31:
1 And he heard the words 
of Laban's sons,
saying,
Jacob hath taken away all 
that was our father's;
and of that which was our father's 
hath he gotten all this glory.

31:
2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban,
and,
behold,
it was not toward him as before.

31:
3 And the LORD said unto Jacob,
Return unto the land 
of thy fathers,
and to thy kindred;
and I will be with thee.

31:
4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field 
unto his flock,
31:
5 And said unto them,
I see your father's countenance,
that it is not toward me as before;
but the God of my father 
hath been with me.

31:
6 And ye know that with all my power 
I have served your father.

31:
7 And your father hath deceived me,
and changed my wages ten times;
but God suffered him not to hurt me.

31:
8 If he said thus,
The speckled shall be thy wages;
then all the cattle bare speckled:
and if he said thus,
The ringstraked shall be thy hire;
then bare all the cattle ringstraked.

31:
9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle 
of your father,
and given them to me.

31:
10 And it came to pass at the time 
that the cattle conceived,
that I lifted up mine eyes,
and saw in a dream,
and,
behold,
the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked,
speckled,
and grisled.

31:
11 And the angel of God spake 
unto me in a dream,
saying,
Jacob:
And I said,
Here am I.

31:
12 And he said,
Lift up now thine eyes,
and see,
all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked,
speckled,
and grisled:
for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

31:
13 I am the God of Bethel,
where thou anointedst the pillar,
and where thou vowedst a vow unto me:
now arise,
get thee out from this land,
and return unto the land 
of thy kindred.

31:
14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him,
Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us 
in our father's house?

31:
15 Are we not counted 
of him strangers?

for he hath sold us,
and hath quite devoured also our money.

31:
16 For all the riches which God hath taken 
from our father,
that is ours,
and our children's:
now then,
whatsoever God hath said unto thee,
do.

31:
17 Then Jacob rose up,
and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
31:
18 And he carried away all his cattle,
and all his goods which he had gotten,
the cattle of his getting,
which he had gotten in Padanaram,
for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

31:
19 And Laban went to shear his sheep:
and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.

31:
20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian,
in that he told him not that he fled.

31:
21 So he fled with all that he had;
and he rose up,
and passed over the river,
and set his face toward the mount Gilead.

31:
22 And it was told Laban on the third day 
that Jacob was fled.

31:
23 And he took his brethren with him,
and pursued after him seven days' journey;
and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.

31:
24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night,
and said unto him,
Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob 
either good or bad.

31:
25 Then Laban overtook Jacob.

Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount:
and Laban with his brethren pitched 
in the mount of Gilead.

31:
26 And Laban said to Jacob,
What hast thou done,
that thou hast stolen away unawares to me,
and carried away my daughters,
as captives taken with the sword?

31:
27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly,
and steal away from me;
and didst not tell me,
that I might have sent thee away with mirth,
and with songs,
with tabret,
and with harp?

31:
28 And hast not suffered me 
to kiss my sons and my daughters?

thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.

31:
29 It is in the power 
of my hand to do you hurt:
but the God of your father spake 
unto me yesternight,
saying,
Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob 
either good or bad.

31:
30 And now,
though thou wouldest needs be gone,
because thou sore longedst after thy father's house,
yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?

31:
31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban,
Because I was afraid:
for I said,
Peradventure thou wouldest take by force 
thy daughters from me.

31:
32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods,
let him not live:
before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me,
and take it to thee.

For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.

31:
33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent,
and into Leah's tent,
and into the two maidservants' tents;
but he found them not.

Then went he out of Leah's tent,
and entered into Rachel's tent.

31:
34 Now Rachel had taken the images,
and put them in the camel's furniture,
and sat upon them.

And Laban searched all the tent,
but found them not.

31:
35 And she said to her father,
Let it not displease my lord 
that I cannot rise up before thee;
for the custom 
of women is upon me.

And he searched but found not the images.

31:
36 And Jacob was wroth,
and chode with Laban:
and Jacob answered and said to Laban,
What is my trespass?

what is my sin,
that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?

31:
37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff,
what hast thou found 
of all thy household stuff?

set it here before my brethren and thy brethren,
that they may judge betwixt us both.

31:
38 This twenty years have I been with thee;
thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young,
and the rams 
of thy flock have I not eaten.

31:
39 That which was torn 
of beasts I brought not unto thee;
I bare the loss of it;
of my hand didst thou require it,
whether stolen by day,
or stolen by night.

31:
40 Thus I was;
in the day the drought consumed me,
and the frost by night;
and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

31:
41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house;
I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters,
and six years for thy cattle:
and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

31:
42 Except the God of my father,
the God of Abraham,
and the fear of Isaac,
had been with me,
surely thou hadst sent me away now empty.

God hath seen mine affliction and the labour 
of my hands,
and rebuked thee yesternight.

