypt.
\par }{\PP \VS{46}Joseph
was
thirty
years
old
when
he
stood
before
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt.
Joseph
went
out
from
the
presence
of
Pharaoh,
and
went
throughout
all
the
land
of
Egypt.
\VS{47}In
the
seven plenteous
years
the
earth
produced
abundantly.
\VS{48}He
gathered
up
all
the
food
of
the
seven
years
which
were
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
laid
up
the
food
in
the
cities.
He
stored
food
in
each
city
from
the
fields
around
that
city.
\VS{49}Joseph laid
up
grain
as
the
sand
of
the
sea,
very
much,
until
he
stopped
counting,
for
it
was
without
number.
\VS{50}To
Joseph
were
born
two
sons
before
the
year
of
famine
came,
whom
Asenath,
the
daughter
of
Potiphera
priest
of
On,
bore
to
him.
\VS{51}Joseph
called
the
name
of
the
firstborn
Manasseh,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 41:51 }
“Manasseh” sounds like the Hebrew for “forget”.} “For”,
he said, “God
has
made
me
forget
all
my
toil,
and
all
my
father’s
house.”
\VS{52}The
name
of
the
second,
he
called
Ephraim:\FTNT{†}{{\FR 41:52 }
“Ephraim” sounds like the Hebrew for “twice fruitful”.} “For
God
has
made
me
fruitful
in
the
land
of
my affliction.”
\par }{\PP \VS{53}The
seven
years
of
plenty,
that
were
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
came
to
an
end.
\VS{54}The
seven
years
of
famine
began
to
come,
just
as
Joseph
had
said.
There
was
famine
in
all
lands,
but
in
all
the
land
of
Egypt
there
was
bread.
\VS{55}When
all
the
land
of
Egypt
was
famished,
the
people
cried
to
Pharaoh
for
bread,
and
Pharaoh
said
to
all
the
Egyptians, “Go
to
Joseph.
What
he
says
to
you,
do.”
\VS{56}The
famine
was
over
all
the
surface
of
the
earth.
Joseph
opened
all
the store houses,
and
sold
to
the
Egyptians.
The
famine
was
severe
in
the
land
of
Egypt.
\VS{57}All
countries
came
into
Egypt,
to
Joseph,
to
buy
grain,
because
the
famine
was
severe
in
all
the
earth.

\par }\Chap{42}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
Jacob
saw
that
there
was
grain
in
Egypt,
and
Jacob
said
to
his
sons, “Why
do
you
look
at
one
another?”
\VS{2}He
said, “Behold,
I
have
heard
that
there
is
grain
in
Egypt.
Go
down
there,
and
buy
for
us
from
there,
so
that
we
may
live,
and
not
die.”
\VS{3}Joseph’s
ten
brothers
went
down
to
buy
grain
from
Egypt.
\VS{4}But
Jacob
didn’t
send
Benjamin,
Joseph’s
brother,
with
his
brothers;
for
he
said, “Lest
perhaps
harm
happen
to
him.”
\VS{5}The
sons
of
Israel
came
to
buy amongst
those
who
came,
for
the
famine
was
in
the
land
of
Canaan.
\VS{6}Joseph
was
the governor
over
the
land.
It
was
he
who
sold
to
all
the
people
of
the
land.
Joseph’s
brothers
came,
and
bowed
themselves
down
to
him
with
their
faces
to
the
earth.
\VS{7}Joseph
saw
his
brothers,
and
he recognised
them,
but acted
like
a stranger
to
them,
and
spoke roughly
with
them.
He
said
to
them, “Where did
you
come
from?”
\par }{\PP They
said, “From
the
land
of
Canaan,
to
buy
food.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Joseph recognised
his
brothers,
but
they
didn’t recognise
him.
\VS{9}Joseph
remembered
the
dreams
which
he dreamt
about
them,
and
said
to
them, “You
are
spies!
You
have
come
to
see
the
nakedness
of
the
land.”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}They
said
to
him, “No,
my
lord,
but
your
servants
have
come
to
buy
food.
\VS{11}We
are
all
one
man’s
sons;
we
are honest
men.
Your
servants
are
not
spies.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}He
said
to
them, “No,
but
you
have
come
to
see
the
nakedness
of
the
land!”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}They
said, “We,
your
servants,
are
twelve
brothers,
the
sons
of
one
man
in
the
land
of
Canaan;
and
behold,
the
youngest
is
today
with
our
father,
and
one
is
no
more.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Joseph
said
to
them, “It
is
like
I
told
you,
saying, ‘You
are
spies!’
\VS{15}By
this
you
shall
be
tested.
By
the
life
of
Pharaoh,
you
shall
not
go
out
from
here,
unless
your
youngest
brother
comes
here.
\VS{16}Send
one
of
you,
and
let
him
get
your
brother,
and
you
shall
be
bound,
that
your
words
may
be
tested,
whether there
is
truth
in
you,
or
else
by
the
life
of
Pharaoh
surely
you
are
spies.”
\VS{17}He
put
them
all
together
into
custody
for
three
days.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Joseph
said
to
them
the
third
day, “Do
this,
and
live,
for
I
fear
God.
\VS{19}If
you
are honest men,
then
let
one
of
your
brothers
be
bound
in
your
prison;
but
you
go,
carry
grain
for
the
famine
of
your
houses.
\VS{20}Bring
your
youngest
brother
to
me;
so
will
your
words
be
verified,
and
you
won’t
die.”
\par }{\PP They
did
so.
\VS{21}They
said
to
one
another, “We
are
certainly
guilty
concerning
our
brother,
in
that
we
saw
the
distress
of
his
soul,
when
he begged
us,
and
we wouldn’t
listen.
Therefore
this
distress
has
come
upon
us.”
\VS{22}Reuben
answered
them,
saying, “Didn’t
I
tell
you,
saying, ‘Don’t
sin
against
the
child,’
and
you wouldn’t
listen?
Therefore
also,
behold,
his
blood
is
required.”
\VS{23}They
didn’t
know
that
Joseph
understood
them;
for
there
was
an interpreter
between
them.
\VS{24}He
turned
himself
away
from
them,
and
wept.
Then
he
returned
to
them,
and
spoke
to
them,
and
took
Simeon
from amongst
them,
and
bound
him
before
their
eyes.
\VS{25}Then
Joseph
gave
a
command
to
fill
their
bags
with
grain,
and
to
restore
each
man’s
money
into
his
sack,
and
to
give
them
food
for
the
way.
So
it
was
done
to
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}They
loaded
their
donkeys
with
their
grain,
and departed
from
there.
\VS{27}As
one
of
them
opened
his
sack
to
give
his
donkey
food
in
the
lodging
place,
he
saw
his
money.
Behold,
it
was
in
the
mouth
of
his
sack.
\VS{28}He
said
to
his
brothers, “My
money
is
restored!
