01:034:001 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob,
went out to see the daughters of the land.
01:034:002 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the
country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled
her.
01:034:003 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he
loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
01:034:004 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this
damsel to wife.
01:034:005 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now
his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his
peace until they were come.
01:034:006 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune
with him.
01:034:007 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.
01:034:008 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son
Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to
wife.
01:034:009 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto
us, and take our daughters unto you.
01:034:010 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you;
dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
01:034:011 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.
01:034:012 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.
01:034:013 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father
deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their
sister:
01:034:014 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our
sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach
unto us:
01:034:015 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be,
that every male of you be circumcised;
01:034:016 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.
01:034:017 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then
will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
01:034:018 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
01:034:019 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 house of his father.
01:034:020 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their
city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
01:034:021 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.
01:034:022 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.
01:034:023 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.
01:034:024 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 out of the gate of his city.
01:034:025 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore,
that 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.
01:034:026 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.
01:034:027 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city,
because they had defiled their sister.
01:034:028 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and
that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
01:034:029 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their
wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the
house.
01:034:030 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.
01:034:031 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an
harlot?
01:035:001 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell
there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto
thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
01:035:002 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:
01:035:003 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there
an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress,
and was with me in the way which I went.
01:035:004 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.
01:035:005 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.
01:035:006 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is,
Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
01:035:007 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel:
because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the
face of his brother.
01:035:008 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath
Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called
Allonbachuth.
01:035:009 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of
Padanaram, and blessed him.
01:035:010 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.
01:035:011 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 shall come out of thy loins;
01:035:012 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.
01:035:013 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with
him.
01:035:014 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.
01:035:015 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with
him, Bethel.
01:035:016 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way
to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard
labour.
01:035:017 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.
01:035:018 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she
died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called
him Benjamin.
01:035:019 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which
is Bethlehem.
01:035:020 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of
Rachel's grave unto this day.
01:035:021 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of
Edar.
01:035:022 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:
01:035:023 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and
Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
01:035:024 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
01:035:025 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
01:035:026 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these
are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.
01:035:027 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city
of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
01:035:028 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
01:035:029 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.
01:036:001 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
01:036:002 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;
01:036:003 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
01:036:004 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
01:036:005 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are
the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of
Canaan.
01:036:006 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and
all the 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.
01:036:007 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.
01:036:008 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
01:036:009 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the
Edomites in mount Seir:
01:036:010 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.
01:036:011 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam,
and Kenaz.
01:036:012 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to
Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife.
01:036:013 And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah,
and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
01:036:014 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.
01:036:015 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,
01:036:016 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.
01:036:017 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.
01:036:018 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.
01:036:019 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their
dukes.
01:036:020 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land;
Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
01:036:021 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the
Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
01:036:022 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's
sister was Timna.
01:036:023 And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath,
and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
01:036:024 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.
01:036:025 And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah
the daughter of Anah.
01:036:026 And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and
Ithran, and Cheran.
01:036:027 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.
01:036:028 The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.
01:036:029 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke
Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
01:036:030 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that
came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.
01:036:031 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom,
before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
01:036:032 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his
city was Dinhabah.
01:036:033 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in
his stead.
01:036:034 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in
his stead.
01:036:035 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.
01:036:036 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
01:036:037 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in
his stead.
01:036:038 And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his
stead.
01:036:039 And Baalhanan the son of Achbor 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.
01:036:040 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,
01:036:041 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
01:036:042 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
01:036:043 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.
01:037:001 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger,
in the land of Canaan.
01:037:002 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
evil report.
01:037:003 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.
01:037:004 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more
than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak
peaceably unto him.
01:037:005 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and
they hated him yet the more.
01:037:006 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I
have dreamed:
01:037:007 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.
01:037:008 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.
01:037:009 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.
01:037:010 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?
01:037:011 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the
saying.
01:037:012 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
01:037:013 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.
01:037:014 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.
01:037:015 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in
the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
01:037:016 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where
they feed their flocks.
01:037:017 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.
01:037:018 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto
them, they conspired against him to slay him.
01:037:019 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
01:037:020 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.
01:037:021 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands;
and said, Let us not kill him.
01:037:022 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.
01:037:023 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;
01:037:024 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was
empty, there was no water in it.
01:037:025 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes
and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from
Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh,
going to carry it down to Egypt.
01:037:026 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay
our brother, and conceal his blood?
01:037:027 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our
hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his
brethren were content.
01:037:028 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and
lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the
Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought
Joseph into Egypt.
01:037:029 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not
in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
01:037:030 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not;
and I, whither shall I go?
01:037:031 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats,
and dipped the coat in the blood;
01:037:032 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.
01:037:033 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.
01:037:034 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins,
and mourned for his son many days.
01:037:035 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.
01:037:036 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an
officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.