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And the Spirit of God moved upon<br> + the face of the waters.</p> + +<p>01:001:003 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.</p> + +<p>01:001:004 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the<br> + light from the darkness.</p> + +<p>01:001:005 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called<br> + Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.</p> + +<p>01:001:006 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the<br> + waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.</p> + +<p>01:001:007 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were<br> + under the firmament from the waters which were above the<br> + firmament: and it was so.</p> + +<p>01:001:008 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the<br> + morning were the second day.</p> + +<p>01:001:009 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered<br> + together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it<br> + was so.</p> + +<p>01:001:010 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together<br> + of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.</p> + +<p>01:001:011 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb<br> + yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his<br> + kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.</p> + +<p>01:001:012 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed<br> + after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in<br> + itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.</p> + +<p>01:001:013 And the evening and the morning were the third day.</p> + +<p>01:001:014 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the<br> + heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for<br> + signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:</p> + +<p>01:001:015 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to<br> + give light upon the earth: and it was so.</p> + +<p>01:001:016 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the<br> + day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars<br> + also.</p> + +<p>01:001:017 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light<br> + upon the earth,</p> + +<p>01:001:018 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the<br> + light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.</p> + +<p>01:001:019 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.</p> + +<p>01:001:020 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving<br> + creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth<br> + in the open firmament of heaven.</p> + +<p>01:001:021 And God created great whales, and every living creature that<br> + moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their<br> + kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that<br> + it was good.</p> + +<p>01:001:022 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and<br> + fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the<br> + earth.</p> + +<p>01:001:023 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.</p> + +<p>01:001:024 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature<br> + after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the<br> + earth after his kind: and it was so.</p> + +<p>01:001:025 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle<br> + after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth<br> + after his kind: and God saw that it was good.</p> + +<p>01:001:026 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our<br> + likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,<br> + and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over<br> + all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth<br> + upon the earth.</p> + +<p>01:001:027 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God<br> + created he him; male and female created he them.</p> + +<p>01:001:028 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and<br> + multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have<br> + dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the<br> + air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.</p> + +<p>01:001:029 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing<br> + seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree,<br> + in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it<br> + shall be for meat.</p> + +<p>01:001:030 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air,<br> + and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there<br> + is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was<br> + so.</p> + +<p>01:001:031 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was<br> + very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.</p> + +<p>01:002:001 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host<br> + of them.</p> + +<p>01:002:002 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made;<br> + and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he<br> + had made.</p> + +<p>01:002:003 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because<br> + that in it he had rested from all his work which God created<br> + and made.</p> + +<p>01:002:004 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when<br> + they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth<br> + and the heavens,</p> + +<p>01:002:005 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and<br> + every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had<br> + not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man<br> + to till the ground.</p> + +<p>01:002:006 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole<br> + face of the ground.</p> + +<p>01:002:007 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and<br> + breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became<br> + a living soul.</p> + +<p>01:002:008 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there<br> + he put the man whom he had formed.</p> + +<p>01:002:009 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree<br> + that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of<br> + life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of<br> + knowledge of good and evil.</p> + +<p>01:002:010 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from<br> + thence it was parted, and became into four heads.</p> + +<p>01:002:011 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth<br> + the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;</p> + +<p>01:002:012 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the<br> + onyx stone.</p> + +<p>01:002:013 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that<br> + compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.</p> + +<p>01:002:014 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which<br> + goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is<br> + Euphrates.</p> + +<p>01:002:015 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of<br> + Eden to dress it and to keep it.</p> + +<p>01:002:016 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of<br> + the garden thou mayest freely eat:</p> + +<p>01:002:017 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt<br> + not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou<br> + shalt surely die.</p> + +<p>01:002:018 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be<br> + alone; I will make him an help meet for him.</p> + +<p>01:002:019 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the<br> + field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam<br> + to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called<br> + every living creature, that was the name thereof.</p> + +<p>01:002:020 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air,<br> + and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not<br> + found an help meet for him.</p> + +<p>01:002:021 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he<br> + slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh<br> + instead thereof;</p> + +<p>01:002:022 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a<br> + woman, and brought her unto the man.</p> + +<p>01:002:023 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my<br> + flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of<br> + Man.</p> + +<p>01:002:024 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and<br> + shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.</p> + +<p>01:002:025 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not<br> + ashamed.</p> + +<p>01:003:001 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field<br> + which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea,<br> + hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?</p> + +<p>01:003:002 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit<br> + of the trees of the garden:</p> + +<p>01:003:003 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the<br> + garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall<br> + ye touch it, lest ye die.</p> + +<p>01:003:004 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:</p> + +<p>01:003:005 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your<br> + eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good<br> + and evil.</p> + +<p>01:003:006 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and<br> + that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to<br> + make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and<br> + gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.</p> + +<p>01:003:007 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they<br> + were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made<br> + themselves aprons.</p> + +<p>01:003:008 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden<br> + in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves<br> + from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the<br> + garden.</p> + +<p>01:003:009 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where<br> + art thou?</p> + +<p>01:003:010 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was<br> + afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.</p> + +<p>01:003:011 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou<br> + eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou<br> + shouldest not eat?</p> + +<p>01:003:012 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me,<br> + she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.</p> + +<p>01:003:013 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou<br> + hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I<br> + did eat.</p> + +<p>01:003:014 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done<br> + this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast<br> + of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt<br> + thou eat all the days of thy life:</p> + +<p>01:003:015 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between<br> + thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou<br> + shalt bruise his heel.</p> + +<p>01:003:016 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and<br> + thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and<br> + thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over<br> + thee.</p> + +<p>01:003:017 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the<br> + voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I<br> + commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is<br> + the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all<br> + the days of thy life;</p> + +<p>01:003:018 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and<br> + thou shalt eat the herb of the field;</p> + +<p>01:003:019 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou<br> + return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for<br> + dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.</p> + +<p>01:003:020 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the<br> + mother of all living.</p> + +<p>01:003:021 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of<br> + skins, and clothed them.</p> + +<p>01:003:022 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us,<br> + to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand,<br> + and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:</p> + +<p>01:003:023 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden,<br> + to till the ground from whence he was taken.</p> + +<p>01:003:024 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the<br> + garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned<br> + every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.</p> + +<p>01:004:001 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain,<br> + and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.</p> + +<p>01:004:002 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of<br> + sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.</p> + +<p>01:004:003 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of<br> + the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.</p> + +<p>01:004:004 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and<br> + of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to<br> + his offering:</p> + +<p>01:004:005 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain<br> + was very wroth, and his countenance fell.</p> + +<p>01:004:006 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is<br> + thy countenance fallen?</p> + +<p>01:004:007 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou<br> + doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be<br> + his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.</p> + +<p>01:004:008 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass,<br> + when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel<br> + his brother, and slew him.</p> + +<p>01:004:009 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he<br> + said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?</p> + +<p>01:004:010 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's<br> + blood crieth unto me from the ground.</p> + +<p>01:004:011 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her<br> + mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;</p> + +<p>01:004:012 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield<br> + unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou<br> + be in the earth.</p> + +<p>01:004:013 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I<br> + can bear.</p> + +<p>01:004:014 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the<br> + earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a<br> + fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to<br> + pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.</p> + +<p>01:004:015 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain,<br> + vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a<br> + mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.</p> + +<p>01:004:016 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in<br> + the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.</p> + +<p>01:004:017 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and<br> + he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the<br> + name of his son, Enoch.</p> + +<p>01:004:018 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and<br> + Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.</p> + +<p>01:004:019 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was<br> + Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.</p> + +<p>01:004:020 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in<br> + tents, and of such as have cattle.</p> + +<p>01:004:021 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all<br> + such as handle the harp and organ.</p> + +<p>01:004:022 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructor of every<br> + artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was<br> + Naamah.</p> + +<p>01:004:023 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my<br> + voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have<br> + slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.</p> + +<p>01:004:024 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and<br> + sevenfold.</p> + +<p>01:004:025 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called<br> + his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another<br> + seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.</p> + +<p>01:004:026 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called<br> + his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the<br> + LORD.</p> + +<p>01:005:001 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that<br> + God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;</p> + +<p>01:005:002 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called<br> + their name Adam, in the day when they were created.</p> + +<p>01:005:003 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in<br> + his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name<br> + Seth:</p> + +<p>01:005:004 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight<br> + hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:</p> + +<p>01:005:005 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty<br> + years: and he died.</p> + +<p>01:005:006 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:</p> + +<p>01:005:007 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven<br> + years, and begat sons and daughters:</p> + +<p>01:005:008 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years:<br> + and he died.</p> + +<p>01:005:009 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:</p> + +<p>01:005:010 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen<br> + years, and begat sons and daughters:</p> + +<p>01:005:011 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and<br> + he died.</p> + +<p>01:005:012 And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel:</p> + +<p>01:005:013 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and<br> + forty years, and begat sons and daughters:</p> + +<p>01:005:014 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years:<br> + and he died.</p> + +<p>01:005:015 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:</p> + +<p>01:005:016 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and<br> + thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:</p> + +<p>01:005:017 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and<br> + five years: and he died.</p> + +<p>01:005:018 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat<br> + Enoch:</p> + +<p>01:005:019 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and<br> + begat sons and daughters:</p> + +<p>01:005:020 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two<br> + years: and he died.</p> + +<p>01:005:021 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:</p> + +<p>01:005:022 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three<br> + hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:</p> + +<p>01:005:023 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five<br> + years:</p> + +<p>01:005:024 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.</p> + +<p>01:005:025 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and<br> + begat Lamech.</p> + +<p>01:005:026 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred<br> + eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:</p> + +<p>01:005:027 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and<br> + nine years: and he died.</p> + +<p>01:005:028 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a<br> + son:</p> + +<p>01:005:029 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort<br> + us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the<br> + ground which the LORD hath cursed.</p> + +<p>01:005:030 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and<br> + five years, and begat sons and daughters:</p> + +<p>01:005:031 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and<br> + seven years: and he died.</p> + +<p>01:005:032 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham,<br> + and Japheth.</p> + +<p>01:006:001 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of<br> + the earth, and daughters were born unto them,</p> + +<p>01:006:002 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were<br> + fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.</p> + +<p>01:006:003 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man,<br> + for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred<br> + and twenty years.</p> + +<p>01:006:004 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after<br> + that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men,<br> + and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men<br> + which were of old, men of renown.</p> + +<p>01:006:005 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth,<br> + and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was<br> + only evil continually.</p> + +<p>01:006:006 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth,<br> + and it grieved him at his heart.</p> + +<p>01:006:007 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from<br> + the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping<br> + thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I<br> + have made them.</p> + +<p>01:006:008 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.</p> + +<p>01:006:009 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and<br> + perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.</p> + +<p>01:006:010 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.</p> + +<p>01:006:011 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was<br> + filled with violence.</p> + +<p>01:006:012 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt;<br> + for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.</p> + +<p>01:006:013 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before<br> + me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and,<br> + behold, I will destroy them with the earth.</p> + +<p>01:006:014 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the<br> + ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.</p> + +<p>01:006:015 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The<br> + length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth<br> + of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.</p> + +<p>01:006:016 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou<br> + finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the<br> + side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou<br> + make it.</p> + +<p>01:006:017 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the<br> + earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life,<br> + from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall<br> + die.</p> + +<p>01:006:018 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt<br> + come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy<br> + sons' wives with thee.</p> + +<p>01:006:019 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort<br> + shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee;<br> + they shall be male and female.</p> + +<p>01:006:020 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of<br> + every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every<br> + sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.</p> + +<p>01:006:021 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou<br> + shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee,<br> + and for them.</p> + +<p>01:006:022 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did<br> + he.</p> + +<p>01:007:001 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into<br> + the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this<br> + generation.</p> + +<p>01:007:002 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the<br> + male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two,<br> + the male and his female.</p> + +<p>01:007:003 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female;<br> + to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.</p> + +<p>01:007:004 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth<br> + forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I<br> + have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.</p> + +<p>01:007:005 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.</p> + +<p>01:007:006 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters<br> + was upon the earth.</p> + +<p>01:007:007 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons'<br> + wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the<br> + flood.</p> + +<p>01:007:008 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of<br> + fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,</p> + +<p>01:007:009 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and<br> + the female, as God had commanded Noah.</p> + +<p>01:007:010 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the<br> + flood were upon the earth.</p> + +<p>01:007:011 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month,<br> + the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the<br> + fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of<br> + heaven were opened.</p> + +<p>01:007:012 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.</p> + +<p>01:007:013 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and<br> + Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three<br> + wives of his sons with them, into the ark;</p> + +<p>01:007:014 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after<br> + their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the<br> + earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every<br> + bird of every sort.</p> + +<p>01:007:015 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all<br> + flesh, wherein is the breath of life.</p> + +<p>01:007:016 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh,<br> + as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.</p> + +<p>01:007:017 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters<br> + increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the<br> + earth.</p> + +<p>01:007:018 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the<br> + earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.</p> + +<p>01:007:019 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all<br> + the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were<br> + covered.</p> + +<p>01:007:020 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the<br> + mountains were covered.</p> + +<p>01:007:021 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl,<br> + and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that<br> + creepeth upon the earth, and every man:</p> + +<p>01:007:022 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was<br> + in the dry land, died.</p> + +<p>01:007:023 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the<br> + face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping<br> + things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed<br> + from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that<br> + were with him in the ark.</p> + +<p>01:007:024 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty<br> + days.</p> + +<p>01:008:001 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the<br> + cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to<br> + pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;</p> + +<p>01:008:002 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were<br> + stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;</p> + +<p>01:008:003 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and<br> + after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were<br> + abated.</p> + +<p>01:008:004 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth<br> + day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.</p> + +<p>01:008:005 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in<br> + the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops<br> + of the mountains seen.</p> + +<p>01:008:006 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened<br> + the window of the ark which he had made:</p> + +<p>01:008:007 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until<br> + the waters were dried up from off the earth.</p> + +<p>01:008:008 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were<br> + abated from off the face of the ground;</p> + +<p>01:008:009 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she<br> + returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the<br> + face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took<br> + her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.</p> + +<p>01:008:010 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth<br> + the dove out of the ark;</p> + +<p>01:008:011 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her<br> + mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the<br> + waters were abated from off the earth.</p> + +<p>01:008:012 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove;<br> + which returned not again unto him any more.</p> + +<p>01:008:013 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in<br> + the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were<br> + dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of<br> + the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was<br> + dry.</p> + +<p>01:008:014 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the<br> + month, was the earth dried.</p> + +<p>01:008:015 And God spake unto Noah, saying,</p> + +<p>01:008:016 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy<br> + sons' wives with thee.</p> + +<p>01:008:017 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of<br> + all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping<br> + thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed<br> + abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon<br> + the earth.