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And the Spirit of God moved upon + the face of the waters. + +01:001:003 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. + +01:001:004 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the + light from the darkness. + +01:001:005 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called + Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. + +01:001:006 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the + waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. + +01:001:007 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were + under the firmament from the waters which were above the + firmament: and it was so. + +01:001:008 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the + morning were the second day. + +01:001:009 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered + together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it + was so. + +01:001:010 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together + of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. + +01:001:011 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb + yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his + kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. + +01:001:012 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed + after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in + itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. + +01:001:013 And the evening and the morning were the third day. + +01:001:014 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the + heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for + signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: + +01:001:015 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to + give light upon the earth: and it was so. + +01:001:016 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the + day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars + also. + +01:001:017 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light + upon the earth, + +01:001:018 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the + light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. + +01:001:019 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. + +01:001:020 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving + creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth + in the open firmament of heaven. + +01:001:021 And God created great whales, and every living creature that + moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their + kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that + it was good. + +01:001:022 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and + fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the + earth. + +01:001:023 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. + +01:001:024 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature + after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the + earth after his kind: and it was so. + +01:001:025 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle + after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth + after his kind: and God saw that it was good. + +01:001:026 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our + likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, + and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over + all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth + upon the earth. + +01:001:027 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God + created he him; male and female created he them. + +01:001:028 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and + multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have + dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the + air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. + +01:001:029 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing + seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, + in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it + shall be for meat. + +01:001:030 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, + and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there + is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was + so. + +01:001:031 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was + very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. + +01:002:001 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host + of them. + +01:002:002 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; + and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he + had made. + +01:002:003 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because + that in it he had rested from all his work which God created + and made. + +01:002:004 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when + they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth + and the heavens, + +01:002:005 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and + every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had + not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man + to till the ground. + +01:002:006 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole + face of the ground. + +01:002:007 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and + breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became + a living soul. + +01:002:008 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there + he put the man whom he had formed. + +01:002:009 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree + that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of + life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of + knowledge of good and evil. + +01:002:010 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from + thence it was parted, and became into four heads. + +01:002:011 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth + the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; + +01:002:012 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the + onyx stone. + +01:002:013 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that + compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. + +01:002:014 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which + goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is + Euphrates. + +01:002:015 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of + Eden to dress it and to keep it. + +01:002:016 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of + the garden thou mayest freely eat: + +01:002:017 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt + not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou + shalt surely die. + +01:002:018 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be + alone; I will make him an help meet for him. + +01:002:019 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the + field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam + to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called + every living creature, that was the name thereof. + +01:002:020 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, + and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not + found an help meet for him. + +01:002:021 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he + slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh + instead thereof; + +01:002:022 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a + woman, and brought her unto the man. + +01:002:023 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my + flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of + Man. + +01:002:024 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and + shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. + +01:002:025 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not + ashamed. + +01:003:001 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field + which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, + hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? + +01:003:002 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit + of the trees of the garden: + +01:003:003 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the + garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall + ye touch it, lest ye die. + +01:003:004 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: + +01:003:005 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your + eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good + and evil. + +01:003:006 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and + that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to + make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and + gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. + +01:003:007 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they + were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made + themselves aprons. + +01:003:008 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden + in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves + from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the + garden. + +01:003:009 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where + art thou? + +01:003:010 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was + afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. + +01:003:011 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou + eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou + shouldest not eat? + +01:003:012 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, + she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. + +01:003:013 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou + hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I + did eat. + +01:003:014 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done + this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast + of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt + thou eat all the days of thy life: + +01:003:015 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between + thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou + shalt bruise his heel. + +01:003:016 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and + thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and + thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over + thee. + +01:003:017 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the + voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I + commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is + the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all + the days of thy life; + +01:003:018 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and + thou shalt eat the herb of the field; + +01:003:019 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou + return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for + dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. + +01:003:020 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the + mother of all living. + +01:003:021 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of + skins, and clothed them. + +01:003:022 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, + to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, + and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: + +01:003:023 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, + to till the ground from whence he was taken. + +01:003:024 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the + garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned + every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. + +01:004:001 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, + and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. + +01:004:002 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of + sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. + +01:004:003 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of + the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. + +01:004:004 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and + of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to + his offering: + +01:004:005 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain + was very wroth, and his countenance fell. + +01:004:006 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is + thy countenance fallen? + +01:004:007 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou + doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be + his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. + +01:004:008 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, + when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel + his brother, and slew him. + +01:004:009 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he + said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? + +01:004:010 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's + blood crieth unto me from the ground. + +01:004:011 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her + mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; + +01:004:012 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield + unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou + be in the earth. + +01:004:013 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I + can bear. + +01:004:014 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the + earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a + fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to + pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me. + +01:004:015 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, + vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a + mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. + +01:004:016 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in + the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. + +01:004:017 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and + he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the + name of his son, Enoch. + +01:004:018 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and + Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech. + +01:004:019 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was + Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. + +01:004:020 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in + tents, and of such as have cattle. + +01:004:021 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all + such as handle the harp and organ. + +01:004:022 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructor of every + artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was + Naamah. + +01:004:023 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my + voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have + slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. + +01:004:024 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and + sevenfold. + +01:004:025 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called + his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another + seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. + +01:004:026 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called + his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the + LORD. + +01:005:001 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that + God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; + +01:005:002 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called + their name Adam, in the day when they were created. + +01:005:003 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in + his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name + Seth: + +01:005:004 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight + hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: + +01:005:005 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty + years: and he died. + +01:005:006 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: + +01:005:007 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven + years, and begat sons and daughters: + +01:005:008 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: + and he died. + +01:005:009 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: + +01:005:010 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen + years, and begat sons and daughters: + +01:005:011 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and + he died. + +01:005:012 And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel: + +01:005:013 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and + forty years, and begat sons and daughters: + +01:005:014 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: + and he died. + +01:005:015 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: + +01:005:016 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and + thirty years, and begat sons and daughters: + +01:005:017 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and + five years: and he died. + +01:005:018 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat + Enoch: + +01:005:019 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and + begat sons and daughters: + +01:005:020 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two + years: and he died. + +01:005:021 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: + +01:005:022 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three + hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: + +01:005:023 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five + years: + +01:005:024 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. + +01:005:025 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and + begat Lamech. + +01:005:026 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred + eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: + +01:005:027 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and + nine years: and he died. + +01:005:028 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a + son: + +01:005:029 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort + us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the + ground which the LORD hath cursed. + +01:005:030 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and + five years, and begat sons and daughters: + +01:005:031 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and + seven years: and he died. + +01:005:032 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, + and Japheth. + +01:006:001 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of + the earth, and daughters were born unto them, + +01:006:002 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were + fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. + +01:006:003 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, + for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred + and twenty years. + +01:006:004 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after + that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, + and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men + which were of old, men of renown. + +01:006:005 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, + and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was + only evil continually. + +01:006:006 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, + and it grieved him at his heart. + +01:006:007 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from + the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping + thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I + have made them. + +01:006:008 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. + +01:006:009 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and + perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. + +01:006:010 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. + +01:006:011 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was + filled with violence. + +01:006:012 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; + for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. + +01:006:013 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before + me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, + behold, I will destroy them with the earth. + +01:006:014 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the + ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. + +01:006:015 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The + length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth + of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. + +01:006:016 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou + finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the + side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou + make it. + +01:006:017 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the + earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, + from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall + die. + +01:006:018 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt + come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy + sons' wives with thee. + +01:006:019 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort + shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; + they shall be male and female. + +01:006:020 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of + every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every + sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. + +01:006:021 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou + shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, + and for them. + +01:006:022 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did + he. + +01:007:001 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into + the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this + generation. + +01:007:002 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the + male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, + the male and his female. + +01:007:003 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; + to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. + +01:007:004 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth + forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I + have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. + +01:007:005 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him. + +01:007:006 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters + was upon the earth. + +01:007:007 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' + wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the + flood. + +01:007:008 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of + fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, + +01:007:009 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and + the female, as God had commanded Noah. + +01:007:010 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the + flood were upon the earth. + +01:007:011 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, + the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the + fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of + heaven were opened. + +01:007:012 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. + +01:007:013 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and + Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three + wives of his sons with them, into the ark; + +01:007:014 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after + their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the + earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every + bird of every sort. + +01:007:015 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all + flesh, wherein is the breath of life. + +01:007:016 And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, + as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. + +01:007:017 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters + increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the + earth. + +01:007:018 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the + earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. + +01:007:019 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all + the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were + covered. + +01:007:020 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the + mountains were covered. + +01:007:021 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, + and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that + creepeth upon the earth, and every man: + +01:007:022 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was + in the dry land, died. + +01:007:023 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the + face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping + things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed + from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that + were with him in the ark. + +01:007:024 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty + days. + +01:008:001 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the + cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to + pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged; + +01:008:002 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were + stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; + +01:008:003 And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and + after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were + abated. + +01:008:004 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth + day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. + +01:008:005 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in + the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops + of the mountains seen. + +01:008:006 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened + the window of the ark which he had made: + +01:008:007 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until + the waters were dried up from off the earth. + +01:008:008 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were + abated from off the face of the ground; + +01:008:009 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she + returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the + face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took + her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. + +01:008:010 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth + the dove out of the ark; + +01:008:011 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her + mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the + waters were abated from off the earth. + +01:008:012 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; + which returned not again unto him any more. + +01:008:013 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in + the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were + dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of + the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was + dry. + +01:008:014 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the + month, was the earth dried. + +01:008:015 And God spake unto Noah, saying, + +01:008:016 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy + sons' wives with thee. + +01:008:017 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of + all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping + thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed + abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon + the earth. + +01:008:018 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' + wives with him: + +01:008:019 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and + whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went + forth out of the ark. + +01:008:020 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every + clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt + offerings on the altar. + +01:008:021 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his + heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's + sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his + youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, + as I have done. + +01:008:022 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and + heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not + cease. + +01:009:001 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be + fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. + +01:009:002 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every + beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all + that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the + sea; into your hand are they delivered. + +01:009:003 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as + the green herb have I given you all things. + +01:009:004 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, + shall ye not eat. + +01:009:005 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the + hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; + at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of + man. + +01:009:006 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: + for in the image of God made he man. + +01:009:007 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly + in the earth, and multiply therein. + +01:009:008 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, + +01:009:009 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your + seed after you; + +01:009:010 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, + of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from + all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. + +01:009:011 And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all + flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither + shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. + +01:009:012 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make + between me and you and every living creature that is with you, + for perpetual generations: + +01:009:013 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a + covenant between me and the earth. + +01:009:014 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the + earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: + +01:009:015 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you + and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall + no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. + +01:009:016 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, + that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and + every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. + +01:009:017 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, + which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon + the earth. + +01:009:018 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, + and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. + +01:009:019 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole + earth overspread. + +01:009:020 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: + +01:009:021 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was + uncovered within his tent. + +01:009:022 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his + father, and told his two brethren without. + +01:009:023 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both + their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness + of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw + not their father's nakedness. + +01:009:024 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son + had done unto him. + +01:009:025 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he + be unto his brethren. + +01:009:026 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall + be his servant. + +01:009:027 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of + Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. + +01:009:028 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. + +01:009:029 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: + and he died. + +01:010:001 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, + and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. + +01:010:002 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, + and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. + +01:010:003 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. + +01:010:004 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and + Dodanim. + +01:010:005 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their + lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in + their nations. + +01:010:006 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. + +01:010:007 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and + Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and + Dedan. + +01:010:008 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the + earth. + +01:010:009 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, + Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. + +01:010:010 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and + Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. + +01:010:011 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and + the city Rehoboth, and Calah, + +01:010:012 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city. + +01:010:013 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and + Naphtuhim, + +01:010:014 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and + Caphtorim. + +01:010:015 And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, + +01:010:016 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, + +01:010:017 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, + +01:010:018 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and + afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. + +01:010:019 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou + comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and + Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. + +01:010:020 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their + tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. + +01:010:021 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the + brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. + +01:010:022 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, + and Aram. + +01:010:023 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. + +01:010:024 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. + +01:010:025 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; + for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name + was Joktan. + +01:010:026 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and + Jerah, + +01:010:027 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, + +01:010:028 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, + +01:010:029 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of + Joktan. + +01:010:030 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a + mount of the east. + +01:010:031 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their + tongues, in their lands, after their nations. + +01:010:032 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their + generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations + divided in the earth after the flood. + +01:011:001 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. + +01:011:002 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that + they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt + there. + +01:011:003 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and + burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime + had they for morter. + +01:011:004 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, + whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, + lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. + +01:011:005 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which + the children of men builded. + +01:011:006 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have + all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing + will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. + +01:011:007 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that + they may not understand one another's speech. + +01:011:008 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of + all the earth: and they left off to build the city. + +01:011:009 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did + there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence + did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the + earth. + +01:011:010 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years + old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: + +01:011:011 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and + begat sons and daughters. + +01:011:012 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: + +01:011:013 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three + years, and begat sons and daughters. + +01:011:014 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: + +01:011:015 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three + years, and begat sons and daughters. + +01:011:016 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: + +01:011:017 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty + years, and begat sons and daughters. + +01:011:018 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: + +01:011:019 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, + and begat sons and daughters. + +01:011:020 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: + +01:011:021 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven + years, and begat sons and daughters. + +01:011:022 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: + +01:011:023 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and + begat sons and daughters. + +01:011:024 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: + +01:011:025 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen + years, and begat sons and daughters. + +01:011:026 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and + Haran. + +01:011:027 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, + Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. + +01:011:028 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his + nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. + +01:011:029 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife + was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter + of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. + +01:011:030 But Sarai was barren; she had no child. + +01:011:031 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his + son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's + wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, + to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and + dwelt there. + +01:011:032 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and + Terah died in Haran. + +01:012:001 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, + and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land + that I will shew thee: + +01:012:002 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, + and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: + +01:012:003 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that + curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be + blessed. + +01:012:004 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot + went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when + he departed out of Haran. + +01:012:005 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and + all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that + they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the + land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. + +01:012:006 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, + unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the + land. + +01:012:007 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will + I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, + who appeared unto him. + +01:012:008 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of + Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and + Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, + and called upon the name of the LORD. + +01:012:009 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. + +01:012:010 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into + Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the + land. + +01:012:011 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into + Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know + that thou art a fair woman to look upon: + +01:012:012 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see + thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will + kill me, but they will save thee alive. + +01:012:013 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with + me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. + +01:012:014 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the + Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. + +01:012:015 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before + Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. + +01:012:016 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, + and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and + she asses, and camels. + +01:012:017 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues + because of Sarai Abram's wife. + +01:012:018 And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that thou hast + done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy + wife? + +01:012:019 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her + to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go + thy way. + +01:012:020 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent + him away, and his wife, and all that he had. + +01:013:001 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that + he had, and Lot with him, into the south. + +01:013:002 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. + +01:013:003 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, + unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, + between Bethel and Hai; + +01:013:004 Unto the place of the altar, which he had make there at the + first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD. + +01:013:005 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, + and tents. + +01:013:006 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell + together: for their substance was great, so that they could + not dwell together. + +01:013:007 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle + and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the + Perizzite dwelled then in the land. + +01:013:008 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, + between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; + for we be brethren. + +01:013:009 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray + thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go + to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will + go to the left. + +01:013:010 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of + Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD + destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, + like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. + +01:013:011 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed + east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. + +01:013:012 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the + cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. + +01:013:013 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD + exceedingly. + +01:013:014 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated + from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place + where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and + westward: + +01:013:015 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and + to thy seed for ever. + +01:013:016 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if + a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed + also be numbered. + +01:013:017 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the + breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. + +01:013:018 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain + of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto + the LORD. + +01:014:001 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, + Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal + king of nations; + +01:014:002 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha + king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of + Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. + +01:014:003 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is + the salt sea. + +01:014:004 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth + year they rebelled. + +01:014:005 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings + that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth + Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emins in Shaveh + Kiriathaim, + +01:014:006 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by + the wilderness. + +01:014:007 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and + smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the + Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar. + +01:014:008 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of + Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and + the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle + with them in the vale of Siddim; + +01:014:009 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of + nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of + Ellasar; four kings with five. + +01:014:010 And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of + Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that + remained fled to the mountain. + +01:014:011 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all + their victuals, and went their way. + +01:014:012 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, + and his goods, and departed. + +01:014:013 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the + Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, + brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were + confederate with Abram. + +01:014:014 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he + armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three + hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. + +01:014:015 And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by + night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is + on the left hand of Damascus. + +01:014:016 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his + brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the + people. + +01:014:017 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return + from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were + with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale. + +01:014:018 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: + and he was the priest of the most high God. + +01:014:019 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most + high God, possessor of heaven and earth: + +01:014:020 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine + enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. + +01:014:021 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, + and take the goods to thyself. + +01:014:022 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand + unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and + earth, + +01:014:023 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and + that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou + shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: + +01:014:024 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion + of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let + them take their portion. + +01:015:001 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a + vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy + exceeding great reward. + +01:015:002 And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go + childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of + Damascus? + +01:015:003 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, + lo, one born in my house is mine heir. + +01:015:004 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This + shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of + thine own bowels shall be thine heir. + +01:015:005 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward + heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: + and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. + +01:015:006 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for + righteousness. + +01:015:007 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of + Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. + +01:015:008 And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall + inherit it? + +01:015:009 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, + and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years + old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. + +01:015:010 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, + and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided + he not. + +01:015:011 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove + them away. + +01:015:012 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; + and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. + +01:015:013 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall + be a stranger in a land that is not their's, and shall serve + them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; + +01:015:014 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and + afterward shall they come out with great substance. + +01:015:015 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be + buried in a good old age. + +01:015:016 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for + the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. + +01:015:017 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was + dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed + between those pieces. + +01:015:018 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, + Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt + unto the great river, the river Euphrates: + +01:015:019 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, + +01:015:020 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, + +01:015:021 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and + the Jebusites. + +01:016:001 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an + handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. + +01:016:002 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath + restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; + it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram + hearkened to the voice of Sarai. + +01:016:003 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after + Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her + to her husband Abram to be his wife. + +01:016:004 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw + that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. + +01:016:005 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given + my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had + conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between + me and thee. + +01:016:006 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; + do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly + with her, she fled from her face. + +01:016:007 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in + the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. + +01:016:008 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and + whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my + mistress Sarai. + +01:016:009 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy + mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. + +01:016:010 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy + seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. + +01:016:011 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with + child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; + because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. + +01:016:012 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, + and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the + presence of all his brethren. + +01:016:013 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou + God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him + that seeth me? + +01:016:014 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is + between Kadesh and Bered. + +01:016:015 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, + which Hagar bare, Ishmael. + +01:016:016 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare + Ishmael to Abram. + +01:017:001 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD + appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; + walk before me, and be thou perfect. + +01:017:002 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will + multiply thee exceedingly. + +01:017:003 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, + +01:017:004 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be + a father of many nations. + +01:017:005 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name + shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made + thee. + +01:017:006 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make + nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. + +01:017:007 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy + seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting + covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. + +01:017:008 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the + land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for + an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. + +01:017:009 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant + therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. + +01:017:010 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you + and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be + circumcised. + +01:017:011 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it + shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. + +01:017:012 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, + every man child in your generations, he that is born in the + house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of + thy seed. + +01:017:013 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy + money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in + your flesh for an everlasting covenant. + +01:017:014 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is + not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; + he hath broken my covenant. + +01:017:015 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt + not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. + +01:017:016 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I + will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of + people shall be of her. + +01:017:017 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his + heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years + old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? + +01:017:018 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before + thee! + +01:017:019 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and + thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my + covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his + seed after him. + +01:017:020 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed + him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him + exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make + him a great nation. + +01:017:021 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall + bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. + +01:017:022 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from + Abraham. + +01:017:023 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in + his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male + among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of + their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. + +01:017:024 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was + circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. + +01:017:025 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was + circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. + +01:017:026 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his + son. + +01:017:027 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought + with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him. + +01:018:001 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he + sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; + +01:018:002 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood + by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the + tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, + +01:018:003 And said, My LORD, if now I have found favour in thy sight, + pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: + +01:018:004 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your + feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: + +01:018:005 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your + hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come + to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. + +01:018:006 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make + ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make + cakes upon the hearth. + +01:018:007 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and + good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. + +01:018:008 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had + dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under + the tree, and they did eat. + +01:018:009 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, + Behold, in the tent. + +01:018:010 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to + the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. + And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. + +01:018:011 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and + it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. + +01:018:012 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am + waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? + +01:018:013 And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, + saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? + +01:018:014 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I + will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and + Sarah shall have a son. + +01:018:015 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. + And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. + +01:018:016 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and + Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. + +01:018:017 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which + I do; + +01:018:018 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty + nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in + him? + +01:018:019 For I know him, that he will command his children and his + household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, + to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon + Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. + +01:018:020 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is + great, and because their sin is very grievous; + +01:018:021 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether + according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, + I will know. + +01:018:022 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward + Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. + +01:018:023 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the + righteous with the wicked? + +01:018:024 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt + thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty + righteous that are therein? + +01:018:025 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the + righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as + the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all + the earth do right? + +01:018:026 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within + the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. + +01:018:027 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon + me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes: + +01:018:028 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: + wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, + If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it. + +01:018:029 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there + shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for + forty's sake. + +01:018:030 And he said unto him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will + speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he + said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. + +01:018:031 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto + the LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And + he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake. + +01:018:032 And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak + yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And + he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. + +01:018:033 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing + with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place. + +01:019:001 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the + gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and + he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; + +01:019:002 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into + your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, + and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they + said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. + +01:019:003 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, + and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did + bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. + +01:019:004 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of + Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the + people from every quarter: + +01:019:005 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men + which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that + we may know them. + +01:019:006 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door + after him, + +01:019:007 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. + +01:019:008 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let + me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as + is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for + therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. + +01:019:009 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one + fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now + will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed + sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. + +01:019:010 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the + house to them, and shut to the door. + +01:019:011 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with + blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied + themselves to find the door. + +01:019:012 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in + law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast + in the city, bring them out of this place: + +01:019:013 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is + waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath + sent us to destroy it. + +01:019:014 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which + married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this + place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as + one that mocked unto his sons in law. + +01:019:015 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, + saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are + here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. + +01:019:016 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and + upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two + daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought + him forth, and set him without the city. + +01:019:017 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, + that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, + neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, + lest thou be consumed. + +01:019:018 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my LORD: + +01:019:019 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and + thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me + in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest + some evil take me, and I die: + +01:019:020 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little + one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and + my soul shall live. + +01:019:021 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning + this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the + which thou hast spoken. + +01:019:022 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou + be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called + Zoar. + +01:019:023 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. + +01:019:024 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone + and fire from the LORD out of heaven; + +01:019:025 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the + inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the + ground. + +01:019:026 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a + pillar of salt. + +01:019:027 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he + stood before the LORD: + +01:019:028 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the + land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the + country went up as the smoke of a furnace. + +01:019:029 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the + plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the + midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the + which Lot dwelt. + +01:019:030 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and + his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: + and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. + +01:019:031 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, + and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after + the manner of all the earth: + +01:019:032 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with + him, that we may preserve seed of our father. + +01:019:033 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the + firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived + not when she lay down, nor when she arose. + +01:019:034 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said + unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: + let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, + and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. + +01:019:035 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the + younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she + lay down, nor when she arose. + +01:019:036 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their + father. + +01:019:037 And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the + same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. + +01:019:038 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name + Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto + this day. + +01:020:001 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, + and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. + +01:020:002 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and + Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. + +01:020:003 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to + him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou + hast taken; for she is a man's wife. + +01:020:004 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt + thou slay also a righteous nation? + +01:020:005 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she + herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart + and innocency of my hands have I done this. + +01:020:006 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst + this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee + from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to + touch her. + +01:020:007 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, + and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou + restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, + and all that are thine. + +01:020:008 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all + his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the + men were sore afraid. + +01:020:009 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast + thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou + hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast + done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. + +01:020:010 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou + hast done this thing? + +01:020:011 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is + not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake. + +01:020:012 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my + father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my + wife. + +01:020:013 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my + father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness + which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall + come, say of me, He is my brother. + +01:020:014 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and + womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him + Sarah his wife. + +01:020:015 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell + where it pleaseth thee. + +01:020:016 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a + thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of + the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: + thus she was reproved. + +01:020:017 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his + wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. + +01:020:018 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of + Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife. + +01:021:001 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did + unto Sarah as he had spoken. + +01:021:002 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at + the set time of which God had spoken to him. + +01:021:003 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, + whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. + +01:021:004 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as + God had commanded him. + +01:021:005 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was + born unto him. + +01:021:006 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that + hear will laugh with me. + +01:021:007 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah + should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in + his old age. + +01:021:008 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great + feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. + +01:021:009 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had + born unto Abraham, mocking. + +01:021:010 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and + her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with + my son, even with Isaac. + +01:021:011 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of + his son. + +01:021:012 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight + because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that + Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in + Isaac shall thy seed be called. + +01:021:013 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, + because he is thy seed. + +01:021:014 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and + a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her + shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, + and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. + +01:021:015 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child + under one of the shrubs. + +01:021:016 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way + off, as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the + death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up + her voice, and wept. + +01:021:017 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God + called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth + thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad + where he is. + +01:021:018 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will + make him a great nation. + +01:021:019 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she + went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad + drink. + +01:021:020 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the + wilderness, and became an archer. + +01:021:021 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took + him a wife out of the land of Egypt. + +01:021:022 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol + the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God + is with thee in all that thou doest: + +01:021:023 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not + deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: + but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou + shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. + +01:021:024 And Abraham said, I will swear. + +01:021:025 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, + which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away. + +01:021:026 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing; + neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to + day. + +01:021:027 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; + and both of them made a covenant. + +01:021:028 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. + +01:021:029 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe + lambs which thou hast set by themselves? + +01:021:030 And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my + hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged + this well. + +01:021:031 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they + sware both of them. + +01:021:032 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose + up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they + returned into the land of the Philistines. + +01:021:033 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on + the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. + +01:021:034 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. + +01:022:001 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt + Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here + I am. + +01:022:002 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou + lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him + there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I + will tell thee of. + +01:022:003 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, + and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and + clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went + unto the place of which God had told him. + +01:022:004 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the + place afar off. + +01:022:005 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the + ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come + again to you. + +01:022:006 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it + upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a + knife; and they went both of them together. + +01:022:007 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: + and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire + and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? + +01:022:008 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for + a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. + +01:022:009 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and + Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and + bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. + +01:022:010 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to + slay his son. + +01:022:011 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and + said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. + +01:022:012 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou + any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, + seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. + +01:022:013 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind + him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went + and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in + the stead of his son. + +01:022:014 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it + is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be + seen. + +01:022:015 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven + the second time, + +01:022:016 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because + thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, + thine only son: + +01:022:017 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will + multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand + which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the + gate of his enemies; + +01:022:018 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; + because thou hast obeyed my voice. + +01:022:019 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and + went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba. + +01:022:020 And it came to pass after these things, that it was told + Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children + unto thy brother Nahor; + +01:022:021 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father + of Aram, + +01:022:022 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. + +01:022:023 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to + Nahor, Abraham's brother. + +01:022:024 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, + and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah. + +01:023:001 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these + were the years of the life of Sarah. + +01:023:002 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land + of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep + for her. + +01:023:003 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the + sons of Heth, saying, + +01:023:004 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession + of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my + sight. + +01:023:005 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, + +01:023:006 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the + choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall + withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury + thy dead. + +01:023:007 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the + land, even to the children of Heth. + +01:023:008 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I + should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for + me to Ephron the son of Zohar, + +01:023:009 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, + which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is + worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace + amongst you. + +01:023:010 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the + Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of + Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, + saying, + +01:023:011 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave + that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons + of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead. + +01:023:012 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. + +01:023:013 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the + land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: + I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I + will bury my dead there. + +01:023:014 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, + +01:023:015 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred + shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury + therefore thy dead. + +01:023:016 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to + Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the + sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money + with the merchant. + +01:023:017 And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was + before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and + all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the + borders round about, were made sure + +01:023:018 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children + of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. + +01:023:019 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of + the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the + land of Canaan. + +01:023:020 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure + unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of + Heth. + +01:024:001 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD + had blessed Abraham in all things. + +01:024:002 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that + ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under + my thigh: + +01:024:003 And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and + the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my + son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: + +01:024:004 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take + a wife unto my son Isaac. + +01:024:005 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not + be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy + son again unto the land from whence thou camest? + +01:024:006 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my + son thither again. + +01:024:007 The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, + and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and + that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this + land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take + a wife unto my son from thence. + +01:024:008 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou + shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son + thither again. + +01:024:009 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his + master, and sware to him concerning that matter. + +01:024:010 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, + and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his + hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of + Nahor. + +01:024:011 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a + well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that + women go out to draw water. + +01:024:012 And he said O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send + me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master + Abraham. + +01:024:013 Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters + of the men of the city come out to draw water: + +01:024:014 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, + Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she + shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let + the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant + Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness + unto my master. + +01:024:015 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, + behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of + Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher + upon her shoulder. + +01:024:016 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither + had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and + filled her pitcher, and came up. + +01:024:017 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray + thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher. + +01:024:018 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her + pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. + +01:024:019 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw + water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking. + +01:024:020 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and + ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his + camels. + +01:024:021 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether + the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not. + +01:024:022 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the + man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two + bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; + +01:024:023 And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is + there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in? + +01:024:024 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of + Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor. + +01:024:025 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender + enough, and room to lodge in. + +01:024:026 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD. + +01:024:027 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who + hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: + I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my + master's brethren. + +01:024:028 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these + things. + +01:024:029 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban + ran out unto the man, unto the well. + +01:024:030 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets + upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of + Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that + he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at + the well. + +01:024:031 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore + standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room + for the camels. + +01:024:032 And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, + and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash + his feet, and the men's feet that were with him. + +01:024:033 And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will + not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on. + +01:024:034 And he said, I am Abraham's servant. + +01:024:035 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become + great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, + and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and + asses. + +01:024:036 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she + was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath. + +01:024:037 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a + wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose + land I dwell: + +01:024:038 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, + and take a wife unto my son. + +01:024:039 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not + follow me. + +01:024:040 And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send + his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take + a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house: + +01:024:041 Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest + to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be + clear from my oath. + +01:024:042 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my + master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go: + +01:024:043 Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to + pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I + say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy + pitcher to drink; + +01:024:044 And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for + thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath + appointed out for my master's son. + +01:024:045 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah + came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down + unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me + drink, I pray thee. + +01:024:046 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her + shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink + also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also. + +01:024:047 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she + said, the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare + unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the + bracelets upon her hands. + +01:024:048 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed + the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the + right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son. + +01:024:049 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell + me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or + to the left. + +01:024:050 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth + from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. + +01:024:051 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her + be thy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken. + +01:024:052 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their + words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth. + +01:024:053 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of + gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to + her brother and to her mother precious things. + +01:024:054 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, + and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he + said, Send me away unto my master. + +01:024:055 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with + us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go. + +01:024:056 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath + prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master. + +01:024:057 And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her + mouth. + +01:024:058 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with + this man? And she said, I will go. + +01:024:059 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and + Abraham's servant, and his men. + +01:024:060 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our + sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let + thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them. + +01:024:061 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the + camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, + and went his way. + +01:024:062 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt + in the south country. + +01:024:063 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: + and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels + were coming. + +01:024:064 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she + lighted off the camel. + +01:024:065 For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that + walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It + is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself. + +01:024:066 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done. + +01:024:067 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took + Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac + was comforted after his mother's death. + +01:025:001 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. + +01:025:002 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, + and Ishbak, and Shuah. + +01:025:003 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were + Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. + +01:025:004 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and + Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. + +01:025:005 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. + +01:025:006 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, + Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, + while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country. + +01:025:007 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he + lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years. + +01:025:008 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an + old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people. + +01:025:009 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of + Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the + Hittite, which is before Mamre; + +01:025:010 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there + was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. + +01:025:011 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God + blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi. + +01:025:012 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom + Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham: + +01:025:013 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their + names, according to their generations: the firstborn of + Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, + +01:025:014 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, + +01:025:015 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: + +01:025:016 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by + their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to + their nations. + +01:025:017 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and + thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and + was gathered unto his people. + +01:025:018 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, + as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of + all his brethren. + +01:025:019 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham + begat Isaac: + +01:025:020 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, + the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to + Laban the Syrian. + +01:025:021 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was + barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his + wife conceived. + +01:025:022 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, + If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the + LORD. + +01:025:023 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and + two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and + the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and + the elder shall serve the younger. + +01:025:024 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, + there were twins in her womb. + +01:025:025 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; + and they called his name Esau. + +01:025:026 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on + Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was + threescore years old when she bare them. + +01:025:027 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the + field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. + +01:025:028 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but + Rebekah loved Jacob. + +01:025:029 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he + was faint: + +01:025:030 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same + red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called + Edom. + +01:025:031 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. + +01:025:032 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what + profit shall this birthright do to me? + +01:025:033 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: + and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. + +01:025:034 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did + eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau + despised his birthright. + +01:026:001 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine + that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech + king of the Philistines unto Gerar. + +01:026:002 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into + Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: + +01:026:003 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless + thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these + countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto + Abraham thy father; + +01:026:004 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, + and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy + seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; + +01:026:005 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my + commandments, my statutes, and my laws. + +01:026:006 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: + +01:026:007 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, + She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, + said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; + because she was fair to look upon. + +01:026:008 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that + Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and + saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. + +01:026:009 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she + is thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac + said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her. + +01:026:010 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one + of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou + shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. + +01:026:011 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth + this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. + +01:026:012 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year + an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. + +01:026:013 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he + became very great: + +01:026:014 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and + great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. + +01:026:015 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in + the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped + them, and filled them with earth. + +01:026:016 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much + mightier than we. + +01:026:017 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley + of Gerar, and dwelt there. + +01:026:018 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had + digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines + had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called + their names after the names by which his father had called + them. + +01:026:019 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a + well of springing water. + +01:026:020 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, + saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well + Esek; because they strove with him. + +01:026:021 And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he + called the name of it Sitnah. + +01:026:022 And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for + that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; + and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we + shall be fruitful in the land. + +01:026:023 And he went up from thence to Beersheba. + +01:026:024 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am + the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, + and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant + Abraham's sake. + +01:026:025 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the + LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants + digged a well. + +01:026:026 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his + friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. + +01:026:027 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye + hate me, and have sent me away from you? + +01:026:028 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: + and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt + us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee; + +01:026:029 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and + as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee + away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD. + +01:026:030 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. + +01:026:031 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to + another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him + in peace. + +01:026:032 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, + and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and + said unto him, We have found water. + +01:026:033 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is + Beersheba unto this day. + +01:026:034 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the + daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of + Elon the Hittite: + +01:026:035 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah. + +01:027:001 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes + were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest + son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, + here am I. + +01:027:002 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my + death: + +01:027:003 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and + thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; + +01:027:004 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, + that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die. + +01:027:005 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau + went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. + +01:027:006 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard + thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, + +01:027:007 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, + and bless thee before the LORD before my death. + +01:027:008 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I + command thee. + +01:027:009 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of + the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, + such as he loveth: + +01:027:010 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and + that he may bless thee before his death. + +01:027:011 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother + is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: + +01:027:012 My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him + as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a + blessing. + +01:027:013 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: + only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. + +01:027:014 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and + his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved. + +01:027:015 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which + were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her + younger son: + +01:027:016 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, + and upon the smooth of his neck: + +01:027:017 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had + prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. + +01:027:018 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, + Here am I; who art thou, my son? + +01:027:019 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first born; I + have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit + and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. + +01:027:020 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it + so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God + brought it to me. + +01:027:021 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may + feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not. + +01:027:022 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, + and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the + hands of Esau. + +01:027:023 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his + brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him. + +01:027:024 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am. + +01:027:025 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's + venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near + to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine and he drank. + +01:027:026 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss + me, my son. + +01:027:027 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of + his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my + son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed: + +01:027:028 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness + of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: + +01:027:029 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord + over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: + cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that + blesseth thee. + +01:027:030 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of + blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the + presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in + from his hunting. + +01:027:031 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his + father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat + of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. + +01:027:032 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, + I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau. + +01:027:033 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is + he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have + eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, + and he shall be blessed. + +01:027:034 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a + great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, + Bless me, even me also, O my father. + +01:027:035 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken + away thy blessing. + +01:027:036 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath + supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; + and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, + Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? + +01:027:037 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him + thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for + servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and + what shall I do now unto thee, my son? + +01:027:038 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my + father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted + up his voice, and wept. + +01:027:039 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy + dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of + heaven from above; + +01:027:040 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; + and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, + that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. + +01:027:041 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his + father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of + mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my + brother Jacob. + +01:027:042 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: + and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto + him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort + himself, purposing to kill thee. + +01:027:043 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou to + Laban my brother to Haran; + +01:027:044 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn + away; + +01:027:045 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget + that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch + thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in + one day? + +01:027:046 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of + the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters + of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, + what good shall my life do me? + +01:028:001 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and + said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of + Canaan. + +01:028:002 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's + father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughers of + Laban thy mother's brother. + +01:028:003 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and + multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; + +01:028:004 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy + seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou + art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham. + +01:028:005 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto + Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, + Jacob's and Esau's mother. + +01:028:006 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away + to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he + blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take + a wife of the