Chapter 25



 1  Then  again Abraham

took  a wife,  and  her

name was Keturah.

 2  And  she  bare  him

Zimran,   and  Jokshan,

and Medan,  and Midian,

and Ishbak, and Shuah.

 3  And  Jokshan  begat

Sheba,  and Dedan.  And

the  sons of Dedan were

Asshurim, and Letushim,

and Leummim.

 4   And  the  sons  of

Midian;    Ephah,   and

Epher,  and Hanoch, and

Abidah, and Eldaah. All

these were the children

of Keturah.

 5 And Abraham gave all

that he had unto Isaac.

 6 But unto the sons of

the  concubines,  which

Abraham  had,   Abraham

gave  gifts,  and  sent

them  away  from  Isaac

his  son,  while he yet

lived,  eastward,  unto

the east country.

 7  And  these are  the

days  of the  years  of

Abraham's life which he

lived,    an    hundred

threescore and  fifteen

years.
2474 BC
 8 Then Abraham gave up

the ghost,  and died in

a good old age,  an old

man, and full of years;

and was gathered to his

people.

 9  And his sons  Isaac

and Ishmael  buried him

in    the    cave    of

Machpelah, in the field

of  Ephron  the son  of

Zohar   the    Hittite,

which is before Mamre;

10   The  field   which

Abraham  purchased   of

the sons of Heth: there

was Abraham buried, and

Sarah his wife.

11  And it came to pass

after   the   death  of

Abraham,    that    God

blessed his son  Isaac;

and Isaac  dwelt by the

well Lahai-roi.

12  Now  these are  the

generations of Ishmael,

Abraham's   son,   whom

Hagar   the   Egyptian,

Sarah's handmaid,  bare

unto Abraham:

13  And  these are  the

names  of  the  sons of

Ishmael,    by    their

names,   according   to

their generations:  the

firstborn  of  Ishmael,

Nebajoth;   and  Kedar,

and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

14   And  Mishma,   and

Dumah, and Massa,

15   Hadar,  and  Tema,

Jetur,   Naphish,   and

Kedemah:

16  These are the  sons

of Ishmael,  and  these

are  their  names,   by

their  towns,   and  by

their  castles;  twelve

princes   according  to

their nations.

17  And  these  are the

years  of the  life  of

Ishmael, an hundred and

thirty and seven years:

and  he   gave  up  the

ghost and died; and was

gathered    unto    his

people.

18  And they dwelt from

Havilah unto Shur, that

is  before  Egypt,   as

thou    goest    toward

Assyria: and he died in

the presence of all his

brethren.

19  And these  are  the

generations  of  Isaac,

Abraham's son:  Abraham

begat Isaac:

20  And Isaac was forty

years old when he  took

Rebekah  to  wife,  the

daughter of Bethuel the

Syrian  of  Padan-aram,

the sister to Laban the

Syrian.

21  And Isaac intreated

the LORD for his  wife,

because she was barren:

and    the   LORD   was

intreated of  him,  and

Rebekah    his     wife

conceived.

22   And  the  children

struggled      together

within  her;   and  she

said,  If it be so, why

am I thus? And she went

to inquire of the LORD.

23  And the  LORD  said

unto  her,  Two nations

are  in  thy womb,  and

two  manner  of  people

shall be separated from

thy bowels; and the one

people     shall     be

stronger than the other

people;  and  the elder

shall     serve     the

younger.

24 And when her days to

be    delivered    were

fulfilled,      behold,

there were twins in her

womb.

25  And  the first came

out red,  all over like

an hairy  garment;  and

they  called  his  name

Esau.

26  And after that came

his  brother  out,  and

his hand  took  hold on

Esau's  heel;  and  his

name  was called Jacob:

and      Isaac      was

threescore  years   old

when she bare them.

27  And the  boys grew:

and Esau  was a cunning

hunter,  a  man of  the

field;  and Jacob was a

plain man,  dwelling in

tents.

28   And  Isaac   loved

Esau,  because  he  did

eat of his venison: but

Rebekah loved Jacob.

29    And   Jacob   sod

pottage:  and Esau came

from the field,  and he

was faint:

30  And  Esau  said  to

Jacob,  Feed me, I pray

thee,  with  that  same

red pottage;  for I  am

faint:   therefore  was

his name called Edom.

31 And Jacob said, Sell

me   this    day    thy

birthright.

32   And   Esau   said,

Behold,  I  am  at  the

point to die:  and what

profit    shall    this

birthright do to me?

33   And  Jacob   said,

Swear  to me this  day;

and he sware  unto him:

and    he    sold   his

birthright unto Jacob.

34 Then Jacob gave Esau

bread  and  pottage  of

lentiles;  and  he  did

eat and drink, and rose

up,  and went his  way:

thus Esau despised  his

birthright.

       Chapter 26



 1   And  there  was  a

famine  in  the   land,

beside the first famine

that was in the days of

Abraham. And Isaac went

unto Abimelech  king of

the   Philistines  unto

Gerar.

 2    And   the    LORD

appeared unto him,  and

said,  Go not down into

Egypt;   dwell  in  the

land which I shall tell

thee of:

 3   Sojourn   in  this

land,  and  I  will  be

with  thee,   and  will

bless  thee;  for  unto

thee,   and  unto   thy

seed,  I will give  all

these countries,  and I

will  perform the  oath

which  I   sware   unto

Abraham thy father;

 4  And I will make thy

seed to multiply as the

stars  of  heaven,  and

will give unto thy seed

all   these  countries;

and  in thy seed  shall

all the nations of  the

earth be blessed;

 5 Because that Abraham

obeyed  my  voice,  and

kept   my  charge,   my

commandments,        my

statutes, and my laws.

 6  And Isaac  dwelt in

Gerar:

 7  And  the men of the

place asked  him of his

wife;  and he said, She

is  my  sister:  for he

feared to  say,  She is

my wife; lest, said he,

the  men  of the  place

should  kill   me   for

Rebekah;   because  she

was fair to look upon.

 8 And it came to pass,

when he had been  there

a   long   time,   that

Abimelech king  of  the

Philistines  looked out

at a window,  and  saw,

and,  behold, Isaac was

sporting  with  Rebekah

his wife.

 9 And Abimelech called

Isaac,     and    said,

Behold, of a surety she

is thy  wife:  and  how

saidst thou,  She is my

sister?  And Isaac said

unto  him,   Because  I

said,  Lest  I  die for

her.

10  And Abimelech said,

What  is this thou hast

done  unto  us?  one of

the     people    might

lightly have lien  with

thy  wife,   and   thou

shouldest  have brought

guiltiness upon us.

11     And    Abimelech

charged all his people,

saying,     He     that

toucheth  this  man  or

his  wife shall  surely

be put to death.

12  Then Isaac sowed in

that land, and received

in  the  same  year  an

hundredfold:   and  the

LORD blessed him.

13  And  the man  waxed

great,     and     went

forward, and grew until

he became very great:

14     For    he    had

possession  of  flocks,

and    possession    of

herds,  and great store

of  servants:  and  the

Philistines envied him.

15  For all  the  wells

which   his    father's

servants had  digged in

the days of Abraham his

father, the Philistines

had  stopped them,  and

filled them with earth.

16  And Abimelech  said

unto Isaac, Go from us;

for   thou   art   much

mightier than we.

17  And Isaac  departed

thence, and pitched his

tent  in the valley  of

Gerar, and dwelt there.

18   And  Isaac  digged

again   the  wells   of

water,  which they  had

digged  in  the days of

Abraham his father; for

the   Philistines   had

stopped them  after the

death  of Abraham:  and

he called  their  names

after   the   names  by

which  his  father  had

called them.

19 And Isaac's servants

digged in  the  valley,

and found there  a well

of springing water.

20  And  the herdmen of

Gerar  did strive  with

Isaac's        herdmen,

saying,  The  water  is

ours: and he called the

name of  the well Esek;

because   they   strove

with him.

21   And  they   digged

another    well,    and

strove  for  that also:

and he  called the name

of it Sitnah.

22  And he removed from

thence,    and   digged

another well;  and  for

that  they  strove not:

and he called the  name

of it Rehoboth;  and he

said,  For now the LORD

hath made room  for us,

and    we    shall   be

fruitful in the land.

