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And Jacob faid to Simeon and Lehave troubled me to make me to nong the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and the Periznd I being few in number, they her themselves together againft flay me, and I fhall be deftroyd my houfe.

1 they said, Should he deal with as with an harlot? CHA P. XXXV. deth Jacob to Beth-el. 2 He purhoufe of idols, 6 and buildeth an Beth-el.

God faid unto Jacob, Arife, go > Beth-el, and dwell there: and e an altar unto God, that apto thee, when thou feddeft ce of Efau thy brother. Jacob faid unto his houfhold, that were with him, Put away gods that are among you, and nd change your garments: us arise,and go up to Beth-el; make there an akar unto God, red me in the day of my diwas with me in the way

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ey gave unto Jacob all the 5 which were in their hand, ear-rings which were in their cob hid them under the oak Shechem.

ey journeyed: and the terror upon the cities that were them, and they did not purfons of Jacob.

ob came to Luz, which is in anaan (that is Beth-el) he cople that were with him. uilt there an altar, and calEl-beth-el: because there d unto him, when he fled = of his brother.

orah Rebekahs nurfe died, uried beneath Beth-el, unand the name of it was calChuch. od appeared unto Jacob acame out of Padan-aram;

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12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Ifaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy feed after thee will I give the land.

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

14 And Jacob fet up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of ftone: and he poured a drinkoffering thereon, and he poured oyl thereon.

15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God fpake with him, Beth e!. 16¶ And they journeyed from Bethel: and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath; and Rachel travailed, and fhe had hard labour.

17 And it came to pass when she was in hard labour, that the midwife faid unto her, Fear not,thou shalt have this fon alfo.

18 And it came to pafs as her foul was in departing (for fhe died) that the called his name Benoni : but his father called him Benjamin.

19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem. 20 And Jacob fet a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar Rachels grave unto this day.

21 And Ifrael journeyed and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

22 And it came to pafs when Ifrael dwelt in that land,that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his fathers concubine : and Ifrael heard it. Now the fons of Jacob were twelve.

23 The fons of Leah; Reuben Jacobs firft-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Ifachar, and Zebulun.

24 The sons of Rachel ; Joseph, and Benjamin.

25 And the fons of Bilhah, Rachels hand-maid; Dan and Naphtali.

26 And the fons of Zilpah, Leahshandmaid; Gad, and Aher. These are the fons of Jacob, which were born tộ him in Padan-aram.

27 And Jacob came unto Ifaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah (which Hebron) where Abraham and Ifaac fojourned.

28 And the days of Ifaac were an hundred and fourfcore years.

29 And Ifaac gave up the ghoft and

died and was gathered unto his people.

who is Edom.

ok his wives of the daugh-
aan; Adah the daughter of
ittite, and Aholibamah the
Anah the daughter of Zi-
vite:
fhemath Ishmaels daughter,
bajoth.

dah bare to Efau, Eliphaz :
ath bare Reuel.
holibamah bare Jeufh, and
Korah: Thefe are the fons of
were born unto him in the

aan.

au took his wives and his fons,
ghters, and all the perfons of
and his cattle, and all his
all his fubftance, which he
he land of Canaan; and went
Duntry, from the face of his
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ir riches were more than that
dwell together: and the land
ey were ftrangers, could not
because of their cattle.
dwelt Efau in mount Seir:

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thefe are the generations of Father of the "Edomites, in

are the names of Efau's fons; e fon of Adah the wife of el the fon of Bafhemath the

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math Efau's wife.

18. And these are the fons of Aholibamah, Efau's wife; duke Jeuth, duke Jaalam, duke Korah : thefe were the dakes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah Efau's wife.

19 Thefe are the fons of Efau (who is Edom) and thefe are their dukes.

20 Thefe are the fons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,

21 And Difhon, and Ezer, and Difhan: thefe are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.

22 And the children of Lotan were Hori, and Heman: and Lotans fifter was Timna.

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

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 affes of Zibeon his father.

