The present of Jacob to Esau.

B. C. 1739.

+ Heb. I am

10 I am not worthy of the least of all the "mercies, and of all the Less than all, truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.

&c.

n ch. 24. 27. o Job 8. 7.

p Ps. 59. 1, 2.

q Hos. 10. 14. + Heb. upon. r ch. 28. 13, 14, 15.

⚫ch. 43. 11. Prov. 18. 16.

t Prov. 21. 14.

+ Heb. my face, Job 42. 8, 9.

u Deut. 3. 16. + Heb. caused to pass.

Hos. 12,3,4

Eph. 6. 12.

+Heb. ascend

ing of the
morning.

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.

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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?

The meeting of Jacob and Esau.

the hollow of his thigh; and the B. C. 1739. 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 Israel : for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

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 Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.

CHAPTER XXXIII.

The kindness of Jacob and Esau at their meeting. 17 Jacob cometh to Succoth. 18 At Shalem he buyeth a field, and buildeth an altar.

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.

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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

looked, and, behold, a 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.

y See Matt. 26. 41.

2 Cor. 12. 7. z See Luke 24. 28.

a Hos. 12. 4.

b ch. 35. 10. 2 Kings 17.34. That is, A prince of God.

c Hos. 12.3, 4. d ch. 25. 31. & 27. 33.

e Judg. 13. 18.

That is, The ch. 16. 13.

face of God.

Ex. 24. 11. & 33, 20. Deut. 5. 21. Judg. 6. 22. & 13. 22. Is. 6. 5.

a ch. 32. 6.

3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground b ch. 18. 2. & seven times, until he came near to his brother.

d

42.6. & 43, 26.

c ch. 32. 28.

4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, d ch. 45. 14, 15. 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 +Heb. to thee? 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.

e ch. 48. 9. Ps. 127. 3. Is. 8. 18.

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 Heb. What by 'all this drove which I met? And

f ch. 32. 16.

is all this band to 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 a 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 Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city.

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 a hundred #pieces of money.

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

Shechem defileth Dinah.

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.

B. C. about 1732.

+ Heb. hum. bled her. Deut. 22. 29.

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

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

heart of the damsel. See Is. 40, 2. Hos. 2. 14. c ch. 6. 2. Judg. 14. 1. ch. 20. 2. e Judg. 14. 2.

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 1 Sam. 10. 27. were come.

6 T 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 Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.

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.

2 Sam. 13. 22.

8 ch. 49. 7. 2 Sam. 13. 21. h Josh. 7. 15. Judg. 20. 6.

i Deut. 23. 17. 2 Sam. 13. 12.

ch. 13. 9. & ch. 42. 34.

20. 15.

m ch. 47. 27.

n Ex. 22. 16,
17.

Deut. 22. 29.
1 Sam. 18. 25.

13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father de- See 2 Sam. ceitfully, 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 P 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,

the land.

13. 24, &c.

P Josh. 5. 9.

r ch. 23. 10..

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 T And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that ch. 49. 5, 6, 7. 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.

Heb. mouth.

CHAPTER XXXV.

God sendeth Jacob to Beth-el. 2 He putteth away the strange gods from his household. 6 He buildeth an altar at Beth-el. 8 Deborah dieth. 9 God blesseth Jacob at Beth-el. 16 Rachel travaileth with Benjamin, and dieth in the way to Beth-lehem. 23 The sons

Jacob sent to Beth-el.

AND God said unto Jacob, Aristi

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

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:

B. C. about 1732.

a ch. 28. 19. b ch. 28. 13. c ch. 27. 43.

d ch. 18. 19. Josh. 24. 15.

e ch. 31. 19, 34. Josh. 24. 2, 23. 1 Sam. 7. 3. f Ex. 19. 10.

g ch. 32. 7. 24. Ps. 107. 6.

h ch. 28. 20. & 31. 3, 42.

3 And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in Hos. 2. 13. their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. 5 And they journeyed: and the Judg. 9. 6. 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 m Luz which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el, he and all the people that were with him.

k Josh. 24. 26.

1 Ex. 15. 16.
& 23. 27. & 34.
24.

Deut. 11. 25.
Josh. 2. 9. &
5. 1.

1 Sam. 14. 15. 2 Chr. 14. 14. m ch. 28. 19, 22.

n Ecc. 5. 4.

God of Beth

el.

o ch. 28. 13. P ch. 24. 59.

7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because That is, The there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 8 But PDeborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called "Allon-bachuth.

That is, The oak of weeping.

9 ¶ And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-Hos. 12. 4. aram, and blessed him.

10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not rch. 17. 5. be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name; and he called his name Israel.

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;

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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.

$ ch. 32. 28.

t ch. 17. 1. &
48. 3. 4.
Ex. 6. 3.

u ch. 17. 5, 6, 16. & 28. 3. & 48. 4.

w ch. 12. 7. & 13. 15. & 26. 3, 4. & 28. 13.

x ch. 17. 22.

y ch. 28. 18.

15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, z ch. 28. 19. z Beth-el.

16 And they journeyed from Beth

The age, death, and burial of Isaac.

† Heb. a little piece of ground,

2 Kings 5. 19.

rites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.

22 And the children of Lotan were Or, Homam, Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.

1 Chr. 1. 39.

|| Or, Alian, 1 Chr. 1. 40. Or, Shephi, 1 Chr. 1. 40.

• See Lev. 19. 19.

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 Or, Amram, Dishon; "Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.

1 Chr. 1. 41.

Or, Jakan, 1 Chr. 1. 42.

about 1780.

P1 Chr. 1. 43.

Hadad.

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 land of Seir.

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

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

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

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

35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead and the name of his city was Avith.

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The history of Joseph.

41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,

42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,

43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.

B. C. about 1496.

† Heb. Edom.

1729.

Heb. of his father's sojournings.

a ch. 17. 8. & 23. 4. & 28. 4. & 36. 7. Heb. 11. 9.

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 b1 Sam. 2. 22, evil report.

3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

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23, 24.

ch. 44. 20. Or, pieces. Judg. 5, 30. 2 Sam. 13. 18.

49. 23.

4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and d ch. 27. 41. & 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:

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 Ach41 Chr. 1. 50, bor 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.

Ex. 15. 15. | Or, Pai, 1 Chr. 1. 50.

about 1496. r1 Chr. 1. 51.

Or, Aliah.

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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,

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 fch. 46. 29. 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 ch. 27. 29. brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

h Acts 7. 9. i Dan. 7. 28. Luke 2.19,51.