Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;


and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram:


and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;


and Esau went unto Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.


And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran.


And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.


And he dreamed; and behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.


And, behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;


and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.


And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.


And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely Jehovah is in this place; and I knew it not.


And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.


And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.


And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of the city was Luz at the first.


And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,


so that I come again to my father's house in peace, and Jehovah will be my God,


then this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.


Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east.


And he looked, and, behold, a well in the field, and, lo, three flocks of sheep lying there by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and the stone upon the well's mouth was great.


And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in its place.


And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.


And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.


And he said unto them, Is it well with him? And they said, It is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.


And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them.


And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.


While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she kept them.


And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.


And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.


And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father.


And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.


And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.


And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?


And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.


And Leah's eyes were tender; but Rachel was beautiful and well favored.


And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.


And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.


And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.


And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.


And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.


And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.


And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for a handmaid.


And it came to pass in the morning that, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?


And Laban said, It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the first-born.


Fulfil the week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.


And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife.


And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her handmaid.


And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.


And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.


And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Because Jehovah hath looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.


And she conceived again, and bare a son: and said, Because Jehovah hath heard that I am hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.


And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have borne him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.


And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, This time will I praise Jehovah: therefore she called his name Judah; and she left off bearing.


And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.


And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?


And she said, Behold, my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.


And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.


And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.


And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.


And Bilhah Rachel's handmaid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.


And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.


When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.


And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare Jacob a son.


And Leah said, Fortunate! and she called his name Gad.


And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare Jacob a second son.


And Leah said, Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy: and she called his name Asher.


And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.


And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken away my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.


And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for I have surely hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.


And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob a fifth son.


And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.


And Leah conceived again, and bare a sixth son to Jacob.


And Leah said, God hath endowed me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.


And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.


And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.


And she conceived, and bare a son: and said, God hath taken away my reproach:


and she called his name Joseph, saying, Jehovah add to me another son.


And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.


Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service wherewith I have served thee.


And Laban said unto him, If now I have found favor in thine eyes, tarry: for I have divined that Jehovah hath blessed me for thy sake.


And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.


And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me.


For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it hath increased unto a multitude; and Jehovah hath blessed thee whithersoever I turned: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?


And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me aught: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed thy flock and keep it.


I will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.


So shall my righteousness answer for me hereafter, when thou shalt come concerning my hire that is before thee: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that, if found with me, shall be counted stolen.


And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.


And he removed that day the he-goats that were ringstreaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons;


and he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.


And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.


And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink; and they conceived when they came to drink.


And the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted.


And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstreaked and all the black in the flock of Laban: and he put his own droves apart, and put them not unto Laban's flock.


And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger of the flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;


but when the flock were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.


And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and asses.


And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory.


And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as beforetime.


And Jehovah said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.


And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,


and said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as beforetime; but the God of my father hath been with me.


And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.


And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.


If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy wages; then bare all the flock ringstreaked.


Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.


And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceive, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled.


And the angel of God said unto me in the dream, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.


And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see: all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.


I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst a pillar, where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy nativity.


And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?


Are we not accounted by him as foreigners? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured our money.


For all the riches which God hath taken away from our father, that is ours and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.


Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels;


and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan.


Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep: and Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father's.


And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.


So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.


And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.


And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and he overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.


And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said unto him, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.


And Laban came up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain: and Laban with his brethren encamped in the mountain of Gilead.


And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters as captives of the sword?


Wherefore didst thou flee secretly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with tabret and with harp;


and didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done foolishly.


It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.


And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?


And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Lest thou shouldest take thy daughters from me by force.


With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.


And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the tent of the two maid-servants; but he found them not. And he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.


Now Rachel had taken the teraphim, and put them in the camel's saddle, and sat upon them. And Laban felt about all the tent, but found them not.


And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before thee; for the manner of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the teraphim.


And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast hotly pursued after me?


Whereas thou hast felt about all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two.


These twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flocks have I not eaten.


That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.


Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.


These twenty years have I been in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.


Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now hadst thou sent me away empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.


And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children whom they have borne?


And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.


And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.


And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap: and they did eat there by the heap.


And Laban called it Jegar-saha-dutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.


And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed:


and Mizpah, for he said, Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.


If thou shalt afflict my daughters, and if thou shalt take wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.


