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ISA-11:9 ...for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD,

as the waters cover the sea.

Copyright (c) 1985-2007

king james study

==== <GE1>

GE-1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

GE-1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness

[was] upon the

face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of

the waters.

GE-1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

GE-1:4 And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God

divided the light

from the darkness.

GE-1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called

Night. And

the evening and the morning were the first day.

GE-1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of

the waters, and

let it divide the waters from the waters.

GE-1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which

[were] under

the firmament from the waters which [were] above the firmament:

and it was so.

GE-1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and

the morning

were the second day.

GE-1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be

gathered together

unto one place, and let the dry [land] appear: and it was so.

GE-1:10 And God called the dry [land] Earth; and the gathering

together of

the waters called he Seas: and God saw that [it was] good.

GE-1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb

yielding

seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose

seed [is] in

itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

GE-1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, [and] herb yielding

seed after his

kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed [was] in itself,

after his kind:

and God saw that [it was] good.

GE-1:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.

GE-1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of

the heaven to

divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and

for seasons, and

for days, and years:

GE-1:15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the

heaven to give

light upon the earth: and it was so.

GE-1:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to

rule the day, and

the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also.

GE-1:17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give

light upon

the earth,

GE-1:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to

divide the light

from the darkness: and God saw that [it was] good.

GE-1:19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.

GE-1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the

moving

creature that hath life, and fowl [that] may fly above the earth

in the open

firmament of heaven.

GE-1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature

that moveth,

which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and

every winged

fowl after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.

GE-1:22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply,

and fill the

waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

GE-1:23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

GE-1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living

creature after his

kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after

his kind: and

it was so.

GE-1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and

cattle after

their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after

his kind: and

God saw that [it was] good.

GE-1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our

likeness: and

let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the

fowl of the air,

and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every

creeping thing

that creepeth upon the earth.

GE-1:27 So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of

God created he

him; male and female created he them.

GE-1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be

fruitful, and

multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have

dominion over the

fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every

living thing

that moveth upon the earth.

GE-1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb

bearing seed, which

[is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the

which [is] the

fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

GE-1:30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of

the air, and to

every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein [there is]

life, [I have

given] every green herb for meat: and it was so.

GE-1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold,

[it was] very

good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

==== <GE2>

GE-2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all

the host of

them.

GE-2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had

made; and he

rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

GE-2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it:

because that in it

he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

GE-2:4 These [are] the generations of the heavens and of the

earth when they

were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and

the heavens,

GE-2:5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth,

and every

herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not

caused it to rain

upon the earth, and [there was] not a man to till the ground.

GE-2:6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the

whole face of

the ground.

GE-2:7 And the LORD God formed man [of] the dust of the ground,

and breathed

into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living

soul.

GE-2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and

there he put

the man whom he had formed.

GE-2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every

tree that is

pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also

in the midst

of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

GE-2:10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and

from thence it

was parted, and became into four heads.

GE-2:11 The name of the first [is] Pison: that [is] it which

compasseth the

whole land of Havilah, where [there is] gold;

GE-2:12 And the gold of that land [is] good: there [is]

bdellium and the onyx

stone.

GE-2:13 And the name of the second river [is] Gihon: the same

[is] it that

compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

GE-2:14 And the name of the third river [is] Hiddekel: that

[is] it which

goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river [is]

Euphrates.

GE-2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the

garden of Eden to

dress it and to keep it.

GE-2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every

tree of the

garden thou mayest freely eat:

GE-2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou

shalt not eat

of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely

die.

GE-2:18 And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man

should be alone;

I will make him an help meet for him.

GE-2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast

of the field,

and every fowl of the air; and brought [them] unto Adam to see

what he would

call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature,

that [was] the

name thereof.

GE-2:20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of

the air, and to

every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an

help meet for

him.

GE-2:21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam,

and he slept:

and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead

thereof;

GE-2:22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man,

made he a woman,

and brought her unto the man.

GE-2:23 And Adam said, This [is] now bone of my bones, and

flesh of my flesh:

she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

GE-2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother,

and shall

cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

GE-2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and

were not ashamed.

==== <GE3>

GE-3:1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the

field which the

LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God

said, Ye shall

not eat of every tree of the garden?

GE-3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the

fruit of the

trees of the garden:

GE-3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which [is] in the midst of

the garden,

God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it,

lest ye die.

GE-3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely

die:

GE-3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then

your eyes shall

be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

GE-3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food,

and that it

[was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make

[one] wise, she

took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her

husband with

her; and he did eat.

GE-3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew

that they [were]

naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves

aprons.

GE-3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the

garden in the

cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the

presence of the

LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

GE-3:9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him,

Where [art]

thou?

GE-3:10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was

afraid,

because I [was] naked; and I hid myself.

GE-3:11 And he said, Who told thee that thou [wast] naked? Hast

thou eaten of

the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

GE-3:12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest [to be]

with me, she

gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

GE-3:13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What [is] this

[that] thou hast

done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

GE-3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou

hast done this,

thou [art] cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the

field; upon

thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of

thy life:

GE-3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and

between thy

seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt

bruise his heel.

GE-3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy

sorrow and thy

conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy

desire [shall

be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

GE-3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto

the voice of

thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee,

saying, Thou

shalt not eat of it: cursed [is] the ground for thy sake; in

sorrow shalt thou

eat [of] it all the days of thy life;

GE-3:18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee;

and thou shalt

eat the herb of the field;

GE-3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till

thou return unto

the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art],

and unto dust

shalt thou return.

GE-3:20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was

the mother of

all living.

GE-3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make

coats of skins,

and clothed them.

GE-3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one

of us, to

know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and

take also of the

tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

GE-3:23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden

of Eden, to

till the ground from whence he was taken.

GE-3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of

the garden of

Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to

keep the way of

the tree of life.

==== <GE4>

GE-4:1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare

Cain, and

said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

GE-4:2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a

keeper of sheep,

but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

GE-4:3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain

brought of the fruit

of the ground an offering unto the LORD.

GE-4:4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock

and of the

fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his

offering:

GE-4:5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.

And Cain was

very wroth, and his countenance fell.

GE-4:6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why

is thy

countenance fallen?

GE-4:7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if

thou doest not

well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee [shall be] his desire,

and thou

shalt rule over him.

GE-4:8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to

pass, when they

were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother,

and slew him.

GE-4:9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thy

brother? And he said,

I know not: [Am] I my brother's keeper?

GE-4:10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy

brother's blood

crieth unto me from the ground.

GE-4:11 And now [art] thou cursed from the earth, which hath

opened her mouth

to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;

GE-4:12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth

yield unto thee

her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the

earth.

GE-4:13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment [is] greater

than I can

bear.

GE-4:14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face

of the earth;

and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and

a vagabond in

the earth; and it shall come to pass, [that] every one that

findeth me shall

slay me.

GE-4:15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth

Cain,

vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a

mark upon Cain,

lest any finding him should kill him.

GE-4:16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and

dwelt in the

land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

GE-4:17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare

Enoch: and he

builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name

of his son,

Enoch.

GE-4:18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael:

and Mehujael

begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.

GE-4:19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one

[was] Adah,

and the name of the other Zillah.

GE-4:20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell

in tents, and

[of such as have] cattle.

GE-4:21 And his brother's name [was] Jubal: he was the father

of all such as

handle the harp and organ.

GE-4:22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructor of

every artificer

in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain [was] Naamah.

GE-4:23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear

my voice; ye

wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man

to my

wounding, and a young man to my hurt.

GE-4:24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech

seventy and

sevenfold.

GE-4:25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and

called his name

Seth: For God, [said she], hath appointed me another seed

instead of Abel,

whom Cain slew.

GE-4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he

called his name

Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.

==== <GE5>

GE-5:1 This [is] the book of the generations of Adam. In the

day that God

created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

GE-5:2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and

called their

name Adam, in the day when they were created.

GE-5:3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat [a

son] in his

own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

GE-5:4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were

eight hundred

years: and he begat sons and daughters:

GE-5:5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and

thirty years:

and he died.

GE-5:6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:

GE-5:7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and

seven years, and

begat sons and daughters:

GE-5:8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve

years: and he

died.

GE-5:9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:

GE-5:10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and

fifteen years,

and begat sons and daughters:

GE-5:11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five

years: and he

died.

GE-5:12 And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:

GE-5:13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight

hundred and forty

years, and begat sons and daughters:

GE-5:14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten

years: and he

died.

GE-5:15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat

Jared:

GE-5:16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred

and thirty

years, and begat sons and daughters:

GE-5:17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred

ninety and five

years: and he died.

GE-5:18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he

begat Enoch:

GE-5:19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred

years, and begat

sons and daughters:

GE-5:20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and

two years: and

he died.

GE-5:21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat

Methuselah:

GE-5:22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah

three hundred

years, and begat sons and daughters:

GE-5:23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and

five years:

GE-5:24 And Enoch walked with God: and he [was] not; for God

took him.

GE-5:25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years,

and begat

Lamech:

GE-5:26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven

hundred eighty and

two years, and begat sons and daughters:

GE-5:27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty

and nine

years: and he died.

GE-5:28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and

begat a son:

GE-5:29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This [same] shall

comfort us

concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground

which the

LORD hath cursed.

GE-5:30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred

ninety and five

years, and begat sons and daughters:

GE-5:31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy

and seven

years: and he died.

GE-5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat

Shem, Ham, and

Japheth.

==== <GE6>

GE-6:1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the

face of the

earth, and daughters were born unto them,

GE-6:2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they

[were] fair;

and they took them wives of all which they chose.

GE-6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive

with man, for

that he also [is] flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and

twenty years.

GE-6:4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also

after that,

when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they

bare

[children] to them, the same [became] mighty men which [were] of

old, men of

renown.

GE-6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man [was] great in

the earth, and

[that] every imagination of the thoughts of his heart [was] only

evil

continually.

GE-6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the

earth, and it

grieved him at his heart.

GE-6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have

created from the

face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing,

and the fowls

of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

GE-6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

GE-6:9 These [are] the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man

[and] perfect

in his generations, [and] Noah walked with God.

GE-6:10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

GE-6:11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth

was filled with

violence.

GE-6:12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was

corrupt; for all

flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

GE-6:13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come

before me; for

the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I

will destroy

them with the earth.

GE-6:14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make

in the ark,

and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.

GE-6:15 And this [is the fashion] which thou shalt make it [of]:

The length

of the ark [shall be] three hundred cubits, the breadth of it

fifty cubits,

and the height of it thirty cubits.

GE-6:16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit

shalt thou finish

it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side

thereof; [with]

lower, second, and third [stories] shalt thou make it.

GE-6:17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon

the earth, to

destroy all flesh, wherein [is] the breath of life, from under

heaven; [and]

every thing that [is] in the earth shall die.

GE-6:18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou

shalt come into

the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives

with thee.

GE-6:19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every

[sort] shalt

thou bring into the ark, to keep [them] alive with thee; they

shall be male

and female.

GE-6:20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their

kind, of every

creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every [sort]

shall come

unto thee, to keep [them] alive.

GE-6:21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and

thou shalt

gather [it] to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for

them.

GE-6:22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him,

so did he.

==== <GE7>

GE-7:1 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house

into the ark;

for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

GE-7:2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens,

the male and

his female: and of beasts that [are] not clean by two, the male

and his

female.

GE-7:3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the

female; to keep

seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

GE-7:4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the

earth forty

days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have

made will I

destroy from off the face of the earth.

GE-7:5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded

him.

GE-7:6 And Noah [was] six hundred years old when the flood of

waters was upon

the earth.

GE-7:7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his

sons' wives with

him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.

GE-7:8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that [are] not clean, and

of fowls, and

of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,

GE-7:9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the

male and the

female, as God had commanded Noah.

GE-7:10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters

of the flood

were upon the earth.

GE-7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second

month, the

seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the

fountains of the great

deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

GE-7:12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty

nights.

GE-7:13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham,

and Japheth, the

sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons

with them, into

the ark;

GE-7:14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the

cattle after their

kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth

after his kind,

and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.

GE-7:15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of

all flesh,

wherein [is] the breath of life.

GE-7:16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all

flesh, as God

had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.

GE-7:17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the

waters

increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the

earth.

GE-7:18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly

upon the earth;

and the ark went upon the face of the waters.

GE-7:19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth;

and all the high

hills, that [were] under the whole heaven, were covered.

GE-7:20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the

mountains were

covered.

GE-7:21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of

fowl, and of

cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth

upon the

earth, and every man:

GE-7:22 All in whose nostrils [was] the breath of life, of all

that [was] in

the dry [land], died.

GE-7:23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon

the face of

the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and

the fowl of the

heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only

remained

[alive], and they that [were] with him in the ark.

GE-7:24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and

fifty days.

==== <GE8>

GE-8:1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all

the cattle

that [was] with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over

the earth,

and the waters asswaged;

GE-8:2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven

were stopped,

and the rain from heaven was restrained;

GE-8:3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually:

and after the

end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

GE-8:4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the

seventeenth day of the

month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

GE-8:5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth

month: in the

tenth [month], on the first [day] of the month, were the tops of

the mountains

seen.

GE-8:6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah

opened the

window of the ark which he had made:

GE-8:7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro,

until the

waters were dried up from off the earth.

GE-8:8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters

were abated

from off the face of the ground;

GE-8:9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and

she returned

unto him into the ark, for the waters [were] on the face of the

whole earth:

then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto

him into the

ark.

GE-8:10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent

forth the dove

out of the ark;

GE-8:11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in

her mouth

[was] an olive leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters

were abated from

off the earth.

GE-8:12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the

dove; which

returned not again unto him any more.

GE-8:13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year,

in the first

[month], the first [day] of the month, the waters were dried up

from off the

earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and,

behold, the

face of the ground was dry.

GE-8:14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day

of the month,

was the earth dried.

GE-8:15 And God spake unto Noah, saying,

GE-8:16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons,

and thy sons'

wives with thee.

GE-8:17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that [is] with

thee, of all

flesh, [both] of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping

thing that

creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the

earth, and be

fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

GE-8:18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and

his sons' wives

with him:

GE-8:19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl,

[and] whatsoever

creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of

the ark.

GE-8:20 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of

every clean

beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on

the altar.

GE-8:21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said

in his heart,

I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for

the imagination

of man's heart [is] evil from his youth; neither will I again

smite any more

every thing living, as I have done.

GE-8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and

cold and heat,

and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

==== <GE9>

GE-9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them,

Be fruitful,

and multiply, and replenish the earth.

GE-9:2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon

every beast of

the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth

[upon] the

earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are

they delivered.

GE-9:3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you;

even as the

green herb have I given you all things.

