1.1 In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth. 1.2
But the earth was unsightly and unfurnished, and darkness was over the
deep, and the Spirit of God moved over the water. 1.3 And God said, Let there be light, and there was light. 1.4 And God saw the light that it was good, and God divided between the light and the darkness. 1.5
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night, and
there was evening and there was morning, the first day. 1.6
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the water, and
let it be a division between water and water, and it was so. 1.7
And God made the firmament, and God divided between the water which was
under the firmament and the water which was above the firmament. 1.8
And God called the firmament Heaven, and God saw that it was good, and
there was evening and there was morning, the second day. 1.9
And God said, Let the water which is under the heaven be collected into
one place, and let the dry land appear, and it was so. And the water
which was under the heaven was collected into its places, and the dry
land appeared. 1.10
And God called the dry land Earth, and the gatherings of the waters he
called Seas, and God saw that it was good. 1.11
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the herb of grass bearing seed
according to its kind and according to its likeness, and the fruit-tree
bearing fruit whose seed is in it, according to its kind on the earth,
and it was so. 1.12
And the earth brought forth the herb of grass bearing seed according to
its kind and according to its likeness, and the fruit tree bearing
fruit whose seed is in it, according to its kind on the earth, and God
saw that it was good. 1.13 And there was evening and there was morning, the third day. 1.14
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to
give light upon the earth, to divide between day and night, and let
them be for signs and for seasons and for days and for years. 1.15 And let them be for light in the firmament of the heaven, so as to shine upon the earth, and it was so. 1.16
And God made the two great lights, the greater light for regulating the
day and the lesser light for regulating the night, the stars also. 1.17 And God placed them in the firmament of the heaven, so as to shine upon the earth, 1.18
and to regulate day and night, and to divide between the light and the
darkness. And God saw that it was good. 1.19 And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day. 1.20
And God said, Let the waters bring forth reptiles having life, and
winged creatures flying above the earth in the firmament of heaven, and
it was so. 1.21
And God made great whales, and every living reptile, which the waters
brought forth according to their kinds, and every creature that flies
with wings according to its kind, and God saw that they were good. 1.22
And God blessed them saying, Increase and multiply and fill the waters
in the seas, and let the creatures that fly be multiplied on the earth. 1.23 And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day. 1.24
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature according
to its kind, quadrupeds and reptiles and wild beasts of the earth
according to their kind, and it was so. 1.25
And God made the wild beasts of the earth according to their kind, and
cattle according to their kind, and all the reptiles of the earth
according to their kind, and God saw that they were good. 1.26
And God said, Let us make man according to our image and likeness, and
let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the flying
creatures of heaven, and over the cattle and all the earth, and over
all the reptiles that creep on the earth. 1.27 And God made man, according to the image of God he made him, male and female he made them. 1.28
And God blessed them, saying, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth
and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the seas and flying
creatures of heaven, and all the cattle and all the earth, and all the
reptiles that creep on the earth. 1.29
And God said, Behold I have given to you every seed-bearing herb sowing
seed which is upon all the earth, and every tree which has in itself
the fruit of seed that is sown, to you it shall be for food. 1.30
And to all the wild beasts of the earth, and to all the flying
creatures of heaven, and to every reptile creeping on the earth, which
has in itself the breath of life, even every green plant for food; and
it was so. 1.31
And God saw all the things that he had made, and, behold, they were
very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
2.1 And the heavens and the earth were finished, and the whole world of them.
2.2 And God finished on the sixth day his works
which he made, and he ceased on the seventh day from all his works
which he made.
2.3 And God blessed the seventh day and
sanctified it, because in it he ceased from all his works which God
began to do.
2.4 This [is] the book of the generation of
heaven and earth, when they were made, in the day in which the Lord God
made the heaven and the earth,
2.5 and every herb of the field before it was
on the earth, and all the grass of the field before it sprang up, for
God had not rained on the earth, and there was not a man to cultivate
it.
2.6 But there rose a fountain out of the earth, and watered the whole face of the earth.
2.7 And God formed the man [of] dust of the
earth, and breathed upon his face the breath of life, and the man
became a living soul.
2.8 And God planted a garden eastward in Edem, and placed there the man whom he had formed.
2.9 And God made to spring up also out of the
earth every tree beautiful to the eye and good for food, and the tree
of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of learning the
knowledge of good and evil.
2.10 And a river proceeds out of Edem to water the garden, thence it divides itself into four heads.
2.11 The name of the one, Phisom, this it is which encircles the whole land of Evilat, where there is gold.
2.12 And the gold of that land is good, there also is carbuncle and emerald.
2.13 And the name of the second river is Geon, this it is which encircles the whole land of Ethiopia.
2.14 And the third river is Tigris, this is that
which flows forth over against the Assyrians. And the fourth river is
Euphrates.
2.15 And the Lord God took the man whom he had
formed, and placed him in the garden of Delight, to cultivate and keep
it.
2.16 And the Lord God gave a charge to Adam, saying,
Of every tree which is in the garden thou mayest freely eat,
2.17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and
evil-- of it ye shall not eat, but in whatsoever day ye eat of it, ye
shall surely die.
2.18 And the Lord God said, [It is] not good that the
man should be alone, let us make for him a help suitable to him.
2.19 And God formed yet farther out of the earth all
the wild beasts of the field, and all the birds of the sky, and he
brought them to Adam, to see what he would call them, and whatever Adam
called any living creature, that was the name of it.
2.20 And Adam gave names to all the cattle and to all
the birds of the sky, and to all the wild beasts of the field, but for
Adam there was not found a help like to himself.
2.21 And God brought a trance upon Adam, and he
slept, and he took one of his ribs, and filled up the flesh instead
thereof.
2.22 And God formed the rib which he took from Adam into a woman, and brought her to Adam.
2.23 And Adam said, This now is bone of my bones, and
flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out
of her husband.
2.24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his
mother and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
2.25 And the two were naked, both Adam and his wife, and were not ashamed.
3.1
Now the serpent was the most crafty of all the brutes on the earth,
which the Lord God made, and the serpent said to the woman, Wherefore
has God said, Eat not of every tree of the garden?
3.2 And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden,
3.3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in
the midst of the garden, God said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither
shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
3.4 And the serpent said to the woman, Ye shall not surely die.
3.5 For God knew that in whatever day ye should
eat of it your eyes would be opened, and ye would be as gods, knowing
good and evil.
3.6 And the woman saw that the tree was good
for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes to look upon and
beautiful to contemplate, and having taken of its fruit she ate, and
she gave to her husband also with her, and they ate.
3.7 And the eyes of both were opened, and they
perceived that they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together, and
made themselves aprons to go round them.
3.8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God
walking in the garden in the afternoon; and both Adam and his wife hid
themselves from the face of the Lord God in the midst of the trees of
the garden.
3.9 And the Lord God called Adam and said to him, Adam, where art thou?
3.10 And he said to him, I heard thy voice as thou
walkedst in the garden, and I feared because I was naked and I hid
myself.
3.11 And God said to him, Who told thee that thou
wast naked, unless thou hast eaten of the tree concerning which I
charged thee of it alone not to eat?
3.12 And Adam said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me-- she gave me of the tree and I ate.
3.13 And the Lord God said to the woman, Why hast
thou done this? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me and I ate.
3.14 And the Lord God said to the serpent, Because
thou hast done this thou art cursed above all cattle and all the brutes
of the earth, on thy breast and belly thou shalt go, and thou shalt eat
earth all the days of thy life.
3.15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman
and between thy seed and her seed, he shall watch against thy head, and
thou shalt watch against his heel.
3.16 And to the woman he said, I will greatly
multiply thy pains and thy groanings; in pain thou shalt bring forth
children, and thy submission shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule
over thee.
3.17 And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened
to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree concerning which I
charged thee of it only not to eat-- of that thou hast eaten, cursed
[is] the ground in thy labours, in pain shalt thou eat of it all the
days of thy life.
3.18 Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.
3.19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy
bread until thou return to the earth out of which thou wast taken, for
earth thou art and to earth thou shalt return.
3.20 And Adam called the name of his wife Life, because she was the mother of all living.
3.21 And the Lord God made for Adam and his wife garments of skin, and clothed them.
3.22 And God said, Behold, Adam is become as one of
us, to know good and evil, and now lest at any time he stretch forth
his hand, and take of the tree of life and eat, and [so] he shall live
forever--
3.23 So the Lord God sent him forth out of the garden
of Delight to cultivate the ground out of which he was taken.
3.24 And he cast out Adam and caused him to dwell
over against the garden of Delight, and stationed the cherubs and the
fiery sword that turns about to keep the way of the tree of life.
4.1
And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and brought forth Cain
and said, I have gained a man through God.
4.2 And she again bore his brother Abel. And
Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
4.3 And it was so after some time that Cain brought of the fruits of the earth a sacrifice to the Lord.
4.4 And Abel also brought of the first born of
his sheep and of his fatlings, and God looked upon Abel and his gifts,
4.5 but Cain and his sacrifices he regarded
not, and Cain was exceedingly sorrowful and his countenance fell.
4.6 And the Lord God said to Cain, Why art thou become very sorrowful and why is thy countenance fallen?
4.7 Hast thou not sinned if thou hast brought
it rightly, but not rightly divided it? be still, to thee shall be his
submission, and thou shalt rule over him.
4.8 And Cain said to Abl his brother, Let us go
out into the plain; and it came to pass that when they were in the
plain Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
4.9 And the Lord God said to Cain, Where is
Abel thy brother? and he said, I know not, am I my brother's keeper?
4.10 And the Lord said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood cries to me out of the ground.
4.11 And now thou [art] cursed from the earth which
has opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
4.12 When thou tillest the earth, then it shall not
continue to give its strength to thee: thou shalt be groaning and
trembling on the earth.
4.13 And Cain said to the Lord God, My crime [is] too great for me to be forgiven.
4.14 If thou castest me out this day from the face of
the earth, and I shall be hidden from thy presence, and I shall be
groaning and trembling upon the earth, then it will be that any one
that finds me shall slay me.
4.15 And the Lord God said to him, Not so, any one
that slays Cain shall suffer seven-fold vengeance; and the Lord God set
a mark upon Cain that no one that found him might slay him.
4.16 So Cain went forth from the presence of God and dwelt in the land of Nod over against Edem.
4.17 And Cain knew his wife, and having conceived she
bore Enoch; and he built a city; and he named the city after the name
of his son, Enoch.
4.18 And to Enoch was born Gaidad; and Gaidad begot
Maleleel; and Maleleel begot Mathusala; and Mathusala begot Lamech.
4.19 And Lamech took to himself two wives; the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the second Sella.
4.20 And Ada bore Jobel; he was the father of those that dwell in tents, feeding cattle.
4.21 And the name of his brother was Jubal; he it was who invented the psaltery and harp.
4.22 And Sella also bore Thobel; he was a smith, a
manufacturer both of brass and iron; and the sister of Thobel was Noema.
4.23 And Lamech said to his wives, Ada and Sella,
Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, consider my words, because I have
slain a man to my sorrow and a youth to my grief.
4.24 Because vengeance has been exacted seven times
on Cain's behalf, on Lamech's [it shall be] seventy times seven.
4.25 And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived
and bore a son, and called his name Seth, saying, For God has raised up
to me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
4.26 And Seth had a son, and he called his name Enos: he hoped to call on the name of the Lord God.
5.1 This [is] the genealogy of men in the day in which God made Adam; in the image of God he made him:
5.2 male and female he made them, and blessed
them; and he called his name Adam, in the day in which he made them.
5.3 And Adam lived two hundred and thirty
years, and begot [a son] after his [own] form, and after his [own]
image, and he called his name Seth.
5.4 And the days of Adam, which he lived after
his begetting Seth, were seven hundred years; and he begot sons and
daughters.
5.5 And all the days of Adam which he lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.
5.6 Now Seth lived two hundred and five years, and begot Enos.
5.7 And Seth lived after his begetting Enos,
seven hundred and seven years, and he begot sons and daughters.
5.8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.
5.9 And Enos lived an hundred and ninety years, and begot Cainan.
5.10 And Enos lived after his begetting Cainan, seven
hundred and fifteen years, and he begot sons and daughters.
5.11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years, and he died.
5.12 And Cainan lived an hundred and seventy years, and he begot Maleleel.
5.13 And Cainan lived after his begetting Maleleel,
seven hundred and forty years, and he begot sons and daughters.
5.14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.
5.15 And Maleleel lived an hundred and sixty and five years, and he begot Jared.
5.16 And Maleleel lived after his begetting Jared,
seven hundred and thirty years, and he begot sons and daughters.
5.17 And all the days of Maleleel were eight hundred and ninety and five years, and he died.
5.18 And Jared lived an hundred and sixty and two years, and begot Enoch:
5.19 and Jared lived after his begetting Enoch, eight hundred years, and he begot sons and daughters.
5.20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty and two years, and he died.
5.21 And Enoch lived an hundred and sixty and five years, and begat Mathusala.
5.22 And Enoch was well-pleasing to God after his
begetting Mathusala, two hundred years, and he begot sons and daughters.
5.23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty and five years.
5.24 And Enoch was well-pleasing to God, and was not found, because God translated him.
5.25 And Mathusala lived an hundred and sixty and seven years, and begot Lamech.
5.26 And Mathusala lived after his begetting Lamech eight hundred and two years, and begot sons and daughters.
5.27 And all the days of Mathusala which he lived, were nine hundred and sixty and nine years, and he died.
5.28 And Lamech lived an hundred and eighty and eight years, and begot a son.
5.29 And he called his name Noe, saying, This one
will cause us to cease from our works, and from the toils of our hands,
and from the earth, which the Lord God has cursed.
5.30 And Lamech lived after his begetting Noe, five
hundred and sixty and five years, and begot sons and daughters.
5.31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and fifty-three years, and he died.
5.32 And Noe was five hundred years old, and he begot three sons, Sem, Cham, and Japheth.
6.1 And it came to pass when men began to be numerous upon the earth, and daughters were born to them,
6.2 that the sons of God having seen the
daughters of men that they were beautiful, took to themselves wives of
all whom they chose.
6.3 And the Lord God said, My Spirit shall
certainly not remain among these men for ever, because they are flesh,
but their days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
6.4 Now the giants were upon the earth in those
days; and after that when the sons of God were wont to go in to the
daughters of men, they bore [children to them, those were the giants of
old, the men of renown.
6.5 And the Lord God, having seen that the
wicked actions of men were multiplied upon the earth, and that every
one in his heart was intently brooding over evil continually,
6.6 then God laid it to heart that he had made man upon the earth, and he pondered [it] deeply.
6.7 And God said, I will blot out man whom I
have made from the face of the earth, even man with cattle, and
reptiles with flying creatures of the sky, for I am grieved that I have
made them.
6.8 But Noe found grace before the Lord God.
6.9 And these [are] the generations of Noe. Noe
was a just man; being perfect in his generation, Noe was well-pleasing
to God.
6.10 And Noe begot three sons, Sem, Cham, Japheth.
6.11 But the earth was corrupted before God, and the earth was filled with iniquity.
6.12 And the Lord God saw the earth, and it was
corrupted; because all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.
6.13 And the Lord God said to Noe, A period of all
men is come before me; because the earth has been filled with iniquity
by them, and, behold, I destroy them and the earth.
6.14 Make therefore for thyself an ark of square
timber; thou shalt make the ark in compartments, and thou shalt pitch
it within and without with pitch.
6.15 And thus shalt thou make the ark; three hundred
cubits the length of the ark, and fifty cubits the breadth, and thirty
cubits the height of it.
6.16 Thou shalt narrow the ark in making it, and in a
cubit above thou shalt finish it, and the door of the ark thou shalt
make on the side; with lower, second, and third stories thou shalt make
it.
6.17 And behold I bring a flood of water upon the
earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under
heaven, and whatsoever things are upon the earth shall die.
6.18 And I will establish my covenant with thee, and
thou shalt enter into the ark, and thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons'
wives with thee.
6.19 And of all cattle and of all reptiles and of all
wild beasts, even of all flesh, thou shalt bring by pairs of all, into
the ark, that thou mayest feed them with thyself: male and female they
shall be.
6.20 Of all winged birds after their kind, and of all
cattle after their kind, and of all reptiles creeping upon the earth
after their kind, pairs of all shall come in to thee, male and female
to be fed with thee.
6.21 And thou shalt take to thyself of all kinds of
food which ye eat, and thou shalt gather them to thyself, and it shall
be for thee and them to eat.
6.22 And Noe did all things whatever the Lord God commanded him, so did he.
7.1
And the Lord God said to Noe, Enter thou and all thy family into the
ark, for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
7.2 And of the clean cattle take in to thee
sevens, male and female, and of the unclean cattle pairs male and
female.
7.3 And of clean flying creatures of the sky
sevens, male and female, and of all unclean flying creatures pairs,
male and female, to maintain seed on all the earth.
7.4 For yet seven days [having passed] I bring
rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will blot out
every offspring which I have made from the face of all the earth.
7.5 And Noe [did] all things whatever the Lord God commanded him.
7.6 And Noe was six hundred years old when the flood of water was upon the earth.
7.7 And then went in Noe and his sons and his
wife, and his sons' wives with him into the ark, because of the water
of the flood.
7.8 And of clean flying creatures and of
unclean flying creatures, and of clean cattle and of unclean cattle,
and of all things that creep upon the earth,
7.9 pairs went in to Noe into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noe.
7.10 And it came to pass after the seven days that the water of the flood came upon the earth.
7.11 In the six hundredth year of the life of Noe, in
the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on this day
all the fountains of the abyss were broken up, and the flood-gates of
heaven were opened.
7.12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
7.13 On that very day entered Noe, Sem, Cham,
Japheth, the sons of Noe, and the wife of Noe, and the three wives of
his sons with him into the ark.
7.14 And all the wild beasts after their kind, and
all cattle after their kind, and every reptile moving itself on the
earth after its kind, and every flying bird after its kind,
7.15 went in to Noe into the ark, pairs, male and female of all flesh in which is the breath of life.
7.16 And they that entered went in male and female of
all flesh, as God commanded Noe, and the Lord God shut the ark outside
of him.
7.17 And the flood was upon the earth forty days and
forty nights, and the water abounded greatly and bore up the ark, and
it was lifted on high from off the earth.
7.18 And the water prevailed and abounded exceedingly upon the earth, and the ark was borne upon the water.
7.19 And the water prevailed exceedingly upon the
earth, and covered all the high mountains which were under heaven.
7.20 Fifteen cubits upwards was the water raised, and it covered all the high mountains.
7.21 And there died all flesh that moved upon the
earth, of flying creatures and cattle, and of wild beasts, and every
reptile moving upon the earth, and every man.
7.22 And all things which have the breath of life, and whatever was on the dry land, died.
7.23 And [God] blotted out every offspring which was
upon the face of the earth, both man and beast, and reptiles, and birds
of the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth, and Noe was left
alone, and those with him in the ark.
7.24 And the water was raised over the earth an hundred and fifty days.
8.1
And God remembered Noe, and all the wild beasts, and all the cattle,
and all the birds, and all the reptiles that creep, as many as were
with him in the ark, and God brought a wind upon the earth, and the
water stayed.
8.2 And the fountains of the deep were closed
up, and the flood-gates of heaven, and the rain from heaven was
withheld.
8.3 And the water subsided, and went off the
earth, and after an hundred and fifty days the water was diminished,
and the ark rested in the seventh month, on the twenty-seventh day of
the month, on the mountains of Ararat.
8.4 And the water continued to decrease until the tenth month.
8.5 And in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the heads of the mountains were seen.
8.6 And it came to pass after forty days Noe opened the window of the ark which he had made.
8.7 And he sent forth a raven; and it went
forth and returned not until the water was dried from off the earth.
8.8 And he sent a dove after it to see if the water had ceased from off the earth.
8.9 And the dove not having found rest for her
feet, returned to him into the ark, because the water was on all the
face of the earth, and he stretched out his hand and took her, and
brought her to himself into the ark.
8.10 And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove from the ark.
8.11 And the dove returned to him in the evening, and
had a leaf of olive, a sprig in her mouth; and Noe knew that the water
had ceased from off the earth.
8.12 And having waited yet seven other days, he again
sent forth the dove, and she did not return to him again any more.
8.13 And it came to pass in the six hundred and first
year of the life of Noe, in the first month, on the first day of the
month, the water subsided from off the earth, and Noe opened the
covering of the ark which he had made, and he saw that the water had
subsided from the face of the earth.
8.14 And in the second month the earth was dried, on the twenty-seventh day of the month.
8.15 And the Lord God spoke to Noe, saying,
8.16 Come out from the ark, thou and thy wife and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
8.17 And all the wild beasts as many as are with
thee, and all flesh both of birds and beasts, and every reptile moving
upon the earth, bring forth with thee: and increase ye and multiply
upon the earth.
8.18 And Noe came forth, and his wife and his sons, and his sons' wives with him.
8.19 And all the wild beasts and all the cattle and
every bird, and every reptile creeping upon the earth after their kind,
came forth out of the ark.
8.20 And Noe built an altar to the Lord, and took of
all clean beasts, and of all clean birds, and offered a whole
burnt-offering upon the altar.
8.21 And the Lord God smelled a smell of sweetness,
and the Lord God having considered, said, I will not any more curse the
earth, because of the works of men, because the imagination of man is
intently bent upon evil things from his youth, I will not therefore any
more smite all living flesh as I have done.
8.22 All the days of the earth, seed and harvest,
cold and heat, summer and spring, shall not cease by day or night.
9.1
And God blessed Noe and his sons, and said to them, Increase and
multiply, and fill the earth and have dominion over it.
9.2 And the dread and the fear of you shall be
upon all the wild beasts of the earth, on all the birds of the sky, and
on all things moving upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the
sea, I have placed them under your power.
9.3 And every reptile which is living shall be
to you for meat, I have given all things to you as the green herbs.
9.4 But flesh with blood of life ye shall not eat.
9.5 For your blood of your lives will I require
at the hand of all wild beasts, and I will require the life of man at
the hand of [his] brother man.
9.6 He that sheds man's blood, instead of that
blood shall his own be shed, for in the image of God I made man.