And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which I have set betwixt me and thee.


This heap be witness, and the pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.


The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Fear of his father Isaac.


And Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mountain.


And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.


And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.


And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.


And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom.


And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye say unto my lord Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now:


and I have oxen, and asses, and flocks, and men-servants, and maid-servants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in thy sight.


And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.


Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed: and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two companies;


and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape.


And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O Jehovah, who saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good:


I am not worthy of the least of all the lovingkindnesses, and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two companies.


Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, the mother with the children.


And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.


And he lodged there that night, and took of that which he had with him a present for Esau his brother:


two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,


thirty milch camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals.


And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.


And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?


then thou shalt say, They are thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, he also is behind us.


And he commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him;


and ye shall say, Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept me.


So the present passed over before him: and he himself lodged that night in the company.


And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.


And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that which he had.


And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.


And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him.


And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.


And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.


And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.


And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.


And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, said he, I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.


And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Penuel, and he limped upon his thigh.


Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the hip which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew of the hip.


And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.


And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.


And he himself passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.


And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.


And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children whom God hath graciously given thy servant.


Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.


And Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.


And he said, What meanest thou by all this company which I met? And he said, To find favor in the sight of my lord.


And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; let that which thou hast be thine.


And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found favor in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand; forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one seeth the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.


Take, I pray thee, my gift that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.


And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.


And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young: and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.


Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.


And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find favor in the sight of my lord.


So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.


And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him a house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.


And Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram; and encamped before the city.


And he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of money.


And he erected there an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.


And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.


And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.


And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.


And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.


Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they came.


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


And the sons of Jacob came in from 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.


And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you, give her unto him to wife.


And make ye marriages with us; give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.


And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.


And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find favor in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.


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.


And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spake, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,


and said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us.


Only on this condition will we consent unto you: if ye will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised;


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.


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


And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.


And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was honored above all the house of his father.


And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,


These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for, behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.


Only on this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.


Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.


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.


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 unawares, and slew all the males.


And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went forth.


The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.


They took their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field;


and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, took they captive and made a prey, even all that was in the house.


And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and, I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.


And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot?


And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, who appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.


Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments:


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, and was with me in the way which I went.


And they gave unto Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hand, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.


And they journeyed: and a terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.


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


And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.


And Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried below Beth-el under the oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth.


And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.


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.


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;


and the land which I gave unto Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.


And God went up from him in the place where he spake with him.


And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spake with him, a pillar of stone: and he poured out a drink-offering thereon, and poured oil thereon.


And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.


And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some distance to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.


And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; for now thou shalt have another son.


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


And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).


And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave: the same is the Pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.


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


And it came to pass, while Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:


the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's first-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun;


the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;


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


and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Paddan-aram.


And Jacob came unto Isaac his father to Mamre, to Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.


And the days of Isaac were a hundred and fourscore years.


And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, old and full of days: and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.


Now these are the generations of Esau (the same is Edom).


Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,


and Basemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth.


And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Basemath bare Reuel;


and Oholibamah bare Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, that were born unto him in the land of Canaan.


And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the souls of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan; and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.


For their substance was too great for them to dwell together; and the land of their sojournings could not bear them because of their cattle.


And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.


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


these are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau.


And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.


And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these are the sons of Adah, Esau's wife.


And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife.


And these were the sons of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.


These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the first-born of Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,


chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek: these are the chiefs that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.


And these are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah: these are the chiefs that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife.


And these are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau's wife: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah: these are the chiefs that came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.


These are the sons of Esau, and these are their chiefs: the same is Edom.


These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah,


and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan: these are the chiefs that came of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.


And the children of Lotan were Hori and Heman; and Lotan's sister was Timna.


And these are the children of Shobal: Alvan and Manahath and Ebal, Shepho and Onam.


And these are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; this is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.


And these are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah.


And these are the children of Dishon: Hemdan and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran.


These are the children of Ezer: Bilhan and Zaavan and Akan.


These are the children of Dishan: Uz and Aran.


These are the chiefs that came of the Horites: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah,


chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan: these are the chiefs that came of the Horites, according to their chiefs in the land of Seir.


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


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


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


And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.


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.


And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.


And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead.


And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.


And Baal-hanan 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 Me-zahab.