GE-9:4 But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood

thereof, shall

ye not eat.

GE-9:5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at

the hand of

every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the

hand of every

man's brother will I require the life of man.

GE-9:6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be

shed: for in the

image of God made he man.

GE-9:7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth

abundantly in the

earth, and multiply therein.

GE-9:8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him,

saying,

GE-9:9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and

with your seed

after you;

GE-9:10 And with every living creature that [is] with you, of

the fowl, of

the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all

that go out of

the ark, to every beast of the earth.

GE-9:11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither

shall all flesh be

cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there

any more be a

flood to destroy the earth.

GE-9:12 And 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:

GE-9:13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a

token of a

covenant between me and the earth.

GE-9:14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over

the earth, that

the bow shall be seen in the cloud:

GE-9:15 And I will remember my covenant, which [is] between me

and you and

every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more

become a

flood to destroy all flesh.

GE-9:16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon

it, that I

may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every

living creature of

all flesh that [is] upon the earth.

GE-9:17 And God said unto Noah, This [is] the token of the

covenant, which I

have established between me and all flesh that [is] upon the

earth.

GE-9:18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were

Shem, and Ham,

and Japheth: and Ham [is] the father of Canaan.

GE-9:19 These [are] the three sons of Noah: and of them was the

whole earth

overspread.

GE-9:20 And Noah began [to be] an husbandman, and he planted a

vineyard:

GE-9:21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was

uncovered

within his tent.

GE-9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his

father, and

told his two brethren without.

GE-9:23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid [it] upon

both their

shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their

father; and

their faces [were] backward, and they saw not their father's

nakedness.

GE-9:24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger

son had done

unto him.

GE-9:25 And he said, Cursed [be] Canaan; a servant of servants

shall he be

unto his brethren.

GE-9:26 And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Shem; and

Canaan shall be

his servant.

GE-9:27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the

tents of Shem;

and Canaan shall be his servant.

GE-9:28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty

years.

GE-9:29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty

years: and he

died.

==== <GE10>

GE-10:1 Now these [are] the generations of the sons of Noah,

Shem, Ham, and

Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

GE-10:2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and

Javan, and

Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

GE-10:3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and

Togarmah.

GE-10:4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim,

and Dodanim.

GE-10:5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in

their lands; every

one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

GE-10:6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and

Canaan.

GE-10:7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah,

and Raamah, and

Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

GE-10:8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in

the earth.

GE-10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is

said, Even as

Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.

GE-10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech,

and Accad,

and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

GE-10:11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded

Nineveh, and the

city Rehoboth, and Calah,

GE-10:12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same [is] a

great city.

GE-10:13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and

Naphtuhim,

GE-10:14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came

Philistim,) and

Caphtorim.

GE-10:15 And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

GE-10:16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,

GE-10:17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

GE-10:18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite:

and afterward

were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

GE-10:19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as

thou comest to

Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and

Admah, and

Zeboim, even unto Lasha.

GE-10:20 These [are] the sons of Ham, after their families,

after their

tongues, in their countries, [and] in their nations.

GE-10:21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber,

the brother

of Japheth the elder, even to him were [children] born.

GE-10:22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad,

and Lud, and

Aram.

GE-10:23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and

Mash.

GE-10:24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.

GE-10:25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one

[was] Peleg; for

in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name [was]

Joktan.

GE-10:26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth,

and Jerah,

GE-10:27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

GE-10:28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

GE-10:29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these [were]

the sons of

Joktan.

GE-10:30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto

Sephar a mount

of the east.

GE-10:31 These [are] the sons of Shem, after their families,

after their

tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

GE-10:32 These [are] the families of the sons of Noah, after

their

generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations

divided in the

earth after the flood.

==== <GE11>

GE-11:1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one

speech.

GE-11:2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east,

that they found

a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

GE-11:3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick,

and burn them

thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for

mortar.

GE-11:4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a

tower, whose top

[may reach] unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be

scattered

abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

GE-11:5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower,

which the

children of men builded.

GE-11:6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people [is] one, and

they have all one

language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be

restrained from

them, which they have imagined to do.

GE-11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their

language, that they

may not understand one another's speech.

GE-11:8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the

face of all

the earth: and they left off to build the city.

GE-11:9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the

LORD did there

confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the

LORD scatter

them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

GE-11:10 These [are] the generations of Shem: Shem [was] an

hundred years

old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

GE-11:11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred

years, and begat

sons and daughters.

GE-11:12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat

Salah:

GE-11:13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred

and three

years, and begat sons and daughters.

GE-11:14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

GE-11:15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and

three years,

and begat sons and daughters.

GE-11:16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:

GE-11:17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and

thirty years,

and begat sons and daughters.

GE-11:18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

GE-11:19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and

nine years, and

begat sons and daughters.

GE-11:20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:

GE-11:21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and

seven years, and

begat sons and daughters.

GE-11:22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:

GE-11:23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years,

and begat

sons and daughters.

GE-11:24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:

GE-11:25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and

nineteen years,

and begat sons and daughters.

GE-11:26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor,

and Haran.

GE-11:27 Now these [are] the generations of Terah: Terah begat

Abram, Nahor,

and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

GE-11:28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of

his nativity,

in Ur of the Chaldees.

GE-11:29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of

Abram's wife [was]

Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of

Haran, the father

of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

GE-11:30 But Sarai was barren; she [had] no child.

GE-11:31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran

his son's

son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and

they went forth

with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan;

and they

came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

GE-11:32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years:

and Terah

died in Haran.

==== <GE12>

GE-12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy

country, and

from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that

I will show

thee:

GE-12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will

bless thee, and

make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

GE-12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him

that curseth

thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

GE-12:4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and

Lot went with

him: and Abram [was] seventy and five years old when he departed

out of Haran.

GE-12:5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's

son, and all

their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they

had gotten in

Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and

into the land of

Canaan they came.

GE-12:6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of

Sichem, unto the

plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite [was] then in the land.

GE-12:7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy

seed will I give

this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who

appeared unto him.

GE-12:8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east

of Bethel, and

pitched his tent, [having] Bethel on the west, and Hai on the

east: and there

he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of

the LORD.

GE-12:9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

GE-12:10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went

down into Egypt

to sojourn there; for the famine [was] grievous in the land.

GE-12:11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter

into Egypt, that

he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou [art]

a fair woman

to look upon:

GE-12:12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians

shall see thee,

that they shall say, This [is] his wife: and they will kill me,

but they will

save thee alive.

GE-12:13 Say, I pray thee, thou [art] my sister: that it may be

well with me

for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.

GE-12:14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into

Egypt, the

Egyptians beheld the woman that she [was] very fair.

GE-12:15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her

before

Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.

GE-12:16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had

sheep, and

oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she

asses, and

camels.

GE-12:17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great

plagues

because of Sarai Abram's wife.

GE-12:18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What [is] this

[that] thou hast

done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she [was] thy wife?

GE-12:19 Why saidst thou, She [is] my sister? so I might have

taken her to me

to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take [her], and go thy

way.

GE-12:20 And Pharaoh commanded [his] men concerning him: and

they sent him

away, and his wife, and all that he had.

==== <GE13>

GE-13:1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and

all that he

had, and Lot with him, into the south.

GE-13:2 And Abram [was] very rich in cattle, in silver, and in

gold.

GE-13:3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to

Bethel, unto the

place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel

and Hai;

GE-13:4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at

the first:

and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

GE-13:5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and

herds, and

tents.

GE-13:6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might

dwell

together: for their substance was great, so that they could not

dwell

together.

GE-13:7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's

cattle and the

herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite

dwelled then in

the land.

GE-13:8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray

thee, between

me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we [be]

brethren.

GE-13:9 [Is] not the whole land before thee? separate thyself,

I pray thee,

from me: if [thou wilt take] the left hand, then I will go to

the right; or if

[thou depart] to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

GE-13:10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain

of Jordan, that

it [was] well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed

Sodom and

Gomorrah, [even] as the garden of the LORD, like the land of

Egypt, as thou

comest unto Zoar.

GE-13:11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot

journeyed east:

and they separated themselves the one from the other.

GE-13:12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled

in the cities

of the plain, and pitched [his] tent toward Sodom.

GE-13:13 But the men of Sodom [were] wicked and sinners before

the LORD

exceedingly.

GE-13:14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was

separated from him,

Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art

northward, and

southward, and eastward, and westward:

GE-13:15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give

it, and to

thy seed for ever.

GE-13:16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so

that if a man

can number the dust of the earth, [then] shall thy seed also be

numbered.

GE-13:17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and

in the breadth

of it; for I will give it unto thee.

GE-13:18 Then Abram removed [his] tent, and came and dwelt in

the plain of

Mamre, which [is] in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the

LORD.

==== <GE14>

GE-14:1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of

Shinar, Arioch

king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of

nations;

GE-14:2 [That these] made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with

Birsha king

of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim,

and the king

of Bela, which is Zoar.

GE-14:3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim,

which is the

salt sea.

GE-14:4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the

thirteenth year

they rebelled.

GE-14:5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the

kings that

[were] with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim,

and the Zuzims

in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

GE-14:6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan,

which [is] by the

wilderness.

GE-14:7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which [is]

Kadesh, and

smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites,

that dwelt in

Hazezontamar.

GE-14:8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of

Gomorrah, and

the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela

(the same

[is] Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of

Siddim;

GE-14:9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king

of nations,

and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four

kings with five.

GE-14:10 And the vale of Siddim [was full of] slimepits; and

the kings of

Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained

fled to the

mountain.

GE-14:11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and

all their

victuals, and went their way.

GE-14:12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in

Sodom, and

his goods, and departed.

GE-14:13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram

the Hebrew; for

he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol,

and brother of

Aner: and these [were] confederate with Abram.

GE-14:14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken

captive, he armed

his trained [servants], born in his own house, three hundred and

eighteen, and

pursued [them] unto Dan.

GE-14:15 And he divided himself against them, he and his

servants, by night,

and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which [is] on the

left hand of

Damascus.

GE-14:16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought

again his

brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

GE-14:17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his

return from the

slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that [were] with him,

at the

valley of Shaveh, which [is] the king's dale.

GE-14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and

wine: and he

[was] the priest of the most high God.

GE-14:19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed [be] Abram of

the most high

God, possessor of heaven and earth:

GE-14:20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered

thine enemies

into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.

GE-14:21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the

persons, and take

the goods to thyself.

GE-14:22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up

mine hand unto

the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,

GE-14:23 That I will not [take] from a thread even to a

shoelatchet, and that

I will not take any thing that [is] thine, lest thou shouldest

say, I have

made Abram rich:

GE-14:24 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the

portion of

the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them

take their

portion.

==== <GE15>

GE-15:1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram

in a vision,

saying, Fear not, Abram: I [am] thy shield, [and] thy exceeding

great reward.

GE-15:2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me,

seeing I go

childless, and the steward of my house [is] this Eliezer of

Damascus?

GE-15:3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed:

and, lo, one

born in my house is mine heir.

GE-15:4 And, behold, the word of the LORD [came] unto him,

saying, This shall

not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own

bowels shall

be thine heir.

GE-15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now

toward heaven,

and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said

unto him, So

shall thy seed be.

GE-15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him

for

righteousness.

GE-15:7 And he said unto him, I [am] the LORD that brought thee

out of Ur of

the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

GE-15:8 And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I

shall inherit it?

GE-15:9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years

old, and a she

goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a

turtledove, and a

young pigeon.

GE-15:10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in

the midst, and

laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he

not.

GE-15:11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram

drove them

away.

GE-15:12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell

upon Abram; and,

lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

GE-15:13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed

shall be a

stranger in a land [that is] not theirs, and shall serve them;

and they shall

afflict them four hundred years;

GE-15:14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I

judge: and

afterward shall they come out with great substance.

GE-15:15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt

be buried in a

good old age.

GE-15:16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither

again: for the

iniquity of the Amorites [is] not yet full.

GE-15:17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and

it was dark,

behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between

those pieces.

GE-15:18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram,

saying, Unto

thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto

the great river,

the river Euphrates:

GE-15:19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

GE-15:20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,

GE-15:21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the

Girgashites, and the

Jebusites.

==== <GE16>

GE-16:1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she

had an handmaid,

an Egyptian, whose name [was] Hagar.

GE-16:2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath

restrained me

from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I

may obtain

children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

GE-16:3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian,

after Abram

had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her

husband Abram

to be his wife.

GE-16:4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when

she saw that

she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

GE-16:5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong [be] upon thee: I

have given my

maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I

was despised

in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.

GE-16:6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid [is] in thy

hand; do to

her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her,

she fled from

her face.

GE-16:7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of

water in the

wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

GE-16:8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou?

and whither

wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress

Sarai.

GE-16:9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy

mistress, and

submit thyself under her hands.

GE-16:10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will

multiply thy seed

exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

GE-16:11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou

[art] with

child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;

because the LORD

hath heard thy affliction.

GE-16:12 And he will be a wild man; his hand [will be] against

every man, and

every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence

of all his

brethren.

GE-16:13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto

her, Thou God

seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that

seeth me?

GE-16:14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold,

[it is] between

Kadesh and Bered.

GE-16:15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's

name, which

Hagar bare, Ishmael.

GE-16:16 And Abram [was] fourscore and six years old, when

Hagar bare Ishmael

to Abram.

==== <GE17>

GE-17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD

appeared to

Abram, and said unto him, I [am] the Almighty God; walk before

me, and be thou

perfect.

GE-17:2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and

will multiply

thee exceedingly.

GE-17:3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him,

saying,

GE-17:4 As for me, behold, my covenant [is] with thee, and thou

shalt be a

father of many nations.

GE-17:5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but

thy name shall

be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

GE-17:6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will

make nations of

thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

GE-17:7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee

and thy seed

after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to

be a God unto

thee, and to thy seed after thee.

GE-17:8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee,

the land

wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an

everlasting

possession; and I will be their God.

GE-17:9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant

therefore,

thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

GE-17:10 This [is] my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me

and you and

thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be

circumcised.

GE-17:11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin;

and it shall be

a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

GE-17:12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised

among you, every

man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or

bought with

money of any stranger, which [is] not of thy seed.

GE-17:13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought

with thy money,

must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your

flesh for an

everlasting covenant.

GE-17:14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his

foreskin is not

circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath

broken my

covenant.

GE-17:15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou

shalt not

call her name Sarai, but Sarah [shall] her name [be].

GE-17:16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her:

yea, I will

bless her, and she shall be [a mother] of nations; kings of

people shall be of

her.

GE-17:17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said

in his heart,

Shall [a child] be born unto him that is an hundred years old?

and shall

Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

GE-17:18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live

before thee!

