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The death of Isaac.

CHAP. XXXVI.

The generations of Esau. more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name; | Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hiand he called his name Israel.

vite;

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

11 And God said unto him, I am God 3 And Bashemath, Ishmael's daughter, Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a na- sister of Nebajoth. tion and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins. 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.

5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: These are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the

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

6 And Esau took his wives, and his 14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the sons, and his daughters, and all the persons place where he talked with him, even a pil- of his house, and his cattle, and all his lar of stone: and he poured a drink-offering beasts, and all his substance which he had thereon, and he poured oil thereon. got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.

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.

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.

18 And it came to pass as her soul was in departing (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.

19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.

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

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 Seir: Esau is Edom.

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

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, Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.

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. 22 And it came to pass, when Israel 13 And these are the sons of Reuel; dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizlay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and zah: these were the sons of Bashemath Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob Esau's wife.

were twelve:

14 And these were the sons of Aholiba23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's mah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter first-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Ju- of Zibeon Esau's wife: and she bare to dah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:

25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:

26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.

Esau, Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.

15 These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the first-born son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,

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.

27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his fa- 17 And these are the sons of Reuel ther unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, (which is Hebron) where Abraham and duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are Isaac sojourned. the dukes that came of Reuel, in the land 28 And the days of Isaac were an hun- of Edom: these are the sons of Bashemath dred and fourscore years. Esau's wife.

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.

CHAP. XXXVI.

NOW these are the generations of Esau,

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.

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

who is Edom. 2 Esau took his wives of the daughters 20 These are the sons of Seir the Hoof Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the rite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah.

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21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan:

Joseph's dreams.

CHAP. XXXVII.

ND Jacob dwelt in the land wherein

these are the dukes of the Horites, the chil-As father was a stranger, in the land

dren of Seir in the land of Edom.

22 And the children of Lotan were, Ho- of Canaan. ri, and Heman: and Lotan's sister was 2 These are the generations of Jacob. Timna. 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.

23 And the children of Shobal were these; 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 asses of Zibeon his father.

25 And the children of Anah were these: Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.

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.

4 And when his brethren saw that their 26 And these are the children of Dishon; father loved him more than all his brethren, Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and they hated him, and could not speak peace Cheran. ably unto him.

27 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Achan.

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.

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

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

33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

34 And Jobab died, and Husham 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.

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

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

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.

8 And his brethren said unto 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 the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

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?

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

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

39 And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor 13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's Come, and I will send thee unto them. name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Ma- And he said to him, Here am I. tred, the daughter of Mezahab.

14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee,

40 ¶ And these are the names of the see whether it be well with thy brethren, dukes that came of Esau, according to and well with the flocks; and bring me their families, after their places, by their word again. So he sent him out of the vale names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. Jetheth, 15 And a certain man found him, and 41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke behold, he was wandering in the field: and Pinon, the man asked him, saying, What seekest

42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mib- thou?

zar,

16 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell 43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be me I pray thee, where they feed their the dukes of Edom, according to their ha-flocks. bitations, in the land of their possessions: 17 And the man said, They are departed he is Esau the father of the Edomites. hence: for I heard them say, Let us go to

Joseph sold to the Ishmaelites.

CHAP. XXXVIII.

The trespass of Onan. Dothan. And Joseph went after his bre-down into the grave unto my son mourning. thren, and found them in Dothan. Thus his father wept for him.

18 And when they saw him afar off, 36 And the Midianites sold him into even before he came near unto them, they Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaconspired against him to slay him. oh's, and captain of the guard. CHAP. XXXVIII.

19 And they said one to another, Behold this cometh.

it came to pass at that time, that

dreamer therefore, and let us slay A Judah went down from his breth tea,

him, and cast him into some pit; and we and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose will say, Some evil beast hath devoured name was Hirah. him; and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

21 And Reuben heard it, and he 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 a 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 coat, his coat of many colours that was on him.

24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

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.

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

6 ¶ And Judah took a wife for Er his first-born, whose name was Tamar.

7 And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.

8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and be- 9 And Onan knew that the seed should hold, a company of Ishmaelites came from not be his: and it came to pass, when he Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery, went in unto his brother's wife, that he and balm, and myrrh, going to carry it spilled it on the ground, lest that he should down to Egypt. give seed to his brother.

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

27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, and our flesh: and his brethren were content.