Behold,
it
is
in
my
sack!”
Their
hearts
failed
them,
and
they
turned
trembling
to
one
another,
saying, “What
is
this
that
God
has
done
to
us?”
\VS{29}They
came
to
Jacob
their
father,
to
the
land
of
Canaan,
and
told
him
all
that
had
happened
to
them,
saying,
\VS{30}“The
man,
the
lord
of
the
land,
spoke roughly
with
us,
and
took
us
for
spies
of
the
country.
\VS{31}We
said
to
him, ‘We
are honest
men.
We
are
no
spies.
\VS{32}We
are
twelve
brothers,
sons
of
our
father;
one
is
no
more,
and
the
youngest
is
today
with
our
father
in
the
land
of
Canaan.’
\VS{33}The
man,
the
lord
of
the
land,
said
to
us, ‘By
this
I
will
know
that
you
are honest
men:
leave
one
of
your
brothers
with
me,
and
take
grain
for
the
famine
of
your
houses,
and
go
your
way.
\VS{34}Bring
your
youngest
brother
to
me.
Then
I
will
know
that
you
are
not
spies,
but
that
you
are honest men.
So
I
will
deliver
your
brother
to
you,
and
you
shall
trade
in
the
land.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{35}As
they emptied
their
sacks,
behold,
each
man’s bundle
of
money
was
in
his
sack.
When
they
and
their
father
saw
their bundles
of
money,
they
were
afraid.
\VS{36}Jacob,
their
father,
said
to
them, “You
have
bereaved
me
of
my
children!
Joseph
is
no
more,
Simeon
is
no
more,
and
you want
to
take
Benjamin
away.
All
these
things
are
against
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{37}Reuben
spoke
to
his
father,
saying, “Kill
my
two
sons,
if
I
don’t
bring
him
to
you. Entrust
him
to
my
care,
and
I
will
bring
him
to
you
again.”
\par }{\PP \VS{38}He
said, “My
son
shall
not
go
down
with
you;
for
his
brother
is
dead,
and
he
only
is
left.
If
harm happens
to
him
along
the
way
in
which
you
go,
then
you
will
bring
down
my grey
hairs
with
sorrow
to
Sheol.”\FTNT{*}{{\FR 42:38 }
Sheol is the place of the dead.}

\par }\Chap{43}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
famine
was
severe
in
the
land.
\VS{2}When
they
had
eaten
up
the
grain
which
they
had
brought
out
of
Egypt,
their
father
said
to
them, “Go
again,
buy
us
a
little more
food.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Judah
spoke
to
him,
saying, “The
man
solemnly
warned
us,
saying, ‘You
shall
not
see
my
face,
unless
your
brother
is
with
you.’
\VS{4}If you’ll
send
our
brother
with
us, we’ll
go
down
and
buy
you
food;
\VS{5}but
if
you
don’t
send
him,
we
won’t
go
down,
for
the
man
said
to
us, ‘You
shall
not
see
my
face,
unless
your
brother
is
with
you.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Israel
said, “Why
did
you treat
me so badly,
telling
the
man
that
you
had
another
brother?”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}They
said, “The
man
asked directly
concerning
ourselves,
and
concerning
our
relatives,
saying, ‘Is
your
father
still
alive?
Have
you
another
brother?’
We
just
answered
his
questions.
Is
there
any
way
we
could
know
that
he
would
say, ‘Bring
your
brother
down?’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Judah
said
to
Israel,
his
father, “Send
the
boy
with
me,
and we’ll
get
up
and
go,
so
that
we
may
live,
and
not
die,
both
we,
and
you,
and
also
our
little
ones.
\VS{9}I’ll
be
collateral
for
him.
From
my
hand
will
you
require
him.
If
I
don’t
bring
him
to
you,
and
set
him
before
you,
then
let
me
bear
the
blame
forever;
\VS{10}for
if
we hadn’t
delayed,
surely
we would
have
returned
a second
time
by
now.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Their
father,
Israel,
said
to
them, “If
it
must
be
so,
then
do
this:
Take
from
the choice fruits
of
the
land
in
your
bags,
and
carry
down
a
present
for
the
man,
a
little
balm,
a
little
honey,
spices
and
myrrh,
nuts,
and
almonds;
\VS{12}and
take
double
money
in
your
hand,
and
take
back
the
money
that
was
returned
in
the
mouth
of
your
sacks.
Perhaps
it
was
an oversight.
\VS{13}Take
your
brother
also,
get
up,
and
return
to
the
man.
\VS{14}May
God
Almighty
give
you
mercy
before
the
man,
that
he
may
release
to
you
your
other
brother
and
Benjamin.
If
I
am
bereaved
of
my
children,
I
am
bereaved.”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}The
men
took
that
present,
and
they
took
double
money
in
their
hand,
and
Benjamin;
and
got
up,
went
down
to
Egypt,
and
stood
before
Joseph.
\VS{16}When
Joseph
saw
Benjamin
with
them,
he
said
to
the
steward
of
his
house, “Bring
the
men
into
the
house,
and butcher
an
animal,
and
prepare;
for
the
men
will
dine
with
me
at
noon.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}The
man
did
as
Joseph
commanded,
and
the
man
brought
the
men
to
Joseph’s
house.
\VS{18}The
men
were
afraid,
because
they
were
brought
to
Joseph’s
house;
and
they
said, “Because
of
the
money
that
was
returned
in
our
sacks
the
first
time, we’re
brought
in;
that
he
may
seek
occasion
against
us,
attack
us,
and
seize
us
as
slaves,
along
with
our
donkeys.”
\VS{19}They
came
near
to
the
steward
of
Joseph’s
house,
and
they
spoke
to
him
at
the
door
of
the
house,
\VS{20}and
said, “Oh,
my
lord, we
indeed
came
down
the
first
time
to
buy
food.
\VS{21}When
we
came
to
the
lodging
place,
we
opened
our
sacks,
and
behold,
each
man’s
money
was
in
the
mouth
of
his
sack,
our
money
in
full
weight.
We
have
brought
it
back
in
our
hand.
\VS{22}We
have
brought
down
other
money
in
our
hand
to
buy
food. We
don’t
know
who
put
our
money
in
our
sacks.”
\par }{\PP \VS{23}He
said, “Peace
be
to
you.
Don’t
be
afraid.
Your
God,
and
the
God
of
your
father,
has
given
you
treasure
in
your
sacks.
I
received
your
money.”
He
brought
Simeon
out
to
them.
\VS{24}The
man
brought
the
men
into
Joseph’s
house,
and
gave
them
water,
and
they
washed
their
feet.
He
gave
their
donkeys
fodder.
\VS{25}They
prepared
the
present
for
Joseph’s
coming
at
noon,
for
they
heard
that
they
should
eat
bread
there.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}When
Joseph
came
home,
they
brought
him
the
present
which
was
in
their
hand
into
the
house,
and
bowed
themselves
down
to
the
earth before
him.