</p> + +<p>01:008:018 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons'<br> + wives with him:</p> + +<p>01:008:019 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and<br> + whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went<br> + forth out of the ark.</p> + +<p>01:008:020 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every<br> + clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt<br> + offerings on the altar.</p> + +<p>01:008:021 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his<br> + heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's<br> + sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his<br> + youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living,<br> + as I have done.</p> + +<p>01:008:022 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and<br> + heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not<br> + cease.</p> + +<p>01:009:001 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be<br> + fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.</p> + +<p>01:009:002 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every<br> + beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all<br> + that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the<br> + sea; into your hand are they delivered.</p> + +<p>01:009:003 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as<br> + the green herb have I given you all things.</p> + +<p>01:009:004 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof,<br> + shall ye not eat.</p> + +<p>01:009:005 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the<br> + hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man;<br> + at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of<br> + man.</p> + +<p>01:009:006 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed:<br> + for in the image of God made he man.</p> + +<p>01:009:007 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly<br> + in the earth, and multiply therein.</p> + +<p>01:009:008 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,</p> + +<p>01:009:009 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your<br> + seed after you;</p> + +<p>01:009:010 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl,<br> + of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from<br> + all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.</p> + +<p>01:009:011 And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all<br> + flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither<br> + shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.</p> + +<p>01:009:012 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make<br> + between me and you and every living creature that is with you,<br> + for perpetual generations:</p> + +<p>01:009:013 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a<br> + covenant between me and the earth.</p> + +<p>01:009:014 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the<br> + earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:</p> + +<p>01:009:015 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you<br> + and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall<br> + no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.</p> + +<p>01:009:016 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it,<br> + that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and<br> + every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.</p> + +<p>01:009:017 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant,<br> + which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon<br> + the earth.</p> + +<p>01:009:018 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem,<br> + and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.</p> + +<p>01:009:019 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole<br> + earth overspread.</p> + +<p>01:009:020 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:</p> + +<p>01:009:021 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was<br> + uncovered within his tent.</p> + +<p>01:009:022 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his<br> + father, and told his two brethren without.</p> + +<p>01:009:023 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both<br> + their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness<br> + of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw<br> + not their father's nakedness.</p> + +<p>01:009:024 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son<br> + had done unto him.</p> + +<p>01:009:025 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he<br> + be unto his brethren.</p> + +<p>01:009:026 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall<br> + be his servant.</p> + +<p>01:009:027 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of<br> + Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.</p> + +<p>01:009:028 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.</p> + +<p>01:009:029 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years:<br> + and he died.</p> + +<p>01:010:001 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham,<br> + and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.</p> + +<p>01:010:002 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan,<br> + and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.</p> + +<p>01:010:003 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.</p> + +<p>01:010:004 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and<br> + Dodanim.</p> + +<p>01:010:005 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their<br> + lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in<br> + their nations.</p> + +<p>01:010:006 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.</p> + +<p>01:010:007 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and<br> + Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and<br> + Dedan.</p> + +<p>01:010:008 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the<br> + earth.</p> + +<p>01:010:009 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said,<br> + Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.</p> + +<p>01:010:010 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and<br> + Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.</p> + +<p>01:010:011 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and<br> + the city Rehoboth, and Calah,</p> + +<p>01:010:012 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.</p> + +<p>01:010:013 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and<br> + Naphtuhim,</p> + +<p>01:010:014 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and<br> + Caphtorim.</p> + +<p>01:010:015 And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth,</p> + +<p>01:010:016 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,</p> + +<p>01:010:017 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,</p> + +<p>01:010:018 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and<br> + afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.</p> + +<p>01:010:019 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou<br> + comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and<br> + Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.</p> + +<p>01:010:020 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their<br> + tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.</p> + +<p>01:010:021 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the<br> + brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.</p> + +<p>01:010:022 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud,<br> + and Aram.</p> + +<p>01:010:023 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.</p> + +<p>01:010:024 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.</p> + +<p>01:010:025 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg;<br> + for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name<br> + was Joktan.</p> + +<p>01:010:026 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and<br> + Jerah,</p> + +<p>01:010:027 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,</p> + +<p>01:010:028 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,</p> + +<p>01:010:029 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of<br> + Joktan.</p> + +<p>01:010:030 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a<br> + mount of the east.</p> + +<p>01:010:031 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their<br> + tongues, in their lands, after their nations.</p> + +<p>01:010:032 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their<br> + generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations<br> + divided in the earth after the flood.</p> + +<p>01:011:001 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.</p> + +<p>01:011:002 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that<br> + they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt<br> + there.</p> + +<p>01:011:003 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and<br> + burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime<br> + had they for morter.</p> + +<p>01:011:004 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower,<br> + whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name,<br> + lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.</p> + +<p>01:011:005 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which<br> + the children of men builded.</p> + +<p>01:011:006 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have<br> + all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing<br> + will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.</p> + +<p>01:011:007 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that<br> + they may not understand one another's speech.</p> + +<p>01:011:008 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of<br> + all the earth: and they left off to build the city.</p> + +<p>01:011:009 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did<br> + there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence<br> + did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the<br> + earth.</p> + +<p>01:011:010 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years<br> + old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:</p> + +<p>01:011:011 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and<br> + begat sons and daughters.</p> + +<p>01:011:012 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:</p> + +<p>01:011:013 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three<br> + years, and begat sons and daughters.</p> + +<p>01:011:014 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:</p> + +<p>01:011:015 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three<br> + years, and begat sons and daughters.</p> + +<p>01:011:016 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:</p> + +<p>01:011:017 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty<br> + years, and begat sons and daughters.</p> + +<p>01:011:018 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:</p> + +<p>01:011:019 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years,<br> + and begat sons and daughters.</p> + +<p>01:011:020 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:</p> + +<p>01:011:021 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven<br> + years, and begat sons and daughters.</p> + +<p>01:011:022 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:</p> + +<p>01:011:023 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and<br> + begat sons and daughters.</p> + +<p>01:011:024 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:</p> + +<p>01:011:025 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen<br> + years, and begat sons and daughters.</p> + +<p>01:011:026 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and<br> + Haran.</p> + +<p>01:011:027 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram,<br> + Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.</p> + +<p>01:011:028 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his<br> + nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.</p> + +<p>01:011:029 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife<br> + was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter<br> + of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.</p> + +<p>01:011:030 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.</p> + +<p>01:011:031 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his<br> + son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's<br> + wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees,<br> + to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and<br> + dwelt there.</p> + +<p>01:011:032 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and<br> + Terah died in Haran.</p> + +<p>01:012:001 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country,<br> + and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land<br> + that I will shew thee:</p> + +<p>01:012:002 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee,<br> + and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:</p> + +<p>01:012:003 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that<br> + curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be<br> + blessed.</p> + +<p>01:012:004 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot<br> + went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when<br> + he departed out of Haran.</p> + +<p>01:012:005 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and<br> + all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that<br> + they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the<br> + land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.</p> + +<p>01:012:006 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem,<br> + unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the<br> + land.</p> + +<p>01:012:007 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will<br> + I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD,<br> + who appeared unto him.</p> + +<p>01:012:008 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of<br> + Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and<br> + Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD,<br> + and called upon the name of the LORD.</p> + +<p>01:012:009 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.</p> + +<p>01:012:010 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into<br> + Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the<br> + land.</p> + +<p>01:012:011 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into<br> + Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know<br> + that thou art a fair woman to look upon:</p> + +<p>01:012:012 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see<br> + thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will<br> + kill me, but they will save thee alive.</p> + +<p>01:012:013 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with<br> + me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.</p> + +<p>01:012:014 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the<br> + Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.</p> + +<p>01:012:015 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before<br> + Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.</p> + +<p>01:012:016 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep,<br> + and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and<br> + she asses, and camels.</p> + +<p>01:012:017 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues<br> + because of Sarai Abram's wife.</p> + +<p>01:012:018 And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that thou hast<br> + done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy<br> + wife?</p> + +<p>01:012:019 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her<br> + to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go<br> + thy way.</p> + +<p>01:012:020 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent<br> + him away, and his wife, and all that he had.</p> + +<p>01:013:001 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that<br> + he had, and Lot with him, into the south.</p> + +<p>01:013:002 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.</p> + +<p>01:013:003 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel,<br> + unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning,<br> + between Bethel and Hai;</p> + +<p>01:013:004 Unto the place of the altar, which he had make there at the<br> + first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.</p> + +<p>01:013:005 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds,<br> + and tents.</p> + +<p>01:013:006 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell<br> + together: for their substance was great, so that they could<br> + not dwell together.</p> + +<p>01:013:007 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle<br> + and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the<br> + Perizzite dwelled then in the land.</p> + +<p>01:013:008 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee,<br> + between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen;<br> + for we be brethren.</p> + +<p>01:013:009 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray<br> + thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go<br> + to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will<br> + go to the left.</p> + +<p>01:013:010 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of<br> + Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD<br> + destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD,<br> + like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.</p> + +<p>01:013:011 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed<br> + east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.</p> + +<p>01:013:012 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the<br> + cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.</p> + +<p>01:013:013 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD<br> + exceedingly.</p> + +<p>01:013:014 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated<br> + from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place<br> + where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and<br> + westward:</p> + +<p>01:013:015 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and<br> + to thy seed for ever.</p> + +<p>01:013:016 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if<br> + a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed<br> + also be numbered.</p> + +<p>01:013:017 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the<br> + breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.</p> + +<p>01:013:018 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain<br> + of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto<br> + the LORD.</p> + +<p>01:014:001 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar,<br> + Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal<br> + king of nations;</p> + +<p>01:014:002 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha<br> + king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of<br> + Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.</p> + +<p>01:014:003 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is<br> + the salt sea.</p> + +<p>01:014:004 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth<br> + year they rebelled.</p> + +<p>01:014:005 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings<br> + that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth<br> + Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emins in Shaveh<br> + Kiriathaim,</p> + +<p>01:014:006 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by<br> + the wilderness.</p> + +<p>01:014:007 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and<br> + smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the<br> + Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.</p> + +<p>01:014:008 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of<br> + Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and<br> + the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle<br> + with them in the vale of Siddim;</p> + +<p>01:014:009 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of<br> + nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of<br> + Ellasar; four kings with five.</p> + +<p>01:014:010 And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of<br> + Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that<br> + remained fled to the mountain.</p> + +<p>01:014:011 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all<br> + their victuals, and went their way.</p> + +<p>01:014:012 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom,<br> + and his goods, and departed.</p> + +<p>01:014:013 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the<br> + Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite,<br> + brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were<br> + confederate with Abram.</p> + +<p>01:014:014 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he<br> + armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three<br> + hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.</p> + +<p>01:014:015 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by<br> + night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is<br> + on the left hand of Damascus.</p> + +<p>01:014:016 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his<br> + brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the<br> + people.</p> + +<p>01:014:017 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return<br> + from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were<br> + with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.</p> + +<p>01:014:018 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine:<br> + and he was the priest of the most high God.</p> + +<p>01:014:019 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most<br> + high God, possessor of heaven and earth:</p> + +<p>01:014:020 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine<br> + enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.</p> + +<p>01:014:021 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons,<br> + and take the goods to thyself.</p> + +<p>01:014:022 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand<br> + unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and<br> + earth,</p> + +<p>01:014:023 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and<br> + that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou<br> + shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:</p> + +<p>01:014:024 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion<br> + of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let<br> + them take their portion.</p> + +<p>01:015:001 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a<br> + vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy<br> + exceeding great reward.</p> + +<p>01:015:002 And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go<br> + childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of<br> + Damascus?</p> + +<p>01:015:003 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and,<br> + lo, one born in my house is mine heir.</p> + +<p>01:015:004 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This<br> + shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of<br> + thine own bowels shall be thine heir.</p> + +<p>01:015:005 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward<br> + heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them:<br> + and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.</p> + +<p>01:015:006 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for<br> + righteousness.</p> + +<p>01:015:007 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of<br> + Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.</p> + +<p>01:015:008 And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall<br> + inherit it?</p> + +<p>01:015:009 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old,<br> + and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years<br> + old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.</p> + +<p>01:015:010 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst,<br> + and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided<br> + he not.</p> + +<p>01:015:011 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove<br> + them away.</p> + +<p>01:015:012 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram;<br> + and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.</p> + +<p>01:015:013 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall<br> + be a stranger in a land that is not their's, and shall serve<br> + them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;</p> + +<p>01:015:014 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and<br> + afterward shall they come out with great substance.</p> + +<p>01:015:015 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be<br> + buried in a good old age.</p> + +<p>01:015:016 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for<br> + the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.</p> + +<p>01:015:017 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was<br> + dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed<br> + between those pieces.</p> + +<p>01:015:018 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying,<br> + Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt<br> + unto the great river, the river Euphrates:</p> + +<p>01:015:019 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,</p> + +<p>01:015:020 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,</p> + +<p>01:015:021 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and<br> + the Jebusites.</p> + +<p>01:016:001 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an<br> + handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.</p> + +<p>01:016:002 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath<br> + restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid;<br> + it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram<br> + hearkened to the voice of Sarai.</p> + +<p>01:016:003 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after<br> + Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her<br> + to her husband Abram to be his wife.</p> + +<p>01:016:004 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw<br> + that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.</p> + +<p>01:016:005 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given<br> + my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had<br> + conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between<br> + me and thee.</p> + +<p>01:016:006 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand;<br> + do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly<br> + with her, she fled from her face.</p> + +<p>01:016:007 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in<br> + the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.</p> + +<p>01:016:008 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and<br> + whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my<br> + mistress Sarai.</p> + +<p>01:016:009 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy<br> + mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.</p> + +<p>01:016:010 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy<br> + seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.</p> + +<p>01:016:011 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with<br> + child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;<br> + because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.</p> + +<p>01:016:012 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man,<br> + and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the<br> + presence of all his brethren.</p> + +<p>01:016:013 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou<br> + God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him<br> + that seeth me?</p> + +<p>01:016:014 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is<br> + between Kadesh and Bered.</p> + +<p>01:016:015 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name,<br> + which Hagar bare, Ishmael.</p> + +<p>01:016:016 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare<br> + Ishmael to Abram.</p> + +<p>01:017:001 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD<br> + appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God;<br> + walk before me, and be thou perfect.</p> + +<p>01:017:002 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will<br> + multiply thee exceedingly.</p> + +<p>01:017:003 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,</p> + +<p>01:017:004 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be<br> + a father of many nations.</p> + +<p>01:017:005 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name<br> + shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made<br> + thee.</p> + +<p>01:017:006 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make<br> + nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.</p> + +<p>01:017:007 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy<br> + seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting<br> + covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.</p> + +<p>01:017:008 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the<br> + land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for<br> + an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.</p> + +<p>01:017:009 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant<br> + therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.</p> + +<p>01:017:010 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you<br> + and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be<br> + circumcised.</p> + +<p>01:017:011 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it<br> + shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.