Genesis 1
1: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2: And the earth was without form, and
void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved
upon the face of the waters.
3: And God said, Let there be light: and
there was light.
4: And God saw the light, that it was good:
and God divided the light from the darkness.
5: And God called the light Day, and the
darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
6: And God said, Let there be a firmament
in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
7: And God made the firmament, and divided
the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the
firmament: and it was so.
8: And God called the firmament Heaven. And
the evening and the morning were the second day.
9: And God said, Let the waters under the
heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it
was so.
10: And God called the dry land Earth; and
the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was
good.
11: And God said, Let the earth bring forth
grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his
kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
12: And the earth brought forth grass, and
herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was
in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
13: And the evening and the morning were
the third day.
14: And God said, Let there be lights in
the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be
for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
15: And let them be for lights in the
firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16: And God made two great lights; the
greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made
the stars also.
17: And God set them in the firmament of
the heaven to give light upon the earth,
18: And to rule over the day and over the
night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
19: And the evening and the morning were
the fourth day.
20: And God said, Let the waters bring
forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly
above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21: And God created great whales, and every
living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after
their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
22: And God blessed them, saying, Be
fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply
in the earth.
23: And the evening and the morning were
the fifth day.
24: And God said, Let the earth bring forth
the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of
the earth after his kind: and it was so.
25: And God made the beast of the earth
after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon
the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
26: And God said, Let us make man in our image,
after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and
over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over
every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27: So God created man in his own image, in
the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28: And God blessed them, and God said unto
them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and
have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over
every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
29: And God said, Behold, I have given you
every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every
tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for
meat.
30: And to every beast of the earth, and to
every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein
there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
31: And God saw every thing that he had
made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the
sixth day.
Genesis 2
1: Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of
them.
2: And on the seventh day God ended his
work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work
which he had made.
3: And God blessed the seventh day, and
sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God
created and made.
4: These are the generations of the heavens
and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the
earth and the heavens,
5: And every plant of the field before it
was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God
had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the
ground.
6: But there went up a mist from the earth,
and watered the whole face of the ground.
7: And the LORD God formed man of the dust
of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man
became a living soul.
8: And the LORD God planted a garden
eastward in
9: And out of the ground made the LORD God
to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree
of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and
evil.
10: And a river went out of
11: The name of the first is Pison: that is
it which compasseth the whole
12: And the gold of that land is good:
there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
13: And the name of the second river is
Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole
14: And the name of the third river is
Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of
15: And the LORD God took the man, and put
him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
16: And the LORD God commanded the man,
saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
17: But of the tree of the knowledge of
good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest
thereof thou shalt surely die.
18: And the LORD God said, It is not good
that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
19: And out of the ground the LORD God
formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them
unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every
living creature, that was the name thereof.
20: And Adam gave names to all cattle, and
to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was
not found an help meet for him.
21: And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to
fall upon Adam and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the
flesh instead thereof;
22: And the rib, which the LORD God had
taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
23: And Adam said, This is now bone of my
bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken
out of
24: Therefore shall a man leave his father
and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
25: And they were both naked, the man and
his wife, and were not ashamed.
Genesis 3
1: Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the
LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not
eat of every tree of the garden?
2: And the woman said unto the serpent, We
may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
3: But of the fruit of the tree which is in
the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall
ye touch it, lest ye die.
4: And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye
shall not surely die:
5: For God doth know that in the day ye eat
thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good
and evil.
6: And when the woman saw that the tree was
good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired
to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also
unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
7: And the eyes of them both were opened,
and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and
made themselves aprons.
8: And they heard the voice of the LORD God
walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid
themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
9: And the LORD God called unto Adam, and
said unto him, Where art thou?
10: And he said, I heard thy voice in the
garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
11: And he said, Who told thee that thou
wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou
shouldest not eat?
12: And the man said, The woman whom thou
gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
13: And the LORD God said unto the woman,
What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me,
and I did eat.
14: And the LORD God said unto the serpent,
Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every
beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all
the days of thy life:
15: And I will put enmity between thee and
the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and
thou shalt bruise his heel.
16: Unto the woman he said, I will greatly
multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth
children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
17: And unto Adam he said, Because thou
hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which
I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for
thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
18: Thorns also and thistles shall it bring
forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
19: In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat
bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for
dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
20: And Adam called his wife's name Eve;
because she was the mother of all living.
21: Unto Adam also and to his wife did the
LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
22: And the LORD God said, Behold, the man
is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his
hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
23: Therefore the LORD God sent him forth
from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
24: So he drove out the man; and he placed
at the east of the
Genesis 4
1:
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have
gotten a man from the LORD.
2: And she again bare his brother Abel. And
Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
3: And in process of time it came to pass,
that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
4: And Abel, he also brought of the
firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto
Abel and to his offering:
5: But unto Cain and to his offering he had
not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
6: And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art
thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
7: If thou doest well, shalt thou not be
accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee
shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
8: And Cain talked with Abel his brother:
and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against
Abel his brother, and slew him.
9: And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is
Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
10: And he said, What hast thou done? the
voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
11: And now art thou cursed from the earth,
which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
12: When thou tillest the ground, it shall
not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt
thou be in the earth.
13: And Cain said unto the LORD, My
punishment is greater than I can bear.
14: Behold, thou hast driven me out this
day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall
be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that
every one that findeth me shall slay me.
15: And the LORD said unto him, Therefore
whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD
set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
16: And Cain went out from the presence of
the LORD, and dwelt in the
17: And Cain knew his wife; and she
conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the
city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
18: And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad
begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.
19: And Lamech took unto him two wives: the
name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
20: And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father
of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
21: And his brother's name was Jubal: he
was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
22: And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain,
an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of
Tubal-cain was Naamah.
23: And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah
and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I
have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
24: If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold,
truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
25: And Adam knew his wife again; and she
bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me
another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
26: And to Seth, to him also there was born
a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the
LORD.
Genesis 5
1: This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God
created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
2: Male and female created he them; and
blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
3: And Adam lived an hundred and thirty
years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his
name Seth:
4: And the days of Adam after he had
begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
5: And all the days that Adam lived were
nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
6: And Seth lived an hundred and five
years, and begat Enos:
7: And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight
hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
8: And all the days of Seth were nine
hundred and twelve years: and he died.
9: And Enos lived ninety years, and begat
Cainan:
10: And Enos lived after he begat Cainan
eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
11: And all the days of Enos were nine
hundred and five years: and he died.
12: And Cainan lived seventy years, and
begat Mahalaleel:
13: And Cainan lived after he begat
Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
14: And all the days of Cainan were nine
hundred and ten years: and he died.
15: And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five
years, and begat Jared:
16: And Mahalaleel lived after he begat
Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:
17: And all the days of Mahalaleel were
eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
18: And Jared lived an hundred sixty and
two years, and he begat Enoch:
19: And Jared lived after he begat Enoch
eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
20: And all the days of Jared were nine
hundred sixty and two years: and he died.
21: And Enoch lived sixty and five years,
and begat Methuselah:
22: And Enoch walked with God after he
begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
23: And all the days of Enoch were three
hundred sixty and five years:
24: And Enoch walked with God: and he was
not; for God took him.
25: And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty
and seven years, and begat Lamech:
26: And Methuselah lived after he begat
Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
27: And all the days of Methuselah were
nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
28: And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and
two years, and begat a son:
29: And he called his name Noah, saying,
This name shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because
of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
30: And Lamech lived after he begat Noah
five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
31: And all the days of Lamech were seven
hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
32: And Noah was five hundred years old:
and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 6
1: And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the
earth, and daughters were born unto them,
2: That the sons of God saw the daughters
of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
3: And the LORD said, My spirit shall not
always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an
hundred and twenty years.
4: There were giants in the earth in those
days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of
men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of
old, men of renown.
5: And GOD saw that the wickedness of man
was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart
was only evil continually.
6: And it repented the LORD that he had
made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
7: And the LORD said, I will destroy man
whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the
creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made
them.
8: But Noah found grace in the eyes of the
LORD.
9: These are the generations of Noah: Noah
was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
10: And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham,
and Japheth.
11: The earth also was corrupt before God,
and the earth was filled with violence.
12: And God looked upon the earth, and,
behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13: And God said unto Noah, The end of all
flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them;
and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
14: Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms
shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
15: And this is the fashion which thou
shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the
breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
16: A window shalt thou make to the ark,
and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou
set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make
it.
17: And, behold, I, even I, do bring a
flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of
life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
18: But with thee will I establish my
covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife,
and thy sons' wives with thee.
19: And of every living thing of all flesh,
two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee;
they shall be male and female.
20: Of fowls after their kind, and of
cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind,
two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
21: And take thou unto thee of all food
that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for
thee, and for them.
22: Thus did Noah; according to all that
God commanded him, so did he.