9.7 But do ye increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and have dominion over it.
9.8 And God spoke to Noe, and to his sons with him, saying,
9.9 And behold I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you,
9.10 and with every living creature with you, of
birds and of beasts, and with all the wild beasts of the earth, as many
as are with you, of all that come out of the ark.
9.11 And I will establish my covenant with you and
all flesh shall not any more die by the water of the flood, and there
shall no more be a flood of water to destroy all the earth.
9.12 And the Lord God said to Noe, This [is] the sign
of the covenant which I set between me and you, and between every
living creature which is with you for perpetual generations.
9.13 I set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of covenant between me and the earth.
9.14 And it shall be when I gather clouds upon the earth, that my bow shall be seen in the cloud.
9.15 And I will remember my covenant, which is
between me and you, and between every living soul in all flesh, and
there shall no longer be water for a deluge, so as to blot out all
flesh.
9.16 And my bow shall be in the cloud, and I will
look to remember the everlasting covenant between me and the earth, and
between [every] living soul in all flesh, which is upon the earth.
9.17 And God said to Noe, This [is] the sign of the
covenant, which I have made between me and all flesh, which is upon the
earth.
9.18 Now the sons of Noe which came out of the ark, were Sem, Cham, Japheth. And Cham was father of Chanaan.
9.19 These three are the sons of Noe, of these were men scattered over all the earth.
9.20 And Noe began to be a husbandman, and he planted a vineyard.
9.21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunk, and was naked in his house.
9.22 And Cham the father of Chanaan saw the nakedness
of his father, and he went out and told his two brothers without.
9.23 And Sem and Japheth having taken a garment, put
it on both their backs and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of
their father; and their face [was] backward, and they saw not the
nakedness of their father.
9.24 And Noe recovered from the wine, and knew all that his younger son had done to him.
9.25 And he said, Cursed be the servant Chanaan, a slave shall he be to his brethren.
9.26 And he said, Blessed [be] the Lord God of Sem, and Chanaan shall be his bond-servant.
9.27 May God make room for Japheth, and let him dwell
in the habitations of Sem, and let Chanaan be his servant.
9.28 And Noe lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
9.29 And all the days of Noe were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died.
10.1
Now these [are] the generations of the sons of Noe, Sem, Cham, Japheth;
and sons were born to them after the flood.
10.2 The sons of Japheth, Gamer, and Magog, and
Madoi, and Jovan, and Elisa, and Thobel, and Mosoch, and Thiras.
10.3 And the sons of Gamer, Aschanaz, and Riphath, and Thorgama.
10.4 And the sons of Jovan, Elisa, and Tharseis, Cetians, Rhodians.
10.5 From these were the islands of the Gentiles
divided in their land, each according to his tongue, in their tribes
and in their nations.
10.6 And the sons of Cham, Chus, and Mesrain, Phud, and Chanaan.
10.7 And the sons of Chus, Saba, and Evila, and
Sabatha, and Rhegma, and Sabathaca. And the sons of Rhegma, Saba, and
Dadan.
10.8 And Chus begot Nebrod: he began to be a giant upon the earth.
10.9 He was a giant hunter before the Lord God;
therefore they say, As Nebrod the giant hunter before the Lord.
10.10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Orech, and Archad, and Chalanne, in the land of Senaar.
10.11 Out of that land came Assur, and built Ninevi, and the city Rhooboth, and Chalach,
10.12 and Dase between Ninevi and Chalach: this is the great city.
10.13 And Mesrain begot the Ludiim, and the Nephthalim, and the Enemetiim, and the Labiim,
10.14 and the Patrosoniim, and the Chasmoniim (whence came forth Phylistiim) and the Gaphthoriim.
10.15 And Chanaan begot Sidon his fist-born, and the Chettite,
10.16 and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
10.17 and the Evite, and the Arukite, and the Asennite,
10.18 and the Aradian, and the Samarean, and the Amathite;
and after this the tribes of the Chananites were dispersed.
10.19 And the boundaries of the Chananites were from Sidon
till one comes to Gerara and Gaza, till one comes to Sodom and
Gomorrha, Adama and Seboim, as far as Dasa.
10.20 There [were] the sons of Cham in their tribes
according to their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
10.21 And to Sem himself also were children born, the
father of all the sons of Heber, the brother of Japheth the elder.
10.22 Sons of Sem, Elm, and Assur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Cainan.
10.23 And sons of Aram, Uz, and Ul, and Gater, and Mosoch.
10.24 And Arphaxad begot Cainan, and Cainan begot Sala. And Sala begot Heber.
10.25 And to Heber were born two sons, the name of the one,
Phaleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and the name of his
brother Jektan.
10.26 And Jektan begot Elmodad, and Saleth, and Sarmoth, and Jarach,
10.27 and Odorrha, and Aibel, and Decla,
10.28 Eval, and Abimael, and Saba,
10.29 and Uphir, and Evila, and Jobab, all these were the sons of Jektan.
10.30 And their dwelling was from Masse, till one comes to Saphera, a mountain of the east.
10.31 These were the sons of Sem in their tribes, according
to their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
10.32 These are the tribes of the sons of Noe, according to
their generations, according to their nations: of them were the islands
of the Gentiles scattered over the earth after the flood.
11.1 And all the earth was one lip, and there was one language to all. 11.2
And it came to pass as they moved from the east, they found a plain in
the land of Senaar, and they dwelt there. 11.3
And a man said to his neighbour, Come, let us make bricks and bake them
with fire. And the brick was to them for stone, and their mortar was
bitumen. 11.4
And they said, Come, let us build to ourselves a city and tower, whose
top shall be to heaven, and let us make to ourselves a name, before we
are scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth. 11.5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men built. 11.6
And the Lord said, Behold, [there is] one race, and one lip of all, and
they have begun to do this, and now nothing shall fail from them of all
that they may have undertaken to do. 11.7
Come, and having gone down let us there confound their tongue, that
they may not understand each the voice of his neighbour. 11.8
And the Lord scattered them thence over the face of all the earth, and
they left off building the city and the tower. 11.9
On this account its name was called Confusion, because there the Lord
confounded the languages of all the earth, and thence the Lord
scattered them upon the face of all the earth. 11.10
And these [are] the generations of Sem: and Sem was a hundred years old
when he begot Arphaxad, the second year after the flood. 11.11 And Sem lived, after he had begotten Arphaxad, five hundred years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. 11.12 And Arphaxad lived a hundred and thirty-five years, and begot Cainan. 11.13
And Arphaxad lived after he had begotten Cainan, four hundred years,
and begot sons and daughters, and died. And Cainan lived a hundred and
thirty years and begot Sala; and Canaan lived after he had begotten
Sala, three hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters, and
died. 11.14 And Sala lived an hundred and thirty years, and begot Heber. 11.15
And Sala lived after he had begotten Heber, three hundred and thirty
years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. 11.16 And Heber lived an hundred and thirty-four years, and begot Phaleg. 11.17
And Heber lived after he had begotten Phaleg two hundred and seventy
years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. 11.18 And Phaleg lived and hundred and thirty years, and begot Ragau. 11.19
And Phaleg lived after he had begotten Ragau, two hundred and nine
years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. 11.20 And Ragau lived and hundred thirty and two years, and begot Seruch. 11.21
And Raau lived after he had begotten Seruch, two hundred and seven
years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. 11.22 And Seruch lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot Nachor. 11.23 And Seruch lived after he had begotten Nachor, two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters, and died. 11.24 And Nachor lived a hundred and seventy-nine years, and begot Tharrha. 11.25
And Nachor lived after he had begotten Tharrha, an hundred and
twenty-five years, and begot sons and daughters, and he died. 11.26 And Tharrha lived seventy years, and begot Abram, and Nachor, and Arrhan. 11.27 And these [re] the generations of Tharrha. Tharrha begot Abram and Nachor, and Arrhan; and Arrhan begot Lot. 11.28
And Arrhan died in the presence of Tharrha his father, in the land in
which he was born, in the country of the Chaldees. 11.29
And Abram and Nachor took to themselves wives, the name of the wife of
Abram was Sara, and the name of the wife of Nachor, Malcha, daughter of
Arrhan, and he was the father of Malcha, the father of Jescha. 11.30 And Sara was barren, and did not bear children. 11.31
And Tharrha took Abram his son, and Lot the son Arrhan, the son of his
son, and Sara his daughter-in-law, the wife of Abram his son, and led
them forth out of the land of the Chaldees, to go into the land of
Chanaan, and they came as far as Charrhan, and he dwelt there. 11.32
And all the days of Tharrha in the land of Charrhan were two hundred
and five years, and Tharrha died in Charrhan.
12.1
And the Lord said to Abram, Go forth out of thy land and out of thy
kindred, and out of the house of thy father, and come into the land
which I will shew thee.
12.2 And I will make thee a great nation, and I will
bless thee and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.
12.3 And I will bless those that bless thee, and
curse those that curse thee, and in thee shall all the tribes of the
earth be blessed.
12.4 And Abram went as the Lord spoke to him, and Lot
departed with him, and Abram was seventy-five years old, when he went
out of Charrhan.
12.5 And Abram took Sara his wife, and Lot the son of
his brother, and all their possessions, as many as they had got, and
every soul which they had got in Charrhan, and they went forth to go
into the land of Chanaan.
12.6 And Abram traversed the land lengthwise as far
as the place Sychem, to the high oak, and the Chananites then inhabited
the land.
12.7 And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him,
I will give this land to thy seed. And Abram built an altar there to
the Lord who appeared to him.
12.8 And he departed thence to the mountain eastward
of Baethel, and there he pitched his tent in Baethel near the sea, and
Aggai toward the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord, and
called on the name of the Lord.
12.9 And Abram departed and went and encamped in the wilderness.
12.10 And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went
down to Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed in the
land.
12.11 And it came to pass when Abram drew nigh to enter
into Egypt, Abram said to Sara his wife, I know that thou art a fair
woman.
12.12 It shall come to pass then that when the Egyptians
shall see thee, they shall say, This is his wife, and they shall slay
me, but they shall save thee alive.
12.13 Say, therefore, I am his sister, that it may be well
with me on account of thee, and my soul shall live because of thee.
12.14 And it came to pass when Abram entered into Egypt--
the Egyptians having seen his wife that she was very beautiful--
12.15 that the princes of Pharao saw her, and praised her to Pharao and brought her into the house of Pharao.
12.16 And they treated Abram well on her account, and he
had sheep, and calves, and asses, and men-servants, and women-servants,
and mules, and camels.
12.17 And God afflicted Pharao with great and severe afflictions, and his house, because of Sara, Abram's wife.
12.18 And Pharao having called Abram, said, What is this
thou hast done to me, that thou didst not tell me that she was thy wife?
12.19 Wherefore didst thou say, She is my sister? and I
took her for a wife to myself; and now, behold, thy wife is before
thee, take her and go quickly away.
12.20 And Pharao gave charge to men concerning Abram, to
join in sending him forward, and his wife, and all that he had.
13.1
And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had,
and Lot with him, into the wilderness.
13.2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, and silver, and gold.
13.3 And he went [to the place] whence he came, into
the wilderness as far as Baethel, as far as the place where his tent
was before, between Baethel and Aggai,
13.4 to the place of the altar, which he built there at first, and Abram there called on the name of the Lord.
13.5 And Lot who went out with Abram had sheep, and oxen, and tents.
13.6 And the land was not large enough for them to
live together, because their possessions were great; and the land was
not large enough for them to live together.
13.7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of
Abram's cattle, and the herdmen of Lot's cattle, and the Chananites and
the Pherezites then inhabited the land.
13.8 And Abram said to Lot, Let there not be a strife
between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen, for we are
brethren.
13.9 Lo! is not the whole land before thee? Separate
thyself from me; if thou [goest] to the left, I will go to the right,
and if thou goest to the right, I will go to the left.
13.10 And Lot having lifted up his eyes, observed all the
country round about Jordan, that it was all watered, before God
overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha, as the garden of the Lord, and as the
land of Egypt, until thou come to Zogora.
13.11 And Lot chose for himself all the country round
Jordan, and Lot went from the east, and they were separated each from
his brother. And Abram dwelt in the land of Chanaan.
13.12 And Lot dwelt in a city of the neighbouring people, and pitched his tent in Sodom.
13.13 But the men of Sodom were evil, and exceedingly sinful before God.
13.14 And God said to Abram after Lot was separated from
him, Look up with thine eyes, and behold from the place where thou now
art northward and southward, and eastward and seaward;
13.15 for all the land which thou seest, I will give it to thee and to thy seed for ever.
13.16 And I will make thy seed like the dust of the earth;
if any one is able to number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed
be numbered.
13.17 Arise and traverse the land, both in the length of it
and in the breadth; for to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for
ever.
13.18 And Abram having removed his tent, came and dwelt by
the oak of Mambre, which was in Chebrom, and he there built an altar to
the Lord.
14.1
And it came to pass in the reign of Amarphal king of Sennaar, and
Arioch king of Ellasar, that Chodollogomor king of Elam, and Thargal
king of nations,
14.2 made war with Balla king of Sodom, and with
Barsa king of Gomorrha, and with Sennaar, king of Adama, and with
Symobor king of Seboim and the king of Balac, this is Segor.
14.3 All these met with one consent at the salt valley; this is [now] the sea of salt.
14.4 Twelve years they served Chodollogomor, and the thirteenth year they revolted.
14.5 And in the fourteenth year came Chodollogomor,
and the kings with him, and cut to pieces the giants in Astaroth, and
Carnain, and strong nations with them, and the Ommaeans in the city
Save.
14.6 And the Chorrhaeans in the mountains of Seir, to the turpentine tree of Pharan, which is in the desert.
14.7 And having turned back they came to the well of
judgment; this is Cades, and they cut in pieces all the princes of
Amalec, and the Amorites dwelling in Asasonthamar.
14.8 And the king of Sodom went out, and the king of
Gomorrha, and king of Adama, and king of Seboim, and king of Balac,
this is Segor, and they set themselves in array against them for war in
the salt valley,
14.9 against Chodollogomor king of Elam, and Thargal
king of nations, and Amarphal king of Sennaar, and Arioch king of
Ellasar, the four kings against the five.
14.10 Now the salt valley [consists of] slime-pits. And the
king of Sodom fled and the king of Gomorrha, and they fell in there:
and they that were left fled to the mountain country.
14.11 And they took all the cavalry of Sodom and Gomorrha, and all their provisions, and departed.
14.12 And they took also Lot the son of Abram's brother, and his baggage, and departed, for he dwelt in Sodom.
14.13 And one of them that had been rescued came and told
Abram the Hebrew; and he dwelt by the oak of Mamre the Amorite the
brother of Eschol, and the brother of Aunan, who were confederates with
Abram.
14.14 And Abram having heard that Lot his nephew had been
taken captive, numbered his own home-born [servants] tree hundred and
eighteen, and pursued after them to Dan.
14.15 And he came upon them by night, he and his servants,
and he smote them and pursued them as far as Choba, which is on the
left of Damascus.
14.16 And he recovered all the cavalry of Sodom, and he
recovered Lot his nephew, and all his possessions, and the women and
the people.
14.17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after he
returned from the slaughter of Chodollogomor, and the kings with him,
to the valley of Saby; this was the plain of the kings.
14.18 And Melchisedec king of Salem brought forth loaves and wine, and he was the priest of the most high God.
14.19 And he blessed Abram, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, who made heaven and earth,
14.20 and blessed be the most high God who delivered thine
enemies into thy power. And Abram gave him the tithe of all.
14.21 And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the men, and take the horses to thyself.
14.22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I will stretch
out my hand to the Lord the most high God, who made the heaven and the
earth,
14.23 [that] I will not take from all thy goods from a
string to a shoe-latchet, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram
rich.
14.24 Except what things the young men have eaten, and the
portion of the men that went with me, Eschol, Aunan, Mambre, these
shall take a portion.
15.1
And after these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision,
saying, Fear not, Abram, I shield thee, thy reward shall be very great.
15.2 And Abram said, Master [and] Lord, what wilt
thou give me? whereas I am departing without a child, but the son of
Masek my home-born female slave, this Eliezer of Damascus [is mine
heir.]
15.3 And Abram said, [I am grieved] since thou hast
given me no seed, but my home-born [servant] shall succeed me.
15.4 And immediately there was a voice of the Lord to
him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come out
of thee shall be thine heir.
15.5 And he brought him out and said to him, Look up
now to heaven, and count the stars, if thou shalt be able to number
them fully, and he said, Thus shall thy seed be.
15.6 And Abram believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.
15.7 And he said to him, I am God that brought thee
out of the land of the Chaldeans, so as to give thee this land to
inherit.
15.8 And he said, Master [and] Lord, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?
15.9 And he said to him, Take for me an heifer in her
third year, and a she-goat in her third year, and a ram in his third
year, and a dove and a pigeon.
15.10 So he took to him all these, and divided them in the
midst, and set them opposite to each other, but the birds he did not
divide.
15.11 And birds came down upon the bodies, [even] upon the divided parts of them, and Abram sat down by them.
15.12 And about sunset a trance fell upon Abram, and lo! a great gloomy terror falls upon him.
15.13 And it was said to Abram, Thou shalt surely know that
thy seed shall be a sojourner in a land not their won, and they shall
enslave them, and afflict them, and humble them four hundred years.
15.14 And the nation whomsoever they shall serve I will
judge; and after this, they shall come forth hither with much property.
15.15 But thou shalt depart to thy fathers in peace, nourished in a good old age.
15.16 And in the fourth generation they shall return
hither, for the sins of the Amorites are not yet filled up, even until
now.
15.17 And when the sun was about to set, there was a flame,
and behold a smoking furnace and lamps of fire, which passed between
these divided pieces.
15.18 I that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram,
saying, To thy seed I will give this land, from the river of Egypt to
the great river Euphrates.
15.19 The Kenites, and the Kenezites, and the Kedmoneans,
15.20 and the Chettites, and the Pherezites, and the Raphaim,
15.21 and the Amorites, and the Chananites, and the Evites, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites.
16.1 And Sara the wife of Abram bore him no children; and she had an Egyptian maid, whose name was Agar.
16.2 And Sara said to Abram, Behold, the Lord has
restrained me from bearing, go therefore in to my maid, that I may get
children for myself through her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of
Sara.
16.3 So Sara the wife of Abram having taken Agar the
Egyptian her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of
Chanaan, gave her to Abram her husband as a wife to him.
16.4 And he went in to Agar, and she conceived, and
saw that she was with child, and her mistress was dishonoured before
her.
16.5 And Sara said to Abram, I am injured by thee; I
gave my handmaid into thy bosom, and when I saw that she was with
child, I was dishonoured before her. The Lord judge between me and thee.
16.6 And Abram said to Sara, Behold thy handmaid is
in thy hands, use her as it may seem good to thee. And Sara afflicted
her, and she fled from her face.
16.7 And an angel of the Lord found her by the
fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Sur.
16.8 And the angel of the Lord said to her, Agar,
Sara's maid, whence comest thou, and wither goest thou? and she said, I
am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sara.
16.9 And the angel of the Lord said to her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
16.10 And the angel of the Lord said to her, I will surely
multiply thy seed, and it shall not be numbered for multitude.
16.11 And the angel of the Lord said to her, Behold thou
art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ismael,
for the Lord hath hearkened to thy humiliation.
16.12 He shall be a wild man, his hands against all, and
the hands of all against him, and he shall dwell in the presence of all
his brethren.
16.13 And she called the name of the Lord God who spoke to
her, Thou art God who seest me; for she said, For I have openly seen
him that appeared to me.
16.14 Therefore she called the well, The well of him whom I have openly seen; behold it is between Cades and Barad.
16.15 And Agar bore a son to Abram; and Abram called the name of his son which Agar bore to him, Ismael.
16.16 And Abram was eighty-six years old, when Agar bore Ismael to Abram.
17.1
And Abram was ninety-nine years old, and the Lord appeared to Abram and
said to him, I am thy God, be well-pleasing before me, and be blameless.
17.2 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and I will multiply thee exceedingly.
17.3 And Abram fell upon his face, and God spoke to him, saying,
17.4 And I, behold! my covenant [is] with thee, and thou shalt be a father of a multitude of nations.
17.5 And thy name shall no more be called Abram, but
thy name shall be Abraam, for I have made thee a father of many nations.
17.6 And I will increase thee very exceedingly, and I
will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
17.7 And I will establish my covenant between thee
and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for an everlasting
covenant, to be thy God, and [the God] of thy seed after thee.
17.8 And I will give to thee and to thy seed after
thee the land wherein thou sojournest, even all the land of Chanaan for
an everlasting possession, and I will be to them a God.
17.9 And God said to Abraam, Thou also shalt fully
keep my covenant, thou and thy seed after thee for their generations.
17.10 And this [is] the covenant which thou shalt fully
keep between me and you, and between thy seed after thee for their
generations; every male of you shall be circumcised.
17.11 And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your
foreskin, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between me and you.
17.12 And the child of eight days [old] shall be
circumcised by you, every male throughout your generations, and [the
servant] born in the house and he that is bought with money, of every
son of a stranger, who is not of thy seed.
17.13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought
with money shall be surely circumcised, and my covenant shall be on
your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
17.14 And the uncircumcised male, who shall not be
circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin on the eighth day, that soul
shall be utterly destroyed from its family, for he has broken my
covenant.
17.15 And God said to Abraam, Sara thy wife-- her name shall not be called Sara, Sarrha shall be her name.
17.16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son of her, and
I will bless him, and he shall become nations, and kings of nations
shall be of him.
17.17 And Abraam fell upon his face, and laughed; and spoke
in his heart, saying, Shall there be a child to one who is a hundred
years old, and shall Sarrha who is ninety years old, bear?
17.18 And Abraam said to God, Let this Ismael live before thee.
17.19 And God said to Abraam, Yea, behold, Sarrha thy wife
shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac; and I will
establish my covenant with him, for an everlasting covenant, to be a
God to him and to his seed after him.
17.20 And concerning Ismael, behold, I have heard thee,
and, behold, I have blessed him, and will increase him and multiply him
exceedingly; twelve nations shall he beget, and I will make him a great
nation.