And these are the names of the chiefs that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names: chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth,


chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,


chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,


chief Magdiel, chief Iram: these are the chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession. This is Esau, the father of the Edomites.


And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan.


These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and he was a lad with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought the evil report of them unto their father.


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 colors.


And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren; and they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.


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


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


for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves came round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.


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.


And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed yet a dream; and, behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance to me.


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?


And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying in mind.


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


And Israel said unto Joseph, Are not thy brethren feeding the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.


And he said to him, Go now, see whether it is well with thy brethren, and well with the flock; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.


And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?


And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they are feeding the flock.


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.


And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.


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


Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.


And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, Let us not take his life.


And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood; cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him: that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father.


And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;


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


And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.


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


Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened unto him.


And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt.


And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.


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


And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a he-goat, and dipped the coat in the blood;


and they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, This have we found: know now whether it is thy son's coat or not.


And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat: an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.


And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.


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 to Sheol to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.


And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard.


And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.


And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua; and he took her, and went in unto her.


And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.


And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.


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


And Judah took a wife for Er his first-born, and her name was Tamar.


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


And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her, and raise up seed to thy brother.


And Onan knew that the seed would 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 he should give seed to his brother.


And the thing which he did was evil in the sight of Jehovah: and he slew him also.


Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow in thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown up; for he said, Lest he also die, like his brethren. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.


And in process of time Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.


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


And she put off from her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she was not given unto him to wife.


When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she had covered her face.


And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Come, 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?


And he said, I will send thee a kid of the goats from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?


And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet and thy cord, and thy staff that is in thy hand. And he gave them to her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.


And she arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.


And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.


Then he asked the men of her place, saying, Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the wayside? And they said, There hath been no prostitute here.


And he returned to Judah, and said, I have not found her; and also the men of the place said, There hath been no prostitute here.


And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be put to shame: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.


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 moreover, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.


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 the cords, and the staff.


And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She is more righteous than I, forasmuch as I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.


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


And it came to pass, when she travailed, that one put out a hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.


And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, Wherefore hast thou made a breach for thyself? therefore his name was called Perez.


And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zerah.


And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites, that had brought him down thither.


And Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.


And his master saw that Jehovah was with him, and that Jehovah made all that he did to prosper in his hand.


And Joseph found favor in his sight, and he ministered unto him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.


And it came to pass from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that Jehovah blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Jehovah was upon all that he had, in the house and in the field.


And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not aught that was with him, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was comely, and well-favored.


And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.


But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master knoweth not what is with me in the house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand:


he is not greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?


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.


And it came to pass about this time, that he went into the house to do his work; and there was none of the men of the house there within.


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.


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


that she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in a Hebrew unto us to mock us: he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:


and it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled, and got him out.


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


And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, whom thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:


and it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled out.


And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.


And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.


But Jehovah was with Joseph, and showed kindness unto him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.


And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.


The keeper of the prison looked not to anything that was under his hand, because Jehovah was with him; and that which he did, Jehovah made it to prosper.


And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord the king of Egypt.


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


And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.


And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he ministered unto them: and they continued a season in ward.


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, who were bound in the prison.


And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and saw them, and, behold, they were sad.


And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in ward in his master's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sad to-day?


And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell it me, I pray you.


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


and in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and its blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:


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.


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


within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head, and restore thee unto thine office: and thou shalt give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.


But have me in thy remembrance when it shall be well with thee, and show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:


for indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.


When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head:


and in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked food for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.


And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days;


within yet 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.


And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and the head of the chief baker among his servants.


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


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


Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.


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


And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well-favored and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the reed-grass.


And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill-favored and lean-fleshed, and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.


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


And he slept and dreamed a second time: and, behold, seven ears of grain came up upon one stalk, rank and good.


And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.


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


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 dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.


Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:


Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker:


and we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.


And there was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.


And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.


Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.


And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that when thou hearest a dream thou canst interpret it.


And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.


And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the brink of the river:


and, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favored: and they fed in the reed-grass:


and, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favored and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:


and the lean and ill-favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:


and when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill-favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke.


And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon one stalk, full and good:


and, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:


and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears: and I told it unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.


And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: what God is about to do he hath declared unto Pharaoh.


The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.


And the seven lean and ill-favored kine that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind; they shall be seven years of famine.