\VS{27}He
asked
them
of
their
welfare,
and
said, “Is
your
father
well,
the
old
man
of
whom
you
spoke?
Is
he
yet
alive?”
\par }{\PP \VS{28}They
said, “Your
servant,
our
father,
is
well.
He
is
still
alive.”
They
bowed
down humbly.
\VS{29}He
lifted
up
his
eyes,
and
saw
Benjamin,
his
brother,
his
mother’s
son,
and
said, “Is
this
your
youngest
brother,
of
whom
you
spoke
to
me?”
He
said, “God
be gracious
to
you,
my
son.”
\VS{30}Joseph
hurried,
for
his heart yearned
over
his
brother;
and
he
sought
a
place
to
weep.
He
entered
into
his
room,
and
wept
there.
\VS{31}He
washed
his
face,
and
came
out.
He
controlled
himself,
and
said, “Serve
the
meal.”
\par }{\PP \VS{32}They
served
him
by
himself,
and
them
by
themselves,
and
the
Egyptians
who
ate
with
him
by
themselves,
because
the
Egyptians
don’t
eat
with
the
Hebrews,
for
that
is
an
abomination
to
the
Egyptians.
\VS{33}They
sat
before
him,
the
firstborn
according
to
his
birthright,
and
the
youngest
according
to
his
youth,
and
the
men marvelled
with
one
another.
\VS{34}He
sent
portions
to
them
from
before
him,
but
Benjamin’s
portion
was
five
times
as
much
as
any
of theirs.
They
drank,
and
were merry
with
him.

\par }\Chap{44}{\PP \VerseOne{1}He
commanded
the
steward
of
his
house,
saying, “Fill
the
men’s
sacks
with
food,
as
much
as
they
can
carry,
and
put
each
man’s
money
in
his sack’s
mouth.
\VS{2}Put
my
cup,
the
silver
cup,
in
the sack’s
mouth
of
the
youngest,
with
his
grain
money.”
He
did
according
to
the
word
that
Joseph
had
spoken.
\VS{3}As
soon
as
the
morning
was
light,
the
men
were
sent
away,
they
and
their
donkeys.
\VS{4}When
they
had
gone
out
of
the
city,
and
were
not
yet
far
off,
Joseph
said
to
his
steward, “Up,
follow
after
the
men.
When
you
overtake
them,
ask
them, ‘Why
have
you rewarded
evil
for
good?
\VS{5}Isn’t
this
that
from
which
my
lord
drinks,
and
by
which
he
indeed divines?
You
have
done
evil
in
so
doing.’ ”
\VS{6}He
overtook
them,
and
he
spoke
these
words
to
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}They
said
to
him, “Why
does
my
lord
speak
such
words
as
these?
Far
be
it
from
your
servants
that
they
should
do
such
a
thing!
\VS{8}Behold,
the
money,
which
we
found
in
our sacks’
mouths,
we
brought
again
to
you
out
of
the
land
of
Canaan.
How
then
should
we
steal
silver
or
gold
out
of
your
lord’s
house?
\VS{9}With
whomever
of
your
servants
it
is
found,
let
him
die,
and
we
also
will
be
my
lord’s
slaves.”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}He
said, “Now
also
let
it
be according
to
your
words.
He
with
whom
it
is
found
will
be
my
slave;
and
you
will
be blameless.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
they
hurried,
and
each
man
took
his
sack
down
to
the
ground,
and
each
man
opened
his
sack.
\VS{12}He
searched,
beginning
with
the
oldest,
and
ending
at
the
youngest.
The
cup
was
found
in
Benjamin’s
sack.
\VS{13}Then
they
tore
their
clothes,
and
each
man
loaded
his
donkey,
and
returned
to
the
city.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Judah
and
his
brothers
came
to
Joseph’s
house,
and
he
was
still
there.
They
fell
on
the
ground
before
him.
\VS{15}Joseph
said
to
them, “What
deed
is
this
that
you
have
done?
Don’t
you
know
that
such
a
man
as
I
can
indeed
do
divination?”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Judah
said, “What
will
we
tell
my
lord?
What
will
we
speak?
How
will
we clear
ourselves?
God
has
found
out
the
iniquity
of
your
servants.
Behold,
we
are
my
lord’s
slaves,
both
we
and
he
also
in
whose
hand
the
cup
is
found.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}He
said, “Far
be
it
from
me
that
I
should
do
so.
The
man
in
whose
hand
the
cup
is
found,
he
will
be
my
slave;
but
as
for
you,
go
up
in
peace
to
your
father.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Then
Judah
came
near
to
him,
and
said, “Oh,
my
lord,
please
let
your
servant
speak
a
word
in
my
lord’s
ears,
and
don’t
let
your
anger
burn
against
your
servant;
for
you
are
even
as
Pharaoh.
\VS{19}My
lord
asked
his
servants,
saying, ‘Have
you
a
father,
or
a
brother?’
\VS{20}We
said
to
my
lord, ‘We
have
a
father,
an
old
man,
and
a
child
of
his
old
age,
a
little
one;
and
his
brother
is
dead,
and
he
alone
is
left
of
his
mother;
and
his
father
loves
him.’
\VS{21}You
said
to
your
servants, ‘Bring
him
down
to
me,
that
I
may
set
my
eyes
on
him.’
\VS{22}We
said
to
my
lord, ‘The
boy
can’t
leave
his
father,
for if
he
should
leave
his
father,
his
father
would
die.’
\VS{23}You
said
to
your
servants, ‘Unless
your
youngest
brother
comes
down
with
you,
you
will
see
my
face
no
more.’
\VS{24}When
we
came
up
to
your
servant
my
father,
we
told
him
the
words
of
my
lord.
\VS{25}Our
father
said, ‘Go
again
and
buy
us
a
little
food.’
\VS{26}We
said, ‘We
can’t
go
down.
If
our
youngest
brother
is
with
us,
then
we
will
go
down:
for
we
may
not
see
the
man’s
face,
unless
our
youngest
brother
is
with
us.’
\VS{27}Your
servant,
my
father,
said
to
us, ‘You
know
that
my
wife
bore
me
two
sons.
\VS{28}One
went
out
from
me,
and
I
said, “Surely
he
is
torn
in
pieces;”
and
I
haven’t
seen
him since.
\VS{29}If
you
take
this
one
also
from
me,
and
harm
happens
to
him,
you
will
bring
down
my grey
hairs
with sorrow
to
Sheol.’\FTNT{*}{{\FR 44:29 }
Sheol is the place of the dead.}
\VS{30}Now
therefore
when
I
come
to
your
servant
my
father,
and
the
boy
is
not
with
us;
since
his
life
is
bound
up
in
the
boy’s
life;
\VS{31}it
will
happen,
when
he
sees
that
the
boy
is
no
more,
that
he
will
die.