</p> + +<p>01:017:012 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you,<br> + every man child in your generations, he that is born in the<br> + house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of<br> + thy seed.</p> + +<p>01:017:013 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy<br> + money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in<br> + your flesh for an everlasting covenant.</p> + +<p>01:017:014 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is<br> + not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people;<br> + he hath broken my covenant.</p> + +<p>01:017:015 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt<br> + not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.</p> + +<p>01:017:016 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I<br> + will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of<br> + people shall be of her.</p> + +<p>01:017:017 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his<br> + heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years<br> + old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?</p> + +<p>01:017:018 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before<br> + thee!</p> + +<p>01:017:019 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and<br> + thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my<br> + covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his<br> + seed after him.</p> + +<p>01:017:020 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed<br> + him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him<br> + exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make<br> + him a great nation.</p> + +<p>01:017:021 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall<br> + bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.</p> + +<p>01:017:022 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from<br> + Abraham.</p> + +<p>01:017:023 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in<br> + his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male<br> + among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of<br> + their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.</p> + +<p>01:017:024 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was<br> + circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.</p> + +<p>01:017:025 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was<br> + circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.</p> + +<p>01:017:026 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his<br> + son.</p> + +<p>01:017:027 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought<br> + with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.</p> + +<p>01:018:001 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he<br> + sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;</p> + +<p>01:018:002 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood<br> + by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the<br> + tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,</p> + +<p>01:018:003 And said, My LORD, if now I have found favour in thy sight,<br> + pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:</p> + +<p>01:018:004 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your<br> + feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:</p> + +<p>01:018:005 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your<br> + hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come<br> + to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.</p> + +<p>01:018:006 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make<br> + ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make<br> + cakes upon the hearth.</p> + +<p>01:018:007 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and<br> + good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.</p> + +<p>01:018:008 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had<br> + dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under<br> + the tree, and they did eat.</p> + +<p>01:018:009 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said,<br> + Behold, in the tent.</p> + +<p>01:018:010 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to<br> + the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son.<br> + And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.</p> + +<p>01:018:011 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and<br> + it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.</p> + +<p>01:018:012 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am<br> + waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?</p> + +<p>01:018:013 And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh,<br> + saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?</p> + +<p>01:018:014 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I<br> + will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and<br> + Sarah shall have a son.</p> + +<p>01:018:015 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid.<br> + And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.</p> + +<p>01:018:016 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and<br> + Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.</p> + +<p>01:018:017 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which<br> + I do;</p> + +<p>01:018:018 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty<br> + nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in<br> + him?</p> + +<p>01:018:019 For I know him, that he will command his children and his<br> + household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD,<br> + to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon<br> + Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.</p> + +<p>01:018:020 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is<br> + great, and because their sin is very grievous;</p> + +<p>01:018:021 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether<br> + according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not,<br> + I will know.</p> + +<p>01:018:022 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward<br> + Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.</p> + +<p>01:018:023 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the<br> + righteous with the wicked?</p> + +<p>01:018:024 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt<br> + thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty<br> + righteous that are therein?</p> + +<p>01:018:025 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the<br> + righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as<br> + the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all<br> + the earth do right?</p> + +<p>01:018:026 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within<br> + the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.</p> + +<p>01:018:027 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon<br> + me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:</p> + +<p>01:018:028 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous:<br> + wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said,<br> + If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.</p> + +<p>01:018:029 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there<br> + shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for<br> + forty's sake.</p> + +<p>01:018:030 And he said unto him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will<br> + speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he<br> + said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.</p> + +<p>01:018:031 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto<br> + the LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And<br> + he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.</p> + +<p>01:018:032 And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak<br> + yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And<br> + he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.</p> + +<p>01:018:033 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing<br> + with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.</p> + +<p>01:019:001 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the<br> + gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and<br> + he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;</p> + +<p>01:019:002 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into<br> + your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet,<br> + and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they<br> + said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.</p> + +<p>01:019:003 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him,<br> + and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did<br> + bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.</p> + +<p>01:019:004 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of<br> + Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the<br> + people from every quarter:</p> + +<p>01:019:005 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men<br> + which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that<br> + we may know them.</p> + +<p>01:019:006 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door<br> + after him,</p> + +<p>01:019:007 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.</p> + +<p>01:019:008 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let<br> + me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as<br> + is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for<br> + therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.</p> + +<p>01:019:009 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one<br> + fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now<br> + will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed<br> + sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.</p> + +<p>01:019:010 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the<br> + house to them, and shut to the door.</p> + +<p>01:019:011 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with<br> + blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied<br> + themselves to find the door.</p> + +<p>01:019:012 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in<br> + law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast<br> + in the city, bring them out of this place:</p> + +<p>01:019:013 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is<br> + waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath<br> + sent us to destroy it.</p> + +<p>01:019:014 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which<br> + married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this<br> + place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as<br> + one that mocked unto his sons in law.</p> + +<p>01:019:015 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot,<br> + saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are<br> + here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.</p> + +<p>01:019:016 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and<br> + upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two<br> + daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought<br> + him forth, and set him without the city.</p> + +<p>01:019:017 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad,<br> + that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee,<br> + neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain,<br> + lest thou be consumed.</p> + +<p>01:019:018 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my LORD:</p> + +<p>01:019:019 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and<br> + thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me<br> + in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest<br> + some evil take me, and I die:</p> + +<p>01:019:020 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little<br> + one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and<br> + my soul shall live.</p> + +<p>01:019:021 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning<br> + this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the<br> + which thou hast spoken.</p> + +<p>01:019:022 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou<br> + be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called<br> + Zoar.</p> + +<p>01:019:023 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.</p> + +<p>01:019:024 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone<br> + and fire from the LORD out of heaven;</p> + +<p>01:019:025 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the<br> + inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the<br> + ground.</p> + +<p>01:019:026 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a<br> + pillar of salt.</p> + +<p>01:019:027 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he<br> + stood before the LORD:</p> + +<p>01:019:028 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the<br> + land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the<br> + country went up as the smoke of a furnace.</p> + +<p>01:019:029 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the<br> + plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the<br> + midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the<br> + which Lot dwelt.</p> + +<p>01:019:030 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and<br> + his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar:<br> + and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.</p> + +<p>01:019:031 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old,<br> + and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after<br> + the manner of all the earth:</p> + +<p>01:019:032 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with<br> + him, that we may preserve seed of our father.</p> + +<p>01:019:033 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the<br> + firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived<br> + not when she lay down, nor when she arose.</p> + +<p>01:019:034 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said<br> + unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father:<br> + let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in,<br> + and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.</p> + +<p>01:019:035 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the<br> + younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she<br> + lay down, nor when she arose.</p> + +<p>01:019:036 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their<br> + father.</p> + +<p>01:019:037 And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the<br> + same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.</p> + +<p>01:019:038 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name<br> + Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto<br> + this day.</p> + +<p>01:020:001 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country,<br> + and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.</p> + +<p>01:020:002 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and<br> + Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.</p> + +<p>01:020:003 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to<br> + him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou<br> + hast taken; for she is a man's wife.</p> + +<p>01:020:004 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt<br> + thou slay also a righteous nation?</p> + +<p>01:020:005 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she<br> + herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart<br> + and innocency of my hands have I done this.</p> + +<p>01:020:006 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst<br> + this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee<br> + from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to<br> + touch her.</p> + +<p>01:020:007 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet,<br> + and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou<br> + restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou,<br> + and all that are thine.</p> + +<p>01:020:008 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all<br> + his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the<br> + men were sore afraid.</p> + +<p>01:020:009 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast<br> + thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou<br> + hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast<br> + done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.</p> + +<p>01:020:010 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou<br> + hast done this thing?</p> + +<p>01:020:011 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is<br> + not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.</p> + +<p>01:020:012 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my<br> + father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my<br> + wife.</p> + +<p>01:020:013 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my<br> + father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness<br> + which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall<br> + come, say of me, He is my brother.</p> + +<p>01:020:014 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and<br> + womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him<br> + Sarah his wife.</p> + +<p>01:020:015 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell<br> + where it pleaseth thee.</p> + +<p>01:020:016 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a<br> + thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of<br> + the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other:<br> + thus she was reproved.</p> + +<p>01:020:017 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his<br> + wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.</p> + +<p>01:020:018 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of<br> + Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.</p> + +<p>01:021:001 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did<br> + unto Sarah as he had spoken.</p> + +<p>01:021:002 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at<br> + the set time of which God had spoken to him.</p> + +<p>01:021:003 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him,<br> + whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.</p> + +<p>01:021:004 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as<br> + God had commanded him.</p> + +<p>01:021:005 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was<br> + born unto him.</p> + +<p>01:021:006 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that<br> + hear will laugh with me.</p> + +<p>01:021:007 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah<br> + should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in<br> + his old age.</p> + +<p>01:021:008 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great<br> + feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.</p> + +<p>01:021:009 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had<br> + born unto Abraham, mocking.</p> + +<p>01:021:010 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and<br> + her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with<br> + my son, even with Isaac.</p> + +<p>01:021:011 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of<br> + his son.</p> + +<p>01:021:012 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight<br> + because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that<br> + Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in<br> + Isaac shall thy seed be called.</p> + +<p>01:021:013 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation,<br> + because he is thy seed.</p> + +<p>01:021:014 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and<br> + a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her<br> + shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed,<br> + and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.</p> + +<p>01:021:015 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child<br> + under one of the shrubs.</p> + +<p>01:021:016 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way<br> + off, as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the<br> + death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up<br> + her voice, and wept.</p> + +<p>01:021:017 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God<br> + called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth<br> + thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad<br> + where he is.</p> + +<p>01:021:018 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will<br> + make him a great nation.</p> + +<p>01:021:019 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she<br> + went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad<br> + drink.</p> + +<p>01:021:020 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the<br> + wilderness, and became an archer.</p> + +<p>01:021:021 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took<br> + him a wife out of the land of Egypt.</p> + +<p>01:021:022 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol<br> + the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God<br> + is with thee in all that thou doest:</p> + +<p>01:021:023 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not<br> + deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son:<br> + but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou<br> + shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.</p> + +<p>01:021:024 And Abraham said, I will swear.</p> + +<p>01:021:025 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water,<br> + which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.</p> + +<p>01:021:026 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing;<br> + neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to<br> + day.</p> + +<p>01:021:027 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech;<br> + and both of them made a covenant.</p> + +<p>01:021:028 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.</p> + +<p>01:021:029 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe<br> + lambs which thou hast set by themselves?</p> + +<p>01:021:030 And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my<br> + hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged<br> + this well.</p> + +<p>01:021:031 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they<br> + sware both of them.</p> + +<p>01:021:032 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose<br> + up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they<br> + returned into the land of the Philistines.</p> + +<p>01:021:033 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on<br> + the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.</p> + +<p>01:021:034 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days.</p> + +<p>01:022:001 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt<br> + Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here<br> + I am.</p> + +<p>01:022:002 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou<br> + lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him<br> + there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I<br> + will tell thee of.</p> + +<p>01:022:003 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass,<br> + and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and<br> + clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went<br> + unto the place of which God had told him.</p> + +<p>01:022:004 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the<br> + place afar off.</p> + +<p>01:022:005 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the<br> + ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come<br> + again to you.</p> + +<p>01:022:006 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it<br> + upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a<br> + knife; and they went both of them together.</p> + +<p>01:022:007 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father:<br> + and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire<br> + and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?</p> + +<p>01:022:008 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for<br> + a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.</p> + +<p>01:022:009 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and<br> + Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and<br> + bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.</p> + +<p>01:022:010 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to<br> + slay his son.</p> + +<p>01:022:011 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and<br> + said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.</p> + +<p>01:022:012 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou<br> + any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God,<br> + seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.</p> + +<p>01:022:013 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind<br> + him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went<br> + and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in<br> + the stead of his son.</p> + +<p>01:022:014 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it<br> + is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be<br> + seen.</p> + +<p>01:022:015 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven<br> + the second time,</p> + +<p>01:022:016 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because<br> + thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son,<br> + thine only son:</p> + +<p>01:022:017 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will<br> + multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand<br> + which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the<br> + gate of his enemies;</p> + +<p>01:022:018 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;<br> + because thou hast obeyed my voice.</p> + +<p>01:022:019 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and<br> + went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.</p> + +<p>01:022:020 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told<br> + Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children<br> + unto thy brother Nahor;</p> + +<p>01:022:021 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father<br> + of Aram,</p> + +<p>01:022:022 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.</p> + +<p>01:022:023 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to<br> + Nahor, Abraham's brother.</p> + +<p>01:022:024 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah,<br> + and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.</p> + +<p>01:023:001 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these<br> + were the years of the life of Sarah.</p> + +<p>01:023:002 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land<br> + of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep<br> + for her.</p> + +<p>01:023:003 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the<br> + sons of Heth, saying,</p> + +<p>01:023:004 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession<br> + of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my<br> + sight.</p> + +<p>01:023:005 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,</p> + +<p>01:023:006 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the<br> + choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall<br> + withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury<br> + thy dead.</p> + +<p>01:023:007 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the<br> + land, even to the children of Heth.</p> + +<p>01:023:008 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I<br> + should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for<br> + me to Ephron the son of Zohar,</p> + +<p>01:023:009 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath,<br> + which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is<br> + worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace<br> + amongst you.</p> + +<p>01:023:010 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the<br> + Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of<br> + Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city,<br> + saying,</p> + +<p>01:023:011 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave<br> + that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons<br> + of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.</p> + +<p>01:023:012 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.</p> + +<p>01:023:013 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the<br> + land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me:<br> + I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I<br> + will bury my dead there.</p> + +<p>01:023:014 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,</p> + +<p>01:023:015 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred<br> + shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury<br> + therefore thy dead.</p> + +<p>01:023:016 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to<br> + Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the<br> + sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money<br> + with the merchant.</p> + +<p>01:023:017 And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was<br> + before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and<br> + all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the<br> + borders round about, were made sure</p> + +<p>01:023:018 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children<br> + of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.</p> + +<p>01:023:019 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of<br> + the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the<br> + land of Canaan.</p> + +<p>01:023:020 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure<br> + unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of<br> + Heth.