23  And he went up from

thence to Beersheba.

24    And    the   LORD

appeared  unto him  the

same night, and said, I

am  the God  of Abraham

thy father:  fear  not,

for I am with thee, and

will  bless  thee,  and

multiply  thy  seed for

my  servant   Abraham's

sake.

25  And  he builded  an

altar there, and called

upon the  name  of  the

LORD,  and  pitched his

tent there:  and  there

Isaac's servants digged

a well.

26  Then Abimelech went

to him from Gerar,  and

Ahuzzath   one  of  his

friends,   and  Phichol

the  chief  captain  of

his army.

27  And Isaac said unto

them, Wherefore come ye

to me,  seeing ye  hate

me,  and  have  sent me

away from you?

28  And  they said,  We

saw certainly that  the

LORD was with thee: and

we said,  Let there  be

now an oath betwixt us,

even  betwixt   us  and

thee, and let us make a

covenant with thee;

29 That thou wilt do us

no hurt, as we have not

touched thee, and as we

have  done  unto   thee

nothing but  good,  and

have sent thee  away in

peace: thou art now the

blessed of the LORD.

30  And he made them  a

feast, and they did eat

and drink.

31  And  they  rose  up

betimes in the morning,

and    sware   one   to

another: and Isaac sent

them  away,   and  they

departed  from  him  in

peace.

32  And it came to pass

the  same   day,   that

Isaac's  servants came,

and told him concerning

the well which they had

digged,  and said  unto

him,   We   have  found

water.

33  And  he  called  it

Shebah:  therefore  the

name  of  the  city  is

Beersheba   unto   this

day.

34  And  Esau was forty

years old when  he took

to   wife   Judith  the

daughter of  Beeri  the

Hittite,  and Bashemath

the  daughter  of  Elon

the Hittite:

35  Which were a  grief

of  mind unto Isaac and

to Rebekah.



       Chapter 27



 1 And it came to pass,

that   when  Isaac  was

old,  and his eyes were

dim,  so that he  could

not see, he called Esau

his  eldest  son,   and

said unto him,  My son:

and  he said unto  him,

Behold, here am I.

 2  And he said, Behold

now,  I am old,  I know

not  the   day  of   my

death:

 3  Now therefore take,

I   pray   thee,    thy

weapons, thy quiver and

thy bow,  and go out to

the field,  and take me

some venison;

 4  And make me savoury

meat,  such as I  love,

and  bring  it  to  me,

that I may eat; that my

soul  may   bless  thee

before I die.

 5  And  Rebekah  heard

when   Isaac  spake  to

Esau his son.  And Esau

went  to  the  field to

hunt  for venison,  and

to bring it.

 6  And  Rebekah  spake

unto  Jacob   her  son,

saying, Behold, I heard

thy  father speak  unto

Esau    thy    brother,

saying,

 7  Bring  me  venison,

and  make   me  savoury

meat,  that  I may eat,

and bless  thee  before

the  LORD   before   my

death.

 8  Now  therefore,  my

son,   obey  my   voice

according to that which

I command thee.

 9 Go now to the flock,

and   fetch   me   from

thence two good kids of

the goats;  and  I will

make  them savoury meat

for thy father, such as

he loveth:

10 And thou shalt bring

it to thy father,  that

he may eat, and that he

may  bless  thee before

his death.

11  And  Jacob said  to

Rebekah   his   mother,

Behold, Esau my brother

is a  hairy man,  and I

am a smooth man:

12       My      father

peradventure will  feel

me, and I shall seem to

him as a deceiver;  and

I shall  bring  a curse

upon  me,   and  not  a

blessing.

13  And his mother said

unto  him,  Upon me  be

thy curse, my son: only

obey my  voice,  and go

fetch me them.

14  And  he  went,  and

fetched,   and  brought

them to his mother: and

his mother made savoury

meat,   such   as   his

father loved.

15   And  Rebekah  took

goodly raiment  of  her

eldest son Esau,  which

were  with  her in  the

house,   and  put  them

upon Jacob her  younger

son:

16   And  she  put  the

skins  of  the kids  of

the  goats   upon   his

hands,   and  upon  the

smooth of his neck:

17  And  she  gave  the

savoury  meat  and  the

bread,  which  she  had

prepared, into the hand

of her son Jacob.

18 And he came unto his

father,  and  said,  My

father:  and  he  said,

Here  am  I;   who  art

thou, my son?

19  And Jacob said unto

his  father,  I am Esau

thy firstborn;  I  have

done  according as thou

badest  me:   arise,  I

pray thee,  sit and eat

of my venison, that thy

soul may bless me.

20  And Isaac said unto

his son, How is it that

thou hast  found  it so

quickly, my son? And he

said,  Because the LORD

thy God brought  it  to

me.

21  And Isaac said unto

Jacob,   Come  near,  I

pray thee,  that I  may

feel  thee,   my   son,

whether thou be my very

son Esau or not.

22  And Jacob went near

unto  Isaac his father;

and he  felt  him,  and

said,   The   voice  is

Jacob's voice,  but the

hands are  the hands of

Esau.

23 And he discerned him

not,  because his hands

were  hairy,   as   his

brother  Esau's  hands:

so he blessed him.

24  And  he  said,  Art

thou my very  son Esau?

And he said, I am.

25  And he said,  Bring

it  near  to me,  and I

will  eat  of  my son's

venison,  that  my soul

may bless thee.  And he

brought it near to him,

and he did eat:  and he

brought him  wine,  and

he drank.

26 And his father Isaac

said  unto  him,   Come

near now,  and kiss me,

my son.

27  And  he came  near,

and kissed him:  and he

smelled  the  smell  of

his    raiment,     and

blessed him,  and said,

See,  the  smell of  my

son is as the  smell of

a field which the  LORD

hath blessed:

28  Therefore God  give

thee  of   the  dew  of

heaven, and the fatness

of   the   earth,   and

plenty   of  corn   and

wine:

29   Let  people  serve

thee,  and  nations bow

down to  thee:  be lord

over thy brethren,  and

let  thy mother's  sons

bow   down   to   thee:

cursed   be  every  one

that curseth thee,  and

blessed  be   he   that

blesseth thee.

30 And it came to pass,

as  soon  as  Isaac had

made an end of blessing

Jacob,  and  Jacob  was

yet   scarce  gone  out

from  the  presence  of

Isaac his father,  that

Esau his  brother  came

in from his hunting.

31 And he also had made

savoury    meat,    and

brought   it  unto  his

father,  and said  unto

his   father,   Let  my

father  arise,  and eat

of his  son's  venison,

that thy soul may bless

me.

32 And Isaac his father

said unto him,  Who art

thou? And he said, I am

thy son,  thy firstborn

Esau.

33  And  Isaac trembled

very  exceedingly,  and

said,  Who? where is he

that     hath     taken

venison, and brought it

me, and I have eaten of

all before thou camest,

and have  blessed  him?

yea,  and  he shall  be

blessed.

34  And when Esau heard

the    words   of   his

father, he cried with a

great   and   exceeding

bitter  cry,  and  said

unto his father,  Bless

me,  even me also, O my

father.

35  And  he  said,  Thy

brother    came    with

subtilty,    and   hath

taken      away     thy

blessing.

36  And he said, Is not

he rightly named Jacob?

for he hath  supplanted

me these two times:  he

took       away      my

birthright;        and,

behold,   now  he  hath

taken away my blessing.

And he said,  Hast thou

not reserved a blessing

for me?

37  And  Isaac answered

and   said  unto  Esau,

Behold, I have made him

thy lord,  and  all his

brethren  have I  given

to  him  for  servants;

and with corn and  wine

have  I sustained  him:

and what shall I do now

unto thee, my son?

38  And Esau said  unto

his father,  Hast  thou

but  one  blessing,  my

father?  bless me, even

me  also,  O my father.

And Esau lifted up  his

voice, and wept.