25 And the children of Anah were thele; Difhon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.

26 And thefe are the children of Di
fhon; Hemdan,, and Eshban, and Ich-
ran, and Cheran.

27 The children of Ezer are thefe;
Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Achan.
28 The children of Difhan are thefe;

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

the fons of Eliphaz were, Te-Luz, and Aran.
,Zepho, and Gatam, & Kenaz.
Timna was concubine to Eli-
s fon; and the bare to Eliphaz
hefe were the fons of Adah E-

these are the fons of Reuel;
and Zerah, Shammah, and Miz-
were the fons of Bafhemath

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nd thefe were the fons of Ahothe daughter of Anah, the of Zibeon Efau's wife: and the au, Jeufh,and Jaalam, & Korah. hefe were dykes of the fons of fons of Eliphaz the first-born u; duke Teman, duke Omar, no, duke Kenaz,

e Korah, duke Gatam, and

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

31 And thefe are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Ifrael.

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

33 And Bela died, and Jobab the fon of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his ftead.

34 And Jobab died, and Hufham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.

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Chap. xxxvii.

He is fent to his brethren.

Jofeph's two dreams: 36 And Hadad died, and Samlah of 9 And he dreamed yet another Mafrekaḥ reigned in his ftead. dream, and told it his brethren, and said, 37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Re-Behold, I have dreamed a dream more, hoboth by the river reigned in his ftead. 38 And Saul died, and Baal-hanan the fon of Achbor reigned in his ftead.

39 And Baal-hanan the fon of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his ftead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wifes name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

40 And these are the names of the dukes that came of Efau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,

41 Duke Aholibamah, duke duke Pinon,

Elah,

duke

42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, Mibzar, 43 Duke Magdiel, duke Tram: thefe be dhe dukes of Edom, according to their habitations, in the land of their poffeflions; he is Efau the father of the Edomites. CHAP. XXXVII. 2 Jofephis hated of his brethren. 5 His two dreams. 18 His brethren confpire his death. 36 He is fold to Potiphar in Egypt.

and behold, the fun and the moon, and the eleven ftars made obeifance to me.

10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and faid unto him, What is this dream that thou haft dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down our felves to thee, to the earth?

11 And his brethren envied him: but his father obferved the faying.

12 And his brethren went to feed their fathers flock in Shechem.

13 And Ifrael faid unto Jofeph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem ? Come, and I will fend thee unto them. And he faid unto him, Here am I.

14 And he faid to him, Go,I pray thee, fee whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he fent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

15 And a certain man found him, and behold, he was wandring in the field: and the man asked him, faying, What

in his father was a ftranger, in the land of Canaan.

in feet thou?

Thefe are the generations of Jacob; Jofeph being feventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren, and the lad was with the fons of Bilhah, and with the fons of Zilpah,his fathers wives: and Jofeph brought unto his father their evil report.

3 Now Ifrael loved Jofeph more than all his children, becaufe he was the fon of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

4 And when his brethren faw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not fpeak peaceably unto him.

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

6 And he faid unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed. 7 For behold, we were binding fheaves in the field, and lo, my fheaf arofe, and alfo ftood upright; and behold, your fheaves flood round about, and made obeifance to my fheaf.

8 And his brethren faid unto him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or fhalt thou indeed have dominion over us? and they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

16 And he faid, I feek my brethren : tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.

17 And the man faid, They are departed hence: for I heard them fay, Let us go to Dothan. And Jofeph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.

18 And when they faw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they confpired against him, to flay him.

19 And they faid one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.

20 Come now therefore, and let us flay him, and caft him into fome pit; and we will fay, Some evil beaft hath devoured him: and we shall fee what will become of his dreams.

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

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

23 And it came to pafs when Jofeph was come unto his brethren, that they ftript Jofeph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him.

24 And they took him, and caft him) into a pit; and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

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25 And they fat down to eat bread: and they lift up their eyes and looked, and behold a company of Iihmeelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing fpicery, and balm, and myrrhe, going to carry it down to Egypt.

26 And Judah faid unto his brethren, What profit is it if we flay our brother, and conceal his blood?

27 Come, and let us fell him to the Ifhmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, and our flesh and his brethren were content. 28 Then there paffed by Midianites merchant-men; and they drew and lift up Jofeph out of the pit, and fold Jofeph to the Ihmeelites for twenty pieces of filver: and they brought Jofeph into Egypt. 29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and behold, Jofeph was not in the pit: and he rent his clothes.

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8 And Judah faid unto Onan, Go in unto thy brothers wife, and marry her, and raise up feed to thy brother.

9 And Onan knew that the feed fhould not be his: and it came to pafs, when he went in unto his brothers wife, that he fpilled it on the ground, left that he fhould give feed to his brother.