Your
servants
will
bring
down
the grey
hairs
of
your
servant,
our
father,
with
sorrow
to
Sheol.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 44:31 }
Sheol is the place of the dead.}
\VS{32}For
your
servant
became
collateral
for
the
boy
to
my
father,
saying, ‘If
I
don’t
bring
him
to
you,
then
I
will
bear
the
blame
to
my
father
forever.’
\VS{33}Now
therefore,
please
let
your
servant
stay
instead
of
the
boy,
my
lord’s
slave;
and
let
the
boy
go
up
with
his
brothers.
\VS{34}For
how
will
I
go
up
to
my
father,
if
the
boy isn’t
with
me?—lest
I
see
the
evil
that
will
come
on
my
father.”

\par }\Chap{45}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Joseph
couldn’t
control
himself
before
all
those
who
stood
before
him,
and
he
called
out, “Cause
everyone
to
go
out
from
me!”
No
one
else
stood
with
him,
while
Joseph
made
himself
known
to
his
brothers.
\VS{2}He
wept
aloud.
The
Egyptians
heard,
and
the
house
of
Pharaoh
heard.
\VS{3}Joseph
said
to
his
brothers, “I
am
Joseph!
Does
my
father
still
live?”
\par }{\PP His
brothers
couldn’t
answer
him;
for
they
were
terrified
at
his
presence.
\VS{4}Joseph
said
to
his
brothers, “Come
near
to
me,
please.”
\par }{\PP They
came
near.
He
said, “I
am
Joseph,
your
brother,
whom
you
sold
into
Egypt.
\VS{5}Now
don’t
be
grieved,
nor
angry
with
yourselves,
that
you
sold
me
here,
for
God
sent
me
before
you
to
preserve
life.
\VS{6}For
these
two
years
the
famine
has
been
in
the
land,
and
there
are
yet
five
years,
in
which
there
will
be
no ploughing
and
no
harvest.
\VS{7}God
sent
me
before
you
to
preserve
for
you
a
remnant
in
the
earth,
and
to save
you
alive
by
a
great
deliverance.
\VS{8}So
now
it wasn’t
you
who
sent
me
here,
but
God,
and
he
has
made
me
a
father
to
Pharaoh,
lord
of
all
his
house,
and
ruler
over
all
the
land
of
Egypt.
\VS{9}Hurry,
and
go
up
to
my
father,
and
tell
him, ‘This
is
what
your
son
Joseph
says, “God
has
made
me
lord
of
all
Egypt.
Come
down
to
me.
Don’t
wait.
\VS{10}You
shall
dwell
in
the
land
of
Goshen,
and
you
will
be
near
to
me,
you,
your
children,
your
children’s
children,
your
flocks,
your
herds,
and
all
that
you
have.
\VS{11}There
I
will
provide
for
you;
for
there
are
yet
five
years
of
famine;
lest
you
come
to
poverty,
you,
and
your
household,
and
all
that
you
have.” ’
\VS{12}Behold,
your
eyes
see,
and
the
eyes
of
my
brother
Benjamin,
that
it
is
my
mouth
that
speaks
to
you.
\VS{13}You
shall
tell
my
father
of
all
my
glory
in
Egypt,
and
of
all
that
you
have
seen.
You
shall
hurry
and
bring
my
father
down
here.”
\VS{14}He
fell
on
his
brother
Benjamin’s
neck
and
wept,
and
Benjamin
wept
on
his
neck.
\VS{15}He
kissed
all
his
brothers,
and
wept
on
them.
After
that
his
brothers
talked
with
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}The
report
of
it
was
heard
in
Pharaoh’s
house,
saying, “Joseph’s
brothers
have
come.”
It
pleased
Pharaoh
well,
and
his
servants.
\VS{17}Pharaoh
said
to
Joseph, “Tell
your
brothers, ‘Do
this:
Load
your animals,
and
go, travel
to
the
land
of
Canaan.
\VS{18}Take
your
father
and
your
households,
and
come
to
me,
and
I
will
give
you
the
good
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
you
will
eat
the
fat
of
the
land.’
\VS{19}Now
you
are
commanded
to
do
this:
Take
wagons
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
for
your
little
ones,
and
for
your
wives,
and
bring
your
father,
and
come.
\VS{20}Also,
don’t concern
yourselves
about
your belongings,
for
the
good
of
all
the
land
of
Egypt
is yours.”
\par }{\PP \VS{21}The
sons
of
Israel
did
so.
Joseph
gave
them
wagons,
according
to
the
commandment
of
Pharaoh,
and
gave
them provision
for
the
way.
\VS{22}He
gave
each
one
of
them
changes
of
clothing,
but
to
Benjamin
he
gave
three
hundred pieces
of
silver
and
five
changes
of
clothing.
\VS{23}He
sent
the
following
to
his
father:
ten
donkeys
loaded
with
the
good
things
of
Egypt,
and
ten
female
donkeys
loaded
with
grain
and
bread
and
provision
for
his
father
by
the
way.
\VS{24}So
he
sent
his
brothers
away,
and
they departed.
He
said
to
them, “See
that
you
don’t
quarrel
on
the
way.”
\par }{\PP \VS{25}They
went
up
out
of
Egypt,
and
came
into
the
land
of
Canaan,
to
Jacob
their
father.
\VS{26}They
told
him,
saying, “Joseph
is
still
alive,
and
he
is
ruler
over
all
the
land
of
Egypt.”
His
heart
fainted,
for
he
didn’t
believe
them.
\VS{27}They
told
him
all
the
words
of
Joseph,
which
he
had
said
to
them.
When
he
saw
the
wagons
which
Joseph
had
sent
to
carry
him,
the
spirit
of
Jacob,
their
father,
revived.
\VS{28}Israel
said, “It
is
enough.
Joseph
my
son
is
still
alive.
I
will go
and
see
him
before
I
die.”

\par }\Chap{46}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Israel travelled
with
all
that
he
had,
and
came
to
Beersheba,
and
offered
sacrifices
to
the
God
of
his
father,
Isaac.
\VS{2}God
spoke
to
Israel
in
the
visions
of
the
night,
and
said, “Jacob,
Jacob!”
\par }{\PP He
said, “Here
I
am.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}He
said, “I
am
God,
the
God
of
your
father.
Don’t
be
afraid
to
go
down
into
Egypt,
for
there
I
will
make
of
you
a
great
nation.
\VS{4}I
will
go
down
with
you
into
Egypt.
I
will
also
surely
bring
you
up again.
Joseph’s
hand
will
close
your
eyes.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Jacob
rose
up
from
Beersheba,
and
the
sons
of
Israel
carried
Jacob,
their
father,
their
little
ones,
and
their
wives,
in
the
wagons
which
Pharaoh
had
sent
to
carry
him.