39 And Isaac his father

answered  and said unto

him,     Behold,    thy

dwelling  shall  be the

fatness of  the  earth,

and   of  the   dew  of

heaven from above;

40  And  by  thy  sword

shalt  thou  live,  and

shalt     serve     thy

brother;  and  it shall

come to pass when  thou

shalt      have     the

dominion,   that   thou

shalt  break  his  yoke

from off thy neck.

41 And Esau hated Jacob

because of the blessing

wherewith  his   father

blessed him:  and  Esau

said in his heart,  The

days of mourning for my

father   are  at  hand;

then  will  I  slay  my

brother Jacob.

42  And these words  of

Esau her elder son were

told  to  Rebekah:  and

she  sent  and   called

Jacob her younger  son,

and   said   unto  him,

Behold,   thy   brother

Esau, as touching thee,

doth  comfort  himself,

purposing to kill thee.

43  Now  therefore,  my

son, obey my voice; and

arise,   flee  thou  to

Laban  my  brother   to

Haran;

44 And tarry with him a

few  days,   until  thy

brother's   fury   turn

away;

45  Until thy brother's

anger  turn  away  from

thee,   and  he  forget

that  which  thou  hast

done  to  him:  then  I

will  send,  and  fetch

thee  from thence:  why

should  I  be  deprived

also of you both in one

day?

46  And Rebekah said to

Isaac, I am weary of my

life  because   of  the

daughters of  Heth:  if

Jacob  take a  wife  of

the  daughters of Heth,

such as these which are

of the daughters of the

land,  what  good shall

my life do me?



       Chapter 28



 1   And  Isaac  called

Jacob, and blessed him,

and  charged  him,  and

said  unto  him,   Thou

shalt  not take  a wife

of   the  daughters  of

Canaan.

 2    Arise,    go   to

Padan-aram,    to   the

house  of  Bethuel  thy

mother's  father;   and

take  thee a wife  from

thence of the daughters

of  Laban  thy mother's

brother.

 3   And  God  Almighty

bless  thee,  and  make

thee   fruitful,    and

multiply   thee,   that

thou    mayest   be   a

multitude of people;

 4  And  give  thee the

blessing of Abraham, to

thee,  and to  thy seed

with  thee;  that  thou

mayest inherit the land

wherein   thou  art   a

stranger,   which   God

gave unto Abraham.

 5  And Isaac sent away

Jacob:  and  he went to

Padan-aram  unto Laban,

son   of  Bethuel   the

Syrian,  the brother of

Rebekah,   Jacob's  and

Esau's mother.
2401 BC
 6  When Esau  saw that

Isaac    had    blessed

Jacob,   and  sent  him

away to Padan-aram,  to

take  him a  wife  from

thence;  and that as he

blessed him he gave him

a charge,  saying, Thou

shalt not  take  a wife

of   the  daughters  of

Canaan;

 7   And   that   Jacob

obeyed  his  father and

his  mother,   and  was

gone to Padan-aram;

 8 And Esau seeing that

the daughters of Canaan

pleased  not  Isaac his

father;

 9  Then went Esau unto

Ishmael,  and took unto

the wives which he  had

Mahalath  the  daughter

of  Ishmael   Abraham's

son,   the  sister   of

Nebajoth,   to  be  his

wife.

10  And Jacob  went out

from   Beersheba,   and

went toward Haran.

11  And he lighted upon

a  certain  place,  and

tarried    there    all

night,  because the sun

was set; and he took of

the   stones  of   that

place, and put them for

his  pillows,  and  lay

down  in  that place to

sleep.

12  And he dreamed, and

behold a ladder  set up

on the earth,  and  the

top  of it  reached  to

heaven:  and behold the

angels of God ascending

and descending on it.

13   And,  behold,  the

LORD  stood  above  it,

and said, I am the LORD

God   of   Abraham  thy

father,  and the God of

Isaac: the land whereon

thou  liest,   to  thee

will I give it,  and to

thy seed;

14  And thy seed  shall

be  as the dust  of the

earth,  and thou  shalt

spread  abroad  to  the

west,  and to the east,

and  to the north,  and

to  the  south:  and in

thee  and  in thy  seed

shall all  the families

of    the    earth   be

blessed.

15  And,  behold,  I am

with  thee,   and  will

keep thee in all places

whither thou goest, and

will bring  thee  again

into this  land;  for I

will  not  leave  thee,

until I  have done that

which  I have spoken to

thee of.

16 And Jacob awaked out

of  his  sleep,  and he

said,  Surely the  LORD

is in this place; and I

knew it not.

17  And he was  afraid,

and said,  How dreadful

is this place!  this is

none   other   but  the

house of God,  and this

is the gate of heaven.

18  And  Jacob rose  up

early in  the  morning,

and took the stone that

he  had  put   for  his

pillows,  and set it up

for   a   pillar,   and

poured oil upon the top

of it.

19  And he  called  the

name   of   that  place

Bethel: but the name of

that  city  was  called

Luz at the first.

20  And  Jacob vowed  a

vow,   saying,  If  God

will  be with  me,  and

will  keep  me in  this

way that I go, and will

give me bread  to  eat,

and raiment to put on,

21 So that I come again

to my father's house in

peace;  then  shall the

LORD be my God:

22   And   this  stone,

which I  have set for a

pillar,  shall be God's

house:  and of all that

thou shalt  give  me  I

will  surely  give  the

tenth unto thee.



       Chapter 29



 1  Then Jacob went  on

his  journey,  and came

into  the land  of  the

people of the east.

 2  And he looked,  and

behold  a well  in  the

field,  and,  lo, there

were  three  flocks  of

sheep lying by it;  for

out  of that  well they

watered the flocks: and

a  great stone was upon

the well's mouth.

 3 And thither were all

the  flocks   gathered:

and  they   rolled  the

stone  from  the well's

mouth,  and watered the

sheep,   and   put  the

stone  again  upon  the

well's   mouth  in  his

place.

 4  And Jacob said unto

them,    My   brethren,

whence be ye?  And they

said, Of Haran are we.

 5  And  he  said  unto

them, Know ye Laban the

son of Nahor?  And they

said, We know him.

 6  And  he  said  unto

them,  Is he well?  And

they said,  He is well:

and, behold, Rachel his

daughter  cometh   with

the sheep.

 7  And he said, Lo, it

is   yet    high   day,

neither is it time that

the  cattle  should  be

gathered      together:

water ye the sheep, and

go and feed them.

 8  And they  said,  We

cannot,  until all  the

flocks   be    gathered

together, and till they

roll the stone from the

well's  mouth;  then we

water the sheep.

 9  And  while  he  yet

spake with them, Rachel

came  with her father's

sheep:   for  she  kept

them.

10 And it came to pass,

when  Jacob saw  Rachel

the  daughter  of Laban

his  mother's  brother,

and the sheep of  Laban

his  mother's  brother,

that  Jacob  went near,

and  rolled  the  stone

from the well's  mouth,

and  watered the  flock

of Laban  his  mother's

brother.

11   And  Jacob  kissed

Rachel,  and  lifted up

his voice, and wept.

12   And   Jacob   told

Rachel that  he was her

father's  brother,  and

that  he  was Rebekah's

son:  and  she ran  and

told her father.

13 And it came to pass,

when  Laban  heard  the

tidings  of  Jacob  his

sister's  son,  that he

ran to  meet  him,  and

embraced    him,    and

kissed him, and brought

him to his  house.  And

he told Laban all these

things.

14  And Laban  said  to

him, Surely thou art my

bone and my flesh.  And

he  abode  with him the

space of a month.

15  And Laban said unto

Jacob, Because thou art

my  brother,  shouldest

thou therefore serve me

for  nought?  tell  me,

what  shall  thy  wages

be?

16  And Laban  had  two

daughters:  the name of

the elder was Leah, and

the name of the younger

was Rachel.

17   Leah   was  tender

eyed;  but  Rachel  was

beautiful   and    well

favoured.

18   And   Jacob  loved

Rachel;   and  said,  I

will  serve thee  seven

years  for  Rachel  thy

younger daughter.

19  And Laban said,  It

is  better that  I give

her to thee,  than that

I should  give  her  to

another man: abide with

me.

20   And  Jacob  served

seven years for Rachel;

and  they  seemed  unto

him but a few days, for

the love he had to her.