17.21 But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarrha shall bear to thee at this time, in the next year.
17.22 And he left off speaking with him, and God went up from Abraam.
17.23 And Abraam took Ismael his son, and all his home-born
[servants], and all those bought with money, and every male of the men
in the house of Abraam, and he circumcised their foreskins in the time
of that day, according as God spoke to him.
17.24 And Abraam was ninety-nine years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
17.25 And Ismael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
17.26 And at the period of that day, Abraam was circumcised, and Ismael his son,
17.27 and all the men of his house, both those born in the house, and those bought with money of foreign nations.
18.1 And God appeared to him by the oak of Mambre, as he sat by the door of his tent at noon.
18.2 And he lifted up his eyes and beheld, and lo!
three men stood before him; and having seen them he ran to meet them
fro the door of his tent, and did obeisance to the ground.
18.3 And he said, Lord, if indeed I have found grace in thy sight, pass not by thy servant.
18.4 Let water now be brought, and let them wash your feet, and do ye refresh [yourselves] under the tree.
18.5 And I will bring bread, and ye shall eat, and
after this ye shall depart on your journey, on account of which
[refreshment] ye have turned aside to your servant. And he said, So do,
as thou hast said.
18.6 And Abraam hasted to the tent to Sarrha, and
said to her, Hasten, and knead three measures of fine flour, and make
cakes.
18.7 And Abraam ran to the kine, and took a young
calf, tender and good, and gave it to his servant, and he hasted to
dress it.
18.8 And he took butter and milk, and the calf which
he had dressed; and he set them before them, and they did eat, and he
stood by them under the tree.
18.9 And he said to him, Where is Sarrha thy wife? And he answered and said, Behold! in the tent.
18.10 And he said, I will return and come to thee according
to this period seasonably, and Sarrha thy wife shall have a son; and
Sarrha heard at the door of the tent, being behind him.
18.11 And Abraam and Sarrha were old, advanced in days, and the custom of women ceased with Sarrha.
18.12 And Sarrha laughed in herself, saying, The thing has
not as yet happened to me, even until now, and my lord is old.
18.13 And the Lord said to Abraam, Why is it that Sarrha
has laughed in herself, saying, Shall I then indeed bear? but I am
grown old.
18.14 Shall anything be impossible with the Lord? At this
time I will return to thee seasonably, and Sarrha shall have a son.
18.15 But Sarrha denied, saying, I did not laugh, for she was afraid. And he said to her, Nay, but thou didst laugh.
18.16 And the men having risen up from thence looked
towards Sodom and Gomorrha. And Abraam went with them, attending them
on their journey.
18.17 And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraam my servant what things I intend to do?
18.18 But Abraam shall become a great and populous nation, and n him shall all the nations of the earth be blest.
18.19 For I know that he will order his sons, and his house
after him, and they will keep the ways of the Lord, to do justice and
judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraam all things whatsoever he
has spoken to him.
18.20 And the Lord said, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha has been increased towards me, and their sins are very great.
18.21 I will therefore go down and see, if they completely
correspond with the cry which comes to me, and if not, that I may know.
18.22 And the men having departed thence, came to Sodom; and Abraam was still standing before the Lord.
18.23 And Abraam drew nigh and said, Wouldest thou destroy
the righteous with the wicked, and shall the righteous be as the wicked?
18.24 Should there be fifty righteous in the city, wilt
thou destroy them? wilt thou not spare the whole place for the sake of
the fifty righteous, if they be in it?
18.25 By no means shalt thou do as this thing [is] so as to
destroy the righteous with the wicked, so the righteous shall be as the
wicked: by no means. Thou that judgest the whole earth, shalt thou not
do right?
18.26 And the Lord said, If there should be in Sodom fifty
righteous in the city, I will spare the whole city, and the whole place
for their sakes.
18.27 And Abraam answered and said, Now I have begun to speak to my Lord, and I am earth and ashes.
18.28 But if the fifty righteous should be diminished to
forty-five, wilt thou destroy the whole city because of the five
[wanting]? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there
forty-five.
18.29 And he continued to speak to him still, and said, But
if there should be found there forty? And he said, I will not destroy
it for the forty's sake.
18.30 And he said, Will there be anything [against me],
Lord, if I shall speak? but if there be found there thirty? And he
said, I will not destroy it for the thirty's sake.
18.31 And he said, Since I am able to speak to the Lord,
what if there should be found there twenty? And he said, I will not
destroy it, if I should find there twenty.
18.32 And he said, Will there be anything [against me],
Lord, if I speak yet once? but if there should be found there ten? And
he said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.
18.33 And the Lord departed, when he left off speaking to Abraam, and Abraam returned to his place.
19.1
And the two angels came to Sodom at evening. And Lot sat by the gate of
Sodom, and Lot having seen them, rose up to meet them, and he worshiped
with his face to the ground, and said,
19.2 Lo! [my] lords, turn aside to the house of your
servant, and rest from your journey, and wash your feet, and having
risen early in the morning ye shall depart on your journey. And they
said, Nay, but we will lodge in the street.
19.3 And he constrained them, and they turned aside
to him, and they entered into his house, and he made a feast for them,
and baked unleavened cakes for them, and they did eat.
19.4 But before they went to sleep, the men of the
city, the Sodomites, compassed the house, both young and old, all the
people together.
19.5 And they called out Lot, and said to him, Where
are the men that went in to thee this night? bring them out to us that
we may be with them.
19.6 And Lot went out to them to the porch, and he shut the door after him,
19.7 and said to them, By no means, brethren, do not act villainously.
19.8 But I have two daughters, who have not known a
man. I will bring them out to you, and do ye use them as it may please
you, only do not injury to these men, to avoid which they came under
the shelter of my roof.
19.9 And they said to him, Stand back there, thou
camest in to sojourn, was it also to judge? Now then we would harm thee
more than them. And they pressed hard on the man, even Lot, and they
drew nigh to break the door.
19.10 And the men stretched forth their hands and drew Lot
in to them into the house, and shut the door of the house.
19.11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the
house with blindness, both small and great, and they were wearied with
seeking the door.
19.12 And the men said to Lot, Hast thou here sons-in-law,
or sons or daughters, or if thou hast any other friend in the city,
bring them out of this place.
19.13 For we are going to destroy this place; for their cry
has been raised up before the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to destroy
it.
19.14 And Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law who
had married his daughters, and said, Rise up, and depart out of this
place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city; but he seemed to be
speaking absurdly before his sons-in-law.
19.15 But when it was morning, the angels hastened Lot,
saying, Arise and take thy wife, and thy two daughters whom thou hast,
and go forth; lest thou also be destroyed with the iniquities of the
city.
19.16 And they were troubled, and the angels laid hold on
his hand, and the hand of his wife, and the hands of his two daughters,
in that the Lord spared him.
19.17 And it came to pass when they brought them out, that
they said, Save thine own life by all means; look not round to that
which is behind, nor stay in all the country round about, escape to the
mountain, lest perhaps thou be overtaken together with them.
19.18 And Lot said to them, I pray, Lord,
19.19 since thy servant has found mercy before thee, and
thou hast magnified thy righteousness, in what thou doest towards me
that my soul may live,-- but I shall not be able to escape to the
mountain, lest perhaps the calamity overtake me and I die.
19.20 Behold this city is near for me to escape thither,
which is a small one, and there shall I be preserved, is it not little?
and my soul shall live because of thee.
19.21 And he said to him, Behold, I have had respect to
thee also about this thing, that I should not overthrow the city about
which thou hast spoken.
19.22 Hasten therefore to escape thither, for I shall not
be able to do anything until thou art come thither; therefore he called
the name of that city, Segor.
19.23 The sun was risen upon the earth, when Lot entered into Segor.
19.24 And the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrha brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.
19.25 And he overthrew these cities, and all the country
round about, and all that dwelt in the cities, and the plants springing
out of the ground.
19.26 And his wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
19.27 And Abraam rose up early to go to the place, where he had stood before the Lord.
19.28 And he looked towards Sodom and Gomorrha, and towards
the surrounding country, and saw, and behold a flame went up from the
earth, as the smoke of a furnace.
19.29 And it came to pass that when God destroyed all the
cities of the region round about, God remembered Abraam, and sent Lot
out of the midst of the overthrow, when the Lord overthrew those cities
in which Lot dwelt.
19.30 And Lot went up out of Segor, and dwelt in the
mountain, he and his two daughters with him, for he feared to dwell in
Segor; and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters with him.
19.31 And the elder said to the younger, Our father is old,
and there is no one on the earth who shall come in to us, as it is fit
in all the earth.
19.32 Come and let us make our father drink wine, and let
us sleep with him, and let us raise up seed from our father.
19.33 So they made their father drink wine in that night,
and the elder went in and lay with her father that night, and he knew
not when he slept and when he rose up.
19.34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the elder
said to the younger, Behold, I slept yesternight with our father, let
us make him drink wine in this night also, and do thou go in and sleep
with him, and let us raise up seed of our father.
19.35 So they made their father drink wine in that night
also, and the younger went in and slept with her father, and he knew
not when he slept, nor when he arose.
19.36 And the two daughters of Lot conceived by their father.
19.37 And the elder bore a son and called his name Moab,
saying, [He is] of my father. This is the father of the Moabites to
this present day.
19.38 And the younger also bore a son, and called his name
Amman, saying, The son of my family. This is the father of the
Ammanites to this present day.
20.1
And Abraam removed thence to the southern country, and dwelt between
Cades and Sur, and sojourned in Gerara.
20.2 And Abraam said concerning Sarrha his wife, She
is my sister, for he feared to say, She is my wife, lest at any time
the men of the city should kill him for her sake. So Abimelech king of
Gerara sent and took Sarrha.
20.3 And God came to Abimelech by night in sleep, and
said, Behold, thou diest for the woman, whom thou hast taken, whereas
she has lived with a husband.
20.4 But Abimelech had not touched her, and he said,
Lord, wilt thou destroy an ignorantly [sinning] and just nation?
20.5 Said he not to me, She is my sister, and said
she not to me, He is my brother? with a pure heart and in the
righteousness of my hands have I done this.
20.6 And God said to him in sleep, Yea, I knew that
thou didst this with a pure heart, and I spared thee, so that thou
shouldest not sin against me, therefore I suffered thee not to touch
her.
20.7 But now return the man his wife; for he is a
prophet, and shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live; but if thou
restore her not, know that thou shalt die and all thine.
20.8 And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and
called all his servants, and he spoke all these words in their ears,
and all the men feared exceedingly.
20.9 And Abimelech called Abraam and said to him,
What is this that thou hast done to us? Have we sinned against thee,
that thou hast brought upon me and upon my kingdom a great sin? Thou
hast done to me a deed, which no one ought to do.
20.10 And Abimelech said to Abraam, What hast thou seen in [me] that thou hast done this?
20.11 And Abraam said, Why I said, Surely there is not the
worship of God in this place, and they will slay me because of my wife.
20.12 For truly she is my sister by my father, but not by my mother, and she became my wife.
20.13 And it came to pass when God brought me forth out of
the house of my father, that I said to her, This righteousness thou
shalt perform to me, in every place into which we may enter, say of me,
He is my brother.
20.14 And Abimelech took a thousand pieces of silver, and
sheep, and calves, and servants, and maid-servants, and gave them to
Abraam, and he returned him Sarrha his wife.
20.15 And Abimelech said to Abraam, Behold, my land is before thee, dwell wheresoever it may please thee.
20.16 And to Sarrha he said, Behold, I have given thy
brother a thousand pieces of silver, those shall be to thee for the
price of thy countenance, and to all the women with thee, and speak the
truth in all things.
20.17 And Abraam prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech,
and his wife, and his women servants, and they bore children.
20.18 Because the Lord had fast closed from without every
womb in the house of Abimelech, because of Sarrha Abraam's wife.
21.1 And the Lord visited Sarrha, as he said, and the Lord did to Sarrha, as he spoke. 21.2
And she conceived and bore to Abraam a son in old age, at the set time
according as the Lord spoke to him. 21.3 And Abraam called the name of his son that was born to him, whom Sarrha bore to him, Isaac. 21.4 And Abraam circumcised Isaac on the eighth day, as God commanded him. 21.5 And Abraam was a hundred years old when Isaac his son was born to him. 21.6 And Sarrha said, The Lord has made laughter for me, for whoever shall hear shall rejoice with me. 21.7 And she said, Who shall say to Abraam that Sarrha suckles a child? for I have born a child in my old age. 21.8 And the child grew and was weaned, and Abraam made a great feast the day that his son Isaac was weaned. 21.9 And Sarrha having seen the son of Agar the Egyptian who was born to Abraam, sporting with Isaac her son, 21.10
then she said to Abraam, Cast out this bondwoman and her son, for the
son of this bondwoman shall not inherit with my son Isaac. 21.11 But the word appeared very hard before Abraam concerning his son. 21.12
But God said to Abraam, Let it not be hard before thee concerning the
child, and concerning the bondwoman; in all things whatsoever Sarrha
shall say to thee, hear her voice, for in Isaac shall thy seed be
called. 21.13 And moreover I will make the son of this bondwoman a great nation, because he is thy seed. 21.14
And Abraam rose up in the morning and took loaves and a skin of water,
and gave [them] to Agar, and he put the child on her shoulder, and sent
her away, and she having departed wandered in the wilderness near the
well of the oath. 21.15 And the water failed out of the skin, and she cast the child under a fir tree. 21.16
And she departed and sat down opposite him at a distance, as it were a
bow-shot, for she said, Surely I cannot see the death of my child: and
she sat opposite him, and the child cried aloud and wept. 21.17
And God heard the voice of the child from the place where he was, and
an angel of God called Agar out of heaven, and said to her, What is it,
Agar? fear not, for God has heard the voice of the child from the place
where he is. 21.18 Rise up, and take the child, and hold him in thine hand, for I will make him a great nation. 21.19
And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of springing water; and she
went and filled the skin with water, and gave the child drink. 21.20 And God was with the child, and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. 21.21 And he dwelt in the wilderness, and his mother took him a wife out of Pharan of Egypt. 21.22
And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech spoke, and Ochozath his
friend, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, to Abraam, saying,
God is with thee in all things, whatsoever thou mayest do. 21.23
Now therefore swear to me by God that thou wilt not injure me, nor my
seed, nor my name, but according to the righteousness which I have
performed with thee thou shalt deal with me, and with the land in which
thou hast sojourned. 21.24 And Abraam said, I will swear. 21.25 And Abraam reproved Abimelech because of the wells of water, which the servants of Abimelech took away. 21.26
And Abimelech said to him, I know not who has done this thing to thee,
neither dist thou tell it me, neither heard I it but only to-day. 21.27 And Abraam took sheep and calves, and gave them to Abimelech, and both made a covenant. 21.28 And Abraam set seven ewe-lambs by themselves. 21.29 And Abimelech said to Abraam, What are these seven ewe-lambs which thou hast set alone? 21.30
And Abraam said, Thou shalt receive the seven ewe-lambs of me, that
they may be for me as a witness, that I dug this well. 21.31 Therefore he named the name of that place, The Well of the Oath, for there they both swore. 21.32
And they made a covenant at the well of the oath. And there rose up
Abimelech, Ochozath his friend, and Phichol the commander-in-chief of
his army, and they returned to the land of the Phylistines. 21.33
And Abraam planted a field at the well of the oath, and called there on
the name of the Lord, the everlasting God. 21.34 And Abraam sojourned in the land of the Phylistines many days.
22.1
And it came to pass after these things that God tempted Abraam, and
said to him, Abraam, Abraam; and he said, Lo! I [am here].
22.2 And he said, Take thy son, the beloved one, whom
thou hast loved-- Isaac, and go into the high land, and offer him there
for a whole-burnt-offering on one of the mountains which I will tell
thee of.
22.3 And Abraam rose up in the morning and saddled
his ass, and he took with him two servants, and Isaac his son, and
having split wood for a whole-burnt-offering, he arose and departed,
and came to the place of which God spoke to him,
22.4 on the third day; and Abraam having lifted up his eyes, saw the place afar off.
22.5 And Abraam said to his servants, Sit ye here
with the ass, and I and the lad will proceed thus far, and having
worshiped we will return to you.
22.6 And Abraam took the wood of the
whole-burnt-offering, and laid it on Isaac his son, and he took into
his hands both the fire and the knife, and the two went together.
22.7 And Isaac said to Abraam his father, Father. And
he said, What is it, son? And he said, Behold the fire and the wood,
where is the sheep for a whole-burnt-offering?
22.8 And Abraam said, God will provide himself a
sheep for a whole-burnt-offering, [my] son. And both having gone
together,
22.9 came to the place which God spoke of to him; and
there Abraam built the altar, and laid the wood on it, and having bound
the feet of Isaac his son together, he laid him on the altar upon the
wood.
22.10 And Abraam stretched forth his hand to take the knife to slay his son.
22.11 And an angel of the Lord called him out of heaven, and said, Abraam, Abraam. And he said, Behold, I [am here].
22.12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the child,
neither do anything to him, for now I know that thou fearest God, and
for my sake thou hast not spared thy beloved son.
22.13 And Abraam lifted up his eyes and beheld, and lo! a
ram caught by his horns in a plant of Sabec; and Abraam went and took
the ram, and offered him up for a whole-burnt-offering in the place of
Isaac his son.
22.14 And Abraam called the name of that place, The Lord
hath seen; that they might say to-day, I the mount the Lord was seen.
22.15 And an angel of the Lord called Abraam the second time out of heaven, saying,
22.16 I have sworn by myself, says the Lord, because thou
hast done this thing, and on my account hast not spared thy beloved son,
22.17 surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I
will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is
by the shore of the sea, and thy seed shall inherit the cities of their
enemies.
22.18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast hearkened to my voice.
22.19 And Abraam returned to his servants, and they arose
and went together to the well of the oath; and Abraam dwelt at the well
of the oath.
22.20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was
reported to Abraam, saying, Behold, Melcha herself too has born sons to
Nachor thy brother,
22.21 Uz the first-born, and Baux his brother, and Camuel the father of the Syrians, and Chazad, and
22.22 Azav and Phaldes, and Jeldaph, and Bathuel, and Bthuel begot Rebecca;
22.23 these are eight sons, which Melcha bore to Nachor the brother of Abraam.
22.24 And his concubine whose name was Rheuma, she also bore Tabec, and Taam, and Tochos, and Mocha.
23.1 And the life of Sarrha was an hundred and twenty-seven years.
23.2 And Sarrha died in the city of Arboc, which is
in the valley, this is Chebron in the land of Chanaan; and Abraam came
to lament for Sarrha and to mourn.
23.3 And Abraam stood up from before his dead; and Abraam spoke to the sons of Chet, saying,
23.4 I am a sojourner and a stranger among you, give
me therefore possession of a burying-place among you, and I will bury
my dead away from me.
23.5 And the sons of Chet answered to Abraam, saying, Not so, Sir,
23.6 but hear us; thou art in the midst of us a king
from God; bury thy dead in our choice sepulchres, for not one of us
will by any means withhold his sepulchre from thee, so that thou
shouldest not bury thy dead there.
23.7 And Abraam rose up and did obeisance to the people of the land, to the sons of Chet.
23.8 And Abraam spoke to them, saying, If ye have it
in your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hearken to me,
and speak for me to Ephron the son Saar.
23.9 And let him give me the double cave which he
has, which is in a part of his field, let him give it me for the money
it is worth for possession of a burying-place among you.
23.10 Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the children
of Chet, and Ephron the Chettite answered Abraam and spoke in the
hearing of the sons of Chet, and of all who entered the city, saying,
23.11 Attend to me, my lord, and hear me, I give to thee
the field and the cave which is in it; I have given it thee before all
my country men; bury thy dead.
23.12 And Abraam did obeisance before the people of the land.
23.13 And he said in the ears of Ephron before the people
of the land, Since thou art on my side, hear me; take the price of the
field from me, and I will bury my dead there.
23.14 But Ephron answered Abraam, saying,
23.15 Nay, my lord, I have heard indeed, the land [is
worth] four hundred silver didrachmas, but what can this be between me
and thee? nay, do thou bury thy dead.
23.16 And Abraam hearkened to Ephron, and Abraam rendered
to Ephron the money, which he mentioned in the ears of the sons of
Chet, four hundred didrachmas of silver approved with merchants.
23.17 And the field of Ephron, which was in Double Cave,
which is opposite Mambre, the field and the cave, which was in it, and
every tree which was in the field, and whatever is in its borders round
about, were made sure in its borders round about, were made sure
23.18 to Abraam for a possession, before the sons of Chet, and all that entered into the city.
23.19 After this Abraam buried Sarrha his wife in the
Double Cave of the field, which is opposite Mambre, this is Chebron in
the land of Chanaan.
23.20 So the field and the cave which was in it were made
sure to Abraam for possession of a burying place, by the sons of Chet.
24.1 And Abraam was old, advanced in days, and the Lord blessed Abraam in all things.
24.2 And Abraam said to his servant the elder of his
house, who had rule over all his possessions, Put thy hand under my
thigh,
24.3 and I will adjure thee by the Lord the God of
heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou take not a wife for my son
Isaac from the daughters of the Chananites, with whom I dwell, in the
midst of them.
24.4 But thou shalt go instead to my country, where I
was born, and to my tribe, and thou shalt take from thence a wife for
my son Isaac.
24.5 And the servant said to him, Shall I carry back
thy son to the land whence thou camest forth, if haply the woman should
not be willing to return with me to this land?
24.6 And Abraam said to him, Take heed to thyself that thou carry not my son back thither.
24.7 The Lord the God of heaven, and the God of the
earth, who took me out of my father's house, and out of the land whence
I sprang, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, I will give
this land to thee and to thy seed, he shall send his angel before thee,
an thou shalt take a wife to my son from thence.
24.8 And if the woman should not be willing to come
with thee into this land, thou shalt be clear from my oath, only carry
not my son thither again.
24.9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of
his master Abraam, and swore to him concerning this matter.
24.10 And the servant took ten camels of his master's
camels, and [he took] of all the goods of his master with him, and he
arose and went into Mesopotamia to the city of Nachor.
24.11 And he rested his camels without the city by the well
of water towards evening, when damsels go forth to draw water.
