The sons of Jacob

BEFORE CHRIST cir. 1732.

2 Heb. to the heart of the damsel: See Is. 40.2. Hos. 2. 14. e Judg. 14.

2.

27.

5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: 1 Sam. 10. and Jacob held his peace until they

2 Sam. 13. 20.

ch. 49.7. 2 Sam. 18.

21.

b Josh. 7.

15.

Judg. 20. 6.

I Deut. 23. 17.

2 Sam. 18. 12

1 ch. 18. 9. & 20. 15.

1 ch. 42. 84. mch. 47.27.

a Ex. 22. 16, 17. Deut. 22.29. 1 Sam. 18. 25.

• See 2 Sam. 18. 24, &c.

were come.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

slay the Shechemites.

BEFORD CHRIST cir. 1732.

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 1 Chron. house of his father.

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

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.

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.

23 Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of their's be our's? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with

us.

4. 9.

24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that I went out of the gate of his city; and ch. 23. 10. every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.

25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon ch. 49. 5, and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took 6.7. each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.

26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of 2 Heb. the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.

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

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,

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.

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.

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

Jacob's name is changed.

BEFORE CHRIST cir. 1782.

a ch. 28. 19.

b ch. 28. 18. ch. 27.43.

d ch. 18. 19. Josh. 24.15.

ch. 31. 19, Josh. 24. 2,

34.

23.

1 Sam. 7. 8. f Exod. 19. 10.

8 ch. 32. 7, 24. Ps. 107. 6.

& 31. 3, 42.

AND God said unto Jacob, Arise

:

go up to Beth-el, and dwell there and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

2 Then Jacobsaid 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:

3 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, band was b ch. 28. 20. with me in the way which I went. 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their 1 Hos. 2. 13. hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

* Josh. 24. 26. Judg. 9. 6.

1 Exod. 15.

& 34. 24.

5 And they journeyed: and the 16. & 23. 27. terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of

Deut. 11. 25.

Josh. 2. 9. & 5. 1.

1 Sam. 14. 15.

2 Chr. 14.

14.

m ch. 28. 19, 22.

n Eccles. 5. 4.

2 That is,

The God of och. 28. 18.

Beth-el.

p ch. 24. 59.

8 That is, The oak of weeping.

8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.

9 And God appeared unto Hos. 12.4. Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him.

r ch. 17. 5.

10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: "thy name shall not ch. 32. 28. be called any more Jacob, "but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.

The sons of Jacob.

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

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.

15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.

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

27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the icity of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourn ed.

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

1 Sam. 4. 20.

cir. 1729.

That is, The son of

my sorrow. 4 That is, The son of the right hand.

b ch. 48. 7. • Ruth 1. 2. & 4. 11.

Mic. 5. 2.
Matt. 2. 8.

d 1 Sam. 10.

2.

2

18.

Sam. 18.

• Mic. 4. 8.

ch. 49. 4. See 2 Sam.

1 Chr. 5. 1.

16. 22. & 20. 3.

Cor. 5. 1. ch.46.8.

Ex. 1. 2.

ch. 18. 18. Josh. 14. 15. & 15. 13.

& 23, 2, 19.

1716.

& 25.8.

29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered untoch. 15. 15. his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob 180 ch. 25. buried him..

9. & 49. 81.

Esau's generations.

b ch. 28. 84.

⚫ ver. 25.

cir. 1760. 4 ch. 28. 9. •1 Chr.1.85.

cir. 1740.

Natu, who is Edom.

OW these are the generations of

2 b 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; 3 And a Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.

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

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.

6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all Heb.souls. the 2 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.

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.

8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Josh. 24.4. Seir: Esau is Edom.

i ver. 1.

8 Heb. Edom.

1 Chr. 1. 35, &c.

4 Or, Zephi.

9 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:

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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.

11 And the sons of Eliphaz were 1 Chr. 1.38. Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.

1 Ex. 17.8, 14.

Num. 24.20. 1 Sam. 15. 2, 3, &C.

cir. 1715.

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.

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

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.

15 T 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,

16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and

The sons and dukes of Seir.

duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah. 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.

18 9 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.

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

20 T These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,

21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.

26 And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, 6or, and Ithran, and Cheran.

27 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and "Akan. 28 The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.

29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,

30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.

BEFORE CHRIST cir. 1780.

q 1 Chr. L. 50,

of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.

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

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

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

38 And Saul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor, reigned in his stead.

39 And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in Hadad Pai 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.

After his death was an Aristocracy, Ex. 15. 15. cir. 1496. r1 Chr. 1. 51.

40 And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke TimOr, Aliah. nah, duke 2 Alvah, duke Jetheth,

8 Heb. Edom.

4 Heb. of his father's sojournings.

a ch. 17. 8. & 23. 4.

& 28. 4.

& 36. 7. Heb. 11. 9. 1729.

41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,

42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,

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.

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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 Jotheir

1 Sam. 2. seph brought unto his father evil report.

22, 23, 24.

3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made 5 Or, pieces, him a coat of many colours. 4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all a ch. 27. 41. his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. 5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

z 49. 23.

d

They conspire his death.

6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

BEFORE CHRIST 1729.

• ch. 42. 6, 9. & 43. 26.

7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf & 44. 14. arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

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.

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 thech. 46. 29. moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

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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 8 ch. 27. 29. down ourselves to thee to the earth?

11 And his brethren envied him; Acts 7.9. but his father 'observed the saying.

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

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 1.

Joseph is sold into Egypt.

BEFORE CHRIST oir. 1729.

hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams. 21 And Reuben heard it, and he Pch. 42. 22. delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

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.

23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his Or, pieces. coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;

29 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 bre4 ch. 12. 13, thren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?

36.

Jer. 31.15. ⚫ver. 23.

f ver. 20. ch. 44. 28.

Ever. 29. 2 Sam. 3.31.

17.

e

31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, 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 coat or no.

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.

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

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35 And all his sons and all his 3 Sam. 12. daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and

The trespass of Onan.

he said, For I will go down into
the grave unto my son mourning.
Thus his father wept for him.
36 And the Midianites sold him
into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer
of Pharaoh's, and captain of the
guard.

2

BEFORE CHRIST cir. 1729.

& 44. 29, 31. ch. 39. 1. much: But

1 ch. 42. 38.

2 Heb. eu

the word doth signify not only eu

6

nuchs, but also cham

of

13

berlains, courtiers, Esth. 1. 10. and officers. 8 Heb. chief

at that time,

it came to pass 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 Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.

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

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

of the men, or,

slaughter

execution

5 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, ch. 46. 12. when she bare him.

Num.26.20.