</p> + +<p>01:024:001 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD<br> + had blessed Abraham in all things.</p> + +<p>01:024:002 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that<br> + ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under<br> + my thigh:</p> + +<p>01:024:003 And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and<br> + the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my<br> + son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:</p> + +<p>01:024:004 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take<br> + a wife unto my son Isaac.</p> + +<p>01:024:005 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not<br> + be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy<br> + son again unto the land from whence thou camest?</p> + +<p>01:024:006 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my<br> + son thither again.</p> + +<p>01:024:007 The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house,<br> + and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and<br> + that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this<br> + land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take<br> + a wife unto my son from thence.</p> + +<p>01:024:008 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou<br> + shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son<br> + thither again.</p> + +<p>01:024:009 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his<br> + master, and sware to him concerning that matter.</p> + +<p>01:024:010 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master,<br> + and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his<br> + hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of<br> + Nahor.</p> + +<p>01:024:011 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a<br> + well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that<br> + women go out to draw water.</p> + +<p>01:024:012 And he said O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send<br> + me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master<br> + Abraham.</p> + +<p>01:024:013 Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters<br> + of the men of the city come out to draw water:</p> + +<p>01:024:014 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say,<br> + Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she<br> + shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let<br> + the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant<br> + Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness<br> + unto my master.</p> + +<p>01:024:015 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that,<br> + behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of<br> + Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher<br> + upon her shoulder.</p> + +<p>01:024:016 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither<br> + had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and<br> + filled her pitcher, and came up.</p> + +<p>01:024:017 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray<br> + thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.</p> + +<p>01:024:018 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her<br> + pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.</p> + +<p>01:024:019 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw<br> + water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.</p> + +<p>01:024:020 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and<br> + ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his<br> + camels.</p> + +<p>01:024:021 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether<br> + the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.</p> + +<p>01:024:022 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the<br> + man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two<br> + bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;</p> + +<p>01:024:023 And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is<br> + there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?</p> + +<p>01:024:024 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of<br> + Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.</p> + +<p>01:024:025 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender<br> + enough, and room to lodge in.</p> + +<p>01:024:026 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.</p> + +<p>01:024:027 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who<br> + hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth:<br> + I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my<br> + master's brethren.</p> + +<p>01:024:028 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these<br> + things.</p> + +<p>01:024:029 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban<br> + ran out unto the man, unto the well.</p> + +<p>01:024:030 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets<br> + upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of<br> + Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that<br> + he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at<br> + the well.</p> + +<p>01:024:031 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore<br> + standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room<br> + for the camels.</p> + +<p>01:024:032 And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels,<br> + and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash<br> + his feet, and the men's feet that were with him.</p> + +<p>01:024:033 And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will<br> + not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.</p> + +<p>01:024:034 And he said, I am Abraham's servant.</p> + +<p>01:024:035 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become<br> + great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver,<br> + and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and<br> + asses.</p> + +<p>01:024:036 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she<br> + was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.</p> + +<p>01:024:037 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a<br> + wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose<br> + land I dwell:</p> + +<p>01:024:038 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred,<br> + and take a wife unto my son.</p> + +<p>01:024:039 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not<br> + follow me.</p> + +<p>01:024:040 And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send<br> + his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take<br> + a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house:</p> + +<p>01:024:041 Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest<br> + to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be<br> + clear from my oath.</p> + +<p>01:024:042 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my<br> + master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:</p> + +<p>01:024:043 Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to<br> + pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I<br> + say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy<br> + pitcher to drink;</p> + +<p>01:024:044 And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for<br> + thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath<br> + appointed out for my master's son.</p> + +<p>01:024:045 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah<br> + came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down<br> + unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me<br> + drink, I pray thee.</p> + +<p>01:024:046 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her<br> + shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink<br> + also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.</p> + +<p>01:024:047 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she<br> + said, the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare<br> + unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the<br> + bracelets upon her hands.</p> + +<p>01:024:048 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed<br> + the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the<br> + right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son.</p> + +<p>01:024:049 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell<br> + me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or<br> + to the left.</p> + +<p>01:024:050 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth<br> + from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.</p> + +<p>01:024:051 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her<br> + be thy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken.</p> + +<p>01:024:052 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their<br> + words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.</p> + +<p>01:024:053 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of<br> + gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to<br> + her brother and to her mother precious things.</p> + +<p>01:024:054 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him,<br> + and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he<br> + said, Send me away unto my master.</p> + +<p>01:024:055 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with<br> + us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.</p> + +<p>01:024:056 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath<br> + prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.</p> + +<p>01:024:057 And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her<br> + mouth.</p> + +<p>01:024:058 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with<br> + this man? And she said, I will go.</p> + +<p>01:024:059 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and<br> + Abraham's servant, and his men.</p> + +<p>01:024:060 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our<br> + sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let<br> + thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.</p> + +<p>01:024:061 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the<br> + camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah,<br> + and went his way.</p> + +<p>01:024:062 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt<br> + in the south country.</p> + +<p>01:024:063 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide:<br> + and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels<br> + were coming.</p> + +<p>01:024:064 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she<br> + lighted off the camel.</p> + +<p>01:024:065 For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that<br> + walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It<br> + is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.</p> + +<p>01:024:066 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done.</p> + +<p>01:024:067 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took<br> + Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac<br> + was comforted after his mother's death.</p> + +<p>01:025:001 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.</p> + +<p>01:025:002 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian,<br> + and Ishbak, and Shuah.</p> + +<p>01:025:003 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were<br> + Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.</p> + +<p>01:025:004 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and<br> + Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.</p> + +<p>01:025:005 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.</p> + +<p>01:025:006 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had,<br> + Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son,<br> + while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.</p> + +<p>01:025:007 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he<br> + lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.</p> + +<p>01:025:008 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an<br> + old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.</p> + +<p>01:025:009 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of<br> + Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the<br> + Hittite, which is before Mamre;</p> + +<p>01:025:010 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there<br> + was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.</p> + +<p>01:025:011 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God<br> + blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.</p> + +<p>01:025:012 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom<br> + Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:</p> + +<p>01:025:013 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their<br> + names, according to their generations: the firstborn of<br> + Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,</p> + +<p>01:025:014 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,</p> + +<p>01:025:015 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:</p> + +<p>01:025:016 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by<br> + their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to<br> + their nations.</p> + +<p>01:025:017 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and<br> + thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and<br> + was gathered unto his people.</p> + +<p>01:025:018 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt,<br> + as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of<br> + all his brethren.</p> + +<p>01:025:019 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham<br> + begat Isaac:</p> + +<p>01:025:020 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife,<br> + the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to<br> + Laban the Syrian.</p> + +<p>01:025:021 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was<br> + barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his<br> + wife conceived.</p> + +<p>01:025:022 And the children struggled together within her; and she said,<br> + If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the<br> + LORD.</p> + +<p>01:025:023 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and<br> + two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and<br> + the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and<br> + the elder shall serve the younger.</p> + +<p>01:025:024 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold,<br> + there were twins in her womb.</p> + +<p>01:025:025 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment;<br> + and they called his name Esau.</p> + +<p>01:025:026 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on<br> + Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was<br> + threescore years old when she bare them.</p> + +<p>01:025:027 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the<br> + field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.</p> + +<p>01:025:028 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but<br> + Rebekah loved Jacob.</p> + +<p>01:025:029 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he<br> + was faint:</p> + +<p>01:025:030 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same<br> + red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called<br> + Edom.</p> + +<p>01:025:031 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.</p> + +<p>01:025:032 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what<br> + profit shall this birthright do to me?</p> + +<p>01:025:033 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him:<br> + and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.</p> + +<p>01:025:034 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did<br> + eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau<br> + despised his birthright.</p> + +<p>01:026:001 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine<br> + that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech<br> + king of the Philistines unto Gerar.</p> + +<p>01:026:002 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into<br> + Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:</p> + +<p>01:026:003 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless<br> + thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these<br> + countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto<br> + Abraham thy father;</p> + +<p>01:026:004 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven,<br> + and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy<br> + seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;</p> + +<p>01:026:005 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my<br> + commandments, my statutes, and my laws.</p> + +<p>01:026:006 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:</p> + +<p>01:026:007 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said,<br> + She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest,<br> + said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah;<br> + because she was fair to look upon.</p> + +<p>01:026:008 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that<br> + Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and<br> + saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.</p> + +<p>01:026:009 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she<br> + is thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac<br> + said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.</p> + +<p>01:026:010 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one<br> + of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou<br> + shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.</p> + +<p>01:026:011 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth<br> + this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.</p> + +<p>01:026:012 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year<br> + an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.</p> + +<p>01:026:013 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he<br> + became very great:</p> + +<p>01:026:014 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and<br> + great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.</p> + +<p>01:026:015 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in<br> + the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped<br> + them, and filled them with earth.</p> + +<p>01:026:016 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much<br> + mightier than we.</p> + +<p>01:026:017 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley<br> + of Gerar, and dwelt there.</p> + +<p>01:026:018 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had<br> + digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines<br> + had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called<br> + their names after the names by which his father had called<br> + them.</p> + +<p>01:026:019 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a<br> + well of springing water.</p> + +<p>01:026:020 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen,<br> + saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well<br> + Esek; because they strove with him.</p> + +<p>01:026:021 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he<br> + called the name of it Sitnah.</p> + +<p>01:026:022 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for<br> + that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth;<br> + and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we<br> + shall be fruitful in the land.</p> + +<p>01:026:023 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.</p> + +<p>01:026:024 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am<br> + the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee,<br> + and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant<br> + Abraham's sake.</p> + +<p>01:026:025 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the<br> + LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants<br> + digged a well.</p> + +<p>01:026:026 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his<br> + friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.</p> + +<p>01:026:027 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye<br> + hate me, and have sent me away from you?</p> + +<p>01:026:028 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee:<br> + and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt<br> + us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;</p> + +<p>01:026:029 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and<br> + as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee<br> + away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.</p> + +<p>01:026:030 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.</p> + +<p>01:026:031 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to<br> + another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him<br> + in peace.</p> + +<p>01:026:032 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came,<br> + and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and<br> + said unto him, We have found water.</p> + +<p>01:026:033 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is<br> + Beersheba unto this day.</p> + +<p>01:026:034 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the<br> + daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of<br> + Elon the Hittite:</p> + +<p>01:026:035 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.</p> + +<p>01:027:001 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes<br> + were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest<br> + son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold,<br> + here am I.</p> + +<p>01:027:002 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my<br> + death:</p> + +<p>01:027:003 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and<br> + thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;</p> + +<p>01:027:004 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me,<br> + that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.</p> + +<p>01:027:005 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau<br> + went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.</p> + +<p>01:027:006 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard<br> + thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,</p> + +<p>01:027:007 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat,<br> + and bless thee before the LORD before my death.</p> + +<p>01:027:008 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I<br> + command thee.</p> + +<p>01:027:009 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of<br> + the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father,<br> + such as he loveth:</p> + +<p>01:027:010 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and<br> + that he may bless thee before his death.</p> + +<p>01:027:011 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother<br> + is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:</p> + +<p>01:027:012 My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him<br> + as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a<br> + blessing.</p> + +<p>01:027:013 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son:<br> + only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.</p> + +<p>01:027:014 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and<br> + his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.</p> + +<p>01:027:015 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which<br> + were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her<br> + younger son:</p> + +<p>01:027:016 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands,<br> + and upon the smooth of his neck:</p> + +<p>01:027:017 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had<br> + prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.</p> + +<p>01:027:018 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said,<br> + Here am I; who art thou, my son?</p> + +<p>01:027:019 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first born; I<br> + have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit<br> + and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.</p> + +<p>01:027:020 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it<br> + so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God<br> + brought it to me.</p> + +<p>01:027:021 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may<br> + feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.</p> + +<p>01:027:022 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him,<br> + and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the<br> + hands of Esau.</p> + +<p>01:027:023 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his<br> + brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.</p> + +<p>01:027:024 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.</p> + +<p>01:027:025 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's<br> + venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near<br> + to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine and he drank.</p> + +<p>01:027:026 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss<br> + me, my son.</p> + +<p>01:027:027 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of<br> + his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my<br> + son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:</p> + +<p>01:027:028 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness<br> + of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:</p> + +<p>01:027:029 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord<br> + over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee:<br> + cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that<br> + blesseth thee.</p> + +<p>01:027:030 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of<br> + blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the<br> + presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in<br> + from his hunting.</p> + +<p>01:027:031 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his<br> + father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat<br> + of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.</p> + +<p>01:027:032 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said,<br> + I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.</p> + +<p>01:027:033 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is<br> + he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have<br> + eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea,<br> + and he shall be blessed.</p> + +<p>01:027:034 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a<br> + great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father,<br> + Bless me, even me also, O my father.</p> + +<p>01:027:035 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken<br> + away thy blessing.</p> + +<p>01:027:036 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath<br> + supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright;<br> + and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said,<br> + Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?</p> + +<p>01:027:037 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him<br> + thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for<br> + servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and<br> + what shall I do now unto thee, my son?</p> + +<p>01:027:038 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my<br> + father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted<br> + up his voice, and wept.</p> + +<p>01:027:039 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy<br> + dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of<br> + heaven from above;</p> + +<p>01:027:040 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother;<br> + and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion,<br> + that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.</p> + +<p>01:027:041 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his<br> + father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of<br> + mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my<br> + brother Jacob.</p> + +<p>01:027:042 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah:<br> + and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto<br> + him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort<br> + himself, purposing to kill thee.</p> + +<p>01:027:043 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou to<br> + Laban my brother to Haran;</p> + +<p>01:027:044 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn<br> + away;</p> + +<p>01:027:045 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget<br> + that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch<br> + thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in<br> + one day?</p> + +<p>01:027:046 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of<br> + the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters<br> + of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land,<br> + what good shall my life do me?</p> + +<p>01:028:001 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and<br> + said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of<br> + Canaan.</p> + +<p>01:028:002 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's<br> + father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughers of<br> + Laban thy mother's brother.</p> + +<p>01:028:003 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and<br> + multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;</p> + +<p>01:028:004 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy<br> + seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou<br> + art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.</p> + +<p>01:028:005 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto<br> + Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah,<br> + Jacob's and Esau's mother.