The Shechemites slain. B. C. about 1732. q 1 Chr. 4. 9. r ch. 23. 10. GENESIS. 19 And the young man deferred not to do muse light in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the 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 theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us. 24 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 went ont of the gate of his city. 25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that ch. 49. 5, 6, 7. two of the sons of Jacob, 'Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took 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 the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out. † Heb. mouth. Jacob sent to B 2 Then Jacob said 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, hand was with me in the way which I went. 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. i 5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. 6 So Jacob came to m Luz which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el, he and all the people that were with him. n 1 abo a ch.1 b ch. c ch. 2 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place ⠀ El-beth-el; because That is, I there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 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. That is. T oak of wee ing. 9¶ And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-q Hos. 12. 4. aram, and blessed him. 10 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 called his name Israel. r ch. 17. 5. ch. 32. 28. t ch. 17. 1. & 48, 3, 4. Ex. 6. 3. u ch. 17. 5, 6, 11 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 16. & 28.3. & shall come out of thy loins; W 48. 4. 13. 15. & 26.3, 4. & 28. 13. 12 And the land which I gave w ch. 12. 7. & Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. 13 And God went up from him in x 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, 2 Beth-el. 16 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way The death of Rachel. B. C. GENESIS. to come to Ephrath: and Rachel about 1732. 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 1 Sam. 4. 20. have this son also. a ch. 30. 24. about 1729. a 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died,) that That is. The she called his name Ben-oni: but his son of my sorfather called him Benjamin. I That is, The son of the right hand. b ch, 48, 7. e Ruth 1. 2 & 4. IL Mic. 5, 2. 41 Sam. 10. 2 2 Sam. 18. 18. + Mic. 4. &. fch. 49. 4. 1 Chr. 5. 1. See 2Sam. 16. 22. & 20. 3. 1 Cor. 5. L. gch. 46, & Ex. 1. 2. 23. 2, 19. C 19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem. 20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave dunto this day. 21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar. 22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine and Israel heard 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 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. 27 i And Jacob came unto Isaac his ch. 13. 13. & father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arba, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. 28 And the days of Isaac were a hundred and fourscore years. 1 Josh. 14. 15. 15. 13. The generations of Esau. 6 And Esau took his wives, and his B. C. sons, and his daughters, and all the about 1740. persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his sub-t Heb. souls. stance, 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. 11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, Or, Zephi, 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. 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. 1 Chr. 1. 36. 1 Ex. 17. 8, 14. Num. 24. 20. 1 Sam. 15. 2, 3, &c. 15 These were dukes of the sons about 1715. 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 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 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 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 Ho m 1 Chr. 1. 38. about 1840. ch. 14. 6. Deut. 2. 12, 22. 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. The history of Joseph. 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. CHAPTER XXXVII. Joseph is hated of his brethren. 5 His two dreams. ND Jacob dwelt in the land and these are the children of wherein his father was Or, Amram, Dishon; "Hemdan, and Eshban, and 1 Chr. 1. 41. || Or, Jakan, 1 Chr. 1. 42. about 1780. P1 Chr. 1. 43. Hadad. 27 The children of Ezer are these; 29 These are the dukes that came 30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir. 31 ¶ And 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. 39 And Baal-hanan the son of Ach41 Chr. 1. 50, bor died, and Hadar reigned in 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. Ex. 15. 15. about 1496. Or, Aliah. 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 Alvah, duke Jetheth, 40 a stranger, in the land of Canaan. a B. C. about 1496. † Heb. Edom. 1729. 23. 4. & 28. 4. 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 Joseph brought unto his father their 1 Sam. 2. 22, evil report. 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. C 23, 24. ch. 44. 20. II Or, pieces. 2 Sam. 13. 18. 49. 23. 4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and ch. 27. 41. & 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. 6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: 7 For, behold, we were binding 8 And his brethren said to him, e ch. 42. 6, 9. & 43. 26. & 44. 14. 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 fch. 46. 29. 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 ch. 27. 29. brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? 11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying. h Acts 7. 9. He is cast into a pit. B. C. 1729. about 1729. Heb, see the Both brethren, se. ch. 29.6. ch. 35, 27. 1 Cant. 1. 7. m 2 Kings 6. 13. Heb master of dreams #1 Sam. 19. 1. P. 31. 13. & 57. 12.32. & 94. 21. Matt. 27. 1. Mark 14. L. John 11. 53. Acts 28. 12. • Prov. 1. 11. 16. & 6. 17. & 27.4. P ch. 42. 22. | Or, pieces. ¦ Prov. 50, 20. Am. 6. 6. r See ver. 28, 36. * Jer. 2. 22 tch. 4. 10. ver. 20, Job 16. 18. GENESIS. 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 I. 14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; 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 seekest thou? 16 And he said, I seek my brethren: 'tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks. 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 them in Dothan. 18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. 19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. 20°Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his dreams. P 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 hands, to deliver him to his father again. 23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped 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. 25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of 'Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. 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 1 Sam. 18. 17. Ishmaelites, and "let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and I ch. 42. 21. He is sold 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 4 ch. 42. 13, 36. 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; 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. Jer. 31. 15. e ver. 23. 33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an 'evil beast hath ver. 20. devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces. 34 And Jacob 5 rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. 35 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 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 guard. 1 Deut. 25. 6. † Heb. was evil in the eyes of the LORD. m ch. 46. 12. Num. 26. 19. n Ruth 1. 13. o Lev. 22. 13. ↑ Heb.the days were multiplied. 9 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 that he should give seed to his brother. 10 And the thing which he did + displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew m 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. 12 T And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; p 2 Sam. 13.39. and Judah Pwas 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. 15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; because she had covered her face. 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? 17 And he said, 'I will send thee ta kid from the flock. And she said, "Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it? 18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. 19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. 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, Pharez and Zarah b that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place. 22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place. B. C about 1 Il Or, i Enajim 23 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, † Heb. bed I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. 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. 25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff. b a contem z Judg. 19. a Lev. 21. 9 Deut. 22. 2 b ch. 37. 32. c ver. 18. e 1 Sam. 24. 1 f ver. 14. 26 And Judah acknowledged them, ch. 37. 33. 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. g Job 34. 31, |