24.12 And he said, O Lord God of my master Abraam, prosper
my way before me to day, and deal mercifully with my master Abraam.
24.13 Lo! I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of them that inhabit the city come forth to draw water.
24.14 And it shall be, the virgin to whomsoever I shall
say, Incline thy water-pot, that I may drink, and she shall say, Drink
thou, and I will give thy camels drink, until they shall have done
drinking-- even this one thou hast prepared for thy servant Isaac, and
hereby shall I know that thou hast dealt mercifully with my master
Abraam.
24.15 And it came to pass before he had done speaking in
his mind, that behold, Rebecca the daughter of Bathuel, the son of
Melcha, the wife of Nachor, and [the same] the brother of Abraam, came
forth, having a water-pot on her shoulders.
24.16 And the virgin was very beautiful in appearance, she
was a virgin, a man had not known her; and she went down to the well,
and filled her water-pot, and came up.
24.17 And the servant ran up to meet her, and said, Give me a little water to drink out of thy pitcher;
24.18 and she said, Drink, Sir; and she hasted, and let
down the pitcher upon her arm, and gave him to drink, till he ceased
drinking.
24.19 And she said, I will also draw water for thy camels, till they shall all have drunk.
24.20 And she hasted, and emptied the water-pot into the
trough, and ran to the well to draw again, and drew water for all the
camels.
24.21 And the man took great notice of her, and remained
silent to know whether the Lord had made his way prosperous or not.
24.22 And it came to pass when all the camels ceased
drinking, that the man took golden ear-rings, each of a drachm weight,
and he [put] two bracelets on her hands, their weight was ten pieces of
gold.
24.23 And he asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? Tell me if there is room for us to lodge with thy father.
24.24 And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bathuel the son of Melcha, whom she bore to Nachor.
24.25 And she said to him, We have both straw and much provender, and a place for resting.
24.26 And the man being well pleased, worshiped the Lord,
24.27 and said, Blessed be the Lord the God of my master
Abraam, who has not suffered his righteousness to fail, nor his truth
from my master, and the Lord has brought me prosperously to the house
of the brother of my lord.
24.28 And the damsel ran and reported to the house of her mother according to these words.
24.29 And Rebecca had a brother whose name was Laban; and Laban ran out to meet the man, to the well.
24.30 And it came to pass when he saw the ear-rings and the
bracelets on the hands of his sister, and when he heard the words of
Rebecca his sister, saying, Thus the man spoke to me, that he went to
the man, as he stood by the camels at the well.
24.31 And he said to him, Come in hither, thou blessed of
the Lord, why standest thou without, whereas I have prepared the house
and a place for the camels?
24.32 And the man entered into the house, and unloaded the
camels, and gave the camels straw and provender, and water to wash his
feet, and the feet of the men that were with him.
24.33 And he set before them loaves to eat; but he said, I
will not eat, until I have told my errand. And he said, Speak on.
24.34 And he said, I am a servant of Abraam;
24.35 and the Lord has blessed my master greatly, and he is
exalted, and he has given him sheep, and calves, and silver, and gold,
servants and servant-maids, camels, and asses.
24.36 And Sarrha my master's wife bore one son to my master after he had grown old; and he gave him whatever he had.
24.37 And my master caused me to swear, saying, Thou shalt
not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Chananites, among
whom I sojourn in their land.
24.38 But thou shalt go to the house of my father, and to my tribe, and thou shalt take thence a wife for my son.
24.39 And I said to my master, Haply the woman will not go with me.
24.40 And he said to me, The Lord God to whom I have been
acceptable in his presence, himself shall send out his angel with thee,
and shall prosper thy journey, and thou shalt take a wife for my son of
my tribe, and of the house of my father.
24.41 Then shalt thou be clear from my curse, for
whensoever thou shalt have come to my tribe, and they shall not give
her to thee, then shalt thou be clear from my oath.
24.42 And having come this day to the well, I said, Lord
God of my master Abraam, if thou prosperest my journey on which I am
now going,
24.43 behold, I stand by the well of water, and the
daughters of the men of the city come forth to draw water, and it shall
be [that] the damsel to whom I shall say, Give me a little water to
drink out of thy pitcher,
24.44 and she shall say to me, Both drink thou, and I will
draw water for thy camels, this [shall be] the wife whom the Lord has
prepared for his own servant Isaac; and hereby shall I know that thou
hast wrought mercy with my master Abraam.
24.45 And it came to pass before I had done speaking in my
mind, straightway Rebecca came forth, having her pitcher on her
shoulders; and she went down to the well, and drew water; and I said to
her, Give me to drink.
24.46 And she hasted and let down her pitcher on her arm
from her head, and said, Drink thou, and I will give thy camels drink;
and I drank, and she gave the camels drink.
24.47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou?
tell me; and she said, I am daughter of Bathuel the son of Nachor, whom
Melcha bore to him; and I put on her the earrings, and the bracelets on
her hands.
24.48 And being well-pleased I worshiped the Lord, and I
blessed the Lord the God of my master Abraam, who has prospered me in a
true way, so that I should take the daughter of my master's brother for
his son.
24.49 If then ye [will] deal mercifully and justly with my
lord, [tell me], and if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand
or to the left.
24.50 And Laban and Bathuel answered and said, This matter
has come forth from the Lord, we shall not be able to answer thee bad
or good.
24.51 Behold, Rebecca is before thee, take her and go away,
and let her be wife to the son of thy master, as the Lord has said.
24.52 And it came to pass when the servant of Abraam heard
these words, he bowed himself to the Lord down to the earth.
24.53 And the servant having brought forth jewels of silver
and gold and raiment, gave them to Rebecca, and gave gifts to her
brother, and to her mother.
24.54 And both he and the men with him ate and drank and
went to sleep. And he arose in the morning and said, Send me away, that
I may go to my master.
24.55 And her brethren and her mother said, Let the virgin
remain with us about ten days, and after that she shall depart.
24.56 But he said to them, Hinder me not, for the Lord has
prospered my journey for me; send me away, that I may depart to my
master.
24.57 And they said, Let us call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth.
24.58 And they called Rebecca, and said to her, Wilt thou go with this man? and she said, I will go.
24.59 So they sent forth Rebecca their sister, and her goods, and the servant of Abraam, and his attendants.
24.60 And they blessed Rebecca, and said to her, Thou art
our sister; become thou thousands of myriads, and let thy seed possess
the cities of their enemies.
24.61 And Rebecca rose up and her maidens, and they mounted
the camels and went with the man; and the servant having taken up
Rebecca, departed.
24.62 And Isaac went through the wilderness to the well of the vision, and he dwelt in the land toward the south.
24.63 And Isaac went forth into the plain toward evening to
meditate; and having lifted up his eyes, he saw camels coming.
24.64 And Rebecca lifted up her eyes, and saw Isaac; and she alighted briskly from the camel,
24.65 and said to the servant, Who is that man that walks
in the plain to meet us? And the servant said, This is my master; and
she took her veil and covered herself.
24.66 And the servant told Isaac all that he had done.
24.67 And Isaac went into the house of his mother, and took
Rebecca, and she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was
comforted for Sarrha his mother.
25.1 And Abraam again took a wife, whose name was Chettura.
25.2 And she bore to him Zombran, and Jezan, and Madal, and Madiam, and Jesboc, and Soie.
25.3 And Jezan begot Saba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Assurians and the Latusians, and Laomim.
25.4 And the sons of Madiam [were] Gephar and Aphir,
and Enoch, and Abeida, and Eldaga; all these were sons of Chettura.
25.5 But Abraam gave all his possessions to Isaac his son.
25.6 But to the sons of his concubines Abraam gave
gifts, and he sent them away from his son Isaac, while he was yet
living, to the east into the country of the east.
25.7 And these [were] the years of the days of the
life of Abraam as many as he lived, a hundred and seventy-five years.
25.8 And Abraam failing died in a good old age, an old man and full of days, and was added to his people.
25.9 And Isaac and Ismael his sons buried him in the
double cave, in the field of Ephron the son of Saar the Chettite, which
is over against Mambre:
25.10 [even] the field and the cave which Abraam bought of
the sons of Chet; there they buried Abraam and Sarrha his wife.
25.11 And it came to pass after Abraam was dead, that God
blessed Isaac his son, and Isaac dwelt by the well of the vision.
25.12 And these [are] the generations of Ismael the son of
Abraam, whom Agar the Egyptian the hand-maid of Sarrha bore to Abraam.
25.13 And these [are] the names of the sons of Ismael,
according to the names of their generations. The firstborn of Ismael,
Nabaioth, and Kedar, and Nabdeel, and Massam,
25.14 and Masma, and Duma, and Masse,
25.15 and Choddan, and Thaeman, and Jetur, and Naphes, and Kedma.
25.16 These [are] the sons of Ismael, and these are their
names in their tents and in their dwellings, twelve princes according
to their nations.
25.17 And these [are] the years of the life of Ismael, a
hundred and thirty-seven years; and he failed and died, and was added
to his fathers.
25.18 And he dwelt from Evilat to Sur, which is opposite
Egypt, until one comes to the Assyrians; he dwelt in the presence of
all his brethren.
25.19 And these [are] the generations of Isaac the son of Abraam.
25.20 Abraam begot Isaac. And Isaac was forty years old
when he took to wife Rebecca, daughter of Bathuel the Syrian, out of
Syrian Mesopotamia, sister of Laban the Syrian.
25.21 And Isaac prayed the Lord concerning Rebecca his
wife, because she was barren; and the Lord heard him, and his wife
Rebecca conceived in her womb.
25.22 And the babes leaped within her; and she said, If it
will be so with me, why is this to me? And she went to enquire of the
Lord.
25.23 And the Lord said to her, There are two nations in
thy womb, and two peoples shall be separated from thy belly, and one
people shall excel the other, and the elder shall serve the younger.
25.24 And the days were fulfilled that she should be delivered, and she had twins in her womb.
25.25 And the first came out red, hairy all over like a skin; and she called his name Esau.
25.26 And after this came forth his brother, and his hand
took hold of the heel of Esau; and she called his name Jacob. And Isaac
was sixty years old when Rebecca bore them.
25.27 And the lads grew, and Esau was a man skilled in
hunting, dwelling in the country, and Jacob a simple man, dwelling in a
house.
25.28 And Isaac loved Esau, because his venison was his food, but Rebecca loved Jacob.
25.29 And Jacob cooked pottage, and Esau came from the plain, fainting.
25.30 And Esau said to Jacob, Let me taste of that red
pottage, because I am fainting; therefore his name was called Edom.
25.31 And Jacob said to Esau, Sell me this day thy birthright.
25.32 And Esau said, Behold, I am going to die, and for what good does this birthright [belong] to me?
25.33 And Jacob said to him, Swear to me this day; and he swore to him; and Esau sold his birthright to Jacob.
25.34 And Jacob gave bread to Esau, and pottage of lentils;
and he ate and drank, and he arose and departed; so Esau slighted his
birthright.
26.1
And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine, which
was in the time of Abraam; and Isaac went to Abimelech the king of the
Phylistines to Gerara.
26.2 And the Lord appeared to him and said, Go not
down to Egypt, but dwell in the land, which I shall tell thee of.
26.3 And sojourn in this land; and I will be with
thee, and bless thee, for I will give to thee and to thy seed all this
land; and I will establish my oath which I swore to thy father Abraam.
26.4 And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of
heaven; and I will give to thy seed all this land, and all the nations
of the earth shall be blest in thy seed.
26.5 Because Abraam thy father hearkened to my voice,
and kept my injunctions, and my commandments, and my ordinances, and my
statutes.
26.6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerara.
26.7 And the men of the place questioned him
concerning Rebecca his wife, and he said, She is my sister, for he
feared to say, She is my wife, lest at any time the men of the place
should slay him because of Rebecca, because she was fair.
26.8 And he remained there a long time, and Abimelech
the king of Gerara leaned to look through the window, and saw Isaac
sporting with Rebecca his wife.
26.9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said to him, Is
she then thy wife? why hast thou said, She is my sister? And Isaac said
to him, [I did so], for I said, Lest at any time I die on her account.
26.10 And Abimelech said to him, Why hast thou done this to
us? one of my kindred within a little had lain with thy wife, and thou
wouldest have brought [a sin of] ignorance upon us.
26.11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying Every
man that touches this man and his wife shall be liable to death.
26.12 And Isaac sowed in that land, and he found in that year barley and hundred-fold, and the Lord blessed him.
26.13 And the man was exalted, and advancing he increased, till he became very great.
26.14 And he had cattle of sheep, and cattle of oxen, and many tilled lands, and the Phylistines envied him.
26.15 And all the wells which the servants of his father
had dug in the time of his father, the Phylistines stopped them, and
filled them with earth.
26.16 And Abimelech said to Isaac, Depart from us, for thou art become much mightier than we.
26.17 And Isaac departed thence, and rested in the valley of Gerara, and dwelt there.
26.18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water, which the
servants of his father Abraam had dug, and the Phylistines had stopped
them, after the death of his father Abraam; and he gave them names,
according to the names by which his father named them.
26.19 And the servants of Isaac dug in the valley of Gerara, and they found there a well of living water.
26.20 And the shepherds of Gerara strove with the shepherds
of Isaac, saying that the water was theirs; and they called the name of
the well, Injury, for they injured him.
26.21 And having departed thence he dug another well, and
they strove also for that; and he named the name of it, Enmity.
26.22 And he departed thence and dug another well; and they
did not strive about that; and he named the name of it, Room, saying,
Because now the Lord has made room for us, and has increased us upon
the earth.
26.23 And he went up thence to the well of the oath.
26.24 And the Lord appeared to him in that night, and said,
I am the God of Abraam thy father; fear not, for I am with thee, and I
will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for the sake of Abraam thy
father.
26.25 And he built there an altar, and called on the name
of the Lord, and there he pitched his tent, and there the servants of
Isaac dug a well in the valley of Gerara.
26.26 And Abimelech came to him from Gerara, and so did
Ochozath his friend, and Phichol the commander-in-chief of his army.
26.27 And Isaac said to them, Wherefore have ye come to me? whereas ye hated me, and sent me away from you.
26.28 And they said, We have surely seen that the Lord was
with thee, and we said, Let there be an oath between us and thee, and
we will make a covenant with thee,
26.29 that thou shalt do no wrong by us, as we have not
abhorred thee, and according as we have treated thee well, and have
sent thee forth peaceably; and now thou art blessed of the Lord.
26.30 And he made a feast for them, and they ate and drank.
26.31 And they arose in the morning, and swore each to his
neighbour; and Isaac sent them forth, and they departed from him in
safety.
26.32 And it came to pass in that day, that the servants of
Isaac came and told him of the well which they had dug; and they said,
We have not found water.
26.33 And he called it, Oath: therefore he called the name of that city, the Well of Oath, until this day.
26.34 And Esau was forty years old; and he took to wife
Judith the daughter of Beoch the Chettite, and Basemath, daughter of
Helon the Chettite.
26.35 And they were provoking to Isaac and Rebecca.
27.1
And it came to pass after Isaac was old, that his eyes were dimmed so
that he could not see; and he called Esau, his elder son, and said to
him, My son; and he said, Behold, I [am here].
27.2 And he said, Behold, I am grown old, and know not the day of my death.
27.3 Now then take the weapons, both thy quiver and thy bow, and go into the plain, and get me venison,
27.4 and make me meats, as I like them, and bring
them to me that I may eat, that my soul may bless thee, before I die.
27.5 And Rebecca heard Isaac speaking to Esau his
son; and Esau went to the plain to procure venison for his father.
27.6 And Rebecca said to Jacob her younger son,
Behold, I heard thy father speaking to Esau thy brother, saying,
27.7 Bring me venison, and prepare me meats, that I may eat and bless thee before the Lord before I die.
27.8 Now then, my son, hearken to me, as I command thee.
27.9 And go to the cattle and take for me thence two
kids, tender and good, and I will make them meats for thy father, as he
likes.
27.10 And thou shalt bring them in to thy father, and he shall eat, that thy father may bless thee before he dies.
27.11 And Jacob said to his mother Rebecca, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I a smooth man.
27.12 Peradventure my father may feel me, and I shall be
before him as one ill-intentioned, and I shall bring upon me a curse,
and not a blessing.
27.13 And his mother said to him, On me be thy curse, son; only hearken to my voice, and go and bring [them] me.
27.14 So he went and took and brought them to his mother; and his mother made meats, as his father liked [them].
27.15 And Rebecca having taken the fine raiment of her
elder son Esau which was with her in the house, put it on Jacob her
younger son.
27.16 And she put on his arms the skins of the kids, and on the bare parts of his neck.
27.17 And she gave the meats, and the loaves which she had prepared, into the hands of Jacob her son.
27.18 And he brought [them] to his father, and said, Father; and he said, Behold I [am here]; who art thou, son?
27.19 And Jacob said to his father, I, Esau thy first-born,
have done as thou toldest me; rise, sit, and eat of my venison, that
thy soul may bless me.
27.20 And Isaac said to his son, What is this which thou
hast quickly found? And he said, That which the Lord thy God presented
before me.
27.21 And Isaac said to Jacob, Draw night to me, and I will feel thee, son, if thou art my son Esau or not.
27.22 And Jacob drew night to his father Isaac, and he felt
him, and said, The voice [is] Jacob's voice, but the hands [are] the
hands of Esau.
27.23 And he knew him not, for his hands were as the hands of his brother Esau, hairy; and he blessed him,
27.24 and he said, Art thou my son Esau? and he said, I [am].
27.25 And he said, Bring hither, and I will eat of thy
venison, son, that my soul may bless thee; and he brought [it] near to
him, and he ate, and he brought him wine, and he drank.
27.26 And Isaac his father said to him, Draw nigh to me, and kiss me, son.
27.27 And he drew nigh and kissed him, and smelled the
smell of his garments, and blessed him, and said, Behold, the smell of
my son is as the smell of an abundant field, which the Lord has blessed.
27.28 And may God give thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and abundance of corn and wine.
27.29 And let nations serve thee, and princes bow down to
thee, and be thou lord of thy brother, and the sons of thy father shall
do thee reverence; accursed is he that curses thee, and blessed is he
that blesses thee.
27.30 And it came to pass after Isaac had ceased blessing
his son Jacob, it even came to pass, just when Jacob had gone out from
the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from
his hunting.
27.31 And he also had made meats and brought them to his
father; and he said to his father, Let my father arise and eat of his
son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.
27.32 And Isaac his father said to him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy first-born son Esau.
27.33 And Isaac was amazed with very great amazement, and
said, Who then is it that has procured venison for me and brought it to
me? and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and I have blessed him,
and he shall be blessed.
27.34 And it came to pass when Esau heard the words of his
father Isaac, he cried out with a great and very bitter cry, and said,
Bless, I pray thee, me also, father.
27.35 And he said to him, Thy brother has come with subtlety, and taken thy blessing.
27.36 And he said, Rightly was his name called Jacob, for
lo! this second time has he supplanted me; he has both taken my
birthright, and now he has taken my blessing; and Esau said to his
father, Hast thou not left a blessing for me, father?
27.37 And Isaac answered and said to Esau, If I have made
him thy lord, and have made all his brethren his servants, and have
strengthened im with corn and wine, what then shall I do for thee, son?
27.38 And Esau said to his father, Hast thou [only] one
blessing, father? Bless, I pray thee, me also, father. And Isaac being
troubled, Esau cried aloud and wept.
27.39 And Isaac his father answered and said to him,
Behold, thy dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth, and of the
dew of heaven from above.
27.40 And thou shalt live by thy sword, and shalt serve thy
brother; and there shall be [a time] when thou shalt break and loosen
his yoke from off thy neck.
27.41 And Esau was angry with Jacob because of the
blessing, with which his father blessed him; and Esau said in his mind,
Let the days of my father's mourning draw nigh, that I may slay my
brother Jacob.
27.42 And the words of Esau her elder son were reported to
Rebecca, and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to
him, Behold, Esau thy brother threatens thee to kill thee.
27.43 Now then, my son, hear my voice, and rise and depart
quickly into Mesopotamia to Laban my brother into Charran.
27.44 And dwell with him certain days, until thy brother's anger
27.45 and rage depart from thee, and he forget what thou
hast done to him; and I will send and fetch thee thence, lest at any
time I should be bereaved of you both in one day.
27.46 And Rebecca said to Isaac, I am weary of my life,
because of the daughters of the sons of Chet; if Jacob shall take a
wife of the daughters of this land, wherefore should I live?
28.1
And Isaac having called for Jacob, blessed him, and charged him,
saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of the Chananites.
28.2 Rise and depart quickly into Mesopotamia, to the
house of Bathuel the father of thy mother, and take to thyself thence a
wife of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
28.3 And may my God bless thee, and increase thee,
and multiply thee, and thou shalt become gatherings of nations.
28.4 And may he give thee the blessing of my father
Abraam, even to thee and to thy seed after thee, to inherit the land of
thy sojourning, which God gave to Abraam.
28.5 So Isaac sent away Jacob, and he went into
Mesopotamia to Laban the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of
Rebecca the mother of Jacob and Esau.
28.6 And Esau saw that Isaac blessed Jacob, and sent
him away to Mesopotamia of Syria as he blessed him, to take to himself
a wife thence, and [that] he charged him, saying, Thou shalt not take a
wife of the daughters of the Chananites;
28.7 and [that] Jacob hearkened to his father and his mother, and went to Mesopotamia of Syria.
28.8 And Esau also having seen that the daughters of Chanaan were evil before his father Isaac,
28.9 Esau went to Ismael, and took Maeleth the
daughter of Ismael, the son of Abraam, the sister of Nabeoth, a wife in
addition to his [other] wives.
28.10 And Jacob went forth from the well of the oath, and departed into Charrhan.
28.11 And came to a certain place and slept there, for the
sun had gone down; and he took [one] of the stones of the place, and
put it at his head, and lay down to sleep in that place,
28.12 and dreamed, and behold a ladder fixed on the earth,
whose top reached to heaven, and the angels of God ascended and
descended on it.
28.13 And the Lord stood upon it, and said, I am the God of
thy father Abraam, and the God of Isaac; fear not, the land on which
thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.
28.14 And thy seed shall be as the sand of the earth; and
it shall spread abroad to the sea, and the south, and the north, and to
the east; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the tribes of the earth
be blessed.
