Shechem sucth to marry Dinah. GENESIS.. God sendeth Jacob to Beth-cl. Before Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly || Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each rian eir. 1782 unto the damsel his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew cir, 172 all the males. CHRIST e ch. 21, 21. ( Pr. 20, 25. 4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. f 5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in g Lev. 10,3. the field: and Jacob & held his peace until they were Fa. 59. 9 come. 61 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. h 7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and h Deut. 21, they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly Judges 19, in Israel, in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done. 21. 30. i Deut. 25, 17. à ch. 19,14. i 8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The|| 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 1 Deut. 7, 3. shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, chap. 13, 9. and get you possessions therein. m 11 And Shechem said unto her father, and unto m ch.33, 15. her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and tiply you what ye shall say unto me I will give. • Heb. mul upon me vehemently, n 12 † Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and 2 Sam. 16, I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but chap. 58,18. give me the damsel to wife. 14. blat. 14, 7. n Ex. 22, 13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, Bech. 24, 53. cause he had defiled Dinah their sister. Deut. 22.29. 1 Sam. 1,20. & Prov. 12, 39.20. 14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is P uncircum-garments: kap 26,27. cised for that were a reproach unto us: Yes. 12 2. nick. 17, 1. 26.1.20. 15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will 28, 13. be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised; 1 Kin. 21,9. 16 Then will we give our daughters unto you, Rom. 4, 11. 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. h e 2 Cor. 8, f Heb. 10, 19, 22. 3 And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and Ig Jude 25 will there make an altar unto God, who answered & Isa-30,19 me in the day of my distress, and was with me in i Ps. 107,6 the way which I went. 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods k. 2 Sam, & which were in their hand, and all their ear-rings | Hos 2, 1 which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them mELS. under the oak which was by Shechem. 5 And they journeyed: and the " terror of God n ch. 34,50 18 And their words pleased Hamor, and She-was upon the cities that were round about them, and chem, Hamor's son. they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. 19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he rch. 41, 40. was more honourable than all the house of his father. 20 1 And Hamor and Shechem his son came Ich 22, 17. unto the gate of their city, and communed with Prov.81,23. the men of their city, saying, 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 T&, every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent Ma 8, 18, unto them, and they will dwell with us. &, 193 24 And unto Hamor, and unto Shechem his son, hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city: u Mat. 7, 6. and every male was " circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city. The oak of 9 1 And God appeared unto Jacob again when weeping, Judges 2,5 he came out of Padan-aram; and blessed him. 10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy 12. name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name; and he called his name Israel. t ch. 92, 28, 11 And God said unto him, I am" God Almighty: ch. 17, 1 be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out x ch. 17. 8. of thy loins. X t 12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after 7 ch. 13,15 thee will I give the land. 13 And God went up from him, in the place e 17.22 where he talked with him. 14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where | cir. 792 he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink-offering thercon, and he poured oil thereon. 15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el. ech. 28, 18. gch. SO, 1. That is, The son of y sorrow, Sam. 4,20. That is, Son of my right hand. 15. Before The generations of Esau. 10 These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz CHRIST 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. 1796. 01 Chron 1 36. 161 And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there 12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Esau's p verse 22 was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Ra-son; and she bare to Eliphaz,^ Amalek: these were grense & chel travailed, and she had hard labour. the sons of Adah, Esau's wife. C 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 || Benoni: but his father called him || Benjamin. 19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem. e 20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is Jh. 19, the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. Mat. 2, 1. 211 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar. 22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that `ch. 49, 1. land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the Acts 7,8. sons of Jacob were twelve: Ezek. 43,SI. 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's first-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: 15 These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz, the first-born son of Esau: duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz, 16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: i these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz, in the land i Chr. 1,38 of Edom: these were the sons of Adah. 17 1 And these are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel, in the land of Edom: these are the sons of Bashemath, Esau's wife. 131 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 daugh 24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; ch 27, 1. fourscore years. m 29 And Isaac gave up the ghost and died, and was ch. 25, &, gathered unto his people, being old and full of days; ch. 23, 19. and his sons Esau " and Jacob buried him. 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 eh. 35, 26. born unto him in the 'land of Canaan. ■ ch. 82, 8. 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 land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob. 28 The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran. 29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; ch. 10, 16. 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 land of Seir. e 31 1 And these are the kings that reigned in the 23 land of Edom, before there reigned any king over is. the children of Israel. dukedoms, Isai. 23, 15 Dan. 7, 17 2 Kings 1, e P's. 102, 28. & 144, Deut. 33, 28 & 17, 14, 13 32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: 15. and the name of his city was Dinhahah. f 33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. f Isa. 34, 6, & 63, 34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Amo 1, 12 Temani reigned in his stead. 35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son g John 2, 11 of & cb. 10 21. verse 31. Es. 15, 15. Num. 20,14. 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 Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. 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 2.5. of Edom, according to their habitations, in the land ch. 25, 12 of their possession: he is Esau, the " father of the Edomites. verse 7. L. 37, 1. Deut. Ps. 73, 4. m ch. 25, 30. ↑ Heb. of his father's journ ings, CHAPTER XXXVII. 2 Joseph is hated of his brethren....5 His two dreams....18 His brethren conspire his death....21 Reuben saveth him....26 They sell him to the Ishmaelites....36 He is sold to Potiphar in Egypt. AND Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father a was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. chap. 17, 1. 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 Bil31 85 22 hal, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: 5 John 77 and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his chilch 11,20. dren, because he was the son of his old age: and he ez Sam. 13, made him a coat of many colours. 