</p> + +<p>01:028:006 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away<br> + to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he<br> + blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take<br> + a wife of the daughers of Canaan;</p> + +<p>01:028:007 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone<br> + to Padanaram;</p> + +<p>01:028:008 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac<br> + his father;</p> + +<p>01:028:009 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he<br> + had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister<br> + of Nebajoth, to be his wife.</p> + +<p>01:028:010 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.</p> + +<p>01:028:011 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all<br> + night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of<br> + that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that<br> + place to sleep.</p> + +<p>01:028:012 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and<br> + the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God<br> + ascending and descending on it.</p> + +<p>01:028:013 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD<br> + God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land<br> + whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;</p> + +<p>01:028:014 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt<br> + spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north,<br> + and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the<br> + families of the earth be blessed.</p> + +<p>01:028:015 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places<br> + whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land;<br> + for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have<br> + spoken to thee of.</p> + +<p>01:028:016 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the<br> + LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.</p> + +<p>01:028:017 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this<br> + is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of<br> + heaven.</p> + +<p>01:028:018 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone<br> + that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar,<br> + and poured oil upon the top of it.</p> + +<p>01:028:019 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of<br> + that city was called Luz at the first.</p> + +<p>01:028:020 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and<br> + will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to<br> + eat, and raiment to put on,</p> + +<p>01:028:021 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall<br> + the LORD be my God:</p> + +<p>01:028:022 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's<br> + house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give<br> + the tenth unto thee.</p> + +<p>01:029:001 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the<br> + people of the east.</p> + +<p>01:029:002 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there<br> + were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well<br> + they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's<br> + mouth.</p> + +<p>01:029:003 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the<br> + stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put<br> + the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.</p> + +<p>01:029:004 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they<br> + said, Of Haran are we.</p> + +<p>01:029:005 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And<br> + they said, We know him.</p> + +<p>01:029:006 And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well:<br> + and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.</p> + +<p>01:029:007 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that<br> + the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep,<br> + and go and feed them.</p> + +<p>01:029:008 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered<br> + together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth;<br> + then we water the sheep.</p> + +<p>01:029:009 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her<br> + father's sheep; for she kept them.</p> + +<p>01:029:010 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of<br> + Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his<br> + mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone<br> + from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his<br> + mother's brother.</p> + +<p>01:029:011 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.</p> + +<p>01:029:012 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and<br> + that he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father.</p> + +<p>01:029:013 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his<br> + sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and<br> + kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban<br> + all these things.</p> + +<p>01:029:014 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh.<br> + And he abode with him the space of a month.</p> + +<p>01:029:015 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother,<br> + shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what<br> + shall thy wages be?</p> + +<p>01:029:016 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah,<br> + and the name of the younger was Rachel.</p> + +<p>01:029:017 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well<br> + favoured.</p> + +<p>01:029:018 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven<br> + years for Rachel thy younger daughter.</p> + +<p>01:029:019 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than<br> + that I should give her to another man: abide with me.</p> + +<p>01:029:020 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto<br> + him but a few days, for the love he had to her.</p> + +<p>01:029:021 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are<br> + fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.</p> + +<p>01:029:022 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made<br> + a feast.</p> + +<p>01:029:023 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his<br> + daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.</p> + +<p>01:029:024 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an<br> + handmaid.</p> + +<p>01:029:025 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah:<br> + and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did<br> + not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou<br> + beguiled me?</p> + +<p>01:029:026 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give<br> + the younger before the firstborn.</p> + +<p>01:029:027 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the<br> + service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.</p> + +<p>01:029:028 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him<br> + Rachel his daughter to wife also.</p> + +<p>01:029:029 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to<br> + be her maid.</p> + +<p>01:029:030 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more<br> + than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.</p> + +<p>01:029:031 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb:<br> + but Rachel was barren.</p> + +<p>01:029:032 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name<br> + Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my<br> + affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.</p> + +<p>01:029:033 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the<br> + LORD hath heard I was hated, he hath therefore given me this<br> + son also: and she called his name Simeon.</p> + +<p>01:029:034 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this<br> + time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born<br> + him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.</p> + +<p>01:029:035 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now<br> + will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah;<br> + and left bearing.</p> + +<p>01:030:001 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel<br> + envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or<br> + else I die.</p> + +<p>01:030:002 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am<br> + I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the<br> + womb?</p> + +<p>01:030:003 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she<br> + shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by<br> + her.</p> + +<p>01:030:004 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went<br> + in unto her.</p> + +<p>01:030:005 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.</p> + +<p>01:030:006 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my<br> + voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name<br> + Dan.</p> + +<p>01:030:007 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a<br> + second son.</p> + +<p>01:030:008 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my<br> + sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name<br> + Naphtali.</p> + +<p>01:030:009 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her<br> + maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.</p> + +<p>01:030:010 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.</p> + +<p>01:030:011 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.</p> + +<p>01:030:012 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.</p> + +<p>01:030:013 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me<br> + blessed: and she called his name Asher.</p> + +<p>01:030:014 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found<br> + mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah.<br> + Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's<br> + mandrakes.</p> + +<p>01:030:015 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast<br> + taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's<br> + mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with<br> + thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.</p> + +<p>01:030:016 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went<br> + out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for<br> + surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay<br> + with her that night.</p> + +<p>01:030:017 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob<br> + the fifth son.</p> + +<p>01:030:018 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given<br> + my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.</p> + +<p>01:030:019 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.</p> + +<p>01:030:020 And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will<br> + my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons:<br> + and she called his name Zebulun.</p> + +<p>01:030:021 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.</p> + +<p>01:030:022 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and<br> + opened her womb.</p> + +<p>01:030:023 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken<br> + away my reproach:</p> + +<p>01:030:024 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add<br> + to me another son.</p> + +<p>01:030:025 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob<br> + said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own<br> + place, and to my country.</p> + +<p>01:030:026 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee,<br> + and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done<br> + thee.</p> + +<p>01:030:027 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour<br> + in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that<br> + the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.</p> + +<p>01:030:028 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.</p> + +<p>01:030:029 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and<br> + how thy cattle was with me.</p> + +<p>01:030:030 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is<br> + now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee<br> + since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own<br> + house also?</p> + +<p>01:030:031 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou<br> + shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for<br> + me, I will again feed and keep thy flock.</p> + +<p>01:030:032 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence<br> + all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle<br> + among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats:<br> + and of such shall be my hire.</p> + +<p>01:030:033 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when<br> + it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is<br> + not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the<br> + sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.</p> + +<p>01:030:034 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy<br> + word.</p> + +<p>01:030:035 And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and<br> + spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted,<br> + and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown<br> + among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.</p> + +<p>01:030:036 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and<br> + Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.</p> + +<p>01:030:037 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and<br> + chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the<br> + white appear which was in the rods.</p> + +<p>01:030:038 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in<br> + the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to<br> + drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.</p> + +<p>01:030:039 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth<br> + cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.</p> + +<p>01:030:040 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the<br> + flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock<br> + of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put<br> + them not unto Laban's cattle.</p> + +<p>01:030:041 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did<br> + conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the<br> + cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the<br> + rods.</p> + +<p>01:030:042 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the<br> + feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.</p> + +<p>01:030:043 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and<br> + maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.</p> + +<p>01:031:001 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath<br> + taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was<br> + our father's hath he gotten all this glory.</p> + +<p>01:031:002 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was<br> + not toward him as before.</p> + +<p>01:031:003 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy<br> + fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.</p> + +<p>01:031:004 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto<br> + his flock,</p> + +<p>01:031:005 And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it<br> + is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been<br> + with me.</p> + +<p>01:031:006 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.</p> + +<p>01:031:007 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten<br> + times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.</p> + +<p>01:031:008 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the<br> + cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked<br> + shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.</p> + +<p>01:031:009 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given<br> + them to me.</p> + +<p>01:031:010 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived,<br> + that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold,<br> + the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked,<br> + speckled, and grisled.</p> + +<p>01:031:011 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob:<br> + And I said, Here am I.</p> + +<p>01:031:012 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams<br> + which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and<br> + grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.</p> + +<p>01:031:013 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and<br> + where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from<br> + this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.</p> + +<p>01:031:014 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet<br> + any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?</p> + +<p>01:031:015 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and<br> + hath quite devoured also our money.</p> + +<p>01:031:016 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that<br> + is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath<br> + said unto thee, do.</p> + +<p>01:031:017 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon<br> + camels;</p> + +<p>01:031:018 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he<br> + had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in<br> + Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of<br> + Canaan.</p> + +<p>01:031:019 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the<br> + images that were her father's.</p> + +<p>01:031:020 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he<br> + told him not that he fled.</p> + +<p>01:031:021 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed<br> + over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.</p> + +<p>01:031:022 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.</p> + +<p>01:031:023 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven<br> + days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.</p> + +<p>01:031:024 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said<br> + unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good<br> + or bad.</p> + +<p>01:031:025 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in<br> + the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of<br> + Gilead.</p> + +<p>01:031:026 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast<br> + stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as<br> + captives taken with the sword?</p> + +<p>01:031:027 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from<br> + me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away<br> + with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?</p> + +<p>01:031:028 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters?<br> + thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.</p> + +<p>01:031:029 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of<br> + your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed<br> + that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.</p> + +<p>01:031:030 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore<br> + longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou<br> + stolen my gods?</p> + +<p>01:031:031 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid:<br> + for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy<br> + daughters from me.</p> + +<p>01:031:032 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live:<br> + before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and<br> + take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen<br> + them.</p> + +<p>01:031:033 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and<br> + into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then<br> + went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.</p> + +<p>01:031:034 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's<br> + furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent,<br> + but found them not.</p> + +<p>01:031:035 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that<br> + I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon<br> + me. And he searched but found not the images.</p> + +<p>01:031:036 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered<br> + and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that<br> + thou hast so hotly pursued after me?</p> + +<p>01:031:037 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found<br> + of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and<br> + thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.</p> + +<p>01:031:038 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she<br> + goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock<br> + have I not eaten.</p> + +<p>01:031:039 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare<br> + the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether<br> + stolen by day, or stolen by night.</p> + +<p>01:031:040 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost<br> + by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.</p> + +<p>01:031:041 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee<br> + fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy<br> + cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.</p> + +<p>01:031:042 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear<br> + of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now<br> + empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my<br> + hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.</p> + +<p>01:031:043 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my<br> + daughters, and these children are my children, and these<br> + cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and<br> + what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their<br> + children which they have born?</p> + +<p>01:031:044 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou;<br> + and let it be for a witness between me and thee.</p> + +<p>01:031:045 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.</p> + +<p>01:031:046 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took<br> + stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the<br> + heap.</p> + +<p>01:031:047 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it<br> + Galeed.</p> + +<p>01:031:048 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee<br> + this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;</p> + +<p>01:031:049 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee,<br> + when we are absent one from another.</p> + +<p>01:031:050 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take<br> + other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God<br> + is witness betwixt me and thee.</p> + +<p>01:031:051 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this<br> + pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee:</p> + +<p>01:031:052 This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will<br> + not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass<br> + over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.</p> + +<p>01:031:053 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their<br> + father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his<br> + father Isaac.</p> + +<p>01:031:054 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his<br> + brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all<br> + night in the mount.</p> + +<p>01:031:055 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons<br> + and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and<br> + returned unto his place.</p> + +<p>01:032:001 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.</p> + +<p>01:032:002 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he<br> + called the name of that place Mahanaim.</p> + +<p>01:032:003 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto<br> + the land of Seir, the country of Edom.</p> + +<p>01:032:004 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my<br> + lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with<br> + Laban, and stayed there until now:</p> + +<p>01:032:005 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and<br> + womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may<br> + find grace in thy sight.</p> + +<p>01:032:006 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy<br> + brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four<br> + hundred men with him.</p> + +<p>01:032:007 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided<br> + the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and<br> + the camels, into two bands;</p> + +<p>01:032:008 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then<br> + the other company which is left shall escape.</p> + +<p>01:032:009 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my<br> + father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy<br> + country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:</p> + +<p>01:032:010 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all<br> + the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with<br> + my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two<br> + bands.</p> + +<p>01:032:011 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the<br> + hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me,<br> + and the mother with the children.</p> + +<p>01:032:012 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed<br> + as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for<br> + multitude.</p> + +<p>01:032:013 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which<br> + came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;</p> + +<p>01:032:014 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes,<br> + and twenty rams,</p> + +<p>01:032:015 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten<br> + bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.</p> + +<p>01:032:016 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every<br> + drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over<br> + before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.</p> + +<p>01:032:017 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother<br> + meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and<br> + whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?</p> + +<p>01:032:018 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a<br> + present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind<br> + us.</p> + +<p>01:032:019 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that<br> + followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak<br> + unto Esau, when ye find him.</p> + +<p>01:032:020 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us.<br> + For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth<br> + before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he<br> + will accept of me.</p> + +<p>01:032:021 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that<br> + night in the company.</p> + +<p>01:032:022 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two<br> + womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford<br> + Jabbok.</p> + +<p>01:032:023 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over<br> + that he had.</p> + +<p>01:032:024 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him<br> + until the breaking of the day.</p> + +<p>01:032:025 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched<br> + the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was<br> + out of joint, as he wrestled with him.</p> + +<p>01:032:026 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I<br> + will not let thee go, except thou bless me.</p> + +<p>01:032:027 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.</p> + +<p>01:032:028 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but<br> + Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men,<br> + and hast prevailed.</p> + +<p>01:032:029 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name.<br> + And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name?<br> + And he blessed him there.</p> + +<p>01:032:030 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen<br> + God face to face, and my life is preserved.</p> + +<p>01:032:031 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he<br> + halted upon his thigh.</p> + +<p>01:032:032 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which<br> + shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day:<br> + because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew<br> + that shrank.</p> + +<p>01:033:001 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau<br> + came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the<br> + children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two<br> + handmaids.</p> + +<p>01:033:002 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah<br> + and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.</p> + +<p>01:033:003 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the<br> + ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.</p> + +<p>01:033:004 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his<br> + neck, and kissed him: and they wept.</p> + +<p>01:033:005 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children;<br> + and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children<br> + which God hath graciously given thy servant.</p> + +<p>01:033:006 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and<br> + they bowed themselves.</p> + +<p>01:033:007 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed<br> + themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they<br> + bowed themselves.</p> + +<p>01:033:008 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met?<br> + And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.</p> + +<p>01:033:009 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast<br> + unto thyself.