Genesis 7
1: And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the
ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
2: Of every clean beast thou shalt take to
thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by
two, the male and his female.
3: Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the
male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.
4: For yet seven days, and I will cause it
to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance
that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
5: And Noah did according unto all that the
LORD commanded him.
6: And Noah was six hundred years old when
the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7: And Noah went in, and his sons, and his
wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the
flood.
8: Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are
not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9: There went in two and two unto Noah into
the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10: And it came to pass after seven days,
that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11: In the six hundredth year of Noah's
life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were
all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were
opened.
12: And the rain was upon the earth forty
days and forty nights.
13: In the selfsame day entered Noah, and
Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three
wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
14: They, and every beast after his kind,
and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth
upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of
every sort.
15: And they went in unto Noah into the
ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
16: And they that went in, went in male and
female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
17: And the flood was forty days upon the
earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above
the earth.
18: And the waters prevailed, and were
increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
19: And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon
the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were
covered.
20: Fifteen cubits upward did the waters
prevail; and the mountains were covered.
21: And all flesh died that moved upon the
earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing
that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
22: All in whose nostrils was the breath of
life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
23: And every living substance was
destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the
creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the
earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
24: And the waters prevailed upon the earth
an hundred and fifty days.
Genesis 8
1: And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle
that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and
the waters asswaged;
2: The fountains also of the deep and the
windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
3: And the waters returned from off the
earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters
were abated.
4: And the ark rested in the seventh month,
on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
5: And the waters decreased continually
until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were
the tops of the mountains seen.
6: And it came to pass at the end of forty
days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
7: And he sent forth a raven, which went
forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
8: Also he sent forth a dove from him, to
see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
9: But the dove found no rest for the sole
of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the
face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled
her in unto him into the ark.
10: And he stayed yet other seven days; and
again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
11: And the dove came in to him in the
evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that
the waters were abated from off the earth.
12: And he stayed yet other seven days; and
sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
13: And it came to pass in the six
hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the
waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the
ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
14: And in the second month, on the seven
and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
15: And God spake unto Noah, saying,
16: Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy
wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
17: Bring forth with thee every living
thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of
every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed
abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
18: And Noah went forth, and his sons, and
his wife, and his sons' wives with him:
19: Every beast, every creeping thing, and
every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went
forth out of the ark.
20: And Noah builded an altar unto the
LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt
offerings on the altar.
21: And the LORD smelled a sweet savour;
and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for
man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither
will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
22: While the earth remaineth, seedtime and
harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not
cease.
Genesis 9
1: And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful,
and multiply, and replenish the earth.
2: And the fear of you and the dread of you
shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon
all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your
hand are they delivered.
3: Every moving thing that liveth shall be
meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
4: But flesh with the life thereof, which
is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
5: And surely your blood of your lives will
I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of
man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
6: Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall
his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
7: And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply;
bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
8: And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons
with him, saying,
9: And I, behold, I establish my covenant
with you, and with your seed after you;
10: And with every living creature that is
with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you;
from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
11: And I will establish my covenant with
you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood;
neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
12: And God said, This is the token of the
covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with
you, for perpetual generations:
13: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it
shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
14: And it shall come to pass, when I bring
a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
15: And I will remember my covenant, which
is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters
shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
16: And the bow shall be in the cloud; and
I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God
and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
17: And God said unto Noah, This is the
token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that
is upon the earth.
18: And the sons of Noah, that went forth
of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of
19: These are the three sons of Noah: and
of them was the whole earth overspread.
20: And Noah began to be an husbandman, and
he planted a vineyard:
21: And he drank of the wine, and was
drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
22: And Ham, the father of
23: And Shem and Japheth took a garment,
and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the
nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not
their father's nakedness.
24: And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew
what his younger son had done unto him.
25: And he said, Cursed be
26: And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of
Shem; and
27: God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall
dwell in the tents of Shem; and
28: And Noah lived after the flood three
hundred and fifty years.
29: And all the days of Noah were nine
hundred and fifty years: and he died.
Genesis 10
1: Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and
Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
2: The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog,
and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
3: And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and
Riphath, and Togarmah.
4: And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and
Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5: By these were the isles of the Gentiles
divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in
their nations.
6: And the sons of Ham;
7: And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah,
and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah;
8: And
9: He was a mighty hunter before the LORD:
wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
10: And the beginning of his kingdom was
11: Out of that land went forth Asshur, and
builded
12: And Resen between
13: And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim,
and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
14: And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of
whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
15: And Canaan begat
16: And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and
the Girgasite,
17: And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the
Sinite,
18: And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and
the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
19: And the border of the Canaanites was
from
20: These are the sons of Ham, after their
families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
21: Unto Shem also, the father of all the
children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children
born.
22: The children of Shem;
23: And the children of
24: And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah
begat Eber.
25: And unto Eber were born two sons: the
name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's
name was Joktan.
26: And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph,
and Hazar-maveth, and Jerah,
27: And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
28: And Obal, and Abimael, and
29: And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all
these were the sons of Joktan.
30: And their dwelling was from Mesha, as
thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
31: These are the sons of Shem, after their
families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
32: These are the families of the sons of
Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations
divided in the earth after the flood.
Genesis 11
1: And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
2: And it came to pass, as they journeyed
from the east, that they found a plain in the
3: And they said one to another, Go to, let
us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime
had they for morter.
4: And they said, Go to, let us build us a
city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name,
lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
5: And the LORD came down to see the city
and the tower, which the children of men builded.
6: And the LORD said, Behold, the people is
one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing
will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
7: Go to, let us go down, and there
confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
8: So the LORD scattered them abroad from
thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
9: Therefore is the name of it called
10: These are the generations of Shem: Shem
was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
11: And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad
five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
12: And Arphaxad lived five and thirty
years, and begat Salah:
13: And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah
four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
14: And Salah lived thirty years, and begat
Eber:
15: And Salah lived after he begat Eber
four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
16: And Eber lived four and thirty years,
and begat Peleg:
17: And Eber lived after he begat Peleg
four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
18: And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat
Reu:
19: And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two
hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
20: And Reu lived two and thirty years, and
begat Serug:
21: And Reu lived after he begat Serug two
hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
22: And Serug lived thirty years, and begat
Nahor:
23: And Serug lived after he begat Nahor
two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
24: And Nahor lived nine and twenty years,
and begat Terah:
25: And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an
hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
26: And Terah lived seventy years, and
begat Abram, Nahor, and
27: Now these are the generations of Terah:
Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and
28: And
29: And Abram and Nahor took them wives:
the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the
daughter of
30: But Sarai was barren; she had no child.
31: And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot
the son of
32: And the days of Terah were two hundred
and five years: and Terah died in
Genesis 12
1: Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and
from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew
thee:
2: And I will make of thee a great nation,
and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3: And I will bless them that bless thee,
and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be
blessed.
4: So Abram departed, as the LORD had
spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years
old when he departed out of
5: And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot
his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the
souls that they had gotten in
6: And Abram passed through the land unto
the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the
land.
7: And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and
said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto
the LORD, who appeared unto him.
8: And he removed from thence unto a
mountain on the east of
9: And Abram journeyed, going on still
toward the south.
10: And there was a famine in the land: and
Abram went down into
11: And it came to pass, when he was come
near to enter into
12: Therefore it shall come to pass, when
the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they
will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
13: Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister:
that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of
thee.
14: And it came to pass, that, when Abram
was come into
15: The princes also of Pharaoh saw her,
and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
16: And he entreated Abram well for her
sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and
maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
17: And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his
house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
18: And Pharaoh called Abram, and said,
What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she
was thy wife?
19: Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I
might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her,
and go thy way.
20: And Pharaoh commanded his men
concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
Genesis 13
1: And Abram went up out of
2: And Abram was very rich in cattle, in
silver, and in gold.
3: And he went on his journeys from the
south even to
4: Unto the place of the altar, which he
had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
5: And Lot also, which went with Abram, had
flocks, and herds, and tents.
6: And the land was not able to bear them,
that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they
could not dwell together.
7: And there was a strife between the
herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of
8: And Abram said unto
9: Is not the whole land before thee?
separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I
will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to
the left.
10: And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld
all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD
destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of
Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
11: Then Lot chose him all the plain of
Jordan; and
12: Abram dwelled in the
13: But the men of
14: And the LORD said unto Abram, after
that
15: For all the land which thou seest, to
thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
16: And I will make thy seed as the dust of
the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy
seed also be numbered.
17: Arise, walk through the land in the
length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
18: Then Abram removed his tent, and came
and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in
Genesis 14
1: And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch
king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations;
2: That these made war with Bera king of
Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber
king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
3: All these were joined together in the
vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
4: Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer,
and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
5: And in the fourteenth year came
Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in
Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
6: And the Horites in their
7: And they returned, and came to
En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and
also the Amorites that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.