10 And the thing which he did displeas ed the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.

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.

28 Then there passed by Midianites, merchant-men; and they drew and lifted 12 And in process of time, the daughup Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

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 brethren, and said, The child is not: and I, whither shall I go?

31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood:

ter 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.

13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnath, to shear his sheep.

14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath: for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.

32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; 15 When Judah saw her, he thought her and said, This have we found: know now to be an harlot; because she had covered whether it be thy son's coat or no. her face.

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.

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?

35 And all his sons and all his daughters 17 And he said, I will send thee a kid rose up to comfort hin; but he refused to from the flock: and she said, Wilt thou give be comforted; and he said, For I will go me a pledge, till thou send it?

Joseph advanced by Potiphar.

GENESIS.

He is cast in prison.

18 And he said, What pledge shall and he served him: and he made him overgive thee? and she said, Thy signet, and seer over his house, and all that he had he thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine put into his hand. hand and he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.

5 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and 19 And she arose and went away and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed laid by her vail from her, and put on the the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake: garments of her widowhood. and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field. 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.

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.

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.

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. 22 And he returned to Judah, and said, 8 But he refused, and said unto his masI cannot find her; and also the men of the ter's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not place said, that there was no harlot in this what is with me in the house, and he hath place. committed all that he hath to my hand; 23 And Judah said, Let her take it to 9 There is none greater in this house than her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this I; neither hath he kept back any thing kid, and thou hast not found her. from me, but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

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.

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.

11 And it came to pass about this time, 25 When she was brought forth, she sent that Joseph went into the house to do his to her father-in-law, saying, By the man business; and there was none of the men of whose these are, am I with child: and she the house there within. said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.

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.

27 ¶ And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that behold, twins were in her womb.

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. 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.

30 And afterward came out his brother that had the scarlet thread upon his hand; and his name was called Zarah.

CHAP. XXXIX.

ND Joseph was brought down to

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.

13 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,

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:

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 she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.

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 :

18 And it came to pass as I lifted up my

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Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmaelites, which had brought him down thither.

with me, and fled out.

19 And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner 2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and did thy servant to me; that his wrath was he was a prosperous man: and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

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.

4 And Joseph found grace in his sight,

kindled.

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.

21 ¶ But the LORD was with Joseph, and

The butler and baker imprisoned. CHAP. XL, XLI. shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

Pharaoh's two dreams.

have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.

16 When the chief baker saw that the

22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners interpretation was good, he said unto Jothat were in the prison; and whatsoever seph, I also was in my dream, and behold, I they did there, he was the doer of it. had three white baskets on my head. 23 The keeper of the prison looked not 17 And in the uppermost basket there to any thing that was under his hand; be- was of all manner of bake-meats for Phacause the LORD was with him: and that raoh: and the birds did eat them out of the which he did, the LORD made it to prosper. basket upon my head.

CHAP. XL.

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and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.

2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

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.

4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them; and they continued a season in ward.

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.

6 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and behold, they were sad.

18 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three

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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.

20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birth-day, 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.

21 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:

22 But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.

23 ¶ Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him. CHAP. XLI.

AND it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and behold, he stood by the river.

7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that 2 And behold, there came up out of the were with him in the ward of his lord's river seven well-favoured kine and fat-fleshhouse, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly ed; and they fed in a meadow. to-day?

3 And behold, seven other kine came

8 And they said unto him, We have up after them out of the river, ill-favoured dreamed a dream, and there is no interpre- and lean-fleshed; and stood by the other ter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do kine upon the brink of the river. not interpretations belong to God? Tell me them, I pray you.

9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said unto him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

4 And the ill-favoured and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.

5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and behold, seven ears of corn came 10 And in the vine were three branches: up upon one stalk, rank and good. and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters there-ed with the east wind sprang up after them. of brought forth ripe grapes:

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.

12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:

6 And behold, seven thin ears and blast

7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream.

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 dreams; but there was none 13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy 9 Then spake the chief butler unto place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults cup into his hand, after the former manner this day: when thou wast his butler.

10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, 14 But think on me when it shall be well and put me in ward in the captain of the with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, guard's house, both me, and the chief unto me, and make mention of me unto baker: Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:

11 And we dreamed a dream in one 15 For indeed I was stolen away out of night, I and he: we dreamed each man acthe land of the Hebrews: and here also cording to the interpretation of his dream.

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