13. e 4 And when his brethren saw that their father verse 24. loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. 51 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: g Num. 12, Joe 2, 28. D John 17 14. g 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 unto 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. 91 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a ach.44,19. dream more: and behold, the sun and the moon Phil. 2.15 and the eleven" stars made obeisance to me. 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. Het ma ter uf dream. Prov. 27, Kings s Act 7, 9. 13. 24. 2 Kings 2, 24. u ch. 42, 2 & 35, 22. x ch. 42,22 y ver. 3, 51 z Jer. 56, 6 Zech. 3 it out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again, 231 And it came to pass when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph out of Mat 27,23 his coat, his coat of many colours, that was on him. ch. 42, 21. 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 cat bread: and they aEst15 lifted up their eyes and looked, and behold, a com- Amos 8. pany of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their Jer. 8. 22. camels bearing spicery, and balm, and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. 27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, and our flesh and his brethren were content. Exod. 21, 28 Then there passed by Midianites, merchant- fch. 25, 2 men; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty Ex. 21, 37 pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt. 291 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 1, 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 : g Mat. 27, S. h2 Kings 19, 1. i verse 20. Jer. 31, 15 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 en 44 33 doubt rent in pieces. k 21. 31 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth !28am.. upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. n 19. 35 And all his sons and all "his daughters rose up mch.31,43 to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; 1 Sam. and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father went for him. 36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto 2h 25 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; 15, and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. 7 And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the I sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him. 3 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to 224 thy brother. * Ps. 55, 23. L. 18, 15. Bh Deut. 25, 9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be 11: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-inLe 22 law, Remain a widow at thy father's house till Shelah my son be grown; (for he said, lest perad-|| venture he die also as his brethren did :) and Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house. 12 1 And in process of time, the daughter of Shuah, Judah's wife died: and Judah was com15 25 forted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Tim15, nath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. 13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth upto Timnath, to shear his sheep. 14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, 4 Pr. 7, 12 and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, Eh the 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. verse 11. 15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot because she had covered her face. 16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said,|| Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law :) and she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me? 17 And he said,I will send thee a kid from the mes 24 flock: and she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, E 11,53 till thou send it? 224 18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy'signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand: and he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. 19 And she arose and went away and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. 20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his 920 a friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not. 91 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, 241 And it came to pass about three months after that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in-law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. desh, 21 7. feb. come a s018tempt, Prov. &, 23. 2 Sam. 12,9. Isa. 51, 4. X Dent. 22,23, 2 Sam. 12, 25 When she was brought forth, she sent to lier chap. 20, father-in-law, saying, By the man whose these are, 2 am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, Rom 2, 1,3 whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff. 3.7. 26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She L 21, 9. hath been more righteous than I; because that I er. 29, 22, gave her not to Shelah my son: and he knew her ytsam. 24, again no more. У Deut. 21,16. 23. ་ 17. z ch. 4. 1. Job 40, 4, 5 & 34,31,32 27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, 14.23 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. 65. 57. 11 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was q 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, Eccles. 7, 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, u 14 That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in a Mat. 25, Hebrew unto us to mock us: he came in unto me Kings 18, to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice: 15 And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted 120,8 up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out. a verse 7. Fal. 3 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, 56. After this manner did thy servant to me; that his 1 P.219. Wrath was kindled. Fr. 8,34,35 X 20. And Joseph's master took him, and put him ,, into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners 2 Psal 105, were bound: and he was there in the prison. 211 But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewIsai 53, S. ed him mercy, and † gave him favour in the sight of a verse 2 the keeper of the prison. 2 Tim. 2, 9. Psal. 124, 4. Dan. 6, 22. eim grace. 22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Jo43. seph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; Heb. guve 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 c made it to prosper. b ch. 40, 8. crsal. 1, 3. ch. 49, 28. He interpreteth two dreams. him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore† look ye so sadly to-day? Before CHRIST cir. 1720. † Heb. you? 8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph faces crit said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to Ech. 41,16 God? Tell me them, I pray you. h Isaiah 3, 19 Dan. 2, 28. h 9 And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, ch. 37,5 and said to him, In my dream, 'behold, a vine was & 5, 12. before me; ch. 41, 16. i ch. 5, 7. Dan. 4, 13. 10 And in the vine were three branches: and it Judg. 19 was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; verse 16 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. k 1 Cor. 10, 4 12 And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days: keh. 41,2 13 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh || lift up 1 verse 20 thy head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou cap. 7, 4 shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the recton, 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 ine unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: 15 For indeed I was " stolen away out of the land n ch. $7,23 of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing och. 14, 13 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 bake-meats 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: 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 3, had interpreted to them. S $9. t Eccl. 9, 15, 16. Ps. 105, 19 23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, 5 & but forgat him. t CHAPTER XLI. 1 Pharaoh's two dreams....25 Joseph interpreteth them....33 He giveth Pharaoh counsel....38 Joseph is advanced....50 He begetteth Manasseh and Ephrain....54 The famine beginneth. 4. And the captain of the guard charged Joseph AND it came to pass at the end of two full years, |