31:
43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob,
These daughters are my daughters,
and these children are my children,
and these cattle are my cattle,
and all that thou seest is mine:
and what can I do this day 
unto these my daughters,
or unto their children which they have born?

31:
44 Now therefore come thou,
let us make a covenant,
I and thou;
and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

31:
45 And Jacob took a stone,
and set it up for a pillar.

31:
46 And Jacob said 
unto his brethren,
Gather stones;
and they took stones,
and made an heap:
and they did eat there upon the heap.

31:
47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha:
but Jacob called it Galeed.

31:
48 And Laban said,
This heap is a witness between me and thee this day.

Therefore was the name 
of it called Galeed;
31:
49 And Mizpah;
for he said,
The LORD watch between me and thee,
when we are absent one from another.

31:
50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters,
or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters,
no man is with us;
see,
God is witness betwixt me and thee.

31:
51 And Laban said to Jacob,
Behold this heap,
and behold this pillar,
which I have cast betwixt me and thee:
31:
52 This heap be witness,
and this pillar be witness,
that I will not pass over this heap to thee,
and that thou shalt not pass over this heap 
and this pillar unto me,
for harm.

31:
53 The God of Abraham,
and the God of Nahor,
the God of their father,
judge betwixt us.

And Jacob sware by the fear 
of his father Isaac.

31:
54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount,
and called his brethren to eat bread:
and they did eat bread,
and tarried all night in the mount.

31:
55 And early in the morning Laban rose up,
and kissed his sons and his daughters,
and blessed them:
and Laban departed,
and returned unto his place.

32:
1 And Jacob went on his way,
and the angels 
of God met him.

32:
2 And when Jacob saw them,
he said,
This is God's host:
and he called the name 
of that place Mahanaim.

32:
3 And Jacob sent messengers before him 
to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir,
the country of Edom.

32:
4 And he commanded them,
saying,
Thus shall ye speak 
unto my lord Esau;
Thy servant Jacob saith thus,
I have sojourned with Laban,
and stayed there until now:

32:
5 And I have oxen,
and asses,
flocks,
and menservants,
and womenservants:
and I have sent to tell my lord,
that I may find grace in thy sight.

32:
6 And the messengers returned to Jacob,
saying,
We came to thy brother Esau,
and also he cometh to meet thee,
and four hundred men with him.

32:
7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed:
and he divided the people that was with him,
and the flocks,
and herds,
and the camels,
into two bands;
32:
8 And said,
If Esau come to the one company,
and smite it,
then the other company which is left shall escape.

32:
9 And Jacob said,
O God of my father Abraham,
and God of my father Isaac,
the LORD which saidst unto me,
Return unto thy country,
and to thy kindred,
and I will deal well with thee:
32:
10 I am not worthy 
of the least of all the mercies,
and of all the truth,
which thou hast shewed 
unto thy servant;
for with my staff I passed over this Jordan;
and now I am become two bands.

32:
11 Deliver me,
I pray thee,
from the hand of my brother,
from the hand of Esau:
for I fear him,
lest he will come and smite me,
and the mother with the children.

32:
12 And thou saidst,
I will surely do thee good,
and make thy seed as the sand of the sea,
which cannot be numbered for multitude.

32:
13 And he lodged there that same night;
and took of that which came to his hand 
a present for Esau his brother;

32:
14 Two hundred she goats,
and twenty he goats,
two hundred ewes,
and twenty rams,

32:
15 Thirty milch camels with their colts,
forty kine,
and ten bulls,
twenty she asses,
and ten foals.

32:
16 And he delivered them into the hand 
of his servants,
every drove by themselves;
and said unto his servants,
Pass over before me,
and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

32:
17 And he commanded the foremost,
saying,
When Esau my brother meeteth thee,
and asketh thee,
saying,
Whose art thou?

and whither goest thou?

and whose are these before thee?

32:
18 Then thou shalt say,
They be thy servant Jacob's;
it is a present sent 
unto my lord Esau:
and,
behold,
also he is behind us.

32:
19 And so commanded he the second,
and the third,
and all that followed the droves,
saying,
On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau,
when ye find him.

32:
20 And say ye moreover,
Behold,
thy servant Jacob is behind us.

For he said,
I will appease him 
with the present that goeth before me,
and afterward I will see his face;
peradventure he will accept of me.

32:
21 So went the present over before him:
and himself lodged that night in the company.

32:
22 And he rose up that night,
and took his two wives,
and his two womenservants,
and his eleven sons,
and passed over the ford Jabbok.

32:
23 And he took them,
and sent them over the brook,
and sent over that he had.

32:
24 And Jacob was left alone;
and there wrestled a man with him 
until the breaking of the day.

32:
25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him,
he touched the hollow 
of his thigh;
and the hollow 
of Jacob's thigh was out of joint,
as he wrestled with him.

