Exodus
The Second Book Of Moses
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the
earth.
Genesis 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness
was upon
the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of
the waters.
Genesis 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Genesis 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided
the
light from the darkness.
Genesis 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called
Night.
And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Genesis 1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of
the
waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
Genesis 1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which
were
under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament:
and it was
so.
Genesis 1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and
the
morning were the second day.
Genesis 1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be
gathered
together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Genesis 1:10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering
together
of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb
yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind,
whose seed is
in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Genesis 1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding
seed after
his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself,
after his
kind: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
Genesis 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of
the
heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs,
and for
seasons, and for days, and years:
Genesis 1:15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the
heaven to
give light upon the earth: and it was so.
Genesis 1:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to
rule the
day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
Genesis 1:17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give
light
upon the earth,
Genesis 1:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to
divide the
light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Genesis 1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the
moving
creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in
the open
firmament of heaven.
Genesis 1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature
that
moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind,
and every
winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and
multiply, and
fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Genesis 1:23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
Genesis 1:24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living
creature
after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth
after his
kind: and it was so.
Genesis 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and
cattle
after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after
his kind:
and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our
likeness:
and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the
fowl of the
air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every
creeping
thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of
God
created he him; male and female created he them.
Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be
fruitful, and
multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion
over the
fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living
thing
that moveth upon the earth.
Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb
bearing seed,
which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the
which is the
fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
Genesis 1:30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of
the air,
and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is
life, I have
given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Genesis 1:31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold,
it was
very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Genesis 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all
the host
of them.
Genesis 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had
made; and
he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Genesis 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it:
because that
in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Genesis 2:4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the
earth when
they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and
the
heavens,
Genesis 2:5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth,
and
every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not
caused it to
rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
Genesis 2:6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the
whole
face of the ground.
Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground,
and
breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a
living soul.
Genesis 2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and
there he
put the man whom he had formed.
Genesis 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every
tree that
is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also
in the
midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and
from
thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Genesis 2:11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which
compasseth the
whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
Genesis 2:12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium
and the
onyx stone.
Genesis 2:13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is
it that
compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
Genesis 2:14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it
which
goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
Genesis 2:15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the
garden of
Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Genesis 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every
tree of
the garden thou mayest freely eat:
Genesis 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou
shalt
not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt
surely die.
Genesis 2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man
should be
alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Genesis 2:19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast
of the
field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see
what he
would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature,
that was
the name thereof.
Genesis 2:20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of
the air,
and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an
help meet
for him.
Genesis 2:21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam,
and he
slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead
thereof;
Genesis 2:22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man,
made he a
woman, and brought her unto the man.
Genesis 2:23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh
of my
flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Genesis 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother,
and
shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Genesis 2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and
were not
ashamed.
Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the
field
which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath
God said,
Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Genesis 3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the
fruit of
the trees of the garden:
Genesis 3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of
the
garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye
touch it, lest
ye die.
Genesis 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely
die:
Genesis 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then
your eyes
shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Genesis 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food,
and that
it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one
wise, she
took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her
husband with
her; and he did eat.
Genesis 3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew
that they
were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves
aprons.
Genesis 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the
garden
in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from
the presence
of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
Genesis 3:9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him,
Where art
thou?
Genesis 3:10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was
afraid,
because I was naked; and I hid myself.
Genesis 3:11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast
thou
eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not
eat?
Genesis 3:12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with
me, she
gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Genesis 3:13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that
thou
hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did
eat.
Genesis 3:14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou
hast done
this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the
field;
upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days
of thy
life:
Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and
between
thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt
bruise his
heel.
Genesis 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy
sorrow and
thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy
desire
shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Genesis 3:17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto
the
voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded
thee,
saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake;
in sorrow
shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Genesis 3:18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee;
and thou
shalt eat the herb of the field;
Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till
thou return
unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art,
and unto
dust shalt thou return.
Genesis 3:20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was
the mother
of all living.
Genesis 3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make
coats of
skins, and clothed them.
Genesis 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one
of us,
to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take
also of
the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Genesis 3:23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden
of Eden,
to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Genesis 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of
the
garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every
way, to keep
the way of the tree of life.
Genesis 4:1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare
Cain,
and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
Genesis 4:2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a
keeper of
sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Genesis 4:3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain
brought of the
fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
Genesis 4:4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock
and of
the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his
offering:
Genesis 4:5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.
And Cain
was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
Genesis 4:6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why
is thy
countenance fallen?
Genesis 4:7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if
thou
doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his
desire, and
thou shalt rule over him.
Genesis 4:8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to
pass, when
they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother,
and slew
him.
Genesis 4:9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother?
And he
said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
Genesis 4:10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy
brother's
blood crieth unto me from the ground.
Genesis 4:11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath
opened her
mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
Genesis 4:12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth
yield
unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in
the earth.
Genesis 4:13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater
than I
can bear.
Genesis 4:14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face
of the
earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive
and a
vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one
that findeth
me shall slay me.
Genesis 4:15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth
Cain,
vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark
upon Cain,
lest any finding him should kill him.
Genesis 4:16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and
dwelt in
the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
Genesis 4:17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare
Enoch: and
he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name
of his son,
Enoch.
Genesis 4:18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael:
and
Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
Genesis 4:19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one
was
Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
Genesis 4:20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell
in
tents, and of such as have cattle.
Genesis 4:21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of
all such
as handle the harp and organ.
Genesis 4:22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructor of
every
artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.
Genesis 4:23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear
my voice;
ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man
to my
wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
Genesis 4:24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech
seventy and
sevenfold.
Genesis 4:25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and
called
his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed
instead of
Abel, whom Cain slew.
Genesis 4:26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he
called
his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
Genesis 5:1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day
that God
created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
Genesis 5:2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and
called
their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
Genesis 5:3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a
son in
his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
Genesis 5:4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were
eight
hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and
thirty
years: and he died.
Genesis 5:6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
Genesis 5:7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and
seven
years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve
years: and
he died.
Genesis 5:9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
Genesis 5:10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and
fifteen
years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five
years: and
he died.
Genesis 5:12 And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel:
Genesis 5:13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight
hundred and
forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten
years: and
he died.
Genesis 5:15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat
Jared:
Genesis 5:16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred
and
thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred
ninety and
five years: and he died.
Genesis 5:18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he
begat
Enoch:
Genesis 5:19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred
years, and
begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and
two
years: and he died.
Genesis 5:21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat
Methuselah:
Genesis 5:22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah
three
hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and
five
years:
Genesis 5:24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took
him.
Genesis 5:25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years,
and
begat Lamech:
Genesis 5:26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven
hundred eighty
and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty
and nine
years: and he died.
Genesis 5:28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and
begat a
son:
Genesis 5:29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall
comfort us
concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground
which the
LORD hath cursed.
Genesis 5:30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred
ninety and
five years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy
and seven
years: and he died.
Genesis 5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat
Shem, Ham,
and Japheth.
Genesis 6:1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the
face of
the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
Genesis 6:2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they
were
fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Genesis 6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive
with man,
for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and
twenty years.
Genesis 6:4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also
after
that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and
they bare
children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men
of renown.
Genesis 6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the
earth,
and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only
evil
continually.
Genesis 6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the
earth, and
it grieved him at his heart.
Genesis 6:7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have
created from
the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing,
and the
fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Genesis 6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
Genesis 6:9 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man
and
perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
Genesis 6:10 And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 6:11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth
was filled
with violence.
Genesis 6:12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was
corrupt; for
all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
Genesis 6:13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come
before me;
for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I
will
destroy them with the earth.
Genesis 6:14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make
in the
ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
Genesis 6:15 And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of:
The length
of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty
cubits, and
the height of it thirty cubits.
Genesis 6:16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit
shalt thou
finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side
thereof;
with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
Genesis 6:17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon
the
earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from
under heaven;
and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
Genesis 6:18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou
shalt come
into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives
with thee.
Genesis 6:19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every
sort shalt
thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be
male and
female.
Genesis 6:20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their
kind, of
every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort
shall come
unto thee, to keep them alive.
Genesis 6:21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and
thou
shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for
them.
Genesis 6:22 Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him,
so did
he.
Genesis 7:1 And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house
into
the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this
generation.
Genesis 7:2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens,
the male
and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male
and his
female.
Genesis 7:3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the
female; to
keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
Genesis 7:4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the
earth
forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have
made will
I destroy from off the face of the earth.
Genesis 7:5 And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded
him.
Genesis 7:6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of
waters was
upon the earth.
Genesis 7:7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his
sons'
wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
Genesis 7:8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and
of fowls,
and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
Genesis 7:9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the
male and
the female, as God had commanded Noah.
Genesis 7:10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters
of the
flood were upon the earth.
Genesis 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second
month,
the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the
fountains of the
great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Genesis 7:12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty
nights.
Genesis 7:13 In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham,
and
Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of
his sons
with them, into the ark;
Genesis 7:14 They, and every beast after his kind, and all the
cattle after
their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth
after his
kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
Genesis 7:15 And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of
all
flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
Genesis 7:16 And they that went in, went in male and female of all
flesh, as
God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
Genesis 7:17 And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the
waters
increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
Genesis 7:18 And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly
upon the
earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
Genesis 7:19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth;
and all
the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Genesis 7:20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the
mountains
were covered.
Genesis 7:21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of
fowl, and
of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth
upon the
earth, and every man:
Genesis 7:22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all
that was
in the dry land, died.
Genesis 7:23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon
the
face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things,
and the
fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah
only
remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
Genesis 7:24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and
fifty
days.
Genesis 8:1 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all
the
cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass
over the
earth, and the waters asswaged;
Genesis 8:2 The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven
were
stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
Genesis 8:3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually:
and
after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
Genesis 8:4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the
seventeenth day
of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
Genesis 8:5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth
month: in
the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the
mountains
seen.
Genesis 8:6 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah
opened
the window of the ark which he had made:
Genesis 8:7 And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro,
until
the waters were dried up from off the earth.
Genesis 8:8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters
were
abated from off the face of the ground;
Genesis 8:9 But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and
she
returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of
the whole
earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in
unto him
into the ark.
Genesis 8:10 And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent
forth the
dove out of the ark;
Genesis 8:11 And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in
her
mouth was an olive leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters
were abated
from off the earth.
Genesis 8:12 And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the
dove;
which returned not again unto him any more.
Genesis 8:13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first
year, in the
first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up
from off the
earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and,
behold, the
face of the ground was dry.
Genesis 8:14 And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day
of the
month, was the earth dried.