8: And there went out the king of Sodom,
and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and
the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the
vale of Siddim;
9: With Chedorlaomer the king of
10: And the vale of Siddim was full of
slimepits; and the kings of
11: And they took all the goods of
12: And they took Lot, Abram's brother's
son, who dwelt in
13: And there came one that had escaped,
and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite,
brother of Eschol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
14: And when Abram heard that his brother
was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three
hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
15: And he divided himself against them, he
and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which
is on the left hand of
16: And he brought back all the goods, and
also brought again his brother
17: And the king of
18: And Melchizedek king of
19: And he blessed him, and said, Blessed
be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:
20: And blessed be the most high God, which
hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
21: And the king of
22: And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I
have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of
heaven and earth,
23: That I will not take from a thread even
to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou
shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
24: Save only that which the young men have
eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre;
let them take their portion.
Genesis 15
1: After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision,
saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
2: And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou
give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of
Damascus?
3: And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast
given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
4: And, behold, the word of the LORD came
unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth
out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
5: And he brought him forth abroad, and
said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number
them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
6: And he believed in the LORD; and he
counted it to him for righteousness.
7: And he said unto him, I am the LORD that
brought thee out of
8: And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I
know that I shall inherit it?
9: And he said unto him, Take me an heifer
of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years
old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
10: And he took unto him all these, and
divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the
birds divided he not.
11: And when the fowls came down upon the
carcases, Abram drove them away.
12: And when the sun was going down, a deep
sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
13: And he said unto Abram, Know of a
surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and
shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
14: And also that nation, whom they shall
serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
15: And thou shalt go to thy fathers in
peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
16: But in the fourth generation they shall
come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
17: And it came to pass, that, when the sun
went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that
passed between those pieces.
18: In the same day the LORD made a
covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the
19: The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and
the Kadmonites,
20: And the Hittites, and the Perizzites,
and the Rephaims,
21: And the Amorites, and the Canaanites,
and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
Genesis 16
1: Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid,
an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
2: And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now,
the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it
may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of
Sarai.
3: And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her
maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the
4: And he went in unto Hagar, and she
conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised
in her eyes.
5: And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be
upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had
conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
6: But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy
maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly
with her, she fled from her face.
7: And the angel of the LORD found her by a
fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
8: And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence
camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my
mistress Sarai.
9: And the angel of the LORD said unto her,
Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
10: And the angel of the LORD said unto
her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for
multitude.
11: And the angel of the LORD said unto
her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name
Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12: And he will be a wild man; his hand
will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell
in the presence of all his brethren.
13: And she called the name of the LORD
that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked
after him that seeth me?
14: Wherefore the well was called
Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
15: And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram
called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
16: And Abram was fourscore and six years
old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
Genesis 17
1: And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to
Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou
perfect.
2: And I will make my covenant between me
and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
3: And Abram fell on his face: and God
talked with him, saying,
4: As for me, behold, my covenant is with
thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
5: Neither shall thy name any more be
called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have
I made thee.
6: And I will make thee exceeding fruitful,
and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
7: And I will establish my covenant between
me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting
covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
8: And I will give unto thee, and to thy
seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the
9: And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt
keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
10: This is my covenant, which ye shall
keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you
shall be circumcised.
11: And ye shall circumcise the flesh of
your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
12: And he that is eight days old shall be
circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in
the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
13: He that is born in thy house, and he
that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall
be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
14: And the uncircumcised man child whose
flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his
people; he hath broken my covenant.
15: And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai
thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
16: And I will bless her, and give thee a
son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations;
kings of people shall be of her.
17: Then Abraham fell upon his face, and
laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an
hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
18: And Abraham said unto God, O that
Ishmael might live before thee!
19: And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear
thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my
covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
20: And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee:
Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him
exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
21: But my covenant will I establish with
Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
22: And he left off talking with him, and
God went up from Abraham.
23: And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and
all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every
male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their
foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
24: And Abraham was ninety years old and
nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
25: And Ishmael his son was thirteen years
old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
26: In the selfsame day was Abraham
circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
27: And all the men of his house, born in
the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
Genesis 18
1: And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in
the tent door in the heat of the day;
2: And he lift up his eyes and looked, and,
lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the
tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
3: And said, My Lord, if now I have found
favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
4: Let a little water, I pray you, be
fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
5: And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and
comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come
to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
6: And Abraham hastened into the tent unto
Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and
make cakes upon the hearth.
7: And Abraham ran unto the herd, and
fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to
dress it.
8: And he took butter, and milk, and the
calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under
the tree, and they did eat.
9: And they said unto him, Where is Sarah
thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
10: And he said, I will certainly return
unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a
son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
11: Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well
stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
12: Therefore Sarah laughed within herself,
saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
13: And the LORD said unto Abraham,
Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am
old?
14: Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At
the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and
Sarah shall have a son.
15: Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed
not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
16: And the men rose up from thence, and
looked toward
17: And the LORD said, Shall I hide from
Abraham that thing which I do;
18: Seeing that Abraham shall surely become
a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in
him?
19: For I know him, that he will command
his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the
LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which
he hath spoken of him.
20: And the LORD said, Because the cry of
21: I will go down now, and see whether
they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me;
and if not, I will know.
22: And the men turned their faces from
thence, and went toward
23: And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt
thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
24: Peradventure there be fifty righteous
within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty
righteous that are therein?
25: That be far from thee to do after this
manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be
as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do
right?
26: And the LORD said, If I find in
27: And Abraham answered and said, Behold
now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
28: Peradventure there shall lack five of
the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he
said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
29: And he spake unto him yet again, and
said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do
it for forty's sake.
30: And he said unto him, Oh let not the
Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found
there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
31: And he said, Behold now, I have taken
upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there.
And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.
32: And he said, Oh let not the Lord be
angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found
there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.
33: And the LORD went his way, as soon as
he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
Genesis 19
1: And there came two angels to
2: And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn
in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your
feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but
we will abide in the street all night.
3: And he pressed upon them greatly; and
they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast,
and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
4: But before they lay down, the men of the
city, even the men of
5: And they called unto
6: And
7: And said, I pray you, brethren, do not
so wickedly.
8: Behold now, I have two daughters which
have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to
them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore
came they under the shadow of my roof.
9: And they said, Stand back. And they said
again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now
will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the
man, even
10: But the men put forth their hand, and
pulled
11: And they smote the men that were at the
door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied
themselves to find the door.
12: And the men said unto
13: For we will destroy this place, because
the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath
sent us to destroy it.
14: And
15: And when the morning arose, then the
angels hastened
16: And while he lingered, the men laid
hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two
daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and
set him without the city.
17: And it came to pass, when they had
brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind
thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be
consumed.
18: And
19: Behold now, thy servant hath found
grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed
unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil
take me, and I die:
20: Behold now, this city is near to flee
unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little
one?) and my soul shall live.
21: And he said unto him, See, I have
accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city,
for the which thou hast spoken.
22: Haste thee, escape thither; for I
cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city
was called Zoar.
23: The sun was risen upon the earth when
24: Then the LORD rained upon
25: And he overthrew those cities, and all
the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the
ground.
26: But his wife looked back from behind
him, and she became a pillar of salt.
27: And Abraham gat up early in the morning
to the place where he stood before the LORD:
28: And he looked toward
29: And it came to pass, when God destroyed
the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the
midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which
30: And
31: And the firstborn said unto the
younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto
us after the manner of all the earth:
32: Come, let us make our father drink
wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
33: And they made their father drink wine
that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he
perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
34: And it came to pass on the morrow, that
the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father:
let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him,
that we may preserve seed of our Father.
35: And they made their father drink wine
that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not
when she lay down, nor when she arose.
36: Thus were both the daughters of
37: And the firstborn bare a son, and
called his name
38: And the younger, she also bare a son,
and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon
unto this day.
Genesis 20
1: And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and
dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
2: And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She
is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
3: But God came to Abimelech in a dream by
night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which
thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
4: But Abimelech had not come near her: and
he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
5: Said he not unto me, She is my sister?
and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart
and innocency of my hands have I done this.
6: And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I
know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld
thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
7: Now therefore restore the man his wife;
for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if
thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that
are thine.
8: Therefore Abimelech rose early in the
morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears:
and the men were sore afraid.
9: Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said
unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou
hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me
that ought not to be done.
10: And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What
sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
11: And Abraham said, Because I thought,
Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my
wife's sake.
12: And yet indeed she is my sister; she is
the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my
wife.
13: And it came to pass, when God caused me
to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness
which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me,
He is my brother.
14: And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and
menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him
Sarah his wife.
15: And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is
before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
16: And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have
given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering
of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was
reproved.
17: So Abraham prayed unto God: and God
healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
18: For the LORD had fast closed up all the
wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
Genesis 21
1: And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto
Sarah as he had spoken.