32:
26 And he said,
Let me go,
for the day breaketh.

And he said,
I will not let thee go,
except thou bless me.

32:
27 And he said unto him,
What is thy name?

And he said,
Jacob.

32:
28 And he said,
Thy name shall be called no more Jacob,
but Israel:
for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men,
and hast prevailed.

32:
29 And Jacob asked him,
and said,
Tell me,
I pray thee,
thy name.

And he said,
Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name?

And he blessed him there.

32:
30 And Jacob called the name 
of the place Peniel:
for I have seen God face to face,
and my life is preserved.

32:
31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him,
and he halted upon his thigh.

32:
32 Therefore the children 
of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank,
which is upon the hollow of the thigh,
unto this day:
because he touched the hollow 
of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.

33:
1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes,
and looked,
and,
behold,
Esau came,
and with him four hundred men.

And he divided the children unto Leah,
and unto Rachel,
and unto the two handmaids.

33:
2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost,
and Leah and her children after,
and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

33:
3 And he passed over before them,
and bowed himself to the ground seven times,
until he came near to his brother.

33:
4 And Esau ran to meet him,
and embraced him,
and fell on his neck,
and kissed him:
and they wept.

33:
5 And he lifted up his eyes,
and saw the women and the children;
and said,
Who are those with thee?

And he said,
The children which God 
hath graciously given thy servant.

33:
6 Then the handmaidens came near,
they and their children,
and they bowed themselves.

33:
7 And Leah also with her children came near,
and bowed themselves:
and after came Joseph near and Rachel,
and they bowed themselves.

33:
8 And he said,
What meanest thou by all this drove which I met?

And he said,
These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.

33:
9 And Esau said,
I have enough,
my brother;
keep that thou hast unto thyself.

33:
10 And Jacob said,
Nay,
I pray thee,
if now I have found grace in thy sight,
then receive my present at my hand:
for therefore I have seen thy face,
as though I had seen the face of God,
and thou wast pleased with me.

33:
11 Take,
I pray thee,
my blessing that is brought to thee;
because God hath dealt graciously with me,
and because I have enough.

And he urged him,
and he took it.

33:
12 And he said,
Let us take our journey,
and let us go,
and I will go before thee.

33:
13 And he said unto him,
My lord knoweth that the children are tender,
and the flocks and herds with young are with me:
and if men should overdrive them one day,
all the flock will die.

33:
14 Let my lord,
I pray thee,
pass over before his servant:
and I will lead on softly,
according as the cattle that goeth before me 
and the children be able to endure,
until I come 
unto my lord unto Seir.

33:
15 And Esau said,
Let me now leave with thee some 
of the folk that are with me.

And he said,
What needeth it?

let me find grace in the sight of my lord.

33:
16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.

33:
17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth,
and built him an house,
and made booths for his cattle:
therefore the name 
of the place is called Succoth.

33:
18 And Jacob came to Shalem,
a city of Shechem,
which is in the land of Canaan,
when he came from Padanaram;
and pitched his tent before the city.

33:
19 And he bought a parcel of a field,
where he had spread his tent,
at the hand of the children of Hamor,
Shechem's father,
for an hundred pieces of money.

33:
20 And he erected there an altar,
and called it EleloheIsrael.

34:
1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah,
which she bare unto Jacob,
went out to see the daughters of the land.

34:
2 And when Shechem the son 
of Hamor the Hivite,
prince of the country,
saw her,
he took her,
and lay with her,
and defiled her.

34:
3 And his soul clave 
unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob,
and he loved the damsel,
and spake kindly unto the damsel.

34:
4 And Shechem spake 
unto his father Hamor,
saying,
Get me this damsel to wife.

34:
5 And Jacob heard 
that he had defiled Dinah his daughter:
now his sons were with his cattle in the field:
and Jacob held his peace until they were come.

34:
6 And Hamor the father 
of Shechem went out 
unto Jacob to commune with him.

34:
7 And the sons 
of Jacob came out 
of the field when they heard it:
and the men were grieved,
and they were very wroth,
because he had wrought folly in Israel 
in lying with Jacob's daughter:
which thing ought not to be done.

34:
8 And Hamor communed with them,
saying,
The soul 
of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter:
I pray you give her him to wife.

34:
9 And make ye marriages with us,
and give your daughters unto us,
and take our daughters unto you.

34:
10 And ye shall dwell with us:
and the land shall be before you;
dwell and trade ye therein,
and get you possessions therein.

34:
11 And Shechem said 
unto her father and unto her brethren,
Let me find grace in your eyes,
and what ye shall say unto me I will give.

34:
12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift,
and I will give according as ye shall say unto me:
but give me the damsel to wife.