\VS{6}They
took
their
livestock,
and
their
goods,
which
they
had gotten
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
and
came
into
Egypt—Jacob,
and
all
his
offspring
with
him,
\VS{7}his
sons,
and
his
sons’
sons
with
him,
his
daughters,
and
his
sons’
daughters,
and
he
brought
all
his
offspring
with
him
into
Egypt.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}These
are
the
names
of
the
children
of
Israel,
who
came
into
Egypt,
Jacob
and
his
sons:
Reuben,
Jacob’s
firstborn.
\VS{9}The
sons
of
Reuben:
Hanoch,
Pallu,
Hezron,
and
Carmi.
\VS{10}The
sons
of
Simeon:
Jemuel,
Jamin,
Ohad,
Jachin,
Zohar,
and
Shaul
the
son
of
a
Canaanite woman.
\VS{11}The
sons
of
Levi:
Gershon,
Kohath,
and
Merari.
\VS{12}The
sons
of
Judah:
Er,
Onan,
Shelah,
Perez,
and
Zerah;
but
Er
and
Onan
died
in
the
land
of
Canaan.
The
sons
of
Perez
were
Hezron
and
Hamul.
\VS{13}The
sons
of
Issachar:
Tola,
Puvah,
Iob,
and
Shimron.
\VS{14}The
sons
of
Zebulun:
Sered,
Elon,
and
Jahleel.
\VS{15}These
are
the
sons
of
Leah,
whom
she
bore
to
Jacob
in
Paddan
Aram,
with
his
daughter
Dinah.
All
the
souls
of
his
sons
and
his
daughters
were
thirty-three.
\VS{16}The
sons
of
Gad:
Ziphion,
Haggi,
Shuni,
Ezbon,
Eri,
Arodi,
and
Areli.
\VS{17}The
sons
of
Asher:
Imnah,
Ishvah,
Ishvi,
Beriah,
and
Serah
their
sister.
The
sons
of
Beriah:
Heber
and
Malchiel.
\VS{18}These
are
the
sons
of
Zilpah,
whom
Laban
gave
to
Leah,
his
daughter,
and
these
she
bore
to
Jacob,
even
sixteen
souls.
\VS{19}The
sons
of
Rachel,
Jacob’s
wife:
Joseph
and
Benjamin.
\VS{20}To
Joseph
in
the
land
of
Egypt
were
born
Manasseh
and
Ephraim,
whom
Asenath,
the
daughter
of
Potiphera,
priest
of
On,
bore
to
him.
\VS{21}The
sons
of
Benjamin:
Bela,
Becher,
Ashbel,
Gera,
Naaman,
Ehi,
Rosh,
Muppim,
Huppim,
and
Ard.
\VS{22}These
are
the
sons
of
Rachel,
who
were
born
to
Jacob:
all
the
souls
were
fourteen.
\VS{23}The
son
of
Dan:
Hushim.
\VS{24}The
sons
of
Naphtali:
Jahzeel,
Guni,
Jezer,
and
Shillem.
\VS{25}These
are
the
sons
of
Bilhah,
whom
Laban
gave
to
Rachel,
his
daughter,
and
these
she
bore
to
Jacob:
all
the
souls
were
seven.
\VS{26}All
the
souls
who
came
with
Jacob
into
Egypt,
who
were
his
direct
offspring,
in addition
to
Jacob’s
sons’
wives,
all
the
souls
were sixty-six.
\VS{27}The
sons
of
Joseph,
who
were
born
to
him
in
Egypt,
were
two
souls.
All
the
souls
of
the
house
of
Jacob,
who
came
into
Egypt,
were
seventy.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Jacob
sent
Judah
before
him
to
Joseph,
to show
the
way
before
him
to
Goshen,
and
they
came
into
the
land
of
Goshen.
\VS{29}Joseph
prepared
his
chariot,
and
went
up
to
meet
Israel,
his
father,
in
Goshen.
He presented
himself
to
him,
and
fell
on
his
neck,
and
wept
on
his
neck
a good
while.
\VS{30}Israel
said
to
Joseph, “Now
let
me
die,
since
I
have
seen
your
face,
that
you
are
still
alive.”
\par }{\PP \VS{31}Joseph
said
to
his
brothers,
and
to
his
father’s
house, “I
will
go
up,
and
speak
with
Pharaoh,
and
will
tell
him, ‘My
brothers,
and
my
father’s
house,
who
were
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
have
come
to
me.
\VS{32}These
men
are
shepherds,
for
they
have
been
keepers
of
livestock,
and
they
have
brought
their
flocks,
and
their
herds,
and
all
that
they
have.’
\VS{33}It
will
happen,
when
Pharaoh
summons
you,
and
will
say, ‘What
is
your
occupation?’
\VS{34}that
you
shall
say, ‘Your
servants
have
been
keepers
of
livestock
from
our
youth
even
until
now,
both
we,
and
our
fathers:’
that
you
may
dwell
in
the
land
of
Goshen;
for
every
shepherd
is
an
abomination
to
the
Egyptians.”

\par }\Chap{47}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Joseph
went
in
and
told
Pharaoh,
and
said, “My
father
and
my
brothers,
with
their
flocks,
their
herds,
and
all
that
they own,
have
come
out
of
the
land
of
Canaan;
and
behold,
they
are
in
the
land
of
Goshen.”
\VS{2}From amongst
his
brothers
he
took
five
men,
and presented
them
to
Pharaoh.
\VS{3}Pharaoh
said
to
his
brothers, “What
is
your
occupation?”
\par }{\PP They
said
to
Pharaoh, “Your
servants
are
shepherds,
both
we,
and
our
fathers.”
\VS{4}They
also
said
to
Pharaoh, “We
have
come
to
live
as
foreigners
in
the
land,
for
there
is
no
pasture
for
your
servants’
flocks.
For
the
famine
is
severe
in
the
land
of
Canaan.
Now
therefore,
please
let
your
servants
dwell
in
the
land
of
Goshen.”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Pharaoh
spoke
to
Joseph,
saying, “Your
father
and
your
brothers
have
come
to
you.
\VS{6}The
land
of
Egypt
is
before
you.
Make
your
father
and
your
brothers
dwell
in
the
best
of
the
land.
Let
them
dwell
in
the
land
of
Goshen.
If
you
know
any
able
men amongst
them,
then
put
them
in
charge
of
my
livestock.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Joseph
brought
in
Jacob,
his
father,
and
set
him
before
Pharaoh;
and
Jacob
blessed
Pharaoh.
\VS{8}Pharaoh
said
to
Jacob, “How
old
are
you?”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Jacob
said
to
Pharaoh, “The
years
of
my
pilgrimage
are
one
hundred
and
thirty
years.
The
days
of
the
years
of
my
life
have
been
few
and
evil.