That is the thing which I spake unto Pharaoh: what God is about to do he hath showed unto Pharaoh.


Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:


and there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;


and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine which followeth; for it shall be very grievous.


And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh, it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.


Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.


Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.


And let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.


And the food shall be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.


And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.


And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom the spirit of God is?


And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou:


thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.


And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.


And Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;


and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he set him over all the land of Egypt.


And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.


And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.


And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.


And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.


And he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.


And Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering; for it was without number.


And unto Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On, bare unto him.


And Joseph called the name of the first-born Manasseh: For, said he, God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.


And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.


And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an end.


And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said: and there was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.


And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.


And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the store-houses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine was sore in the land of Egypt.


And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was sore in all the earth.


Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?


And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.


And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt.


But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure harm befall him.


And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.


And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves to him with their faces to the earth.


And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly with them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.


And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.


And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.


And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.


We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.


And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.


And they said, We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.


And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:


hereby ye shall be proved: by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.


Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.


And he put them all together into ward three days.


And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:


if ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison-house; but go ye, carry grain for the famine of your houses:


and bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.


And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.


And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore also, behold, his blood is required.


And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.


And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and he returned to them, and spake to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.


Then Joseph commanded to fill their vessels with grain, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus was it done unto them.


And they laded their asses with their grain, and departed thence.


And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the lodging-place, he espied his money; and, behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.


And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, saying, What is this that God hath done unto us?


And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that had befallen them, saying,


The man, the lord of the land, spake roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.


And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:


we are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.


And the man, the lord of the land, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men: leave one of your brethren with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way;


and bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land.


And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.


And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.


And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.


And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left: if harm befall him by the way in which ye go, then will ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.


And the famine was sore in the land.


And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.


And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.


If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:


but if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down; for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.


And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?


And they said, The man asked straitly concerning ourselves, and concerning our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we in any wise know that he would say, Bring your brother down?


And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.


I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:


for except we had lingered, surely we had now returned a second time.


And their father Israel said unto them, If it be so now, do this: take of the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spicery and myrrh, nuts, and almonds;


and take double money in your hand; and the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks carry again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:


take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:


and God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release unto you your other brother and Benjamin. And if I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.


And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.


And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, Bring the men into the house, and slay, and make ready; for the men shall dine with me at noon.


And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men to Joseph's house.


And the men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.


And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they spake unto him at the door of the house,


and said, Oh, my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:


and it came to pass, when we came to the lodging-place, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.


And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food: we know not who put our money in our sacks.


And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.


And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.


And they made ready the present against Joseph's coming at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.


And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down themselves to him to the earth.


And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?


And they said, Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive. And they bowed the head, and made obeisance.


And he lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin his brother, his mother's son, and said, Is this your youngest brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.


And Joseph made haste; for his heart yearned over his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.


And he washed his face, and came out; and he refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.


And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, that did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.


And they sat before him, the first-born according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one with another.


And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.


And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth.


And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his grain money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.


As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.


And when they were gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?


Is not this that in which my lord drinketh, and whereby he indeed divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.


And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these words.


And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing.


Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?


With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.


And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my bondman; and ye shall be blameless.


Then they hasted, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.


And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left off at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.


Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.


And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; and he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.


And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? know ye not that such a man as I can indeed divine?


And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's bondmen, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found.


And he said, Far be it from me that I should do so: the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my bondman; but as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.


Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh, my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant; for thou art even as Pharaoh.


My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?


And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loveth him.


And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.


And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.


And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.


And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.


And our father said, Go again, buy us a little food.


And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down; for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.


And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:


and the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I have not seen him since:


and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.


Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;


it will come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants will bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.


For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then shall I bear the blame to my father for ever.


Now therefore, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.


For how shall I go up to my father, if the lad be not with me? lest I see the evil that shall come on my father.


Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.


And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.


And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence.


And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.


And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.


For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and there are yet five years, in which there shall be neither plowing nor harvest.


And God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.


So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.


Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not;


and thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:


and there will I nourish thee; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast.


And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.


And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen: and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.


And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.


And he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.


And the report thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.


And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;


and take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.


Now thou art commanded, this do ye: take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.


Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.


And the sons of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.


To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.


And to his father he sent after this manner: ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way.


So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.