34:
13 And the sons 
of Jacob answered Shechem 
and Hamor his father deceitfully,
and said,
because he had defiled Dinah their sister:

34:
14 And they said unto them,
We cannot do this thing,
to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised;
for that were a reproach unto us:

34:
15 But in this will we consent unto you:
If ye will be as we be,
that every male 
of you be circumcised;

34:
16 Then will we give our daughters unto you,
and we will take your daughters to us,
and we will dwell with you,
and we will become one people.

34:
17 But if ye will not hearken unto us,
to be circumcised;
then will we take our daughter,
and we will be gone.

34:
18 And their words pleased Hamor,
and Shechem Hamor's son.

34:
19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing,
because he had delight in Jacob's daughter:
and he was more honourable 
than all the house of his father.

34:
20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came 
unto the gate of their city,
and communed with the men of their city,
saying,

34:
21 These men are peaceable with us;
therefore let them dwell in the land,
and trade therein;
for the land,
behold,
it is large enough for them;
let us take their daughters to us for wives,
and let us give them our daughters.

34:
22 Only herein will the men consent 
unto us for to dwell with us,
to be one people,
if every male among us be circumcised,
as they are circumcised.

34:
23 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.

34:
24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son 
hearkened all that went out 
of the gate of his city;
and every male was circumcised,
all that went out of the gate of his city.

34:
25 And it came to pass on the third day,
when they were sore,
that two of the sons of Jacob,
Simeon and Levi,
Dinah's brethren,
took each man his sword,
and came upon the city boldly,
and slew all the males.

34:
26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son 
with the edge of the sword,
and took Dinah out of Shechem's house,
and went out.

34:
27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain,
and spoiled the city,
because they had defiled their sister.

34:
28 They took their sheep,
and their oxen,
and their asses,
and that which was in the city,
and that which was in the field,
34:
29 And all their wealth,
and all their little ones,
and their wives took they captive,
and spoiled even all that was in the house.

34:
30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi,
Ye have troubled me 
to make me to stink 
among the inhabitants of the land,
among the Canaanites and the Perizzites:
and I being few in number,
they shall gather themselves together against me,
and slay me;
and I shall be destroyed,
I and my house.

34:
31 And they said,
Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?

35:
1 And God said unto Jacob,
Arise,
go up to Bethel,
and dwell there:
and make there an altar unto God,
that appeared unto thee 
when thou fleddest from the face 
of Esau thy brother.

35:
2 Then Jacob said unto his household,
and to all that were with him,
Put away the strange gods that are among you,
and be clean,
and change your garments:

35:
3 And let us arise,
and go up to Bethel;
and I will make there an altar unto God,
who answered me in the day 
of my distress,
and was with me in the way which I went.

35:
4 And they gave unto Jacob 
all the strange gods which were in their hand,
and all their earrings which were in their ears;
and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

35:
5 And they journeyed:
and the terror 
of God was upon the cities that were round about them,
and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

35:
6 So Jacob came to Luz,
which is in the land of Canaan,
that is,
Bethel,
he and all the people that were with him.

35:
7 And he built there an altar,
and called the place Elbethel:
because there God appeared unto him,
when he fled from the face 
of his brother.

35:
8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died,
and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak:
and the name 
of it was called Allonbachuth.

35:
9 And God appeared unto Jacob again,
when he came out of Padanaram,
and blessed him.

35:
10 And God said unto him,
Thy name is Jacob:
thy name shall not be called any more Jacob,
but Israel shall be thy name:
and he called his name Israel.

35:
11 And God said unto him,
I am God Almighty:
be fruitful and multiply;
a nation and a company 
of nations shall be of thee,
and kings shall come out 
of thy loins;
35:
12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac,
to thee I will give it,
and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

35:
13 And God went up from him 
in the place where he talked with him.

35:
14 And Jacob set up a pillar 
in the place where he talked with him,
even a pillar of stone:
and he poured a drink offering thereon,
and he poured oil thereon.

35:
15 And Jacob called the name 
of the place where God spake with him,
Bethel.

35:
16 And they journeyed from Bethel;
and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath:
and Rachel travailed,
and she had hard labour.

35:
17 And it came to pass,
when she was in hard labour,
that the midwife said unto her,
Fear not;
thou shalt have this son also.

35:
18 And it came to pass,
as her soul was in departing,
(for she died) that she called his name Benoni:
but his father called him Benjamin.

35:
19 And Rachel died,
and was buried in the way to Ephrath,
which is Bethlehem.

35:
20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave:
that is the pillar 
of Rachel's grave unto this day.

35:
21 And Israel journeyed,
and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

35:
22 And it came to pass,
when Israel dwelt in that land,
that Reuben went and lay with 
Bilhah his father's concubine:
and Israel heard it.