28.15 And behold I am with thee to preserve thee
continually in all the way wherein thou shalt go; and I will bring thee
back to this land; for I will not desert thee, until I have done all
that I have said to thee.
28.16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and said, The Lord is in this place, and I knew it not.
28.17 And he was afraid, and said, How fearful is this
place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate
of heaven.
28.18 And Jacob rose up in the morning, and took the stone
he [had] laid there by his head, and he set it up [as] a pillar, and
poured oil on the top of it.
28.19 And he called the name of that place, the House of God; and the name of the city before was Ulam-luz.
28.20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If the Lord God will
be with me, and guard me throughout on this journey, on which I am
going, and give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
28.21 and bring me back in safety to the house of my father, then shall the Lord be for a God to me.
28.22 And this stone, which I have set up for a pillar,
shall be to me a house of God; and of all whatsoever thou shalt give
me, I will tithe a tenth for thee.
29.1
And Jacob started and went to the land of the east to Laban, the son of
Bathuel the Syrian, and the brother of Rebecca, mother of Jacob and
Esau.
29.2 And he looks, and behold! a well in the plain;
and there were there three flocks of sheep resting at it, for out of
that well they watered the flocks, but there was a great stone at the
mouth of the well.
29.3 And there were all the flocks gathered, and they
used to roll away the stone from the mouth of the well, and water the
flocks, and set the stone again in its place on the mouth of the well.
29.4 And Jacob said to them, Brethren, whence are ye? and they said, We are of Charrhan.
29.5 And he said to them, Know ye Laban, the son of Nachor? and they said, We do know [him].
29.6 And he said to them, Is he well? And they said,
He is well. And behold Rachel his daughter came with the sheep.
29.7 And Jacob said, it is yet high day, it is not
yet time that the flocks be gathered together; water ye the flocks, and
depart and feed them.
29.8 And they said, We shall not be able, until all
the shepherds be gathered together, and they shall roll away the stone
from the mouth of the well, then we will water the flocks.
29.9 While he was yet speaking to them, behold,
Rachel the daughter of Laban came with her father's sheep, for she fed
the sheep of her father.
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 came and rolled away the stone from the
mouth of the well, and watered the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother.
29.11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and cried with a loud voice and wept.
29.12 And he told Rachel that he was the near relative of
her father, and the son of Rebecca; and she ran and reported to her
father according to these words.
29.13 And it came to pass when Laban heard the name of
Jacob, his sister's son, he ran to meet him, and embraced and kissed
him, and brought him into his house; and he told Laban all these
sayings.
29.14 And Laban said to him, Thou art of my bones and of my flesh; and he was with him a full month.
29.15 And Laban said to Jacob, Surely thou shalt not serve
me for nothing, because thou art my brother; tell me what thy reward is
to be.
29.16 Now Laban had two daughters, the name of the elder was Lea, and the name of the younger, Rachel.
29.17 And the eyes of Lea were weak. But Rachel was beautiful in appearance, and exceedingly fair in countenance.
29.18 And Jacob loved Rachel, and said, I will serve thee seven years for thy younger daughter Rachel.
29.19 And Laban said to him, [It is] better that I should
give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man; dwell
with me.
29.20 And Jacob served for Rachel seven years, and they were before him as a few days, by reason of his loving her.
29.21 And Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her.
29.22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a marriage-feast.
29.23 And it was even, and he took his daughter Lea, and brought her in to Jacob, and Jacob went in to her.
29.24 And Laban gave to his daughter Lea, Zelpha his handmaid, as a handmaid for her.
29.25 And it was morning, and behold it was Lea; and Jacob
said to Laban, What is this that thou hast done to me? did I not serve
thee for Rachel? and wherefore hast thou deceived me?
29.26 And Laban answered, It is not don thus in our country, to give the younger before the elder.
29.27 Fulfil then her sevens, and I will give to thee her
also in return for thy labour, which thou labourest with me, yet seven
other years.
29.28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her sevens; and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to wife.
29.29 And Laban gave to his daughter his handmaid Balla, for a handmaid to her.
29.30 And he went in to Rachel; and he loved Rachel more than Lea; and he served him seven other years.
29.31 And when the Lord God saw that Lea was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
29.32 And Lea conceived and bore a son to Jacob; and she
called his name, Ruben; saying, Because the Lord has looked on my
humiliation, and has given me a son, now then my husband will love me.
29.33 And she conceived again, and bore a second son to
Jacob; and she said, Because the Lord has heard that I am hated, he has
given to me this one also; and she called his name, Simeon.
29.34 And she conceived yet again, and bore a son, and
said, In the present time my husband will be with me, for I have born
him three sons; therefore she called his name, Levi.
29.35 And having conceived yet again, she bore a son, and
said, Now yet again this time will I give thanks to the Lord; therefore
she called his name, Juda; and ceased bearing.
30.1
And Rachel having perceived that she bore Jacob no children, was
jealous of her sister; and said to Jacob, Give me children; and if not,
I shall die.
30.2 And Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said to
her, Am I in the place of God, who has deprived thee of the fruit of
the womb?
30.3 And Rachel said to Jacob, Behold my handmaid
Balla, go in to her, and she shall bear upon my knees, and I also shall
have children by her.
30.4 And she gave him Balla her maid, for a wife to him; and Jacob went in to her.
30.5 And Balla, Rachel's maid, conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
30.6 And Rachel said, God has given judgment for me,
and hearkened to my voice, and has given me a son; therefore she called
his name, Dan.
30.7 And Balla, Rachel's's maid, conceived yet again, and bore a second son to Jacob.
30.8 And Rachel said, God has helped me, and I
contended with my sister and prevailed; and she called his name,
Nephthalim.
30.9 And Lea saw that she ceased from bearing, and
she took Zelpha her maid, and gave her to Jacob for a wife; and he went
in to her.
30.10 And Zelpha the maid of Lea conceived, and bore Jacob a son.
30.11 And Lea said, [It is] happily: and she called his name, Gad.
30.12 And Zelpha the maid of Lea conceived yet again, and bore Jacob a second son.
30.13 And Lea said, I am blessed, for the women will pronounce me blessed; and she called his name, Aser.
30.14 And Ruben went in the day of barley-harvest, and
found apples of mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother
Lea; and Rachel said to Lea her sister, Give me of thy son's mandrakes.
30.15 And Lea said, [Is it] not enough for thee that thou
hast taken my husband, wilt thou also take my son's mandrakes? And
Rachel said, Not so: let him lie with thee to-night for thy son's
mandrakes.
30.16 And Jacob came in out of the field at even; and Lea
went forth to meet him, and said, Thou shalt come in to me this day,
for I have hired thee for my son's mandrakes; and he lay with her that
night.
30.17 And God hearkened to Lea, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
30.18 And Lea said, God has given me my reward, because I
gave my maid to my husband; and she called his name Issachar, which is,
Reward.
30.19 And Lea conceived again, and bore Jacob a sixth son.
30.20 And Lea said, God has given me a good gift in this
time; my husband will choose me, for I have born him six sons: and she
called his name, Zabulon.
30.21 And after this she bore a daughter; and she called her name, Dina.
30.22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and he opened her womb.
30.23 And she conceived, and bore Jacob a son; and Rachel said, God has taken away my reproach.
30.24 And she called his name Joseph, saying, Let God add to me another son.
30.25 And it came to pass when Rache had born Joseph, Jacob
said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my place and to my land.
30.26 Restore my wives and my children, for whom I have
served thee, that I may depart, for thou knowest the service wherewith
I have served thee.
30.27 And Laban said to him, If I have found grace in thy
sight, I would augur [well], for the Lord has blessed me at thy coming
in.
30.28 Appoint me thy wages, and I will give [them].
30.29 And Jacob said, Thou knowest in what things I have served thee, and how many cattle of thine are with me.
30.30 For it was little thou hadst before my time, and it
is increased to a multitude, and the Lord God has blessed thee since my
coming; now then, when shall I set up also my own house?
30.31 And Laban said to him, What shall I give thee? and
Jacob said to him, Thou shalt not give me anything; if thou wilt do
this thing for me, I will again tend thy flocks and keep them.
30.32 Let all thy sheep pass by to-day, and separate thence
every grey sheep among the rams, and every one that is speckled and
spotted among the goats-- [this] shall be my reward.
30.33 And my righteousness shall answer for me on the
morrow, for it is my reward before thee: whatever shall not be spotted
and speckled among the goats, and grey among the rams, shall be stolen
with me.
30.34 And Laban said to him, Let it be according to thy word.
30.35 And he separated in that day the spotted and speckled
he-goats, and all the spotted and speckled she-goats, and all that was
grey among the rams, and every one that was white among them, and he
gave them into the hand of his sons.
30.36 And he set a distance of a three days' journey
between them and Jacob. And Jacob tended the cattle of Laban that were
left behind.
30.37 And Jacob took to himself green rods of storax tree
and walnut and plane-tree; and Jacob peeled in them white stripes; and
as he drew off the green, the white stripe which he had made appeared
alternate on the rods.
30.38 And he laid the rods which he had peeled, in the
hollows of the watering-troughs, that whensoever the cattle should come
to drink, as they should have come to drink before the rods, the cattle
might conceive at the rods.
30.39 So the cattle conceived at the rods, and the cattle
brought forth [young] speckled, and streaked and spotted with
ash-coloured [spots].
30.40 And Jacob separated the lambs, and set before the
sheep a speckled ram, and every variegated one among the lambs, and he
separated flocks for himself alone, and did not mingle them with the
sheep of Laban.
30.41 And it came to pass in the time wherein the cattle
became pregnant, conceiving in the belly, Jacob put the rods before the
cattle in the troughs, that they might conceive by the rods.
30.42 But he did not put them in [indiscriminately]
whenever the cattle happened to bring forth, but the unmarked ones were
Laban's, and the marked ones were Jacob's.
30.43 And the man became very rich, and he had many cattle,
and oxen, and servants, and maid-servants, and camels, and asses.
31.1
And Jacob heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying, Jacob has taken
all that was our father's, and of our father's property has he gotten
all this glory. 31.2 And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and behold it was not toward him as before. 31.3 And the Lord said to Jacob, Return to the land of thy father, and to thy family, and I will be with thee. 31.4 And Jacob sent and called Lea and Rachel to the plain where the flocks were. 31.5
And he said to them, I see the face of your father, that it is not
toward me as before, but the God of my father was with me. 31.6 And ye too know that with all my might I have served your father. 31.7
But your father deceived me, and changed my wages for the ten lambs,
yet God gave him not [power] to hurt me. 31.8
If he should say thus, The speckled shall be thy reward, then all the
cattle would bear speckled; and if he should say, The white shall be
thy reward, then would all the cattle bear white. 31.9 So God has taken away all the cattle of your father, and given them to me. 31.10
And it came to pass when the cattle conceived and were with young, that
I beheld with mine eyes in sleep, and behold the he-goats and the rams
leaping on the sheep and the she-goats, speckled and variegated and
spotted with ash-coloured spots. 31.11 And the angel of God said to me in a dream, Jacob; and I said, What is it? 31.12
And he said, Look up with thine eyes, and behold the he-goats and the
rams leaping on the sheep and the she-goats, speckled and variegated
and spotted with ash-coloured spots; for I have seen all things that
Laban does to thee. 31.13
I am God that appeared to thee in the place of God where thou
anointedst a pillar to me, and vowedst to me there a vow; now then
arise and depart out of this land, depart into the land of thy
nativity, and I will be with thee. 31.14 And Rachel and Lea answered and said to him, Have we yet a part or inheritance in the house of our father? 31.15 Are we not considered strangers by him? for he has sold us, and quite devoured our money. 31.16
All the wealth and the glory which God has taken from our father, it
shall be our's and our children's; now then do whatsoever God has said
to thee. 31.17 And Jacob arose and took his wives and his children up on the camels; 31.18
and he took away all his possessions and all his store, which he had
gotten in Mesopotamia, and all that belonged to him, to depart to Isaac
his father in the land of Chanaan. 31.19 And Laban went to shear his sheep; and Rachel stole her father's images. 31.20 And Jacob hid [the matter from] Laban the Syrian, so as not to tell him that he ran away. 31.21
And he departed himself and all that belonged to him, and passed over
the river, and went into the mountain Galaad. 31.22 But it was told Laban the Syrian on the third day, that Jacob was fled. 31.23
And having taken his brethren with him, he pursued after him seven
days' journey, and overtook him on Mount Galaad. 31.24
And God came to Laban the Syrian in sleep by night, and said to him,
Take heed to thyself that thou speak not at any time to Jacob evil
things. 31.25
And Laban overtook Jacob; and Jacob pitched his tent in the mountain;
and Laban stationed his brothers in the mount Galaad. 31.26
And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done? wherefore didst thou run
away secretly, and pillage me, and lead away my daughters as captives
taken with the sword? 31.27 Whereas if thou hadst told me, I would have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, and timbrels, and harp. 31.28 And I was not counted worthy to embrace my children and my daughters; now then thou hast wrought foolishly. 31.29
And now my hand has power to hurt thee; but the God of thy father spoke
to me yesterday, saying, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not evil
words to Jacob. 31.30
Now then go on thy way, for thou hast earnestly desired to depart to
the house of thy father; wherefore hast thou stolen my gods? 31.31
And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid; for I said,
Lest at any time thou shouldest take away thy daughters from me, and
all my possessions. 31.32
And Jacob said, With whomsoever thou shalt find thy gods, he shall not
live in the presence of our brethren; take notice of what I have of thy
property, and take it; and he observed nothing with him, but Jacob knew
not that his wife Rachel had stolen them. 31.33
And Laban went in and searched in the house of Lea, and found [them]
not; and he went out of the house of Lea, and searched in the house of
Jacob, and in the house of the two maid-servants, and found them not;
and he went also into the house of Rachel. 31.34 And Rachel took the idols, and cast them among the camel's packs, and sat upon them. 31.35
And she said to her father, Be not indignant, Sir; I cannot rise up
before thee, for it is with me according to the manner of women. Laban
searched in all the house, and found not the images. 31.36
And Jacob was angry, and strove with Laban; and Jacob answered and said
to Laban, What is my injustice, and what my sin, that thou hast pursued
after me, 31.37
and that thou hast searched all the furniture of my house? what hast
thou found of all the furniture of thine house? set it here between thy
relations and my relations, and let them decide between us two. 31.38
These twenty years have I been with thee; thy sheep, and thy she-goats
have not failed in bearing; I devoured not the rams of thy cattle. 31.39
That which was taken of beasts I brought not to thee; I made good of
myself the thefts of the day, and the thefts of the night. 31.40 I was parched with heat by day, and [chilled] with frost by night, and my sleep departed from my eyes. 31.41
These twenty years have I been in thy house; I served thee fourteen
years for thy two daughters, and six years among thy sheep, and thou
didst falsely rate my wages for ten lambs. 31.42
Unless I had the God of my father Abraam, and the fear of Isaac, now
thou wouldest have sent me away empty; God saw my humiliation, and the
labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesterday. 31.43
And Laban answered and said to Jacob, The daughters are my daughters,
and the sons my sons, and the cattle are my cattle, and all things
which thou seest are mine, and [the property] of my daughters; what
shall I do to them to-day, or their children which they bore? 31.44
Now then come, let me make a covenant, both I and thou, and it shall be
for a witness between me and thee; and he said to him, Behold, there is
no one with us; behold, God is witness between me and thee. 31.45 And Jacob having taken a stone, set it up for a pillar. 31.46
And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones; and they gathered stones
and made a heap, and ate there upon the heap; and Laban said to him,
This heap witnesses between me and thee to-day. 31.47 And Laban called it, the Heap of Testimony; and Jacob called it, the Witness Heap. 31.48
And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and the pillar, which I have
set between me and thee; this heap witnesses, and this pillar
witnesses; therefore its name was called, the Heap witnesses. 31.49
And the vision of which he said-- Let God look to it between me and
thee, because we are about to depart from each other,- 31.50
If thou shalt humble my daughters, if thou shouldest take wives in
addition to my daughters, see, there is no one with us looking on. God
[is] witness between me and thee. 31.51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold, this heap, and this pillar are a witness. 31.52
For if I should not cross over unto thee, neither shouldest thou cross
over to me, for mischief beyond this heap and this pillar. 31.53 The God of Abraam and the God of Nachor judge between us; and Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac. 31.54
And he offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren,
and they ate and drank, and slept in the mountain. 31.55
And Laban rose up in the morning, and kissed his sons and his
daughters, and blessed them; and Laban having turned back, departed to
his place.
32.1
And Jacob departed for his journey; and having looked up, he saw the
host of God encamped; and the angels of God met him.
32.2 And Jacob said, when he saw them, This is the
Camp of God; and he called the name of that place, Encampments.
32.3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir, to the country of Edom.
32.4 And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye say
to my lord Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob; I have sojourned with
Laban and tarried until now.
32.5 And there were born to me oxen, and asses, and
sheep, and men-servants and women-servants; and I sent to tell my lord
Esau, that thy servant might find grace in thy sight.
32.6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We
came to thy brother Esau, and lo! he comes to meet thee, and four
hundred men with him.
32.7 And Jacob was greatly terrified, and was
perplexed; and he divided the people that was with him, and the cows,
and the camels, and the sheep, into two camps.
32.8 And Jacob said, If Esau should come to one camp, and smite it, the other camp shall be in safety.
32.9 And Jacob said, God of my father Abraam, and God
of my father Isaac, O Lord, thou [art] he that said to me, Depart
quickly to the land of thy birth, and I will do thee god.
32.10 Let there be to me a sufficiency of all the justice
and all the truth which thou hast wrought with thy servant; for with
this my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I am become two camps.
32.11 Deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand
of Esau, for I am afraid of him, lest haply he should come and smite
me, and the mother upon the children.
32.12 But thou saidst, I will do thee good, and will make
thy seed as the sand of the sea, which shall not be numbered for
multitude.
32.13 And he slept there that night, and took of the gifts
which he carried [with him], and sent out to Esau his brother,
32.14 two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred sheep, twenty rams,
32.15 milch camels, and their foals, thirty, forty kine, ten bulls, twenty asses, and ten colts.
32.16 And he gave them to his servants [each] drove apart;
and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and put a space between
drove and drove.
32.17 And he charged the first, saying, If Esau my brother
meet thee, and he ask thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither
wouldest thou go, and whose are these possessions advancing before thee?
32.18 Thou shalt say, Thy servant Jacob's; he hath sent gifts to my lord Esau, and lo! he is behind us.
32.19 And he charged the first and the second and the
third, and all that went before him after these flocks, saying, Thus
shall ye speak to Esau when ye find him;
32.20 and ye shall say, Behold thy servant Jacob comes
after us. For he said, I will propitiate his countenance with the gifts
going before his presence, and afterwards I will behold his face, for
peradventure he will accept me.
32.21 So the presents went on before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp.
32.22 And he rose up in that night, and took his two wives
and his two servant-maids, and his eleven children, and crossed over
the ford of Jaboch.
32.23 And he took them, and passed over the torrent, and brought over all his possessions.
32.24 And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him till the morning.
32.25 And he saw that he prevailed not against him; and he
touched the broad part of his thigh, and the broad part of Jacob's
thigh was benumbed in his wrestling with him.
32.26 And he said to him, Let me go, for the day has
dawned; but he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
32.27 And he said to him, What is thy name? and he answered, Jacob.
32.28 And he said to him, Thy name shall no longer be
called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name; for thou hast prevailed
with God, and shalt be mighty with men.
32.29 And Jacob asked and said, Tell me thy name; and he
said, Wherefore dost thou ask after my name? and he blessed him there.
32.30 And Jacob called the name of that place, the Face of
God; for, [said he,] I have seen God face to face, and my life was
preserved.
32.31 And the sun rose upon him, when he passed the Face of God; and he halted upon his thigh.
32.32 Therefore the children of Israel will by no means eat
of the sinew which was benumbed, which is on the broad part of the
thigh, until this day, because [the angel] touched the broad part of
the thigh of Jacob-- [even] the sinew which was benumbed.
33.1
And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and beheld, and lo! Esau his brother
coming, and four hundred men with him; and Jacob divided the children
to Lea and to Rachel, and the two handmaidens.
33.2 And he put the two handmaidens and their
children with the first, and Lea and her children behind, and Rachel
and Joseph last.
33.3 But he advanced himself before them, and did
reverence to the ground seven times, until he drew near to his brother.
33.4 And Esau ran on to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they both wept.
33.5 And Esau looked up and saw the women and the
children, and said, What are these to thee? And he said, The children
with which God has mercifully blessed thy servant.
33.6 And the maid-servants and their children drew near and did reverence.
33.7 And Lea and her children drew near and did
reverence; and after this drew near Rachel and Joseph, and did
reverence.
33.8 And he said, What are these things to thee, all
these companies that I have met? And he said, That thy servant might
find grace in thy sight, my lord.
33.9 And Esau said, I have much, my brother; keep thine own.
33.10 And Jacob said, If I have found grace in thy sight,
receive the gifts through my hands; therefore have I seen thy face, as
if any one should see the face of God, and thou shalt be well-pleased
with me.
33.11 Receive my blessings, which I have brought thee,
because God has had mercy on me, and I have all things; and he
constrained him, and he took [them].
33.12 And he said, Let us depart, and proceed right onward.
33.13 And he said to him, My lord knows, that the children
are very tender, and the flocks and the herds with me are with young;
if then I shall drive them hard one day, all the cattle will die.
33.14 Let my lord go on before his servant, and I shall
have strength on the road according to the ease of the journey before
me, and according to the strength of the children, until I come to my
lord to Seir.
33.15 And Esau said, I will leave with thee some of the
people who are with me. And he said, Why so? it is enough that I have
found favour before thee, [my] lord.
33.16 And Esau returned on that day on his journey to Seir.
33.17 And Jacob departs to his tents; and he made for
himself there habitations, and for his cattle he made booths; therefore
he called the name of that place, Booths.
33.18 And Jacob came to Salem, a city of Secima, which is
in the land of Chanaan, when he departed out of Mesopotamia of Syria,
and took up a position in front of the city.