GE-17:19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son

indeed; and thou

shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with

him for an

everlasting covenant, [and] with his seed after him.

GE-17:20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have

blessed him,

and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly;

twelve princes

shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

GE-17:21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which

Sarah shall bear

unto thee at this set time in the next year.

GE-17:22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from

Abraham.

GE-17:23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were

born in his

house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among

the men of

Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in

the selfsame

day, as God had said unto him.

GE-17:24 And Abraham [was] ninety years old and nine, when he

was circumcised

in the flesh of his foreskin.

GE-17:25 And Ishmael his son [was] thirteen years old, when he

was

circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

GE-17:26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and

Ishmael his son.

GE-17:27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and

bought with

money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

==== <GE18>

GE-18:1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre:

and he sat in

the tent door in the heat of the day;

GE-18:2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men

stood by him:

and when he saw [them], he ran to meet them from the tent door,

and bowed

himself toward the ground,

GE-18:3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy

sight, pass not

away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

GE-18:4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash

your feet, and

rest yourselves under the tree:

GE-18:5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your

hearts; after

that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant.

And they

said, So do, as thou hast said.

GE-18:6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said,

Make ready

quickly three measures of fine meal, knead [it], and make cakes

upon the

hearth.

GE-18:7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf

tender and good,

and gave [it] unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.

GE-18:8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had

dressed, and

set [it] before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and

they did eat.

GE-18:9 And they said unto him, Where [is] Sarah thy wife? And

he said,

Behold, in the tent.

GE-18:10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee

according to the time

of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah

heard [it] in the

tent door, which [was] behind him.

GE-18:11 Now Abraham and Sarah [were] old [and] well stricken

in age; [and]

it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

GE-18:12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After

I am waxed old

shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

GE-18:13 And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah

laugh, saying,

Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

GE-18:14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time

appointed I will

return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall

have a son.

GE-18:15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was

afraid. And he

said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

GE-18:16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward

Sodom: and

Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

GE-18:17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that

thing which I do;

GE-18:18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and

mighty nation,

and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

GE-18:19 For I know him, that he will command his children and

his household

after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do

justice and

judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he

hath spoken of

him.

GE-18:20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and

Gomorrah is great,

and because their sin is very grievous;

GE-18:21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done

altogether

according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I

will know.

GE-18:22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went

toward Sodom:

but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.

GE-18:23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also

destroy the

righteous with the wicked?

GE-18:24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city:

wilt thou

also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous

that [are]

therein?

GE-18:25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay

the righteous

with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked,

that be far

from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

GE-18:26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous

within the

city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

GE-18:27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have

taken upon me to

speak unto the Lord, which [am but] dust and ashes:

GE-18:28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty

righteous: wilt thou

destroy all the city for [lack of] five? And he said, If I find

there forty

and five, I will not destroy [it].

GE-18:29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said,

Peradventure there shall

be forty found there. And he said, I will not do [it] for

forty's sake.

GE-18:30 And he said [unto him], Oh let not the Lord be angry,

and I will

speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he

said, I will not

do [it], if I find thirty there.

GE-18:31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak

unto the

Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he

said, I will not

destroy [it] for twenty's sake.

GE-18:32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will

speak yet but

this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I

will not

destroy [it] for ten's sake.

GE-18:33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left

communing with

Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

==== <GE19>

GE-19:1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat

in the gate

of Sodom: and Lot seeing [them] rose up to meet them; and he

bowed himself

with his face toward the ground;

GE-19:2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you,

into your

servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye

shall rise up

early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will

abide in the

street all night.

GE-19:3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in

unto him, and

entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake

unleavened

bread, and they did eat.

GE-19:4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, [even]

the men of

Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the

people from

every quarter:

GE-19:5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where

[are] the men

which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that

we may know

them.

GE-19:6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the

door after him,

GE-19:7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

GE-19:8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known

man; let me, I

pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as [is]

good in your

eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they

under the shadow

of my roof.

GE-19:9 And they said, Stand back. And they said [again], This

one [fellow]

came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we

deal worse with

thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, [even]

Lot, and came

near to break the door.

GE-19:10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into

the house to

them, and shut to the door.

GE-19:11 And they smote the men that [were] at the door of the

house with

blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves

to find the

door.

GE-19:12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides?

son in law,

and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the

city, bring

[them] out of this place:

GE-19:13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of

them is waxen

great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to

destroy it.

GE-19:14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law,

which married his

daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD

will destroy

this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.

GE-19:15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened

Lot, saying,

Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here;

lest thou be

consumed in the iniquity of the city.

GE-19:16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand,

and upon the

hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the

LORD being

merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him

without the city.

GE-19:17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth

abroad, that

he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay

thou in all

the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

GE-19:18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:

GE-19:19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight,

and thou hast

magnified thy mercy, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my

life; and I

cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

GE-19:20 Behold now, this city [is] near to flee unto, and it

[is] a little

one: Oh, let me escape thither, ([is] it not a little one?) and

my soul shall

live.

GE-19:21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee

concerning this

thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which

thou hast

spoken.

GE-19:22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing

till thou be

come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

GE-19:23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into

Zoar.

GE-19:24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah

brimstone and fire

from the LORD out of heaven;

GE-19:25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and

all the

inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

GE-19:26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she

became a pillar of

salt.

GE-19:27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place

where he stood

before the LORD:

GE-19:28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward

all the land of

the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up

as the smoke

of a furnace.

GE-19:29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of

the plain,

that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of

the overthrow,

when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

GE-19:30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain,

and his two

daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt

in a cave, he

and his two daughters.

GE-19:31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father

[is] old, and

[there is] not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the

manner of all

the earth:

GE-19:32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will

lie with him,

that we may preserve seed of our father.

GE-19:33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and

the firstborn

went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she

lay down, nor

when she arose.

GE-19:34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn

said unto the

younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make

him drink wine

this night also; and go thou in, [and] lie with him, that we may

preserve seed

of our father.

GE-19:35 And they made their father drink wine that night also:

and the

younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she

lay down, nor

when she arose.

GE-19:36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by

their father.

GE-19:37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab:

the same

[is] the father of the Moabites unto this day.

GE-19:38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his

name Benammi:

the same [is] the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

==== <GE20>

GE-20:1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south

country, and

dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

GE-20:2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She [is] my sister:

and Abimelech

king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

GE-20:3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said

to him,

Behold, thou [art but] a dead man, for the woman which thou hast

taken; for

she [is] a man's wife.

GE-20:4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord,

wilt thou

slay also a righteous nation?

GE-20:5 Said he not unto me, She [is] my sister? and she, even

she herself

said, He [is] my brother: in the integrity of my heart and

innocency of my

hands have I done this.

GE-20:6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou

didst this in

the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from

sinning against me:

therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

GE-20:7 Now therefore restore the man [his] wife; for he [is] a

prophet, and

he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore

[her] not,

know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that [are]

thine.

GE-20:8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and

called all his

servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men

were sore

afraid.

GE-20:9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What

hast thou done

unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought

on me and on my

kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not

to be done.

GE-20:10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou,

that thou hast

done this thing?

GE-20:11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear

of God [is] not

in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.

GE-20:12 And yet indeed [she is] my sister; she [is] the

daughter of my

father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my

wife.

GE-20:13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from

my father's

house, that I said unto her, This [is] thy kindness which thou

shalt show unto

me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He [is] my

brother.

GE-20:14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants,

and

womenservants, and gave [them] unto Abraham, and restored him

Sarah his wife.

GE-20:15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land [is] before thee:

dwell where it

pleaseth thee.

GE-20:16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy

brother a thousand

[pieces] of silver: behold, he [is] to thee a covering of the

eyes, unto all

that [are] with thee, and with all [other]: thus she was

reproved.

GE-20:17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech,

and his wife,

and his maidservants; and they bare [children].

GE-20:18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the

house of

Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.

==== <GE21>

GE-21:1 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD

did unto

Sarah as he had spoken.

GE-21:2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old

age, at the

set time of which God had spoken to him.

GE-21:3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born

unto him, whom

Sarah bare to him, Isaac.

GE-21:4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days

old, as God

had commanded him.

GE-21:5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son

Isaac was born

unto him.

GE-21:6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, [so that]

all that hear

will laugh with me.

GE-21:7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that

Sarah should

have given children suck? for I have born [him] a son in his old

age.

GE-21:8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a

great feast

the [same] day that Isaac was weaned.

GE-21:9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she

had born unto

Abraham, mocking.

GE-21:10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this

bondwoman and her

son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son,

[even] with

Isaac.

GE-21:11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight

because of his

son.

GE-21:12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in

thy sight

because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that

Sarah hath said

unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed

be called.

GE-21:13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a

nation, because

he [is] thy seed.

GE-21:14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took

bread, and a

bottle of water, and gave [it] unto Hagar, putting [it] on her

shoulder, and

the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in

the wilderness

of Beersheba.

GE-21:15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast

the child under

one of the shrubs.

GE-21:16 And she went, and sat her down over against [him] a

good way off, as

it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the

child. And

she sat over against [him], and lift up her voice, and wept.

GE-21:17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of

God called to

Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar?

fear not; for

God hath heard the voice of the lad where he [is].

GE-21:18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand;

for I will make

him a great nation.

GE-21:19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water;

and she went,

and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.

GE-21:20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in

the wilderness,

and became an archer.

GE-21:21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his

mother took him a

wife out of the land of Egypt.

GE-21:22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and

Phichol the

chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God [is]

with thee in

all that thou doest:

GE-21:23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt

not deal

falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: [but]

according to

the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me,

and to the

land wherein thou hast sojourned.

GE-21:24 And Abraham said, I will swear.

GE-21:25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of

water, which

Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

GE-21:26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing:

neither

didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I [of it], but to day.

GE-21:27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto

Abimelech; and

both of them made a covenant.

GE-21:28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by

themselves.

GE-21:29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What [mean] these

seven ewe lambs

which thou hast set by themselves?

GE-21:30 And he said, For [these] seven ewe lambs shalt thou

take of my hand,

that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

GE-21:31 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because

there they sware

both of them.

GE-21:32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech

rose up, and

Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into

the land of the

Philistines.

GE-21:33 And [Abraham] planted a grove in Beersheba, and called

there on the

name of the LORD, the everlasting God.

GE-21:34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many

days.

==== <GE22>

GE-22:1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did

tempt Abraham,

and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, [here] I [am].

GE-22:2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only [son] Isaac,

whom thou

lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him

there for a burnt

offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

GE-22:3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled

his ass, and

took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave

the wood for

the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of

which God had told

him.

GE-22:4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and

saw the place

afar off.

GE-22:5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with

the ass; and

I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.

GE-22:6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and

laid [it] upon

Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife;

and they went

both of them together.

GE-22:7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My

father: and he

said, Here [am] I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the

wood: but

where [is] the lamb for a burnt offering?

GE-22:8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a

lamb for a burnt

offering: so they went both of them together.

GE-22:9 And they came to the place which God had told him of;

and Abraham

built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound

Isaac his son, and

laid him on the altar upon the wood.

GE-22:10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the

knife to slay his

son.

GE-22:11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of

heaven, and said,

Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here [am] I.

GE-22:12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither

do thou any

thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing

thou hast not

withheld thy son, thine only [son] from me.

GE-22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold

behind [him]

a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and

took the ram, and

offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

GE-22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh:

as it is

said [to] this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

GE-22:15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of

heaven the

second time,

GE-22:16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for

because thou

hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only

[son]:

GE-22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying

I will

multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand

which [is] upon

the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his

enemies;

GE-22:18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be

blessed;

because thou hast obeyed my voice.

GE-22:19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose

up and went

together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.

GE-22:20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was

told Abraham,

saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy

brother Nahor;

GE-22:21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the

father of

Aram,

GE-22:22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and

Bethuel.

GE-22:23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear

to Nahor,

Abraham's brother.

GE-22:24 And his concubine, whose name [was] Reumah, she bare

also Tebah, and

Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.

==== <GE23>

GE-23:1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old:

[these were]

the years of the life of Sarah.

GE-23:2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same [is] Hebron in

the land of

Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

GE-23:3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake

unto the sons of

Heth, saying,

GE-23:4 I [am] a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a

possession of a

buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

GE-23:5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto

him,

GE-23:6 Hear us, my lord: thou [art] a mighty prince among us:

in the choice

of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from

thee his

sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

GE-23:7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people

of the land,

[even] to the children of Heth.

GE-23:8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind

that I should

bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and entreat for me to

Ephron the son of

Zohar,

GE-23:9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he

hath, which [is]

in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he

shall give it me

for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.

GE-23:10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and

Ephron the Hittite

answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, [even]

of all that

went in at the gate of his city, saying,

GE-23:11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the

cave that [is]

therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my

people give I it

thee: bury thy dead.

GE-23:12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of

the land.

GE-23:13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people

of the land,

saying, But if thou [wilt give it], I pray thee, hear me: I will

give thee

money for the field; take [it] of me, and I will bury my dead

there.

GE-23:14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,

GE-23:15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land [is worth] four

hundred shekels

of silver; what [is] that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore

thy dead.

GE-23:16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed

to Ephron the

silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth,

four hundred

shekels of silver, current [money] with the merchant.

GE-23:17 And the field of Ephron, which [was] in Machpelah,

which [was]

before Mamre, the field, and the cave which [was] therein, and

all the trees

that [were] in the field, that [were] in all the borders round

about, were

made sure

GE-23:18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the

children of

Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.

GE-23:19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the

cave of the

field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same [is] Hebron in the

land of Canaan.

GE-23:20 And the field, and the cave that [is] therein, were

made sure unto

Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.

==== <GE24>

GE-24:1 And Abraham was old, [and] well stricken in age: and

the LORD had

blessed Abraham in all things.

GE-24:2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house,

that ruled

over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:

GE-24:3 And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of

heaven, and the

God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of

the daughters

of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

GE-24:4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred,

and take a wife

unto my son Isaac.

GE-24:5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman

will not be

willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son

again unto the

land from whence thou camest?

GE-24:6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring

not my son

thither again.

GE-24:7 The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's

house, and

from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that

sware unto me,

saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his

angel before

thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.

GE-24:8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee,

then thou shalt

be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.

GE-24:9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham

his master,

and sware to him concerning that matter.

GE-24:10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his

master, and

departed; for all the goods of his master [were] in his hand:

and he arose,

and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.

GE-24:11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city

by a well of

water at the time of the evening, [even] the time that women go

out to draw

[water].

GE-24:12 And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray

thee, send me

good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham.