2: For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a
son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
3: And Abraham called the name of his son
that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
4: And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac
being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
5: And Abraham was an hundred years old,
when his son Isaac was born unto him.
6: And Sarah said, God hath made me to
laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
7: And she said, Who would have said unto
Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son
in his old age.
8: And the child grew, and was weaned: and
Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
9: And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the
Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.
10: Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast
out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir
with my son, even with Isaac.
11: And the thing was very grievous in
Abraham's sight because of his son.
12: And God said unto Abraham, Let it not
be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in
all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall
thy seed be called.
13: And also of the son of the bondwoman
will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
14: And Abraham rose up early in the
morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting
it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and
wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
15: And the water was spent in the bottle,
and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
16: And she went, and sat her down over
against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see
the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice,
and wept.
17: And God heard the voice of the lad; and
the angel of God called Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth
thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
18: Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in
thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
19: And God opened her eyes, and she saw a
well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad
drink.
20: And God was with the lad; and he grew,
and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
21: And he dwelt in the wilderness of
Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the
22: And it came to pass at that time, that
Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying,
God is with thee in all that thou doest:
23: Now therefore swear unto me here by God
that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's
son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do
unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
24: And Abraham said, I will swear.
25: And Abraham reproved Abimelech because
of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
26: And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath
done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to
day.
27: And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and
gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
28: And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the
flock by themselves.
29: And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What
mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
30: And he said, For these seven ewe lambs
shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have
digged this well.
31: Wherefore he called that place
Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
32: Thus they made a covenant at
Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host,
and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
33: And Abraham planted a grove in
Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
34: And Abraham sojourned in the
Philistines' land many days.
Genesis 22
1: And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham,
and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.
2: And he said, Take now thy son, thine
only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and
offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will
tell thee of.
3: And Abraham rose up early in the
morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac
his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto
the place of which God had told him.
4: Then on the third day Abraham lifted up
his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
5: And Abraham said unto his young men,
Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and
come again to you,
6: And Abraham took the wood of the burnt
offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and
a knife; and they went both of them together.
7: And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father,
and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the
fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
8: And Abraham said, My son, God will
provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them
together.
9: And they came to the place which God had
told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and
bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
10: And Abraham stretched forth his hand,
and took the knife to slay his son.
11: And the angel of the LORD called unto
him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.
12: And he said, Lay not thine hand upon
the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest
God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
13: And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and
looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and
Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the
stead of his son.
14: And Abraham called the name of that
place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it
shall be seen.
15: And the angel of the LORD called unto
Abraham out of heaven the second time,
16: And said, By myself have I sworn, saith
the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son,
thine only son:
17: That in blessing I will bless thee, and
in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the
sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his
enemies;
18: And in thy seed shall all the nations
of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
19: So Abraham returned unto his young men,
and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at
Beer-sheba.
20: And it came to pass after these things,
that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children
unto thy brother Nahor;
21: Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother,
and Kemuel the father of
22: And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and
Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
23: And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight
Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
24: And his concubine, whose name was
Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
Genesis 23
1: And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were
the years of the life of Sarah.
2: And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same
is
3: And Abraham stood up from before his
dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
4: I am a stranger and a sojourner with
you: give me a possession of a burying place with you, that I may bury my dead
out of my sight.
5: And the children of Heth answered
Abraham, saying unto him,
6: Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty
prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us
shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
7: And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself
to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
8: And he communed with them, saying, If it
be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat
for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
9: That he may give me the
10: And Ephron dwelt among the children of
Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children
of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
11: Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I
thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons
of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
12: And Abraham bowed down himself before
the people of the land.
13: And he spake unto Ephron in the
audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray
thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will
bury my dead there.
14: And Ephron answered Abraham, saying
unto him,
15: My lord, hearken unto me: the land is
worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury
therefore thy dead.
16: And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and
Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the
sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
17: And the field of Ephron, which was in
Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein,
and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round
about, were made sure
18: Unto Abraham for a possession in the
presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his
city.
19: And after this, Abraham buried Sarah
his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is
20: And the field, and the cave that is
therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the
sons of Heth.
Genesis 24
1: And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had
blessed Abraham in all things.
2: And Abraham said unto his eldest servant
of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under
my thigh:
3: And I will make thee swear by the LORD,
the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife
unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
4: But thou shalt go unto my country, and
to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
5: And the servant said unto him,
Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I
needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?
6: And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou
that thou bring not my son thither again.
7: The LORD God of heaven, which took me
from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto
me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he
shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from
thence.
8: And if the woman will not be willing to
follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son
thither again.
9: And the servant put his hand under the
thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
10: And the servant took ten camels of the
camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his
hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of
11: And he made his camels to kneel down
without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time
that women go out to draw water.
12: And he said, O LORD God of my master
Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my
master Abraham.
13: Behold, I stand here by the well of
water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:
14: And let it come to pass, that the
damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may
drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the
same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I
know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
15: And it came to pass, before he had done
speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of
Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her
shoulder.
16: And the damsel was very fair to look
upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well,
and filled her pitcher, and came up.
17: And the servant ran to meet her, and
said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
18: And she said, Drink, my lord: and she
hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
19: And when she had done giving him drink,
she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
20: And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher
into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all
his camels.
21: And the man wondering at her held his
peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.
22: And it came to pass, as the camels had
done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and
two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
23: And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell
me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?
24: And she said unto him, I am the
daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
25: She said moreover unto him, We have
both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.
26: And the man bowed down his head, and
worshipped the LORD.
27: And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of
my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his
truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's
brethren.
28: And the damsel ran, and told them of
her mother's house these things.
29: And Rebekah had a brother, and his name
was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
30: And it came to pass, when he saw the
earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of
Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the
man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
31: And he said, Come in, thou blessed of
the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and
room for the camels.
32: And the man came into the house: and he
ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to
wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him.
33: And there was set meat before him to
eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said,
Speak on.
34: And he said, I am Abraham's servant.
35: And the LORD hath blessed my master
greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and
silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
36: And Sarah my master's wife bare a son
to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
37: And my master made me swear, saying,
Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in
whose land I dwell:
38: But thou shalt go unto my father's
house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
39: And I said unto my master, Peradventure
the woman will not follow me.
40: And he said unto me, The LORD, before
whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt
take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house:
41: Then shalt thou be clear from this my
oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt
be clear from my oath.
42: And I came this day unto the well, and
said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I
go;
43: Behold, I stand by the well of water;
and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and
I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
44: And she say to me, Both drink thou, and
I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath
appointed out for my master's son.
45: And before I had done speaking in mine
heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she
went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I
pray thee.
46: And she made haste, and let down her
pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink
also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.
47: And I asked her, and said, Whose
daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom
Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets
upon her hands.
48: And I bowed down my head, and
worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had
led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son.
49: And now if ye will deal kindly and
truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the
right hand, or to the left.
50: Then Laban and Bethuel answered and
said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or
good.
51: Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take
her, and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken.
52: And it came to pass, that, when
Abraham's servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to
the earth.
53: And the servant brought forth jewels of
silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also
to her brother and to her mother precious things.
54: And they did eat and drink, he and the
men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning,
and he said, Send me away unto my master.
55: And her brother and her mother said,
Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall
go.
56: And he said unto them, Hinder me not,
seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.
57: And they said, We will call the damsel,
and inquire at her mouth.
58: And they called Rebekah, and said unto
her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.
59: And they sent away Rebekah their
sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.
60: And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto
her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let
thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.
61: And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and
they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah,
and went his way.
62: And Isaac came from the way of the well
Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the south country.
63: And Isaac went out to meditate in the
field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the
camels were coming.
64: And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and
when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
65: For she had said unto the servant, What
man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It
is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
66: And the servant told Isaac all things
that he had done.
67: And Isaac brought her into his mother
Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and
Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
Genesis 25
1: Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
2: And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan,
and
3: And Jokshan begat
4: And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and
Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of
Keturah.
5: And Abraham gave all that he had unto
Isaac.
6: But unto the sons of the concubines,
which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son,
while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
7: And these are the days of the years of
Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
8: Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died
in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his
people.
9: And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried
him in the
10: The field which Abraham purchased of
the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
11: And it came to pass after the death of
Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi.
12: Now these are the generations of
Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto
Abraham:
13: And these are the names of the sons of
Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of
Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
14: And Mishma, and Dumah, and
15: Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and
Kedemah:
16: These are the sons of Ishmael, and
these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes
according to their nations.
17: And these are the years of the life of
Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and
died; and was gathered unto his people.
18: And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur,
that is before
19: And these are the generations of Isaac,
Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:
20: And Isaac was forty years old when he
took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the
sister to Laban the Syrian.
21: And Isaac intreated the LORD for his
wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah
his wife conceived.
22: And the children struggled together
within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire
of the LORD.