Genesis 8:15 And God spake unto Noah, saying,
Genesis 8:16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons,
and thy
sons' wives with thee.
Genesis 8:17 Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with
thee, of
all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing
that
creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the
earth, and be
fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
Genesis 8:18 And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and
his sons'
wives with him:
Genesis 8:19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and
whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth
out of the
ark.
Genesis 8:20 And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of
every
clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on
the
altar.
Genesis 8:21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said
in his
heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake;
for the
imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I
again smite
any more every thing living, as I have done.
Genesis 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and
cold and
heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Genesis 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them,
Be
fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Genesis 9:2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon
every
beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that
moveth upon
the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are
they
delivered.
Genesis 9:3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you;
even as
the green herb have I given you all things.
Genesis 9:4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood
thereof,
shall ye not eat.
Genesis 9:5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at
the hand
of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the
hand of every
man's brother will I require the life of man.
Genesis 9:6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be
shed: for
in the image of God made he man.
Genesis 9:7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth
abundantly in
the earth, and multiply therein.
Genesis 9:8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him,
saying,
Genesis 9:9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and
with your
seed after you;
Genesis 9:10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the
fowl,
of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all
that go out
of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
Genesis 9:11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither
shall all
flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall
there any
more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Genesis 9:12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I
make
between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for
perpetual
generations:
Genesis 9:13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a
token of a
covenant between me and the earth.
Genesis 9:14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over
the earth,
that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
Genesis 9:15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me
and you
and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more
become a
flood to destroy all flesh.
Genesis 9:16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon
it,
that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every
living
creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
Genesis 9:17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the
covenant,
which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the
earth.
Genesis 9:18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were
Shem,
and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
Genesis 9:19 These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the
whole
earth overspread.
Genesis 9:20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a
vineyard:
Genesis 9:21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was
uncovered
within his tent.
Genesis 9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his
father,
and told his two brethren without.
Genesis 9:23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon
both
their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of
their father;
and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's
nakedness.
Genesis 9:24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger
son had
done unto him.
Genesis 9:25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants
shall he
be unto his brethren.
Genesis 9:26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and
Canaan shall
be his servant.
Genesis 9:27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the
tents of
Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Genesis 9:28 And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty
years.
Genesis 9:29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty
years: and
he died.
Genesis 10:1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah,
Shem, Ham,
and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
Genesis 10:2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and
Javan,
and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
Genesis 10:3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and
Togarmah.
Genesis 10:4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim,
and
Dodanim.
Genesis 10:5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in
their lands;
every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
Genesis 10:6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and
Canaan.
Genesis 10:7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah,
and
Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
Genesis 10:8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in
the
earth.
Genesis 10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is
said,
Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
Genesis 10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech,
and
Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Genesis 10:11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded
Nineveh, and
the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
Genesis 10:12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a
great city.
Genesis 10:13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and
Naphtuhim,
Genesis 10:14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came
Philistim,) and
Caphtorim.
Genesis 10:15 And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
Genesis 10:16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
Genesis 10:17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
Genesis 10:18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite:
and
afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
Genesis 10:19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as
thou
comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah,
and
Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
Genesis 10:20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after
their
tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
Genesis 10:21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber,
the
brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
Genesis 10:22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad,
and Lud,
and Aram.
Genesis 10:23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and
Mash.
Genesis 10:24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
Genesis 10:25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was
Peleg;
for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was
Joktan.
Genesis 10:26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth,
and
Jerah,
Genesis 10:27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
Genesis 10:28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
Genesis 10:29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the
sons of
Joktan.
Genesis 10:30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto
Sephar a
mount of the east.
Genesis 10:31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families,
after their
tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
Genesis 10:32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after
their
generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided
in the
earth after the flood.
Genesis 11:1 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one
speech.
Genesis 11:2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east,
that they
found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Genesis 11:3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick,
and
burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had
they for
mortar.
Genesis 11:4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a
tower, whose
top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be
scattered
abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Genesis 11:5 And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower,
which the
children of men builded.
Genesis 11:6 And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they
have all
one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be
restrained
from them, which they have imagined to do.
Genesis 11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their
language, that
they may not understand one another's speech.
Genesis 11:8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the
face of
all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
Genesis 11:9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the
LORD did
there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did
the LORD
scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Genesis 11:10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred
years
old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
Genesis 11:11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred
years, and
begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat
Salah:
Genesis 11:13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred
and three
years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
Genesis 11:15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and
three
years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
Genesis 11:17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and
thirty
years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
Genesis 11:19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and
nine years,
and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
Genesis 11:21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and
seven
years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
Genesis 11:23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred
years, and
begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
Genesis 11:25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and
nineteen
years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor,
and
Haran.
Genesis 11:27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat
Abram,
Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
Genesis 11:28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of
his
nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
Genesis 11:29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of
Abram's wife
was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of
Haran, the
father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.
Genesis 11:30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
Genesis 11:31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran
his
son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and
they went
forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of
Canaan; and
they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
Genesis 11:32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years:
and
Terah died in Haran.
Genesis 12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy
country,
and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that
I will
show thee:
Genesis 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will
bless thee,
and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Genesis 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him
that
curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be
blessed.
Genesis 12:4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and
Lot
went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he
departed out
of Haran.
Genesis 12:5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's
son, and
all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they
had gotten
in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and
into the land
of Canaan they came.
Genesis 12:6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of
Sichem,
unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
Genesis 12:7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy
seed will
I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who
appeared
unto him.
Genesis 12:8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east
of
Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on
the east:
and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the
name of the
LORD.
Genesis 12:9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
Genesis 12:10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went
down into
Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
Genesis 12:11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter
into
Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that
thou art a
fair woman to look upon:
Genesis 12:12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians
shall see
thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me,
but they
will save thee alive.
Genesis 12:13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be
well with
me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
Genesis 12:14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into
Egypt, the
Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
Genesis 12:15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her
before
Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
Genesis 12:16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had
sheep,
and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she
asses, and
camels.
Genesis 12:17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great
plagues
because of Sarai Abram's wife.
Genesis 12:18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that
thou
hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
Genesis 12:19 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have
taken her
to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy
way.
Genesis 12:20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they
sent
him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
Genesis 13:1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and
all that
he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
Genesis 13:2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in
gold.
Genesis 13:3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to
Bethel, unto
the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel
and Hai;
Genesis 13:4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at
the
first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
Genesis 13:5 And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and
herds, and
tents.
Genesis 13:6 And the land was not able to bear them, that they might
dwell
together: for their substance was great, so that they could not
dwell
together.
Genesis 13:7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's
cattle
and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite
dwelled
then in the land.
Genesis 13:8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray
thee,
between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we
be
brethren.
Genesis 13:9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I
pray
thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to
the right;
or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Genesis 13:10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain
of
Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD
destroyed Sodom
and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of
Egypt, as thou
comest unto Zoar.
Genesis 13:11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot
journeyed
east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
Genesis 13:12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled
in the
cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
Genesis 13:13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before
the LORD
exceedingly.
Genesis 13:14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was
separated
from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou
art
northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
Genesis 13:15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give
it, and
to thy seed for ever.
Genesis 13:16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so
that if
a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be
numbered.
Genesis 13:17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and
in the
breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
Genesis 13:18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the
plain
of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the
LORD.
Genesis 14:1 And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of
Shinar,
Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of
nations;
Genesis 14:2 That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with
Birsha
king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim,
and the
king of Bela, which is Zoar.
Genesis 14:3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim,
which is
the salt sea.
Genesis 14:4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the
thirteenth
year they rebelled.
Genesis 14:5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the
kings
that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and
the
Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
Genesis 14:6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan,
which is by
the wilderness.
Genesis 14:7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is
Kadesh, and
smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that
dwelt in
Hazezontamar.
Genesis 14:8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of
Gomorrah,
and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela
(the same
is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
Genesis 14:9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king
of
nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar;
four kings
with five.
Genesis 14:10 And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the
kings of
Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled
to the
mountain.
Genesis 14:11 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and
all
their victuals, and went their way.
Genesis 14:12 And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in
Sodom,
and his goods, and departed.
Genesis 14:13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram
the
Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of
Eshcol, and
brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
Genesis 14:14 And when Abram heard that his brother was taken
captive, he
armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and
eighteen,
and pursued them unto Dan.
Genesis 14:15 And he divided himself against them, he and his
servants, by
night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the
left hand
of Damascus.
Genesis 14:16 And he brought back all the goods, and also brought
again his
brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
Genesis 14:17 And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his
return
from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with
him, at
the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.
Genesis 14:18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and
wine:
and he was the priest of the most high God.
Genesis 14:19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the
most
high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
Genesis 14:20 And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered
thine
enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
Genesis 14:21 And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the
persons,
and take the goods to thyself.
Genesis 14:22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up
mine hand
unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
Genesis 14:23 That I will not take from a thread even to a
shoelatchet, and
that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest
say, I have
made Abram rich:
Genesis 14:24 Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the
portion
of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them
take their
portion.
Genesis 15:1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram
in a
vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding
great
reward.
Genesis 15:2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me,
seeing I go
childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
Genesis 15:3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed:
and, lo,
one born in my house is mine heir.
Genesis 15:4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him,
saying, This
shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine
own bowels
shall be thine heir.
Genesis 15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now
toward
heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he
said unto
him, So shall thy seed be.
Genesis 15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him
for
righteousness.
Genesis 15:7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee
out of Ur
of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
Genesis 15:8 And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I
shall
inherit it?
Genesis 15:9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years
old, and
a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a
turtledove,
and a young pigeon.
Genesis 15:10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in
the midst,
and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he
not.
Genesis 15:11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram
drove
them away.
Genesis 15:12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell
upon Abram;
and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
Genesis 15:13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed
shall
be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them;
and they
shall afflict them four hundred years;
Genesis 15:14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I
judge: and
afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Genesis 15:15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt
be
buried in a good old age.
Genesis 15:16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither
again: for
the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
Genesis 15:17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and
it was
dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed
between those
pieces.
Genesis 15:18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram,
saying,
Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto
the great
river, the river Euphrates:
Genesis 15:19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
Genesis 15:20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
Genesis 15:21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the
Girgashites, and
the Jebusites.
Genesis 16:1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she
had an
handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
Genesis 16:2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath
restrained
me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I
may obtain
children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
Genesis 16:3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the
Egyptian, after
Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her
husband
Abram to be his wife.
Genesis 16:4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when
she saw
that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
Genesis 16:5 And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I
have given
my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I
was
despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
Genesis 16:6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy
hand; do
to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her,
she fled
from her face.