They
have
not
attained
to
the
days
of
the
years
of
the
life
of
my
fathers
in
the
days
of
their
pilgrimage.”
\VS{10}Jacob
blessed
Pharaoh,
and
went
out
from
the
presence
of
Pharaoh.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Joseph
placed
his
father
and
his
brothers,
and
gave
them
a
possession
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
in
the
best
of
the
land,
in
the
land
of
Rameses,
as
Pharaoh
had
commanded.
\VS{12}Joseph
provided
his
father,
his
brothers,
and
all
of
his
father’s
household
with
bread,
according
to
the sizes
of
their
families.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}There
was
no
bread
in
all
the
land;
for
the
famine
was
very
severe,
so
that
the
land
of
Egypt
and
the
land
of
Canaan fainted
by reason
of
the
famine.
\VS{14}Joseph
gathered
up
all
the
money
that
was
found
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
for
the
grain
which
they
bought:
and
Joseph
brought
the
money
into
Pharaoh’s
house.
\VS{15}When
the
money
was
all
spent
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
all
the
Egyptians
came
to
Joseph,
and
said, “Give
us
bread,
for
why
should
we
die
in
your
presence?
For
our
money fails.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Joseph
said, “Give
me
your
livestock;
and
I
will
give
you food
for
your
livestock,
if
your
money
is
gone.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}They
brought
their
livestock
to
Joseph,
and
Joseph
gave
them
bread
in
exchange
for
the
horses,
and
for
the
flocks,
and
for
the
herds,
and
for
the
donkeys:
and
he
fed
them
with
bread
in
exchange
for
all
their
livestock
for
that
year.
\VS{18}When
that
year
was
ended,
they
came
to
him
the
second
year,
and
said
to
him, “We
will
not
hide
from
my
lord
how
our
money
is
all
spent,
and
the
herds
of
livestock
are
my
lord’s.
There
is
nothing
left
in
the
sight
of
my
lord,
but
our
bodies,
and
our
lands.
\VS{19}Why
should
we
die
before
your
eyes,
both
we
and
our
land?
Buy
us
and
our
land
for
bread,
and
we
and
our
land
will
be
servants
to
Pharaoh.
Give
us
seed,
that
we
may
live,
and
not
die,
and
that
the
land
won’t
be
desolate.”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}So
Joseph
bought
all
the
land
of
Egypt
for
Pharaoh,
for
every
man
of
the
Egyptians
sold
his
field,
because
the
famine
was
severe
on
them,
and
the
land
became
Pharaoh’s.
\VS{21}As
for
the
people,
he moved
them
to
the
cities
from one
end
of
the
border
of
Egypt
even
to
the other
end
of
it.
\VS{22}Only
he
didn’t
buy
the
land
of
the
priests,
for
the
priests
had
a
portion
from
Pharaoh,
and
ate
their
portion
which
Pharaoh
gave
them.
That
is
why
they
didn’t
sell
their
land.
\VS{23}Then
Joseph
said
to
the
people, “Behold,
I
have
bought
you
and
your
land
today
for
Pharaoh.
Behold,
here
is
seed
for
you,
and
you
shall
sow
the
land.
\VS{24}It
will
happen
at
the
harvests,
that
you
shall
give
a
fifth
to
Pharaoh,
and
four
parts
will
be
your
own,
for
seed
of
the
field,
for
your
food,
for
them
of
your
households,
and
for
food
for
your
little
ones.”
\par }{\PP \VS{25}They
said, “You
have saved
our
lives!
Let
us
find favour
in
the
sight
of
my
lord,
and
we
will
be
Pharaoh’s
servants.”
\par }{\PP \VS{26}Joseph
made
it
a
statute
concerning
the
land
of
Egypt
to
this
day,
that
Pharaoh
should
have
the
fifth.
Only
the
land
of
the
priests
alone
didn’t
become
Pharaoh’s.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}Israel
lived
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
in
the
land
of
Goshen;
and
they got themselves
possessions therein,
and
were
fruitful,
and
multiplied
exceedingly.
\VS{28}Jacob
lived
in
the
land
of
Egypt
seventeen
years.
So
the
days
of
Jacob,
the
years
of
his
life,
were
one
hundred
and forty-seven
years.
\VS{29}The
time
came
near
that
Israel
must
die,
and
he
called
his
son
Joseph,
and
said
to
him, “If
now
I
have
found favour
in
your
sight,
please
put
your
hand
under
my
thigh,
and
deal kindly
and
truly
with
me.
Please
don’t
bury
me
in
Egypt,
\VS{30}but
when
I
sleep
with
my
fathers,
you
shall
carry
me
out
of
Egypt,
and
bury
me
in
their
burying
place.”
\par }{\PP Joseph
said, “I
will
do
as
you
have
said.”
\par }{\PP \VS{31}Israel
said, “Swear
to
me,”
and
he
swore
to
him.
Then
Israel
bowed
himself
on
the bed’s
head.

\par }\Chap{48}{\PP \VerseOne{1}After
these
things, someone
said
to
Joseph, “Behold,
your
father
is
sick.”
He
took
with
him
his
two
sons,
Manasseh
and
Ephraim.
\VS{2}Someone
told
Jacob,
and
said, “Behold,
your
son
Joseph
comes
to
you,”
and
Israel
strengthened
himself,
and
sat
on
the
bed.
\VS{3}Jacob
said
to
Joseph, “God
Almighty
appeared
to
me
at
Luz
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
and
blessed
me,
\VS{4}and
said
to
me, ‘Behold,
I
will
make
you
fruitful,
and
multiply
you,
and
I
will
make
of
you
a
company
of
peoples,
and
will
give
this
land
to
your
offspring
after
you
for
an
everlasting
possession.’
\VS{5}Now
your
two
sons,
who
were
born
to
you
in
the
land
of
Egypt
before
I
came
to
you
into
Egypt,
are mine;
Ephraim
and
Manasseh,
even
as
Reuben
and
Simeon,
will
be mine.
\VS{6}Your
offspring,
whom
you
become
the
father
of
after
them,
will
be yours.
They
will
be
called
after
the
name
of
their
brothers
in
their
inheritance.
\VS{7}As
for
me,
when
I
came
from
Paddan,
Rachel
died
beside
me
in
the
land
of
Canaan
on
the
way,
when
there
was
still
some
distance
to
come
to
Ephrath,
and
I
buried
her
there
on
the
way
to
Ephrath (also
called
Bethlehem).”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Israel
saw
Joseph’s
sons,
and
said, “Who
are
these?”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Joseph
said
to
his
father, “They
are
my
sons,
whom
God
has
given
me
here.”
\par }{\PP He
said, “Please
bring
them
to
me,
and
I
will
bless
them.”
\VS{10}Now
the
eyes
of
Israel
were
dim
for
age,
so
that
he
couldn’t
see well.