23: And the LORD said unto her, Two nations
are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels;
and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall
serve the younger.
24: And when her days to be delivered were
fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
25: And the first came out red, all over
like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
26: And after that came his brother out,
and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac
was threescore years old when she bare them.
27: And the boys grew: and Esau was a
cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in
tents.
28: And Isaac loved Esau, because he did
eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
29: And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came
from the field, and he was faint:
30: And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray
thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called
31: And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy
birthright.
32: And Esau said, Behold, I am at the
point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
33: And Jacob said, Swear to me this day;
and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
34: Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage
of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau
despised his birthright.
Genesis 26
1: And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was
in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines
unto Gerar.
2: And the LORD appeared unto him, and
said, Go not down into
3: Sojourn in this land, and I will be with
thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all
these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy
father;
4: And I will make thy seed to multiply as
the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in
thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
5: Because that Abraham obeyed my voice,
and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
6: And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
7: And the men of the place asked him of
his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife;
lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was
fair to look upon.
8: And it came to pass, when he had been
there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a
window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
9: And Abimelech called Isaac, and said,
Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And
Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
10: And Abimelech said, What is this thou
hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and
thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
11: And Abimelech charged all his people,
saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
12: Then Isaac sowed in that land, and
received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
13: And the man waxed great, and went
forward, and grew until he became very great:
14: For he had possession of flocks, and
possessions of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied
him.
15: For all the wells which his father's
servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had
stopped them, and filled them with earth.
16: And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from
us; for thou art much mightier than we.
17: And Isaac departed thence, and pitched
his tent in the
18: And Isaac digged again the wells of
water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the
philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their
names after the names by which his father had called them.
19: And Isaac's servants digged in the
valley, and found there a well of springing water.
20: And the herdmen of Gerar did strive
with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the
well Esek; because they strove with him.
21: And they digged another well, and
strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
22: And he removed from thence, and digged
another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it
Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be
fruitful in the land.
23: And he went up from thence to
Beer-sheba.
24: And the LORD appeared unto him the same
night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with
thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
25: And he builded an altar there, and
called upon the name of the LORD and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's
servants digged a well.
26: Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar,
and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
27: And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore
come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
28: And they said, We saw certainly that
the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even
betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
29: That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we
have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have
sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.
30: And he made them a feast, and they did
eat and drink.
31: And they rose up betimes in the
morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed
from him in peace.
32: And it came to pass the same day, that
Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged,
and said unto him, We have found water.
33: And he called it Shebah: therefore the
name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
34: And Esau was forty years old when he
took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the
daughter of Elon the Hittite:
35: Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac
and to Rebekah.
Genesis 27
1: And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim,
so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My
son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
2: And he said, Behold now, I am old, I
know not the day of my death:
3: Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy
weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some
venison;
4: And make me savoury meat, such as I
love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I
die.
5: And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to
Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
6: And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son,
saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
7: Bring me venison, and make me savoury
meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.
8: Now therefore, my son, obey my voice
according to that which I command thee.
9: Go now to the flock, and fetch me from
thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy
father, such as he loveth:
10: And thou shalt bring it to thy father,
that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
11: And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother,
Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
12: My father peradventure will feel me,
and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and
not a blessing.
13: And his mother said unto him, Upon me
be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
14: And he went, and fetched, and brought them
to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
15: And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her
eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her
younger son:
16: And she put the skins of the kids of the
goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
17: And she gave the savoury meat and the
bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
18: And he came unto his father, and said,
My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
19: And Jacob said unto his father, I am
Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray
thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
20: And Isaac said unto his son, How is it
that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy
God brought it to me.
21: And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I
pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or
not.
22: And Jacob went near unto Isaac his
father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands
are the hands of Esau.
23: And he discerned him not, because his
hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.
24: And he said, Art thou my very son Esau?
And he said, I am.
25: And he said, Bring it near to me, and I
will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it
near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.
26: And his father Isaac said unto him,
Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
27: And he came near, and kissed him: and
he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell
of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
28: Therefore God give thee of the dew of
heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
29: Let people serve thee, and nations bow
down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to
thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth
thee.
30: And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac
had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the
presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
31: And he also had made savoury meat, and
brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and
eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.
32: And Isaac his father said unto him, Who
art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
33: And Isaac trembled very exceedingly,
and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I
have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall
be blessed.
34: And when Esau heard the words of his
father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his
father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
35: And he said, Thy brother came with
subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
36: And he said, Is not he rightly named
Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright;
and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not
reserved a blessing for me?
37: And Isaac answered and said unto Esau,
Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for
servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now
unto thee, my son?
38: And Esau said unto his father, Hast
thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau
lifted up his voice, and wept.
39: And Isaac his father answered and said
unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the
dew of heaven from above;
40: And by thy sword shalt thou live, and
shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the
dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
41: And Esau hated Jacob because of the
blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days
of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
42: And these words of Esau her elder son
were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said
unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself,
purposing to kill thee.
43: Now therefore, my son, obey my voice;
and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to
44: And tarry with him a few days, until
thy brother's fury turn away;
45: Until thy brother's anger turn away
from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send,
and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one
day?
46: And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary
of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the
daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what
good shall my life do me?
Genesis 28
1: And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said
unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of
2: Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of
Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters
of Laban thy mother's brother.
3: And God Almighty bless thee, and make
thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
4: And give thee the blessing of Abraham,
to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein
thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
5: And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went
to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah,
Jacob's and Esau's mother.
6: When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed
Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-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;
7: And that Jacob obeyed his father and his
mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;
8: And Esau seeing that the daughters of
9: Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took
unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the
sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
10: And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and
went toward
11: And he lighted upon a certain place,
and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones
of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to
sleep.
12: 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.
13: And, behold, the LORD stood above it,
and said, I am the LORD 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;
14: 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.
15: And, behold, I am with thee, and will
keep thee in all places whither 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.
16: And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and
he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
17: And he was afraid, and said, How
dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is
the gate of heaven.
18: And Jacob rose up early in the morning,
and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar,
and poured oil upon the top of it.
19: And he called the name of that place
20: 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,
21: So that I come again to my father's
house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
22: And this stone, which I have set for a
pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely
give the tenth unto thee.
Genesis 29
1: Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people
of the east.
2: And he looked, and behold a well in the
field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that
well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.
3: 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 his place.
4: And Jacob said unto them, My brethren,
whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
5: And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the
son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
6: And he said unto them, Is he well? And
they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
7: 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.
8: And they said, We cannot, until all the
flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's
mouth; then we water the sheep.
9: And while he yet spake with them, Rachel
came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.
10: 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.
11: And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up
his voice, and wept.
12: 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.
13: 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.
14: And Laban said to him, Surely thou art
my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
15: And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou
art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what
shall thy wages be?
16: And Laban had two daughters: the name
of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
17: Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was
beautiful and well favoured.
18: And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I
will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
19: And Laban said, It is better that I
give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
20: And Jacob served seven years for
Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
21: And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my
wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
22: And Laban gathered together all the men
of the place, and made a feast.
23: 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.
24: And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah
Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
25: And it came to pass, that in the
morning, 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?
26: And Laban said, It must not be so done
in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
27: Fulfill her week, and we will give thee
this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28: And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her
week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29: And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter
Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
30: And he went in also unto Rachel, and he
loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
31: And when the LORD saw that Leah was
hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
32: And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and
she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my
affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
33: And she conceived again, and bare a
son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore
given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon.
34: And she conceived again, and bare a
son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have
born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
35: And she conceived again, and bare a
son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name
Genesis 30
1: And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied
her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
2: 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?
3: And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go
in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees that I may also have children by
her.
4: And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to
wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
5: And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a
son.
6: 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.
7: And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived
again, and bare Jacob a second son.
8: And Rachel said, With great wrestlings
have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name
Naphtali.
9: When Leah saw that she had left bearing,
she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
10: And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a
son.
11: And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she
called his name Gad.
12: And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a
second son.
13: And Leah said, Happy am I, for the
daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
14: 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.
15: And she said unto her, Is it a small
matter that thou hast taken 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.
16: And Jacob came out of the field in the
evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me;
for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that
night.
17: And God hearkened unto Leah, and she
conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
18: And Leah said, God hath given me my
hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name
Issachar.
19: And Leah conceived again, and bare
Jacob the sixth son.
20: And Leah said, God hath endued me with
a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six
sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
21: And afterwards she bare a daughter, and
called her name Dinah.
22: And God remembered Rachel, and God
hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
23: And she conceived, and bare a son; and
said, God hath taken away my reproach:
24: And she called his name Joseph; and
said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
25: And it came to pass, when Rachel had
born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine
own place, and to my country.
26: Give me my wives and my children, for
whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I
have done thee.
27: And Laban said unto him, I pray thee,
if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience
that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
28: And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and
I will give it.