21  And Jacob said unto

Laban, Give me my wife,

for    my    days   are

fulfilled,  that I  may

go in unto her.

22  And  Laban gathered

together all the men of

the place,  and  made a

feast.

23  And it came to pass

in the evening, that he

took Leah his daughter,

and brought her to him;

and  he  went  in  unto

her.

24  And Laban gave unto

his    daughter    Leah

Zilpah  his maid for an

handmaid.

25 And it came to pass,

that  in  the  morning,

behold,  it  was  Leah:

and he said  to  Laban,

What is this thou  hast

done unto me? did not I

serve  with  thee   for

Rachel?  wherefore then

hast thou beguiled me?

26  And Laban said,  It

must  not be so done in

our  country,  to  give

the younger before  the

firstborn.

27 Fulfil her week, and

we  will give thee this

also  for  the  service

which  thou shalt serve

with me yet seven other

years.

28  And  Jacob did  so,

and fulfilled her week:

and he gave  him Rachel

his  daughter  to  wife

also.

29  And Laban  gave  to

Rachel   his   daughter

Bilhah his handmaid  to

be her maid.

30  And he went in also

unto  Rachel,   and  he

loved also  Rachel more

than Leah,  and  served

with  him   yet   seven

other years.

31  And when  the  LORD

saw   that   Leah   was

hated,  he  opened  her

womb:  but  Rachel  was

barren.

32  And Leah conceived,

and bare a son, and she

called his name Reuben:

for  she  said,  Surely

the  LORD  hath  looked

upon my affliction; now

therefore   my  husband

will love me.

33  And  she  conceived

again,  and bare a son;

and said,  Because  the

LORD hath  heard that I

was   hated,   he  hath

therefore given me this

son   also:   and   she

called his name Simeon.

34  And  she  conceived

again,  and bare a son;

and said, Now this time

will   my   husband  be

joined unto me, because

I have  born  him three

sons: therefore was his

name called Levi.

35  And  she  conceived

again,  and bare a son:

and she said,  Now will

I  praise   the   LORD:

therefore  she   called

his  name  Judah;   and

left bearing.



       Chapter 30



 1  And when Rachel saw

that she bare Jacob  no

children, Rachel envied

her  sister;  and  said

unto  Jacob,   Give  me

children,   or  else  I

die.

 2  And  Jacob's  anger

was   kindled   against

Rachel: and he said, Am

I in  God's stead,  who

hath withheld from thee

the fruit of the womb?

 3 And she said, Behold

my maid Bilhah,  go  in

unto her; and she shall

bear   upon  my  knees,

that  I  may also  have

children by her.

 4  And  she  gave  him

Bilhah her  handmaid to

wife: and Jacob went in

unto her.

 5      And      Bilhah

conceived,   and   bare

Jacob a son.

 6 And Rachel said, God

hath  judged  me,   and

hath  also   heard   my

voice,  and  hath given

me  a  son:   therefore

called  she  his   name

Dan.

 7  And Bilhah Rachel's

maid  conceived  again,

and bare Jacob a second

son.

 8   And  Rachel  said,

With  great  wrestlings

have I wrestled with my

sister,   and  I   have

prevailed:    and   she

called     his     name

Naphtali.

 9  When  Leah saw that

she had  left  bearing,

she  took  Zilpah   her

maid,   and  gave   her

Jacob to wife.

10  And  Zilpah  Leah's

maid bare Jacob a son.

11  And  Leah  said,  A

troop cometh:  and  she

called his name Gad.

12  And  Zilpah  Leah's

maid   bare   Jacob   a

second son.

13 And Leah said, Happy

am I, for the daughters

will  call me  blessed:

and she called his name

Asher.

14  And  Reuben went in

the   days   of   wheat

harvest,    and   found

mandrakes in the field,

and  brought  them unto

his mother  Leah.  Then

Rachel  said  to  Leah,

Give me,  I  pray thee,

of thy son's mandrakes.

15  And  she said  unto

her,   Is  it  a  small

matter that  thou  hast

taken my  husband?  and

wouldest thou take away

my   son's    mandrakes

also?  And Rachel said,

Therefore he  shall lie

with thee to  night for

thy son's mandrakes.

16  And Jacob came  out

of  the  field  in  the

evening,  and Leah went

out  to  meet him,  and

said, Thou must come in

unto  me;  for surely I

have hired thee with my

son's mandrakes. And he

lay   with   her   that

night.

17  And  God  hearkened

unto  Leah,   and   she

conceived,   and   bare

Jacob the fifth son.

18  And Leah said,  God

hath given  me my hire,

because I have given my

maiden  to my  husband:

and she called his name

Issachar.

19  And  Leah conceived

again,  and  bare Jacob

the sixth son.

20  And Leah said,  God

hath  endued me  with a

good dowry; now will my

husband dwell with  me,

because I have born him

six   sons:   and   she

called     his     name

Zebulun.

21  And  afterwards she

bare  a  daughter,  and

called her name Dinah.

22  And  God remembered

Rachel,     and     God

hearkened  to her,  and

opened her womb.

23  And she  conceived,

and  bare  a  son;  and

said,  God  hath  taken

away my reproach:

24  And  she called his

name Joseph;  and said,

The LORD  shall  add to

me another son.

25 And it came to pass,

when  Rachel  had  born

Joseph, that Jacob said

unto  Laban,   Send  me

away,  that  I  may  go

unto  mine  own  place,

and to my country.

26 Give me my wives and

my children, for whom I

have  served thee,  and

let  me  go:  for  thou

knowest    my   service

which I have done thee.

27  And Laban said unto

him,  I pray thee, if I

have  found  favour  in

thine eyes,  tarry: for

I   have   learned   by

experience   that   the

LORD  hath  blessed  me

for thy sake.

28 And he said, Appoint

me  thy  wages,  and  I

will give it.

29  And  he  said  unto

him, Thou knowest how I

have served  thee,  and

how thy cattle was with

me.

30  For  it  was little

which thou hadst before

I  came,  and it is now

increased    unto     a

multitude; and the LORD

hath blessed thee since

my coming: and now when

shall  I   provide  for

mine own house also?

31  And he  said,  What

shall I give thee?  And

Jacob said,  Thou shalt

not  give me any thing:

if  thou  wilt do  this

thing  for me,  I  will

again feed and keep thy

flock.

32  I will pass through

all  thy flock  to day,

removing   from  thence

all  the  speckled  and

spotted cattle, and all

the brown cattle  among

the  sheep,   and   the

spotted   and  speckled

among the goats: and of

such shall be my hire.

33    So    shall    my

righteousness    answer

for me in time to come,

when it  shall come for

my   hire   before  thy

face: every one that is

not     speckled    and

spotted    among    the

goats,  and brown among

the  sheep,  that shall

be counted stolen  with

me.

34   And   Laban  said,

Behold,   I   would  it

might be  according  to

thy word.

35  And he removed that

day  the  he goats that

were   ringstraked  and

spotted,  and  all  the

she  goats   that  were

speckled  and  spotted,

and every one that  had

some  white in it,  and

all the brown among the

sheep,  and  gave  them

into the  hand  of  his

sons.

36  And  he  set  three

days'  journey  betwixt

himself and Jacob:  and

Jacob fed  the  rest of

Laban's flocks.

37  And  Jacob took him

rods  of  green poplar,

and of  the  hazel  and

chesnut    tree;    and

pilled white strakes in

them,   and  made   the

white appear which  was

in the rods.

38  And he set the rods

which  he   had  pilled

before  the  flocks  in

the   gutters  in   the

watering  troughs  when

the   flocks  came   to

drink, that they should

conceive when they came

to drink.

39   And   the   flocks

conceived   before  the

rods, and brought forth

cattle     ringstraked,

speckled, and spotted.

40    And   Jacob   did

separate the lambs, and

set  the  faces  of the

flocks    toward    the

ringstraked,   and  all

the  brown in the flock

of  Laban;  and  he put

his   own   flocks   by

themselves,   and   put

them not  unto  Laban's

cattle.

41 And it came to pass,

whensoever the stronger

cattle   did  conceive,

that  Jacob   laid  the

rods before the eyes of

the   cattle   in   the

gutters,    that   they

might  conceive   among

the rods.