Genesis 16:7 And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of
water in
the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
Genesis 16:8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou?
and
whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my
mistress Sarai.
Genesis 16:9 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy
mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
Genesis 16:10 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will
multiply thy
seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
Genesis 16:11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou
art with
child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;
because the LORD
hath heard thy affliction.
Genesis 16:12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against
every man,
and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence
of all
his brethren.
Genesis 16:13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto
her, Thou
God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that
seeth me?
Genesis 16:14 Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it
is
between Kadesh and Bered.
Genesis 16:15 And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's
name,
which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
Genesis 16:16 And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar
bare
Ishmael to Abram.
Genesis 17:1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD
appeared
to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me,
and be
thou perfect.
Genesis 17:2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and
will
multiply thee exceedingly.
Genesis 17:3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him,
saying,
Genesis 17:4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou
shalt be
a father of many nations.
Genesis 17:5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but
thy name
shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
Genesis 17:6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will
make
nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
Genesis 17:7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee
and thy
seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to
be a God
unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Genesis 17:8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee,
the land
wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an
everlasting
possession; and I will be their God.
Genesis 17:9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant
therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
Genesis 17:10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me
and you
and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be
circumcised.
Genesis 17:11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin;
and it
shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
Genesis 17:12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised
among you,
every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house,
or bought
with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
Genesis 17:13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought
with thy
money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your
flesh for
an everlasting covenant.
Genesis 17:14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his
foreskin is
not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath
broken my
covenant.
Genesis 17:15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou
shalt
not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
Genesis 17:16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her:
yea, I
will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of
people shall be
of her.
Genesis 17:17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said
in his
heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old?
and shall
Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
Genesis 17:18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live
before
thee!
Genesis 17:19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son
indeed; and
thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant
with him for
an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
Genesis 17:20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have
blessed
him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly;
twelve
princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 17:21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which
Sarah shall
bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
Genesis 17:22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from
Abraham.
Genesis 17:23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were
born in
his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among
the men
of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in
the
selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
Genesis 17:24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was
circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Genesis 17:25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he
was
circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Genesis 17:26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and
Ishmael his
son.
Genesis 17:27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and
bought
with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
Genesis 18:1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre:
and he
sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
Genesis 18:2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men
stood by
him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door,
and bowed
himself toward the ground,
Genesis 18:3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy
sight,
pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
Genesis 18:4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash
your feet,
and rest yourselves under the tree:
Genesis 18:5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your
hearts;
after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your
servant. And
they said, So do, as thou hast said.
Genesis 18:6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and
said, Make
ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes
upon the
hearth.
Genesis 18:7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf
tender and
good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
Genesis 18:8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had
dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the
tree, and they
did eat.
Genesis 18:9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he
said,
Behold, in the tent.
Genesis 18:10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee
according to
the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And
Sarah heard it
in the tent door, which was behind him.
Genesis 18:11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in
age; and
it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
Genesis 18:12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After
I am
waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
Genesis 18:13 And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah
laugh,
saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
Genesis 18:14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time
appointed I
will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah
shall have a
son.
Genesis 18:15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was
afraid.
And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
Genesis 18:16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward
Sodom: and
Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
Genesis 18:17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that
thing which
I do;
Genesis 18:18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and
mighty
nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
Genesis 18:19 For I know him, that he will command his children and
his
household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do
justice
and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he
hath spoken
of him.
Genesis 18:20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and
Gomorrah is
great, and because their sin is very grievous;
Genesis 18:21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done
altogether
according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I
will know.
Genesis 18:22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went
toward
Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
Genesis 18:23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also
destroy the
righteous with the wicked?
Genesis 18:24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city:
wilt
thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous
that are
therein?
Genesis 18:25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay
the
righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the
wicked,
that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do
right?
Genesis 18:26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous
within
the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
Genesis 18:27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have
taken upon
me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
Genesis 18:28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty
righteous:
wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I
find there
forty and five, I will not destroy it.
Genesis 18:29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said,
Peradventure there
shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for
forty's sake.
Genesis 18:30 And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry,
and I will
speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said,
I will not
do it, if I find thirty there.
Genesis 18:31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak
unto
the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he
said, I will
not destroy it for twenty's sake.
Genesis 18:32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will
speak
yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he
said, I will
not destroy it for ten's sake.
Genesis 18:33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left
communing
with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
Genesis 19:1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat
in the
gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he
bowed himself
with his face toward the ground;
Genesis 19:2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you,
into
your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and
ye shall
rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will
abide in
the street all night.
Genesis 19:3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in
unto him,
and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake
unleavened
bread, and they did eat.
Genesis 19:4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the
men of
Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people
from
every quarter:
Genesis 19:5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are
the men
which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we
may know
them.
Genesis 19:6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the
door after
him,
Genesis 19:7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
Genesis 19:8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known
man; let
me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is
good in your
eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under
the shadow
of my roof.
Genesis 19:9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This
one fellow
came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal
worse with
thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot,
and came
near to break the door.
Genesis 19:10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into
the
house to them, and shut to the door.
Genesis 19:11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the
house with
blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to
find the
door.
Genesis 19:12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides?
son in
law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in
the city,
bring them out of this place:
Genesis 19:13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of
them is
waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us
to destroy
it.
Genesis 19:14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law,
which
married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for
the LORD
will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his
sons in law.
Genesis 19:15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened
Lot,
saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here;
lest thou
be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
Genesis 19:16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his
hand, and
upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters;
the LORD
being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him
without the
city.
Genesis 19:17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth
abroad,
that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither
stay thou in
all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
Genesis 19:18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
Genesis 19:19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight,
and
thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast showed unto me in
saving my
life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me,
and I die:
Genesis 19:20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is
a little
one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my
soul shall
live.
Genesis 19:21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee
concerning
this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which
thou hast
spoken.
Genesis 19:22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing
till
thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
Genesis 19:23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into
Zoar.
Genesis 19:24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah
brimstone
and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
Genesis 19:25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and
all the
inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Genesis 19:26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she
became a
pillar of salt.
Genesis 19:27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place
where he
stood before the LORD:
Genesis 19:28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward
all the
land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country
went up as
the smoke of a furnace.
Genesis 19:29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of
the
plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of
the
overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
Genesis 19:30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the
mountain, and
his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he
dwelt in a
cave, he and his two daughters.
Genesis 19:31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is
old,
and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the
manner of all
the earth:
Genesis 19:32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will
lie with
him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
Genesis 19:33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and
the
firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not
when she lay
down, nor when she arose.
Genesis 19:34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn
said
unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us
make him
drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that
we may
preserve seed of our father.
Genesis 19:35 And they made their father drink wine that night also:
and the
younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay
down, nor
when she arose.
Genesis 19:36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by
their
father.
Genesis 19:37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name
Moab: the
same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
Genesis 19:38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his
name
Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this
day.
Genesis 20:1 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south
country, and
dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
Genesis 20:2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister:
and
Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Genesis 20:3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said
to him,
Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast
taken; for she
is a man's wife.
Genesis 20:4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord,
wilt
thou slay also a righteous nation?
Genesis 20:5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even
she
herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and
innocency of
my hands have I done this.
Genesis 20:6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou
didst
this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from
sinning
against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
Genesis 20:7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a
prophet,
and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore
her not,
know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
Genesis 20:8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and
called all
his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men
were sore
afraid.
Genesis 20:9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What
hast
thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast
brought on me
and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that
ought not to
be done.
Genesis 20:10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou,
that thou
hast done this thing?
Genesis 20:11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear
of God is
not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
Genesis 20:12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter
of my
father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
Genesis 20:13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from
my
father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which
thou shalt
show unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is
my
brother.
Genesis 20:14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants,
and
womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah
his wife.
Genesis 20:15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee:
dwell
where it pleaseth thee.
Genesis 20:16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy
brother a
thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the
eyes, unto
all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.
Genesis 20:17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech,
and his
wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
Genesis 20:18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the
house of
Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
Genesis 21:1 And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD
did
unto Sarah as he had spoken.
Genesis 21:2 For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old
age, at
the set time of which God had spoken to him.
Genesis 21:3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born
unto him,
whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
Genesis 21:4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days
old, as
God had commanded him.
Genesis 21:5 And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son
Isaac was
born unto him.
Genesis 21:6 And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all
that
hear will laugh with me.
Genesis 21:7 And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that
Sarah
should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his
old age.
Genesis 21:8 And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a
great
feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
Genesis 21:9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she
had born
unto Abraham, mocking.
Genesis 21:10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this
bondwoman and
her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my
son, even
with Isaac.
Genesis 21:11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight
because of
his son.
Genesis 21:12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in
thy sight
because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah
hath said
unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be
called.
Genesis 21:13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a
nation,
because he is thy seed.
Genesis 21:14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took
bread, and
a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her
shoulder, and the
child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the
wilderness of
Beersheba.
Genesis 21:15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast
the child
under one of the shrubs.
Genesis 21:16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good
way
off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of
the
child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and
wept.
Genesis 21:17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of
God
called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee,
Hagar?
fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
Genesis 21:18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand;
for I will
make him a great nation.
Genesis 21:19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water;
and she
went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
Genesis 21:20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in
the
wilderness, and became an archer.
Genesis 21:21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his
mother took
him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
Genesis 21:22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and
Phichol
the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is
with thee in
all that thou doest:
Genesis 21:23 Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt
not
deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but
according to
the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and
to the
land wherein thou hast sojourned.
Genesis 21:24 And Abraham said, I will swear.
Genesis 21:25 And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of
water,
which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
Genesis 21:26 And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this
thing:
neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.
Genesis 21:27 And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto
Abimelech;
and both of them made a covenant.
Genesis 21:28 And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by
themselves.
Genesis 21:29 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven
ewe
lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
Genesis 21:30 And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take
of my
hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this
well.
Genesis 21:31 Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because
there they
sware both of them.
Genesis 21:32 Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech
rose
up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned
into the land
of the Philistines.
Genesis 21:33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called
there on
the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
Genesis 21:34 And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many
days.
Genesis 22:1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did
tempt
Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
Genesis 22:2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac,
whom thou
lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there
for a burnt
offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Genesis 22:3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled
his ass,
and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave
the wood
for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of
which God had
told him.
Genesis 22:4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and
saw the
place afar off.
Genesis 22:5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with
the
ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to
you.
Genesis 22:6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and
laid it
upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife;
and they
went both of them together.
Genesis 22:7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My
father:
and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the
wood: but
where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Genesis 22:8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a
lamb for a
burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
Genesis 22:9 And they came to the place which God had told him of;
and
Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound
Isaac his
son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
Genesis 22:10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the
knife to
slay his son.