33.19 And he bought the portion of the field, where he
pitched his tent, of Emmor the father of Sychem, for a hundred lambs.
33.20 And he set up there an alter, and called on the God of Israel.
34.1
And Dina, the daughter of Lea, whom she bore to Jacob, went forth to
observe the daughters of the inhabitants.
34.2 And Sychem the son of Emmor the Evite, the ruler
of the land, saw her, and took her and lay with her, and humbled er.
34.3 And he was attached to the soul of Dina the
daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and he spoke kindly to the
damsel.
34.4 Sychem spoke to Emmor his father, saying, Take for me this damsel to wife.
34.5 And Jacob heard that the son of Emmor had
defiled Dina his daughter (now his sons were with his cattle in the
plain). And Jacob was silent until they came.
34.6 And Emmor the father of Sychem went forth to Jacob, to speak to him.
34.7 And the sons of Jacob came from the plain; and
when they heard, the men were deeply pained, and it was very grievous
to them, because [the man] wrought folly in Israel, having lain with
the daughter of Jacob, and so it must not be.
34.8 And Emmor spoke to them, saying, Sychem my son
has chosen in his heart your daughter; give her therefore to him for a
wife,
34.9 and intermarry with us. Give us your daughters, and take our daughters for your sons.
34.10 And dwell in the midst of us; and, behold, the land
is spacious before you, dwell in it, and trade, and get possessions in
it.
34.11 And Sychem said to her father and to her brothers, I
would find grace before you, and we will give whatever ye shall name.
34.12 Multiply [your demand of] dowry very much, and I will
give accordingly as ye shall say to me, only ye shall give me this
damsel for a wife.
34.13 And the sons of Jacob answered to Sychem and Emmor
his father craftily, and spoke to them, because they had defiled Dina
their sister.
34.14 And Symeon and Levi, the brothers of Dina, said to
them, We shall not be able to do this thing, to give our sister to a
man who is uncircumcised, for it is a reproach to us.
34.15 Only on these terms will we conform to you, and dwell
among you, if ye also will be as we are, in that every male of you be
circumcised.
34.16 And we will give our daughters to you, and we will
take of your daughters for wives to us, and we will dwell with you, and
we will be as one race.
34.17 But if ye will not hearken to us to be circumcised, we will take our daughter and depart.
34.18 And the words pleased Emmor, and Sychem the son of Emmor.
34.19 And the young man delayed not to do this thing, for
he was much attached to Jacob's daughter, and he was the most
honourable of all in his father's house.
34.20 And Emmor and Sychem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, saying,
34.21 These men are peaceable, let them dwell with us upon
the land, and let them trade in it, and behold the land is extensive
before them; we will take their daughters to us for wives, and we will
give them our daughters.
34.22 Only on these terms will the men conform to us to
dwell with us so as to be one people, if every male of us be
circumcised, as they also are circumcised.
34.23 And shall not their cattle and their herds, and their
possessions, be ours? only in this let us conform to them, and they
will dwell with us.
34.24 And all that went in at the gate of their city
hearkened to Emmor and Sychem his son, and they were circumcised in the
flesh of their foreskin every male.
34.25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were
in pain, the two sons of Jacob, Symeon and Levi, Dina's brethren, took
each man his sword, and came upon the city securely, and slew every
male.
34.26 And they slew Emmor and Sychem his son with the edge
of the sword, and took Dina out of the house of Sychem, and went forth.
34.27 But the sons of Jacob came upon the wounded, and ravaged the city wherein they had defiled Dina their sister.
34.28 And their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses they
took, and all things whatsoever were in the city, and whatsoever were
in the plain.
34.29 And they took captive all the persons of them, and
all their store, and their wives, and plundered both whatever things
there were in the city, and whatever things there were in the houses.
34.30 And Jacob said to Symeon and Levi, Ye have made me
hateful so that I should be evil to all the inhabitants of the land,
both among the Chananites and the Pherezites, and I am few in number;
they will gather themselves against me and cut m in pieces, and I shall
be utterly destroyed, and my house.
34.31 And they said, Nay, but shall they treat our sister as an harlot?
35.1
And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to the place, Baethel, and dwell
there; and make there an altar to the God that appeared to thee, when
thou fledest from the face of Esau thy brother.
35.2 And Jacob said to his house, and to all that
were with him, Remove the strange gods that are with you from the midst
of you, and purify yourselves, and change your clothes.
35.3 And let us rise and go up to Baethel, and let us
there make an alter to God who hearkened to me in the day of calamity,
who was with me, and preserved me throughout in the journey, by which I
went.
35.4 And they gave to Jacob the strange gods, which
were in their hands, and the ear-rings which were in their ears, and
Jacob hid them under the turpentine tree which is in Secima, and
destroyed them to this day.
35.5 So Israel departed from Secima, and the fear of
God was upon the cities round about them, and they did not pursue after
the children of Israel.
35.6 And Jacob came to Luza, which is in the land of
Chanaan, which is Baethel, he and all the people that were with him.
35.7 And he built there an altar, and called the name
of the place Baethel; for there God appeared to him, when he fled from
the face of his brother Esau.
35.8 And Deborrha, Rebecca's nurse, died, and was
buried below Baethel under the oak; and Jacob called its name, The Oak
of Mourning.
35.9 And God appeared to Jacob once more in Luza,
when he came out of Mesopotamia of Syria, and God blessed him.
35.10 And God said to him, Thy name shall not be called
Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name; and he called his name Israel.
35.11 And God said to him, I am thy God; increase and
multiply; for nations and gatherings of nations shall be of thee, and
kings shall come out of thy loins.
35.12 And the land which I gave to Abraam and Isaac, I have
given it to thee; and it shall come to pass that I will give this land
also to thy seed after thee.
35.13 And God went up from him from the place where he spoke with him.
35.14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God
spoke with him, [even] a pillar of stone; and offered a libation upon
it, and poured oil upon it.
35.15 And Jacob called the name of the place in which God spoke with him, Baethel.
35.16 [[And Jacob removed from Baethel, and pitched his
tent beyond the tower of Gader,]] and it came to pass when he drew nigh
to Chabratha, to enter into Ephratha, Rachel travailed; and in her
travail she was in hard labour.
35.17 And it came to pass in her hard labour, that the
midwife said to her, Be of good courage, for thou shalt also have this
son.
35.18 And it came to pass in her giving up the ghost (for
she was dying), that she called his name, The son of my pain; but his
father called his name Benjamin.
35.19 So Rachel died, and was buried in the way of the course of Ephratha, this is Bethleem.
35.20 And Jacob set up a pillar on her tomb; this is the pillar on the tomb of Rachel, until this day.
35.21 [vide]
35.22 And it came to pass when Israel dwelt in that land,
that Ruben went and lay with Balla, the concubine of his father Jacob;
and Israel heard, and the thing appeared grievous before him. And the
sons of Jacob were twelve.
35.23 The sons of Lea, the first-born of Jacob; Ruben, Symeon, Levi, Judas, Issachar, Zabulon.
35.24 And the sons of Rachel; Joseph and Benjamin.
35.25 And the sons of Balla, the hand-maid of Rachel; Dan and Nephthalim.
35.26 And the sons of Zelpha, the hand-maid of Lea; Gad and
Aser. These [are] the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in
Mesopotamia of Syria.
35.27 And Jacob came to Isaac his father to Mambre, to a
city of the plain; this is Chebron in the land of Chanaan, where Abraam
and Isaac sojourned.
35.28 And the days of Isaac which he lived were an hundred and eighty years.
35.29 And Isaac gave up the ghost and died, and was laid to
his family, old and full of days; and Esau and Jacob his sons buried
him.
36.1 And these [are] the generations of Esau; this is Edom.
36.2 And Esau took to himself wives of the daughters
of the Chananites; Ada, the daughter of Aelom the Chettite; and
Olibema, daughter of Ana the son of Sebegon, the Evite;
36.3 and Basemath, daughter of Ismael, sister of Nabaioth.
36.4 And Ada bore to him Eliphas; and Basemath bore Raguel.
36.5 And Olibema bore Jeus, and Jeglom, and Core;
these [are] the sons of Esau, which were born to him in the land of
Chanaan.
36.6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his
daughters, and all the persons of his house, and all his possessions,
and all his cattle, and all that he had got, and all things whatsoever
he had acquired in the land of Chanaan; and Esau went forth from the
land of Chanaan, from the face of his brother Jacob.
36.7 For their substance was too great for them to
dwell together; and the land of their sojourning could not bear them,
because of the abundance of their possessions.
36.8 And Esau dwelt in mount Seir; Esau, he is Edom.
36.9 And these [are] the generations of Esau, the father of Edom in the mount Seir.
36.10 And these [are] the names of the sons of Esau.
Eliphas, the son of Ada, the wife of Esau; and Raguel, the son of
Basemath, wife of Esau.
36.11 And the sons of Eliphas were Thaeman, Omar, Sophar, Gothom, and Kenez.
36.12 And Thamna was a concubine of Eliphaz, the son of
Esau; and she bore Amalec to Eliphas. These [are] the sons of Ada, the
wife of Esau.
36.13 And these [are] the sons of Raguel; Nachoth, Zare,
Some, and Moze. These were the sons of Basemath, wife of Esau.
36.14 And these [are] the sons of Olibema, the daughter of
Ana, the son of Sebegon, the wife of Esau; and she bore to Esau, Jeus,
and Jeglom, and Core.
36.15 These [are] the chiefs of the son of Esau, [even] the
sons of Eliphas, the first-born of Esau; chief Thaeman, chief Omar,
chief Sophar, chief Kenez,
36.16 chief Core, chief Gothom, chief Amalec. These [are]
the chiefs of Eliphas, in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Ada.
36.17 And these [are] the sons of Raguel, the son of Esau;
chief Nachoth, chief Zare, chief Some, chief Moe. These [are] the
chiefs of Raguel, in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath,
wife of Esau.
36.18 And these [are] the sons of Olibema, wife of Esau;
chief Jeus, chief Jeglom, chief Core. These [are] the chiefs of
Olibema, daughter of Ana, wife of Esau.
36.19 These [are] the sons of Esau, and these are the chiefs; these are the sons of Edom.
36.20 And these [are] the sons of Seir, the Chorrhite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, Sobal, Sebegon, Ana,
36.21 and Deson, and Asar, and Rison. These [are] the chiefs of the Chorrhite, the son of Seir, in the land of Edom.
36.22 And the sons of Lotan [were] Chorrhi and Haeman; and the sister of Lotan, Thamna.
36.23 And these [are] the sons of Sobal; Golam, and Manachath, and Gaebel, and Sophar, and Omar.
36.24 And these [are] the sons of Sebegon; Aie, and Ana;
this is the Ana who found Jamin in the wilderness, when he tended the
beasts of his father Sebegon.
36.25 And these [are] the sons of Ana; Deson-- and Olibema [was] daughter of Ana.
36.26 And these [are] the sons of Deson; Amada, and Asban, and Ithran, and Charrhan.
36.27 And these [are] the sons of Asar; Balaam, and Zucam, and Jucam.
36.28 And these [are] the sons of Rison; Hos, and Aran.
36.29 And these [are] the chiefs of Chorri; chief Lotan, chief Sobal, chief Sebegon, chief Ana,
36.30 chief Deson, chief Asar, chief Rison. These [are] the
chiefs of Chorri, in their principalities in the land of Edom.
36.31 these [are] the kings which reigned in Edom, before a king reigned in Israel.
36.32 And Balac, son of Beor, reigned in Edom; and the name of his city [was] Dennaba.
36.33 And Balac died; and Jobab, son of Zara, from Bosorrha reigned in his stead.
36.34 And Jobab died; and Asom, from the land of the Thaemanites, reigned in his stead.
36.35 And Asom died; and Adad son of Barad, who cut off
Madiam in the plain of Moab, ruled in his stead; and the name of his
city was Getthaim.
36.36 And Adad died; and Samada of Massecca reigned in his stead.
36.37 Samada died; and Saul of Rhooboth by the river reigned in his stead.
36.38 And Saul died; and Ballenon the son of Achobor reigned in his stead.
36.39 And Ballenon the son of Achobor died; and Arad the
son of Barad reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Phogor;
and the name of his wife was Metebeel, daughter of Matraith, son of
Maizoob.
36.40 These [are] the names of the chiefs of Esau, in their
tribes, according to their place, in their countries, and in their
nations; chief Thamna, chief Gola, chief Jether,
36.41 chief Olibema, chief Helas, chief Phinon,
36.42 chief Kenez, chief Thaeman, chief Mazar,
36.43 chief Magediel, chief Zaphoin. These are the chiefs
of Edom in their dwelling-places in the land of their possession; this
is Esau, the father of Edom.
37.1 And Jacob dwelt in the land where his father sojourned, in the land of Chanaan.
37.2 And these are the generations of Jacob. And
Joseph was seventeen years old, feeding the sheep of his father with
his brethren, being young; with the sons of Balla, and with the sons of
Zelpha, the wives of his father; and Joseph brought to Israel their
father their evil reproach.
37.3 And Jacob loved Joseph more than all his sons,
because he was to him the son of old age; and he made for him a coat of
many colours.
37.4 And his brethren having seen that his father
loved him more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak
anything peaceable to him.
37.5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and reported it to his brethren.
37.6 And he said to them, Hear this dream which I have dreamed.
37.7 I thought ye were binding sheaves in the middle
of the field, and my sheaf stood up and was erected, and your sheaves
turned round, and did obeisance to my sheaf.
37.8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed
reign over us, or shalt thou indeed be lord over us? And they hated him
still more for his dreams and for his words.
37.9 And he dreamed another dream, and related it to
his father, and to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed
another dream: as it were the sun, and the moon, and the eleven stars
did me reverence.
37.10 And his father rebuked him, and said to him, What is
this dream which thou hast dreamed? shall indeed both I and thy mother
and thy brethren come and bow before thee to the earth?
37.11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
37.12 And his brethren went to feed the sheep of their father to Sychem.
37.13 And Israel said to Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed
their flock in Sychem? Come, I will send thee to them; and he said to
him, Behold, I [am here].
37.14 And Israel said to him, Go and see if thy brethren
and the sheep are well, and bring me word; and he sent him out of the
valley of Chebron, and he came to Sychem.
37.15 And a man found him wandering in the field; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
37.16 And he said, I am seeking my brethren; tell me where they feed [their flocks].
37.17 And the man said to him, They have departed hence,
for I heard them saying, Let us go to Dothaim; and Joseph went after
his brethren, and found them in Dothaim.
37.18 And they spied him from a distance before he drew nigh to them, and they wickedly took counsel to slay him.
37.19 And each said to his brother, Behold, that dreamer comes.
37.20 Now then come, let us kill him, and cast him into one
of the pits; and we will say, An evil wild beast has devoured him; and
we shall see what his dreams will be.
37.21 And Ruben having heard it, rescued him out of their hands, and said, Let us not kill him.
37.22 And Ruben said to them, Shed not blood; cast him into
one of these pits in the wilderness, but do not lay [your] hands upon
him; that he might rescue him out of their hands, and restore him to
his father.
37.23 And it came to pass, when Joseph came to his
brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his many-coloured coat that was
upon him.
37.24 And they took him and cast him into the pit; and the pit was empty, it had not water.
37.25 And they sat down to eat bread; and having lifted up
their eyes they beheld, and lo, Ismaelitish travellers came from
Galaad, and their camels were heavily loaded with spices, and resin,
and myrrh; and they went to bring them to Egypt.
37.26 And Judas said to his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
37.27 Come, let us sell him to these Ismaelites, but let
not our hands be upon him, because he is our brother and our flesh; and
his brethren hearkened.
37.28 And the men, the merchants of Madian, went by, and
they drew and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the
Ismaelites for twenty pieces of gold; and they brought Joseph down into
Egypt.
37.29 And Ruben returned to the pit, and sees not Joseph in the pit; and he rent his garments.
37.30 And he returned to his brethren and said, The boy is not; and I, whither am I yet to go?
37.31 And having taken the coat of Joseph, they slew a kid of the goats, and stained the coat with the blood.
37.32 And they sent the coat of many colours; and they
brought it to their father, and said, This have we found; know if it be
thy son's coat or no.
37.33 And he recognised it, and said, It is my son's coat,
an evil wild beast has devoured him; a wild beast has carried off
Joseph.
37.34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
37.35 And all his sons and his daughters gathered
themselves together, and came to comfort him; but he would not be
comforted, saying, I will go down to my son mourning to Hades; and his
father wept for him.
37.36 And the Madianites sold Joseph into Egypt; to Petephres, the eunuch of Pharao, captain of the guard.
38.1
And it came to pass at that time that Judas went down from his
brethren, and came as far as to a certain man of Odollam, whose name
was Iras.
38.2 And Judas saw there the daughter of a
Chananitish man, whose name was Sava; and he took her, and went in to
her.
38.3 And she conceived and bore a son, and called his name, Er.
38.4 And she conceived and bore a son again; and called his name, Aunan.
38.5 And she again bore a son; and called his name, Selom: and she was in Chasbi when she bore them.
38.6 And Judas took a wife for Er his first-born, whose name was Thamar.
38.7 And Er, the first-born of Judas, was wicked before the Lord; and God killed him.
38.8 And Judas said to Aunan, Go in to thy brother's
wife, and marry her as her brother-in-law, and raise up seed to thy
brother.
38.9 And Aunan, knowing that the seed should not be
his-- it came to pass when he went in to his brother's wife, that he
spilled [it] upon the ground, so that he should not give seed to his
brother's wife.
38.10 And his doing this appeared evil before God; and he slew him also.
38.11 And Judas said to Thamar, his daughter-in-law, Sit
thou a widow in the house of thy father-in-law, until Selom my son be
grown; for he said, lest he also die as his brethren; and Thamar
departed, and sat in the house of her father.
38.12 And the days were fulfilled, and Sava the wife of
Judas died; and Judas, being comforted, went to them that sheared his
sheep, himself and Iras his Shepherd the Odollamite, to Thamna.
38.13 And it was told Thamar his daughter-in-law, saying,
Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Thamna, to shear his sheep.
38.14 And having taken off the garments of her widowhood
from her, she put on a veil, and ornamented her face, and sat by the
gates of Aenan, which is in the way to Thamna, for she saw that Selom
was grown; but he gave her not to him for a wife.
38.15 And when Judas saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she covered her face, and he knew her not.
38.16 And he went out of his way to her, and said to her,
Let me come in to thee; for he knew not that she was his
daughter-in-law; and she said, What wilt thou give me if thou shouldest
come in to me?
38.17 And he said, I will send thee a kid of the goats from
my flock; and she said, [Well], if thou wilt give me an earnest, until
thou send it.
38.18 And he said, What is the earnest that I shall give
thee? and she said, Thy ring, and thy bracelet, and the staff in thy
hand; and he gave them to her, and went in to her, and she conceived by
him.
38.19 And she arose and departed, and took her veil from off her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
38.20 And Judas sent the kid of the goats by the hand of
his shepherd the Odollamite, to receive the pledge from the woman; and
he found her not.
38.21 And he asked the men of the place, Where is the
harlot who was in Aenan by the way-side? and they said, There was no
harlot here.
38.22 And he returned to Judas, and said, I have not found
her; and the men of the place say, There is no harlot here.
38.23 And Judas said, Let her have them, but let us not be ridiculed; I sent this kid, but thou hast not found her.
38.24 And it came to pass after three months, that it was
told Judas, saying, Thamar thy daughter-in-law has grievously played
the harlot, and behold she is with child by whoredom; and Judas said,
Bring her out, and let her be burnt.
38.25 And as they were bringing her, she sent to her
father-in-law, saying, I am with child by the man whose these things
are; and she said, See whose is this ring and bracelet and staff.
38.26 And Judas knew [them], and said, Thamar is cleared
rather than I, forasmuch as I gave her not to Selom my son: and he knew
her not again.
38.27 And it came to pass when she was in labour, that she also had twins in her womb.
38.28 And it came to pass as she was bringing forth, one
thrust forth his hand, and the midwife having taken hold of it, bound
upon his hand a scarlet [thread], saying, This one shall come out first.
38.29 And when he drew back his hand, then immediately came
forth his brother; and she said, Why has the barrier been cut through
because of thee? and she called his name, Phares.
38.30 And after this came forth his brother, on whose hand was the scarlet thread; and she called his name, Zara.
39.1
And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Petephres the eunuch of
Pharao, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands
of the Ismaelites, who brought him down thither.
39.2 And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a
prosperous man; and he was in the house with his lord the Egyptian.
39.3 And his master knew that the Lord was with him,
and the Lord prospers in his hands whatsoever he happens to do.
39.4 And Joseph found grace in the presence of his
lord, and was well-pleasing to him; and he set him over his house, and
all that he had he gave into the hand of Joseph.
39.5 And it came to pass after that he was set over
his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the house of
the Egyptian for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the Lord was on all
his possessions in the house, and in his field.
39.6 And he committed all that he had into the hands
of Joseph; and he knew not of anything that belonged to him, save the
bread which he himself ate. And Joseph was handsome in form, and
exceedingly beautiful in countenance.
39.7 And it came to pass after these things, that his
master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph, and said, Lie with me.
39.8 But he would not; but said to his master's wife,
If because of me my master knows nothing in his house, and has given
into my hands all things that belong to him:
39.9 and in this house there is nothing above me, nor
has anything been kept back from me, but thou, because thou art his
wife-- how then shall I do this wicked thing, and sin against God?
39.10 And when she talked with Joseph day by day, and he
hearkened not to her to sleep with her, so as to be with her,
39.11 it came to pass on a certain day, that Joseph went
into the house to do his business, and there was no one of the
household within.
39.12 And she caught hold of him by his clothes, and said,
Lie with me; and having left his clothes in her hands, he fled, and
went forth.
39.13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his clothes in her hands, and fled, and gone forth,
39.14 that she called those that were in the house, and
spoke to them, saying, See, he has brought in to us a Hebrew servant to
mock us-- he came in to me, saying, Lie with me, and I cried with a
loud voice.
39.15 And when he heard that I lifted up my voice and
cried, having left his clothes with m, he fled, and went forth out.