10 And the thing which he did, dif pleafed the LORD: wherefore he flew him alfo.

11 Then faid Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy 30 And he returned unto his brethren, fathers houfe, till Shelah my fon be and faid, The child is not; and I, whi-grown; (for he faid, Left peradventure ther fhall I go? he die alfo as his brethren did :) and Tamar went and dwelt in her fathers houfe.

31 And they took Jofephs coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood.

32 And they fent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and faid, This have we found: know now whether it be thy fons coat or no.

33 And he knew it, and faid, It is my fons coat; an evil beaft hath devoured him: Jofeph is without doubt rent in pieces.

34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put fackcloth upon his loyns, and mourncd for his fon many days.

12 And in procefs of time,the daughter of Shuah Judahs wife died and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his fheep-fhearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

13 And it was told Tamar, faying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath, to fhear his sheep.

15 When Judah faw her, he thought her to be an harlot; becaufe fhe had covered her face.

14 And the put her widows garments off from her,and covered her with a vail, and wrapped her felf, and fat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath: for the faw that Shelah was grown, and 35 And all his fons, and all his daugh-fhe was not given unto him to wife. ters rofe up to comfort him; but he refufed to be comforted; and he faid, For I will go down into the grave unto my fon 16 And he turned unto her by the mourning: Thus his father wept for him. 35 And the Midianites fold him into way, and faid, Go to, I pray thee, ler Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pha-me come in unto thee (for he knew not raohs, and captain of the guards. that fhe was his daughter in law:) And the faid, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayft come in unto me?

CHAP. XXXVIII.
Judah begetteth Er, Onan, and Shelah.
6 Er marrieth Tamar. 8 The trefpafs of
Onan.

17 And he faid, I will fend thee a kid from the flock: And the faid, Wilt thou

And it came to pass at that time, that give me a pledge till thou fend it?

Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whofe name was Hirah.

2 And Judah faw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whofe name was Shuabjand he took her and went in unto her. 3 And the conceived and bare a fon; and he called his name Er.

4 And the conceived again, and bare a fon; and the called his name Onan.

18 And he faid, What pledge fhall I give thee? And the faid, Thy fignet, and thy bracelets, and thy ftaff that u in thine hand: and he gave it her, and came in unto her, and the conceived by him.

19 And the arofe and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.

20 And Judah fent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to

receive

he returned to Judah,and said, find her; and alfo the men of faid, that there was no harlot

ace."

Judah faid, Let her take it to we be fhamed: behold, I fent and thou haft not found her. nd it came to pafs about three ter, that it was told Judah, fayar thy daughter in law hath harlot ; and also behold, the is by whoredom: and Judah faid, forth, and let her be burnt. En fhe was brought forth, the father in law, faying, By the thefe are, am I with child: d, Difcern, I pray thee, whose he fignet, and bracelets, and Judah acknowledged them, e hath been more righteous aufe that I gave her not to on: and he knew her again

I it came to pass in the time il, that behold twins were in

came to pass when the trahe one put out his hand; and took and bound upon his t thread, faying, This came

came to pafs as he drew d, that behold his brother nd the faid, How haft thou this breach be upon thee: name was called Pharez. erward came out his brothe fearlet thread upon his Es name was called Zarah. A P. XXXIX. anced in Potiphars house, his mistrelles temptation. fly accused, 19 and eaft into

ph was brought down to and Potiphar an officer of ain of the guard, an Egypbim of the hands of the which had brought him

can was with Jofeph, and

pais

that he had made him overfeer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD bleffed the Egyptians house for Jofephs fake: and the bleffing of the LORD was upon all that he had, in the houfe, and in the field.

6 And he left all that he had in Jofephs hand; and he knew not ought he had, fave the bread which he did cat: and Jofeph was a goodly person, and well-favoured.

7 And it came to pass after thefe things that his mafters wife caft her eyes upon Jofeph ; and the faid, Lie with me.

8 But he refufed, and faid unto his masters wife, Behold, my mafter worteth not what is with me in the houfe, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand.

9 There is none greater in this houfe 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 fin againft God?

10 And it came to pafs as the fpake to Jofeph day by day, that he hearkned not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

11 And it came to pals about this time that Jofeph went into the house to do his bufinefs; and there was none of the men of the house there within.

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

13. And it came to pafs, when fhe faw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,

14 That the called unto the men of her houfe, and fpake unto them, faying, 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.

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.

16 And the laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.

17 And she spake unto him according to thefe words, faving. The Hebrew fer

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