29: And he said unto him, Thou knowest how
I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
30: For it was little which thou hadst
before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath
blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house
also?
31: And he said, What shall I give thee?
And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing
for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:
32: I will pass through all thy flock to
day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the
brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and
of such shall be my hire.
33: So shall my righteousness answer for me
in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that
is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that
shall be counted stolen with me.
34: And Laban said, Behold, I would it
might be according to thy word.
35: And he removed that day the he goats
that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and
spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the
sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
36: And he set three days' journey betwixt
himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
37: And Jacob took him rods of green
poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them,
and made the white appear which was in the rods.
38: And he set the rods which he had pilled
before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came
to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.
39: And the flocks conceived before the
rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
40: And Jacob did separate the lambs, and
set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the
flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto
Laban's cattle.
41: And it came to pass, whensoever the
stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the
cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
42: But when the cattle were feeble, he put
them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
43: And the man increased exceedingly, and
had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
Genesis 31
1: 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.
2: And Jacob beheld the countenance of
Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
3: And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return
unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
4: And Jacob sent and called Rachel and
Leah to the field unto his flock,
5: 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.
6: And ye know that with all my power I
have served your father.
7: And your father hath deceived me, and
changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
8: 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.
9: Thus God hath taken away the cattle of
your father, and given them to me.
10: 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.
11: And the angel of God spake unto me in a
dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
12: 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.
13: 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.
14: And Rachel and Leah answered and said
unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
15: Are we not counted of him strangers?
for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.
16: 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.
17: Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons
and his wives upon camels;
18: 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 Padan-aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the
19: And Laban went to shear his sheep: and
Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.
20: And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban
the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
21: So he fled with all that he had; and he
rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the
22: And it was told Laban on the third day
that Jacob was fled.
23: And he took his brethren with him, and
pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the
24: 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.
25: Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob
had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the
mount of
26: 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?
27: 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?
28: And hast not suffered me to kiss my
sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
29: 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.
30: And now, though thou wouldest needs be
gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast
thou stolen my gods?
31: And Jacob answered and said to Laban,
Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy
daughters from me.
32: 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.
33: 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.
34: 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.
35: 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.
36: 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?
37: 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.
38: 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.
39: 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.
40: Thus I was; in the day the drought
consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
41: 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.
42: 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.
43: 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?
44: Now therefore come thou, let us make a
covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
45: And Jacob took a stone, and set it up
for a pillar.
46: And Jacob said unto his brethren,
Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there
upon the heap.
47: And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha:
but Jacob called it Galeed.
48: And Laban said, This heap is a witness
between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
49: And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch
between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
50: 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.
51: And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this
heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;
52: 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.
53: 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.
54: 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.
55: 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.
Genesis 32
1: And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
2: And when Jacob saw them, he said, This
is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
3: And Jacob sent messengers before him to
Esau his brother unto the
4: 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:
5: 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.
6: 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.
7: 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;
8: And said, If Esau come to the one
company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
9: 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:
10: 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.
11: 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.
12: 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.
13: And he lodged there that same night;
and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
14: Two hundred she goats, and twenty he
goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
15: Thirty milch camels with their colts,
forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
16: 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.
17: 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?
18: 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.
19: 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.
20: 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.
21: So went the present over before him:
and himself lodged that night in the company.
22: 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.
23: And he took them, and sent them over
the brook, and sent over that he had.
24: And Jacob was left alone; and there
wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
25: 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.
26: And he said, Let me go, for the day
breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
27: And he said unto him, What is thy name?
And he said, Jacob.
28: And he said, Thy name shall be called
no more Jacob, but
29: 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.
30: And Jacob called the name of the place
Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
31: And as he passed over Penuel the sun
rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh.
32: Therefore the children of
Genesis 33
1: 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.
2: And he put the handmaids and their
children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph
hindermost.
3: And he passed over before them, and
bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
4: And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him,
and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
5: 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.
6: Then the handmaidens came near, they and
their children, and they bowed themselves.
7: And Leah also with her children came
near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they
bowed themselves.
8: 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.
9: And Esau said, I have enough, my
brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
10: 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.
11: 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.
12: And he said, Let us take our journey,
and let us go, and I will go before thee.
13: 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.
14: 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.
15: 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.
16: So Esau returned that day on his way
unto Seir.
17: 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.
18: And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of
19: 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.
20: And he erected there an altar, and
called it El-elohe-Israel.
Genesis 34
1: And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out
to see the daughters of the land.
2: 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.
3: And his soul clave unto Dinah the
daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
4: And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor,
saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
5: 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.
6: And Hamor the father of Shechem went out
unto Jacob to commune with him.
7: 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
8: And Hamor communed with them, saying,
The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him
to wife.
9: And make ye marriages with us, and give
your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
10: And ye shall dwell with us: and the
land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions
therein.
11: 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.
12: 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.
13: And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem
and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their
sister:
14: 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:
15: But in this will we consent unto you:
If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;
16: Then will we give our daughters unto
you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we
will become one people.
17: But if ye will not hearken unto us, to
be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
18: And their words pleased Hamor, and
Shechem Hamor's son.
19: 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.
20: And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto
the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
21: These men are peaceable with us;
therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold,
it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and
let us give them our daughters.
22: Only herein will the men consent unto
us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be
circumcised, as they are circumcised.
23: Shall not their cattle and their
substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and
they will dwell with us.
24: And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son
hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was
circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
25: 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.
26: And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son
with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went
out.
27: The sons of Jacob came upon the slain,
and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
28: They took their sheep, and their oxen,
and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the
field,
29: And all their wealth, and all their
little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was
in the house.
30: 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.
31: And they said, Should he deal with our
sister as with an harlot?
Genesis 35
1: And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to
2: Then Jacob said unto his household, and
to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be
clean, and change your garments:
3: And let us arise, and go up to
4: And they gave unto Jacob all the strange
gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears;
and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
5: And they journeyed: and the terror of
God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue
after the sons of Jacob.
6: So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the
7: And he built there an altar, and called
the place El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from
the face of his brother.
8: But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and
she was buried beneath
9: And God appeared unto Jacob again, when
he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him.
10: And God said unto him, Thy name is
Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but
11: And God said unto him, I am God
Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be
of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
12: 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.
13: And God went up from him in the place
where he talked with him.
14: And Jacob set up a pillar in the place
where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink
offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
15: And Jacob called the name of the place
where God spake with him,
16: And they journeyed from
17: 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.
18: And it came to pass, as her soul was in
departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father
called him Benjamin.
19: And Rachel died, and was buried in the
way to Ephrath, which is
20: And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave:
that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.
21: And
22: And it came to pass, when
23: The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's
firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
24: The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and
Benjamin:
25: And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's
handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
26: And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's
handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him
in Padan-aram.
27: And Jacob came unto Isaac his father
unto Mamre, unto the city of
28: And the days of Isaac were an hundred
and fourscore years.
29: 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.
Genesis 36
1: Now these are the generations of Esau, who is
2: Esau took his wives of the daughters of
3: And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister
of Nebajoth.
4: And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and
Bashemath bare Reuel;
5: And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam,
and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the
6: 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
7: For their riches were more than that
they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not
bear them because of their cattle.
8: Thus dwelt Esau in
9: And these are the generations of Esau
the father of the Edomites in
10: 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.
11: And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman,
Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
12: And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz
Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's
wife.
13: And these are the sons of Reuel;
Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's
wife.
14: And these were the sons of Aholibamah,
the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau
Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
15: 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,
16: Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke
Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the
17: And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's
son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes
that came of Reuel in the
18: And these are the sons of Aholibamah
Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that
came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
19: These are the sons of Esau, who is
20: These are the sons of Seir the Horite,
who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
21: And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these
are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the
22: And the children of Lotan were Hori and
Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.
23: And the children of Shobal were these;
Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
24: And these are the children of Zibeon; both
Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as
he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
25: And the children of Anah were these;
Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.
26: And these are the children of Dishon;
Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
27: The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan,
and Zaavan, and Akan.
28: The children of Dishan are these: Uz,
and Aran.
29: These are the dukes that came of the
Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
30: Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan:
these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the
31: And these are the kings that reigned in
the
32: And Bela the son of Beor reigned in
33: And Bela died, and Jobab the son of
Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
34: And Jobab died, and Husham of the
35: And Husham died, and Hadad the son of
Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of
36: And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah
reigned in his stead.
37: And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth
by the river reigned in his stead.
38: And Saul died, and Baal-hanan the son
of Achbor reigned in his stead.
39: And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died,
and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was
40: And these are the names of the dukes
that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their
names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,
41: Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
42: Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
43: Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the
dukes of
Genesis 37
1: And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the
2: These are the generations of Jacob.
Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and
the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's
wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
3: Now
4: 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.
5: And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told
it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
6: And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you,
this dream which I have dreamed:
7: For, behold, we were binding 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.
8: 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.
9: 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.