Joseph
brought
them
near
to
him;
and
he
kissed
them,
and
embraced
them.
\VS{11}Israel
said
to
Joseph, “I
didn’t
think
I
would
see
your
face,
and
behold,
God
has
let
me
see
your
offspring
also.”
\VS{12}Joseph
brought
them
out
from
between
his
knees,
and
he
bowed
himself
with
his
face
to
the
earth.
\VS{13}Joseph
took
them
both,
Ephraim
in
his
right
hand towards
Israel’s
left
hand,
and
Manasseh
in
his
left
hand towards
Israel’s
right
hand,
and
brought
them
near
to
him.
\VS{14}Israel
stretched
out
his
right
hand,
and
laid
it
on
Ephraim’s
head,
who
was
the
younger,
and
his
left
hand
on
Manasseh’s
head, guiding
his
hands knowingly,
for
Manasseh
was
the
firstborn.
\VS{15}He
blessed
Joseph,
and
said,
\par }{\Q “The
God
before
whom
my
fathers
Abraham
and
Isaac
walked,
\par }{\Q the
God
who
has fed
me
all
my
life
long
to
this
day,
\par }{\Q \VS{16}the
angel
who
has
redeemed
me
from
all
evil,
bless
the
lads,
\par }{\Q and
let
my
name
be
named
on
them,
\par }{\Q and
the
name
of
my
fathers
Abraham
and
Isaac.
\par }{\Q Let
them
grow
into
a
multitude
upon
the
earth.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}When
Joseph
saw
that
his
father
laid
his
right
hand
on
the
head
of
Ephraim,
it
displeased
him.
He
held
up
his
father’s
hand,
to
remove
it
from
Ephraim’s
head
to
Manasseh’s
head.
\VS{18}Joseph
said
to
his
father, “Not
so,
my
father,
for
this
is
the
firstborn.
Put
your
right
hand
on
his
head.”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}His
father
refused,
and
said, “I
know,
my
son,
I
know.
He
also
will
become
a
people,
and
he
also
will
be
great.
However,
his
younger
brother
will
be
greater
than
he,
and
his
offspring
will
become
a
multitude
of
nations.”
\VS{20}He
blessed
them
that
day,
saying, “Israel
will
bless
in
you,
saying, ‘God
make
you
as
Ephraim
and
as Manasseh’ ”
He
set
Ephraim
before
Manasseh.
\VS{21}Israel
said
to
Joseph, “Behold,
I
am
dying,
but
God
will
be
with
you,
and
bring
you
again
to
the
land
of
your
fathers.
\VS{22}Moreover
I
have
given
to
you
one
portion
above
your
brothers,
which
I
took
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Amorite
with
my
sword
and
with
my
bow.”

\par }\Chap{49}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Jacob
called
to
his
sons,
and
said: “Gather yourselves
together,
that
I
may
tell
you
that
which
will
happen
to
you
in
the
days
to
come.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}Assemble
yourselves,
and
hear,
you
sons
of
Jacob.
\par }{\QB Listen
to
Israel,
your
father.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{3}“Reuben,
you
are my
firstborn, my
might,
and
the
beginning
of my
strength,
\par }{\QB excelling
in
dignity,
and excelling
in
power.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Boiling
over
like
water,
you
shall
not
excel,
\par }{\QB because
you
went
up
to
your
father’s
bed,
\par }{\QB then defiled
it.
He
went
up
to
my
couch.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{5}“Simeon
and
Levi
are
brothers.
\par }{\QB Their
swords
are
weapons
of
violence.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}My
soul,
don’t
come
into
their
council.
\par }{\QB My
glory,
don’t
be
united
to
their
assembly;
\par }{\Q for
in
their
anger
they
killed
men.
\par }{\QB In
their
self-will
they hamstrung
cattle.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}Cursed
be
their
anger,
for
it
was
fierce;
\par }{\QB and
their
wrath,
for
it
was
cruel.
\par }{\Q I
will
divide
them
in
Jacob,
\par }{\QB and
scatter
them
in
Israel.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}“Judah,
your
brothers
will
praise
you.
\par }{\QB Your
hand
will
be
on
the
neck
of
your
enemies.
\par }{\QB Your
father’s
sons
will
bow
down before
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Judah
is
a
lion’s
cub.
\par }{\QB From
the
prey,
my
son,
you
have
gone
up.
\par }{\Q He stooped
down,
he crouched
as
a
lion,
\par }{\QB as
a
lioness.
\par }{\QB Who
will
rouse
him
up?
\par }{\Q \VS{10}The sceptre
will
not
depart
from
Judah,
\par }{\QB nor
the
ruler’s
staff
from
between
his
feet,
\par }{\Q until
he
comes
to whom
it belongs.
\par }{\QB The
obedience
of
the
peoples
will
be
to
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Binding
his
foal
to
the
vine,
\par }{\QB his
donkey’s
colt
to
the choice
vine,
\par }{\Q he
has
washed
his
garments
in
wine,
\par }{\QB his
robes
in
the
blood
of
grapes.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}His
eyes
will
be red
with
wine,
\par }{\QB his
teeth
white
with
milk.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{13}“Zebulun
will
dwell
at
the
haven
of
the
sea.
\par }{\QB He
will
be
for
a
haven
of
ships.
\par }{\QB His border
will
be
on
Sidon.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{14}“Issachar
is
a
strong
donkey,
\par }{\QB lying
down
between
the saddlebags.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}He
saw
a
resting
place,
that
it
was
good,
\par }{\QB the
land,
that
it
was
pleasant.
\par }{\Q He bows
his
shoulder
to
the burden,
\par }{\QB and
becomes
a
servant doing
forced labour.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{16}“Dan
will
judge
his
people,
\par }{\QB as
one
of
the
tribes
of
Israel.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}Dan
will
be
a
serpent
on
the
trail,
\par }{\QB an adder
in
the
path,
\par }{\Q that bites
the horse’s
heels,
\par }{\QB so
that
his
rider
falls
backward.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}I
have waited
for
your
salvation,
LORD.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{19}“A
troop
will press on
Gad,
\par }{\QB but
he
will press on their
heel.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{20}“Asher’s
food
will
be rich.
\par }{\QB He
will
produce
royal
dainties.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{21}“Naphtali
is
a
doe
set
free,
\par }{\QB who bears
beautiful fawns.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{22}“Joseph
is
a
fruitful vine,
\par }{\QB a
fruitful vine
by
a
spring.
\par }{\QB His
branches
run
over
the
wall.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}The archers
have severely grieved him,
\par }{\QB shot at him,
and persecuted him:
\par }{\Q \VS{24}But
his
bow
remained strong.