GE-24:13 Behold, I stand [here] by the well of water; and the

daughters of

the men of the city come out to draw water:

GE-24:14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I

shall say, Let

down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall

say, Drink, and

I will give thy camels drink also: [let the same be] she [that]

thou hast

appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that

thou hast

showed kindness unto my master.

GE-24:15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that,

behold,

Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the

wife of Nahor,

Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

GE-24:16 And the damsel [was] very fair to look upon, a virgin,

neither had

any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her

pitcher, and

came up.

GE-24:17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I

pray thee,

drink a little water of thy pitcher.

GE-24:18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let

down her

pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

GE-24:19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I

will draw

[water] for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.

GE-24:20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the

trough, and ran

again unto the well to draw [water], and drew for all his camels.

GE-24:21 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit

whether the LORD

had made his journey prosperous or not.

GE-24:22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking,

that the man

took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets

for her hands

of ten [shekels] weight of gold;

GE-24:23 And said, Whose daughter [art] thou? tell me, I pray

thee: is there

room [in] thy father's house for us to lodge in?

GE-24:24 And she said unto him, I [am] the daughter of Bethuel

the son of

Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.

GE-24:25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and

provender enough,

and room to lodge in.

GE-24:26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the

LORD.

GE-24:27 And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of my master

Abraham, who

hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I

[being] in the

way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.

GE-24:28 And the damsel ran, and told [them of] her mother's

house these

things.

GE-24:29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name [was] Laban:

and Laban ran

out unto the man, unto the well.

GE-24:30 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and

bracelets upon his

sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his

sister, saying,

Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and,

behold, he stood

by the camels at the well.

GE-24:31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD;

wherefore standest

thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the

camels.

GE-24:32 And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his

camels, and

gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his

feet, and the

men's feet that [were] with him.

GE-24:33 And there was set [meat] before him to eat: but he

said, I will not

eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.

GE-24:34 And he said, I [am] Abraham's servant.

GE-24:35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is

become great:

and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold,

and

menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.

GE-24:36 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master

when she was old:

and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

GE-24:37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not

take a wife to

my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:

GE-24:38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my

kindred, and

take a wife unto my son.

GE-24:39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will

not follow

me.

GE-24:40 And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk,

will send his

angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife

for my son of

my kindred, and of my father's house:

GE-24:41 Then shalt thou be clear from [this] my oath, when

thou comest to my

kindred; and if they give not thee [one], thou shalt be clear

from my oath.

GE-24:42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD

God of my master

Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:

GE-24:43 Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall

come to pass,

that when the virgin cometh forth to draw [water], and I say to

her, Give me,

I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;

GE-24:44 And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also

draw for thy

camels: [let] the same [be] the woman whom the LORD hath

appointed out for my

master's son.

GE-24:45 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold,

Rebekah came

forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto

the well, and

drew [water]: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

GE-24:46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her

[shoulder],

and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I

drank, and she

made the camels drink also.

GE-24:47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter [art] thou?

And she said,

The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him:

and I put the

earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.

GE-24:48 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and

blessed the

LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way

to take my

master's brother's daughter unto his son.

GE-24:49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my

master, tell me:

and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to

the left.

GE-24:50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing

proceedeth from

the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

GE-24:51 Behold, Rebekah [is] before thee, take [her], and go,

and let her be

thy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken.

GE-24:52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant

heard their words,

he worshipped the LORD, [bowing himself] to the earth.

GE-24:53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and

jewels of gold,

and raiment, and gave [them] to Rebekah: he gave also to her

brother and to

her mother precious things.

GE-24:54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that [were]

with him, and

tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said,

Send me away

unto my master.

GE-24:55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel

abide with us [a

few] days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.

GE-24:56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD

hath prospered

my way; send me away that I may go to my master.

GE-24:57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at

her mouth.

GE-24:58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou

go with this

man? And she said, I will go.

GE-24:59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse,

and

Abraham's servant, and his men.

GE-24:60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou

[art] our sister,

be thou [the mother] of thousands of millions, and let thy seed

possess the

gate of those which hate them.

GE-24:61 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon

the camels,

and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his

way.

GE-24:62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for

he dwelt in

the south country.

GE-24:63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the

eventide: and he

lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels [were]

coming.

GE-24:64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac,

she lighted

off the camel.

GE-24:65 For she [had] said unto the servant, What man [is]

this that walketh

in the field to meet us? And the servant [had] said, It [is] my

master:

therefore she took a veil, and covered herself.

GE-24:66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.

GE-24:67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent,

and took

Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac

was comforted

after his mother's [death].

==== <GE25>

GE-25:1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name [was]

Keturah.

GE-25:2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and

Midian, and

Ishbak, and Shuah.

GE-25:3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of

Dedan were

Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.

GE-25:4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch,

and Abidah, and

Eldaah. All these [were] the children of Keturah.

GE-25:5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.

GE-25:6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had,

Abraham gave

gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived,

eastward,

unto the east country.

GE-25:7 And these [are] the days of the years of Abraham's life

which he

lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.

GE-25:8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old

age, an old

man, and full [of years]; and was gathered to his people.

GE-25:9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave

of Machpelah,

in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which [is]

before Mamre;

GE-25:10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth:

there was

Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.

GE-25:11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that

God blessed his

son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.

GE-25:12 Now these [are] the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's

son, whom

Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:

GE-25:13 And these [are] the names of the sons of Ishmael, by

their names,

according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael,

Nebajoth; and Kedar,

and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

GE-25:14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,

GE-25:15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:

GE-25:16 These [are] the sons of Ishmael, and these [are] their

names, by

their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to

their nations.

GE-25:17 And these [are] the years of the life of Ishmael, an

hundred and

thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and

was gathered

unto his people.

GE-25:18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that [is]

before Egypt, as

thou goest toward Assyria: [and] he died in the presence of all

his brethren.

GE-25:19 And these [are] the generations of Isaac, Abraham's

son: Abraham

begat Isaac:

GE-25:20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to

wife, the

daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban

the Syrian.

GE-25:21 And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she

[was] barren:

and the LORD was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife

conceived.

GE-25:22 And the children struggled together within her; and

she said, If [it

be] so, why [am] I thus? And she went to inquire of the LORD.

GE-25:23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations [are] in thy

womb, and two

manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and [the

one] people

shall be stronger than [the other] people; and the elder shall

serve the

younger.

GE-25:24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled,

behold, [there

were] twins in her womb.

GE-25:25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy

garment; and they

called his name Esau.

GE-25:26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took

hold on

Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac [was]

threescore years

old when she bare them.

GE-25:27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a

man of the

field; and Jacob [was] a plain man, dwelling in tents.

GE-25:28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of [his]

venison: but

Rebekah loved Jacob.

GE-25:29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field,

and he [was]

faint:

GE-25:30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with

that same red

[pottage]; for I [am] faint: therefore was his name called Edom.

GE-25:31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

GE-25:32 And Esau said, Behold, I [am] at the point to die: and

what profit

shall this birthright do to me?

GE-25:33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware

unto him: and he

sold his birthright unto Jacob.

GE-25:34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles;

and he did eat

and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised

[his] birthright.

==== <GE26>

GE-26:1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first

famine that was

in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of

the Philistines

unto Gerar.

GE-26:2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down

into Egypt;

dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:

GE-26:3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will

bless thee;

for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these

countries, and I will

perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;

GE-26:4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of

heaven, and will

give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall

all the nations

of the earth be blessed;

GE-26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my

charge, my

commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

GE-26:6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

GE-26:7 And the men of the place asked [him] of his wife; and

he said, She

[is] my sister: for he feared to say, [She is] my wife; lest,

[said he], the

men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she [was]

fair to look

upon.

GE-26:8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time,

that

Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and

saw, and,

behold, Isaac [was] sporting with Rebekah his wife.

GE-26:9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a

surety she [is]

thy wife: and how saidst thou, She [is] my sister? And Isaac

said unto him,

Because I said, Lest I die for her.

GE-26:10 And Abimelech said, What [is] this thou hast done unto

us? one of

the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou

shouldest have

brought guiltiness upon us.

GE-26:11 And Abimelech charged all [his] people, saying, He

that toucheth

this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

GE-26:12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the

same year an

hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.

GE-26:13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew

until he became

very great:

GE-26:14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of

herds, and great

store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

GE-26:15 For all the wells which his father's servants had

digged in the days

of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and

filled them with

earth.

GE-26:16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou

art much

mightier than we.

GE-26:17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the

valley of

Gerar, and dwelt there.

GE-26:18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they

had digged in

the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped

them after the

death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by

which his

father had called them.

GE-26:19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found

there a well of

springing water.

GE-26:20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's

herdmen, saying,

The water [is] ours: and he called the name of the well Esek;

because they

strove with him.

GE-26:21 And they digged another well, and strove for that also:

and he

called the name of it Sitnah.

GE-26:22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well;

and for that

they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he

said, For now

the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the

land.

GE-26:23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.

GE-26:24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and

said, I [am] the

God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I [am] with thee, and

will bless

thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.

GE-26:25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the

name of the LORD,

and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a

well.

GE-26:26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath

one of his

friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.

GE-26:27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me,

seeing ye hate

me, and have sent me away from you?

GE-26:28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with

thee: and we

said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, [even] betwixt us and

thee, and let

us make a covenant with thee;

GE-26:29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched

thee, and as we

have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in

peace: thou

[art] now the blessed of the LORD.

GE-26:30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.

GE-26:31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one

to another:

and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

GE-26:32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's

servants came, and

told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said

unto him, We have

found water.

GE-26:33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the

city [is]

Beersheba unto this day.

GE-26:34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife

Judith the

daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of

Elon the Hittite:

GE-26:35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

==== <GE27>

GE-27:1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his

eyes were dim,

so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and

said unto him, My

son: and he said unto him, Behold, [here am] I.

GE-27:2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day

of my death:

GE-27:3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy

quiver and thy bow,

and go out to the field, and take me [some] venison;

GE-27:4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring

[it] to me, that

I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.

GE-27:5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And

Esau went to

the field to hunt [for] venison, [and] to bring [it].

GE-27:6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I

heard thy

father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,

GE-27:7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may

eat, and bless

thee before the LORD before my death.

GE-27:8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that

which I

command thee.

GE-27:9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good

kids of the

goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as

he loveth:

GE-27:10 And thou shalt bring [it] to thy father, that he may

eat, and that

he may bless thee before his death.

GE-27:11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my

brother [is] a

hairy man, and I [am] a smooth man:

GE-27:12 My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem

to him as a

deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.

GE-27:13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me [be] thy curse,

my son: only

obey my voice, and go fetch me [them].

GE-27:14 And he went, and fetched, and brought [them] to his

mother: and his

mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.

GE-27:15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau,

which [were]

with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:

GE-27:16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon

his hands, and

upon the smooth of his neck:

GE-27:17 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she

had prepared,

into the hand of her son Jacob.

GE-27:18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and

he said, Here

[am] I; who [art] thou, my son?

GE-27:19 And Jacob said unto his father, I [am] Esau thy

firstborn; I have

done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and

eat of my

venison, that thy soul may bless me.

GE-27:20 And Isaac said unto his son, How [is it] that thou

hast found [it]

so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God

brought [it] to me.

GE-27:21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee,

that I may feel

thee, my son, whether thou [be] my very son Esau or not.

GE-27:22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt

him, and

said, The voice [is] Jacob's voice, but the hands [are] the

hands of Esau.

GE-27:23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy,

as his

brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.

GE-27:24 And he said, [Art] thou my very son Esau? And he said,

I [am].

GE-27:25 And he said, Bring [it] near to me, and I will eat of

my son's

venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought [it] near

to him, and he

did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.

GE-27:26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and

kiss me, my

son.

GE-27:27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the

smell of his

raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son

[is] as the smell

of a field which the LORD hath blessed:

GE-27:28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the

fatness of the

earth, and plenty of corn and wine:

GE-27:29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee:

be lord over

thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed

[be] every

one that curseth thee, and blessed [be] he that blesseth thee.

GE-27:30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end

of blessing

Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of

Isaac his

father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

GE-27:31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto

his father,

and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his

son's venison,

that thy soul may bless me.

GE-27:32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who [art] thou?

And he said, I

[am] thy son, thy firstborn Esau.

GE-27:33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who?

where [is] he

that hath taken venison, and brought [it] me, and I have eaten

of all before

thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, [and] he shall be

blessed.

GE-27:34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried

with a great

and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me,

[even] me also,

O my father.

GE-27:35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtlety, and hath

taken away thy

blessing.

GE-27:36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he

hath supplanted

me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now

he hath taken

away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing

for me?

GE-27:37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have

made him thy

lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and

with corn and

wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my

son?

GE-27:38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one

blessing, my

father? bless me, [even] me also, O my father. And Esau lifted

up his voice,

and wept.

GE-27:39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him,

Behold, thy

dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of

heaven from

above;

GE-27:40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy

brother; and

it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that

thou shalt break

his yoke from off thy neck.

GE-27:41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith

his father

blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning

for my father

are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

GE-27:42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to

Rebekah: and she

sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold,

thy brother

Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, [purposing] to

kill thee.

GE-27:43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee

thou to Laban

my brother to Haran;

GE-27:44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's

fury turn away;

GE-27:45 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he

forget [that]

which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee

from thence: why

should I be deprived also of you both in one day?

GE-27:46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life

because of the

daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth,

such as

these [which are] of the daughters of the land, what good shall

my life do me?

==== <GE28>

GE-28:1 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged

him, and said

unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.

GE-28:2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy

mother's father;

and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy

mother's

brother.

GE-28:3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful,

and multiply

thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;

GE-28:4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to

thy seed with

thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a

stranger, which God

gave unto Abraham.

GE-28:5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram

unto Laban, son

of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and

Esau's mother.

GE-28:6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent

him away to

Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he

blessed him he gave

him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the

daughters of Canaan;

GE-28:7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and

was gone to

Padanaram;

GE-28:8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased

not Isaac his

father;

GE-28:9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives

which he had

Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of

Nebajoth, to be

his wife.

GE-28:10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward

Haran.

GE-28:11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there

all night,

because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place,

and put

[them for] his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.

GE-28:12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the

earth, and the top

of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending

and descending

on it.

GE-28:13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I [am]

the LORD God

of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon

thou liest, to

thee will I give it, and to thy seed;

GE-28:14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and

thou shalt

spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north,

and to the

south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the

earth be

blessed.

GE-28:15 And, behold, I [am] with thee, and will keep thee in

all [places]

whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land;

for I will not

leave thee, until I have done [that] which I have spoken to thee

of.

GE-28:16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely

the LORD is

in this place; and I knew [it] not.

GE-28:17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful [is] this

place! this [is]

none other but the house of God, and this [is] the gate of

heaven.

GE-28:18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the

stone that he

had put [for] his pillows, and set it up [for] a pillar, and

poured oil upon

the top of it.