daughers of Canaan; + +01:028:007 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone + to Padanaram; + +01:028:008 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac + his father; + +01:028:009 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he + had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister + of Nebajoth, to be his wife. + +01:028:010 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. + +01:028:011 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all + night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of + that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that + place to sleep. + +01:028:012 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and + the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God + ascending and descending on it. + +01:028:013 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD + God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land + whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; + +01:028:014 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt + spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, + and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the + families of the earth be blessed. + +01:028:015 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places + whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; + for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have + spoken to thee of. + +01:028:016 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the + LORD is in this place; and I knew it not. + +01:028:017 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this + is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of + heaven. + +01:028:018 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone + that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, + and poured oil upon the top of it. + +01:028:019 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of + that city was called Luz at the first. + +01:028:020 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and + will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to + eat, and raiment to put on, + +01:028:021 So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall + the LORD be my God: + +01:028:022 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's + house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give + the tenth unto thee. + +01:029:001 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the + people of the east. + +01:029:002 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there + were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well + they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's + mouth. + +01:029:003 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the + stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put + the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place. + +01:029:004 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they + said, Of Haran are we. + +01:029:005 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And + they said, We know him. + +01:029:006 And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: + and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. + +01:029:007 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that + the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, + and go and feed them. + +01:029:008 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered + together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; + then we water the sheep. + +01:029:009 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her + father's sheep; for she kept them. + +01:029:010 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of + Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his + mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone + from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his + mother's brother. + +01:029:011 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. + +01:029:012 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and + that he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father. + +01:029:013 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his + sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and + kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban + all these things. + +01:029:014 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. + And he abode with him the space of a month. + +01:029:015 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, + shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what + shall thy wages be? + +01:029:016 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, + and the name of the younger was Rachel. + +01:029:017 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well + favoured. + +01:029:018 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven + years for Rachel thy younger daughter. + +01:029:019 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than + that I should give her to another man: abide with me. + +01:029:020 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto + him but a few days, for the love he had to her. + +01:029:021 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are + fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. + +01:029:022 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made + a feast. + +01:029:023 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his + daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. + +01:029:024 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an + handmaid. + +01:029:025 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: + and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did + not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou + beguiled me? + +01:029:026 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give + the younger before the firstborn. + +01:029:027 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the + service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. + +01:029:028 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him + Rachel his daughter to wife also. + +01:029:029 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to + be her maid. + +01:029:030 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more + than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. + +01:029:031 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: + but Rachel was barren. + +01:029:032 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name + Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my + affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. + +01:029:033 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the + LORD hath heard I was hated, he hath therefore given me this + son also: and she called his name Simeon. + +01:029:034 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this + time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born + him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi. + +01:029:035 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now + will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; + and left bearing. + +01:030:001 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel + envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or + else I die. + +01:030:002 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am + I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the + womb? + +01:030:003 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she + shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by + her. + +01:030:004 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went + in unto her. + +01:030:005 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. + +01:030:006 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my + voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name + Dan. + +01:030:007 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a + second son. + +01:030:008 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my + sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name + Naphtali. + +01:030:009 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her + maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. + +01:030:010 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son. + +01:030:011 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. + +01:030:012 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son. + +01:030:013 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me + blessed: and she called his name Asher. + +01:030:014 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found + mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. + Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's + mandrakes. + +01:030:015 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast + taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's + mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with + thee to night for thy son's mandrakes. + +01:030:016 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went + out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for + surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay + with her that night. + +01:030:017 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob + the fifth son. + +01:030:018 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given + my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. + +01:030:019 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. + +01:030:020 And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will + my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: + and she called his name Zebulun. + +01:030:021 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. + +01:030:022 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and + opened her womb. + +01:030:023 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken + away my reproach: + +01:030:024 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add + to me another son. + +01:030:025 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob + said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own + place, and to my country. + +01:030:026 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, + and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done + thee. + +01:030:027 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour + in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that + the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake. + +01:030:028 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. + +01:030:029 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and + how thy cattle was with me. + +01:030:030 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is + now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee + since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own + house also? + +01:030:031 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou + shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for + me, I will again feed and keep thy flock. + +01:030:032 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence + all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle + among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: + and of such shall be my hire. + +01:030:033 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when + it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is + not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the + sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me. + +01:030:034 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy + word. + +01:030:035 And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and + spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, + and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown + among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons. + +01:030:036 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and + Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. + +01:030:037 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and + chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the + white appear which was in the rods. + +01:030:038 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in + the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to + drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink. + +01:030:039 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth + cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. + +01:030:040 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the + flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock + of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put + them not unto Laban's cattle. + +01:030:041 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did + conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the + cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the + rods. + +01:030:042 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the + feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. + +01:030:043 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and + maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses. + +01:031:001 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath + taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was + our father's hath he gotten all this glory. + +01:031:002 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was + not toward him as before. + +01:031:003 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy + fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. + +01:031:004 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto + his flock, + +01:031:005 And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it + is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been + with me. + +01:031:006 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. + +01:031:007 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten + times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. + +01:031:008 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the + cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked + shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked. + +01:031:009 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given + them to me. + +01:031:010 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, + that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, + the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, + speckled, and grisled. + +01:031:011 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: + And I said, Here am I. + +01:031:012 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams + which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and + grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. + +01:031:013 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and + where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from + this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred. + +01:031:014 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet + any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? + +01:031:015 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and + hath quite devoured also our money. + +01:031:016 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that + is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath + said unto thee, do. + +01:031:017 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon + camels; + +01:031:018 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he + had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in + Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of + Canaan. + +01:031:019 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the + images that were her father's. + +01:031:020 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he + told him not that he fled. + +01:031:021 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed + over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead. + +01:031:022 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. + +01:031:023 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven + days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. + +01:031:024 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said + unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good + or bad. + +01:031:025 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in + the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of + Gilead. + +01:031:026 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast + stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as + captives taken with the sword? + +01:031:027 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from + me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away + with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp? + +01:031:028 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? + thou hast now done foolishly in so doing. + +01:031:029 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of + your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed + that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. + +01:031:030 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore + longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou + stolen my gods? + +01:031:031 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: + for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy + daughters from me. + +01:031:032 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: + before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and + take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen + them. + +01:031:033 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and + into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then + went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent. + +01:031:034 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's + furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, + but found them not. + +01:031:035 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that + I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon + me. And he searched but found not the images. + +01:031:036 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered + and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that + thou hast so hotly pursued after me? + +01:031:037 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found + of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and + thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both. + +01:031:038 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she + goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock + have I not eaten. + +01:031:039 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare + the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether + stolen by day, or stolen by night. + +01:031:040 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost + by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes. + +01:031:041 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee + fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy + cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times. + +01:031:042 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear + of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now + empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my + hands, and rebuked thee yesternight. + +01:031:043 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my + daughters, and these children are my children, and these + cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and + what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their + children which they have born? + +01:031:044 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; + and let it be for a witness between me and thee. + +01:031:045 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. + +01:031:046 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took + stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the + heap. + +01:031:047 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it + Galeed. + +01:031:048 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee + this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; + +01:031:049 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, + when we are absent one from another. + +01:031:050 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take + other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God + is witness betwixt me and thee. + +01:031:051 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this + pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee: + +01:031:052 This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will + not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass + over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. + +01:031:053 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their + father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his + father Isaac. + +01:031:054 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his + brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all + night in the mount. + +01:031:055 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons + and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and + returned unto his place. + +01:032:001 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. + +01:032:002 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he + called the name of that place Mahanaim. + +01:032:003 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto + the land of Seir, the country of Edom. + +01:032:004 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my + lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with + Laban, and stayed there until now: + +01:032:005 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and + womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may + find grace in thy sight. + +01:032:006 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy + brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four + hundred men with him. + +01:032:007 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided + the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and + the camels, into two bands; + +01:032:008 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then + the other company which is left shall escape. + +01:032:009 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my + father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy + country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: + +01:032:010 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all + the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with + my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two + bands. + +01:032:011 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the + hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, + and the mother with the children. + +01:032:012 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed + as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for + multitude. + +01:032:013 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which + came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; + +01:032:014 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, + and twenty rams, + +01:032:015 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten + bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. + +01:032:016 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every + drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over + before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. + +01:032:017 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother + meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and + whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee? + +01:032:018 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a + present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind + us. + +01:032:019 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that + followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak + unto Esau, when ye find him. + +01:032:020 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. + For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth + before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he + will accept of me. + +01:032:021 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that + night in the company. + +01:032:022 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two + womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford + Jabbok. + +01:032:023 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over + that he had. + +01:032:024 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him + until the breaking of the day. + +01:032:025 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched + the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was + out of joint, as he wrestled with him. + +01:032:026 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I + will not let thee go, except thou bless me. + +01:032:027 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. + +01:032:028 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but + Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, + and hast prevailed. + +01:032:029 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. + And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? + And he blessed him there. + +01:032:030 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen + God face to face, and my life is preserved. + +01:032:031 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he + halted upon his thigh. + +01:032:032 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which + shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: + because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew + that shrank. + +01:033:001 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau + came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the + children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two + handmaids. + +01:033:002 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah + and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. + +01:033:003 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the + ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. + +01:033:004 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his + neck, and kissed him: and they wept. + +01:033:005 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; + and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children + which God hath graciously given thy servant. + +01:033:006 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and + they bowed themselves. + +01:033:007 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed + themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they + bowed themselves. + +01:033:008 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? + And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. + +01:033:009 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast + unto thyself. + +01:033:010 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in + thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I + have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and + thou wast pleased with me. + +01:033:011 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; + because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have + enough. And he urged him, and he took