</p> + +<p>01:033:010 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in<br> + thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I<br> + have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and<br> + thou wast pleased with me.</p> + +<p>01:033:011 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee;<br> + because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have<br> + enough. And he urged him, and he took it.</p> + +<p>01:033:012 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I<br> + will go before thee.</p> + +<p>01:033:013 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are<br> + tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and<br> + if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.</p> + +<p>01:033:014 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I<br> + will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before<br> + me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my<br> + lord unto Seir.</p> + +<p>01:033:015 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk<br> + that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find<br> + grace in the sight of my lord.</p> + +<p>01:033:016 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.</p> + +<p>01:033:017 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and<br> + made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is<br> + called Succoth.</p> + +<p>01:033:018 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the<br> + land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his<br> + tent before the city.</p> + +<p>01:033:019 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his<br> + tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father,<br> + for an hundred pieces of money.</p> + +<p>01:033:020 And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.</p> + +<p>01:034:001 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob,<br> + went out to see the daughters of the land.</p> + +<p>01:034:002 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the<br> + country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled<br> + her.</p> + +<p>01:034:003 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he<br> + loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.</p> + +<p>01:034:004 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this<br> + damsel to wife.</p> + +<p>01:034:005 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now<br> + his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his<br> + peace until they were come.</p> + +<p>01:034:006 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune<br> + with him.</p> + +<p>01:034:007 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard<br> + it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth,<br> + because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's<br> + daughter: which thing ought not to be done.</p> + +<p>01:034:008 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son<br> + Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to<br> + wife.</p> + +<p>01:034:009 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto<br> + us, and take our daughters unto you.</p> + +<p>01:034:010 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you;<br> + dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.</p> + +<p>01:034:011 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me<br> + find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will<br> + give.</p> + +<p>01:034:012 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according<br> + as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.</p> + +<p>01:034:013 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father<br> + deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their<br> + sister:</p> + +<p>01:034:014 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our<br> + sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach<br> + unto us:</p> + +<p>01:034:015 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be,<br> + that every male of you be circumcised;</p> + +<p>01:034:016 Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take<br> + your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will<br> + become one people.</p> + +<p>01:034:017 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then<br> + will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.</p> + +<p>01:034:018 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.</p> + +<p>01:034:019 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had<br> + delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than<br> + all the house of his father.</p> + +<p>01:034:020 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their<br> + city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,</p> + +<p>01:034:021 These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in<br> + the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large<br> + enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives,<br> + and let us give them our daughters.</p> + +<p>01:034:022 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us,<br> + to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as<br> + they are circumcised.</p> + +<p>01:034:023 Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of<br> + their's be our's? only let us consent unto them, and they will<br> + dwell with us.</p> + +<p>01:034:024 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that<br> + went out of the gate of his city; and every male was<br> + circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.</p> + +<p>01:034:025 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore,<br> + that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's<br> + brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city<br> + boldly, and slew all the males.</p> + +<p>01:034:026 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the<br> + sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.</p> + +<p>01:034:027 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city,<br> + because they had defiled their sister.</p> + +<p>01:034:028 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and<br> + that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,</p> + +<p>01:034:029 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their<br> + wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the<br> + house.</p> + +<p>01:034:030 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make<br> + me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the<br> + Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they<br> + shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and<br> + I shall be destroyed, I and my house.</p> + +<p>01:034:031 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an<br> + harlot?</p> + +<p>01:035:001 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell<br> + there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto<br> + thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.</p> + +<p>01:035:002 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with<br> + him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be<br> + clean, and change your garments:</p> + +<p>01:035:003 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there<br> + an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress,<br> + and was with me in the way which I went.</p> + +<p>01:035:004 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in<br> + their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears;<br> + and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.</p> + +<p>01:035:005 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities<br> + that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the<br> + sons of Jacob.</p> + +<p>01:035:006 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is,<br> + Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.</p> + +<p>01:035:007 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel:<br> + because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the<br> + face of his brother.</p> + +<p>01:035:008 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath<br> + Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called<br> + Allonbachuth.</p> + +<p>01:035:009 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of<br> + Padanaram, and blessed him.</p> + +<p>01:035:010 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not<br> + be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he<br> + called his name Israel.</p> + +<p>01:035:011 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and<br> + multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee,<br> + and kings shall come out of thy loins;</p> + +<p>01:035:012 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will<br> + give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.</p> + +<p>01:035:013 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with<br> + him.</p> + +<p>01:035:014 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with<br> + him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering<br> + thereon, and he poured oil thereon.</p> + +<p>01:035:015 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with<br> + him, Bethel.</p> + +<p>01:035:016 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way<br> + to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard<br> + labour.</p> + +<p>01:035:017 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the<br> + midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son<br> + also.</p> + +<p>01:035:018 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she<br> + died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called<br> + him Benjamin.</p> + +<p>01:035:019 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which<br> + is Bethlehem.</p> + +<p>01:035:020 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of<br> + Rachel's grave unto this day.</p> + +<p>01:035:021 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of<br> + Edar.</p> + +<p>01:035:022 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that<br> + Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and<br> + Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:</p> + +<p>01:035:023 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and<br> + Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:</p> + +<p>01:035:024 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:</p> + +<p>01:035:025 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:</p> + +<p>01:035:026 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these<br> + are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.</p> + +<p>01:035:027 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city<br> + of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.</p> + +<p>01:035:028 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.</p> + +<p>01:035:029 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto<br> + his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and<br> + Jacob buried him.</p> + +<p>01:036:001 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.</p> + +<p>01:036:002 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the<br> + daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of<br> + Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;</p> + +<p>01:036:003 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.</p> + +<p>01:036:004 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;</p> + +<p>01:036:005 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are<br> + the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of<br> + Canaan.</p> + +<p>01:036:006 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and<br> + all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his<br> + beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of<br> + Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother<br> + Jacob.</p> + +<p>01:036:007 For their riches were more than that they might dwell<br> + together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not<br> + bear them because of their cattle.</p> + +<p>01:036:008 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.</p> + +<p>01:036:009 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the<br> + Edomites in mount Seir:</p> + +<p>01:036:010 These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah<br> + the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.</p> + +<p>01:036:011 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam,<br> + and Kenaz.</p> + +<p>01:036:012 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to<br> + Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife.</p> + +<p>01:036:013 And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah,<br> + and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.</p> + +<p>01:036:014 And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah<br> + the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau<br> + Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.</p> + +<p>01:036:015 These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the<br> + firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke<br> + Kenaz,</p> + +<p>01:036:016 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes<br> + that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons<br> + of Adah.</p> + +<p>01:036:017 And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke<br> + Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that<br> + came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of<br> + Bashemath Esau's wife.</p> + +<p>01:036:018 And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush,<br> + duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of<br> + Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.</p> + +<p>01:036:019 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their<br> + dukes.</p> + +<p>01:036:020 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land;<br> + Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,</p> + +<p>01:036:021 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the<br> + Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.</p> + +<p>01:036:022 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's<br> + sister was Timna.</p> + +<p>01:036:023 And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath,<br> + and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.</p> + +<p>01:036:024 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah:<br> + this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as<br> + he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.</p> + +<p>01:036:025 And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah<br> + the daughter of Anah.</p> + +<p>01:036:026 And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and<br> + Ithran, and Cheran.</p> + +<p>01:036:027 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.</p> + +<p>01:036:028 The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.</p> + +<p>01:036:029 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke<br> + Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,</p> + +<p>01:036:030 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that<br> + came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.</p> + +<p>01:036:031 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom,<br> + before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.</p> + +<p>01:036:032 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his<br> + city was Dinhabah.</p> + +<p>01:036:033 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in<br> + his stead.</p> + +<p>01:036:034 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in<br> + his stead.</p> + +<p>01:036:035 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian<br> + in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of<br> + his city was Avith.</p> + +<p>01:036:036 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.</p> + +<p>01:036:037 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in<br> + his stead.</p> + +<p>01:036:038 And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his<br> + stead.</p> + +<p>01:036:039 And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his<br> + stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name<br> + was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of<br> + Mezahab.</p> + +<p>01:036:040 And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau,<br> + according to their families, after their places, by their<br> + names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,</p> + +<p>01:036:041 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,</p> + +<p>01:036:042 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,</p> + +<p>01:036:043 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according<br> + to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is<br> + Esau the father of the Edomites.</p> + +<p>01:037:001 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger,<br> + in the land of Canaan.</p> + +<p>01:037:002 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen<br> + years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the<br> + lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah,<br> + his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their<br> + evil report.</p> + +<p>01:037:003 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he<br> + was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many<br> + colours.</p> + +<p>01:037:004 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more<br> + than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak<br> + peaceably unto him.</p> + +<p>01:037:005 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and<br> + they hated him yet the more.</p> + +<p>01:037:006 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I<br> + have dreamed:</p> + +<p>01:037:007 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my<br> + sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves<br> + stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.</p> + +<p>01:037:008 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us?<br> + or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him<br> + yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.</p> + +<p>01:037:009 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren,<br> + and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold,<br> + the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to<br> + me.</p> + +<p>01:037:010 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his<br> + father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that<br> + thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren<br> + indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?</p> + +<p>01:037:011 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the<br> + saying.</p> + +<p>01:037:012 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.</p> + +<p>01:037:013 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the<br> + flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he<br> + said to him, Here am I.</p> + +<p>01:037:014 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well<br> + with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word<br> + again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came<br> + to Shechem.</p> + +<p>01:037:015 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in<br> + the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?</p> + +<p>01:037:016 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where<br> + they feed their flocks.</p> + +<p>01:037:017 And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them<br> + say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren,<br> + and found them in Dothan.</p> + +<p>01:037:018 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto<br> + them, they conspired against him to slay him.</p> + +<p>01:037:019 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.</p> + +<p>01:037:020 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into<br> + some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him:<br> + and we shall see what will become of his dreams.</p> + +<p>01:037:021 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands;<br> + and said, Let us not kill him.</p> + +<p>01:037:022 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into<br> + this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him;<br> + that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to<br> + his father again.</p> + +<p>01:037:023 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren,<br> + that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many<br> + colours that was on him;</p> + +<p>01:037:024 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was<br> + empty, there was no water in it.</p> + +<p>01:037:025 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes<br> + and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from<br> + Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh,<br> + going to carry it down to Egypt.</p> + +<p>01:037:026 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay<br> + our brother, and conceal his blood?</p> + +<p>01:037:027 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our<br> + hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his<br> + brethren were content.</p> + +<p>01:037:028 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and<br> + lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the<br> + Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought<br> + Joseph into Egypt.</p> + +<p>01:037:029 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not<br> + in the pit; and he rent his clothes.</p> + +<p>01:037:030 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not;<br> + and I, whither shall I go?</p> + +<p>01:037:031 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats,<br> + and dipped the coat in the blood;</p> + +<p>01:037:032 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to<br> + their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether<br> + it be thy son's coat or no.</p> + +<p>01:037:033 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast<br> + hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.</p> + +<p>01:037:034 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins,<br> + and mourned for his son many days.</p> + +<p>01:037:035 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him;<br> + but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go<br> + down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept<br> + for him.</p> + +<p>01:037:036 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an<br> + officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.</p> + +<p>01:038:001 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from<br> + his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose<br> + name was Hirah.</p> + +<p>01:038:002 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose<br> + name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.</p> + +<p>01:038:003 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.</p> + +<p>01:038:004 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his<br> + name Onan.</p> + +<p>01:038:005 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his<br> + name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.</p> + +<p>01:038:006 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was<br> + Tamar.</p> + +<p>01:038:007 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the<br> + LORD; and the LORD slew him.</p> + +<p>01:038:008 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and<br> + marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.</p> + +<p>01:038:009 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to<br> + pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled<br> + it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his<br> + brother.</p> + +<p>01:038:010 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he<br> + slew him also.</p> + +<p>01:038:011 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow<br> + at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he<br> + said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And<br> + Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.</p> + +<p>01:038:012 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife<br> + died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his<br> + sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the<br> + Adullamite.</p> + +<p>01:038:013 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth<br> + up to Timnath to shear his sheep.</p> + +<p>01:038:014 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her<br> + with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place,<br> + which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was<br> + grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.</p> + +<p>01:038:015 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because<br> + she had covered her face.</p> + +<p>01:038:016 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray<br> + thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was<br> + his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me,<br> + that thou mayest come in unto me?</p> + +<p>01:038:017 And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she<br> + said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?</p> + +<p>01:038:018 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy<br> + signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine<br> + hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she<br> + conceived by him.</p> + +<p>01:038:019 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her,<br> + and put on the garments of her widowhood.</p> + +<p>01:038:020 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the<br> + Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but<br> + he found her not.</p> + +<p>01:038:021 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the<br> + harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There<br> + was no harlot in this place.</p> + +<p>01:038:022 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and<br> + also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in<br> + this place.</p> + +<p>01:038:023 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed:<br> + behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.</p> + +<p>01:038:024 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told<br> + Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the<br> + harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And<br> + Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.</p> + +<p>01:038:025 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law,<br> + saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she<br> + said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and<br> + bracelets, and staff.</p> + +<p>01:038:026 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more<br> + righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my<br> + son. And he knew her again no more.</p> + +<p>01:038:027 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold,<br> + twins were in her womb.</p> + +<p>01:038:028 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out<br> + his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a<br> + scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.</p> + +<p>01:038:029 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold,<br> + his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken<br> + forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called<br> + Pharez.</p> + +<p>01:038:030 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet<br> + thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.</p> + +<p>01:039:001 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer<br> + of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of<br> + the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down<br> + thither.</p> + +<p>01:039:002 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and<br> + he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.</p> + +<p>01:039:003 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the<br> + LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.</p> + +<p>01:039:004 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he<br> + made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put<br> + into his hand.</p> + +<p>01:039:005 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him<br> + overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD<br> + blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the<br> + blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house,<br> + and in the field.</p> + +<p>01:039:006 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not<br> + ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was<br> + a goodly person, and well favoured.</p> + +<p>01:039:007 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife<br> + cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.</p> + +<p>01:039:008 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my<br> + master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath<br> + committed all that he hath to my hand;</p> + +<p>01:039:009 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he<br> + kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his<br> + wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against<br> + God?</p> + +<p>01:039:010 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that<br> + he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.</p> + +<p>01:039:011 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the<br> + house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the<br> + house there within.</p> + +<p>01:039:012 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he<br> + left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.</p> + +<p>01:039:013 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment<br> + in her hand, and was fled forth,</p> + +<p>01:039:014 That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto<br> + them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to<br> + mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a<br> + loud voice:</p> + +<p>01:039:015 And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice<br> + and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got<br> + him out.