39.16 So she leaves the clothes by her, until the master came to his house.
39.17 And she spoke to him according to these words,
saying, The Hebrew servant, whom thou broughtest in to us, came in to
me to mock me, and said to me, I will lie with thee.
39.18 And when he heard that I lifted up my voice and
cried, having left his clothes with me, he fled and departed forth.
39.19 And it came to pass, when his master heard all the
words of his wife, that she spoke to him, saying, Thus did thy servant
to me, that he was very angry.
39.20 And his master took Joseph, and cast him into the
prison, into the place where the king's prisoners are kept, there in
the prison.
39.21 And the Lord was with Joseph, and poured down mercy
upon him; and he gave him favour in the sight of the chief keeper of
the prison.
39.22 And the chief keeper of the prison gave the prison
into the hand of Joseph, and all the prisoners as many as were in the
prison; and all things whatsoever they do there, he did them.
39.23 Because of him the chief keeper of the prison knew
nothing, for all things were in the hand of Joseph, because the Lord
was with him; and whatever things he did, the Lord made them to prosper
in his hands.
40.1
And it came to pass after these things, that the chief cupbearer of the
king of Egypt and the chief baker trespassed against their lord the
king of Egypt.
40.2 And Pharao was wroth with his two eunuchs, with his chief cupbearer, and with his chief baker.
40.3 And he put them in ward, into the prison, into the place whereinto Joseph had been led.
40.4 And the chief keeper of the prison committed
them to Joseph, and he stood by them; and they were [some] days in the
prison.
40.5 And they both had a dream in one night; and the
vision of the dream of the chief cupbearer and chief baker, who
belonged to the king of Egypt, who were in the prison, was this.
40.6 Joseph went in to them in the morning, and saw them, and they had been troubled.
40.7 And he asked the eunuchs of Pharao who were with
im in the prison with his master, saying, Why is it that your
countenances are sad to-day?
40.8 And they said to him, We have seen a dream, and
there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, Is not the
interpretation of them through god? tell [them] than to me.
40.9 And the chief cupbearer related his dream to Joseph, and said, I my dream a vine was before me.
40.10 And in the vine [were] three stems; and it budding shot forth blossoms; the clusters of grapes were ripe.
40.11 And the cup of Pharao was in my hand; and I took the
bunch of grapes, and squeezed it into the cup, and gave the cup into
Pharao's hand.
40.12 And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it. The three stems are three days.
40.13 Yet three days and Pharao shall remember thy office,
and he shall restore thee to thy place of chief cupbearer, and thou
shalt give the cup of Pharao into his hand, according to thy former
high place, as thou wast wont to be cupbearer.
40.14 But remember me of thyself, when it shall be well
with thee, and thou shalt deal mercifully with me, and thou shalt make
mention of me to Pharao, and thou shalt bring me forth out of this
dungeon.
40.15 For surely I was stolen away out of the land of the
Hebrews, and here I have done nothing, but they have cast me into this
pit.
40.16 And the chief baker saw that he interpreted aright;
and he said to Joseph, I also saw a dream, and methought I took up on
my head three baskets of mealy food.
40.17 And in the upper basket there was the work of the
baker of every kind which Pharao eats; and the fowls of the air ate
them out of the basket that was on my head.
40.18 And Joseph answered and said to him, This is the interpretation of it; The three baskets are three days.
40.19 Yet three days, and Pharao shall take away thy head
from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree, and the birds of the sky
shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
40.20 And it came to pass on the third day that it was
Pharao's birth-day, and he made a banquet for all his servants, and he
remembered the office of the cupbearer and the office of the baker in
the midst of his servants.
40.21 And he restored the chief cupbearer to his office, and he gave the cup into Pharao's hand.
40.22 And he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph, interpreted to them.
40.23 Yet did not the chief cupbearer remember Joseph, but forgot him.
41.1
And it came to pass after two full years that Pharao had a dream. He
thought he stood upon [the bank of] the river. 41.2
And lo, there came up as it were out of the river seven cows, fair in
appearance, and choice of flesh, and they fed on the sedge. 41.3
And other seven cows came up after these out of the river, ill-favoured
and lean-fleshed, and fed by the [other] cows on the bank of the river. 41.4
And the seven ill-favoured and lean cows devoured the seven
well-favoured and choice-fleshed cows; and Pharao awoke. 41.5 And he dreamed again. And, behold, seven ears came up on one stalk, choice and good. 41.6 And, behold, seven ears thin and blasted with the wind, grew up after them. 41.7
And the seven thin ears and blasted with the wind devoured the seven
choice and full ears; and Pharao awoke, and it was a dream. 41.8
And it was morning, and his soul was troubled; and he sent and called
all the interpreters of Egypt, and all her wise men; and Pharao related
to them his dream, and there was no one to interpret it to Pharao. 41.9 And the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharao, saying, I this day remember my fault: 41.10
Pharao was angry with his servants, and put us in prison in the house
of the captain of the guard, both me and the chief baker. 41.11 And we had a dream both in one night, I and he; we saw, each according to his dream. 41.12
And there was there with us a young man, a Hebrew servant of the
captain of the guard; and we related to him [our dreams], and he
interpreted [them] to us. 41.13
And it came to pass, as he interpreted them to us, so also it happened,
both that I was restored to my office, and that he was hanged. 41.14
And Pharao having sent, called Joseph; and they brought him out from
the prison, and shaved him, and changed his dress, and he came to
Pharao. 41.15
And Pharao said to Joseph, I have seen a vision, and there is no one to
interpret it; but I have heard say concerning thee that thou didst hear
dreams and interpret them. 41.16 And Joseph answered Pharao and said, Without God an answer of safety shall not be given to Pharao. 41.17 And Pharao spoke to Joseph, saying, In my dream methought I stood by the bank of the river; 41.18
and there came up as it were out of the river, seven cows well-favoured
and choice-fleshed, and they fed on the sedge. 41.19
And behold seven other cows came up after them out of the river, evil
and ill-favoured and lean-fleshed, such that I never saw worse in all
the land of Egypt. 41.20 And the seven ill-favoured and thin cows ate up the seven first good and choice cows. 41.21
And they went into their bellies; and it was not perceptible that they
had gone into their bellies, and their appearance was ill-favoured, as
also at the beginning; and after I awoke I slept, 41.22 and saw again in my sleep, and as it were seven ears came up on one stem, full and good. 41.23 And other seven ears, thin and blasted with the wind, sprang up close to them. 41.24
And the seven thin and blasted ears devoured the seven fine and full
ears: so I spoke to the interpreters, and there was no one to explain
it to me. 41.25 And Joseph said to Pharao, The dream of Pharao is one; whatever God does, he has shewn to Pharao. 41.26 The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dream of Pharao is one. 41.27
And the seven thin kine that came up after them are seven years; and
the seven thin and blasted ears are seven years; there shall be seven
years of famine. 41.28 And as for the word which I have told Pharao, whatsoever God intends to do, he has shewn to Pharao: 41.29 behold, for seven years there is coming great plenty in all the land of Egypt. 41.30
But there shall come seven years of famine after these, and they shall
forget the plenty that shall be in all Egypt, and the famine shall
consume the land. 41.31
And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of the famine
that shall be after this, for it shall be very grievous. 41.32
And concerning the repetition of the dream to Pharao twice, [it is]
because the saying which is from God shall be true, and God will hasten
to accomplish it. 41.33 Now then, look out a wise and prudent man, and set him over the land of Egypt. 41.34
And let Pharao make and appoint local governors over the land; and let
them take up a fifth part of all the produce of the land of Egypt for
the seven years of the plenty. 41.35
And let them gather all the food of these seven good years that are
coming, and let the corn be gathered under the hand of Pharao; let food
be kept in the cities. 41.36
And the stored food shall be for the land against the seven years of
famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; and the land shall not be
utterly destroyed by the famine. 41.37 And the word was pleasing in the sight of Pharao, and in the sight of all his servants. 41.38 And Pharao said to all his servants, Shall we find such a man as this, who has the Spirit of God in him? 41.39
And Pharao said to Joseph, Since God has shewed thee all these things,
there is not a wiser or more prudent man than thou. 41.40
Thou shalt be over my house, and all my people shall be obedient to thy
word; only in the throne will I excel thee. 41.41 And Pharao said to Joseph, Behold, I set thee this day over all the land of Egypt. 41.42
And Pharao took his ring off his hand, and put it on the hand of
Joseph, and put on him a robe of fine linen, and put a necklace of gold
about his neck. 41.43
And he mounted him on the second of his chariots, and a herald made
proclamation before him; and he set him over all the land of Egypt. 41.44 And Pharao said to Joseph, I am Pharao; without thee no one shall lift up his hand on all the land of Egypt. 41.45
And Pharao called the name of Joseph, Psonthomphanech; and he gave him
Aseneth, the daughter of Petephre, priest of Heliopolis, to wife. 41.46
And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharao, king of
Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharao, and went
through all the land of Egypt. 41.47 And the land produced, in the seven years of plenty, [whole] handfuls [of corn]. 41.48
And he gathered all the food of the seven years, in which was the
plenty in the land of Egypt; and he laid up the food in the cities; the
food of the fields of a city round about it he laid up in it. 41.49
And Joseph gathered very much corn as the sand of the sea, until it
could not be numbered, for there was no number [of it]. 41.50
And to Joseph were born two sons, before the seven years of famine
came, which Aseneth, the daughter of Petephres, priest of Heliopolis,
bore to him. 41.51
And Joseph called the name of the first-born, Manasse; for God, [said
he], has made me forget all my toils, and all my father's house. 41.52
And he called the name of the second, Ephraim; for God, [said he], has
increased me in the land of my humiliation. 41.53 And the seven years of plenty passed away, which were in the land of Egypt. 41.54
And the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph said; and there
was a famine in all the land; but in all the land of Egypt there was
bread. 41.55
And all the land of Egypt was hungry; and the people cried to Pharao
for bread. And Pharao said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph, and do
whatsoever he shall tell you. 41.56
And the famine was on the face of all the earth; and Joseph opened all
the granaries, and sold to all the Egyptians. 41.57 And all countries came to Egypt to buy of Joseph, for the famine prevailed in all the earth.
42.1 And Jacob having seen that there was a sale [of corn] in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are ye indolent?
42.2 Behold, I have heard that there is corn in
Egypt; go down thither, and buy for us a little food, that we may live,
and not die.
42.3 And the ten brethren of Joseph went down to buy corn out of Egypt.
42.4 But [Jacob] sent not Benjamin, the brother of
Joseph, with his brethren; for he said, Lest, haply, disease befall him.
42.5 And the sons of Israel came to buy with those that came, for the famine was in the land of Chanaan.
42.6 And Joseph was ruler of the land; he sold to all
the people of the land. And the brethren of Joseph, having come, did
reverence to him, [bowing] with the face to the ground.
42.7 And when Joseph saw his brethren, he knew them,
and estranged himself from them, and spoke hard words to them; and said
to them, Whence are ye come? And they said, Out of the land of Chanaan,
to buy food.
42.8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
42.9 And Joseph remembered his dream, which he saw;
and he said to them, Ye are spies; to observe the marks of the land are
ye come.
42.10 But they said, Nay, Sir, we thy servants are come to buy food;
42.11 we are all sons of one man; we are peaceable, thy servants are not spies.
42.12 And he said to them, Nay, but ye are come to observe the marks of the land.
42.13 And they said, We thy servants are twelve brethren,
in the land of Chanaan; and, behold, the youngest is with our father
to-day, but the other one is not.
42.14 And Joseph said to them, This is it that I spoke to you, saying, ye are spies;
42.15 herein shall ye be manifested; by the health of
Pharao, ye shall not depart hence, unless your younger brother come
hither.
42.16 Send one of you, and take your brother; and go ye to
prison, till your words be clear, whether ye speak the truth or not;
but, if not, by the health of Pharao, verily ye are spies.
42.17 And he put them in prison three days.
42.18 And he said to them on the third day, This do, and ye shall live, for I fear God.
42.19 If ye be peaceable, let one of your brethren be
detained in prison; but go ye, and carry back the corn ye have
purchased.
42.20 And bring your younger brother to me, and your words
shall be believed; but, if not, ye shall die. And they did so.
42.21 And each said to his brother, Yes, indeed, for we are
in fault concerning our brother, when we disregarded the aguish of his
soul, when he besought us, and we hearkened not to him; and therefore
has this affliction come upon us.
42.22 And Ruben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to
you, saying, Hurt not the boy, and ye heard me not? and, behold, his
blood is required.
42.23 But they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.
42.24 And Joseph turned away from them, and wept; and again
he came to them, and spoke to them; and he took Symeon from them, and
bound him before their eyes.
42.25 And Joseph gave orders to fill their vessels with
corn, and to return their money to each into his sack, and to give them
provision for the way; and it was so done to them.
42.26 And having put the corn on the asses, they departed thence.
42.27 And one having opened his sack to give his asses
fodder, at the place where they rested, saw also his bundle of money,
for it was on the mouth of his sack.
42.28 And he said to his brethren, My money has been
restored to me, and behold this is in my sack. And their heart was
wonder-struck, and they were troubled, saying one to another, What is
this that God has done to us?
42.29 And they came to their father, Jacob, into the land
of Chanaan, and reported to him all that had happened to them, saying,
42.30 The man, the lord of the land, spoke harsh words to us, and put us in prison as spies of the land.
42.31 And we said to him, We are men of peace, we are not spies.
42.32 We are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is
not, and the youngest is with his father to-day in the land of Chanaan.
42.33 And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, Herein
shall I know that ye are peaceable; leave one brother here with me, and
having taken the corn ye have purchased for your family, depart.
42.34 And bring to me your younger brother; then I shall
know that ye are not spies, but that ye are men of peace: and I will
restore you your brother, and ye shall trade in the land.
42.35 And it came to pass as they were emptying their
sacks, there was each man's bundle of money in his sack; and they and
their father saw their bundles of money, and they were afraid.
42.36 And their father Jacob said to them, Ye have bereaved
me. Joseph is not, Symeon is not, and will ye take Benjamin? all these
things have come upon me.
42.37 And Ruben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two
sons, if I bring him not to thee; give him into my hand, and I will
bring him back to thee.
42.38 But he said, My son shall not go down with you,
because his brother is dead, and he only has been left; and [suppose]
it shall come to pass that he is afflicted by the way by which ye go,
then ye shall bring down my old age with sorrow to Hades.
43.1 But the famine prevailed in the land.
43.2 And it came to pass, when they had finished
eating the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, that their father
said to them, Go again; buy us a little food.
43.3 And Judas spoke to him, saying, The man, the
lord of the country, positively testified to us, saying, Ye shall not
see my face, unless your younger brother be with you.
43.4 If, then, thou send our brother with us, we will go down, and buy thee food;
43.5 but if thou send not our brother with us, we
will not go: for the man spoke to us, saying, Ye shall not see my face,
unless your younger brother be with you.
43.6 And Israel said, Why did ye harm me, inasmuch as ye told the man that ye had a brother?
43.7 And they said, The man closely questioned us
about our family also, saying, Does your father yet live, and have ye a
brother? and we answered him according to this question: did we know
that he would say to us, Bring your brother?
43.8 And Judas said to his father Israel, Send the
boy with me, and we will arise and go, that we may live and not die,
both we and thou, and our store.
43.9 And I engage for him; at my hand do thou require
him; if I bring him not to thee, and place him before thee, I shall be
guilty toward thee for ever.
43.10 For if we had not tarried, we should now have returned twice.
43.11 And Israel, their father, said to them, If it be so,
do this; take of the fruits of the earth in your vessels, and carry
down to the man presents of gum and honey, and frankincense, and
stacte, and turpentine, and walnuts.
43.12 And take double money in your hands, and the money
that was returned in your sacks, carry back with you, lest peradventure
it is a mistake.
43.13 And take your brother; and arise, go down to the man.
43.14 And my God give you favour in the sight of the man,
and send away your other brother, and Benjamin, for I accordingly as I
have been bereaved, am bereaved.
43.15 And the men having taken these presents, and the
double money, took in their hands also Benjamin; and they rose up and
went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
43.16 And Joseph saw them and his brother Benjamin, born of
the same mother; and he said to the steward of his household, Bring the
men into the house, and slay beasts and make ready, for the men are to
eat bread with me at noon.
43.17 And the man did as Joseph said; and he brought the men into the house of Joseph.
43.18 And the men, when they perceived that they were
brought into the house of Joseph, said, We are brought in because of
the money that was returned in our sacks at the first; even in order to
inform against us, and lay it to our charge; to take us for servants,
and our asses.
43.19 And having approached the man who was over the house of Joseph, they spoke to him in the porch of the house,
43.20 saying, We pray [thee], Sir; we came down at first to buy food.
43.21 And it came to pass, when we came to unlade, and
opened our sacks, [there was] also this money of each in his sack; we
have now brought back our money by weight in our hands.
43.22 And we have brought other money with us to buy food; we know not who put the money into our sacks.
43.23 And he said to them, [God deal] mercifully with you;
be not afraid; your God, and the God of your fathers, has given you
treasures in your sacks, and I have enough of your good money. And he
brought Symeon out to them.
43.24 And he brought water to wash their feet; an gave provender to their asses.
43.25 And they prepared their gifts, until Joseph came at noon, for they heard that he was going to dine there.
43.26 And Joseph entered into the house, and they brought
him the gifts which they had in their hands, into the house; and they
did him reverence with their face to the ground.
43.27 And he asked them, How are ye? and he said to them,
Is your father, the old man of whom ye spoke, well? Does he yet live?
43.28 And they said, Thy servant our father is well; he is
yet alive. And he said, Blessed be that man by God;-- and they bowed,
and did him reverence.
43.29 And Joseph lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother
Benjamin, born of the same mother; and he said, Is this your younger
brother, whom ye spoke of bringing to me? and he said, God have mercy
on thee, my son.
43.30 And Joseph was troubled, for his bowels yearned over
his brother, and he sought to weep; and he went into his chamber, and
wept there.
43.31 And he washed his face and came out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
43.32 And they set on [bread] for him alone, and for them
by themselves, and for the Egyptians feasting with him by themselves,
for the Egyptians could not eat bread with the Hebrews, for it is an
abomination to the Egyptians.
43.33 And they sat before him, the first-born according to
his seniority, and the younger according to his youth; and the men
looked with amazement every one at his brother.
43.34 And they took their portions from him to themselves;
but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as the portions of [the
others]. And they drank and were filled with drink with him.
44.1
And Joseph charged the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's
sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put the money of each
in the mouth of his sack.
44.2 And put my silver cup into the sack of the
youngest, and the price of his corn. And it was done according to the
word of Joseph, as he said.
44.3 The morning dawned, and the men were sent away, they and their asses.
44.4 And when they had gone out of the city, [and]
were not far off, then Joseph said to his steward, Arise, and pursue
after the men; and thou shalt overtake them, and say to them, Why have
ye returned evil for good?
44.5 Why have ye stolen my silver cup? is it not this
out of which my lord drinks? and he divines augury with it; ye have
accomplished evil in that which ye have done.
44.6 And he found them, and spoke to them according to these words.
44.7 And they said to him, Why does our lord speak
according to these words? far be it from thy servants to do according
to this word.
44.8 If we brought back to thee out of the land of
Chanaan the money which we found in our sacks, how should we steal
silver or gold out of the house of thy lord?
44.9 With whomsoever of thy servants thou shalt find
the cup, let him die; and, moreover, we will be servants to our lord.
44.10 And he said, Now then it shall be as ye say; with
whomsoever the cup shall be found, he shall be my servant, and ye shall
be clear.
44.11 And they hasted, and took down every man his sack on the ground, and they opened every man his sack.
44.12 And he searched, beginning from the eldest, until he
came to the youngest; and he found the cup in Benjamin's sack.
44.13 And they rent their garments, and laid each man his sack on his ass, and returned to the city.
44.14 And Judas and his brethren came in to Joseph, while he was yet there, and fell on the ground before him.
44.15 And Joseph said to them, What is this thing that ye
have done? know ye not that a man such as I can surely divine?
44.16 And Judas said, What shall we answer to our lord, or
what shall we say, or wherein should we be justified? whereas God has
discovered the unrighteousness of thy servants; behold, we are slaves
to our lord, both we and he with whom the cup has been found.
44.17 And Joseph said, Far be it from me to do this thing;
the man with whom the cup has been found, he shall be my servant; but
do ye go up with safety to your father.
44.18 And Judas drew near him, and said, I pray, Sir, let
thy servant speak a word before thee, and be not angry with thy
servant, for thou art next to Pharao.
44.19 Sir, thou askedst thy servants, saying, Have ye a father or a brother?
44.20 And we said to [my] lord, We have a father, an old
man, and he has a son of his old age, a young one, and his brother is
dead, and he alone has been left behind to his mother, and his father
loves him.
44.21 And thou saidst to they servants, Bring him down to me, and I will take care of him.
44.22 And we said to [my] lord, The child will not be able
to leave his father; but if he should leave his father, he will die.
44.23 But thou saidst to they servants, Except your younger
brother come down with you, ye shall not see my face again.
44.24 And it came to pass, when we went up to thy servant our father, we reported to him the words of our lord.
44.25 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
44.26 And we said, We shall not be able to go down; but if
our younger brother go down with us, we will go down; for we shall not
be able to see the man's face, our younger brother not being with us.
44.27 And thy servant our father said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two [sons];
44.28 and one is departed from me; and ye said that he was
devoured of wild beasts, and I have not seen him until now.
44.29 If then ye take this one also from my presence, and
an affliction happen to him by the way, then shall ye bring down my old
age with sorrow to the grave.
44.30 Now then, if I should go in to they servant, and our
father, and the boy should not be with us, (and his life depends on
this [lad's] life)
44.31 -- it shall even come to pass, when he sees the boy
is not with us, [that] he will die, and thy servants will bring down
the old age of thy servant, and our father, with sorrow to the grave.
44.32 For thy servant has received the boy [in charge] from
his father, saying, If I bring him not to thee, and place him before
thee, I shall be guilty towards my father for ever.
44.33 Now then I will remain a servant with thee instead o
the lad, a domestic of my lord; but let the lad go up with his brethren.
44.34 For how shall I go up to my father, the lad not being
with us? lest I behold the evils which will befall my father.