42  But when the cattle

were  feeble,   he  put

them  not  in:  so  the

feebler  were  Laban's,

and    the     stronger

Jacob's.

43    And    the    man

increased  exceedingly,

and  had  much  cattle,

and  maidservants,  and

menservants,        and

camels, and asses.



       Chapter 31



 1  And  he  heard  the

words of  Laban's sons,

saying,    Jacob   hath

taken away all that was

our  father's;  and  of

that   which   was  our

father's hath he gotten

all this glory.

 2 And Jacob beheld the

countenance  of  Laban,

and, behold, it was not

toward him as before.

 3  And  the  LORD said

unto Jacob, Return unto

the   land    of    thy

fathers,   and  to  thy

kindred;  and I will be

with thee.

 4  And Jacob  sent and

called  Rachel and Leah

to the  field unto  his

flock,

 5  And said unto them,

I  see  your   father's

countenance, that it is

not   toward   me    as

before;  but the God of

my  father   hath  been

with me.

 6  And  ye  know  that

with  all  my  power  I

have    served     your

father.

 7 And your father hath

deceived    me,     and

changed  my  wages  ten

times; but God suffered

him not to hurt me.

 8 If he said thus, The

speckled  shall be  thy

wages;   then  all  the

cattle  bare  speckled:

and  if  he said  thus,

The  ringstraked  shall

be thy hire;  then bare

all     the      cattle

ringstraked.

 9  Thus God hath taken

away the cattle of your

father,  and given them

to me.

10  And it came to pass

at  the time  that  the

cattle conceived,  that

I  lifted up mine eyes,

and  saw  in  a  dream,

and,  behold,  the rams

which leaped  upon  the

cattle             were

ringstraked,  speckled,

and grisled.

11 And the angel of God

spake  unto  me   in  a

dream,  saying,  Jacob:

And I said, Here am I.

12 And he said, Lift up

now  thine  eyes,   and

see, all the rams which

leap  upon  the  cattle

are        ringstraked,

speckled,  and grisled:

for  I  have  seen  all

that Laban  doeth  unto

thee.

13  I  am  the  God  of

Bethel,    where   thou

anointedst the  pillar,

and  where thou vowedst

a  vow  unto  me:   now

arise,   get  thee  out

from  this  land,   and

return unto the land of

thy kindred.

14  And Rachel and Leah

answered and said  unto

him,  Is there  yet any

portion or  inheritance

for us  in our father's

house?

15  Are we not  counted

of him  strangers?  for

he  hath  sold us,  and

hath   quite   devoured

also our money.

16  For  all the riches

which  God  hath  taken

from our  father,  that

is   ours,    and   our

children's:  now  then,

whatsoever   God   hath

said unto thee, do.

17  Then Jacob rose up,

and  set  his  sons and

his wives upon camels;

18  And he carried away

all his cattle, and all

his goods which  he had

gotten,  the  cattle of

his  getting,  which he

had      gotten      in

Padan-aram,  for  to go

to Isaac his  father in

the land of Canaan.

19  And  Laban  went to

shear  his  sheep:  and

Rachel  had stolen  the

images  that  were  her

father's.

20 And Jacob stole away

unawares  to  Laban the

Syrian, in that he told

him not that he fled.

21  So he fled with all

that  he  had;  and  he

rose  up,   and  passed

over the river, and set

his  face  toward   the

mount Gilead.

22   And  it  was  told

Laban on  the third day

that Jacob was fled.

23   And  he  took  his

brethren with him,  and

pursued after him seven

days' journey; and they

overtook   him  in  the

mount Gilead.

24   And  God  came  to

Laban the  Syrian in  a

dream  by  night,   and

said  unto  him,   Take

heed  that  thou  speak

not  to   Jacob  either

good or bad.

25  Then Laban overtook

Jacob.  Now  Jacob  had

pitched his tent in the

mount:  and Laban  with

his brethren pitched in

the mount of Gilead.

26  And  Laban said  to

Jacob,  What hast  thou

done,  that  thou  hast

stolen away unawares to

me, and carried away my

daughters,  as captives

taken with the sword?

27 Wherefore didst thou

flee away secretly, and

steal away from me; and

didst not tell me, that

I  might have sent thee

away  with  mirth,  and

with    songs,     with

tabret, and with harp?

28    And    hast   not

suffered me to  kiss my

sons and my  daughters?

thou   hast  now   done

foolishly in so doing.

29  It is in the  power

of  my  hand  to do you

hurt:  but the  God  of

your father spake  unto

me yesternight, saying,

Take  thou   heed  that

thou speak not to Jacob

either good or bad.

30 And now, though thou

wouldest needs be gone,

because    thou    sore

longedst   after    thy

father's   house,   yet

wherefore   hast   thou

stolen my gods?

31  And Jacob  answered

and   said  to   Laban,

Because  I  was afraid:

for       I       said,

Peradventure       thou

wouldest take by  force

thy daughters from me.

32 With whomsoever thou

findest thy  gods,  let

him  not  live:  before

our  brethren   discern

thou what is thine with

me,   and  take  it  to

thee.  For  Jacob  knew

not  that  Rachel   had

stolen them.

33  And Laban went into

Jacob's tent,  and into

Leah's tent,  and  into

the  two  maidservants'

tents;   but  he  found

them not.  Then went he

out of Leah's tent, and

entered  into  Rachel's

tent.

34 Now Rachel had taken

the  images,   and  put

them   in  the  camel's

furniture, and sat upon

them.     And     Laban

searched all the  tent,

but found them not.

35  And she said to her

father,   Let   it  not

displease my lord  that

I cannot rise up before

thee; for the custom of

women  is upon me.  And

he searched,  but found

not the images.

36 And Jacob was wroth,

and chode  with  Laban:

and Jacob  answered and

said to Laban,  What is

my trespass? what is my

sin,  that thou hast so

hotly pursued after me?

37  Whereas  thou  hast

searched all my  stuff,

what hast thou found of

all    thy    household

stuff?   set  it   here

before my  brethren and

thy brethren, that they

may  judge  betwixt  us

both.

38  This  twenty  years

have I  been with thee;

thy  ewes and  thy  she

goats  have  not   cast

their  young,  and  the

rams of thy flock  have

I not eaten.

39  That which was torn

of beasts I brought not

unto thee;  I  bare the

loss of it;  of my hand

didst thou require  it,

whether stolen  by day,

or stolen by night.

40  Thus I was;  in the

day     the     drought

consumed  me,  and  the

frost by night;  and my

sleep   departed   from

mine eyes.

41  Thus  have  I  been

twenty   years  in  thy

house;  I  served  thee

fourteen years  for thy

two daughters,  and six

years for  thy  cattle:

and thou  hast  changed

my wages ten times.

42 Except the God of my

father,   the   God  of

Abraham,  and  the fear

of Isaac, had been with

me,  surely thou  hadst

sent me away now empty.

God   hath  seen   mine

affliction    and   the

labour of my hands, and

rebuked            thee

yesternight.

43  And Laban  answered

and  said  unto  Jacob,

These daughters are  my

daughters,   and  these

children     are     my

children,   and   these

cattle  are  my cattle,

and all that thou seest

is mine: and what can I

do this day unto  these

my daughters,  or  unto

their   children  which

they have born?

44  Now therefore  come

thou,  let  us  make  a

covenant,  I and  thou;

and  let it  be  for  a

witness between  me and

thee.

45  And  Jacob  took  a

stone,  and set  it  up

for a pillar.

46  And Jacob said unto

his  brethren,   Gather

stones;  and  they took

stones,   and  made  an

heap:  and they did eat

there upon the heap.

47  And Laban called it

Jegar-sahadutha:    but

Jacob called it Galeed.

48 And Laban said, This

heap   is   a   witness

between   me  and  thee

this day. Therefore was

the  name of  it called

Galeed;

49  And Mizpah;  for he

said,  The  LORD  watch

stone,  and set  it  up

for a pillar.

46  And Jacob said unto

his  brethren,   Gather

stones;  and  they took

stones,   and  made  an

heap:  and they did eat

there upon the heap.