Genesis 22:11 And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of
heaven, and
said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
Genesis 22:12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither
do thou
any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing
thou hast not
withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Genesis 22:13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold
behind
him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and
took the ram,
and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
Genesis 22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh:
as it
is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
Genesis 22:15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of
heaven
the second time,
Genesis 22:16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for
because
thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only
son:
Genesis 22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying
I will
multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which
is upon
the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
Genesis 22:18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be
blessed;
because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Genesis 22:19 So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose
up and
went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
Genesis 22:20 And it came to pass after these things, that it was
told
Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto
thy brother
Nahor;
Genesis 22:21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the
father
of Aram,
Genesis 22:22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and
Bethuel.
Genesis 22:23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear
to
Nahor, Abraham's brother.
Genesis 22:24 And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare
also Tebah,
and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
Genesis 23:1 And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years
old: these
were the years of the life of Sarah.
Genesis 23:2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in
the land
of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
Genesis 23:3 And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake
unto the
sons of Heth, saying,
Genesis 23:4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a
possession
of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
Genesis 23:5 And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto
him,
Genesis 23:6 Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in
the
choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold
from thee
his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
Genesis 23:7 And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people
of the
land, even to the children of Heth.
Genesis 23:8 And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind
that I
should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and entreat for me to
Ephron the
son of Zohar,
Genesis 23:9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he
hath, which
is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he
shall give it
me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
Genesis 23:10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and
Ephron the
Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth,
even of all
that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
Genesis 23:11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the
cave
that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my
people give
I it thee: bury thy dead.
Genesis 23:12 And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of
the land.
Genesis 23:13 And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people
of the
land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will
give thee
money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
Genesis 23:14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
Genesis 23:15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four
hundred
shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore
thy dead.
Genesis 23:16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed
to
Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of
Heth,
four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
Genesis 23:17 And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which
was
before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the
trees
that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about,
were made
sure
Genesis 23:18 Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the
children
of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
Genesis 23:19 And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the
cave of
the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land
of Canaan.
Genesis 23:20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made
sure
unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.
Genesis 24:1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the
LORD had
blessed Abraham in all things.
Genesis 24:2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house,
that
ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my
thigh:
Genesis 24:3 And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of
heaven, and
the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of
the
daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
Genesis 24:4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred,
and take
a wife unto my son Isaac.
Genesis 24:5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman
will not
be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son
again unto
the land from whence thou camest?
Genesis 24:6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring
not my
son thither again.
Genesis 24:7 The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's
house,
and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that
sware unto
me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his
angel
before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
Genesis 24:8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee,
then thou
shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither
again.
Genesis 24:9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham
his
master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
Genesis 24:10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his
master,
and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and
he arose,
and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
Genesis 24:11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city
by a
well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women
go out to
draw water.
Genesis 24:12 And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray
thee,
send me good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master
Abraham.
Genesis 24:13 Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the
daughters
of the men of the city come out to draw water:
Genesis 24:14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I
shall say,
Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall
say, Drink,
and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou
hast
appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou
hast
showed kindness unto my master.
Genesis 24:15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking,
that,
behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah,
the wife of
Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
Genesis 24:16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin,
neither
had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her
pitcher,
and came up.
Genesis 24:17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I
pray
thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
Genesis 24:18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let
down her
pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
Genesis 24:19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I
will draw
water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
Genesis 24:20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the
trough, and
ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
Genesis 24:21 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit
whether
the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.
Genesis 24:22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking,
that the
man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets
for her
hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
Genesis 24:23 And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray
thee: is
there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?
Genesis 24:24 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel
the son of
Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
Genesis 24:25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and
provender
enough, and room to lodge in.
Genesis 24:26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the
LORD.
Genesis 24:27 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master
Abraham, who
hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I
being in the
way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.
Genesis 24:28 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's
house these
things.
Genesis 24:29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and
Laban
ran out unto the man, unto the well.
Genesis 24:30 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and
bracelets
upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his
sister,
saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and,
behold, he
stood by the camels at the well.
Genesis 24:31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD;
wherefore
standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for
the camels.
Genesis 24:32 And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his
camels,
and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his
feet, and
the men's feet that were with him.
Genesis 24:33 And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said,
I will
not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
Genesis 24:34 And he said, I am Abraham's servant.
Genesis 24:35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is
become
great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and
gold, and
menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
Genesis 24:36 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master
when she
was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
Genesis 24:37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not
take a
wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I
dwell:
Genesis 24:38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my
kindred,
and take a wife unto my son.
Genesis 24:39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will
not
follow me.
Genesis 24:40 And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk,
will send
his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife
for my
son of my kindred, and of my father's house:
Genesis 24:41 Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou
comest
to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear
from my
oath.
Genesis 24:42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD
God of my
master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:
Genesis 24:43 Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall
come to
pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to
her, Give
me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
Genesis 24:44 And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also
draw for
thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed
out for my
master's son.
Genesis 24:45 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold,
Rebekah
came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto
the well,
and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.
Genesis 24:46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her
shoulder
, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I
drank, and she
made the camels drink also.
Genesis 24:47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou?
And she
said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto
him: and I
put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
Genesis 24:48 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and
blessed
the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way
to take
my master's brother's daughter unto his son.
Genesis 24:49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my
master, tell
me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to
the left.
Genesis 24:50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing
proceedeth
from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
Genesis 24:51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and
let her
be thy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken.
Genesis 24:52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant
heard their
words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.
Genesis 24:53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and
jewels of
gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her
brother and
to her mother precious things.
Genesis 24:54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were
with him,
and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said,
Send me
away unto my master.
Genesis 24:55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel
abide with
us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.
Genesis 24:56 And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD
hath
prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.
Genesis 24:57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at
her
mouth.
Genesis 24:58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou
go with
this man? And she said, I will go.
Genesis 24:59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her
nurse, and
Abraham's servant, and his men.
Genesis 24:60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art
our
sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy
seed possess
the gate of those which hate them.
Genesis 24:61 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon
the
camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went
his way.
Genesis 24:62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for
he dwelt
in the south country.
Genesis 24:63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the
eventide:
and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were
coming.
Genesis 24:64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw
Isaac, she
lighted off the camel.
Genesis 24:65 For she had said unto the servant, What man is this
that
walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my
master:
therefore she took a veil, and covered herself.
Genesis 24:66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had
done.
Genesis 24:67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent,
and took
Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was
comforted
after his mother's death.
Genesis 25:1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was
Keturah.
Genesis 25:2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and
Midian,
and Ishbak, and Shuah.
Genesis 25:3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of
Dedan were
Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
Genesis 25:4 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch,
and
Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
Genesis 25:5 And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
Genesis 25:6 But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had,
Abraham
gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet
lived,
eastward, unto the east country.
Genesis 25:7 And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life
which he
lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
Genesis 25:8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old
age, an
old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
Genesis 25:9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave
of
Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite,
which is
before Mamre;
Genesis 25:10 The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth:
there
was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
Genesis 25:11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that
God
blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.
Genesis 25:12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's
son, whom
Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
Genesis 25:13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by
their
names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael,
Nebajoth; and
Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
Genesis 25:14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
Genesis 25:15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
Genesis 25:16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their
names, by
their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their
nations.
Genesis 25:17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an
hundred and
thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was
gathered
unto his people.
Genesis 25:18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before
Egypt,
as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his
brethren.
Genesis 25:19 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son:
Abraham
begat Isaac:
Genesis 25:20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to
wife,
the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban
the
Syrian.
Genesis 25:21 And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she
was
barren: and the LORD was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife
conceived.
Genesis 25:22 And the children struggled together within her; and
she said,
If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the LORD.
Genesis 25:23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy
womb, and
two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one
people
shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve
the
younger.
Genesis 25:24 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled,
behold,
there were twins in her womb.
Genesis 25:25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy
garment;
and they called his name Esau.
Genesis 25:26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took
hold on
Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore
years old
when she bare them.
Genesis 25:27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a
man of the
field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
Genesis 25:28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his
venison: but
Rebekah loved Jacob.
Genesis 25:29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field,
and he was
faint:
Genesis 25:30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with
that same
red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
Genesis 25:31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
Genesis 25:32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and
what
profit shall this birthright do to me?
Genesis 25:33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware
unto him:
and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
Genesis 25:34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles;
and he did
eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his
birthright.
Genesis 26:1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first
famine
that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king
of the
Philistines unto Gerar.
Genesis 26:2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down
into
Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
Genesis 26:3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will
bless
thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these
countries, and I
will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
Genesis 26:4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of
heaven,
and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed
shall all the
nations of the earth be blessed;
Genesis 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my
charge, my
commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Genesis 26:6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
Genesis 26:7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he
said,
She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said
he, the men
of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to
look upon.
Genesis 26:8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long
time, that
Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw,
and,
behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
Genesis 26:9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a
surety she is
thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto
him,
Because I said, Lest I die for her.
Genesis 26:10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto
us? one
of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou
shouldest have
brought guiltiness upon us.
Genesis 26:11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that
toucheth
this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
Genesis 26:12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the
same year
an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
Genesis 26:13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew
until he
became very great:
Genesis 26:14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of
herds, and
great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
Genesis 26:15 For all the wells which his father's servants had
digged in
the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them,
and filled
them with earth.
Genesis 26:16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou
art much
mightier than we.
Genesis 26:17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the
valley
of Gerar, and dwelt there.
Genesis 26:18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they
had
digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had
stopped them
after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the
names by which
his father had called them.
Genesis 26:19 And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found
there a
well of springing water.
Genesis 26:20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's
herdmen,
saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek;
because
they strove with him.
Genesis 26:21 And they digged another well, and strove for that
also: and he
called the name of it Sitnah.
Genesis 26:22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well;
and for
that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he
said, For
now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the
land.
Genesis 26:23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.
Genesis 26:24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and
said, I am
the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and
will bless
thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
Genesis 26:25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the
name of the
LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged
a well.
Genesis 26:26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath
one of his
friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
Genesis 26:27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me,
seeing ye
hate me, and have sent me away from you?
Genesis 26:28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with
thee:
and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us
and thee,
and let us make a covenant with thee;
Genesis 26:29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched
thee, and
as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away
in peace:
thou art now the blessed of the LORD.
Genesis 26:30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
Genesis 26:31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one
to
another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in
peace.
Genesis 26:32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's
servants came,
and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said
unto him, We
have found water.
Genesis 26:33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the
city is
Beersheba unto this day.