Now the sons 
of Jacob were twelve:

35:
23 The sons of Leah;
Reuben,
Jacob's firstborn,
and Simeon,
and Levi,
and Judah,
and Issachar,
and Zebulun:

35:
24 The sons of Rachel;
Joseph,
and Benjamin:

35:
25 And the sons of Bilhah,
Rachel's handmaid;
Dan,
and Naphtali:

35:
26 And the sons of Zilpah,
Leah's handmaid:
Gad,
and Asher:
these are the sons of Jacob,
which were born to him in Padanaram.

35:
27 And Jacob came 
unto Isaac his father unto Mamre,
unto the city of Arbah,
which is Hebron,
where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

35:
28 And the days 
of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.

35:
29 And Isaac gave up the ghost,
and died,
and was gathered unto his people,
being old and full of days:
and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

36:
1 Now these are the generations of Esau,
who is Edom.

36:
2 Esau took his wives 
of the daughters of Canaan;
Adah the daughter 
of Elon the Hittite,
and Aholibamah the daughter 
of Anah the daughter 
of Zibeon the Hivite;

36:
3 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter,
sister of Nebajoth.

36:
4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz;
and Bashemath bare Reuel;

36:
5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush,
and Jaalam,
and Korah:
these are the sons of Esau,
which were born 
unto him in the land of Canaan.

36:
6 And Esau took his wives,
and his sons,
and his daughters,
and all the persons of his house,
and his cattle,
and all his beasts,
and all his substance,
which he had got in the land of Canaan;
and went into the country from the face 
of his brother Jacob.

36:
7 For their riches were more than that 
they might dwell together;
and the land wherein they were strangers 
could not bear them 
because of their cattle.

36:
8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir:
Esau is Edom.

36:
9 And these are the generations 
of Esau the father 
of the Edomites in mount Seir:
36:
10 These are the names 
of Esau's sons;
Eliphaz the son 
of Adah the wife of Esau,
Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.

36:
11 And the sons 
of Eliphaz were Teman,
Omar,
Zepho,
and Gatam,
and Kenaz.

36:
12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son;
and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek:
these were the sons 
of Adah Esau's wife.

36:
13 And these are the sons of Reuel;
Nahath,
and Zerah,
Shammah,
and Mizzah:
these were the sons 
of Bashemath Esau's wife.

36:
14 And these were the sons 
of Aholibamah,
the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon,
Esau's wife:
and she bare to Esau Jeush,
and Jaalam,
and Korah.

36:
15 These were dukes 
of the sons of Esau:
the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau;
duke Teman,
duke Omar,
duke Zepho,
duke Kenaz,

36:
16 Duke Korah,
duke Gatam,
and duke Amalek:
these are the dukes that came 
of Eliphaz in the land of Edom;
these were the sons of Adah.

36:
17 And these are the sons 
of Reuel Esau's son;
duke Nahath,
duke Zerah,
duke Shammah,
duke Mizzah:
these are the dukes that came 
of Reuel in the land of Edom;
these are the sons 
of Bashemath Esau's wife.

36:
18 And these are the sons 
of Aholibamah Esau's wife;
duke Jeush,
duke Jaalam,
duke Korah:
these were the dukes that came 
of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah,
Esau's wife.

36:
19 These are the sons of Esau,
who is Edom,
and these are their dukes.

36:
20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite,
who inhabited the land;
Lotan,
and Shobal,
and Zibeon,
and Anah,
36:
21 And Dishon,
and Ezer,
and Dishan:
these are the dukes of the Horites,
the children of Seir in the land of Edom.

36:
22 And the children 
of Lotan were Hori and Hemam;
and Lotan's sister was Timna.

36:
23 And the children 
of Shobal were these;
Alvan,
and Manahath,
and Ebal,
Shepho,
and Onam.

36:
24 And these are the children of Zibeon;
both Ajah,
and Anah:
this was that Anah 
that found the mules in the wilderness,
as he fed the asses 
of Zibeon his father.

36:
25 And the children of Anah were these;
Dishon,
and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.

36:
26 And these are the children of Dishon;
Hemdan,
and Eshban,
and Ithran,
and Cheran.

36:
27 The children of Ezer are these;
Bilhan,
and Zaavan,
and Akan.

36:
28 The children of Dishan are these;
Uz,
and Aran.

36:
29 These are the dukes that came 
of the Horites;
duke Lotan,
duke Shobal,
duke Zibeon,
duke Anah,
36:
30 Duke Dishon,
duke Ezer,
duke Dishan:
these are the dukes that came of Hori,
among their dukes in the land of Seir.

36:
31 And these are the kings 
that reigned in the land of Edom,
before there reigned any king 
over the children of Israel.

36:
32 And Bela the son 
of Beor reigned in Edom:
and the name 
of his city was Dinhabah.

36:
33 And Bela died,
and Jobab the son 
of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

36:
34 And Jobab died,
and Husham of the land 
of Temani reigned in his stead.

36:
35 And Husham died,
and Hadad the son of Bedad,
who smote Midian in the field of Moab,
reigned in his stead:
and the name of his city was Avith.