45.1
And Joseph could not refrain himself when all were standing by him, but
said, Dismiss all from me; and no one stood near Joseph, when he made
himself known to his brethren.
45.2 And he uttered his voice with weeping; and all
the Egyptians heard, and it was reported to the house of Pharao.
45.3 And Joseph said to his brethren, I am Joseph;
doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him, for
they were troubled.
45.4 And Joseph said to his brethren, Draw nigh to
me; and they drew nigh; and he said, I am your brother Joseph, whom ye
sold into Egypt.
45.5 Now then be not grieved, and let it not seem
hard to you that ye sold me hither, for God sent me before you for life.
45.6 For this second year there is famine on the
earth, and there are yet five years remaining, in which there is to be
neither ploughing, nor mowing.
45.7 For God sent me before you, that there might be
left to you a remnant upon the earth, even to nourish a great remnant
of you.
45.8 Now then ye did not send me hither, but God; and
he hath made me as a father of Pharao, and lord of all his house, and
ruler of all the land of Egypt.
45.9 Hasten, therefore, and go up to my father, and
say to him, These things saith thy son Joseph; God has made me lord of
all the land of Egypt; come down therefore to me, and tarry not.
45.10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Gesem of Arabia;
and thou shalt be near me, thou and thy sons, and thy sons' sons, thy
sheep and thine oxen, and whatsoever things are thine.
45.11 And I will nourish thee there: for the famine is yet
for five years; lest thou be consumed, and thy sons, and all thy
possessions.
45.12 Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.
45.13 Report, therefore, to my father all my glory in
Egypt, and all things that ye have seen, and make haste and bring down
my father hither.
45.14 And he fell on his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept on him; and Benjamin wept on his neck.
45.15 And he kissed all his brethren, and wept on them; and after these things his brethren spoke to him.
45.16 And the report was carried into the house of Pharao,
saying, Joseph's brethren are come; and Pharao was glad, and his
household.
45.17 And Pharao said to Joseph, Say to thy brethren, Do
this; fill your wagons, and depart into the land of Chanaan.
45.18 And take up your father, and your possessions, and
come to me; and I will give you of all the goods of Egypt, and ye shall
eat the marrow of the land.
45.19 And do thou charge them thus; that they should take
for them wagons out of the land of Egypt, for your little ones, and for
your wives; and take up your father, and come.
45.20 And be not sparing in regard to your property, for all the good of Egypt shall be yours.
45.21 And the children of Israel did so; and Joseph gave to
them wagons, according to the words spoken by king Pharao; and he gave
them provision for the journey.
45.22 And he gave to them all two sets of raiment apiece;
but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of gold, and five changes
of raiment.
45.23 And to his father he sent [presents] at the same
rate, and ten asses, bearing some of all the good things of Egypt, and
ten mules, bearing bread for his father for thy journey.
45.24 And he sent away his brethren, and they went; and he said to them, Be not angry by the way.
45.25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Chanaan, to Jacob their father.
45.26 And they reported to him, saying, Thy son Joseph is
living, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt; and Jacob was
amazed, for he did not believe them.
45.27 But they spoke to him all the words uttered by
Joseph, whatsoever he said to them; and having seen the chariots which
Joseph sent to take him up, the spirit of Jacob their father revived.
45.28 And Israel said, It is a great thing for me if Joseph my son is yet alive. I will go and see him before I die.
46.1
And Israel departed, he and all that he had, and came to the well of
the oath; and he offered sacrifice to the God of his father Isaac.
46.2 And God spoke to Israel in a night vision, saying, Jacob, Jacob; and he said, What is it?
46.3 And he says to him, I am the God of thy fathers;
fear not to go down into Egypt, for I will make thee there a great
nation.
46.4 And I will go down with thee into Egypt, and I
will bring thee up at the end; and Joseph shall put his hands on thine
eyes.
46.5 And Jacob rose up from the well of the oath; and
the sons of Israel took up their father, and the baggage, and their
wives on the wagons, which Joseph sent to take them.
46.6 And they took up their goods, and all their
property, which they had gotten in the land of Chanaan; they came into
the land of Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him.
46.7 The sons, and the sons of his sons with him;
[his] daughters, and the daughters of his daughters; and he brought all
his seed into Egypt.
46.8 And these are the names of the sons of Israel
that went into Egypt with their father Jacob-- Jacob and his sons. The
first-born of Jacob, Ruben.
46.9 And the sons of Ruben; Enoch, and Phallus, Asron, and Charmi.
46.10 and the sons of Symeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Aod,
and Achin, and Saar, and Saul, the son of a Chananitish woman.
46.11 And the sons of Levi; Gerson, Cath, and Merari.
46.12 And the sons of Judas; Er, and Aunan, and Selom, and
Phares, and Zara: and Er and Aunan died in the land of Chanaan.
46.13 And the sons of Phares [were] Esron, and Jemuel. And
the sons of Issachar; Thola, and Phua, and Asum, and Sambran.
46.14 And the sons of Zabulun, Sered, and Allon, and Achoel.
46.15 These [are] the sons of Lea, which she bore to Jacob
in Mesopotamia of Syria, and Dina his daughter; all the souls, sons and
daughters, thirty-three.
46.16 And the sons of Gad; Saphon, and Angis, and Sannis, and Thasoban, and Aedis, and Aroedis, and Areelis.
46.17 And the sons of Aser; Jemna, Jessua, and Jeul, and
Baria, ad Sara their sister. And the sons of Baria; Chobor, and
Melchiil.
46.18 These [are] the sons of Zelpha, which Laban gave to his daughter Lea, who bore these to Jacob, sixteen souls.
46.19 And the sons of Rachel, the wife of Jacob; Joseph, and Benjamin.
46.20 And there were sons born to Joseph in the land of
Egypt, whom Aseneth, the daughter of Petephres, priest of Heliopolis,
bore to him, [even] Manasses and Ephraim. And there were sons born to
Manasses, which the Syrian concubine bore to him, [even] Machir. And
Machir begot Galaad. And the sons of Ephraim, the brother of Manasses;
Sutalaam, and Taam. And the sons of Sutalaam; Edom.
46.21 and the sons of Benjamin; Bala, and Bochor, and
Asbel. And the sons of Bala were Gera, and Noeman, and Anchis, and Ros,
and Mamphim. And Gera begot Arad.
46.22 These [are] the sons of Rachel, which she bore to Jacob; all the souls eighteen.
46.23 And the sons of Dan; Asom.
46.24 And the sons of Nephthalim; Asiel, and Goni, and Issaar, and Sollem.
46.25 These [are] the sons of Balla, whom Laban gave to his
daughter Rachel, who bore these to Jacob; all the souls, seven.
46.26 And all the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt,
who came out of his loins, besides the wives of the sons of Jacob,
[even] all the souls were sixty-six.
46.27 And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in the
land of Egypt, were nine souls; all the souls of the house of Jacob who
came with Joseph into Egypt, were seventy-five souls.
46.28 And he sent Judas before him to Joseph, to meet him to the city of Heroes, into the land of Ramesses.
46.29 And Joseph having made ready his chariots, went up to
meet Israel his father, at the city of Heroes; and having appeared to
him, fell on his neck, and wept with abundant weeping.
46.30 And Israel said to Joseph, After this I will [gladly]
die, since I have seen thy face, for thou art yet living.
46.31 And Joseph said to his brethren, I will go up and
tell Pharao, and will say to him, My brethren, and my father's house,
who were in the land of Chanaan, are come o me.
46.32 And the men are shepherds; for they have been feeders
of cattle, and they have brought with them their cattle, and their
kine, and all their property.
46.33 If then Pharao call you, and say to you, What is you occupation?
46.34 Ye shall say, We thy servants are herdsmen from our
youth until now, both we and our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land
of Gesem of Arabia, for every shepherd is an abomination to the
Egyptians.
47.1
And Joseph came and told Pharao, [saying], My father, and my brethren,
and their cattle, and their oxen, and all their possessions, are come
out of the land of Chanaan, and behold, they are in the land of Gesem.
47.2 And he took of his brethren five men, and set them before Pharao.
47.3 And Pharao said to the brethren of Joseph, What
is your occupation? and they said to Pharao, Thy servants are
shepherds, both we and our father.
47.4 And they said to Pharao, We are come to sojourn
in the land, for there is no pasture for the flocks of thy servants,
for the famine has prevailed in the land of Chanaan; now then, we will
dwell in the land of Gesem. And Pharao said to Joseph, Let them dwell
in the land of Gesem; and if thou knowest that there are among them
able men, make them overseers of my cattle. So Jacob and his sons came
into Egypt, to Joseph; and Pharao, king of Egypt, heard [of it].
47.5 And Pharao spoke to Joseph, saying, Thy father, and thy brethren, are come to thee.
47.6 Behold, the land of Egypt is before thee; settle thy father and thy brethren in the best land.
47.7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharao; and Jacob blessed Pharao.
47.8 And Pharao said to Jacob, How many are the years of the days of thy life?
47.9 And Jacob said to Pharao, The days of the years
of my life, wherein I sojourn, are a hundred and thirty years; few and
evil have been the days of the years of my life, they have not attained
to the days of the life of my fathers, in which days they sojourned.
47.10 And Jacob blessed Pharao, and departed from him.
47.11 And Joseph settled his father and his brethren, and
gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best land, in the
land of Ramesses, as Pharao commanded.
47.12 And Joseph gave provision to his father, and his
brethren, and to all the house of his father, corn for each person.
47.13 And there was no corn in all the land, for the famine
prevailed greatly; and the land of Egypt, and the land of Chanaan,
fainted for the famine.
47.14 And Joseph gathered all the money that was found in
the land of Egypt, and the land of Chanaan, [in return for] the corn
which they bought, and he distributed corn to them; and Joseph brought
all the money into the house of Pharao.
47.15 And all the money failed out of the land of Egypt,
and out of the land of Chanaan; and all the Egyptians came to Joseph,
saying, Give us bread, and why do we die in thy presence? for our money
is spent.
47.16 And Joseph said to them, Bring your cattle, and I will give you bread for your cattle, if your money is spent.
47.17 And they brought their cattle to Joseph; and Joseph
gave them bread in return for their horses, and for their sheep, and
for their oxen, and for their asses; and Joseph maintained them with
bread for all their cattle in that year.
47.18 And that year passed, and they came to him in the
second year, and said to him, Must we then be consumed from before our
lord? for if our money has failed, and our possessions, and our cattle,
[brought] to thee our lord, and there has not been left to us before
our lord more than our own bodies and our land, [we are indeed
destitute].
47.19 In order, then, that we die not before thee, and the
land be made desolate, buy us and our land for bread, and we and our
land will be servants to Pharao: give seed that we may sow, and live
and not die, so our land shall not be made desolate.
47.20 And Joseph bought all the land of the Egyptians, for
Pharao; for the Egyptians sold their land to Pharao; for the famine
prevailed against them, and the land became Pharao's.
47.21 And he brought the people into bondage to im, for servants, from one extremity of Egypt to the other,
47.22 except only the land of the priests; Joseph bought
not this, for Pharao gave a portion in the way of gift to the priests;
and they ate their portion which Pharao gave them; therefore they sold
not their land.
47.23 And Joseph said to all the Egyptians, Behold, I have
bought you and your land this day for Pharao; take seed for you, and
sow the land.
47.24 And there shall be the fruits of it; and ye shall
give the fifth part to Pharao, and the four [remaining] parts shall be
for yourselves, for seed for the earth, and for food for you, and all
that are in your houses.
47.25 And they said, Thou hast saved us; we have found favour before our lord, and we will be servants to Pharao.
47.26 And Joseph appointed it to them for an ordinance
until this day; to reserve a fifth part for Pharao, on the land of
Egypt, except only the land of the priests, that was not Pharao's.
47.27 And Israel dwelt in Egypt, in the land of Gesem, and
they gained an inheritance upon it; and they increased and multiplied
very greatly.
47.28 And Jacob survived seventeen years in the land of
Egypt; and Jacob's days of the years of his life were a hundred and
forty-seven years.
47.29 and the days of Israel drew nigh for him to die: and
he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If I have found favour
before thee, put thy hand under my thigh, and thou shalt execute mercy
and truth toward me, so as not to bury me in Egypt.
47.30 But I will sleep with my fathers, and thou shalt
carry me up out of Egypt, and bury me in their sepulchre. And he said,
I will do according to thy word.
47.31 And he said, Swear to me; and he swore to him. And Israel did reverence, leaning on the top of his staff.
48.1
And it came to pass after these things, that it was reported to Joseph,
Behold, thy father is ill; and, having taken his two sons, Manasse and
Ephraim, he came to Jacob.
48.2 And it was reported to Jacob, saying, Behold,
thy son Joseph cometh to thee; and Israel having strengthened himself,
sat upon the bed.
48.3 And Jacob said to Joseph, My God appeared to me in Luza, in the land of Chanaan, and blessed me,
48.4 and said to me, Behold, I will increase thee,
and multiply thee, and will make of thee multitudes of nations; and I
will give this land to thee, and to thy seed after thee, for an
everlasting possession.
48.5 Now then thy two sons, who were born to thee in
the land of Egypt, before I came to thee into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim
and Manasse, as Ruben and Symeon they shall be mine.
48.6 And the children which thou shalt beget
hereafter, shall be in the name of their brethren; they shall be named
after their inheritances.
48.7 And as for me, when I came out of Mesopotamia of
Syria, Rachel, thy mother, died in the land of Chanaan, as I drew night
to the horse-course of Chabratha of the land [of Chanaan], so as to
come to Ephratha; and I buried her in the road of the course; this is
Bethlehem.
48.8 And when Israel saw the sons of Joseph, he said, Who are these to thee?
48.9 And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons,
whom God gave me here; and Jacob said, Bring me them, that I may bless
them.
48.10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim through age, and he
could not see; and he brought them near to him, and he kissed them, and
embraced them.
48.11 And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I have not been
deprived of [seeing] thy face, and lo! God has showed me thy seed also.
48.12 And Joseph brought them out from [between] his knees,
and they did reverence to him, with their face to the ground.
48.13 And Joseph took his two sons, both Ephraim in his
right hand, but on the left of Israel, and Manasse on his left hand,
but on the right of Israel, and brought them near to him.
48.14 But Israel having stretched out his right hand, laid
it on the head of Ephraim, and he was the younger; and his left hand on
the head of Manasse, [guiding] his hands crosswise.
48.15 And he blessed them and said, The God in whose sight
my fathers were well pleasing, [even] Abraam and Isaac, the God who
continues to feed me from my youth until this day;
48.16 the angel who delivers me from all evils, bless these
boys, and my name shall be called upon them, and the name of my
fathers, Abraam and Isaac; and let them be increased to a great
multitude on the earth.
48.17 And Joseph having seen that his father put his right
hand on the head of Ephraim-- it seemed grievous to him; and Joseph
took hold of the hand of his father, to remove it from the head of
Ephraim to the head of Manasse.
48.18 And Joseph said to his father, Not so, father; for this is the first-born; lay thy right-hand upon his head.
48.19 And he would not, but said, I know it, son, I know
it; he also shall be a people, and he shall be exalted, but his younger
brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude
of nations.
48.20 And he blessed them in that day, saying, In you shall
Israel be blessed, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and Manasse; and he
set Ephraim before Manasse.
48.21 And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die; and God
shall be with you, and restore you to the land of your fathers.
48.22 And I give to thee Sicima, a select portion above thy
brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorites with my sword
and bow.
49.1 And Jacob called his sons, and said to them,
49.2 Assemble yourselves, that I may tell you what
shall happen to you in the last days. Gather yourselves together, and
hear me, sons of Jacob; hear Israel, hear your father.
49.3 Ruben, thou [art] my first-born, thou my
strength, and the first of my children, hard to be endured, [hard and]
self-willed.
49.4 Thou wast insolent like water, burst not forth
with violence, for thou wentest up to the bed of thy father; then thou
defiledst the couch, whereupon thou wentest up.
49.5 Symeon and Levi, brethren, accomplished the injustice of their cutting off.
49.6 Let not my soul come into their counsel, and let
not mine inward parts contend in their conspiracy, for in their wrath
they slew men, and in their passion they houghed a bull.
49.7 Cursed be their wrath, for it was willful, and
their anger, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter
them in Israel.
49.8 Juda, thy brethren have praised thee, and thy
hands shall be on the back of thine enemies; thy father's sons shall do
thee reverence.
49.9 Juda is a lion's whelp: from the tender plant,
my son, thou art gone up, having couched thou liest as a lion, and as a
whelp; who shall stir him up?
49.10 A ruler shall not fail from Juda, nor a prince from
his loins, until there come the things stored up for him; and he is the
expectation of nations.
49.11 Binding his foal to the vine, and the foal of his ass
to the branch [of it], he shall wash his robe in wine, and his garment
in the blood of the grape.
49.12 His eyes shall be more cheering than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.
49.13 Zabulon shall dwell on the coast, and he [shall be] by a haven of ships, and shall extend to Sidon.
49.14 Issachar has desired that which is good; resting between the inheritances.
49.15 And having seen the resting place that it was good,
and the land that it was fertile, he subjected his shoulder to labour,
and became a husbandman.
49.16 Dan shall judge his people, as one tribe too in Israel.
49.17 And let Dan be a serpent in the way, besetting the
path, biting the heel of the horse (and the rider shall fall backward),
49.18 waiting for the salvation of the Lord.
49.19 Gad, a plundering troop shall plunder him; but he shall plunder him, [pursuing him] closely.
49.20 Aser, his bread [shall be] fat; and he shall yield dainties to princes.
49.21 Nephthalim is a spreading stem, bestowing beauty on its fruit.
49.22 Joseph is a son increased; my dearly loved son is increased; my youngest son, turn to me.
49.23 Against whom men taking evil counsel reproached [him], and the archers pressed hard upon him.
49.24 But their bow and arrows were mightily consumed, and
the sinews of their arms were slackened by the hand of the mighty one
of Jacob; thence is he that strengthened Israel from the God of thy
father;
49.25 and my God helped thee, and he blessed the with the
blessing of heaven from above, and the blessing of the earth possessing
all things, because of the blessing of the breasts and of the womb,
49.26 the blessings of thy father and thy mother-- it has
prevailed above the blessing of the lasting mountains, and beyond the
blessings of the everlasting hills; they shall be upon the head of
Joseph, and upon the head of the brothers of whom he took the lead.
49.27 Benjamin, as a ravening wolf, shall eat still in the morning, and at evening he gives food.
49.28 All these [are] the twelve sons of Jacob; and their
father spoke these words to them, and he blessed them; he blessed each
of them according to his blessing.
49.29 And he said to them, I am added to my people; ye
shall bury me with my fathers in the cave, which is in the field of
Ephron the Chettite,
49.30 in the double cave which is opposite Mambre, in the
land of Chanaan, the cave which Abraam bought of Ephron the Chettite,
for a possession of a sepulchre.
49.31 There they buried Abraam and Sarrha his wife; there
they buried Isaac, and Rebecca his wife; there they buried Lea;
49.32 in the portion of the field, and of the cave that was in it, [purchased] of the sons of Chet.
49.33 And Jacob ceased giving charges to his sons; and
having lifted up his feet on the bed, he died, and was gathered to his
people.
50.1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept on him, and kissed him.
50.2 And Joseph commanded his servants the embalmers to embalm his father; and the embalmers embalmed Israel.
50.3 And they fulfilled forty days for him, for so
are the days of embalming numbered; and Egypt mourned for him seventy
days.
50.4 And when the days of mourning were past, Joseph
spoke to the princes of Pharao, saying, If I have found favour in your
sight, speak concerning me in the ears of Pharao, saying,
50.5 My father adjured me, saying, In the sepulchre
which I dug for myself in the land of Chanaan, there thou shalt bury
me; now then I will go up and bury my father, and return again.
50.6 And Pharao said to Joseph, Go up, bury thy father, as he constrained thee to swear.
50.7 So Joseph went up to bury his father; and all
the servants of Pharao went up with him, and the elders of his house,
and all the elders of the land of Egypt.
50.8 And all the household of Joseph, and his
brethren, and all the house of his father, and his kindred; and they
left behind the sheep and the oxen in the land of Gesem.
50.9 And there went up with him also chariots and horsemen; and there was a very great company.
50.10 And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which
is beyond Jordan; and they bewailed him with a great and very sore
lamentation; and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
50.11 And the inhabitants of the land of Chanaan saw the
mourning at the floor of Atad, and said, This is a great mourning to
the Egyptians; therefore he called its name, The mourning of Egypt,
which is beyond Jordan.
50.12 And thus his sons did to him.
50.13 So his sons carried him up into the land of Chanaan,
and buried him in the double cave, which cave Abraam bought for
possession of a burying place, of Ephrom the Chettite, before Mambre.
50.14 And Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brethren, and those that had gone up with him to bury his father.
50.15 And when the brethren of Joseph saw that their father
was dead, they said, [Let us take heed], lest at any time Joseph
remember evil against us, and recompense to us all the evils which we
have done against him.
50.16 And they came to Joseph, and said, Thy father adjured [us] before his death, saying,
50.17 Thus say ye to Joseph, Forgive them their injustice
and their sin, forasmuch as they have done thee evil; and now pardon
the injustice of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept
while they spoke to him.
50.18 And they came to him and said, We, these [persons], are thy servants.
50.19 And Joseph said to them, Fear not, for I am God's.
50.20 Ye took counsel against me for evil, but God took
counsel for me for good, that [the matter] might be as [it is] to-day,
and much people might be fed.
50.21 And he said to them, Fear not, I will maintain you,
and your families: and he comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.
50.22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his brethren, and
all the family of his father; and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.
50.23 And Joseph saw the children of Ephraim to the third
generation; and the sons of Machir the son of Manasse were borne on the
sides of Joseph.
50.24 And Joseph spoke to his brethren, saying, I die, and
God will surely visit you, and will bring you out of this land to the
land concerning which God sware to our fathers, Abraam, Isaac, and
Jacob.
50.25 And Joseph adjured the sons of Israel, saying, At the
visitation with which God shall visit you, then ye shall carry up my
bones hence with you.
50.26 And Joseph died, aged an hundred and ten years; and
they prepared his corpse, and put him in a coffin in Egypt.