Genesis 26:34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife
Judith the
daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon
the Hittite:
Genesis 26:35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
Genesis 27:1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his
eyes were
dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and
said unto
him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
Genesis 27:2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day
of my
death:
Genesis 27:3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy
quiver and
thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
Genesis 27:4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it
to me,
that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
Genesis 27:5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And
Esau
went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
Genesis 27:6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I
heard
thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
Genesis 27:7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may
eat, and
bless thee before the LORD before my death.
Genesis 27:8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that
which I
command thee.
Genesis 27:9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good
kids of
the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as
he
loveth:
Genesis 27:10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may
eat, and
that he may bless thee before his death.
Genesis 27:11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my
brother
is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
Genesis 27:12 My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem
to him
as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a
blessing.
Genesis 27:13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my
son:
only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
Genesis 27:14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his
mother: and
his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
Genesis 27:15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son
Esau, which
were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
Genesis 27:16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon
his hands,
and upon the smooth of his neck:
Genesis 27:17 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she
had
prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
Genesis 27:18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and
he said,
Here am I; who art thou, my son?
Genesis 27:19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy
firstborn; I
have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and
eat of my
venison, that thy soul may bless me.
Genesis 27:20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast
found it
so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it
to me.
Genesis 27:21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee,
that I may
feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.
Genesis 27:22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt
him,
and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of
Esau.
Genesis 27:23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were
hairy, as his
brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.
Genesis 27:24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I
am.
Genesis 27:25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my
son's
venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him,
and he
did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.
Genesis 27:26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and
kiss
me, my son.
Genesis 27:27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the
smell of
his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is
as the
smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
Genesis 27:28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the
fatness
of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
Genesis 27:29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee:
be lord
over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee:
cursed be every
one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Genesis 27:30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end
of
blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence
of Isaac
his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
Genesis 27:31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto
his
father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of
his son's
venison, that thy soul may bless me.
Genesis 27:32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And
he said,
I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
Genesis 27:33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who?
where is
he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of
all before
thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.
Genesis 27:34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried
with a
great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me,
even me
also, O my father.
Genesis 27:35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtlety, and hath
taken
away thy blessing.
Genesis 27:36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he
hath
supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and,
behold, now he
hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a
blessing
for me?
Genesis 27:37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have
made him
thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and
with corn
and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my
son?
Genesis 27:38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one
blessing, my
father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his
voice, and
wept.
Genesis 27:39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him,
Behold, thy
dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven
from
above;
Genesis 27:40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy
brother;
and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that
thou shalt
break his yoke from off thy neck.
Genesis 27:41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith
his
father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning
for my
father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
Genesis 27:42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to
Rebekah:
and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him,
Behold, thy
brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to
kill thee.
Genesis 27:43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee
thou to
Laban my brother to Haran;
Genesis 27:44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's
fury turn
away;
Genesis 27:45 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he
forget
that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee
from
thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
Genesis 27:46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life
because of
the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth,
such as
these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my
life do me?
Genesis 28:1 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged
him, and
said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of
Canaan.
Genesis 28:2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy
mother's
father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban
thy
mother's brother.
Genesis 28:3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful,
and
multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
Genesis 28:4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to
thy seed
with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a
stranger,
which God gave unto Abraham.
Genesis 28:5 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.
Genesis 28:6 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;
Genesis 28:7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and
was gone
to Padanaram;
Genesis 28:8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased
not Isaac
his father;
Genesis 28:9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives
which he
had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of
Nebajoth, to
be his wife.
Genesis 28:10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward
Haran.
Genesis 28:11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there
all
night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that
place, and
put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Genesis 28:12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the
earth, and
the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God
ascending and
descending on it.
Genesis 28:13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am
the LORD
God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon
thou liest,
to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
Genesis 28:14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and
thou shalt
spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to
the
south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the
earth be
blessed.
Genesis 28:15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all
places
whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I
will not
leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
Genesis 28:16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely
the
LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
Genesis 28:17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this
place! this
is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Genesis 28:18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the
stone
that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and
poured oil
upon the top of it.
Genesis 28:19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the
name of
that city was called Luz at the first.
Genesis 28:20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me,
and
will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat,
and raiment
to put on,
Genesis 28:21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace;
then shall
the LORD be my God:
Genesis 28:22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall
be God's
house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the
tenth unto
thee.
Genesis 29:1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land
of the
people of the east.
Genesis 29:2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo,
there
were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they
watered the
flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.
Genesis 29:3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they
rolled the
stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the
stone again
upon the well's mouth in his place.
Genesis 29:4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye?
And they
said, Of Haran are we.
Genesis 29:5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor?
And they
said, We know him.
Genesis 29:6 And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is
well:
and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
Genesis 29:7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time
that
the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go
and feed
them.
Genesis 29:8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be
gathered
together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then
we water
the sheep.
Genesis 29:9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her
father's
sheep: for she kept them.
Genesis 29:10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the
daughter of
Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's
brother, that
Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and
watered the
flock of Laban his mother's brother.
Genesis 29:11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and
wept.
Genesis 29:12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's
brother, and
that he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father.
Genesis 29:13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of
Jacob his
sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed
him, and
brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
Genesis 29:14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my
flesh.
And he abode with him the space of a month.
Genesis 29:15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my
brother,
shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall
thy wages be
?
Genesis 29:16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was
Leah,
and the name of the younger was Rachel.
Genesis 29:17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and
well
favoured.
Genesis 29:18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee
seven
years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
Genesis 29:19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee,
than
that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
Genesis 29:20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they
seemed unto
him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
Genesis 29:21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my
days are
fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
Genesis 29:22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place,
and made
a feast.
Genesis 29:23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah
his
daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
Genesis 29:24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid
for an
handmaid.
Genesis 29:25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it
was Leah:
and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I
serve
with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
Genesis 29:26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country,
to give
the younger before the firstborn.
Genesis 29:27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for
the
service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
Genesis 29:28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave
him
Rachel his daughter to wife also.
Genesis 29:29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his
handmaid to
be her maid.
Genesis 29:30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also
Rachel more
than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
Genesis 29:31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened
her womb:
but Rachel was barren.
Genesis 29:32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his
name
Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my
affliction; now
therefore my husband will love me.
Genesis 29:33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said,
Because the
LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this
son also:
and she called his name Simeon.
Genesis 29:34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now
this
time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him
three sons:
therefore was his name called Levi.
Genesis 29:35 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said,
Now
will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and
left bearing.
Genesis 30:1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children,
Rachel
envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I
die.
Genesis 30:2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he
said, Am I
in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
Genesis 30:3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her;
and she
shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
Genesis 30:4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob
went in
unto her.
Genesis 30:5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
Genesis 30:6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also
heard my
voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
Genesis 30:7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare
Jacob a
second son.
Genesis 30:8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled
with my
sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
Genesis 30:9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took
Zilpah her
maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
Genesis 30:10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
Genesis 30:11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name
Gad.
Genesis 30:12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
Genesis 30:13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call
me
blessed: and she called his name Asher.
Genesis 30:14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and
found
mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then
Rachel
said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
Genesis 30:15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou
hast
taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes
also? And
Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's
mandrakes.
Genesis 30:16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and
Leah went
out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I
have hired
thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
Genesis 30:17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and
bare Jacob
the fifth son.
Genesis 30:18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I
have given
my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
Genesis 30:19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth
son.
Genesis 30:20 And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry;
now will
my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she
called his
name Zebulun.
Genesis 30:21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her
name Dinah.
Genesis 30:22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her,
and
opened her womb.
Genesis 30:23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath
taken
away my reproach:
Genesis 30:24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD
shall add
to me another son.
Genesis 30:25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that
Jacob
said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place,
and to my
country.
Genesis 30:26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have
served thee,
and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.
Genesis 30:27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found
favour
in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD
hath
blessed me for thy sake.
Genesis 30:28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
Genesis 30:29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served
thee, and
how thy cattle was with me.
Genesis 30:30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and
it is now
increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my
coming:
and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
Genesis 30:31 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said,
Thou
shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I
will again
feed and keep thy flock.
Genesis 30:32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing
from thence
all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among
the sheep,
and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be
my hire.
Genesis 30:33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to
come, when
it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not
speckled and
spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be
counted
stolen with me.
Genesis 30:34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according
to thy
word.
Genesis 30:35 And he removed that day the he goats that were
ringstreaked
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.
Genesis 30:36 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and
Jacob: and
Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
Genesis 30:37 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the
hazel and
chestnut tree; and pilled white streaks in them, and made the white
appear
which was in the rods.
Genesis 30:38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the
flocks in
the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink,
that they
should conceive when they came to drink.
Genesis 30:39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought
forth
cattle ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted.
Genesis 30:40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of
the
flocks toward the ringstreaked, 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.
Genesis 30:41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle
did
conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in
the
gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
Genesis 30:42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in:
so the
feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
Genesis 30:43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much
cattle, and
maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
Genesis 31:1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob
hath
taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our
father's hath
he gotten all this glory.
Genesis 31:2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold,
it was
not toward him as before.
Genesis 31:3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of
thy
fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
Genesis 31:4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field
unto his
flock,
Genesis 31:5 And said unto them, I see your father's countenance,
that it is
not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
Genesis 31:6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your
father.
Genesis 31:7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages
ten
times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
Genesis 31:8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then
all the
cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be
thy hire;
then bare all the cattle ringstreaked.
Genesis 31:9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and
given
them to me.
Genesis 31:10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle
conceived,
that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the
rams which
leaped upon the cattle were ringstreaked, speckled, and grisled.
Genesis 31:11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying,
Jacob:
And I said, Here am I.
Genesis 31:12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the
rams
which leap upon the cattle are ringstreaked, speckled, and grisled:
for I have
seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
Genesis 31:13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the
pillar, and
where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this
land, and
return unto the land of thy kindred.
Genesis 31:14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is
there yet
any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
Genesis 31:15 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold
us, and
hath quite devoured also our money.
Genesis 31:16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our
father, that
is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto
thee, do.
Genesis 31:17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives
upon
camels;
Genesis 31:18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods
which he
had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in
Padanaram, for
to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 31:19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had
stolen the
images that were her father's.
Genesis 31:20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in
that he
told him not that he fled.
Genesis 31:21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and
passed
over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
Genesis 31:22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was
fled.
Genesis 31:23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after
him seven
days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
Genesis 31:24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night,
and said
unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
Genesis 31:25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his
tent in
the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of
Gilead.
Genesis 31:26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that
thou hast
stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as
captives taken
with the sword?
Genesis 31:27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal
away from
me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with
mirth, and
with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
Genesis 31:28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my
daughters?
thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
Genesis 31:29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the
God of
your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that
thou speak
not to Jacob either good or bad.