36:
36 And Hadad died,
and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.

36:
37 And Samlah died,
and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.

36:
38 And Saul died,
and Baalhanan the son 
of Achbor reigned in his stead.

36:
39 And Baalhanan the son 
of Achbor died,
and Hadar reigned in his stead:
and the name of his city was Pau;
and his wife's name was Mehetabel,
the daughter of Matred,
the daughter of Mezahab.

36:
40 And these are the names 
of the dukes that came of Esau,
according to their families,
after their places,
by their names;
duke Timnah,
duke Alvah,
duke Jetheth,
36:
41 Duke Aholibamah,
duke Elah,
duke Pinon,
36:
42 Duke Kenaz,
duke Teman,
duke Mibzar,
36:
43 Duke Magdiel,
duke Iram:
these be the dukes of Edom,
according to their habitations in the land 
of their possession:
he is Esau the father of the Edomites.

37:
1 And Jacob dwelt in the land 
wherein his father was a stranger,
in the land of Canaan.

37:
2 These are the generations of Jacob.

Joseph,
being seventeen years old,
was feeding the flock with his brethren;
and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah,
and with the sons of Zilpah,
his father's wives:
and Joseph brought 
unto his father their evil report.

37:
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children,
because he was the son 
of his old age:
and he made him a coat 
of many colours.

37:
4 And when his brethren saw 
that their father loved him 
more than all his brethren,
they hated him,
and could not speak peaceably unto him.

37:
5 And Joseph dreamed a dream,
and he told it his brethren:
and they hated him yet the more.

37:
6 And he said unto them,
Hear,
I pray you,
this dream which I have dreamed:
37:
7 For,
behold,
we were binding sheaves in the field,
and,
lo,
my sheaf arose,
and also stood upright;
and,
behold,
your sheaves stood round about,
and made obeisance to my sheaf.

37:
8 And his brethren said to him,
Shalt thou indeed reign over us?

or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us?

And they hated him yet the more for his dreams,
and for his words.

37:
9 And he dreamed yet another dream,
and told it his brethren,
and said,
Behold,
I have dreamed a dream more;
and,
behold,
the sun and the moon and the eleven stars 
made obeisance to me.

37:
10 And he told it to his father,
and to his brethren:
and his father rebuked him,
and said unto him,
What is this dream that thou hast dreamed?

Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren 
indeed come to bow down ourselves 
to thee to the earth?

37:
11 And his brethren envied him;
but his father observed the saying.

37:
12 And his brethren went 
to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

37:
13 And Israel said unto Joseph,
Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem?

come,
and I will send thee unto them.

And he said to him,
Here am I.

37:
14 And he said to him,
Go,
I pray thee,
see whether it be well with thy brethren,
and well with the flocks;
and bring me word again.

So he sent him out 
of the vale of Hebron,
and he came to Shechem.

37:
15 And a certain man found him,
and,
behold,
he was wandering in the field:
and the man asked him,
saying,
What seekest thou?

37:
16 And he said,
I seek my brethren:
tell me,
I pray thee,
where they feed their flocks.

37:
17 And the man said,
They are departed hence;
for I heard them say,
Let us go to Dothan.

And Joseph went after his brethren,
and found them in Dothan.

37:
18 And when they saw him afar off,
even before he came near unto them,
they conspired against him to slay him.

37:
19 And they said one to another,
Behold,
this dreamer cometh.

37:
20 Come now therefore,
and let us slay him,
and cast him into some pit,
and we will say,
Some evil beast hath devoured him:
and we shall see what will become 
of his dreams.

37:
21 And Reuben heard it,
and he delivered him out 
of their hands;
and said,
Let us not kill him.

37:
22 And Reuben said unto them,
Shed no blood,
but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness,
and lay no hand upon him;
that he might rid him out 
of their hands,
to deliver him to his father again.

37:
23 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;
37:
24 And they took him,
and cast him into a pit:
and the pit was empty,
there was no water in it.

37:
25 And they sat down to eat bread:
and they lifted up their eyes and looked,
and,
behold,
a company of Ishmeelites 
came from Gilead 
with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh,
going to carry it down to Egypt.

37:
26 And Judah said 
unto his brethren,
What profit is it if we slay our brother,
and conceal his blood?

37:
27 Come,
and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites,
and let not our hand be upon him;
for he is our brother and our flesh.

And his brethren were content.

37:
28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen;
and they drew and lifted up Joseph out 
of the pit,
and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites 
for twenty pieces of silver:
and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

37:
29 And Reuben returned unto the pit;
and,
behold,
Joseph was not in the pit;
and he rent his clothes.

37:
30 And he returned 
unto his brethren,
and said,
The child is not;
and I,
whither shall I go?

