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flocks and herds with me 'give suck': and if 'they' overdrive them one day, 14 all the 'flocks will die. Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according to the pace of the cattle that lis before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come 15 unto my lord unto Seir. 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. 16 °So Esau returned that day on his 17 way unto Seir. And Jacob journeyed

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to Succoth, and built him 'an' house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called 1Succoth.

And Jacob came in peace to 'the' city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from 'Paddanaram; and 'encamped' before the city. 19 And he bought 'the parcel of 'ground',

where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces 20 of money. And he erected there an altar, and called it 'El-elohe-Israel. 341 And Dinah the daughter of Leah,

which she bare unto Jacob, went out 2 to see the daughters of the land. And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land', saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, 3 and humbled her. And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and 4 spake kindly unto the damsel. And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. 5 Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field and Jacob held his peace until they 'cameꞌ. 6 And Hamor the father of Shechem

went out unto Jacob to commune with 7 him. And the sons of Jacob came lin from 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 8 ought not to be done. And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her (9 unto him to wife. And make ye

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marriages with us; give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters 10 unto you. And ye shall dwell with

us and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade 'yel therein, and 11 get you possessions therein. And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say un12 to me I will give. Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: 13 but give me the damsel to wife. And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile', and Ispakel, because he had defiled Dinah (14 their sister, and said unto them, We

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cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that 15 were a reproach unto us: only on this condition will we consent unto

you: if ye will be as we be, that every 16 male of you be circumcised; 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 17 become one people. But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and 18 we will be gone. And their words

pleased Hamor, and Shechem Ha19 mor's son. And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter and he was honoured above all the house 20 of his father. And Hamor and She

chem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of (21) their city, saying, These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for, behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters. Only on this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, 23 as they are circumcised. Shall not their cattle and their substance and

all their beasts! be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell 24 with us. 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 25 went out of the gate of his city. And it came to pass on the third day, when

That is, God, the God of Israel.

Heb. to the heart of the damsel.

VERSION OF 1611.-13 with young are.. men should.. flock; 14 as.. goeth.. be able to endure; 17 a; 18 Shalem, a. . Padan.. pitched his tent; 19 a..a field. XXXIV. 2 when.. country.. defiled; 5 And.. now.. were come; 7 out of; 9 (and); 10 you; 13 deceitfully.. said; 14 (they); 15 but in; 19 more honourable than; 21 (it); 22 herein. . (for). . be; 23 every beast of theirs. = [49]

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 unawares', and 2 slew all the males. And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went 27 'forth'. "The sons of Jacob came

upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. 28 They took their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field; and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, took they captive and spoiled, even 30 all that was in the house. And Jacob

said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, Jamong the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and, I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and 'smite' me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. 31 And they said, Should he deal with

our sister as with 'an' harlot ? 351 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go

up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, who' appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. 2 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and purify yourselves', and 3 change your garments: and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; 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 4 went. And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. (5 And they journeyed: and a great terror was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not 6 pursue after the sons of Jacob. So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan ('the same is Beth-el), he and all the people that were with 1 him. And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from the face of his

1 Or, boldly

Or, terebinth

Heb. a terror of God.

8 brother. ° And Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried below Beth-el under the oak and the name of it was called "Allon-bacuth.

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And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan1-aram, 10 and blessed him. 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 11 called his name Israel. 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; 12 and the land which I gave unto Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will 13 I give the land. And God went up

from him in the place where he 'spake (14 with him. And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he 'spake1 with him, a pillar of stone: and he poured out a drink offering thereon, and poured 15 oil thereon. °Ănd Jacob called the

name of the place where God spake with 16 him, Beth-el. And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard 17 labour. And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; for now thou shalt have another son. 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing (for she died), that she called his name "Ben-oni: but his 19 father called him Benjamin. °And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth20 lehem). And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave: the same is the Pillar of Rachel's grave unto this 21 day. And Israel journeyed, and

spread his tent beyond the tower of 22 Eder1. And it came to pass, 'while

Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine and Israel heard of it.

Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 23 the sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: 24 the sons of Rachel; Joseph and 25 Benjamin: and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan and Naph26 tali and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's

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VERSION OF 1611.–25 boldly; 26 out; 28 sheep.. oxen; 30 amongst .. shall.. slay; 31 a. XXXV. 1 that; 2 be clean; 4 all their earrings; 5 the.. (of God); 6 that; 7 appeared; 8 But beneath.. an; 9 out of Padan; 13 talked; 14 talked. . (even). . (he); 16 but a little; 17 this.. also; 19 which; 20 that; 21 Edar; 22 when. = [38]

handmaid; Gad and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born 27 to him in 'Paddan1-aram. And Jacob came unto Isaac his father 'to! Mamre, Ito Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac so28 journed. And the days of Isaac were (29) an hundred and fourscore years. And

Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, old and full of days: and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him. 361 Now these are the generations of 2 Esau (the same is Edom). Esau

took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the 'daughter of 3 Zibeon the Hivite; and 'Basemath'

Ishmael's daughter, sister of INe4 baioth. And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and 'Basemath' bare Reuel; 5 and Oholibamah bare Jeush, and 'Jalam', and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in (6 the land of Canaan. And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the 'souls' of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his possessions', which he had Igathered in the land of Canaan; and went into a land away from his 7 brother Jacob. For their substance was too great for them to dwell together; and the land of their sojournings could not bear them because of 8) their cattle. And Esau dwelt in 9 mount Seir: Esau is Edom. And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount 10 Seir these are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of 'Base11 math the wife of Esau. And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, 12 3Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these are the sons of Adah 13 Esau's wife. And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah these were the 14 sons of 'Basemath' Esau's wife. And these were the sons of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, 'the' daughter

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of Zibeon, Esay's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jalam', and (15 Korah. These are the dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz, (16 duke Korah, duke Gatam, duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these 17 are the sons of Adah. 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 'Ba18 semath Esau's wife. And these are the sons of 'Oholibamah' Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke 'Jalam', duke Korah: these are the dukes that came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, 19) Esau's wife. These are the sons of Esau, and these are their dukes: 'the same is Edom.

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4 Or, Ichiefs

are the children of Zibeon; Aiah and Anah: this is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father. 25) And these are the children of Anah;

Dishon and 'Oholibamah' the daughter 26 of Anah. And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan and Eshban 27) and Ithran and Cheran. °These are the

children of Ezer; Bilhan and Zaavan 28) and 10 Akan. These are the children 29 of Dishan; Uz and Aran. These are

the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibe30 on, duke Anah, duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of the Horites, according to their dukes in the land of Seir.

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5 In 1 Chr. i. 39, Homam.
In 1 Chr. i. 40, Alian.
7 In 1 Chr. i. 40, Shephi.

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XXXVI.

VERSION OF 1611.-26 Padan; 27 unto.. unto the city of.. which; 29 (being).1 who; 2 Aholibamah; 3 Bashemath.. Nebajoth; 4 Bashemath; 5 Aholibamah.. Jaalam; 6 persons.. substance.. got.. the country .. (the face of); 7 riches were more than that they might. . wherein they were strangers; 8 Thus; 10 Bashemath; 12 were; 13 Bashemath; 14 Aholibamah.. Jaalam; 15 were . (son); 16 (and) were; 17 Bashemath; 18 Aholibamah.. Jaalam.. were.. Aholibamah; 19 who; 20 who inhabited; 23 were; 24 (both). . was that.. that.. mules; 25 were.. Aholibamah; 30 Hori, among. = [62]

in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of 2 Israel. And Bela the son of Beor

reigned in Edom; and the name of 33 his city was Dinhabah. And Bela

died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of 34 Bozrah reigned in his stead. And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his 35 stead. 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 36 was Avith. And Hadad died, and

Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his 37 stead. And Samlah died, and 'Shaul'

of Rehoboth by the River reigned 38 in his stead. And 'Shaul' died, and

Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned 39 in his stead. °And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and 1Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was 2Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab. 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 41 Alvah, duke Jetheth; duke 'Oholi

bamah', duke Elah, duke Pinon; 42 duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mib43 zar; duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these

be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession. This is Esau the father of the Edomites.

