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3 And his foul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damfel, and fpake kindly unto the damfel. 4 And Shechem (pake unto his father Hamor, faying, Get me this damfel to wife.

s And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter (now his fons were with his cattel in the field:) and Jacob held his peace until they were come.

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

7 And the fons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it, and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth: becaufe he had wrought folly in Ifrael, in lying with Jacobs daughter, which thing ought not to be done.

8 And Hamor communed with them, faying, The foul of my fon 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 fhall dwell with us: and the land fhall be before you; dwell and trade you therein, and get you poffeffions therein.

II And Shechem faid unto her father, and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye fhall fay unto me, I will give.

12 Ask me never fo much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall fay unto me but give me the damfel to wife.

13 And the fons of Jacob anfwered Shechem and Hamor his father deceit lly, and faid, (becaufe he had defiled Dinah their fifter)

14 And they faid unto them, We'cannot do this thing, to give our fifter to one that is uncircumcifed: for that were areproach unto us.

15 But in this will we confent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcifed,

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.

17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcifed; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.

18 And their words pleafed Hamor, and Shechem Hamors fon.

19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, becaufe he had delight in Jacobs daughter: and he was more ho. ourable than all the houfe of his father..

And Hamor and Shechem his fon

came unto the gate of their city, and con muned with the men of their city, faying

21 Thefe men are peaceable with u therefore let them dwell in the land, an trade therein, for the land, behold it large enough for them: let us take thei daughters to us for wives, and let us giv them our daughters.

22 Only herein will the men confer unto us, for to dwell with us, to be on people, if every male among us be cir cumcifed, as they are circumcifed.

23 Shall not their cattel, and their fub france, and every beaft of theirs be ours only let us confent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

24 And unto Hamor and unto She chem his fon hearkned all that went ou of the gate of his city: and every mal was circumcifed, all chat went out of the gate of his city.

days when they were fore, that two o 25 And it came to pass on the third the fons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Di nahs brethren, took each man his fword and came upon the city boldly, and flew all the males.

26 And they flew Hamor and She chem his fon with the edge of the fword and took Dinah out of Shechems houfe and went out.

27 The fons of Jacob came upon the flain, and fpoiled the city, because they

had defiled their fifter.

28 They took their fheep, and their oxen, and their affes, 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 fpoiled even all that was in the house.

30 And Jacob faid to Simeon and Le vi, Ye have troubled me to make me to ftink among the inhabitants of the land, amongft the Canaanites, and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they fhall, gather themfelves together againft me, and flay me, and I shall be deftroyed, I and my houfe.

31 And they fid, Should he deal with our fifter as with an harlot ?

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Chap. XXXV.

who answered me in the day of my diftreft, and was with me in the way which I went.

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And they gave unto Jacob all the frange gods which were in their hand, and all their ear-rings which were in their sean, and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

And they journeyed: and the terrour of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not purfue after the fons of Jacob.

6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (that is Beth-el) he and all the people that were with him.

7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El beth el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

8 But Deborah Rebekahs nurfe died, and the was buried beneath Beth-el, under an oak and the name of it was called Allon bachuth.

9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram; and bleffed him.

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10 And God faid unto him, Thy name Jacob thy name fhall not be called any more Jacob, but Ifrael fhall be thy name, and he called his name Ifrael.

II And God faid unto him, I am God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply, a nation and a company of nations thall be of thee: and kings fhall come out of thy loy ns.

12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Ifa.c, 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 drink. offering thereon, and he poured oyl

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The genera cons of EJU. 21 And Ifrael journeyed and fpread! his tent beyond the towre 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. fift-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Iffachar, and Zebulun.

24 The fons of Rachel, Jofeph, and' Benjamin.

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

26 And the fons of Zilpah, Leahs handmaid; Gad and Afher. These are the fons of Jacob, which were born to himin Padan-aram.