10: And he told it to his father, and to
his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream
that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to
bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
11: And his brethren envied him; but his
father observed the saying.
12: And his brethren went to feed their
father's flock in Shechem.
13: And
14: And he said to him, Go, I pray thee,
see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring
me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of
15: And a certain man found him, and,
behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What
seekest thou?
16: And he said, I seek my brethren: tell
me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
17: And the man said, They are departed
hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to
18: And when they saw him afar off, even
before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
19: And they said one to another, Behold,
this dreamer cometh.
20: Come now therefore, and let us slay
him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured
him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
21: And Reuben heard it, and he delivered
him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
22: And Reuben said unto them, Shed no
blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand
upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father
again.
23: And it came to pass, when Joseph was
come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of
many colours that was on him;
24: And they took him, and cast him into a
pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
25: And they sat down to eat bread: and
they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites
came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to
carry it down to Egypt.
26: And
27: 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.
28: 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
29: And Reuben returned unto the pit; and,
behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
30: And he returned unto his brethren, and
said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?
31: And they took Joseph's coat, and killed
a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
32: And they sent the coat of many colours,
and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now
whether it be thy son's coat or no.
33: 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.
34: And Jacob rent his clothes, and put
sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
35: And all his sons and all his daughters
rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will
go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
36: And the Midianites sold him into
Genesis 38
1: And it came to pass at that time, that
2: And
3: And she conceived, and bare a son; and
he called his name Er.
4: And she conceived again, and bare a son;
and she called his name Onan.
5: And she yet again conceived, and bare a
son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
6: And
7: And Er,
8: And
9: And Onan knew that the seed should not
be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he
spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
10: And the thing which he did displeased
the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
11: Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter
in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for
he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and
dwelt in her father's house.
12: And in process of time the daughter of
Shuah
13: And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold
thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.
14: And she put her widow's garments off
from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open
place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and
she was not given unto him to wife.
15: When
16: And he turned unto her by the way, and
said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she
was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou
mayest come in unto me?
17: And he said, I will send thee a kid
from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?
18: And he said, What pledge shall I give
thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in
thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
19: And she arose, and went away, and laid
by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
20: And
21: 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.
22: And he returned to
23: And
24: And it came to pass about three months
after, that it was told
25: When she was brought forth, she sent to
her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and
she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and
staff.
26: And
27: And it came to pass in the time of her
travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.
28: And it came to pass, when she
travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon
his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first,
29: 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.
30: And afterward came out his brother,
that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.
Genesis 39
1: 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.
2: And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was
a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
3: And his master saw that the LORD was
with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
4: 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.
5: 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.
6: 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.
7: And it came to pass after these things,
that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
8: 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;
9: 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?
10: 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.
11: 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.
12: 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.
13: And it came to pass, when she saw that
he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
14: 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:
15: 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.
16: And she laid up his garment by her,
until his lord came home.
17: 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:
18: And it came to pass, as I lifted up my
voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.
19: 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.
20: 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.
21: But the LORD was with Joseph, and
shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
22: 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.
23: 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.
Genesis 40
1: And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king
of
2: And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his
officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the
bakers.
3: And he put them in ward in the house of
the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
4: And the captain of the guard charged
Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward.
5: 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
6: And Joseph came in unto them in the
morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.
7: 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?
8: 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.
9: And the chief butler told his dream to
Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;
10: 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:
11: 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.
12: And Joseph said unto him, This is the
interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:
13: 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.
14: 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:
15: 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.
16: 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:
17: 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.
18: And Joseph answered and said, This is
the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
19: 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.
20: 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.
21: And he restored the chief butler unto
his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
22: But he hanged the chief baker: as
Joseph had interpreted to them.
23: Yet did not the chief butler remember
Joseph, but forgat him.
Genesis 41
1: And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh
dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
2: And, behold, there came up out of the
river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.
3: 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.
4: And the ill favoured and leanfleshed
kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
5: And he slept and dreamed the second
time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
6: And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted
with the east wind sprung up after them.
7: And the seven thin ears devoured the
seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
8: And it came to pass in the morning that
his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of
9: Then spake the chief butler unto
Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
10: 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:
11: And we dreamed a dream in one night, I
and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
12: 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.
13: And it came to pass, as he interpreted
to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
14: 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.
15: 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.
16: And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It
is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
17: And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my
dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
18: And, behold, there came up out of the
river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:
19: And, behold, seven other kine came up
after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in
all the
20: And the lean and the ill favoured kine
did eat up the first seven fat kine:
21: 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.
22: And I saw in my dream, and, behold,
seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
23: And, behold, seven ears, withered,
thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
24: 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.
25: And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream
of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
26: The seven good kine are seven years;
and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.
27: 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.
28: This is the thing which I have spoken
unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
29: Behold, there come seven years of great
plenty throughout all the
30: And there shall arise after them seven
years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the
31: And the plenty shall not be known in
the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
32: 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.
33: Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a
man discreet and wise, and set him over the
34: Let Pharaoh do this, and let him
appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the
35: 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.
36: And that food shall be for store to the
land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the
37: And the thing was good in the eyes of
Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
38: And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can
we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
39: And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch
as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou
art:
40: 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.
41: And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I
have set thee over all the
42: 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;
43: 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
44: And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am
Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the
45: And Pharaoh called Joseph's name
Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah
priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the
46: And Joseph was thirty years old when he
stood before Pharaoh king of
47: And in the seven plenteous years the
earth brought forth by handfuls.
48: And he gathered up all the food of the
seven years, which were in the
49: And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of
the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
50: And unto Joseph were born two sons
before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah
priest of On bare unto him.
51: 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.
52: And the name of the second called he
Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
53: And the seven years of plenteousness,
that was in the
54: 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
55: And when all the
56: 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
57: And all countries came into
Genesis 42
1: Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in
2: And he said, Behold, I have heard that
there is corn in
3: And Joseph's ten brethren went down to
buy corn in
4: But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob
sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
5: And the sons of
6: 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.
7: 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
8: And Joseph knew his brethren, but they
knew not him.
9: 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.
10: And they said unto him, Nay, my lord,
but to buy food are thy servants come.
11: We are all one man's sons; we are true
men, thy servants are no spies.
12: And he said unto them, Nay, but to see
the nakedness of the land ye are come.
13: And they said, Thy servants are twelve
brethren, the sons of one man in the
14: And Joseph said unto them, That is it
that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
15: Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life
of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come
hither.
16: 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.
17: And he put them all together into ward
three days.
18: And Joseph said unto them the third
day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
19: 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:
20: But bring your youngest brother unto
me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
21: 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.
22: 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.
23: And they knew not that Joseph
understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
24: 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.
25: 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.
26: And they laded their asses with the
corn, and departed thence.
27: 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.
28: 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?
29: And they came unto Jacob their father
unto the
30: The man, who is the lord of the land,
spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
31: And we said unto him, We are true men;
we are no spies:
32: We be twelve brethren, sons of our
father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the
33: 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:
34: 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.
35: 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.
36: 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.
37: 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.
38: 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.
Genesis 43
1: And the famine was sore in the land.
2: And it came to pass, when they had eaten
up the corn which they had brought out of
3: And
4: If thou wilt send our brother with us,
we will go down and buy thee food:
5: 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.
6: And
7: 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?
8: And
9: 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:
10: For except we had lingered, surely now
we had returned this second time.
11: And their father
12: 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:
13: Take also your brother, and arise, go
again unto the man:
14: 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.
15: And the men took that present, and they
took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to
16: 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.
17: And the man did as Joseph bade; and the
man brought the men into Joseph's house.
18: 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.
19: And they came near to the steward of
Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,
20: And said, O sir, we came indeed down at
the first time to buy food:
21: 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.
22: And other money have we brought down in
our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
23: 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.
24: 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.
25: And they made ready the present against
Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.
26: And when Joseph came home, they brought
him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to
him to the earth.
27: And he asked them of their welfare, and
said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
28: And they answered, Thy servant our
father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and
made obeisance.
29: And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his
brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of
whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
30: And Joseph made haste; for his bowels
did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into
his chamber, and wept there.
31: And he washed his face, and went out,
and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
32: And they set on for him by himself, and
for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by
themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for
that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
33: And they sat before him, the firstborn
according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the
men marvelled one at another.
34: 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.
Genesis 44
1: 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.
2: And put my cup, the silver cup, in the
sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the
word that Joseph had spoken.
3: As soon as the morning was light, the
men were sent away, they and their asses.
4: And when they were gone out of the city,
and 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?
5: Is not this it in which my lord
drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
6: And he overtook them, and he spake unto
them these same words.
7: And they said unto him, Wherefore saith
my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this
thing:
8: 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?
9: With whomsoever of thy servants it be
found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.
10: And he said, Now also let it be
according unto your words; he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye
shall be blameless.