37:
31 And they took Joseph's coat,
and killed a kid 
of the goats,
and dipped the coat in the blood;
37:
32 And they sent the coat 
of many colours,
and they brought it to their father;
and said,
This have we found:
know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.

37:
33 And he knew it,
and said,
It is my son's coat;
an evil beast hath devoured him;
Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.

37:
34 And Jacob rent his clothes,
and put sackcloth upon his loins,
and mourned for his son many days.

37:
35 And all his sons and all his daughters 
rose up to comfort him;
but he refused to be comforted;
and he said,
For I will go down into the grave 
unto my son mourning.

Thus his father wept for him.

37:
36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt 
unto Potiphar,
an officer of Pharaoh's,
and captain of the guard.

38:
1 And it came to pass at that time,
that Judah went down from his brethren,
and turned in to a certain Adullamite,
whose name was Hirah.

38:
2 And Judah saw there a daughter 
of a certain Canaanite,
whose name was Shuah;
and he took her,
and went in unto her.

38:
3 And she conceived,
and bare a son;
and he called his name Er.

38:
4 And she conceived again,
and bare a son;
and she called his name Onan.

38:
5 And she yet again conceived,
and bare a son;
and called his name Shelah:
and he was at Chezib,
when she bare him.

38:
6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn,
whose name was Tamar.

38:
7 And Er,
Judah's firstborn,
was wicked in the sight 
of the LORD;
and the LORD slew him.

38:
8 And Judah said unto Onan,
Go in unto thy brother's wife,
and marry her,
and raise up seed to thy brother.

38:
9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his;
and it came to pass,
when he went in 
unto his brother's wife,
that he spilled it on the ground,
lest that he should give seed to his brother.

38:
10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD:
wherefore he slew him also.

38:
11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law,
Remain a widow at thy father's house,
till Shelah my son be grown:
for he said,
Lest peradventure he die also,
as his brethren did.

And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.

38:
12 And in process 
of time the daughter 
of Shuah Judah's wife died;
and Judah was comforted,
and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath,
he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

38:
13 And it was told Tamar,
saying,
Behold thy father in law goeth up 
to Timnath to shear his sheep.

38:
14 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.

38:
15 When Judah saw her,
he thought her to be an harlot;
because she had covered her face.

38:
16 And he turned 
unto her by the way,
and said,
Go to,
I pray thee,
let me come in 
unto thee;
(for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.)

And she said,
What wilt thou give me,
that thou mayest come in unto me?

38:
17 And he said,
I will send thee a kid from the flock.

And she said,
Wilt thou give me a pledge,
till thou send it?

38:
18 And he said,
What pledge shall I give thee?

And she said,
Thy signet,
and thy bracelets,
and thy staff that is in thine hand.

And he gave it her,
and came in unto her,
and she conceived by him.

38:
19 And she arose,
and went away,
and laid by her vail from her,
and put on the garments 
of her widowhood.

38:
20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand 
of his friend the Adullamite,
to receive his pledge from the woman's hand:
but he found her not.

38:
21 Then he asked the men 
of that place,
saying,
Where is the harlot,
that was openly by the way side?

And they said,
There was no harlot in this place.

38:
22 And he returned to Judah,
and said,
I cannot find her;
and also the men of the place said,
that there was no harlot in this place.

38:
23 And Judah said,
Let her take it to her,
lest we be shamed:
behold,
I sent this kid,
and thou hast not found her.

38:
24 And it came to pass about three months after,
that it was told Judah,
saying,
Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot;
and also,
behold,
she is with child by whoredom.

And Judah said,
Bring her forth,
and let her be burnt.

38:
25 When she was brought forth,
she sent to her father in law,
saying,
By the man,
whose these are,
am I with child:
and she said,
Discern,
I pray thee,
whose are these,
the signet,
and bracelets,
and staff.

38:
26 And Judah acknowledged them,
and said,
She hath been more righteous than I;
because that I gave her not to Shelah my son.

And he knew her again no more.

38:
27 And it came to pass in the time 
of her travail,
that,
behold,
twins were in her womb.

38:
28 And it came to pass,
when she travailed,
that the one put out his hand:
and the midwife took and bound upon his hand 
a scarlet thread,
saying,
This came out first.

38:
29 And it came to pass,
as he drew back his hand,
that,
behold,
his brother came out:
and she said,
How hast thou broken forth?

this breach be upon thee:
therefore his name was called Pharez.

38:
30 And afterward came out his brother,
that had the scarlet thread upon his hand:
and his name was called Zarah.

39:
1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt;
and Potiphar,
an officer of Pharaoh,
captain of the guard,
an Egyptian,
bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites,
which had brought him down thither.

39:
2 And the LORD was with Joseph,
and he was a prosperous man;
and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

39:
3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him,
and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper 
in his hand.

39:
4 And Joseph found grace in his sight,
and he served him:
and he made him overseer over his house,
and all that he had he put into his hand.