47  And Laban called it

Jegar-sahadutha:    but

Jacob called it Galeed.

48 And Laban said, This

heap   is   a   witness

between   me  and  thee

this day. Therefore was

the  name of  it called

Galeed;

49  And Mizpah;  for he

said,  The  LORD  watch

between  me  and  thee,

when  we are absent one

from another.

50    If   thou   shalt

afflict  my  daughters,

or  if thou shalt  take

other wives  beside  my

daughters,  no  man  is

with  us;  see,  God is

witness  betwixt me and

thee.

51  And  Laban  said to

Jacob,    Behold   this

heap,  and behold  this

pillar,  which  I  have

cast   betwixt  me  and

thee;

52    This   heap    be

witness,    and    this

pillar be witness, that

I  will  not  pass over

this heap to thee,  and

that  thou  shalt   not

pass over this heap and

this  pillar  unto  me,

for harm.

53  The God of Abraham,

and  the God  of Nahor,

the   God    of   their

father,  judge  betwixt

us.  And Jacob sware by

the  fear of his father

Isaac.

54  Then  Jacob offered

sacrifice   upon    the

mount,  and  called his

brethren  to eat bread:

and they did eat bread,

and  tarried  all night

in the mount.

55  And  early  in  the

morning Laban  rose up,

and kissed his sons and

his   daughters,    and

blessed them: and Laban

departed,  and returned

unto his place.



       Chapter 32



 1  And Jacob  went  on

his way, and the angels

of God met him.

 2  And  when Jacob saw

them,  he said, This is

God's  host:   and   he

called the name of that

place Mahanaim.

 3   And   Jacob   sent

messengers  before  him

to  Esau  his   brother

unto  the land of Seir,

the country of Edom.

 4   And  he  commanded

them,    saying,   Thus

shall ye speak  unto my

lord Esau;  Thy servant

Jacob  saith  thus,   I

have   sojourned   with

Laban, and stayed there

until now:

 5 And I have oxen, and

asses,    flocks,   and

menservants,        and

womenservants:   and  I

have  sent to  tell  my

lord,  that  I may find

grace in thy sight.

 6  And the  messengers

returned    to   Jacob,

saying,  We came to thy

brother Esau,  and also

he cometh to meet thee,

and  four  hundred  men

with him.

 7   Then   Jacob   was

greatly   afraid    and

distressed:    and   he

divided the people that

was with him,  and  the

flocks,  and herds, and

the  camels,  into  two

bands;

 8  And said,  If  Esau

come    to    the   one

company,  and smite it,

then  the other company

which   is  left  shall

escape.

 9  And Jacob  said,  O

God    of   my   father

Abraham,  and God of my

father Isaac,  the LORD

which  saidst  unto me,

Return     unto     thy

country,   and  to  thy

kindred,   and  I  will

deal well with thee:

10  I am  not worthy of

the least  of  all  the

mercies, and of all the

truth,  which thou hast

shewed     unto     thy

servant;  for  with  my

staff  I  passed   over

this Jordan;  and now I

am become two bands.

11  Deliver me,  I pray

thee,  from the hand of

my  brother,  from  the

hand  of  Esau:  for  I

fear him,  lest he will

come and smite me,  and

the   mother  with  the

children.

12  And thou saidst,  I

will   surely  do  thee

good, and make thy seed

as the sand of the sea,

which     cannot     be

numbered for multitude.

13  And he lodged there

that  same  night;  and

took of that which came

to  his hand  a present

for Esau his brother;

14   Two   hundred  she

goats,  and  twenty  he

goats,    two   hundred

ewes, and twenty rams,

15  Thirty milch camels

with their colts, forty

kine,  and  ten  bulls,

twenty  she asses,  and

ten foals.

16   And  he  delivered

them  into the hand  of

his   servants,   every

drove   by  themselves;

and   said   unto   his

servants,   Pass   over

before  me,  and put  a

space betwixt drove and

drove.

17 And he commanded the

foremost,  saying, When

Esau my brother meeteth

thee,  and asketh thee,

saying, Whose art thou?

and whither goest thou?

and   whose  are  these

before thee?

18 Then thou shalt say,

They   be  thy  servant

Jacob's;    it   is   a

present  sent  unto  my

lord Esau: and, behold,

also he is behind us.

19  And so commanded he

the  second,   and  the

third,   and  all  that

followed  the   droves,

saying,  On this manner

shall  ye  speak   unto

Esau, when ye find him.

20 And say ye moreover,

Behold,   thy   servant

Jacob is behind us. For

he said, I will appease

him  with  the  present

that goeth  before  me,

and  afterward  I  will

see      his      face;

peradventure   he  will

accept of me.

21  So went the present

over  before  him:  and

himself   lodged   that

night in the company.

22  And he rose up that

night, and took his two

wives,   and  his   two

womenservants,  and his

eleven sons, and passed

over the ford Jabbok.

23  And  he  took them,

and  sent them over the

brook,  and  sent  over

that he had.

24  And Jacob was  left

alone;     and    there

wrestled a man with him

until  the breaking  of

the day.

25 And when he saw that

he     prevailed    not

against him, he touched

the   hollow   of   his

thigh;  and the  hollow

of  Jacob's  thigh  was

out  of  joint,  as  he

wrestled with him.

26  And he said, Let me

go,    for   the    day

breaketh.  And he said,

I will not let thee go,

except thou bless me.

27  And  he  said  unto

him,  What is thy name?

And he said, Jacob.

28  And  he  said,  Thy

name shall be called no

more Jacob, but Israel:

for as  a  prince  hast

thou power with God and

with  men,   and   hast

prevailed.

29 And Jacob asked him,

and said,  Tell  me,  I

pray  thee,  thy  name.

And he said,  Wherefore

is  it  that  thou dost

ask after my name?  And

he blessed him there.

30 And Jacob called the

name   of   the   place

Peniel: for I have seen

God face to  face,  and

my life is preserved.

31  And  as  he  passed

over  Penuel  the   sun

rose  upon him,  and he

halted upon his thigh.

32     Therefore    the

children  of Israel eat

not  of the sinew which

shrank,  which is  upon

the   hollow   of   the

thigh,  unto  this day:

because  he touched the

hollow of Jacob's thigh

in   the   sinew   that

shrank.



       Chapter 33



 1  And Jacob lifted up

his  eyes,  and looked,

and, behold, Esau came,

and   with   him   four

hundred  men.   And  he

divided   the  children

unto  Leah,   and  unto

Rachel,  and  unto  the

two handmaids.

 2   And  he  put   the

handmaids   and   their

children foremost,  and

Leah  and her  children

after,  and  Rachel and

Joseph hindermost.

 3  And he passed  over

before them,  and bowed

himself  to  the ground

seven  times,  until he

came   near   to    his

brother.

 4 And Esau ran to meet

him,  and embraced him,

and  fell on  his neck,

and  kissed  him:   and

they wept.

 5 And he lifted up his

eyes, and saw the women

and  the children;  and

said,   Who  are  those

with thee? And he said,

The children  which God

hath  graciously  given

thy servant.

 6 Then the handmaidens

came  near,   they  and

their   children,   and

they bowed themselves.

 7  And Leah also  with

her children came near,

and  bowed  themselves:

and after  came  Joseph

near  and  Rachel,  and

they bowed themselves.

 8  And  he said,  What

meanest   thou  by  all

this drove which I met?

And he said,  These are

to  find  grace in  the

sight of my lord.

 9  And  Esau  said,  I

have     enough,     my

brother; keep that thou

hast unto thyself.

10 And Jacob said, Nay,

I pray  thee,  if now I

have found grace in thy

sight,  then receive my

present at my hand: for

therefore I  have  seen

thy face,  as  though I

had  seen  the  face of

God,   and  thou   wast

pleased with me.

11  Take,  I pray thee,

my  blessing   that  is

brought     to    thee;

because God hath  dealt

graciously with me, and

because  I have enough.

And he  urged him,  and

he took it.

12  And he said, Let us

take  our journey,  and

let us go,  and  I will

go before thee.