GE-28:19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the

name of that

city [was called] Luz at the first.

GE-28:20 And 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

raiment to put

on,

GE-28:21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace;

then shall the

LORD be my God:

GE-28:22 And this stone, which I have set [for] a pillar, shall

be God's

house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the

tenth unto

thee.

==== <GE29>

GE-29:1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land

of the people

of the east.

GE-29:2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo,

there [were]

three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they

watered the

flocks: and a great stone [was] upon the well's mouth.

GE-29:3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they

rolled the stone

from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone

again upon the

well's mouth in his place.

GE-29:4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence [be] ye?

And they said,

Of Haran [are] we.

GE-29:5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor?

And they said,

We know [him].

GE-29:6 And he said unto them, [Is] he well? And they said, [He

is] well:

and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.

GE-29:7 And he said, Lo, [it is] yet high day, neither [is it]

time that the

cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go

[and] feed

[them].

GE-29:8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be

gathered together,

and [till] they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we

water the sheep.

GE-29:9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her

father's

sheep: for she kept them.

GE-29:10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the

daughter of Laban his

mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother,

that Jacob went

near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered

the flock of

Laban his mother's brother.

GE-29:11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and

wept.

GE-29:12 And Jacob told Rachel that he [was] her father's

brother, and that

he [was] Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father.

GE-29:13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of

Jacob his

sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and

kissed him, and

brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

GE-29:14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou [art] my bone and

my flesh. And

he abode with him the space of a month.

GE-29:15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou [art] my

brother, shouldest

thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what [shall] thy

wages [be]?

GE-29:16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder

[was] Leah, and

the name of the younger [was] Rachel.

GE-29:17 Leah [was] tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and

well favoured.

GE-29:18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee

seven years for

Rachel thy younger daughter.

GE-29:19 And Laban said, [It is] better that I give her to thee,

than that I

should give her to another man: abide with me.

GE-29:20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they

seemed unto him

[but] a few days, for the love he had to her.

GE-29:21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give [me] my wife, for my

days are

fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.

GE-29:22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place,

and made a

feast.

GE-29:23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah

his daughter,

and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.

GE-29:24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid

[for] an

handmaid.

GE-29:25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it

[was] Leah: and

he said to Laban, What [is] this thou hast done unto me? did not

I serve with

thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?

GE-29:26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country,

to give the

younger before the firstborn.

GE-29:27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for

the service

which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

GE-29:28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave

him Rachel his

daughter to wife also.

GE-29:29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his

handmaid to be her

maid.

GE-29:30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also

Rachel more than

Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

GE-29:31 And when the LORD saw that Leah [was] hated, he opened

her womb: but

Rachel [was] barren.

GE-29:32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his

name Reuben:

for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction;

now therefore my

husband will love me.

GE-29:33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said,

Because the LORD

hath heard that I [was] hated, he hath therefore given me this

[son] also: and

she called his name Simeon.

GE-29:34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now

this time

will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three

sons:

therefore was his name called Levi.

GE-29:35 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said,

Now will I

praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left

bearing.

==== <GE30>

GE-30:1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children,

Rachel envied

her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

GE-30:2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he

said, [Am] I in

God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

GE-30:3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her;

and she shall

bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.

GE-30:4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob

went in unto

her.

GE-30:5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.

GE-30:6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also

heard my voice,

and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.

GE-30:7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare

Jacob a second

son.

GE-30:8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled

with my

sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

GE-30:9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took

Zilpah her maid,

and gave her Jacob to wife.

GE-30:10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.

GE-30:11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name

Gad.

GE-30:12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.

GE-30:13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call

me blessed:

and she called his name Asher.

GE-30:14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and

found mandrakes in

the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel

said to Leah,

Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.

GE-30:15 And she said unto her, [Is it] a small matter that

thou hast taken

my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also?

And Rachel

said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's

mandrakes.

GE-30:16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and

Leah went out to

meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have

hired thee

with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

GE-30:17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and

bare Jacob the

fifth son.

GE-30:18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I

have given my

maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

GE-30:19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.

GE-30:20 And Leah said, God hath endued me [with] a good dowry;

now will my

husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she

called his

name Zebulun.

GE-30:21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her

name Dinah.

GE-30:22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her,

and opened her

womb.

GE-30:23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath

taken away my

reproach:

GE-30:24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD

shall add to me

another son.

GE-30:25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that

Jacob said

unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and

to my

country.

GE-30:26 Give [me] my wives and my children, for whom I have

served thee, and

let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.

GE-30:27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found

favour in

thine eyes, [tarry: for] I have learned by experience that the

LORD hath

blessed me for thy sake.

GE-30:28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give

[it].

GE-30:29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served

thee, and how

thy cattle was with me.

GE-30:30 For [it was] little which thou hadst before I [came],

and it is

[now] increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee

since my

coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?

GE-30:31 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said,

Thou shalt not

give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will

again feed [and]

keep thy flock.

GE-30:32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing

from thence all

the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among

the sheep, and

the spotted and speckled among the goats: and [of such] shall be

my hire.

GE-30:33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to

come, when it

shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that [is] not

speckled and

spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall

be counted

stolen with me.

GE-30:34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according

to thy word.

GE-30:35 And he removed that day the he goats that were

ringstreaked and

spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted,

[and] every one

that had [some] white in it, and all the brown among the sheep,

and gave

[them] into the hand of his sons.

GE-30:36 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and

Jacob: and Jacob

fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

GE-30:37 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the

hazel and

chestnut tree; and pilled white streaks in them, and made the

white appear

which [was] in the rods.

GE-30:38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the

flocks in the

gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink,

that they

should conceive when they came to drink.

GE-30:39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought

forth cattle

ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted.

GE-30:40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of

the flocks

toward the ringstreaked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban;

and he put

his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's

cattle.

GE-30:41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle

did conceive,

that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the

gutters, that

they might conceive among the rods.

GE-30:42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put [them] not in:

so the

feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.

GE-30:43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle,

and

maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.

==== <GE31>

GE-31:1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob

hath taken away

all that [was] our father's; and of [that] which [was] our

father's hath he

gotten all this glory.

GE-31:2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold,

it [was] not

toward him as before.

GE-31:3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of

thy fathers,

and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

GE-31:4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field

unto his

flock,

GE-31:5 And said unto them, I see your father's countenance,

that it [is] not

toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.

GE-31:6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your

father.

GE-31:7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages

ten times; but

God suffered him not to hurt me.

GE-31:8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then

all the cattle

bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be

thy hire; then

bare all the cattle ringstreaked.

GE-31:9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and

given [them]

to me.

GE-31:10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle

conceived, that I

lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams

which leaped

upon the cattle [were] ringstreaked, speckled, and grisled.

GE-31:11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream,

[saying], Jacob: And

I said, Here [am] I.

GE-31:12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the

rams which

leap upon the cattle [are] ringstreaked, speckled, and grisled:

for I have

seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

GE-31:13 I [am] the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the

pillar, [and]

where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from

this land, and

return unto the land of thy kindred.

GE-31:14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, [Is

there] yet any

portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

GE-31:15 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold

us, and hath

quite devoured also our money.

GE-31:16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our

father, that [is]

ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said

unto thee, do.

GE-31:17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives

upon camels;

GE-31:18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods

which he had

gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in

Padanaram, for to go

to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

GE-31:19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had

stolen the images

that [were] her father's.

GE-31:20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in

that he told

him not that he fled.

GE-31:21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and

passed over the

river, and set his face [toward] the mount Gilead.

GE-31:22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was

fled.

GE-31:23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after

him seven days'

journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.

GE-31:24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night,

and said unto

him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

GE-31:25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his

tent in the

mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of

Gilead.

GE-31:26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that

thou hast stolen

away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives

[taken] with

the sword?

GE-31:27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal

away from me; and

didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth,

and with

songs, with tabret, and with harp?

GE-31:28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my

daughters? thou hast

now done foolishly in [so] doing.

GE-31:29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the

God of your

father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that

thou speak not

to Jacob either good or bad.

GE-31:30 And now, [though] thou wouldest needs be gone, because

thou sore

longedst after thy father's house, [yet] wherefore hast thou

stolen my gods?

GE-31:31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was

afraid: for I

said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters

from me.

GE-31:32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not

live: before our

brethren discern thou what [is] thine with me, and take [it] to

thee. For

Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.

GE-31:33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent,

and into the

two maidservants' tents; but he found [them] not. Then went he

out of Leah's

tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

GE-31:34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the

camel's

furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent,

but found

[them] not.

GE-31:35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my

lord that I

cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women [is] upon me.

And he

searched, but found not the images.

GE-31:36 And Jacob was wroth, and chided with Laban: and Jacob

answered and

said to Laban, What [is] my trespass? what [is] my sin, that

thou hast so

hotly pursued after me?

GE-31:37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast

thou found of all

thy household stuff? set [it] here before my brethren and thy

brethren, that

they may judge betwixt us both.

GE-31:38 This twenty years [have] I [been] with thee; thy ewes

and thy she

goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have

I not eaten.

GE-31:39 That which was torn [of beasts] I brought not unto

thee; I bare the

loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, [whether] stolen

by day, or

stolen by night.

GE-31:40 [Thus] I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and

the frost by

night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

GE-31:41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served

thee fourteen

years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and

thou hast

changed my wages ten times.

GE-31:42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and

the fear of

Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now

empty. God hath

seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked

[thee]

yesternight.

GE-31:43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, [These]

daughters [are] my

daughters, and [these] children [are] my children, and [these]

cattle [are] my

cattle, and all that thou seest [is] mine: and what can I do

this day unto

these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?

GE-31:44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and

thou; and let

it be for a witness between me and thee.

GE-31:45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up [for] a pillar.

GE-31:46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and

they took

stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.

GE-31:47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called

it Galeed.

GE-31:48 And Laban said, This heap [is] a witness between me

and thee this

day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

GE-31:49 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and

thee, when we

are absent one from another.

GE-31:50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt

take [other]

wives beside my daughters, no man [is] with us; see, God [is]

witness betwixt

me and thee.

GE-31:51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold

[this] pillar,

which I have cast betwixt me and thee;

GE-31:52 This heap [be] witness, and [this] pillar [be] witness,

that I will

not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass

over this heap

and this pillar unto me, for harm.

GE-31:53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of

their father,

judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father

Isaac.

GE-31:54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and

called his brethren

to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in

the mount.

GE-31:55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his

sons and his

daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned

unto his place.

==== <GE32>

GE-32:1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met

him.

GE-32:2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This [is] God's host:

and he called

the name of that place Mahanaim.

GE-32:3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his

brother unto the

land of Seir, the country of Edom.

GE-32:4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto

my lord Esau;

Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and

stayed there

until now:

GE-32:5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and

womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find

grace in thy

sight.

GE-32:6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came

to thy brother

Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with

him.

GE-32:7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he

divided the

people that [was] with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the

camels, into

two bands;

GE-32:8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it,

then the

other company which is left shall escape.

GE-32:9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of

my father

Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country,

and to thy

kindred, and I will deal well with thee:

GE-32:10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and

of all the

truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my

staff I passed

over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.

GE-32:11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother,

from the hand

of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, [and]

the mother with

the children.

GE-32:12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make

thy seed as

the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

GE-32:13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that

which came to

his hand a present for Esau his brother;

GE-32:14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two

hundred ewes, and

twenty rams,

GE-32:15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and

ten bulls,

twenty she asses, and ten foals.

GE-32:16 And he delivered [them] into the hand of his servants,

every drove

by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me,

and put a

space betwixt drove and drove.

GE-32:17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my

brother meeteth

thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose [art] thou? and whither

goest thou? and

whose [are] these before thee?

GE-32:18 Then thou shalt say, [They be] thy servant Jacob's; it

[is] a

present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he [is] behind

us.

GE-32:19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all

that followed

the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau,

when ye find him.

GE-32:20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob [is]

behind us. For

he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before

me, and

afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.

GE-32:21 So went the present over before him: and himself

lodged that night

in the company.

GE-32:22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and

his two

womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford

Jabbok.

GE-32:23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and

sent over that

he had.

GE-32:24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man

with him until

the breaking of the day.

GE-32:25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he

touched the

hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of

joint, as he

wrestled with him.

GE-32:26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he

said, I will

not let thee go, except thou bless me.

GE-32:27 And he said unto him, What [is] thy name? And he said,

Jacob.

GE-32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob,

but Israel: for

as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast

prevailed.

GE-32:29 And Jacob asked [him], and said, Tell [me], I pray

thee, thy name.

And he said, Wherefore [is] it [that] thou dost ask after my

name? And he

blessed him there.

GE-32:30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I

have seen God

face to face, and my life is preserved.

GE-32:31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him,

and he halted

upon his thigh.

GE-32:32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not [of] the

sinew which

shrank, which [is] upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day:

because he

touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.

==== <GE33>

GE-33:1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold,

Esau came, and

with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah,

and unto

Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.

GE-33:2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost,

and Leah and

her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

GE-33:3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to

the ground seven

times, until he came near to his brother.

GE-33:4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on

his neck, and

kissed him: and they wept.

GE-33:5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the

children; and

said, Who [are] those with thee? And he said, The children which

God hath

graciously given thy servant.

GE-33:6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children,

and they

bowed themselves.

GE-33:7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed

themselves: and

after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

GE-33:8 And he said, What [meanest] thou by all this drove

which I met? And

he said, [These are] to find grace in the sight of my lord.

GE-33:9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that

thou hast unto

thyself.

GE-33:10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found

grace in thy

sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have

seen thy face,

as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with

me.

GE-33:11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee;

because God

hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he

urged him,

and he took [it].

GE-33:12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go,

and I will go

before thee.

GE-33:13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the

children [are]

tender, and the flocks and herds with young [are] with me: and

if men should

overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.

GE-33:14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant:

and I will

lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and

the children

be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.

GE-33:15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee [some] of

the folk that

[are] with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace

in the sight of

my lord.

GE-33:16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.

GE-33:17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house,

and made

booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called

Succoth.

GE-33:18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which

[is] in the land

of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent

before the city.

GE-33:19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread

his tent, at

the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an

hundred pieces of

money.

GE-33:20 And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-

Israel.

==== <GE34>

GE-34:1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto

Jacob, went out

to see the daughters of the land.

GE-34:2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of

the country,

saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

GE-34:3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob,

and he loved the

damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.

GE-34:4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me

this damsel

to wife.

GE-34:5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter:

now his sons

were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace

until they were

come.

GE-34:6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to

commune with

him.

GE-34:7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they

heard [it]: and

the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had

wrought folly

in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not

to be done.