39:
5 And it came to pass 
from the time that he had made him 
overseer in his house,
and over all that he had,
that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house 
for Joseph's sake;
and the blessing of the LORD 
was upon all that he had in the house,
and in the field.

39:
6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand;
and he knew not ought he had,
save the bread which he did eat.

And Joseph was a goodly person,
and well favoured.

39:
7 And it came to pass after these things,
that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph;
and she said,
Lie with me.

39:
8 But he refused,
and said unto his master's wife,
Behold,
my master wotteth not what is with me in the house,
and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
39:
9 There is none greater in this house than I;
neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee,
because thou art his wife:
how then can I do this great wickedness,
and sin against God?

39:
10 And it came to pass,
as she spake to Joseph day by day,
that he hearkened not unto her,
to lie by her,
or to be with her.

39:
11 And it came to pass about this time,
that Joseph went into the house to do his business;
and there was none 
of the men of the house there within.

39:
12 And she caught him by his garment,
saying,
Lie with me:
and he left his garment in her hand,
and fled,
and got him out.

39:
13 And it came to pass,
when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand,
and was fled forth,
39:
14 That she called 
unto the men of her house,
and spake unto them,
saying,
See,
he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us;
he came in unto me to lie with me,
and I cried with a loud voice:
39:
15 And it came to pass,
when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried,
that he left his garment with me,
and fled,
and got him out.

39:
16 And she laid up his garment by her,
until his lord came home.

39:
17 And she spake 
unto him according to these words,
saying,
The Hebrew servant,
which thou hast brought unto us,
came in unto me to mock me:
39:
18 And it came to pass,
as I lifted up my voice and cried,
that he left his garment with me,
and fled out.

39:
19 And it came to pass,
when his master heard the words of his wife,
which she spake unto him,
saying,
After this manner did thy servant to me;
that his wrath was kindled.

39:
20 And Joseph's master took him,
and put him into the prison,
a place where the king's prisoners were bound:
and he was there in the prison.

39:
21 But the LORD was with Joseph,
and shewed him mercy,
and gave him favour in the sight 
of the keeper of the prison.

39:
22 And the keeper of the prison 
committed to Joseph's hand 
all the prisoners that were in the prison;
and whatsoever they did there,
he was the doer of it.

39:
23 The keeper of the prison looked not 
to any thing that was under his hand;
because the LORD was with him,
and that which he did,
the LORD made it to prosper.

40:
1 And it came to pass after these things,
that the butler of the king of Egypt 
and his baker 
had offended their lord the king of Egypt.

40:
2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers,
against the chief of the butlers,
and against the chief of the bakers.

40:
3 And he put them in ward in the house 
of the captain of the guard,
into the prison,
the place where Joseph was bound.

40:
4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them,
and he served them:
and they continued a season in ward.

40:
5 And they dreamed a dream both of them,
each man his dream in one night,
each man according to the interpretation of his dream,
the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt,
which were bound in the prison.

40:
6 And Joseph came in 
unto them in the morning,
and looked upon them,
and,
behold,
they were sad.

40:
7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers 
that were with him in the ward 
of his lord's house,
saying,
Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?

40:
8 And they said unto him,
We have dreamed a dream,
and there is no interpreter of it.

And Joseph said unto them,
Do not interpretations belong to God?

tell me them,
I pray you.

40:
9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph,
and said to him,
In my dream,
behold,
a vine was before me;

40:
10 And in the vine were three branches:
and it was as though it budded,
and her blossoms shot forth;
and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:

40:
11 And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand:
and I took the grapes,
and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup,
and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

40:
12 And Joseph said unto him,
This is the interpretation of it:
The three branches are three days:

40:
13 Yet within three days 
shall Pharaoh lift up thine head,
and restore thee unto thy place:
and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand,
after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

40:
14 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:

40:
15 For indeed I was stolen away out 
of the land 
of the Hebrews:
and here also have I done nothing 
that they should put me into the dungeon.

40:
16 When the chief baker saw 
that the interpretation was good,
he said unto Joseph,
I also was in my dream,
and,
behold,
I had three white baskets on my head:

40:
17 And in the uppermost basket there was 
of all manner 
of bakemeats for Pharaoh;
and the birds did eat them out 
of the basket upon my head.

40:
18 And Joseph answered and said,
This is the interpretation thereof:
The three baskets are three days:

40:
19 Yet within three days 
shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee,
and shall hang thee on a tree;
and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

40:
20 And it came to pass the third day,
which was Pharaoh's birthday,
that he made a feast 
unto all his servants:
and he lifted up the head 
of the chief butler and 
of the chief baker among his servants.

40:
21 And he restored the chief butler 
unto his butlership again;
and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:

40:
22 But he hanged the chief baker:
as Joseph had interpreted to them.

40:
23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph,
but forgat him.