01:031:001 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.
01:031:002 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
01:031:003 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
01:031:004 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,
01:031:005 And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
01:031:006 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
01:031:007 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
01:031:008 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.
01:031:009 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
01:031:010 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
01:031:011 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
01:031:012 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
01:031:013 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
01:031:014 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
01:031:015 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.
01:031:016 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
01:031:017 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
01:031:018 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
01:031:019 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.
01:031:020 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
01:031:021 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
01:031:022 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
01:031:023 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
01:031:024 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
01:031:025 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
01:031:026 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?
01:031:027 Wherefore didst thou flee away 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?
01:031:028 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
01:031:029 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
01:031:030 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
01:031:031 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.
01:031:032 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him 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.
01:031:033 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
01:031:034 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.
01:031:035 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched but found not the images.
01:031:036 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 so hotly pursued after me?
01:031:037 Whereas thou hast searched 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 both.
01:031:038 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
01:031:039 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.
01:031:040 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
01:031:041 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
01:031:042 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
01:031:043 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?
01:031:044 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
01:031:045 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
01:031:046 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
01:031:047 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.
01:031:048 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
01:031:049 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
01:031:050 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
01:031:051 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee:
01:031:052 This heap be witness, and this 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.
01:031:053 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.
01:031:054 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.
01:031:055 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.
01:032:001 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
01:032:002 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
01:032:003 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
01:032:004 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
01:032:005 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
01:032:006 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
01:032:007 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
01:032:008 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
01:032:009 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
01:032:010 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
01:032:011 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
01:032:012 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.
01:032:013 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
01:032:014 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
01:032:015 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
01:032:016 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
01:032:017 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?
01:032:018 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.
01:032:019 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.
01:032:020 And say ye 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 of me.
01:032:021 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
01:032:022 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
01:032:023 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.
01:032:024 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
01:032:025 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 out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
01:032:026 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
01:032:027 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
01:032:028 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
01:032:029 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.
01:032:030 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
01:032:031 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
01:032:032 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
01:033:001 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
01:033:002 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
01:033:003 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
01:033:004 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
01:033:005 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.
01:033:006 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
01:033:007 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
01:033:008 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
01:033:009 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
01:033:010 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
01:033:011 Take, I pray thee, my blessing 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.
01:033:012 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
01:033:013 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
01:033:014 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
01:033:015 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 grace in the sight of my lord.
01:033:016 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
01:033:017 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
01:033:018 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.
01:033:019 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money.
01:033:020 And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.
01:034:001 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
01:034:002 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
01:034:003 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
01:034:004 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
01:034:005 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
01:034:006 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
01:034:007 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter: which thing ought not to be done.
01:034:008 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
01:034:009 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
01:034:010 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
01:034:011 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
01:034:012 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
01:034:013 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
01:034:014 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
01:034:015 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;
01:034:016 Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
01:034:017 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
01:034:018 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
01:034:019 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.
01:034:020 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
01:034:021 These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
01:034:022 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
01:034:023 Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of their's be our's? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
01:034:024 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
01:034:025 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
01:034:026 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
01:034:027 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
01:034:028 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
01:034:029 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
01:034:030 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
01:034:031 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
01:035:001 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
01:035:002 Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
01:035:003 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
01:035:004 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
01:035:005 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
01:035:006 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.
01:035:007 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
01:035:008 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.
01:035:009 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.
01:035:010 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.
01:035:011 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
01:035:012 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
01:035:013 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.
01:035:014 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
01:035:015 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.
01:035:016 And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
01:035:017 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.
01:035:018 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.
01:035:019 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.
01:035:020 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.
01:035:021 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
01:035:022 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
01:035:023 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
01:035:024 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
01:035:025 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
01:035:026 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.
01:035:027 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.
01:035:028 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.
01:035:029 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
01:036:001 Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.
01:036:002 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
01:036:003 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
01:036:004 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
01:036:005 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.
01:036:006 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.
01:036:007 For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
01:036:008 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
01:036:009 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
01:036:010 These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
01:036:011 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
01:036:012 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife.
01:036:013 And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
01:036:014 And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
01:036:015 These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,
01:036:016 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
01:036:017 And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.
01:036:018 And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
01:036:019 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes.
01:036:020 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
01:036:021 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
01:036:022 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.
01:036:023 And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
01:036:024 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
01:036:025 And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.
01:036:026 And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
01:036:027 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.
01:036:028 The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.
01:036:029 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
01:036:030 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.
01:036:031 And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.
01:036:032 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
01:036:033 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
01:036:034 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.
01:036:035 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
01:036:036 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
01:036:037 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
01:036:038 And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
01:036:039 And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
01:036:040 And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,
01:036:041 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
01:036:042 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
01:036:043 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.