it. + +01:033:012 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I + will go before thee. + +01:033:013 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are + tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and + if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. + +01:033:014 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I + will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before + me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my + lord unto Seir. + +01:033:015 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk + that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find + grace in the sight of my lord. + +01:033:016 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. + +01:033:017 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and + made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is + called Succoth. + +01:033:018 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the + land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his + tent before the city. + +01:033:019 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his + tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, + for an hundred pieces of money. + +01:033:020 And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael. + +01:034:001 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, + went out to see the daughters of the land. + +01:034:002 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the + country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled + her. + +01:034:003 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he + loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. + +01:034:004 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this + damsel to wife. + +01:034:005 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now + his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his + peace until they were come. + +01:034:006 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune + with him. + +01:034:007 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard + it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, + because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's + daughter: which thing ought not to be done. + +01:034:008 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son + Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to + wife. + +01:034:009 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto + us, and take our daughters unto you. + +01:034:010 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; + dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein. + +01:034:011 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me + find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will + give. + +01:034:012 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according + as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife. + +01:034:013 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father + deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their + sister: + +01:034:014 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our + sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach + unto us: + +01:034:015 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, + that every male of you be circumcised; + +01:034:016 Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take + your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will + become one people. + +01:034:017 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then + will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. + +01:034:018 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. + +01:034:019 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had + delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than + all the house of his father. + +01:034:020 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their + city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, + +01:034:021 These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in + the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large + enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, + and let us give them our daughters. + +01:034:022 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, + to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as + they are circumcised. + +01:034:023 Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of + their's be our's? only let us consent unto them, and they will + dwell with us. + +01:034:024 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that + went out of the gate of his city; and every male was + circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city. + +01:034:025 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, + that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's + brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city + boldly, and slew all the males. + +01:034:026 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the + sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out. + +01:034:027 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, + because they had defiled their sister. + +01:034:028 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and + that which was in the city, and that which was in the field, + +01:034:029 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their + wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the + house. + +01:034:030 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make + me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the + Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they + shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and + I shall be destroyed, I and my house. + +01:034:031 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an + harlot? + +01:035:001 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell + there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto + thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. + +01:035:002 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with + him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be + clean, and change your garments: + +01:035:003 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there + an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, + and was with me in the way which I went. + +01:035:004 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in + their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; + and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. + +01:035:005 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities + that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the + sons of Jacob. + +01:035:006 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, + Bethel, he and all the people that were with him. + +01:035:007 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: + because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the + face of his brother. + +01:035:008 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath + Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called + Allonbachuth. + +01:035:009 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of + Padanaram, and blessed him. + +01:035:010 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not + be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he + called his name Israel. + +01:035:011 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and + multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, + and kings shall come out of thy loins; + +01:035:012 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will + give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. + +01:035:013 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with + him. + +01:035:014 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with + him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering + thereon, and he poured oil thereon. + +01:035:015 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with + him, Bethel. + +01:035:016 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way + to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard + labour. + +01:035:017 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the + midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son + also. + +01:035:018 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she + died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called + him Benjamin. + +01:035:019 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which + is Bethlehem. + +01:035:020 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of + Rachel's grave unto this day. + +01:035:021 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of + Edar. + +01:035:022 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that + Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and + Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: + +01:035:023 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and + Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: + +01:035:024 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: + +01:035:025 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: + +01:035:026 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these + are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram. + +01:035:027 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city + of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. + +01:035:028 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years. + +01:035:029 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto + his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and + Jacob buried him. + +01:036:001 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom. + +01:036:002 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the + daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of + Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; + +01:036:003 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth. + +01:036:004 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel; + +01:036:005 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are + the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of + Canaan. + +01:036:006 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and + all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his + beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of + Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother + Jacob. + +01:036:007 For their riches were more than that they might dwell + together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not + bear them because of their cattle. + +01:036:008 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. + +01:036:009 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the + Edomites in mount Seir: + +01:036:010 These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah + the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau. + +01:036:011 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, + and Kenaz. + +01:036:012 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to + Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife. + +01:036:013 And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, + and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife. + +01:036:014 And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah + the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau + Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. + +01:036:015 These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the + firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke + Kenaz, + +01:036:016 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes + that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons + of Adah. + +01:036:017 And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke + Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that + came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of + Bashemath Esau's wife. + +01:036:018 And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, + duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of + Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. + +01:036:019 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their + dukes. + +01:036:020 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; + Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, + +01:036:021 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the + Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. + +01:036:022 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's + sister was Timna. + +01:036:023 And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, + and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. + +01:036:024 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: + this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as + he fed the asses of Zibeon his father. + +01:036:025 And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah + the daughter of Anah. + +01:036:026 And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and + Ithran, and Cheran. + +01:036:027 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. + +01:036:028 The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran. + +01:036:029 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke + Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, + +01:036:030 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that + came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir. + +01:036:031 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, + before there reigned any king over the children of Israel. + +01:036:032 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his + city was Dinhabah. + +01:036:033 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in + his stead. + +01:036:034 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in + his stead. + +01:036:035 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian + in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of + his city was Avith. + +01:036:036 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. + +01:036:037 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in + his stead. + +01:036:038 And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his + stead. + +01:036:039 And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his + stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name + was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of + Mezahab. + +01:036:040 And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, + according to their families, after their places, by their + names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth, + +01:036:041 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, + +01:036:042 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, + +01:036:043 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according + to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is + Esau the father of the Edomites. + +01:037:001 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, + in the land of Canaan. + +01:037:002 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen + years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the + lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, + his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their + evil report. + +01:037:003 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he + was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many + colours. + +01:037:004 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more + than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak + peaceably unto him. + +01:037:005 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and + they hated him yet the more. + +01:037:006 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I + have dreamed: + +01:037:007 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my + sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves + stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. + +01:037:008 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? + or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him + yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. + +01:037:009 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, + and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, + the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to + me. + +01:037:010 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his + father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that + thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren + indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? + +01:037:011 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the + saying. + +01:037:012 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. + +01:037:013 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the + flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he + said to him, Here am I. + +01:037:014 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well + with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word + again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came + to Shechem. + +01:037:015 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in + the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? + +01:037:016 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where + they feed their flocks. + +01:037:017 And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them + say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, + and found them in Dothan. + +01:037:018 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto + them, they conspired against him to slay him. + +01:037:019 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. + +01:037:020 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into + some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: + and we shall see what will become of his dreams. + +01:037:021 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; + and said, Let us not kill him. + +01:037:022 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into + this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; + that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to + his father again. + +01:037:023 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, + that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many + colours that was on him; + +01:037:024 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was + empty, there was no water in it. + +01:037:025 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes + and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from + Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, + going to carry it down to Egypt. + +01:037:026 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay + our brother, and conceal his blood? + +01:037:027 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our + hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his + brethren were content. + +01:037:028 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and + lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the + Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought + Joseph into Egypt. + +01:037:029 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not + in the pit; and he rent his clothes. + +01:037:030 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; + and I, whither shall I go? + +01:037:031 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, + and dipped the coat in the blood; + +01:037:032 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to + their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether + it be thy son's coat or no. + +01:037:033 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast + hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces. + +01:037:034 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, + and mourned for his son many days. + +01:037:035 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; + but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go + down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept + for him. + +01:037:036 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an + officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard. + +01:038:001 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from + his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose + name was Hirah. + +01:038:002 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose + name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her. + +01:038:003 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. + +01:038:004 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his + name Onan. + +01:038:005 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his + name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. + +01:038:006 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was + Tamar. + +01:038:007 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the + LORD; and the LORD slew him. + +01:038:008 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and + marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. + +01:038:009 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to + pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled + it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his + brother. + +01:038:010 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he + slew him also. + +01:038:011 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow + at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he + said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And + Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house. + +01:038:012 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife + died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his + sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the + Adullamite. + +01:038:013 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth + up to Timnath to shear his sheep. + +01:038:014 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her + with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, + which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was + grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. + +01:038:015 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because + she had covered her face. + +01:038:016 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray + thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was + his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, + that thou mayest come in unto me? + +01:038:017 And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she + said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it? + +01:038:018 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy + signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine + hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she + conceived by him. + +01:038:019 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, + and put on the garments of her widowhood. + +01:038:020 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the + Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but + he found her not. + +01:038:021 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the + harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There + was no harlot in this place. + +01:038:022 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and + also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in + this place. + +01:038:023 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: + behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. + +01:038:024 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told + Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the + harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And + Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. + +01:038:025 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, + saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she + said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and + bracelets, and staff. + +01:038:026 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more + righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my + son. And he knew her again no more. + +01:038:027 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, + twins were in her womb. + +01:038:028 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out + his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a + scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. + +01:038:029 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, + his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken + forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called + Pharez. + +01:038:030 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet + thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah. + +01:039:001 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer + of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of + the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down + thither. + +01:039:002 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and + he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. + +01:039:003 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the + LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand. + +01:039:004 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he + made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put + into his hand. + +01:039:005 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him + overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD + blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the + blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, + and in the field. + +01:039:006 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not + ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was + a goodly person, and well favoured. + +01:039:007 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife + cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. + +01:039:008 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my + master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath + committed all that he hath to my hand; + +01:039:009 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he + kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his + wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against + God? + +01:039:010 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that + he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. + +01:039:011 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the + house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the + house there within. + +01:039:012 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he + left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. + +01:039:013 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment + in her hand, and was fled forth, + +01:039:014 That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto + them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to + mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a + loud voice: + +01:039:015 And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice + and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got + him out. + +01:039:016 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home. + +01:039:017 And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The + Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto + me to mock me: + +01:039:018 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that + he left his garment with me, and fled out. + +01:039:019 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his + wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did + thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled. + +01:039:020 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a + place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there + in the prison. + +01:039:021 But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave + him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison. + +01:039:022 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all + the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did + there, he was the doer of it. + +01:039:023 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was + under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which + he did, the LORD made it to prosper. + +01:040:001 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the + king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king + of Egypt. + +01:040:002 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the + chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. + +01:040:003 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the + guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. + +01:040:004 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he + served them: and they continued a season in ward. + +01:040:005 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in + one night, each man according to the interpretation of his + dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which + were bound in the prison. + +01:040:006 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon + them, and, behold, they were sad. + +01:040:007 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward + of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to + day? + +01:040:008 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is + no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not + interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you. + +01:040:009 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to + him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me; + +01:040:010 And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it + budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof + brought forth ripe grapes: + +01:040:011 And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and + pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into + Pharaoh's hand. + +01:040:012 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: + The three branches are three days: + +01:040:013 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and + restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's + cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his + butler. + +01:040:014 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew + kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto + Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: + +01:040:015 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: + and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into + the dungeon. + +01:040:016 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he + said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had + three white baskets on my head: + +01:040:017 And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of + bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the + basket upon my head. + +01:040:018 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation + thereof: The three baskets are three days: + +01:040:019 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off + thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat + thy flesh from off thee. + +01:040:020 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's + birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he + lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker + among his servants. + +01:040:021 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; + and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand: + +01:040:022 But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to + them. + +01:040:023 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him. + +01:041:001 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh + dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. + +01:041:002 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well + favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow. + +01:041:003 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the + river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other + kine upon the brink of the river. + +01:041:004 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven + well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. + +01:041:005 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven + ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. + +01:041:006 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind + sprung up after them. + +01:041:007 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. + And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. + +01:041:008 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was + troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of + Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his + dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto + Pharaoh. + +01:041:009 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do + remember my faults this day: + +01:041:010 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the + captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker: + +01:041:011 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each + man according to the interpretation of his dream. + +01:041:012 And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to + the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted + to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did + interpret. + +01:041:013 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he + restored unto mine office, and him he hanged. + +01:041:014 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him + hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed + his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. + +01:041:015 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and + there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of + thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it. + +01:041:016 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God + shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. + +01:041:017 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood + upon the bank of the river: + +01:041:018 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, + fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow: + +01:041:019 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and + very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all + the land of Egypt for badness: + +01:041:020 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first + seven fat kine: + +01:041:021 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that + they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at + the beginning. So I awoke. + +01:041:022 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one + stalk, full and good: + +01:041:023 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the + east wind, sprung up after them: + +01:041:024 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told + this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare + it to me. + +01:041:025 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God + hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do. + +01:041:026 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears + are seven years: the dream is one. + +01:041:027 And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after + them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with + the east wind shall be seven years of famine. + +01:041:028 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God + is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh. + +01:041:029 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all + the land of Egypt: + +01:041:030 And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and + all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and + the famine shall consume the land; + +01:041:031 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of + that famine following; for it shall be very grievous. + +01:041:032 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is + because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly + bring it to pass. + +01:041:033 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, + and set him over the land of Egypt. + +01:041:034 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the + land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the + seven plenteous years. + +01:041:035 And let them gather all the food of those good years that + come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them + keep food in the cities. + +01:041:036 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven + years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the + land perish not through the famine. + +01:041:037 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes + of all his servants. + +01:041:038 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as + this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is? + +01:041:039 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed + thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art: + +01:041:040 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall + all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater + than thou. + +01:041:041 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all + the land of Egypt. + +01:041:042 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon + Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and + put a gold chain about his neck; + +01:041:043 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; + and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler + over all the land of Egypt. + +01:041:044 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee + shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of + Egypt. + +01:041:045 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave + him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. + And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt. + +01:041:046 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh + king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of + Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. + +01:041:047 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by + handfuls. + +01:041:048 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were + in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the + food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he + up in the same. + +01:041:049 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, + until he left numbering; for it was without number. + +01:041:050 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine + came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On + bare unto him. + +01:041:051 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, + said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's + house. + +01:041:052 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath + caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. + +01:041:053 And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of + Egypt, were ended. + +01:041:054 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as + Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all + the land of Egypt there was bread. + +01:041:055 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried + to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, + Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do. + +01:041:056 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph + opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and + the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. + +01:041:057 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; + because that the famine was so sore in all lands. + +01:042:001 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said + unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? + +01:042:002 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: + get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may + live, and not die. + +01:042:003 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. + +01:042:004 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his + brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him. + +01:042:005 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: + for the famine was in the land of Canaan. + +01:042:006 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that + sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren + came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to + the earth. + +01:042:007 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made + himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he + said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land + of Canaan to buy food. + +01:042:008 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. + +01:042:009 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and + said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land + ye are come. + +01:042:010 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy + servants come. + +01:042:011 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are + no spies. + +01:042:012 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the + land ye are come. + +01:042:013 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of + one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is + this day with our father, and one is not. + +01:042:014 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, + saying, Ye are spies: + +01:042:015 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not + go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. + +01:042:016 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall + be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether + there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh + surely ye are spies. + +01:042:017 And he put them all together into ward three days. + +01:042:018 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; + for I fear God: + +01:042:019 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the + house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your + houses: + +01:042:020 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words + be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. + +01:042:021 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning + our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he + besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress + come upon us. + +01:042:022 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, + saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? + therefore, behold, also his blood is required. + +01:042:023 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake + unto them by an interpreter. + +01:042:024 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned + to them again, and communed with them, and took from them + Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. + +01:042:025 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to + restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them + provision for the way: and thus did he unto them. + +01:042:026 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. + +01:042:027 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender + in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his + sack's mouth. + +01:042:028 And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, + it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they + were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath + done unto us? + +01:042:029 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, + and told him all that befell unto them; saying, + +01:042:030 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and + took us for spies of the country. + +01:042:031 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: + +01:042:032 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the + youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. + +01:042:033 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby + shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren + here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, + and be gone: + +01:042:034 And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know + that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I + deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land. + +01:042:035 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, + every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both + they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were + afraid. + +01:042:036 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of + my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will + take Benjamin away: all these things are against me. + +01:042:037 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if + I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will + bring him to thee again. + +01:042:038 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his + brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him + by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my + gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. + +01:043:001 And the famine was sore in the land. + +01:043:002 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which + they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go + again, buy us a little food. + +01:043:003 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest + unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother + be with you. + +01:043:004 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy + thee food: + +01:043:005 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the + man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your + brother be with you. + +01:043:006 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell + the man whether ye had yet a brother? + +01:043:007 And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of + our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another + brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these + words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your + brother down? + +01:043:008 And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, + and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both + we, and thou, and also our little ones. + +01:043:009 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: + if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then + let me bear the blame for ever: + +01:043:010 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this + second time. + +01:043:011 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, + do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, + and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little + honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds: + +01:043:012 And take double money in your hand; and the money that was + brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in + your hand; peradventure it was an oversight: + +01:043:013 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man: + +01:043:014 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may + send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved + of my children, I am bereaved. + +01:043:015 And the men took that present, and they took double money in + their hand and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, + and stood before Joseph. + +01:043:016 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler + of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; + for these men shall dine with me at noon. + +01:043:017 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men + into Joseph's house. + +01:043:018 And the men were afraid, because they were brought into + Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was + returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; + that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and + take us for bondmen, and our asses. + +01:043:019 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they + communed with him at the door of the house, + +01:043:020 And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy + food: + +01:043:021 And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened + our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of + his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it + again in our hand. + +01:043:022 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: + we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks. + +01:043:023 And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God + of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had + your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them. + +01:043:024 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them + water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses + provender. + +01:043:025 And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: + for they heard that they should eat bread there. + +01:043:026 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which + was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him + to the earth. + +01:043:027 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father + well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? + +01:043:028 And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, + he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made + obeisance. + +01:043:029 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his + mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom + ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my + son. + +01:043:030 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his + brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his + chamber, and wept there. + +01:043:031 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, + and said, Set on bread. + +01:043:032 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by + themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by + themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the + Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians. + +01:043:033 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his + birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the + men marvelled one at another. + +01:043:034 And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but + Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of their's. And + they drank, and were merry with him. + +01:044:001 And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the + men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put + every man's money in his sack's mouth. + +01:044:002 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the + youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word + that Joseph had spoken. + +01:044:003 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they + and their asses. + +01:044:004 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, + Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and + when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye + rewarded evil for good? + +01:044:005 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed + he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing. + +01:044:006 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words. + +01:044:007 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? + God forbid that thy servants should do according to this + thing: + +01:044:008 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we + brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then + should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold? + +01:044:009 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, + and we also will be my lord's bondmen. + +01:044:010 And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he + with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be + blameless. + +01:044:011 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, + and opened every man his sack. + +01:044:012 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the + youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. + +01:044:013 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and + returned to the city. + +01:044:014 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was + yet there: and they fell before him on the ground. + +01:044:015 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have + done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine? + +01:044:016 And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we + speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the + iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, + both we, and he also with whom the cup is found. + +01:044:017 And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in + whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as + for you, get you up in peace unto your father. + +01:044:018 Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy + servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let + not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as + Pharaoh. + +01:044:019 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a + brother? + +01:044:020 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a + child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, + and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. + +01:044:021 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, + that I may set mine eyes upon him. + +01:044:022 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for + if he should leave his father, his father would die. + +01:044:023 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest + brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. + +01:044:024 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my + father, we told him the words of my lord. + +01:044:025 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food. + +01:044:026 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be + with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's + face, except our youngest brother be with us. + +01:044:027 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife + bare me two sons: + +01:044:028 And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in + pieces; and I saw him not since: + +01:044:029 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye + shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. + +01:044:030 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the + lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the + lad's life; + +01:044:031 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with + us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the + gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. + +01:044:032 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, + saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the + blame to my father for ever. + +01:044:033 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of + the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his + brethren. + +01:044:034 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with + me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my + father. + +01:045:001 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that + stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. + And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself + known unto his brethren. + +01:045:002 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh + heard. + +01:045:003 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father + yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were + troubled at his presence. + +01:045:004 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray + you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your + brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. + +01:045:005 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that + ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve + life. + +01:045:006 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet + there are five years, in the which there shall neither be + earing nor harvest. + +01:045:007 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the + earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. + +01:045:008 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he + hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, + and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. + +01:045:009 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith + thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down + unto me, tarry not: + +01:045:010 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be + near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's + children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou + hast: + +01:045:011 And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of + famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, + come to poverty. + +01:045:012 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother + Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. + +01:045:013 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of + all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my + father hither. + +01:045:014 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and + Benjamin wept upon his neck. + +01:045:015 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and + after that his brethren talked with him. + +01:045:016 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, + Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and + his servants. + +01:045:017 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do + ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; + +01:045:018 And take your father and your households, and come unto me: + and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye + shall eat the fat of the land. + +01:045:019 Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the + land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and + bring your father, and come. + +01:045:020 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of + Egypt is your's. + +01:045:021 And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them + wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them + provision for the way. + +01:045:022 To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to + Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five + changes of raiment. + +01:045:023 And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden + with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with + corn and bread and meat for his father by the way. + +01:045:024 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said + unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. + +01:045:025 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of + Canaan unto Jacob their father, + +01:045:026 And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor + over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he + believed them not. + +01:045:027 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said + unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to + carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived: + +01:045:028 And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I + will go and see him before I die. + +01:046:001 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to + Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father + Isaac. + +01:046:002 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and + said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. + +01:046:003 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go + down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: + +01:046:004 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely + bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine + eyes. + +01:046:005 And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel + carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their + wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. + +01:046:006 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had + gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and + all his seed with him: + +01:046:007 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his + sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into + Egypt. + +01:046:008 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came + into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. + +01:046:009 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and + Carmi. + +01:046:010 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and + Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. + +01:046:011 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. + +01:046:012 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, + and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the + sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. + +01:046:013 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and + Shimron. + +01:046:014 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. + +01:046:015 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in + Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons + and his daughters were thirty and three. + +01:046:016 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, + Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. + +01:046:017 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and + Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, + and Malchiel. + +01:046:018 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his + daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. + +01:046:019 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin. + +01:046:020 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and + Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On + bare unto him. + +01:046:021 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, + Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. + +01:046:022 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all + the souls were fourteen. + +01:046:023 And the sons of Dan; Hushim. + +01:046:024 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and + Shillem. + +01:046:025 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his + daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were + seven. + +01:046:026 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out + of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were + threescore and six; + +01:046:027 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two + souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into + Egypt, were threescore and ten. + +01:046:028 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face + unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. + +01:046:029 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel + his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he + fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. + +01:046:030 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen + thy face, because thou art yet alive. + +01:046:031 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's + house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My + brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of + Canaan, are come unto me; + +01:046:032 And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed + cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, + and all that they have. + +01:046:033 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and + shall say, What is your occupation? + +01:046:034 That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle + from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: + that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is + an abomination unto the Egyptians. + +01:047:001 Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my + brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they + have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they + are in the land of Goshen. + +01:047:002 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented + them unto Pharaoh. + +01:047:003 And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? + And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both + we, and also our fathers. + +01:047:004 They said morever unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are + we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; + for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, + we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen. + +01:047:005 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy + brethren are come unto thee: + +01:047:006 The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make + thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let + them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among + them, then make them rulers over my cattle. + +01:047:007 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before + Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. + +01:047:008 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? + +01:047:009 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my + pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have + the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained + unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the + days of their pilgrimage. + +01:047:010 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. + +01:047:011 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a + possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in + the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. + +01:047:012 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his + father's household, with bread, according to their families. + +01:047:013 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was + very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of + Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. + +01:047:014 And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the + land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which + they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's + house. + +01:047:015 And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of + Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us + bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money + faileth. + +01:047:016 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for + your cattle, if money fail. + +01:047:017 And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave + them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for + the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them + with bread for all their cattle for that year. + +01:047:018 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, + and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that + our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; + there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our + bodies, and our lands: + +01:047:019 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our + land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will + be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, + and not die, that the land be not desolate. + +01:047:020 And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the + Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine + prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's. + +01:047:021 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end + of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof. + +01:047:022 Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests + had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their + portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their + lands. + +01:047:023 Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you + this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, + and ye shall sow the land. + +01:047:024 And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give + the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, + for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your + households, and for food for your little ones. + +01:047:025 And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in + the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants. + +01:047:026 And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, + that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, except the land of + the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's. + +01:047:027 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of + Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and + multiplied exceedingly. + +01:047:028 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the + whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years. + +01:047:029 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his + son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in + thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal + kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: + +01:047:030 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of + Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will + do as thou hast said. + +01:047:031 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel + bowed himself upon the bed's head. + +01:048:001 And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, + Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, + Manasseh and Ephraim. + +01:048:002 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh + unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the + bed. + +01:048:003 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at + Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, + +01:048:004 And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and + multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; + and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an + everlasting possession. + +01:048:005 And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born + unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into + Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. + +01:048:006 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be + thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in + their inheritance. + +01:048:007 And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in + the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little + way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of + Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem. + +01:048:008 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these? + +01:048:009 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God + hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray + thee, unto me, and I will bless them. + +01:048:010 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not + see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, + and embraced them. + +01:048:011 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy + face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed. + +01:048:012 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he + bowed himself with his face to the earth. + +01:048:013 And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward + Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward + Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him. + +01:048:014 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon + Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon + Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was + the firstborn. + +01:048:015 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers + Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life + long unto this day, + +01:048:016 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and + let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers + Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the + midst of the earth. + +01:048:017 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon + the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his + father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto + Manasseh's head. + +01:048:018 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this + is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. + +01:048:019 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know + it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: + but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and + his seed shall become a multitude of nations. + +01:048:020 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel + bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and + he set Ephraim before Manasseh. + +01:048:021 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be + with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. + +01:048:022 Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, + which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and + with my bow. + +01:049:001 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves + together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in + the last days. + +01:049:002 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and + hearken unto Israel your father. + +01:049:003 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of + my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of + power: + +01:049:004 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest + up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to + my couch. + +01:049:005 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in + their habitations. + +01:049:006 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their + assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger + they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a + wall. + +01:049:007 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for + it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in + Israel. + +01:049:008 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand + shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children + shall bow down before thee. + +01:049:009 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone + up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; + who shall rouse him up? + +01:049:010 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from + between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the + gathering of the people be. + +01:049:011 Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the + choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes + in the blood of grapes: + +01:049:012 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with + milk. + +01:049:013 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be + for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon. + +01:049:014 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: + +01:049:015 And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was + pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant + unto tribute. + +01:049:016 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. + +01:049:017 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that + biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. + +01:049:018 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD. + +01:049:019 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the + last. + +01:049:020 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal + dainties. + +01:049:021 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words. + +01:049:022 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; + whose branches run over the wall: + +01:049:023 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and + hated him: + +01:049:024 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were + made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from + thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:) + +01:049:025 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the + Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, + blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the + breasts, and of the womb: + +01:049:026 The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings + of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting + hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown + of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. + +01:049:027 Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour + the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. + +01:049:028 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that + their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one + according to his blessing he blessed them. + +01:049:029 And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered + unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in + the field of Ephron the Hittite, + +01:049:030 In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before + Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the + field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a + buryingplace. + +01:049:031 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they + buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah. + +01:049:032 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was + from the children of Heth. + +01:049:033 And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he + gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, + and was gathered unto his people. + +01:050:001 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and + kissed him. + +01:050:002 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his + father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. + +01:050:003 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled + the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians + mourned for him threescore and ten days. + +01:050:004 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto + the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in + your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, + +01:050:005 My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which + I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou + bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my + father, and I will come again. + +01:050:006 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he + made thee swear. + +01:050:007 And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up + all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all + the elders of the land of Egypt, + +01:050:008 And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his + father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and + their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. + +01:050:009 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it + was a very great company. + +01:050:010 And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond + Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore + lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days. + +01:050:011 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the + mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous + mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called + Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan. + +01:050:012 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them: + +01:050:013 For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried + him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham + bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of + Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. + +01:050:014 And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all + that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried + his father. + +01:050:015 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, + they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will + certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. + +01:050:016 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did + command before he died, saying, + +01:050:017 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the + trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto + thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the + servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they + spake unto him. + +01:050:018 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and + they said, Behold, we be thy servants. + +01:050:019 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of + God? + +01:050:020 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it + unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much + people alive. + +01:050:021 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little + ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them. + +01:050:022 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and + Joseph lived an hundred and ten years. + +01:050:023 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the + children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up + upon Joseph's knees. + +01:050:024 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely + visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which + he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. + +01:050:025 And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God + will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from + hence. + +01:050:026 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they + embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. + + + + + +*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK, THE BIBLE, KING JAMES, BOOK 1 *** + +********* This file should be named 8001.txt or 8001.zip ********** + +This eBook was produced by David Widger +See above the credits to previous producers of this text. + +Project Gutenberg eBooks are often created from several printed +editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the US +unless a copyright notice is included. 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