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 daughters 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 chestnut 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.