11: Then they speedily took down every man
his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
12: And he searched, and began at the
eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
13: Then they rent their clothes, and laded
every man his ass, and returned to the city.
14: And Judah and his brethren came to
Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
15: And Joseph said unto them, What deed is
this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
16: 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 servants, both we,
and he also with whom the cup is found.
17: And he said, God forbid that I should
do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and
as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.
18: 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.
19: My lord asked his servants, saying,
Have ye a father, or a brother?
20: 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.
21: And thou saidst unto thy servants,
Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
22: And we said unto my lord, The lad
cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would
die.
23: And thou saidst unto thy servants,
Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
24: And it came to pass when we came up
unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
25: And our father said, Go again, and buy
us a little food.
26: 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.
27: And thy servant my father said unto us,
Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
28: And the one went out from me, and I
said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
29: And if ye take this also from me, and
mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the
grave.
30: Now therefore when I come to thy
servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up
in the lad's life;
31: It shall come to pass, when he seeth
that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring
down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
32: For thy servant became surety for the
lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the
blame to my father for ever.
33: Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy
servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up
with his brethren.
34: For how shall I go up to my father, and
the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my
father.
Genesis 45
1: 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.
2: And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and
the house of Pharaoh heard.
3: 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.
4: 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.
5: Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry
with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to
preserve life.
6: For these two years hath the famine been
in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be
earing nor harvest.
7: And God sent me before you to preserve
you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
8: 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 a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
9: 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:
10: 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:
11: And there will I nourish thee; for yet
there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou
hast, come to poverty.
12: And, behold, your eyes see, and the
eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
13: 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.
14: And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's
neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
15: Moreover he kissed all his brethren,
and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.
16: And the fame thereof was heard in
Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh
well, and his servants.
17: And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto
thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of
Canaan;
18: 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.
19: 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.
20: Also regard not your stuff; for the
good of all the land of Egypt is yours.
21: And the children of Israel did so: and
Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them
provision for the way.
22: 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.
23: And to his father he sent after this
manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden
with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.
24: So he sent his brethren away, and they
departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
25: And they went up out of Egypt, and came
into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father,
26: And told him, saying, Joseph is yet
alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart
fainted, for he believed them not.
27: 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:
28: And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph
my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
Genesis 46
1: 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.
2: And God spake unto Israel in the visions
of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.
3: 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:
4: 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.
5: 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.
6: 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:
7: His sons, and his sons' sons with him,
his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him
into Egypt.
8: And these are the names of the children
of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's
firstborn.
9: And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and
Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
10: And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and
Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish
woman.
11: And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath,
and Merari.
12: And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan,
and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
13: And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and
Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
14: And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and
Elon, and Jahleel.
15: These be the sons of Leah, which she
bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his
sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
16: And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and
Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
17: And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and
Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah;
Heber, and Malchiel.
18: These are the sons of Zilpah, whom
Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen
souls.
19: The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife;
Joseph, and Benjamin.
20: And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt
were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah
priest of On bare unto him.
21: And the sons of Benjamin were Belah,
and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim,
and Ard.
22: These are the sons of Rachel, which
were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.
23: And the sons of Dan; Hushim.
24: And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and
Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
25: These are the sons of Bilhah, which
Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the
souls were seven.
26: All the souls that came with Jacob into
Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls
were threescore and six;
27: And the sons of Joseph, which were born
him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came
into Egypt, were threescore and ten.
28: And he sent Judah before him unto
Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
29: And Joseph made ready his chariot, and
went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him;
and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
30: And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me
die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.
31: And Joseph said unto his brethren, and
unto his father's house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My
brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come
unto me;
32: And the men are shepherds, for their
trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their
herds, and all that they have.
33: And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh
shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?
34: That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade
hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our
fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an
abomination unto the Egyptians.
Genesis 47
1: Then Joseph came 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.
2: And he took some of his brethren, even
five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.
3: And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What
is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds,
both we, and also our fathers.
4: They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to
sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their
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.
5: And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying,
Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
6: The land of Egypt is before thee; in the
best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen
let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make
them rulers over my cattle.
7: And Joseph brought in Jacob his father,
and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
8: And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art
thou?
9: And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of
the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have
the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of
the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
10: And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out
from before Pharaoh.
11: 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.
12: And Joseph nourished his father, and
his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their
families.
13: And there was no bread in all the land;
for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of
Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
14: And Joseph gathered up all the money
that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn
which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
15: And when money failed 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 the money faileth.
16: And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and
I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.
17: And they brought their cattle unto
Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks,
and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread
for all their cattle for that year.
18: When that year was ended, they came
unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord,
how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is
not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
19: Wherefore shall 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,
that the land be not desolate.
20: And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt
for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine
prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.
21: And as for the people, he removed them
to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
22: Only the land of the priests bought he
not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their
portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
23: 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.
24: And it shall come to pass in the
increase, that ye shall give the fifth part 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.
25: And they said, Thou hast saved our
lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's
servants.
26: And Joseph made it a law over the land
of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the
land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.
27: And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt,
in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and
multiplied exceedingly.
28: And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt
seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven
years.
29: And the time drew nigh that Israel must
die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace
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:
30: But I will lie with my fathers, and
thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he
said, I will do as thou hast said.
31: And he said, Swear unto me. And he
sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.
Genesis 48
1: And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold,
thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
2: And one told Jacob, and said, Behold,
thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon
the bed.
3: And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty
appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
4: And said unto me, Behold, I will make
thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of
people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting
possession.
5: And now thy two sons, Ephraim and
Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto
thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
6: And thy issue, which thou begettest
after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their
brethren in their inheritance.
7: And as for me, when I came from Padan,
Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a
little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath;
the same is Bethlehem.
8: And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and
said, Who are these?
9: And Joseph said unto his father, They
are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I
pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.
10: 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.
11: And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not
thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.
12: And Joseph brought them out from
between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
13: 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.
14: 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
firstborn.
15: And he blessed Joseph, and said, God,
before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my
life long unto this day,
16: The Angel which 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.
17: 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.
18: And Joseph said unto his father, Not
so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
19: 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: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed
shall become a multitude of nations.
20: And he blessed them that day, saying,
In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh:
and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
21: And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I
die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your
fathers.
22: 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.
Genesis 49
1: And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together,
that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
2: Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye
sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
3: Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might,
and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency
of power:
4: Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel;
because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up
to my couch.
5: Simeon and Levi are brethren;
instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
6: O my soul, come not thou into their
secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their
anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
7: 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.
8: Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren
shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's
children shall bow down before thee.
9: 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 an old
lion; who shall rouse him up?
10: The sceptre shall not depart from
Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him
shall the gathering of the people be.
11: Binding his foal unto the vine, and his
ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his
clothes in the blood of grapes:
12: His eyes shall be red with wine, and
his teeth white with milk.
13: Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the
sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.
14: Issachar is a strong ass couching down
between two burdens:
15: And he saw that rest was good, and the
land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant
unto tribute.
16: Dan shall judge his people, as one of
the tribes of Israel.
17: Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an
adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall
backward.
18: I have waited for thy salvation, O
LORD.
19: Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he
shall overcome at the last.
20: Out of Asher his bread shall be fat,
and he shall yield royal dainties.
21: Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth
goodly words.
22: Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a
fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
23: The archers have sorely grieved him,
and shot at him, and hated him:
24: But his bow abode in strength, and the
arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob;
(from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
25: 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 lieth under, blessings of the breasts,
and of the womb:
26: 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.
27: Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the
morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
28: 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.
29: 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,
30: 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 of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace.
31: There they buried Abraham and Sarah his
wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.
32: The purchase of the field and of the
cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.
33: And when Jacob had made an end of
commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the
ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
Genesis 50
1: And Joseph fell upon his father's face,
and wept upon him, and kissed him.
2: And Joseph commanded his servants the
physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed
3: And forty days were fulfilled for him;
for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians
mourned for him threescore and ten days.
4: And when the days of his mourning were
past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace
in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
5: 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.
6: And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy
father, according as he made thee swear.
7: 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
8: 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
9: And there went up with him both chariots
and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
10: And they came to the threshingfloor of
Atad, which is beyond
11: 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
12: And his sons did unto him according as
he commanded them:
13: For his sons carried him into the
14: And Joseph returned into
15: And when Joseph's brethren saw that
their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will
certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
16: And they sent a messenger unto Joseph,
saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,
17: So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I
pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto
thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the
God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
18: And his brethren also went and fell
down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
19: And Joseph said unto them, Fear not:
for am I in the place of God?
20: But as for you, ye thought evil against
me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save
much people alive.
21: Now therefore fear ye not: I will
nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto
them.
22: And Joseph dwelt in
23: And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of
the third generation: the children also of Machir the son Manasseh were brought
up upon Joseph's knees.
24: And Joseph said unto his brethren, I
die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the
land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
25: And Joseph took an oath of the children
of
26: So Joseph died, being an hundred and
ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in