13  And  he  said  unto

him,  My  lord  knoweth

that  the children  are

tender,  and the flocks

and  herds  with  young

are with me: and if men

should  overdrive  them

one day,  all the flock

will die.

14  Let my lord, I pray

thee,  pass over before

his servant: and I will

lead     on     softly,

according as the cattle

that  goeth  before  me

and  the   children  be

able to endure, until I

come  unto my lord unto

Seir.

15  And Esau said,  Let

me now  leave with thee

some of  the folk  that

are  with  me.  And  he

said,  What needeth it?

let me  find  grace  in

the sight of my lord.

16   So  Esau  returned

that  day  on  his  way

unto Seir.

17  And Jacob journeyed

to  Succoth,  and built

him an house,  and made

booths  for his cattle:

therefore  the  name of

the  place  is   called

Succoth.

18  And  Jacob  came to

Shalem,   a   city   of

Shechem,  which  is  in

the  land  of   Canaan,

when   he   came   from

Padan-aram; and pitched

his  tent  before   the

city.

19   And  he  bought  a

parcel  of   a   field,

where he had spread his

tent,  at the  hand  of

the  children of Hamor,

Shechem's  father,  for

an  hundred  pieces  of

money.

20 And he erected there

an altar, and called it

El-elohe-Israel.



       Chapter 34



 1    And   Dinah   the

daughter of Leah, which

she  bare  unto  Jacob,

went  out  to  see  the

daughters of the land.

 2 And when Shechem the

son   of   Hamor    the

Hivite,  prince  of the

country,  saw  her,  he

took her,  and lay with

her, and defiled her.

 3  And  his soul clave

unto Dinah the daughter

of Jacob,  and he loved

the damsel,  and  spake

kindly unto the damsel.

 4  And  Shechem  spake

unto his father  Hamor,

saying,   Get  me  this

damsel to wife.

 5 And Jacob heard that

he  had  defiled  Dinah

his daughter:  now  his

sons   were   with  his

cattle  in  the  field:

and   Jacob   held  his

peace  until  they were

come.

 6 And Hamor the father

of  Shechem  went   out

unto  Jacob  to commune

with him.

 7   And  the  sons  of

Jacob came  out of  the

field  when  they heard

it:  and  the  men were

grieved,  and they were

very wroth,  because he

had  wrought  folly  in

Israel  in  lying  with

Jacob's daughter; which

thing ought  not  to be

done.

 8  And Hamor  communed

with them,  saying, The

soul  of my son Shechem

longeth    for     your

daughter:  I  pray  you

give her him to wife.

 9    And    make    ye

marriages with us,  and

give   your   daughters

unto us,  and  take our

daughters unto you.

10  And  ye shall dwell

with us:  and the  land

shall  be  before  you;

dwell   and   trade  ye

therein,  and  get  you

possessions therein.

11   And  Shechem  said

unto  her   father  and

unto her brethren,  Let

me  find grace in  your

eyes, and what ye shall

say  unto  me   I  will

give.

12 Ask me never so much

dowry and gift,  and  I

will give  according as

ye  shall  say unto me:

but  give me the damsel

to wife.

13   And  the  sons  of

Jacob answered  Shechem

and  Hamor  his  father

deceitfully,  and said,

because he had  defiled

Dinah their sister:

14  And they  said unto

them, We cannot do this

thing,   to   give  our

sister  to one  that is

uncircumcised; for that

were  a  reproach  unto

us:

15  But in this will we

consent unto you: If ye

will be as we be,  that

every male  of  you  be

circumcised;

16  Then  will we  give

our daughters unto you,

and we will  take  your

daughters to us, and we

will  dwell  with  you,

and we will  become one

people.

17  But  if ye will not

hearken unto us,  to be

circumcised;  then will

we  take  our daughter,

and we will be gone.

18   And   their  words

pleased   Hamor,    and

Shechem Hamor's son.

19  And  the  young man

deferred not to do  the

thing,  because he  had

delight    in   Jacob's

daughter:  and  he  was

more   honourable  than

all  the  house  of his

father.

20    And   Hamor   and

Shechem  his  son  came

unto the  gate of their

city, and communed with

the men of  their city,

saying,

21    These   men   are

peaceable    with   us;

therefore    let   them

dwell in the land,  and

trade therein;  for the

land,   behold,  it  is

large enough  for them;

let   us   take   their

daughters   to  us  for

wives,  and let us give

them our daughters.

22 Only herein will the

men consent unto us for

to dwell with us, to be

one  people,  if  every

male   among   us    be

circumcised,   as  they

are circumcised.

23   Shall   not  their

cattle     and    their

substance   and   every

beast   of   theirs  be

ours?   only   let   us

consent unto them,  and

they  will  dwell  with

us.

24  And  unto Hamor and

unto  Shechem  his  son

hearkened all that went

out of the gate of  his

city;  and  every  male

was  circumcised,   all

that  went  out of  the

gate of his city.

25  And it came to pass

on the third day,  when

they  were  sore,  that

two  of  the   sons  of

Jacob, Simeon and Levi,

Dinah's brethren,  took

each man his sword, and

came   upon  the   city

boldly,  and  slew  all

the males.

26  And they slew Hamor

and   Shechem  his  son

with  the  edge of  the

sword,  and  took Dinah

out of Shechem's house,

and went out.

27  The  sons  of Jacob

came  upon  the  slain,

and spoiled  the  city,

because    they     had

defiled their sister.

28   They  took   their

sheep,  and their oxen,

and  their  asses,  and

that  which was in  the

city,  and  that  which

was in the field,

29    And   all   their

wealth,  and  all their

little ones,  and their

wives     took     they

captive,   and  spoiled

even  all  that was  in

the house.

30  And Jacob  said  to

Simeon  and  Levi,   Ye

have  troubled  me   to

make me to stink  among

the  inhabitants of the

land,     among     the

Canaanites   and    the

Perizzites: and I being

few  in  number,   they

shall gather themselves

together   against  me,

and  slay  me;   and  I

shall  be destroyed,  I

and my house.

31   And   they   said,

Should he deal with our

sister   as   with   an

harlot?



       Chapter 35



 1  And God  said  unto

Jacob,  Arise, go up to

Bethel,    and    dwell

there:  and  make there

an altar unto God, that

appeared unto thee when

thou  fleddest from the

face   of   Esau    thy

brother.

 2 Then Jacob said unto

his  household,  and to

all that were with him,

Put  away  the  strange

gods   that  are  among

you,  and be clean, and

change your garments:

 3  And  let  us arise,

and  go  up  to Bethel;

and  I will make  there

an altar unto God,  who

answered me in the  day

of my distress, and was

with  me  in  the   way

which I went.

 4  And  they gave unto

Jacob  all the  strange

gods  which   were   in

their  hand,   and  all

their  earrings   which

were in their ears; and

Jacob  hid  them  under

the oak  which  was  by

Shechem.

 5  And they journeyed:

and the terror  of  God

was   upon  the  cities

that  were round  about

them,  and they did not

pursue  after  the sons

of Jacob.

 6  So  Jacob  came  to

Luz,  which  is in  the

land  of  Canaan,  that

is,  Bethel, he and all

the  people  that  were

with him.

 7  And he built  there

an  altar,  and  called

the   place   Elbethel:

because    there    God

appeared unto him, when

he fled  from  the face

of his brother.

 8      But     Deborah

Rebekah's  nurse  died,

and   she  was   buried

beneath Bethel under an

oak: and the name of it

was              called

Allonbachuth.

 9   And  God  appeared

unto Jacob again,  when

he    came    out    of

Padan-aram, and blessed

him.

10  And  God  said unto

him, Thy name is Jacob:

thy name  shall  not be

called any  more Jacob,

but Israel shall be thy

name: and he called his

name Israel.

11  And  God  said unto

him, I am God Almighty:

be     fruitful     and

multiply;  a nation and

a  company  of  nations

shall  be of thee,  and

kings shall come out of

thy loins;

12 And the land which I

gave Abraham and Isaac,

to thee I will give it,

and  to thy  seed after

thee  will  I give  the

land.

13 And God went up from

him  in the place where

he talked with him.

14  And Jacob set up  a

pillar  in   the  place

where  he  talked  with

him,  even a pillar  of

stone:  and he poured a

drink offering thereon,

and   he   poured   oil

thereon.