371 And Jacob dwelt in the land 'of' his Ifather's sojournings, in the land of 2) Canaan. These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and he was a lad with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought the evil report 3 of them unto their father. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age and he made him 5a 4 coat of many colours. And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren; 'and' they hated him, and could not speak 5 peaceably unto him. And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren and they hated him yet 6 the more. "And he said unto them,

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Hear, I pray you, this dream which I 7 have dreamed: °for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves Icamel round about, and made obei8 sance to my sheaf. 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 (9 for his words. And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed 'yet a dream; and, behold, the sun and the moon and eleven 10 stars made obeisance to me. °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 11 to the earth? And his brethren en

vied him; but his father 'kept the 12 saying in mind'. And his brethren

went to feed their father's flock in 13 Shechem. °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 14 to him, Here am I. And he said to him, Go now!, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the 'flock'; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 15 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What 16 seekest thou? And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they are feeding the flock. 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 (18 them in Dothan. And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against 19 him to slay him. And they said one

to another, Behold, this "dreamer 20 cometh. Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into 'one of the pits, and we will say, 'An evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of (21 his dreams. And Reuben heard it,

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VERSION OF 1611.-34 land of Temani; 37 Saul; 38 Saul; 41 Aholibamah; 43 he.XXXVII. 1 wherein.. father was a stranger; 2 the.. his.. their; 4 when; 7 stood; 9 more (the); 11 observed; 14 I pray thee.. flocks; 16 feed their flocks; 18 (when) .. even; 20 some pit Some. = [32]

and delivered him out of their 'hand'; and said, Let us not take his life'. (22 °And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood; cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, 'but' lay no hand upon him that he might 'deliver1 him out of their 'hand', to restore him to (23 his father. And it came to pass,

when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colours 24 that was on him; and they took him, and cast him into 'the' pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in 25 it. And they sat down to eat bread : and they lifted' up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a travelling company of Ishmaelites' came from Gilead, with their camels bearing 'spicery and balm and myrrh, going 26 to carry it down to Egypt. And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal (27 his blood? °Come, and let us sell him to the 'Ishmaelites', and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren 28 hearkened unto him'. And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into 29 Egypt. And Reuben returned unto

the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes. 30 And he returned unto his brethren,

and said, The child is not; and I, 31 whither shall I go? And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a 'he-goat', and dipped the coat in the blood; 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 33 coat or not. And he knew it, and

said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is 34 without doubt torn' in pieces. And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned 35 for his son many days. 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 to the grave to my son mourning. And his father wept for

1 Or, Igum tragacanth! Or, Istorax 2 Or, mastic.

3 Or, Madanum!

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

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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. 2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua; and he took her, and went in 3 unto her. And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name 4 Er. And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name (5 Onan. And she yet again bare a son, and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. 6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. 7 °And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the 8 LORD slew him. And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her, and raise (9 up seed to thy brother. 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 he should give 10 seed to his brother. And the thing

which he did was evil in the sight of the LORD: 'and he slew him also. (11)°Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow in thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown up: for he said, Lest he also die, like his brethren. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house. 12 And in process of time 'Shua's! daughter, the wife of Judah', died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnah', he and his friend Hirah the Adullam13 ite. And it was told Tamar, saying,

Behold, thy father in law goeth up to 14) Timnah to shear his sheep. And she put off from her the garments of her widowhood', and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim', which is by the way to Timnah'; for she saw that Shelah was grown 'up', and she was not given unto him to 15 wife. When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; 'for!

Heb. Sheol, the name of the abode
of the dead, answering to the
Greek Hades, Acts ii. 27.

Heb. Medanites. Heb. chief of the executioners. 7 See Deut. xxv. 5.

VERSION OF 1611.-21 (he) . . hands.. kill him; 22 (but) . . and . . rid. . hands. . deliver. . again; 23 (out).. his; 24 a; 25 lift. . Ishmeelites; 27 Ishmeelites.. (and). .. were content; 28 Then . . lift . . Ishmeelites: 31 kid of the goats; 32 no; 33 rent; 34 clothes; 35 into.. unto.. Thus; 36 Medanites .. and. XXXVIII. 5 (conceived, and); 6 whose; 8 marry; 9 (that); 10 displeased. . wherefore; 11 at.. . (peradventure).. as.. did; 12 the.. of Shuah Judah's.. Timnath; 13 Timnath; 14 widow's.. her..a.. an open place.. Timnath; 15 a.. because. == [60]

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