Genesis 31:30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because
thou sore
longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my
gods?
Genesis 31:31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was
afraid:
for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters
from me.
Genesis 31:32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not
live:
before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it
to thee.
For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.
Genesis 31:33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's
tent, and
into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went
he out of
Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
Genesis 31:34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the
camel's
furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but
found them
not.
Genesis 31:35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my
lord that
I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me.
And he
searched, but found not the images.
Genesis 31:36 And Jacob was wroth, and chided 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?
Genesis 31:37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast
thou found
of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy
brethren,
that they may judge betwixt us both.
Genesis 31:38 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and
thy she
goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I
not eaten.
Genesis 31:39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee;
I bare
the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by
day, or
stolen by night.
Genesis 31:40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and
the frost
by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Genesis 31:41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served
thee
fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle:
and thou
hast changed my wages ten times.
Genesis 31:42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and
the fear
of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now
empty. God hath
seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee
yesternight.
Genesis 31:43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These
daughters are my
daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are
my cattle,
and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto
these my
daughters, or unto their children which they have born?
Genesis 31:44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and
thou;
and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
Genesis 31:45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
Genesis 31:46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and
they took
stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
Genesis 31:47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called
it
Galeed.
Genesis 31:48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and
thee
this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
Genesis 31:49 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and
thee,
when we are absent one from another.
Genesis 31:50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt
take other
wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness
betwixt me
and thee.
Genesis 31:51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold
this
pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;
Genesis 31:52 This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that
I will
not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over
this heap
and this pillar unto me, for harm.
Genesis 31:53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of
their
father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father
Isaac.
Genesis 31:54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and
called his
brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night
in the
mount.
Genesis 31:55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his
sons
and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and
returned unto his
place.
Genesis 32:1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met
him.
Genesis 32:2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host:
and he
called the name of that place Mahanaim.
Genesis 32:3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his
brother unto
the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
Genesis 32:4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto
my lord
Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and
stayed
there until now:
Genesis 32:5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants,
and
womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find
grace in thy
sight.
Genesis 32:6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came
to thy
brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men
with him.
Genesis 32:7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he
divided
the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the
camels, into
two bands;
Genesis 32:8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite
it, then
the other company which is left shall escape.
Genesis 32:9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of
my
father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy
country, and to
thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
Genesis 32:10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and
of all
the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my
staff I passed
over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
Genesis 32:11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother,
from the
hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and
the mother
with the children.
Genesis 32:12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make
thy seed
as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
Genesis 32:13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that
which
came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
Genesis 32:14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two
hundred ewes,
and twenty rams,
Genesis 32:15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and
ten
bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
Genesis 32:16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants,
every
drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before
me, and put
a space betwixt drove and drove.
Genesis 32:17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my
brother
meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither
goest thou?
and whose are these before thee?
Genesis 32:18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it
is a
present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.
Genesis 32:19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all
that
followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto
Esau, when ye
find him.
Genesis 32:20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is
behind us.
For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before
me, and
afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
Genesis 32:21 So went the present over before him: and himself
lodged that
night in the company.
Genesis 32:22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and
his two
womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
Genesis 32:23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and
sent over
that he had.
Genesis 32:24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man
with him
until the breaking of the day.
Genesis 32:25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he
touched
the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of
joint, as
he wrestled with him.
Genesis 32:26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he
said, I
will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
Genesis 32:27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said,
Jacob.
Genesis 32:28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob,
but
Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and
hast
prevailed.
Genesis 32:29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee,
thy name.
And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And
he blessed
him there.
Genesis 32:30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I
have seen
God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Genesis 32:31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him,
and he
halted upon his thigh.
Genesis 32:32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew
which
shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day:
because he
touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
Genesis 33:1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold,
Esau
came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children
unto Leah,
and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
Genesis 33:2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost,
and Leah
and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
Genesis 33:3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to
the ground
seven times, until he came near to his brother.
Genesis 33:4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on
his
neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
Genesis 33:5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the
children;
and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which
God hath
graciously given thy servant.
Genesis 33:6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their
children, and
they bowed themselves.
Genesis 33:7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed
themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed
themselves.
Genesis 33:8 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which
I met?
And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
Genesis 33:9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that
thou hast
unto thyself.
Genesis 33:10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found
grace in
thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have
seen thy
face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased
with me.
Genesis 33:11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to
thee;
because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have
enough. And he
urged him, and he took it.
Genesis 33:12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go,
and I
will go before thee.
Genesis 33:13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the
children are
tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men
should
overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
Genesis 33:14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his
servant: and I
will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me
and the
children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
Genesis 33:15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the
folk
that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in
the sight
of my lord.
Genesis 33:16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
Genesis 33:17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an
house, and
made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is
called Succoth.
Genesis 33:18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is
in the
land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent
before the
city.
Genesis 33:19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread
his
tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an
hundred
pieces of money.
Genesis 33:20 And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel.
Genesis 34:1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto
Jacob, went
out to see the daughters of the land.
Genesis 34:2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of
the
country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
Genesis 34:3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob,
and he
loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
Genesis 34:4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me
this
damsel to wife.
Genesis 34:5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter:
now his
sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace
until they
were come.
Genesis 34:6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to
commune
with him.
Genesis 34:7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they
heard it:
and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had
wrought
folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought
not to be
done.
Genesis 34:8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my
son
Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
Genesis 34:9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters
unto us,
and take our daughters unto you.
Genesis 34:10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be
before you;
dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
Genesis 34:11 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her
brethren, Let me
find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
Genesis 34:12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give
according
as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
Genesis 34:13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his
father
deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
Genesis 34:14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to
give our
sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto
us:
Genesis 34:15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as
we be,
that every male of you be circumcised;
Genesis 34:16 Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will
take
your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become
one
people.
Genesis 34:17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised;
then
will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
Genesis 34:18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's
son.
Genesis 34:19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing,
because he had
delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the
house of
his father.
Genesis 34:20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of
their
city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
Genesis 34:21 These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them
dwell in
the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large
enough for
them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give
them our
daughters.
Genesis 34:22 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell
with us,
to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are
circumcised.
Genesis 34:23 Shall not their cattle and their substance and every
beast of
theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell
with us.
Genesis 34:24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all
that
went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised,
all that
went out of the gate of his city.
Genesis 34:25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were
sore,
that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren,
took each
man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the
males.
Genesis 34:26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge
of the
sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
Genesis 34:27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the
city,
because they had defiled their sister.
Genesis 34:28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their
asses, and
that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
Genesis 34:29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and
their
wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
Genesis 34:30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me
to make
me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites
and the
Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves
together
against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
Genesis 34:31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with
an
harlot?
Genesis 35:1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and
dwell
there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee
when thou
fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
Genesis 35:2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that
were with
him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and
change
your garments:
Genesis 35:3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make
there an
altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was
with me in
the way which I went.
Genesis 35:4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which
were in
their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and
Jacob hid
them under the oak which was by Shechem.
Genesis 35:5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the
cities
that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons
of Jacob.
Genesis 35:6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan,
that is,
Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
Genesis 35:7 And he built there an altar, and called the place
Elbethel:
because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of
his
brother.
Genesis 35:8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried
beneath
Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.
Genesis 35:9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of
Padanaram, and blessed him.
Genesis 35:10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name
shall not
be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he
called his name
Israel.
Genesis 35:11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful
and
multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and
kings shall
come out of thy loins;
Genesis 35:12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I
will
give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
Genesis 35:13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked
with
him.
Genesis 35:14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked
with
him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon,
and he
poured oil thereon.
Genesis 35:15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake
with
him, Bethel.
Genesis 35:16 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a
little way
to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
Genesis 35:17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that
the
midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
Genesis 35:18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing,
(for she
died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him
Benjamin.
Genesis 35:19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath,
which is
Bethlehem.
Genesis 35:20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the
pillar of
Rachel's grave unto this day.
Genesis 35:21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the
tower of
Edar.
Genesis 35:22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land,
that
Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel
heard it.
Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
Genesis 35:23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and
Simeon, and
Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
Genesis 35:24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
Genesis 35:25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and
Naphtali:
Genesis 35:26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and
Asher: these
are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.
Genesis 35:27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto
the city
of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
Genesis 35:28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore
years.
Genesis 35:29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was
gathered unto
his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob
buried
him.
Genesis 36:1 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
Genesis 36:2 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah
the
daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah
the daughter
of Zibeon the Hivite;
Genesis 36:3 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
Genesis 36:4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
Genesis 36:5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these
are the
sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 36:6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his
daughters, and
all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts,
and all his
substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the
country
from the face of his brother Jacob.
Genesis 36:7 For their riches were more than that they might dwell
together;
and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because
of their
cattle.
Genesis 36:8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
Genesis 36:9 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the
Edomites in mount Seir:
Genesis 36:10 These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of
Adah
the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
Genesis 36:11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and
Gatam,
and Kenaz.
Genesis 36:12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she
bare to
Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife.
Genesis 36:13 And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah,
Shammah,
and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
Genesis 36:14 And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of
Anah
the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and
Jaalam,
and Korah.
Genesis 36:15 These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of
Eliphaz the
firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,
Genesis 36:16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the
dukes
that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of
Adah.
Genesis 36:17 And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke
Nahath, duke
Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of
Reuel in
the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
Genesis 36:18 And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke
Jeush,
duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of
Aholibamah the
daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
Genesis 36:19 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are
their
dukes.
Genesis 36:20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited
the land;
Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
Genesis 36:21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes
of the
Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
Genesis 36:22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and
Lotan's
sister was Timna.
Genesis 36:23 And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and
Manahath,
and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
Genesis 36:24 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and
Anah:
this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed
the asses
of Zibeon his father.
Genesis 36:25 And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and
Aholibamah
the daughter of Anah.
Genesis 36:26 And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and
Eshban, and
Ithran, and Cheran.
Genesis 36:27 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan,
and Akan.
Genesis 36:28 The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.
Genesis 36:29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke
Lotan, duke
Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
Genesis 36:30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the
dukes that
came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.
Genesis 36:31 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of
Edom,
before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
Genesis 36:32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name
of his
city was Dinhabah.
Genesis 36:33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah
reigned in
his stead.
Genesis 36:34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani
reigned in
his stead.
Genesis 36:35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote
Midian
in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city
was
Avith.
Genesis 36:36 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his
stead.
Genesis 36:37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river
reigned in
his stead.
Genesis 36:38 And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned
in his
stead.