GE-34:8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my

son Shechem

longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.

GE-34:9 And make ye marriages with us, [and] give your

daughters unto us, and

take our daughters unto you.

GE-34:10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be

before you; dwell

and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.

GE-34:11 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren,

Let me find

grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.

GE-34:12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give

according as ye

shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

GE-34:13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his

father

deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:

GE-34:14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to

give our sister

to one that is uncircumcised; for that [were] a reproach unto us:

GE-34:15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as

we [be], that

every male of you be circumcised;

GE-34:16 Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will

take your

daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become

one people.

GE-34:17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised;

then will we

take our daughter, and we will be gone.

GE-34:18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.

GE-34:19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing,

because he had

delight in Jacob's daughter: and he [was] more honourable than

all the house

of his father.

GE-34:20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of

their city, and

communed with the men of their city, saying,

GE-34:21 These men [are] peaceable with us; therefore let them

dwell in the

land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, [it is] large

enough for them;

let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give

them our

daughters.

GE-34:22 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell

with us, to be

one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they [are]

circumcised.

GE-34:23 [Shall] not their cattle and their substance and every

beast of

theirs [be] ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will

dwell with us.

GE-34:24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all

that went out

of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all

that went out of

the gate of his city.

GE-34:25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were

sore, that two

of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took

each man his

sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.

GE-34:26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge

of the sword,

and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.

GE-34:27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the

city, because

they had defiled their sister.

GE-34:28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses,

and that

which [was] in the city, and that which [was] in the field,

GE-34:29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and

their wives

took they captive, and spoiled even all that [was] in the house.

GE-34:30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me

to make me to

stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites

and the

Perizzites: and I [being] few in number, they shall gather

themselves together

against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my

house.

GE-34:31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with

an harlot?

==== <GE35>

GE-35:1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and

dwell there: and

make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou

fleddest from

the face of Esau thy brother.

GE-35:2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that

[were] with him,

Put away the strange gods that [are] among you, and be clean,

and change your

garments:

GE-35:3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make

there an altar

unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was

with me in the

way which I went.

GE-35:4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which

[were] in their

hand, and [all their] earrings which [were] in their ears; and

Jacob hid them

under the oak which [was] by Shechem.

GE-35:5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the

cities that

[were] round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons

of Jacob.

GE-35:6 So Jacob came to Luz, which [is] in the land of Canaan,

that [is],

Bethel, he and all the people that [were] with him.

GE-35:7 And he built there an altar, and called the place

Elbethel: because

there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his

brother.

GE-35:8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried

beneath Bethel

under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.

GE-35:9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of

Padanaram, and

blessed him.

GE-35:10 And God said unto him, Thy name [is] Jacob: thy name

shall not be

called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he

called his name

Israel.

GE-35:11 And God said unto him, I [am] God Almighty: be

fruitful and

multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee,

and kings shall

come out of thy loins;

GE-35:12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I

will give it,

and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

GE-35:13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked

with him.

GE-35:14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked

with him,

[even] a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon,

and he

poured oil thereon.

GE-35:15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake

with him,

Bethel.

GE-35:16 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a

little way to

come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.

GE-35:17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that

the midwife

said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.

GE-35:18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing,

(for she died)

that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him

Benjamin.

GE-35:19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath,

which [is]

Bethlehem.

GE-35:20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that [is] the

pillar of

Rachel's grave unto this day.

GE-35:21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the

tower of Edar.

GE-35:22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land,

that Reuben

went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel

heard [it]. Now

the sons of Jacob were twelve:

GE-35:23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and

Simeon, and Levi,

and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

GE-35:24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:

GE-35:25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and

Naphtali:

GE-35:26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and

Asher: these [are]

the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.

GE-35:27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto

the city of

Arbah, which [is] Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

GE-35:28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore

years.

GE-35:29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was

gathered unto his

people, [being] old and full of days: and his sons Esau and

Jacob buried him.

==== <GE36>

GE-36:1 Now these [are] the generations of Esau, who [is] Edom.

GE-36:2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah

the daughter of

Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the

daughter of Zibeon

the Hivite;

GE-36:3 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.

GE-36:4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;

GE-36:5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these

[are] the

sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.

GE-36:6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his

daughters, and all the

persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and

all his

substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into

the country

from the face of his brother Jacob.

GE-36:7 For their riches were more than that they might dwell

together; and

the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because

of their

cattle.

GE-36:8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau [is] Edom.

GE-36:9 And these [are] the generations of Esau the father of

the Edomites in

mount Seir:

GE-36:10 These [are] the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son

of Adah the

wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.

GE-36:11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and

Gatam, and

Kenaz.

GE-36:12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she

bare to

Eliphaz Amalek: these [were] the sons of Adah Esau's wife.

GE-36:13 And these [are] the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah,

Shammah, and

Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.

GE-36:14 And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of

Anah the

daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and

Jaalam, and

Korah.

GE-36:15 These [were] dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of

Eliphaz the

firstborn [son] of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke

Kenaz,

GE-36:16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, [and] duke Amalek: these [are]

the dukes

[that came] of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these [were] the

sons of Adah.

GE-36:17 And these [are] the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke

Nahath, duke

Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these [are] the dukes [that

came] of Reuel

in the land of Edom; these [are] the sons of Bashemath Esau's

wife.

GE-36:18 And these [are] the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife;

duke Jeush, duke

Jaalam, duke Korah: these [were] the dukes [that came] of

Aholibamah the

daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.

GE-36:19 These [are] the sons of Esau, who [is] Edom, and these

[are] their

dukes.

GE-36:20 These [are] the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited

the land;

Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,

GE-36:21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these [are] the

dukes of the

Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.

GE-36:22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and

Lotan's sister

[was] Timna.

GE-36:23 And the children of Shobal [were] these; Alvan, and

Manahath, and

Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.

GE-36:24 And these [are] the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and

Anah: this

[was that] Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he

fed the asses of

Zibeon his father.

GE-36:25 And the children of Anah [were] these; Dishon, and

Aholibamah the

daughter of Anah.

GE-36:26 And these [are] the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and

Eshban, and

Ithran, and Cheran.

GE-36:27 The children of Ezer [are] these; Bilhan, and Zaavan,

and Akan.

GE-36:28 The children of Dishan [are] these; Uz, and Aran.

GE-36:29 These [are] the dukes [that came] of the Horites; duke

Lotan, duke

Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,

GE-36:30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these [are] the

dukes [that

came] of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.

GE-36:31 And these [are] the kings that reigned in the land of

Edom, before

there reigned any king over the children of Israel.

GE-36:32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name

of his city

[was] Dinhabah.

GE-36:33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah

reigned in his

stead.

GE-36:34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani

reigned in his

stead.

GE-36:35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote

Midian in the

field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city

[was] Avith.

GE-36:36 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his

stead.

GE-36:37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth [by] the river

reigned in his

stead.

GE-36:38 And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned

in his stead.

GE-36:39 And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar

reigned in his

stead: and the name of his city [was] Pau; and his wife's name

[was]

Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

GE-36:40 And these [are] the names of the dukes [that came] of

Esau,

according to their families, after their places, by their names;

duke Timnah,

duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,

GE-36:41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,

GE-36:42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,

GE-36:43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these [be] the dukes of Edom,

according to

their habitations in the land of their possession: he [is] Esau

the father of

the Edomites.

==== <GE37>

GE-37:1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a

stranger, in the

land of Canaan.

GE-37:2 These [are] the generations of Jacob. Joseph, [being]

seventeen years

old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad [was]

with the sons

of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and

Joseph brought

unto his father their evil report.

GE-37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children,

because he [was]

the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of [many] colours.

GE-37:4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him

more than all

his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto

him.

GE-37:5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told [it] his

brethren: and they

hated him yet the more.

GE-37:6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream

which I have

dreamed:

GE-37:7 For, behold, we [were] binding sheaves in the field,

and, lo, my

sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves

stood round

about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

GE-37:8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign

over us? or

shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet

the more for

his dreams, and for his words.

GE-37:9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his

brethren, and said,

Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and

the moon and the

eleven stars made obeisance to me.

GE-37:10 And he told [it] to his father, and to his brethren:

and his father

rebuked him, and said unto him, What [is] this dream that thou

hast dreamed?

Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down

ourselves to

thee to the earth?

GE-37:11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed

the saying.

GE-37:12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in

Shechem.

GE-37:13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed

[the flock] in

Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to

him, Here [am

I].

GE-37:14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be

well with thy

brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So

he sent him

out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

GE-37:15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, [he was]

wandering in the

field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

GE-37:16 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee,

where they

feed [their flocks].

GE-37:17 And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard

them say, Let

us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found

them in Dothan.

GE-37:18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came

near unto them,

they conspired against him to slay him.

GE-37:19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer

cometh.

GE-37:20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him

into some pit,

and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall

see what will

become of his dreams.

GE-37:21 And Reuben heard [it], and he delivered him out of

their hands; and

said, Let us not kill him.

GE-37:22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, [but] cast

him into this

pit that [is] in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that

he might rid

him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

GE-37:23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his

brethren, that

they stripped Joseph out of his coat, [his] coat of [many]

colours that [was]

on him;

GE-37:24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the

pit [was] empty,

[there was] no water in it.

GE-37:25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up

their eyes and

looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead

with their

camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry [it]

down to Egypt.

GE-37:26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit [is it]

if we slay our

brother, and conceal his blood?

GE-37:27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let

not our hand

be upon him; for he [is] our brother [and] our flesh. And his

brethren were

content.

GE-37:28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they

drew and

lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the

Ishmeelites for twenty

[pieces] of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

GE-37:29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph

[was] not in

the pit; and he rent his clothes.

GE-37:30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child

[is] not; and

I, whither shall I go?

GE-37:31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the

goats, and

dipped the coat in the blood;

GE-37:32 And they sent the coat of [many] colours, and they

brought [it] to

their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it

[be] thy son's

coat or no.

GE-37:33 And he knew it, and said, [It is] my son's coat; an

evil beast hath

devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.

GE-37:34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his

loins, and

mourned for his son many days.

GE-37:35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to

comfort him; but

he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into

the grave

unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

GE-37:36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar,

an officer of

Pharaoh's, [and] captain of the guard.

==== <GE38>

GE-38:1 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down

from his

brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name

[was] Hirah.

GE-38:2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite,

whose name

[was] Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.

GE-38:3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his

name Er.

GE-38:4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called

his name

Onan.

GE-38:5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called

his name

Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.

GE-38:6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name

[was] Tamar.

GE-38:7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of

the LORD; and

the LORD slew him.

GE-38:8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife,

and marry

her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

GE-38:9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it

came to pass,

when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled [it] on

the ground,

lest that he should give seed to his brother.

GE-38:10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD:

wherefore he slew

him also.

GE-38:11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a

widow at thy

father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest

peradventure he

die also, as his brethren [did]. And Tamar went and dwelt in her

father's

house.

GE-38:12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's

wife died; and

Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to

Timnath, he and his

friend Hirah the Adullamite.

GE-38:13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in

law goeth up to

Timnath to shear his sheep.

GE-38:14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and

covered her with

a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which

[is] by the way

to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not

given unto him

to wife.

GE-38:15 When Judah saw her, he thought her [to be] an harlot;

because she

had covered her face.

GE-38:16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I

pray thee, let

me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she [was] his

daughter in law.)

And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in

unto me?

GE-38:17 And he said, I will send [thee] a kid from the flock.

And she said,

Wilt thou give [me] a pledge, till thou send [it]?

GE-38:18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she

said, Thy

signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that [is] in thine hand.

And he gave

[it] her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.

GE-38:19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her veil

from her, and put

on the garments of her widowhood.

GE-38:20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the

Adullamite, to

receive [his] pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.

GE-38:21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where

[is] the harlot,

that [was] openly by the way side? And they said, There was no

harlot in this

[place].

GE-38:22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her;

and also the

men of the place said, [that] there was no harlot in this

[place].

GE-38:23 And Judah said, Let her take [it] to her, lest we be

shamed: behold,

I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

GE-38:24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it

was told

Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot;

and also,

behold, she [is] with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring

her forth, and

let her be burnt.

GE-38:25 When she [was] brought forth, she sent to her father

in law, saying,

By the man, whose these [are, am] I with child: and she said,

Discern, I pray

thee, whose [are] these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.

GE-38:26 And Judah acknowledged [them], and said, She hath been

more

righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son.

And he knew

her again no more.

GE-38:27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that,

behold, twins

[were] in her womb.

GE-38:28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that [the

one] put out

[his] hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a

scarlet thread,

saying, This came out first.

GE-38:29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that,

behold, his

brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth?

[this] breach [be]

upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.

GE-38:30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the

scarlet thread upon

his hand: and his name was called Zarah.

==== <GE39>

GE-39:1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an

officer of

Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the

hands of the

Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.

GE-39:2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous

man; and he was

in the house of his master the Egyptian.

GE-39:3 And his master saw that the LORD [was] with him, and

that the LORD

made all that he did to prosper in his hand.

GE-39:4 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him:

and he made

him overseer over his house, and all [that] he had he put into

his hand.

GE-39:5 And it came to pass from the time [that] he had made

him overseer in

his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the

Egyptian's

house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon

all that he had

in the house, and in the field.

GE-39:6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he

knew not ought

he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was [a]

goodly [person],

and well favoured.

GE-39:7 And it came to pass after these things, that his

master's wife cast

her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

GE-39:8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold,

my master

wotteth not what [is] with me in the house, and he hath

committed all that he

hath to my hand;

GE-39:9 [There is] none greater in this house than I; neither

hath he kept

back any thing from me but thee, because thou [art] his wife:

how then can I

do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

GE-39:10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day,

that he

hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, [or] to be with her.

GE-39:11 And it came to pass about this time, that [Joseph]

went into the

house to do his business; and [there was] none of the men of the

house there

within.

GE-39:12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me:

and he left

his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.

GE-39:13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his

garment in

her hand, and was fled forth,

GE-39:14 That she called unto the men of her house, and spake

unto them,

saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he

came in unto

me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:

GE-39:15 And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my

voice and

cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him

out.

GE-39:16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord

came home.

GE-39:17 And she spake unto him according to these words,

saying, The Hebrew

servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to

mock me:

GE-39:18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried,

that he left

his garment with me, and fled out.

GE-39:19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words

of his wife,

which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy

servant to me;

that his wrath was kindled.

GE-39:20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the

prison, a place

where the king's prisoners [were] bound: and he was there in the

prison.

GE-39:21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed him mercy,

and gave him

favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

GE-39:22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's

hand all the

prisoners that [were] in the prison; and whatsoever they did

there, he was the

doer [of it].