01:037:001 And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
01:037:002 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
01:037:003 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
01:037:004 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
01:037:005 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
01:037:006 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
01:037:007 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
01:037:008 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
01:037:009 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
01:037:010 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
01:037:011 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
01:037:012 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
01:037:013 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
01:037:014 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
01:037:015 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
01:037:016 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
01:037:017 And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
01:037:018 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
01:037:019 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
01:037:020 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
01:037:021 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
01:037:022 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
01:037:023 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
01:037:024 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
01:037:025 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
01:037:026 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
01:037:027 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
01:037:028 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
01:037:029 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
01:037:030 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?
01:037:031 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
01:037:032 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.
01:037:033 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
01:037:034 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
01:037:035 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
01:037:036 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.
01:038:001 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.
01:038:002 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
01:038:003 And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
01:038:004 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.
01:038:005 And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
01:038:006 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
01:038:007 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.
01:038:008 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
01:038:009 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
01:038:010 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
01:038:011 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.
01:038:012 And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
01:038:013 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
01:038:014 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
01:038:015 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.
01:038:016 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
01:038:017 And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?
01:038:018 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
01:038:019 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
01:038:020 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.
01:038:021 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.
01:038:022 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.
01:038:023 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
01:038:024 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
01:038:025 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.
01:038:026 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
01:038:027 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.
01:038:028 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.
01:038:029 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
01:038:030 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
01:039:001 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
01:039:002 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
01:039:003 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
01:039:004 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
01:039:005 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.
01:039:006 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.
01:039:007 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
01:039:008 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
01:039:009 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
01:039:010 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.
01:039:011 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
01:039:012 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.
01:039:013 And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
01:039:014 That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
01:039:015 And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out.
01:039:016 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
01:039:017 And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me:
01:039:018 And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.
01:039:019 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.
01:039:020 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
01:039:021 But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
01:039:022 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.
01:039:023 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper.
01:040:001 And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
01:040:002 And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
01:040:003 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
01:040:004 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
01:040:005 And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
01:040:006 And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.
01:040:007 And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
01:040:008 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.
01:040:009 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;
01:040:010 And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
01:040:011 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.
01:040:012 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:
01:040:013 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
01:040:014 But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:
01:040:015 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.
01:040:016 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:
01:040:017 And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.
01:040:018 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
01:040:019 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
01:040:020 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 of the chief baker among his servants.
01:040:021 And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
01:040:022 But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
01:040:023 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
01:041:001 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
01:041:002 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
01:041:003 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
01:041:004 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
01:041:005 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
01:041:006 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
01:041:007 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
01:041:008 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.
01:041:009 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
01:041:010 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker:
01:041:011 And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
01:041:012 And there was there with us a young man, an 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.
01:041:013 And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
01:041:014 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.
01:041:015 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 thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
01:041:016 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
01:041:017 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
01:041:018 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
01:041:019 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
01:041:020 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
01:041:021 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.
01:041:022 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
01:041:023 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
01:041:024 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.
01:041:025 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
01:041:026 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
01:041:027 And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
01:041:028 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
01:041:029 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
01:041:030 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;
01:041:031 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
01:041:032 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
01:041:033 Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.
01:041:034 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
01:041:035 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
01:041:036 And that food shall be for 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.
01:041:037 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
01:041:038 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
01:041:039 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
01:041:040 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.
01:041:041 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
01:041:042 And Pharaoh took off his 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;
01:041:043 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
01:041:044 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
01:041:045 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
01:041:046 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.
01:041:047 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
01:041:048 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.
01:041:049 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
01:041:050 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
01:041:051 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
01:041:052 And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
01:041:053 And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
01:041:054 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
01:041:055 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.
01:041:056 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
01:041:057 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
01:042:001 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
01:042:002 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
01:042:003 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
01:042:004 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
01:042:005 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
01:042:006 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
01:042:007 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
01:042:008 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
01:042:009 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.
01:042:010 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
01:042:011 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
01:042:012 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
01:042:013 And they said, 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.
01:042:014 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
01:042:015 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
01:042:016 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
01:042:017 And he put them all together into ward three days.
01:042:018 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
01:042:019 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
01:042:020 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
01:042:021 And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
01:042:022 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
01:042:023 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
01:042:024 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
01:042:025 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.
01:042:026 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.
01:042:027 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth.
01:042:028 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 were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
01:042:029 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
01:042:030 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
01:042:031 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
01:042:032 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
01:042:033 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
01:042:034 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 traffick in the land.
01:042:035 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
01:042:036 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.
01:042:037 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.
01:042:038 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
01:043:001 And the famine was sore in the land.
01:043:002 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
01:043:003 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.
01:043:004 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
01:043:005 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.
01:043:006 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
01:043:007 And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of 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 certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
01:043:008 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.
01:043:009 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:
01:043:010 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
01:043:011 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
01:043:012 And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:
01:043:013 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:
01:043:014 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
01:043:015 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.
01:043:016 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.
01:043:017 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.
01:043:018 And the men were afraid, because they were brought into 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.
01:043:019 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,
01:043:020 And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
01:043:021 And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, 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.
01:043:022 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
01:043:023 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.
01:043:024 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.