\par }{\QB The
arms
of
his
hands
were made strong,
\par }{\QB by
the
hands
of
the
Mighty
One
of
Jacob,
\par }{\QB (from
there
is
the
shepherd,
the
stone
of
Israel),
\par }{\Q \VS{25}even
by
the
God
of
your
father,
who
will
help
you,
\par }{\QB by
the
Almighty,
who
will
bless
you,
\par }{\Q with
blessings
of
heaven
above,
\par }{\QB blessings
of
the
deep
that
lies
below,
\par }{\QB blessings
of
the
breasts,
and
of
the
womb.
\par }{\Q \VS{26}The
blessings
of
your
father
have
prevailed
above
the
blessings
of
my
ancestors,
\par }{\QB above
the boundaries
of
the
ancient
hills.
\par }{\Q They
will
be
on
the
head
of
Joseph,
\par }{\QB on
the
crown
of
the
head
of
him
who
is
separated
from
his
brothers.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{27}“Benjamin
is
a
ravenous
wolf.
\par }{\QB In
the
morning
he
will
devour
the
prey.
\par }{\QB At
evening
he
will
divide
the
plunder.”
\par }{\PP \VS{28}All
these
are
the
twelve
tribes
of
Israel,
and
this
is
what
their
father
spoke
to
them,
and
blessed
them.
He
blessed
everyone
according
to
his
own
blessing.
\VS{29}He
instructed
them,
and
said
to
them, “I
am
to
be
gathered
to
my
people.
Bury
me
with
my
fathers
in
the
cave
that
is
in
the
field
of
Ephron
the
Hittite,
\VS{30}in
the
cave
that
is
in
the
field
of
Machpelah,
which
is
before
Mamre,
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
which
Abraham
bought
with
the
field
from
Ephron
the
Hittite
as
a
burial
place.
\VS{31}There
they
buried
Abraham
and
Sarah,
his
wife.
There
they
buried
Isaac
and
Rebekah,
his
wife,
and
there
I
buried
Leah:
\VS{32}the
field
and
the
cave
that
is therein,
which
was
purchased
from
the
children
of
Heth.”
\VS{33}When
Jacob
finished
charging
his
sons,
he
gathered
up
his
feet
into
the
bed,
breathed
his
last breath,
and
was
gathered
to
his
people.

\Chap{50}\VerseOne{1}Joseph
fell
on
his
father’s
face,
wept
on
him,
and
kissed
him.
\VS{2}Joseph
commanded
his
servants,
the
physicians,
to
embalm
his
father;
and
the
physicians
embalmed
Israel.
\VS{3}Forty
days
were used
for
him,
for
that
is
how many
days
it takes
to
embalm.
The
Egyptians
wept
for Israel
for
seventy
days.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}When
the
days
of weeping
for
him
were past,
Joseph
spoke
to
Pharaoh’s staff,
saying, “If
now
I
have
found favour
in
your
eyes,
please
speak
in
the
ears
of
Pharaoh,
saying,
\VS{5}‘My
father
made
me
swear,
saying, “Behold,
I
am
dying.
Bury
me
in
my
grave
which
I
have
dug
for
myself
in
the
land
of
Canaan.”
Now
therefore,
please
let
me
go
up
and
bury
my
father,
and
I
will
come
again.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Pharaoh
said, “Go
up,
and
bury
your
father,
just
like
he
made
you
swear.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Joseph
went
up
to
bury
his
father;
and
with
him
went
up
all
the
servants
of
Pharaoh,
the
elders
of
his
house,
all
the
elders
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
\VS{8}all
the
house
of
Joseph,
his
brothers,
and
his
father’s
house.
Only
their
little
ones,
their
flocks,
and
their
herds,
they
left
in
the
land
of
Goshen.
\VS{9}Both
chariots
and
horsemen
went
up
with
him.
It
was
a
very
great
company.
\VS{10}They
came
to
the
threshing
floor
of
Atad,
which
is
beyond
the
Jordan,
and
there
they
lamented
with
a
very
great
and
severe
lamentation.
He
mourned
for
his
father
seven
days.
\VS{11}When
the
inhabitants
of
the
land,
the
Canaanites,
saw
the
mourning
in
the
floor
of
Atad,
they
said, “This
is
a
grievous
mourning
by
the
Egyptians.”
Therefore
its
name
was
called Abel Mizraim,
which
is
beyond
the
Jordan.
\VS{12}His
sons
did
to
him
just
as
he
commanded
them,
\VS{13}for
his
sons
carried
him
into
the
land
of
Canaan,
and
buried
him
in
the
cave
of
the
field
of
Machpelah,
which
Abraham
bought
with
the
field,
as
a
possession
for
a
burial
site,
from
Ephron
the
Hittite,
near
Mamre.
\VS{14}Joseph
returned
into
Egypt—he,
and
his
brothers,
and
all
that
went
up
with
him
to
bury
his
father,
after
he
had
buried
his
father.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}When
Joseph’s
brothers
saw
that
their
father
was
dead,
they
said, “It
may
be
that
Joseph
will hate
us,
and
will fully
pay
us
back
for
all
the
evil
which
we
did
to
him.”
\VS{16}They
sent
a message
to
Joseph,
saying, “Your
father
commanded
before
he
died,
saying,
\VS{17}‘You
shall
tell
Joseph, “Now
please
forgive
the disobedience
of
your
brothers,
and
their
sin,
because
they
did
evil
to
you.” ’
Now,
please
forgive
the disobedience
of
the
servants
of
the
God
of
your
father.”
Joseph
wept
when
they
spoke
to
him.
\VS{18}His
brothers
also
went
and
fell
down
before
his
face;
and
they
said, “Behold, we
are
your
servants.”
\VS{19}Joseph
said
to
them, “Don’t
be
afraid,
for
am
I
in
the
place
of
God?
\VS{20}As
for
you,
you
meant
evil
against
me,
but
God
meant
it
for
good,
to save
many
people
alive,
as
is happening
today.
\VS{21}Now
therefore
don’t
be
afraid.
I
will
provide
for
you
and
your
little
ones.”
He
comforted
them,
and
spoke
kindly
to
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Joseph
lived
in
Egypt,
he,
and
his
father’s
house.
Joseph
lived
one
hundred
and
ten
years.
\VS{23}Joseph
saw
Ephraim’s
children
to
the
third
generation.
The
children
also
of
Machir,
the
son
of
Manasseh,
were
born
on
Joseph’s
knees.
\VS{24}Joseph
said
to
his
brothers, “I
am
dying,
but
God
will
surely
visit
you,
and
bring
you
up
out
of
this
land
to
the
land
which
he
swore
to
Abraham,
to
Isaac,
and
to
Jacob.”
\VS{25}Joseph
took
an
oath
from
the
children
of
Israel,
saying, “God
will
surely
visit
you,
and
you
shall
carry
up
my
bones
from
here.”
\VS{26}So
Joseph
died,
being
one
hundred
and
ten
years
old,
and
they
embalmed
him,
and
he
was
put
in
a
coffin
in
Egypt.
\par }