GE-39:23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing [that

was] under

his hand; because the LORD was with him, and [that] which he did,

the LORD

made [it] to prosper.

==== <GE40>

GE-40:1 And it came to pass after these things, [that] the

butler of the king

of Egypt and [his] baker had offended their lord the king of

Egypt.

GE-40:2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two [of] his officers,

against the

chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

GE-40:3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of

the guard,

into the prison, the place where Joseph [was] bound.

GE-40:4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them,

and he served

them: and they continued a season in ward.

GE-40:5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his

dream in one

night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream,

the butler and

the baker of the king of Egypt, which [were] bound in the prison.

GE-40:6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked

upon them,

and, behold, they [were] sad.

GE-40:7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that [were] with him in

the ward of

his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye [so] sadly to day?

GE-40:8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and

[there is] no

interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, [Do] not

interpretations

[belong] to God? tell me [them], I pray you.

GE-40:9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said

to him, In my

dream, behold, a vine [was] before me;

GE-40:10 And in the vine [were] three branches: and it [was] as

though it

budded, [and] her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof

brought forth

ripe grapes:

GE-40:11 And 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.

GE-40:12 And Joseph said unto him, This [is] the interpretation

of it: The

three branches [are] three days:

GE-40:13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head,

and restore

thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into

his hand, after

the former manner when thou wast his butler.

GE-40:14 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and

show kindness,

I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and

bring me out of

this house:

GE-40:15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the

Hebrews: and

here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the

dungeon.

GE-40:16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was

good, he said

unto Joseph, I also [was] in my dream, and, behold, [I had]

three white

baskets on my head:

GE-40:17 And in the uppermost basket [there was] of all manner

of bakemeats

for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon

my head.

GE-40:18 And Joseph answered and said, This [is] the

interpretation thereof:

The three baskets [are] three days:

GE-40:19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head

from off thee,

and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh

from off

thee.

GE-40:20 And it came to pass the third day, [which was]

Pharaoh's birthday,

that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the

head of the

chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

GE-40:21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership

again; and he

gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:

GE-40:22 But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had

interpreted to them.

GE-40:23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but

forgat him.

==== <GE41>

GE-41:1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that

Pharaoh

dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.

GE-41:2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well

favoured kine

and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.

GE-41:3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of

the river,

ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the [other] kine upon

the brink of

the river.

GE-41:4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up

the seven well

favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.

GE-41:5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold,

seven ears of

corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.

GE-41:6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east

wind sprung up

after them.

GE-41:7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and

full ears. And

Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, [it was] a dream.

GE-41:8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was

troubled; and

he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the

wise men

thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but [there was] none

that could

interpret them unto Pharaoh.

GE-41:9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do

remember my

faults this day:

GE-41:10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in

ward in the

captain of the guard's house, [both] me and the chief baker:

GE-41:11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we

dreamed each man

according to the interpretation of his dream.

GE-41:12 And [there was] there with us a young man, an Hebrew,

servant to the

captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us

our dreams; to

each man according to his dream he did interpret.

GE-41:13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it

was; me he

restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.

GE-41:14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought

him hastily

out of the dungeon: and he shaved [himself], and changed his

raiment, and came

in unto Pharaoh.

GE-41:15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream,

and [there is]

none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, [that]

thou canst

understand a dream to interpret it.

GE-41:16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, [It is] not in me:

God shall

give Pharaoh an answer of peace.

GE-41:17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I

stood upon the

bank of the river:

GE-41:18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine,

fatfleshed

and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:

GE-41:19 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor

and very ill

favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of

Egypt for

badness:

GE-41:20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the

first seven

fat kine:

GE-41:21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known

that they had

eaten them; but they [were] still ill favoured, as at the

beginning. So I

awoke.

GE-41:22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up

in one stalk,

full and good:

GE-41:23 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, [and] blasted

with the east

wind, sprung up after them:

GE-41:24 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I

told [this]

unto the magicians; but [there was] none that could declare [it]

to me.

GE-41:25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh

[is] one: God

hath showed Pharaoh what he [is] about to do.

GE-41:26 The seven good kine [are] seven years; and the seven

good ears [are]

seven years: the dream [is] one.

GE-41:27 And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up

after them

[are] seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the

east wind shall

be seven years of famine.

GE-41:28 This [is] the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh:

What God [is]

about to do he showeth unto Pharaoh.

GE-41:29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty

throughout all the

land of Egypt:

GE-41:30 And there shall arise after them seven years of famine;

and all the

plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine

shall consume

the land;

GE-41:31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by

reason of that

famine following; for it [shall be] very grievous.

GE-41:32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice;

[it is]

because the thing [is] established by God, and God will shortly

bring it to

pass.

GE-41:33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and

wise, and set

him over the land of Egypt.

GE-41:34 Let Pharaoh do [this], and let him appoint officers

over the land,

and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven

plenteous years.

GE-41:35 And let them gather all the food of those good years

that come, and

lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in

the cities.

GE-41:36 And that food shall be for store to the land against

the seven years

of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land

perish not

through the famine.

GE-41:37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in

the eyes of

all his servants.

GE-41:38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find [such

a one] as this

[is], a man in whom the Spirit of God [is]?

GE-41:39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath

showed thee all

this, [there is] none so discreet and wise as thou [art]:

GE-41:40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy

word shall all

my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than

thou.

GE-41:41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee

over all the land

of Egypt.

GE-41:42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put

it upon

Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and

put a gold chain

about his neck;

GE-41:43 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he

had; and they

cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him [ruler] over all

the land of

Egypt.

GE-41:44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I [am] Pharaoh, and

without thee shall

no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.

GE-41:45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and

he gave him to

wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph

went out over

[all] the land of Egypt.

GE-41:46 And Joseph [was] thirty years old when he stood before

Pharaoh king

of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and

went

throughout all the land of Egypt.

GE-41:47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought

forth by

handfuls.

GE-41:48 And 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: the food

of the field,

which [was] round about every city, laid he up in the same.

GE-41:49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very

much, until he

left numbering; for [it was] without number.

GE-41:50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of

famine came,

which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto

him.

GE-41:51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh:

For God, [said

he], hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.

GE-41:52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God

hath caused me

to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

GE-41:53 And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the

land of Egypt,

were ended.

GE-41:54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according

as Joseph had

said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of

Egypt there was

bread.

GE-41:55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the

people cried to

Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go

unto Joseph;

what he saith to you, do.

GE-41:56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And

Joseph opened

all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine

waxed sore in

the land of Egypt.

GE-41:57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy

[corn];

because that the famine was [so] sore in all lands.

==== <GE42>

GE-42:1 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob

said unto his

sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

GE-42:2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in

Egypt: get

you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live,

and not die.

GE-42:3 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in

Egypt.

GE-42:4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his

brethren; for

he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

GE-42:5 And the sons of Israel came to buy [corn] among those

that came: for

the famine was in the land of Canaan.

GE-42:6 And Joseph [was] the governor over the land, [and] he

[it was] that

sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came,

and bowed down

themselves before him [with] their faces to the earth.

GE-42:7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made

himself

strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto

them, Whence

come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

GE-42:8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

GE-42:9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of

them, and said

unto them, Ye [are] spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye

are come.

GE-42:10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food

are thy

servants come.

GE-42:11 We [are] all one man's sons; we [are] true [men], thy

servants are

no spies.

GE-42:12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness

of the land ye

are come.

GE-42:13 And they said, Thy servants [are] twelve brethren, the

sons of one

man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest [is] this

day with our

father, and one [is] not.

GE-42:14 And Joseph said unto them, That [is it] that I spake

unto you,

saying, Ye [are] spies:

GE-42:15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye

shall not go

forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

GE-42:16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and

ye shall be

kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether [there be

any] truth in

you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye [are] spies.

GE-42:17 And he put them all together into ward three days.

GE-42:18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and

live; [for] I

fear God:

GE-42:19 If ye [be] true [men], let one of your brethren be

bound in the

house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your

houses:

GE-42:20 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your

words be

verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

GE-42:21 And they said one to another, We [are] verily guilty

concerning our

brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he

besought us, and we

would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

GE-42:22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you,

saying, Do

not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore,

behold, also his

blood is required.

GE-42:23 And they knew not that Joseph understood [them]; for

he spake unto

them by an interpreter.

GE-42:24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and

returned to

them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon,

and bound him

before their eyes.

GE-42:25 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn,

and to restore

every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for

the way: and

thus did he unto them.

GE-42:26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed

thence.

GE-42:27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass

provender in the

inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it [was] in his sack's

mouth.

GE-42:28 And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored;

and, lo, [it

is] even in my sack: and their heart failed [them], and they

were afraid,

saying one to another, What [is] this [that] God hath done unto

us?

GE-42:29 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of

Canaan, and

told him all that befell unto them; saying,

GE-42:30 The man, [who is] the lord of the land, spake roughly

to us, and

took us for spies of the country.

GE-42:31 And we said unto him, We [are] true [men]; we are no

spies:

GE-42:32 We [be] twelve brethren, sons of our father; one [is]

not, and the

youngest [is] this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

GE-42:33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us,

Hereby shall I

know that ye [are] true [men]; leave one of your brethren [here]

with me, and

take [food for] the famine of your households, and be gone:

GE-42:34 And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I

know that ye

[are] no spies, but [that] ye [are] true [men: so] will I

deliver you your

brother, and ye shall traffic in the land.

GE-42:35 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that,

behold, every

man's bundle of money [was] in his sack: and when [both] they

and their father

saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

GE-42:36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye

bereaved [of my

children]: Joseph [is] not, and Simeon [is] not, and ye will

take Benjamin

[away]: all these things are against me.

GE-42:37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two

sons, if I

bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will

bring him to thee

again.

GE-42:38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for

his brother is

dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in

the which ye

go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the

grave.

==== <GE43>

GE-43:1 And the famine [was] sore in the land.

GE-43:2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn

which they had

brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy

us a little

food.

GE-43:3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly

protest unto

us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother [be]

with you.

GE-43:4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down

and buy thee

food:

GE-43:5 But if thou wilt not send [him], we will not go down:

for the man

said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother [be]

with you.

GE-43:6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye [so] ill with me,

[as] to tell

the man whether ye had yet a brother?

GE-43:7 And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state,

and of our

kindred, saying, [Is] your father yet alive? have ye [another]

brother? and we

told him according to the tenor of these words: could we

certainly know that

he would say, Bring your brother down?

GE-43:8 And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad

with me, and we

will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and

thou, [and]

also our little ones.

GE-43:9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require

him: if I

bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me

bear the blame

for ever:

GE-43:10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned

this second

time.

GE-43:11 And their father Israel said unto them, If [it must

be] so now, do

this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and

carry down the

man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and

myrrh, nuts, and

almonds:

GE-43:12 And take double money in your hand; and the money that

was brought

again in the mouth of your sacks, carry [it] again in your hand;

peradventure

it [was] an oversight:

GE-43:13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the

man:

GE-43:14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that

he may send

away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved [of my

children], I am

bereaved.

GE-43:15 And the men took that present, and they took double

money in their

hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and

stood before

Joseph.

GE-43:16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the

ruler of his

house, Bring [these] men home, and slay, and make ready; for

[these] men shall

dine with me at noon.

GE-43:17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought

the men into

Joseph's house.

GE-43:18 And the men were afraid, because they were brought

into Joseph's

house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in

our sacks at

the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion

against us, and

fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.

GE-43:19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house,

and they

communed with him at the door of the house,

GE-43:20 And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time

to buy food:

GE-43:21 And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we

opened our

sacks, and, behold, [every] man's money [was] in the mouth of

his sack, our

money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.

GE-43:22 And other money have we brought down in our hands to

buy food: we

cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.

GE-43:23 And he said, Peace [be] to you, fear not: your God,

and the God of

your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your

money. And he

brought Simeon out unto them.

GE-43:24 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and

gave [them]

water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses

provender.

GE-43:25 And they made ready the present against Joseph came at

noon: for

they heard that they should eat bread there.

GE-43:26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the

present which [was]

in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the

earth.

GE-43:27 And he asked them of [their] welfare, and said, [Is]

your father

well, the old man of whom ye spake? [Is] he yet alive?

GE-43:28 And they answered, Thy servant our father [is] in good

health, he

[is] yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made

obeisance.

GE-43:29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother

Benjamin, his

mother's son, and said, [Is] this your younger brother, of whom

ye spake unto

me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.

GE-43:30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon

his brother:

and he sought [where] to weep; and he entered into [his] chamber,

and wept

there.

GE-43:31 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained

himself, and

said, Set on bread.

GE-43:32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by

themselves, and

for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves:

because the

Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that [is] an

abomination

unto the Egyptians.

GE-43:33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to

his birthright,

and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled

one at another.

GE-43:34 And he took [and sent] messes unto them from before

him: but

Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And

they drank, and

were merry with him.

==== <GE44>

GE-44:1 And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill

the men's

sacks [with] food, as much as they can carry, and put every

man's money in his

sack's mouth.

GE-44:2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of

the youngest,

and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph

had spoken.

GE-44:3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent

away, they and

their asses.

GE-44:4 [And] when they were gone out of the city, [and] not

[yet] far off,

Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when

thou dost

overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil

for good?

GE-44:5 [Is] not this [it] in which my lord drinketh, and

whereby indeed he

divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.

GE-44:6 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same

words.

GE-44:7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these

words? God

forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:

GE-44:8 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths,

we brought

again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we

steal out of thy

lord's house silver or gold?

GE-44:9 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let

him die, and we

also will be my lord's bondmen.

GE-44:10 And he said, Now also [let] it [be] according unto

your words: he

with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be

blameless.

GE-44:11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the

ground, and

opened every man his sack.

GE-44:12 And he searched, [and] began at the eldest, and left

at the

youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

GE-44:13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his

ass, and

returned to the city.

GE-44:14 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for

he [was] yet

there: and they fell before him on the ground.

GE-44:15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed [is] this that ye

have done?

wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?

GE-44:16 And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what

shall we speak?

or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity

of thy

servants: behold, we [are] my lord's servants, both we, and [he]

also with

whom the cup is found.

GE-44:17 And he said, God forbid that I should do so: [but] the

man in whose

hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you,

get you up in

peace unto your father.

GE-44:18 Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord,

let thy

servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let

not thine anger

burn against thy servant: for thou [art] even as Pharaoh.

GE-44:19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father,

or a brother?

GE-44:20 And we said unto 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 loveth him.

GE-44:21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto

me, that I

may set mine eyes upon him.

GE-44:22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his

father: for [if]

he should leave his father, [his father] would die.

GE-44:23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your

youngest brother come

down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

GE-44:24 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant

my father, we

told him the words of my lord.

GE-44:25 And our father said, Go again, [and] buy us a little

food.