Genesis 36:39 And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar
reigned in his
stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was
Mehetabel,
the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
Genesis 36:40 And these are the names of the dukes that came of
Esau,
according to their families, after their places, by their names;
duke Timnah,
duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,
Genesis 36:41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
Genesis 36:42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
Genesis 36:43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom,
according
to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the
father of
the Edomites.
Genesis 37:1 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a
stranger,
in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 37:2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being
seventeen
years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was
with the
sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and
Joseph
brought unto his father their evil report.
Genesis 37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children,
because he
was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
Genesis 37:4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him
more than
all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto
him.
Genesis 37:5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his
brethren: and
they hated him yet the more.
Genesis 37:6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream
which I
have dreamed:
Genesis 37:7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and,
lo, my
sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood
round
about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
Genesis 37:8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign
over us?
or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet
the more
for his dreams, and for his words.
Genesis 37:9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his
brethren, and
said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and
the moon
and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
Genesis 37:10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and
his
father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou
hast
dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow
down
ourselves to thee to the earth?
Genesis 37:11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed
the
saying.
Genesis 37:12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in
Shechem.
Genesis 37:13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed
the flock
in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to
him, Here am I
.
Genesis 37:14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be
well
with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word
again. So he
sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
Genesis 37:15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was
wandering in
the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
Genesis 37:16 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee,
where
they feed their flocks.
Genesis 37:17 And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard
them
say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and
found them
in Dothan.
Genesis 37:18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came
near unto
them, they conspired against him to slay him.
Genesis 37:19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer
cometh.
Genesis 37:20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him
into
some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we
shall see
what will become of his dreams.
Genesis 37:21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their
hands;
and said, Let us not kill him.
Genesis 37:22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him
into
this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that
he might
rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
Genesis 37:23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his
brethren,
that they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours
that was
on him;
Genesis 37:24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the
pit was
empty, there was no water in it.
Genesis 37:25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up
their eyes
and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead
with their
camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to
Egypt.
Genesis 37:26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if
we slay
our brother, and conceal his blood?
Genesis 37:27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let
not our
hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his
brethren were
content.
Genesis 37:28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they
drew and
lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites
for twenty
pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
Genesis 37:29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph
was not
in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
Genesis 37:30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child
is not;
and I, whither shall I go?
Genesis 37:31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the
goats,
and dipped the coat in the blood;
Genesis 37:32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they
brought it to
their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be
thy son's
coat or no.
Genesis 37:33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil
beast
hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
Genesis 37:34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his
loins,
and mourned for his son many days.
Genesis 37:35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to
comfort him;
but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into
the grave
unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
Genesis 37:36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar,
an
officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.
Genesis 38:1 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down
from his
brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was
Hirah.
Genesis 38:2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite,
whose
name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
Genesis 38:3 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his
name Er.
Genesis 38:4 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called
his
name Onan.
Genesis 38:5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called
his
name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
Genesis 38:6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name
was
Tamar.
Genesis 38:7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of
the LORD;
and the LORD slew him.
Genesis 38:8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's
wife, and
marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
Genesis 38:9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it
came to
pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on
the
ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
Genesis 38:10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD:
wherefore he
slew him also.
Genesis 38:11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a
widow
at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said,
Lest
peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and
dwelt in her
father's house.
Genesis 38:12 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's
wife
died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to
Timnath,
he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
Genesis 38:13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in
law goeth
up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
Genesis 38:14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and
covered her
with a veil, 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.
Genesis 38:15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot;
because
she had covered her face.
Genesis 38:16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I
pray
thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his
daughter in
law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in
unto me?
Genesis 38:17 And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock.
And she
said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?
Genesis 38:18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she
said, Thy
signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And
he gave it
her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
Genesis 38:19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her veil
from her,
and put on the garments of her widowhood.
Genesis 38:20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the
Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he
found her not.
Genesis 38:21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is
the
harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no
harlot in
this place.
Genesis 38:22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her;
and
also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this
place.
Genesis 38:23 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be
shamed:
behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
Genesis 38:24 And it came to pass about three months after, that it
was told
Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and
also,
behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her
forth, and
let her be burnt.
Genesis 38:25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in
law,
saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said,
Discern, I
pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
Genesis 38:26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been
more
righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And
he knew
her again no more.
Genesis 38:27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that,
behold,
twins were in her womb.
Genesis 38:28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one
put out
his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet
thread,
saying, This came out first.
Genesis 38:29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that,
behold,
his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this
breach be
upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
Genesis 38:30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the
scarlet
thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
Genesis 39:1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an
officer
of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the
hands of the
Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
Genesis 39:2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous
man; and
he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
Genesis 39:3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that
the
LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
Genesis 39:4 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him:
and he
made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into
his hand.
Genesis 39:5 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him
overseer
in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the
Egyptian's
house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all
that he had
in the house, and in the field.
Genesis 39:6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he
knew not
ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a
goodly person,
and well favoured.
Genesis 39:7 And it came to pass after these things, that his
master's wife
cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
Genesis 39:8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife,
Behold, my
master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath
committed all
that he hath to my hand;
Genesis 39:9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither
hath he
kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how
then can
I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
Genesis 39:10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by
day, that
he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
Genesis 39:11 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went
into the
house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house
there
within.
Genesis 39:12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with
me: and he
left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
Genesis 39:13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his
garment
in her hand, and was fled forth,
Genesis 39:14 That she called unto the men of her house, and spake
unto
them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us;
he came in
unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
Genesis 39:15 And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my
voice
and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him
out.
Genesis 39:16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord
came home.
Genesis 39:17 And she spake unto him according to these words,
saying, The
Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to
mock me:
Genesis 39:18 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and
cried, that
he left his garment with me, and fled out.
Genesis 39:19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words
of his
wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy
servant to
me; that his wrath was kindled.
Genesis 39:20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the
prison, a
place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the
prison.
Genesis 39:21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed him mercy,
and gave
him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
Genesis 39:22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's
hand all
the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did
there, he was
the doer of it.
Genesis 39:23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that
was
under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he
did, the LORD
made it to prosper.
Genesis 40:1 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler
of the
king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of
Egypt.
Genesis 40:2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers,
against the
chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
Genesis 40:3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of
the
guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
Genesis 40:4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them,
and he
served them: and they continued a season in ward.
Genesis 40:5 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his
dream in
one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream,
the butler
and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
Genesis 40:6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked
upon
them, and, behold, they were sad.
Genesis 40:7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in
the ward
of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
Genesis 40:8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and
there is
no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not
interpretations belong
to God? tell me them, I pray you.
Genesis 40:9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said
to him,
In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;
Genesis 40:10 And in the vine were three branches: and it was as
though it
budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof
brought forth
ripe grapes:
Genesis 40:11 And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the
grapes, and
pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's
hand.
Genesis 40:12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation
of it:
The three branches are three days:
Genesis 40:13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine
head, and
restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup
into his
hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
Genesis 40:14 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and
show
kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh,
and bring
me out of this house:
Genesis 40:15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the
Hebrews:
and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the
dungeon.
Genesis 40:16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was
good, he
said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three
white
baskets on my head:
Genesis 40:17 And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of
bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket
upon my
head.
Genesis 40:18 And Joseph answered and said, This is the
interpretation
thereof: The three baskets are three days:
Genesis 40:19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head
from off
thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy
flesh from
off thee.
Genesis 40:20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's
birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted
up the
head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
Genesis 40:21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership
again;
and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
Genesis 40:22 But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had
interpreted to
them.
Genesis 40:23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but
forgat him.
Genesis 41:1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that
Pharaoh
dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
Genesis 41:2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well
favoured
kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
Genesis 41:3 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.
Genesis 41:4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up
the seven
well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
Genesis 41:5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold,
seven
ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
Genesis 41:6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east
wind
sprung up after them.
Genesis 41:7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and
full ears.
And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
Genesis 41:8 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.
Genesis 41:9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do
remember
my faults this day:
Genesis 41:10 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:
Genesis 41:11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we
dreamed each
man according to the interpretation of his dream.
Genesis 41:12 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.
Genesis 41:13 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it
was; me he
restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
Genesis 41:14 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.
Genesis 41:15 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.
Genesis 41:16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me:
God
shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
Genesis 41:17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I
stood
upon the bank of the river:
Genesis 41:18 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine,
fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
Genesis 41:19 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:
Genesis 41:20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the
first
seven fat kine:
Genesis 41:21 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.
Genesis 41:22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up
in one
stalk, full and good:
Genesis 41:23 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted
with the
east wind, sprung up after them:
Genesis 41:24 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.
Genesis 41:25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is
one: God
hath showed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
Genesis 41:26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven
good ears
are seven years: the dream is one.
Genesis 41:27 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.
Genesis 41:28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh:
What God is
about to do he showeth unto Pharaoh.
Genesis 41:29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty
throughout all
the land of Egypt:
Genesis 41:30 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;
Genesis 41:31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by
reason of
that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
Genesis 41:32 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.
Genesis 41:33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and
wise,
and set him over the land of Egypt.
Genesis 41:34 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.
Genesis 41:35 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.
Genesis 41:36 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.
Genesis 41:37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in
the eyes
of all his servants.
Genesis 41:38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a
one as
this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
Genesis 41:39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath
showed
thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
Genesis 41:40 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.
Genesis 41:41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee
over all
the land of Egypt.
Genesis 41:42 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;
Genesis 41:43 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.
Genesis 41:44 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.
Genesis 41:45 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.
Genesis 41:46 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.
Genesis 41:47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought
forth by
handfuls.
Genesis 41:48 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.
Genesis 41:49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very
much,
until he left numbering; for it was without number.
Genesis 41:50 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.
Genesis 41:51 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.
Genesis 41:52 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God
hath
caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
Genesis 41:53 And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the
land of
Egypt, were ended.
Genesis 41:54 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.
Genesis 41:55 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.
Genesis 41:56 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.
Genesis 41:57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy
corn;
because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
Genesis 42:1 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob
said
unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
Genesis 42:2 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.
Genesis 42:3 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in
Egypt.
Genesis 42:4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his
brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
Genesis 42:5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those
that came:
for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 42:6 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.
Genesis 42:7 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.
Genesis 42:8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
Genesis 42:9 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.
Genesis 42:10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food
are thy
servants come.
Genesis 42:11 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy
servants are
no spies.
Genesis 42:12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness
of the
land ye are come.
Genesis 42:13 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.
Genesis 42:14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake
unto you,
saying, Ye are spies:
Genesis 42:15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye
shall not
go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
Genesis 42:16 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.
Genesis 42:17 And he put them all together into ward three days.
Genesis 42:18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and
live; for
I fear God:
Genesis 42:19 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:
Genesis 42:20 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your
words
be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
Genesis 42:21 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.