</p> + +<p>01:039:016 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.</p> + +<p>01:039:017 And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The<br> + Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto<br> + me to mock me:</p> + +<p>01:039:018 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that<br> + he left his garment with me, and fled out.</p> + +<p>01:039:019 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his<br> + wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did<br> + thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.</p> + +<p>01:039:020 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a<br> + place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there<br> + in the prison.</p> + +<p>01:039:021 But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave<br> + him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.</p> + +<p>01:039:022 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all<br> + the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did<br> + there, he was the doer of it.</p> + +<p>01:039:023 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was<br> + under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which<br> + he did, the LORD made it to prosper.</p> + +<p>01:040:001 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the<br> + king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king<br> + of Egypt.</p> + +<p>01:040:002 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the<br> + chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.</p> + +<p>01:040:003 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the<br> + guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.</p> + +<p>01:040:004 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he<br> + served them: and they continued a season in ward.</p> + +<p>01:040:005 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in<br> + one night, each man according to the interpretation of his<br> + dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which<br> + were bound in the prison.</p> + +<p>01:040:006 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon<br> + them, and, behold, they were sad.</p> + +<p>01:040:007 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward<br> + of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to<br> + day?</p> + +<p>01:040:008 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is<br> + no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not<br> + interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.</p> + +<p>01:040:009 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to<br> + him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;</p> + +<p>01:040:010 And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it<br> + budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof<br> + brought forth ripe grapes:</p> + +<p>01:040:011 And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and<br> + pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into<br> + Pharaoh's hand.</p> + +<p>01:040:012 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it:<br> + The three branches are three days:</p> + +<p>01:040:013 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and<br> + restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's<br> + cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his<br> + butler.</p> + +<p>01:040:014 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew<br> + kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto<br> + Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:</p> + +<p>01:040:015 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews:<br> + and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into<br> + the dungeon.</p> + +<p>01:040:016 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he<br> + said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had<br> + three white baskets on my head:</p> + +<p>01:040:017 And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of<br> + bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the<br> + basket upon my head.</p> + +<p>01:040:018 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation<br> + thereof: The three baskets are three days:</p> + +<p>01:040:019 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off<br> + thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat<br> + thy flesh from off thee.</p> + +<p>01:040:020 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's<br> + birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he<br> + lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker<br> + among his servants.</p> + +<p>01:040:021 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again;<br> + and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:</p> + +<p>01:040:022 But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to<br> + them.</p> + +<p>01:040:023 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.</p> + +<p>01:041:001 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh<br> + dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.</p> + +<p>01:041:002 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well<br> + favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.</p> + +<p>01:041:003 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the<br> + river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other<br> + kine upon the brink of the river.</p> + +<p>01:041:004 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven<br> + well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.</p> + +<p>01:041:005 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven<br> + ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.</p> + +<p>01:041:006 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind<br> + sprung up after them.</p> + +<p>01:041:007 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears.<br> + And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.</p> + +<p>01:041:008 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was<br> + troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of<br> + Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his<br> + dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto<br> + Pharaoh.</p> + +<p>01:041:009 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do<br> + remember my faults this day:</p> + +<p>01:041:010 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the<br> + captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker:</p> + +<p>01:041:011 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each<br> + man according to the interpretation of his dream.</p> + +<p>01:041:012 And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to<br> + the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted<br> + to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did<br> + interpret.</p> + +<p>01:041:013 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he<br> + restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.</p> + +<p>01:041:014 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him<br> + hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed<br> + his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.</p> + +<p>01:041:015 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and<br> + there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of<br> + thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.</p> + +<p>01:041:016 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God<br> + shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.</p> + +<p>01:041:017 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood<br> + upon the bank of the river:</p> + +<p>01:041:018 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine,<br> + fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:</p> + +<p>01:041:019 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and<br> + very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all<br> + the land of Egypt for badness:</p> + +<p>01:041:020 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first<br> + seven fat kine:</p> + +<p>01:041:021 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that<br> + they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at<br> + the beginning. So I awoke.</p> + +<p>01:041:022 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one<br> + stalk, full and good:</p> + +<p>01:041:023 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the<br> + east wind, sprung up after them:</p> + +<p>01:041:024 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told<br> + this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare<br> + it to me.</p> + +<p>01:041:025 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God<br> + hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.</p> + +<p>01:041:026 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears<br> + are seven years: the dream is one.</p> + +<p>01:041:027 And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after<br> + them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with<br> + the east wind shall be seven years of famine.</p> + +<p>01:041:028 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God<br> + is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.</p> + +<p>01:041:029 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all<br> + the land of Egypt:</p> + +<p>01:041:030 And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and<br> + all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and<br> + the famine shall consume the land;</p> + +<p>01:041:031 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of<br> + that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.</p> + +<p>01:041:032 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is<br> + because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly<br> + bring it to pass.</p> + +<p>01:041:033 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise,<br> + and set him over the land of Egypt.</p> + +<p>01:041:034 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the<br> + land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the<br> + seven plenteous years.</p> + +<p>01:041:035 And let them gather all the food of those good years that<br> + come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them<br> + keep food in the cities.</p> + +<p>01:041:036 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven<br> + years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the<br> + land perish not through the famine.</p> + +<p>01:041:037 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes<br> + of all his servants.</p> + +<p>01:041:038 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as<br> + this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?</p> + +<p>01:041:039 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed<br> + thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:</p> + +<p>01:041:040 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall<br> + all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater<br> + than thou.</p> + +<p>01:041:041 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all<br> + the land of Egypt.</p> + +<p>01:041:042 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon<br> + Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and<br> + put a gold chain about his neck;</p> + +<p>01:041:043 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had;<br> + and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler<br> + over all the land of Egypt.</p> + +<p>01:041:044 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee<br> + shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of<br> + Egypt.</p> + +<p>01:041:045 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave<br> + him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On.<br> + And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.</p> + +<p>01:041:046 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh<br> + king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of<br> + Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.</p> + +<p>01:041:047 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by<br> + handfuls.</p> + +<p>01:041:048 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were<br> + in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the<br> + food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he<br> + up in the same.</p> + +<p>01:041:049 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much,<br> + until he left numbering; for it was without number.</p> + +<p>01:041:050 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine<br> + came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On<br> + bare unto him.</p> + +<p>01:041:051 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God,<br> + said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's<br> + house.</p> + +<p>01:041:052 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath<br> + caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.</p> + +<p>01:041:053 And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of<br> + Egypt, were ended.</p> + +<p>01:041:054 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as<br> + Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all<br> + the land of Egypt there was bread.</p> + +<p>01:041:055 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried<br> + to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians,<br> + Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.</p> + +<p>01:041:056 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph<br> + opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and<br> + the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.</p> + +<p>01:041:057 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn;<br> + because that the famine was so sore in all lands.</p> + +<p>01:042:001 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said<br> + unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?</p> + +<p>01:042:002 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt:<br> + get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may<br> + live, and not die.</p> + +<p>01:042:003 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.</p> + +<p>01:042:004 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his<br> + brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.</p> + +<p>01:042:005 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came:<br> + for the famine was in the land of Canaan.</p> + +<p>01:042:006 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that<br> + sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren<br> + came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to<br> + the earth.</p> + +<p>01:042:007 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made<br> + himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he<br> + said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land<br> + of Canaan to buy food.</p> + +<p>01:042:008 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.</p> + +<p>01:042:009 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and<br> + said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land<br> + ye are come.</p> + +<p>01:042:010 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy<br> + servants come.</p> + +<p>01:042:011 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are<br> + no spies.</p> + +<p>01:042:012 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the<br> + land ye are come.</p> + +<p>01:042:013 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of<br> + one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is<br> + this day with our father, and one is not.</p> + +<p>01:042:014 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you,<br> + saying, Ye are spies:</p> + +<p>01:042:015 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not<br> + go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.</p> + +<p>01:042:016 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall<br> + be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether<br> + there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh<br> + surely ye are spies.</p> + +<p>01:042:017 And he put them all together into ward three days.</p> + +<p>01:042:018 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live;<br> + for I fear God:</p> + +<p>01:042:019 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the<br> + house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your<br> + houses:</p> + +<p>01:042:020 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words<br> + be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.</p> + +<p>01:042:021 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning<br> + our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he<br> + besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress<br> + come upon us.</p> + +<p>01:042:022 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you,<br> + saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear?<br> + therefore, behold, also his blood is required.</p> + +<p>01:042:023 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake<br> + unto them by an interpreter.</p> + +<p>01:042:024 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned<br> + to them again, and communed with them, and took from them<br> + Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.</p> + +<p>01:042:025 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to<br> + restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them<br> + provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.</p> + +<p>01:042:026 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.</p> + +<p>01:042:027 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender<br> + in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his<br> + sack's mouth.</p> + +<p>01:042:028 And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo,<br> + it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they<br> + were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath<br> + done unto us?</p> + +<p>01:042:029 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan,<br> + and told him all that befell unto them; saying,</p> + +<p>01:042:030 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and<br> + took us for spies of the country.</p> + +<p>01:042:031 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:</p> + +<p>01:042:032 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the<br> + youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.</p> + +<p>01:042:033 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby<br> + shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren<br> + here with me, and take food for the famine of your households,<br> + and be gone:</p> + +<p>01:042:034 And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know<br> + that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I<br> + deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.</p> + +<p>01:042:035 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold,<br> + every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both<br> + they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were<br> + afraid.</p> + +<p>01:042:036 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of<br> + my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will<br> + take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.</p> + +<p>01:042:037 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if<br> + I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will<br> + bring him to thee again.</p> + +<p>01:042:038 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his<br> + brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him<br> + by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my<br> + gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.</p> + +<p>01:043:001 And the famine was sore in the land.</p> + +<p>01:043:002 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which<br> + they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go<br> + again, buy us a little food.</p> + +<p>01:043:003 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest<br> + unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother<br> + be with you.</p> + +<p>01:043:004 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy<br> + thee food:</p> + +<p>01:043:005 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the<br> + man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your<br> + brother be with you.</p> + +<p>01:043:006 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell<br> + the man whether ye had yet a brother?</p> + +<p>01:043:007 And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of<br> + our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another<br> + brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these<br> + words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your<br> + brother down?</p> + +<p>01:043:008 And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me,<br> + and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both<br> + we, and thou, and also our little ones.</p> + +<p>01:043:009 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him:<br> + if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then<br> + let me bear the blame for ever:</p> + +<p>01:043:010 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this<br> + second time.</p> + +<p>01:043:011 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now,<br> + do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels,<br> + and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little<br> + honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:</p> + +<p>01:043:012 And take double money in your hand; and the money that was<br> + brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in<br> + your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:</p> + +<p>01:043:013 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:</p> + +<p>01:043:014 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may<br> + send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved<br> + of my children, I am bereaved.</p> + +<p>01:043:015 And the men took that present, and they took double money in<br> + their hand and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt,<br> + and stood before Joseph.</p> + +<p>01:043:016 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler<br> + of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready;<br> + for these men shall dine with me at noon.</p> + +<p>01:043:017 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men<br> + into Joseph's house.</p> + +<p>01:043:018 And the men were afraid, because they were brought into<br> + Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was<br> + returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in;<br> + that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and<br> + take us for bondmen, and our asses.</p> + +<p>01:043:019 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they<br> + communed with him at the door of the house,</p> + +<p>01:043:020 And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy<br> + food:</p> + +<p>01:043:021 And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened<br> + our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of<br> + his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it<br> + again in our hand.</p> + +<p>01:043:022 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food:<br> + we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.</p> + +<p>01:043:023 And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God<br> + of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had<br> + your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.</p> + +<p>01:043:024 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them<br> + water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses<br> + provender.</p> + +<p>01:043:025 And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon:<br> + for they heard that they should eat bread there.</p> + +<p>01:043:026 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which<br> + was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him<br> + to the earth.</p> + +<p>01:043:027 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father<br> + well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?</p> + +<p>01:043:028 And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health,<br> + he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made<br> + obeisance.</p> + +<p>01:043:029 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his<br> + mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom<br> + ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my<br> + son.</p> + +<p>01:043:030 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his<br> + brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his<br> + chamber, and wept there.</p> + +<p>01:043:031 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself,<br> + and said, Set on bread.</p> + +<p>01:043:032 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by<br> + themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by<br> + themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the<br> + Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.</p> + +<p>01:043:033 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his<br> + birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the<br> + men marvelled one at another.</p> + +<p>01:043:034 And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but<br> + Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of their's. And<br> + they drank, and were merry with him.</p> + +<p>01:044:001 And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the<br> + men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put<br> + every man's money in his sack's mouth.</p> + +<p>01:044:002 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the<br> + youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word<br> + that Joseph had spoken.</p> + +<p>01:044:003 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they<br> + and their asses.</p> + +<p>01:044:004 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off,<br> + Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and<br> + when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye<br> + rewarded evil for good?</p> + +<p>01:044:005 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed<br> + he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.</p> + +<p>01:044:006 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.</p> + +<p>01:044:007 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words?<br> + God forbid that thy servants should do according to this<br> + thing:</p> + +<p>01:044:008 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we<br> + brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then<br> + should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?</p> + +<p>01:044:009 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die,<br> + and we also will be my lord's bondmen.</p> + +<p>01:044:010 And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he<br> + with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be<br> + blameless.</p> + +<p>01:044:011 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground,<br> + and opened every man his sack.</p> + +<p>01:044:012 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the<br> + youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.</p> + +<p>01:044:013 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and<br> + returned to the city.</p> + +<p>01:044:014 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was<br> + yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.</p> + +<p>01:044:015 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have<br> + done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?</p> + +<p>01:044:016 And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we<br> + speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the<br> + iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants,<br> + both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.</p> + +<p>01:044:017 And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in<br> + whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as<br> + for you, get you up in peace unto your father.</p> + +<p>01:044:018 Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy<br> + servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let<br> + not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as<br> + Pharaoh.</p> + +<p>01:044:019 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a<br> + brother?</p> + +<p>01:044:020 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a<br> + child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead,<br> + and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.</p> + +<p>01:044:021 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me,<br> + that I may set mine eyes upon him.</p> + +<p>01:044:022 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for<br> + if he should leave his father, his father would die.</p> + +<p>01:044:023 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest<br> + brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.</p> + +<p>01:044:024 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my<br> + father, we told him the words of my lord.</p> + +<p>01:044:025 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.</p> + +<p>01:044:026 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be<br> + with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's<br> + face, except our youngest brother be with us.