And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father.


And they told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And his heart fainted, for he believed them not.


And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:


and Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.


And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.


And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.


And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:


I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.


And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.


And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:


his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.


And these are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's first-born.


And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.


And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.


And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.


And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.


And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puvah, and Iob, and Shimron.


And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.


These are the sons of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.


And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.


And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel.


These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.


The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.


And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On, bare unto him.


And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.


These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.


And the sons of Dan: Hushim.


And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.


These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.


All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, that came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;


and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, that came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.


And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to show the way before him unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.


And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen; and he presented himself unto him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.


And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive.


And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and will say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;


and the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.


And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?


that ye shall say, Thy servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.


Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.


And from among his brethren he took five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.


And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.


And they said unto Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants' flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.


And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:


the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.


And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.


And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How many are the days of the years of thy life?


And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.


And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.


And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.


And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.


And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.


And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.


And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for our money faileth.


And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.


And they brought their cattle unto Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their cattle for that year.


And when that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide from my lord, how that our money is all spent; and the herds of cattle are my lord's; there is nought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:


wherefore should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not desolate.


So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine was sore upon them: and the land became Pharaoh's.


And as for the people, he removed them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end thereof.


Only the land of the priests bought he not: for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them; wherefore they sold not their land.


Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.


And it shall come to pass at the ingatherings, that ye shall give a fifth unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.


And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.


And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests alone became not Pharaoh's.


And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen; and they gat them possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceedingly.


And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were a hundred forty and seven years.


And the time drew near that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found favor in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me: bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt;


but when I sleep with my fathers, thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying-place. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.


And he said, Swear unto me: and he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.


And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.


And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.


And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,


and said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples, and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.


And now thy two sons, who were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine.


And thy issue, that thou begettest after them, shall be thine; they shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.


And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some distance to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).


And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?


And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.


Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.


And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath let me see thy seed also.


And Joseph brought them out from between his knees; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.


And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him.


And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the first-born.


And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who hath fed me all my life long unto this day,


the angel who hath redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.


And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.


And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.


And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.


And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.


And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God will be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.


Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.


And Jacob called unto his sons, and said: Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the latter days.


Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; And hearken unto Israel your father.


Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength; The pre-eminence of dignity, and the pre-eminence of power.


Boiling over as water, thou shalt not have the pre-eminence; Because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.


Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence are their swords.


O my soul, come not thou into their council; Unto their assembly, my glory, be not thou united; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will they hocked an ox.


Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; And their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.


Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise: Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies; Thy father's sons shall bow down before thee.


Judah is a lion's whelp; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up: He stooped down, he couched as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?


The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh come; And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be.


Binding his foal unto the vine, And his ass's colt unto the choice vine; He hath washed his garments in wine, And his vesture in the blood of grapes:


His eyes shall be red with wine, And his teeth white with milk.


Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; And he shall be for a haven of ships; And his border shall be upon Sidon.


Issachar is a strong ass, Couching down between the sheepfolds:


And he saw a resting-place that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And became a servant under taskwork.


Dan shall judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel.


Dan shall be a serpent in the way, An adder in the path, That biteth the horse's heels, So that his rider falleth backward.


I have waited for thy salvation, O Jehovah.


Gad, a troop shall press upon him; But he shall press upon their heel.


Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, And he shall yield royal dainties.


Naphtali is a hind let loose: He giveth goodly words.


Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a fountain; His branches run over the wall.


The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot at him, and persecuted him:


But his bow abode in strength, And the arms of his hands were made strong, By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),


Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee, And by the Almighty, who shall bless thee, With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that coucheth beneath, Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.


The blessings of thy father Have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors Unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.


Benjamin is a wolf that raveneth: In the morning he shall devour the prey, And at even he shall divide the spoil.


All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.


And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,


in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place.


There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah-


the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.


And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.


And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.


And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.


And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming: and the Egyptians wept for him threescore and ten days.


And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found favor in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,


My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.


And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.


And Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,


and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.


And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.


And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.


And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.


And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:


for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a burying-place, of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.


And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.


And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully requite us all the evil which we did unto him.


And they sent a message unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,


So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for that they did unto thee evil. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.


And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we are thy servants.


And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?


And as for you, ye meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.


Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.


And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived a hundred and ten years.


And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph's knees.