15 And Jacob called the

name of the place where

God  spake   with  him,

Bethel.

16  And they  journeyed

from Bethel;  and there

was but a little way to

come  to  Ephrath:  and

Rachel  travailed,  and

she had hard labour.

17 And it came to pass,

when she  was  in  hard

labour,     that    the

midwife said unto  her,

Fear  not;  thou  shalt

have this son also.

18 And it came to pass,

as  her   soul  was  in

departing,   (for   she

died)  that she  called

his  name  Benoni:  but

his father  called  him

Benjamin.

19 And Rachel died, and

was  buried in  the way

to  Ephrath,  which  is

Bethlehem.

20   And  Jacob  set  a

pillar upon  her grave:

that is the  pillar  of

Rachel's   grave   unto

this day.

21      And      Israel

journeyed,  and  spread

his  tent  beyond   the

tower of Edar.

22 And it came to pass,

when  Israel  dwelt  in

that land,  that Reuben

went   and   lay   with

Bilhah   his   father's

concubine:  and  Israel

heard it.  Now the sons

of Jacob were twelve:

23  The  sons  of Leah;

Reuben,         Jacob's

firstborn,  and Simeon,

and  Levi,  and  Judah,

and    Issachar,    and

Zebulun:

24  The sons of Rachel;

Joseph, and Benjamin:

25   And  the  sons  of

Bilhah,        Rachel's

handmaid;    Dan,   and

Naphtali:

26   And  the  sons  of

Zilpah,          Leah's

handmaid;    Gad,   and

Asher:  these  are  the

sons  of  Jacob,  which

were  born  to  him  in

Padan-aram.

27  And Jacob came unto

Isaac his  father  unto

Mamre, unto the city of

Arbah, which is Hebron,

where Abraham and Isaac

sojourned.

28   And  the  days  of

Isaac  were  an hundred

and fourscore years.

29  And  Isaac  gave up

the  ghost,  and  died,

and  was gathered  unto

his people,  being  old

and  full of days:  and

his sons Esau and Jacob

buried him.



       Chapter 36



 1  Now  these  are the

generations  of   Esau,

who is Edom.

 2  Esau took his wives

of  the   daughters  of

Canaan;     Adah    the

daughter  of  Elon  the

Hittite, and Aholibamah

the  daughter  of  Anah

the  daughter of Zibeon

the Hivite;

 3     And    Bashemath

Ishmael's     daughter,

sister of Nebajoth.

 4  And  Adah  bare  to

Esau    Eliphaz;    and

Bashemath bare Reuel;

 5  And Aholibamah bare

Jeush,  and Jaalam, and

Korah:  these  are  the

sons  of  Esau,   which

were  born unto  him in

the land of Canaan.

 6  And Esau  took  his

wives,  and  his  sons,

and his daughters,  and

all the persons  of his

house,  and his cattle,

and all his beasts, and

all    his   substance,

which he had got in the

land  of  Canaan;   and

went  into the  country

from the  face  of  his

brother Jacob.

 7   For  their  riches

were  more  than   that

they    might     dwell

together;  and the land

wherein    they    were

strangers   could   not

bear  them  because  of

their cattle.

 8  Thus  dwelt Esau in

mount  Seir:   Esau  is

Edom.

 9  And these  are  the

generations of Esau the

father of  the Edomites

in mount Seir:

10  These are the names

of Esau's sons; Eliphaz

the  son  of  Adah  the

wife of Esau, Reuel the

son  of  Bashemath  the

wife of Esau.

11   And  the  sons  of

Eliphaz   were   Teman,

Omar, Zepho, and Gatam,

and Kenaz.

12    And   Timna   was

concubine   to  Eliphaz

Esau's  son;   and  she

bare to Eliphaz Amalek:

these were  the sons of

Adah Esau's wife.

13  And these  are  the

sons of Reuel;  Nahath,

and Zerah, Shammah, and

Mizzah:  these were the

sons    of    Bashemath

Esau's wife.

14  And  these were the

sons of Aholibamah, the

daughter  of  Anah  the

daughter   of   Zibeon,

Esau's  wife:  and  she

bare to Esau Jeush, and

Jaalam, and Korah.

15  These were dukes of

the  sons of Esau:  the

sons  of   Eliphaz  the

firstborn son  of Esau;

duke Teman,  duke Omar,

duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,

16   Duke  Korah,  duke

Gatam, and duke Amalek:

these  are  the   dukes

that came of Eliphaz in

the land of Edom; these

were the sons of Adah.

17  And  these  are the

sons  of  Reuel  Esau's

son;  duke Nahath, duke

Zerah,   duke  Shammah,

duke Mizzah:  these are

the  dukes that came of

Reuel in  the  land  of

Edom;   these  are  the

sons    of    Bashemath

Esau's wife.

18  And  these are  the

sons   of    Aholibamah

Esau's    wife;    duke

Jeush,   duke   Jaalam,

duke Korah:  these were

the dukes that  came of

Aholibamah the daughter

of Anah, Esau's wife.

19  These are the  sons

of Esau,  who  is Edom,

and  these   are  their

dukes.

20  These are the  sons

of Seir the Horite, who

inhabited   the   land;

Lotan,  and Shobal, and

Zibeon, and Anah,

21   And  Dishon,   and

Ezer, and Dishan: these

are  the  dukes of  the

Horites,  the  children

of Seir in  the land of

Edom.

22  And the children of

Lotan  were  Hori   and

Hemam;    and   Lotan's

sister was Timna.

23  And the children of

Shobal   were    these;

Alvan,   and  Manahath,

and Ebal,  Shepho,  and

Onam.

24  And these  are  the

children   of   Zibeon;

both  Ajah,  and  Anah:

this was that Anah that

found  the mules in the

wilderness,  as  he fed

the asses of Zibeon his

father.

25  And the children of

Anah     were    these;

Dishon,  and Aholibamah

the daughter of Anah.

26  And  these  are the

children   of   Dishon;

Hemdan, and Eshban, and

Ithran, and Cheran.

27 The children of Ezer

are these;  Bilhan, and

Zaavan, and Akan.

28   The   children  of

Dishan  are these;  Uz,

and Aran.

29  These are the dukes

that   came    of   the

Horites;   duke  Lotan,

duke    Shobal,    duke

Zibeon, duke Anah,

30  Duke  Dishon,  duke

Ezer,    duke   Dishan:

these  are   the  dukes

that   came  of   Hori,

among  their  dukes  in

the land of Seir.

31  And  these  are the

kings  that reigned  in

the   land   of   Edom,

before   there  reigned

any   king   over   the

children of Israel.

32  And Bela the son of

Beor reigned  in  Edom:

and  the  name  of  his

city was Dinhabah.

33  And Bela died,  and

Jobab  the son of Zerah

of  Bozrah  reigned  in

his stead.

34  And Jobab died, and

Husham  of the  land of

Temani  reigned  in his

stead.

35 And Husham died, and

Hadad the son of Bedad,

who smote Midian in the

field of Moab,  reigned

in  his stead:  and the

name of  his  city  was

Avith.

36  And Hadad died, and

Samlah   of    Masrekah

reigned in his stead.

37 And Samlah died, and

Saul of Rehoboth by the

river  reigned  in  his

stead.

38  And Saul died,  and

Baalhanan  the  son  of

Achbor  reigned in  his

stead.

39  And  Baalhanan  the

son of Achbor died, and

Hadar  reigned  in  his

stead:  and the name of

his city was  Pau;  and

his   wife's  name  was

Mehetabel, the daughter

of Matred, the daughter

of Mezahab.

40  And  these are  the

names of the dukes that

came of Esau, according

to    their   families,

after their places,  by

their    names;    duke

Timnah,   duke   Alvah,

duke Jetheth,

41   Duke   Aholibamah,

duke Elah, duke Pinon,

42   Duke  Kenaz,  duke

Teman, duke Mibzar,

43  Duke Magdiel,  duke

Iram:   these   be  the

dukes     of      Edom,

according    to   their

habitations in the land

of their possession: he

is  Esau the  father of

the Edomites.