</p> + +<p>01:044:027 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife<br> + bare me two sons:</p> + +<p>01:044:028 And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in<br> + pieces; and I saw him not since:</p> + +<p>01:044:029 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye<br> + shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.</p> + +<p>01:044:030 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the<br> + lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the<br> + lad's life;</p> + +<p>01:044:031 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with<br> + us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the<br> + gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.</p> + +<p>01:044:032 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father,<br> + saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the<br> + blame to my father for ever.</p> + +<p>01:044:033 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of<br> + the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his<br> + brethren.</p> + +<p>01:044:034 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with<br> + me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my<br> + father.</p> + +<p>01:045:001 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that<br> + stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me.<br> + And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself<br> + known unto his brethren.</p> + +<p>01:045:002 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh<br> + heard.</p> + +<p>01:045:003 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father<br> + yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were<br> + troubled at his presence.</p> + +<p>01:045:004 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray<br> + you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your<br> + brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.</p> + +<p>01:045:005 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that<br> + ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve<br> + life.</p> + +<p>01:045:006 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet<br> + there are five years, in the which there shall neither be<br> + earing nor harvest.</p> + +<p>01:045:007 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the<br> + earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.</p> + +<p>01:045:008 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he<br> + hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house,<br> + and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.</p> + +<p>01:045:009 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith<br> + thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down<br> + unto me, tarry not:</p> + +<p>01:045:010 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be<br> + near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's<br> + children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou<br> + hast:</p> + +<p>01:045:011 And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of<br> + famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast,<br> + come to poverty.</p> + +<p>01:045:012 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother<br> + Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.</p> + +<p>01:045:013 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of<br> + all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my<br> + father hither.</p> + +<p>01:045:014 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and<br> + Benjamin wept upon his neck.</p> + +<p>01:045:015 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and<br> + after that his brethren talked with him.</p> + +<p>01:045:016 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying,<br> + Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and<br> + his servants.</p> + +<p>01:045:017 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do<br> + ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;</p> + +<p>01:045:018 And take your father and your households, and come unto me:<br> + and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye<br> + shall eat the fat of the land.</p> + +<p>01:045:019 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the<br> + land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and<br> + bring your father, and come.</p> + +<p>01:045:020 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of<br> + Egypt is your's.</p> + +<p>01:045:021 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them<br> + wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them<br> + provision for the way.</p> + +<p>01:045:022 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to<br> + Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five<br> + changes of raiment.</p> + +<p>01:045:023 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden<br> + with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with<br> + corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.</p> + +<p>01:045:024 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said<br> + unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.</p> + +<p>01:045:025 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of<br> + Canaan unto Jacob their father,</p> + +<p>01:045:026 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor<br> + over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he<br> + believed them not.</p> + +<p>01:045:027 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said<br> + unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to<br> + carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:</p> + +<p>01:045:028 And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I<br> + will go and see him before I die.</p> + +<p>01:046:001 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to<br> + Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father<br> + Isaac.</p> + +<p>01:046:002 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and<br> + said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.</p> + +<p>01:046:003 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go<br> + down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:</p> + +<p>01:046:004 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely<br> + bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine<br> + eyes.</p> + +<p>01:046:005 And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel<br> + carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their<br> + wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.</p> + +<p>01:046:006 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had<br> + gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and<br> + all his seed with him:</p> + +<p>01:046:007 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his<br> + sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into<br> + Egypt.</p> + +<p>01:046:008 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came<br> + into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.</p> + +<p>01:046:009 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and<br> + Carmi.</p> + +<p>01:046:010 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and<br> + Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.</p> + +<p>01:046:011 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.</p> + +<p>01:046:012 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez,<br> + and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the<br> + sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.</p> + +<p>01:046:013 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and<br> + Shimron.</p> + +<p>01:046:014 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.</p> + +<p>01:046:015 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in<br> + Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons<br> + and his daughters were thirty and three.</p> + +<p>01:046:016 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon,<br> + Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.</p> + +<p>01:046:017 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and<br> + Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber,<br> + and Malchiel.</p> + +<p>01:046:018 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his<br> + daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.</p> + +<p>01:046:019 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.</p> + +<p>01:046:020 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and<br> + Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On<br> + bare unto him.</p> + +<p>01:046:021 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel,<br> + Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.</p> + +<p>01:046:022 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all<br> + the souls were fourteen.</p> + +<p>01:046:023 And the sons of Dan; Hushim.</p> + +<p>01:046:024 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and<br> + Shillem.</p> + +<p>01:046:025 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his<br> + daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were<br> + seven.</p> + +<p>01:046:026 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out<br> + of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were<br> + threescore and six;</p> + +<p>01:046:027 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two<br> + souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into<br> + Egypt, were threescore and ten.</p> + +<p>01:046:028 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face<br> + unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.</p> + +<p>01:046:029 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel<br> + his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he<br> + fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.</p> + +<p>01:046:030 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen<br> + thy face, because thou art yet alive.</p> + +<p>01:046:031 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's<br> + house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My<br> + brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of<br> + Canaan, are come unto me;</p> + +<p>01:046:032 And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed<br> + cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds,<br> + and all that they have.</p> + +<p>01:046:033 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and<br> + shall say, What is your occupation?</p> + +<p>01:046:034 That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle<br> + from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers:<br> + that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is<br> + an abomination unto the Egyptians.</p> + +<p>01:047:001 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my<br> + brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they<br> + have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they<br> + are in the land of Goshen.</p> + +<p>01:047:002 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented<br> + them unto Pharaoh.</p> + +<p>01:047:003 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation?<br> + And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both<br> + we, and also our fathers.</p> + +<p>01:047:004 They said morever unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are<br> + we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks;<br> + for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore,<br> + we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.</p> + +<p>01:047:005 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy<br> + brethren are come unto thee:</p> + +<p>01:047:006 The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make<br> + thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let<br> + them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among<br> + them, then make them rulers over my cattle.</p> + +<p>01:047:007 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before<br> + Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.</p> + +<p>01:047:008 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?</p> + +<p>01:047:009 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my<br> + pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have<br> + the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained<br> + unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the<br> + days of their pilgrimage.</p> + +<p>01:047:010 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.</p> + +<p>01:047:011 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a<br> + possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in<br> + the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.</p> + +<p>01:047:012 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his<br> + father's household, with bread, according to their families.</p> + +<p>01:047:013 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was<br> + very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of<br> + Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.</p> + +<p>01:047:014 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the<br> + land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which<br> + they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's<br> + house.</p> + +<p>01:047:015 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of<br> + Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us<br> + bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money<br> + faileth.</p> + +<p>01:047:016 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for<br> + your cattle, if money fail.</p> + +<p>01:047:017 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave<br> + them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for<br> + the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them<br> + with bread for all their cattle for that year.</p> + +<p>01:047:018 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year,<br> + and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that<br> + our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle;<br> + there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our<br> + bodies, and our lands:</p> + +<p>01:047:019 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our<br> + land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will<br> + be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live,<br> + and not die, that the land be not desolate.</p> + +<p>01:047:020 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the<br> + Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine<br> + prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.</p> + +<p>01:047:021 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end<br> + of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.</p> + +<p>01:047:022 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests<br> + had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their<br> + portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their<br> + lands.</p> + +<p>01:047:023 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you<br> + this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you,<br> + and ye shall sow the land.</p> + +<p>01:047:024 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give<br> + the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own,<br> + for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your<br> + households, and for food for your little ones.</p> + +<p>01:047:025 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in<br> + the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.</p> + +<p>01:047:026 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day,<br> + that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, except the land of<br> + the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.</p> + +<p>01:047:027 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of<br> + Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and<br> + multiplied exceedingly.</p> + +<p>01:047:028 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the<br> + whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.</p> + +<p>01:047:029 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his<br> + son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in<br> + thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal<br> + kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:</p> + +<p>01:047:030 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of<br> + Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will<br> + do as thou hast said.</p> + +<p>01:047:031 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel<br> + bowed himself upon the bed's head.</p> + +<p>01:048:001 And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph,<br> + Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons,<br> + Manasseh and Ephraim.</p> + +<p>01:048:002 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh<br> + unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the<br> + bed.</p> + +<p>01:048:003 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at<br> + Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,</p> + +<p>01:048:004 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and<br> + multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people;<br> + and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an<br> + everlasting possession.</p> + +<p>01:048:005 And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born<br> + unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into<br> + Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.</p> + +<p>01:048:006 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be<br> + thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in<br> + their inheritance.</p> + +<p>01:048:007 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in<br> + the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little<br> + way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of<br> + Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.</p> + +<p>01:048:008 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?</p> + +<p>01:048:009 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God<br> + hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray<br> + thee, unto me, and I will bless them.</p> + +<p>01:048:010 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not<br> + see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them,<br> + and embraced them.</p> + +<p>01:048:011 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy<br> + face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.</p> + +<p>01:048:012 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he<br> + bowed himself with his face to the earth.</p> + +<p>01:048:013 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward<br> + Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward<br> + Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him.</p> + +<p>01:048:014 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon<br> + Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon<br> + Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was<br> + the firstborn.</p> + +<p>01:048:015 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers<br> + Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life<br> + long unto this day,</p> + +<p>01:048:016 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and<br> + let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers<br> + Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the<br> + midst of the earth.</p> + +<p>01:048:017 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon<br> + the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his<br> + father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto<br> + Manasseh's head.</p> + +<p>01:048:018 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this<br> + is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.</p> + +<p>01:048:019 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know<br> + it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great:<br> + but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and<br> + his seed shall become a multitude of nations.</p> + +<p>01:048:020 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel<br> + bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and<br> + he set Ephraim before Manasseh.</p> + +<p>01:048:021 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be<br> + with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.</p> + +<p>01:048:022 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren,<br> + which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and<br> + with my bow.</p> + +<p>01:049:001 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves<br> + together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in<br> + the last days.</p> + +<p>01:049:002 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and<br> + hearken unto Israel your father.</p> + +<p>01:049:003 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of<br> + my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of<br> + power:</p> + +<p>01:049:004 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest<br> + up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to<br> + my couch.</p> + +<p>01:049:005 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in<br> + their habitations.</p> + +<p>01:049:006 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their<br> + assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger<br> + they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a<br> + wall.</p> + +<p>01:049:007 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for<br> + it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in<br> + Israel.</p> + +<p>01:049:008 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand<br> + shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children<br> + shall bow down before thee.</p> + +<p>01:049:009 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone<br> + up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion;<br> + who shall rouse him up?</p> + +<p>01:049:010 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from<br> + between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the<br> + gathering of the people be.</p> + +<p>01:049:011 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the<br> + choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes<br> + in the blood of grapes:</p> + +<p>01:049:012 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with<br> + milk.</p> + +<p>01:049:013 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be<br> + for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.</p> + +<p>01:049:014 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:</p> + +<p>01:049:015 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was<br> + pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant<br> + unto tribute.</p> + +<p>01:049:016 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.</p> + +<p>01:049:017 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that<br> + biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.</p> + +<p>01:049:018 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.</p> + +<p>01:049:019 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the<br> + last.</p> + +<p>01:049:020 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal<br> + dainties.</p> + +<p>01:049:021 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.</p> + +<p>01:049:022 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well;<br> + whose branches run over the wall:</p> + +<p>01:049:023 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and<br> + hated him:</p> + +<p>01:049:024 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were<br> + made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from<br> + thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)</p> + +<p>01:049:025 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the<br> + Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above,<br> + blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the<br> + breasts, and of the womb:</p> + +<p>01:049:026 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings<br> + of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting<br> + hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown<br> + of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.</p> + +<p>01:049:027 Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour<br> + the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.</p> + +<p>01:049:028 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that<br> + their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one<br> + according to his blessing he blessed them.</p> + +<p>01:049:029 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered<br> + unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in<br> + the field of Ephron the Hittite,</p> + +<p>01:049:030 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before<br> + Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the<br> + field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a<br> + buryingplace.</p> + +<p>01:049:031 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they<br> + buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.</p> + +<p>01:049:032 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was<br> + from the children of Heth.</p> + +<p>01:049:033 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he<br> + gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost,<br> + and was gathered unto his people.</p> + +<p>01:050:001 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and<br> + kissed him.</p> + +<p>01:050:002 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his<br> + father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.</p> + +<p>01:050:003 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled<br> + the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians<br> + mourned for him threescore and ten days.</p> + +<p>01:050:004 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto<br> + the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in<br> + your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,</p> + +<p>01:050:005 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which<br> + I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou<br> + bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my<br> + father, and I will come again.</p> + +<p>01:050:006 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he<br> + made thee swear.</p> + +<p>01:050:007 And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up<br> + all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all<br> + the elders of the land of Egypt,</p> + +<p>01:050:008 And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his<br> + father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and<br> + their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.</p> + +<p>01:050:009 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it<br> + was a very great company.</p> + +<p>01:050:010 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond<br> + Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore<br> + lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.</p> + +<p>01:050:011 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the<br> + mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous<br> + mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called<br> + Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.</p> + +<p>01:050:012 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:</p> + +<p>01:050:013 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried<br> + him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham<br> + bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of<br> + Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.</p> + +<p>01:050:014 And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all<br> + that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried<br> + his father.</p> + +<p>01:050:015 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead,<br> + they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will<br> + certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.</p> + +<p>01:050:016 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did<br> + command before he died, saying,</p> + +<p>01:050:017 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the<br> + trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto<br> + thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the<br> + servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they<br> + spake unto him.</p> + +<p>01:050:018 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and<br> + they said, Behold, we be thy servants.</p> + +<p>01:050:019 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of<br> + God?</p> + +<p>01:050:020 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it<br> + unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much<br> + people alive.</p> + +<p>01:050:021 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little<br> + ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.</p> + +<p>01:050:022 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and<br> + Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.</p> + +<p>01:050:023 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the<br> + children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up<br> + upon Joseph's knees.</p> + +<p>01:050:024 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely<br> + visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which<br> + he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.</p> + +<p>01:050:025 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God<br> + will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from<br> + hence.</p> + +<p>01:050:026 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they<br> + embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.</p> + +<a href="contents.htm">Previous</a> <a href="contents.htm">Home</a> <a href="book02.htm">Next</a> + + +</td></tr> +</table> +</center> + +</body> +</html> |