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

28 And the days of Ifaac were an hun-dred and fourfcore years.

29 And Ifaac gave up the ghoft and died, and was gathered un.o his people.. being old and full of days: and his fons Efau and Jacob buried him,

CHAP. XXXVI.

Ow thefe are the generations of Efau, who is Edom.

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2 Efau 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 Bathemath Ishmaels daughter, fifter of Nebajoth.

4 And Adah bare to Efau, Eliphaz : and Bathemath bare Reuel.

5 And Aholibamah bare Jeufh, and Jaalam and Korah: Thefe are the tons of Efau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.

6 And Efau took his wives and his fons, and his daughters, and all the perfons of his houfe, and his cattel, and all his beafts, and all his fubftance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the coun try from the face of his brother Jacob.

7 For their riches were more than thas they might dwell together: and the land wherein they were ftrangers, could not bear them, because of their cattel.

8 Thus dwelt Efau in mount Seir: Efau is Edom.

9 And thefe are the generations of Efau the father of the Edomites, in mount Seir.

10 Thefe are the names of Efau's fons Eliphaz the fon of Adah the wife of Eta Reuel the fon of Bathemath.she with Efau,

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II And the fons of Eliphaz were Teman,Omar, Zepho, and Gattam, and Kenaz. 12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Efau's fon; and the bare to Eliphaz Amalek: thele were the fons of Adah Efau's wife.

13 And thefe are the fons of Reuel; Nahath and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: thefe were the fons of Bathemath, Elau's wife.

14 And thefe were the fons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah,the daughter of Z.beon Elau's wife and the bare to Efau, Jeufh, and Jaalam, and Korah.

15 Thefe were dukes of the fons of Efau: the fons of Eliphaz the firft-born fon of Efau, duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,

16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: Thefe are the dukes that came of Eliphaz, in the land of Edom: thefe were the fons of Adah.

And thefe are the fons of Reuel Efau's fon; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah. Thefe are the dukes that came of Reuel, in the land of Edom: thefe are the fons of Bathemath Efau's wife.

18 And these are the fons of Aholibamah Efau's wife, duke Jeush,duke Jaalam, duke Korah: thefe were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah Efu'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 Dishon, 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 thefe are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wildernefs, as he fed the affes of Zibe on his father. 25 And the children of Anah were thefe; Difhon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.

26 And thefe are the children of Difhon, Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheron.

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

28 The children of Difhan are thefe, Uz, and Aran.

29 Thefe are the dukes that came of the Horites, duke Loran, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,

30 Duke Difhen, duke Ezer, duke fhan; thefe are the dukes that came of H ri, among their dukes in the land of Se 31And thefe are the kings that reig ed in the land of Edom,before there reig ed any king over the children of Ifrael. 32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned Edom; and the name of his city was Di habah.

33 And Bela died, and Jobab the fo of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his ftead 34 And Jobab died, and Hufham of th land of Temani reigned in his stead.

35 And Hufham died, and Hadad th fon of Bedad (who (mote Midian in th field of Moab) reigned in his ftead: an the name of his city was Avith.

36 And Hadad died, and Samlah d Mafrekah reigned in his ftead.

37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Re hoboth by the river reigned in his ftead. 38 And Saul died, and Baal-hanan th fon of Achbor reigned in his fead.

39 And Baal hanan the fon of Achbo died, and Hadar reigned in his stead; and the name of his city, was Pau; and hi wifes name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

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

41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,

42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,

43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: thefe be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations, in the land of their poffeffions; he is Efau the father of the Edomites.

CHAP. XXXVII.

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land of Canaan.

2 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, because 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.

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Told by his brethren. him, that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

Chap. xxvij. 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 allo ftood upright, and behold your theaves ftood 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.

And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and faid, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more,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 cur felves to thee to the earth? 11 And his brethren envied him: his father obferved the faying. 12 And his brethren went to feed their fathers flock in Shechem.

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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, fe 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 leckeft thou?

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 de parted 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 fly him, and caft him into fome pit; and we will fay, Some evil beaft hath devoured hm: and we shall fee what will become

of his dreams.