Genesis 42:22 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.
Genesis 42:23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he
spake
unto them by an interpreter.
Genesis 42:24 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.
Genesis 42:25 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.
Genesis 42:26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed
thence.
Genesis 42:27 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.
Genesis 42:28 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?
Genesis 42:29 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of
Canaan,
and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
Genesis 42:30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to
us, and
took us for spies of the country.
Genesis 42:31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no
spies:
Genesis 42:32 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.
Genesis 42:33 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:
Genesis 42:34 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 traffic in the land.
Genesis 42:35 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.
Genesis 42:36 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.
Genesis 42:37 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.
Genesis 42:38 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.
Genesis 43:1 And the famine was sore in the land.
Genesis 43:2 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.
Genesis 43:3 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.
Genesis 43:4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down
and buy
thee food:
Genesis 43:5 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.
Genesis 43:6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as
to tell
the man whether ye had yet a brother?
Genesis 43:7 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?
Genesis 43:8 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.
Genesis 43:9 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:
Genesis 43:10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned
this
second time.
Genesis 43:11 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:
Genesis 43:12 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:
Genesis 43:13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the
man:
Genesis 43:14 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.
Genesis 43:15 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.
Genesis 43:16 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.
Genesis 43:17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought
the men
into Joseph's house.
Genesis 43:18 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.
Genesis 43:19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house,
and they
communed with him at the door of the house,
Genesis 43:20 And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time
to buy
food:
Genesis 43:21 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.
Genesis 43:22 And other money have we brought down in our hands to
buy food:
we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
Genesis 43:23 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.
Genesis 43:24 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.
Genesis 43:25 And they made ready the present against Joseph came at
noon:
for they heard that they should eat bread there.
Genesis 43:26 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.
Genesis 43:27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your
father
well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
Genesis 43:28 And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good
health,
he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made
obeisance.
Genesis 43:29 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.
Genesis 43:30 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.
Genesis 43:31 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained
himself,
and said, Set on bread.
Genesis 43:32 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.
Genesis 43:33 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.
Genesis 43:34 And he took and sent messes unto them from before him:
but
Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they
drank, and
were merry with him.
Genesis 44:1 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.
Genesis 44:2 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.
Genesis 44:3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent
away, they
and their asses.
Genesis 44:4 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?
Genesis 44:5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby
indeed he
divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
Genesis 44:6 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same
words.
Genesis 44:7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these
words?
God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
Genesis 44:8 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?
Genesis 44:9 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let
him die,
and we also will be my lord's bondmen.
Genesis 44:10 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.
Genesis 44:11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the
ground,
and opened every man his sack.
Genesis 44:12 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at
the
youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
Genesis 44:13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his
ass, and
returned to the city.
Genesis 44:14 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for
he was
yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
Genesis 44:15 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?
Genesis 44:16 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.
Genesis 44:17 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.
Genesis 44:18 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.
Genesis 44:19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father,
or a
brother?
Genesis 44:20 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.
Genesis 44:21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto
me,
that I may set mine eyes upon him.
Genesis 44:22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his
father: for
if he should leave his father, his father would die.
Genesis 44:23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your
youngest
brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
Genesis 44:24 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant
my
father, we told him the words of my lord.
Genesis 44:25 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little
food.
Genesis 44:26 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.
Genesis 44:27 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that
my wife
bare me two sons:
Genesis 44:28 And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is
torn in
pieces; and I saw him not since:
Genesis 44:29 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall
him, ye
shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Genesis 44:30 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;
Genesis 44:31 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.
Genesis 44:32 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.
Genesis 44:33 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.
Genesis 44:34 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.
Genesis 45:1 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.
Genesis 45:2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of
Pharaoh
heard.
Genesis 45:3 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.
Genesis 45:4 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.
Genesis 45:5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with
yourselves, that
ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Genesis 45:6 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.
Genesis 45:7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity
in the
earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
Genesis 45:8 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.
Genesis 45:9 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:
Genesis 45:10 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:
Genesis 45:11 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.
Genesis 45:12 And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother
Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
Genesis 45:13 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.
Genesis 45:14 And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and
wept; and
Benjamin wept upon his neck.
Genesis 45:15 Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon
them: and
after that his brethren talked with him.
Genesis 45:16 And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house,
saying,
Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his
servants.
Genesis 45:17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren,
This do
ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;
Genesis 45:18 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.
Genesis 45:19 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.
Genesis 45:20 Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the
land of
Egypt is yours.
Genesis 45:21 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.
Genesis 45:22 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.
Genesis 45:23 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.
Genesis 45:24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and
he said
unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
Genesis 45:25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land
of
Canaan unto Jacob their father,
Genesis 45:26 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.
Genesis 45:27 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:
Genesis 45:28 And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet
alive: I
will go and see him before I die.
Genesis 46:1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and
came to
Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
Genesis 46:2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night,
and
said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
Genesis 46:3 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:
Genesis 46:4 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.
Genesis 46:5 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.
Genesis 46:6 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:
Genesis 46:7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters,
and his
sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
Genesis 46:8 And these are the names of the children of Israel,
which came
into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.
Genesis 46:9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron,
and
Carmi.
Genesis 46:10 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad,
and
Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.
Genesis 46:11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Genesis 46:12 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.
Genesis 46:13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job,
and
Shimron.
Genesis 46:14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.
Genesis 46:15 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.
Genesis 46:16 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and
Ezbon,
Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
Genesis 46:17 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui,
and
Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and
Malchiel.
Genesis 46:18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah
his
daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
Genesis 46:19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.
Genesis 46:20 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.
Genesis 46:21 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and
Ashbel,
Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.
Genesis 46:22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to
Jacob: all
the souls were fourteen.
Genesis 46:23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
Genesis 46:24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer,
and
Shillem.
Genesis 46:25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto
Rachel his
daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.
Genesis 46:26 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;
Genesis 46:27 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.
Genesis 46:28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct
his face
unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
Genesis 46:29 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.
Genesis 46:30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I
have seen
thy face, because thou art yet alive.
Genesis 46:31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his
father's
house, I will go up, and show Pharaoh, and say unto him, My
brethren, and my
father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;
Genesis 46:32 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.
Genesis 46:33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call
you, and
shall say, What is your occupation?
Genesis 46:34 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.
Genesis 47:1 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.
Genesis 47:2 And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and
presented
them unto Pharaoh.
Genesis 47:3 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.
Genesis 47:4 They said moreover 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.
Genesis 47:5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and
thy
brethren are come unto thee:
Genesis 47:6 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.
Genesis 47:7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him
before
Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
Genesis 47:8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou?
Genesis 47:9 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.
Genesis 47:10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before
Pharaoh.
Genesis 47:11 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.
Genesis 47:12 And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and
all his
father's household, with bread, according to their families.
Genesis 47:13 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.
Genesis 47:14 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.
Genesis 47:15 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.
Genesis 47:16 And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you
for
your cattle, if money fail.
Genesis 47:17 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.
Genesis 47:18 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:
Genesis 47:19 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.
Genesis 47:20 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.
Genesis 47:21 And as for the people, he removed them to cities from
one end
of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
Genesis 47:22 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.
Genesis 47:23 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.
Genesis 47:24 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.
Genesis 47:25 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.
Genesis 47:26 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.
Genesis 47:27 And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country
of
Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied
exceedingly.
Genesis 47:28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years:
so the
whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.
Genesis 47:29 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:
Genesis 47:30 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.
Genesis 47:31 And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And
Israel
bowed himself upon the bed's head.
Genesis 48:1 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.
Genesis 48:2 And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph
cometh
unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
Genesis 48:3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto
me at
Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
Genesis 48:4 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.
Genesis 48:5 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.
Genesis 48:6 And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall
be thine,
and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their
inheritance.
Genesis 48:7 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.
Genesis 48:8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are
these?
Genesis 48:9 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.
Genesis 48:10 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.
Genesis 48:11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see
thy
face: and, lo, God hath showed me also thy seed.
Genesis 48:12 And Joseph brought them out from between his knees,
and he
bowed himself with his face to the earth.
Genesis 48:13 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.
Genesis 48:14 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.
Genesis 48:15 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,
Genesis 48:16 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.
Genesis 48:17 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.
Genesis 48:18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father:
for this is
the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
Genesis 48:19 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.
Genesis 48:20 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.
Genesis 48:21 And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God
shall be
with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
Genesis 48:22 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.
Genesis 49:1 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.
Genesis 49:2 Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob;
and
hearken unto Israel your father.
Genesis 49:3 Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the
beginning of
my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
Genesis 49:4 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.
Genesis 49:5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty
are in
their habitations.
Genesis 49:6 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.
Genesis 49:7 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.
Genesis 49:8 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.
Genesis 49:9 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?
Genesis 49:10 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.
Genesis 49:11 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:
Genesis 49:12 His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white
with
milk.
Genesis 49:13 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.
Genesis 49:14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two
burdens:
Genesis 49:15 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.
Genesis 49:16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of
Israel.
Genesis 49:17 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.
Genesis 49:18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
Genesis 49:19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome
at the
last.
Genesis 49:20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall
yield royal
dainties.
Genesis 49:21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
Genesis 49:22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a
well;
whose branches run over the wall:
Genesis 49:23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him,
and
hated him:
Genesis 49:24 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:)
Genesis 49:25 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:
Genesis 49:26 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.
Genesis 49:27 Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he
shall devour
the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
Genesis 49:28 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.
Genesis 49:29 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,
Genesis 49:30 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.
Genesis 49:31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there
they
buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
Genesis 49:32 The purchase of the field and of the cave that is
therein was
from the children of Heth.
Genesis 49:33 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.
Genesis 50:1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon
him, and
kissed him.
Genesis 50:2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to
embalm his
father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
Genesis 50:3 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.
Genesis 50:4 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,
Genesis 50:5 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.
Genesis 50:6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according
as he
made thee swear.
Genesis 50:7 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,
Genesis 50:8 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.
Genesis 50:9 And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen:
and it
was a very great company.
Genesis 50:10 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.
Genesis 50:11 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.
Genesis 50:12 And his sons did unto him according as he commanded
them:
Genesis 50:13 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.
Genesis 50:14 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.
Genesis 50:15 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.
Genesis 50:16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy
father did
command before he died, saying,
Genesis 50:17 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.
Genesis 50:18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his
face; and
they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
Genesis 50:19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the
place of
God?
Genesis 50:20 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.
Genesis 50:21 Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and
your little
ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
Genesis 50:22 And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house:
and
Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
Genesis 50:23 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.
Genesis 50:24 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.
Genesis 50:25 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.
Genesis 50:26 So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old:
and they
embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.