GE-44:26 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest

brother be with us,

then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except

our youngest

brother [be] with us.

GE-44:27 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that

my wife bare me

two [sons]:

GE-44:28 And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is

torn in

pieces; and I saw him not since:

GE-44:29 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall

him, ye shall

bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

GE-44:30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father,

and the lad [be]

not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;

GE-44:31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad [is]

not [with

us], that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the

gray hairs of thy

servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

GE-44:32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my

father, saying, If

I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my

father for ever.

GE-44:33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide

instead of the lad

a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.

GE-44:34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad [be]

not with me?

lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.

==== <GE45>

GE-45:1 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them

that stood by

him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there

stood no man

with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.

GE-45:2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of

Pharaoh heard.

GE-45:3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I [am] Joseph; doth

my father yet

live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were

troubled at his

presence.

GE-45:4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I

pray you. And

they came near. And he said, I [am] Joseph your brother, whom ye

sold into

Egypt.

GE-45:5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves,

that ye sold

me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

GE-45:6 For these two years [hath] the famine [been] in the

land: and yet

[there are] five years, in the which [there shall] neither [be]

earing nor

harvest.

GE-45:7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity

in the earth,

and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

GE-45:8 So now [it was] not you [that] sent me hither, but God:

and he hath

made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a

ruler throughout

all the land of Egypt.

GE-45:9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him,

Thus saith thy

son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto

me, tarry not:

GE-45:10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou

shalt be near

unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children,

and thy flocks,

and thy herds, and all that thou hast:

GE-45:11 And there will I nourish thee; for yet [there are]

five years of

famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast,

come to poverty.

GE-45:12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother

Benjamin,

that [it is] my mouth that speaketh unto you.

GE-45:13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt,

and of all

that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father

hither.

GE-45:14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept;

and Benjamin

wept upon his neck.

GE-45:15 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon

them: and after

that his brethren talked with him.

GE-45:16 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house,

saying, Joseph's

brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.

GE-45:17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren,

This do ye;

lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;

GE-45:18 And take your father and your households, and come

unto me: and I

will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat

the fat of the

land.

GE-45:19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons

out of the land

of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring

your father, and

come.

GE-45:20 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the

land of Egypt

[is] yours.

GE-45:21 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave

them wagons,

according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision

for the way.

GE-45:22 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment;

but to Benjamin

he gave three hundred [pieces] of silver, and five changes of

raiment.

GE-45:23 And to his father he sent after this [manner]; ten

asses laden with

the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and

bread and meat

for his father by the way.

GE-45:24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and

he said unto

them, See that ye fall not out by the way.

GE-45:25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land

of Canaan unto

Jacob their father,

GE-45:26 And told him, saying, Joseph [is] yet alive, and he

[is] governor

over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he

believed them

not.

GE-45:27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he

had said unto

them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry

him, the

spirit of Jacob their father revived:

GE-45:28 And Israel said, [It is] enough; Joseph my son [is]

yet alive: I

will go and see him before I die.

==== <GE46>

GE-46:1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and

came to

Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father

Isaac.

GE-46:2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night,

and said,

Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here [am] I.

GE-46:3 And he said, I [am] God, the God of thy father: fear

not to go down

into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

GE-46:4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also

surely bring

thee up [again]: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.

GE-46:5 And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of

Israel carried

Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in

the wagons

which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

GE-46:6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they

had gotten in

the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed

with him:

GE-46:7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters,

and his sons'

daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.

GE-46:8 And these [are] the names of the children of Israel,

which came into

Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.

GE-46:9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron,

and Carmi.

GE-46:10 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad,

and Jachin, and

Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.

GE-46:11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

GE-46:12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and

Pharez, and

Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons

of Pharez were

Hezron and Hamul.

GE-46:13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job,

and Shimron.

GE-46:14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.

GE-46:15 These [be] the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob

in Padanaram,

with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his

daughters [were]

thirty and three.

GE-46:16 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and

Ezbon, Eri, and

Arodi, and Areli.

GE-46:17 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui,

and Beriah, and

Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.

GE-46:18 These [are] the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to

Leah his

daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, [even] sixteen souls.

GE-46:19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.

GE-46:20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born

Manasseh and Ephraim,

which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto

him.

GE-46:21 And the sons of Benjamin [were] Belah, and Becher, and

Ashbel, Gera,

and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.

GE-46:22 These [are] the sons of Rachel, which were born to

Jacob: all the

souls [were] fourteen.

GE-46:23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim.

GE-46:24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer,

and Shillem.

GE-46:25 These [are] the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto

Rachel his

daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls [were]

seven.

GE-46:26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which

came out of his

loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls [were]

threescore and six;

GE-46:27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt,

[were] two

souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into

Egypt, [were]

threescore and ten.

GE-46:28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct

his face unto

Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

GE-46:29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet

Israel his

father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell

on his neck,

and wept on his neck a good while.

GE-46:30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I

have seen thy

face, because thou [art] yet alive.

GE-46:31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his

father's house, I

will go up, and show Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and

my father's

house, which [were] in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;

GE-46:32 And the men [are] shepherds, for their trade hath been

to feed

cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and

all that they

have.

GE-46:33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you,

and shall

say, What [is] your occupation?

GE-46:34 That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about

cattle from

our youth even until now, both we, [and] also our fathers: that

ye may dwell

in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd [is] an abomination

unto the

Egyptians.

==== <GE47>

GE-47:1 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father

and my

brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they

have, are come

out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they [are] in the land

of Goshen.

GE-47:2 And he took some of his brethren, [even] five men, and

presented them

unto Pharaoh.

GE-47:3 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What [is] your

occupation? And

they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants [are] shepherds, both we,

[and] also our

fathers.

GE-47:4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the

land are we

come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the

famine [is]

sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy

servants

dwell in the land of Goshen.

GE-47:5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and

thy brethren

are come unto thee:

GE-47:6 The land of Egypt [is] before thee; in the best of the

land make thy

father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them

dwell: and if

thou knowest [any] men of activity among them, then make them

rulers over my

cattle.

GE-47:7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him

before Pharaoh:

and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

GE-47:8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old [art] thou?

GE-47:9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of

my pilgrimage

[are] an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of

the years of

my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years

of the life of

my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

GE-47:10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before

Pharaoh.

GE-47:11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, 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.

GE-47:12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and

all his

father's household, with bread, according to [their] families.

GE-47:13 And [there was] no bread in all the land; for the

famine [was] very

sore, so that the land of Egypt and [all] the land of Canaan

fainted by reason

of the famine.

GE-47:14 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in

the land of

Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought:

and Joseph

brought the money into Pharaoh's house.

GE-47:15 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the

land of

Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us

bread: for why

should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.

GE-47:16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you

for your

cattle, if money fail.

GE-47:17 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph

gave them

bread [in exchange] for horses, and for the flocks, and for the

cattle of the

herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all

their cattle for

that year.

GE-47:18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the

second year, and

said unto him, We will not hide [it] from my lord, how that our

money is

spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought

left in the

sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:

GE-47:19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and

our land? buy

us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants

unto Pharaoh:

and give [us] seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land

be not

desolate.

GE-47:20 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh;

for the

Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed

over them: so

the land became Pharaoh's.

GE-47:21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from

[one] end of

the borders of Egypt even to the [other] end thereof.

GE-47:22 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the

priests had a

portion [assigned them] of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion

which Pharaoh

gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.

GE-47:23 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have

bought you this day

and your land for Pharaoh: lo, [here is] seed for you, and ye

shall sow the

land.

GE-47:24 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye

shall give the

fifth [part] unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for

seed of the

field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and

for food for

your little ones.

GE-47:25 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find

grace in the

sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

GE-47:26 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto

this day,

[that] Pharaoh should have the fifth [part]; except the land of

the priests

only, [which] became not Pharaoh's.

GE-47:27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country

of Goshen; and

they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied

exceedingly.

GE-47:28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years:

so the whole

age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.

GE-47:29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he

called his son

Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy

sight, put, I pray

thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me;

bury me not,

I pray thee, in Egypt:

GE-47:30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry

me out of

Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do

as thou hast

said.

GE-47:31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And

Israel bowed

himself upon the bed's head.

==== <GE48>

GE-48:1 And it came to pass after these things, that [one] told

Joseph,

Behold, thy father [is] sick: and he took with him his two sons,

Manasseh and

Ephraim.

GE-48:2 And [one] told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph

cometh unto

thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.

GE-48:3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto

me at Luz in

the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

GE-48:4 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful,

and multiply

thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will

give this land

to thy seed after thee [for] an everlasting possession.

GE-48:5 And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were

born unto thee

in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, [are]

mine; as Reuben

and Simeon, they shall be mine.

GE-48:6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall

be thine, [and]

shall be called after the name of their brethren in their

inheritance.

GE-48:7 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by

me in the land

of Canaan in the way, when yet [there was] but a little way to

come unto

Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same

[is]

Bethlehem.

GE-48:8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who [are]

these?

GE-48:9 And Joseph said unto his father, They [are] my sons,

whom God hath

given me in this [place]. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee,

unto me, and I

will bless them.

GE-48:10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, [so that] he

could not see.

And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and

embraced them.

GE-48:11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see

thy face: and,

lo, God hath showed me also thy seed.

GE-48:12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees,

and he bowed

himself with his face to the earth.

GE-48:13 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand

toward Israel's

left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right

hand, and

brought [them] near unto him.

GE-48:14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid [it]

upon

Ephraim's head, who [was] the younger, and his left hand upon

Manasseh's head,

guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh [was] the firstborn.

GE-48:15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my

fathers Abraham

and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto

this day,

GE-48:16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the

lads; and let

my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and

Isaac; and

let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

GE-48:17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right

hand upon the

head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's

hand, to

remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.

GE-48:18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father:

for this [is]

the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.

GE-48:19 And his father refused, and said, I know [it], my son,

I know [it]:

he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but

truly his

younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall

become a

multitude of nations.

GE-48:20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall

Israel bless,

saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set

Ephraim before

Manasseh.

GE-48:21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God

shall be with

you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

GE-48:22 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy

brethren, which

I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my

bow.

==== <GE49>

GE-49:1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather

yourselves together,

that I may tell you [that] which shall befall you in the last

days.

GE-49:2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob;

and hearken

unto Israel your father.

GE-49:3 Reuben, thou [art] my firstborn, my might, and the

beginning of my

strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:

GE-49:4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou

wentest up to

thy father's bed; then defiledst thou [it]: he went up to my

couch.

GE-49:5 Simeon and Levi [are] brethren; instruments of cruelty

[are in] their

habitations.

GE-49:6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their

assembly, mine

honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man,

and in their

selfwill they digged down a wall.

GE-49:7 Cursed [be] their anger, for [it was] fierce; and their

wrath, for it

was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in

Israel.

GE-49:8 Judah, thou [art he] whom thy brethren shall praise:

thy hand [shall

be] in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall

bow down before

thee.

GE-49:9 Judah [is] a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou

art gone up:

he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who

shall rouse him

up?

GE-49:10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a

lawgiver from between

his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him [shall] the gathering

of the people

[be].

GE-49:11 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt

unto the choice

vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the

blood of grapes:

GE-49:12 His eyes [shall be] red with wine, and his teeth white

with milk.

GE-49:13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he

[shall be] for

an haven of ships; and his border [shall be] unto Zidon.

GE-49:14 Issachar [is] a strong ass couching down between two

burdens:

GE-49:15 And he saw that rest [was] good, and the land that [it

was]

pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant

unto tribute.

GE-49:16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of

Israel.

GE-49:17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the

path, that biteth

the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

GE-49:18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.

GE-49:19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome

at the last.

GE-49:20 Out of Asher his bread [shall be] fat, and he shall

yield royal

dainties.

GE-49:21 Naphtali [is] a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.

GE-49:22 Joseph [is] a fruitful bough, [even] a fruitful bough

by a well;

[whose] branches run over the wall:

GE-49:23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot [at him],

and hated

him:

GE-49:24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his

hands were made

strong by the hands of the mighty [God] of Jacob; (from thence

[is] the

shepherd, the stone of Israel:)

GE-49:25 [Even] by the God of thy father, who shall help thee;

and by the

Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above,

blessings of

the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the

womb:

GE-49:26 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the

blessings of my

progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they

shall be on

the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was

separate from

his brethren.

GE-49:27 Benjamin shall ravin [as] a wolf: in the morning he

shall devour the

prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

GE-49:28 All these [are] the twelve tribes of Israel: and this

[is it] that

their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one

according to his

blessing he blessed them.

GE-49:29 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be

gathered unto my

people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that [is] in the

field of Ephron

the Hittite,

GE-49:30 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 of Ephron

the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.

GE-49:31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there

they buried

Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.

GE-49:32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that [is]

therein [was]

from the children of Heth.

GE-49:33 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons,

he gathered

up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was

gathered unto his

people.

==== <GE50>

GE-50:1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon

him, and kissed

him.

GE-50:2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to

embalm his

father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

GE-50:3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are

fulfilled the days

of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him

threescore and

ten days.

GE-50:4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph

spake unto the

house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes,

speak, I

pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

GE-50:5 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave

which I have

digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me.

Now therefore

let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come

again.

GE-50:6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according

as he made

thee swear.

GE-50:7 And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him

went up all the

servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders

of the land

of Egypt,

GE-50:8 And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his

father's

house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds,

they left in

the land of Goshen.

GE-50:9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen:

and it was a

very great company.

GE-50:10 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which

[is] beyond

Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore

lamentation: and he

made a mourning for his father seven days.

GE-50:11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites,

saw the

mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This [is] a grievous

mourning to the

Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim,

which [is] beyond

Jordan.

GE-50:12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded

them:

GE-50:13 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 for a

possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.

GE-50:14 And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren,

and all that

went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his

father.

GE-50:15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was

dead, they

said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly

requite us all the

evil which we did unto him.

GE-50:16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy

father did

command before he died, saying,

GE-50:17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now,

the trespass

of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and

now, we pray

thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy

father. And

Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

GE-50:18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his

face; and they

said, Behold, we [be] thy servants.

GE-50:19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for [am] I in the

place of God?

GE-50:20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; [but] God

meant it unto

good, to bring to pass, as [it is] this day, to save much people

alive.

GE-50:21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and

your little ones.

And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.

GE-50:22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house:

and Joseph

lived an hundred and ten years.

GE-50:23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third

[generation]: the

children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon

Joseph's

knees.

GE-50:24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will

surely visit

you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware

to Abraham,

to Isaac, and to Jacob.

GE-50:25 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel,

saying, God will

surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence.

GE-50:26 So Joseph died, [being] an hundred and ten years old:

and they

embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.