21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands, and faid, 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

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.

25 And they fat down to eat bread: and they lift up their eyes, and looked, and behold,a company of Ifhmeelites 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 Ifh meelites, 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 Jo feph 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 cloaths.

30 And he returned unto his brethren, and faid, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?

31 And they took Jofephs coat,and kil ed 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 cloaths, and put fackcloth upon his loyns, and mourned for his fon many days.

35 And all his fons, and all his daughters 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 mourning: Thus his father wept for him.

36. And the Midianites fold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pha raohs, and captain of the guard.

CHAP. XXXVIII.

Nadah went down from his breit came to pafs at that time, that thren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite whofe name was dirah.

2 And Judah faw there a daughter certain Canaanite, whofe name was ah, and he took her, and went to her,

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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.

s And the yet again conceived, and bare a fon; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when the bare him. 6 And Judah took a wife for Er his fiftborn, whofe name was Tamar.

7 And Er. Judahs firft-born was wicked in the fight of the LORD, and the LORD flew him.

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 should give feed to his brother.

10 And the thing which he did, difpleafed the LORD: wherefore he flew him alfo. 11 Then faid Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, remain a widow at thy fathers houfe, till Shelah my fon be grown; (for he faid, Left peradventure he die alfo as his brethren did :) and Tamar went and dwelt in her fathers house.

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.

14 And the put her widows garments off from her,and covered her with a veil, 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 he was not given unto him to wife.

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

16 And he turned unto her by the way, and faid, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee (for he knew not that the was his daughter in law) And the faid, What wilt thou give me that thou mayeft

come in unto me?

17 And he faid, I will fend thee a kid from the flock: And the faid, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou fend it?

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of his friend the Adullamite, to receiv his pledge from the womans hand: b he found her not.

21 Then he asked the men of that plac faying, Where is the harlot that was oper ly by the way- fide? And they faid, The was no harlot in this place.

22 And he returned to Judah, and fai I cannot find her; and alfo the men the place faid, that there was no harlot this place.

23 And Judah faid, Let her take it her, left we be fhamed: behold, I fe this kid, and thou haft not found her.

24. And it came to pafs about thr months after, that it was told Judah, fa ing, Tamar thy daughter in law hath pla ed the harlot, and alfo behold, the is wi child by whoredom and Judah fai Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.

25 When he was brought forth, the fe to her father in law, faying, By the m whofe thefe are, am I with child: and i faid, Difcern, I pray thee, whofe are the the fignet, and bracelets, and staff

26 And Judah acknowledged them, as faid, She hath been more righteous th 1, becaufe that I gave her not to Shel my foo: and he knew her again no mo

27 And it came to pafs in the time her travail, that behold twins were in h womb.

28 And it came to pafs when the tr valled, that the one put out his hand, ar the midwife took and bound_upon hand a fcarlet thread, faying, This car out first.

29 And it came to pafs as he drew ba his hand, that behold, his brother car out, and the faid, How haft thou brok forth? this breach be upon thee: ther fore his name was called Pharez.

30 And afterward came out his broth that had the fcarlet thread upon his han and his name was called Zarah.

CHA P. XXXIX.

Nd. Jofeph was brought down

Pharaoh, captain of the guard, and Es prian, bought him of the hands of the i meelites, which had brought him dow thither.

2 And the LORD was with Jofeph, a he was a profperous man: and he was 18 And he faid, What pledge fhall I the houfe of his mafter the Egyptian. give thee? And the faid, Thy fignet, and thy bracelets, and thy ftaff that is 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 veil from her, and put on the arments of her widowhood.

And Judah fent the kid by the hand

3 And his mafter faw that the Lo was with him, and that the LORD ma all that he did to profper in his hand.

4 And Jofeph found grace in his fig and he ferved him: and he made i overfeer over his houfe, and all that had, he put into his hand.

5. And it came to pass from the ti

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