He wrestleth with an angel. CHAP. XXXIII. Jacob and Ejau's meeting. art thou? and whither goeft thou? and whose are these before thee? 18 Then thou shalt fay, They be thy fervant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Efau; and, behold, also he is behind us. 4. And Efau 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 faw the women and the children; and faid, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy fervant. 6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they 19 And fo commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, faying, On this manner shall yespeak unto Efau, when ye find him. 20 And fay ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For 7 And Leah also with her children he faid, I will appease him with the came near, and bowed themselves : prefent that goeth before me, and and after came Joseph near and Raafterward I will fee his face; perad-chel, and they bowed themselves. venture he will accept of me. 21 So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company. 22 And he rofe up that night, and took his two wives, and his two women servants, and his eleven fons, and paffed over the ford Jabbok. 23 And he took them, and sent them ever the brook, and fent 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 faw 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 wreftled with him. 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he faid, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27 And he faid unto him, What is thy name? And he faid, Jacob. bowed themselves. 8 And he faid, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he faid, These are to find grace in the fight of my lord. 9 And Efau faid, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself. 10 And Jacob faid, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy fight, 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 pleated with me. II Take, I pray thee, my bleffing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt gracioufly with me, and because 1 have enough. And he urged him, and he took it. 12 And he faid, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. 13 And he faid unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young drive them one day, all the flock will 28 And he said, Thy name shall be fare with me: and if men should over called no more Jacob, but Ifrael: for 29 And Jacob afked him, and faid, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he faid, Wherefore it, that that thou doft ask after my name? and he bleffed him there. is 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have feen God face to face, and my life is preferved. 31 And as he paffed over Penuel the fun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. 14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pafs over before his fervant and I will lead on foftly, 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 Efau faid, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he faid, What needeth it? let me find grace in the fight of my lord. 16 So Efau returned that day on his way unto Seir. 32 Therefore the children of Ifrael eat not of the finew which shrank, 17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, and built him an house, and made sato this day; becanfe he touched the booths for his cattle: therefore the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the finew name of the place is called Succoth. that shrank. 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 fpread 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-Ifrael. CHAP. XXXIV. A ND Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to fee the daughters of the land. GENESIS. Dinah ravished. Jacob fent to Beth-el. 2 And when Shechem the fon ofland trade therein, for the land, beHamor the Hivite, prince of the coun-hold, it is large enough for them; let try, faw her, he took her, and lay us take their daughters to us for wives, with her, and defiled her. 3 And his foul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damfel, and spake kindly unto the damfel. 4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damfel to wife. 5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled and let us give them our daughters: 22 Only herein will the men confent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcifed, as they are circumcifed. 23 Shall not their cattle, and their substance, and every beaft of their's be our's? only let us confent unto them, and they will dwell with us. Dinah his daughter: now his fons were 24 And unto Hamor and unto She. with his cattle in the field. and Jacob chen his fon hearkened all that went held his peace until they were come.fout of the gate of his city, and every 6 And Hamor the father of Shemale was circumcifed, all that went chem went out unto Jacob to commune out of the gate of his city. with him. 25 And it came to pass on the 7 And the fons of Jacob came out third day, when they were fore, that of the field when they heard it and two of the fons of Jacob, Simeon and the men were grieved, and they were Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man very wroth, because he had wrought his fword, and came upon the city folly in Ifrael, in lying with Jacob's boldly, and flew all the males. daughter; which thing ought not to be done. 26 And they flew Hamor and She. chem his fon with the edge of the 8 And Hamor communed with fword, and took Dinah out of She chem's house, and went out. them, faying, The foul of my fon Shechem longeth for your daughter: 27 The fons of Jacob came upon the 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. lain, and fpoiled the city, becaufe they had defiled their fifter. 28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their affes, and that which was in the city, and that which was 29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they 10 And ye shall dwell with us; and the land shall be before you dwell in the field, and trade ye therein, and get you poffeffions therein.. II And Shechém said unto her fa-captive, and Spoiled even all that was ther and unto her brethren, Let me in the houfe. find grace in your eyes, and what ye Thall fay unto me, I will give, 12 Afk me never fo much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall fay unto me: but give me the damfel to wife. 30 And Jacob faid to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to ftink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Porizzites; and I being few in number, they shall gather themfelves together 13 And the fons of Jacob anfwer-againft me, and flay me; and I shall ed Shechem and Hamor his father be deftroyed, I and my house. deceitfully, and faid, Because he had defiled Dinah their fifter: 14 And they faid unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our fifter to one that is uncircumeised; for that qwere a reproach unto us: 31 And they faid, Should he deal with our fifter as with an harlot? СПАР. ХХXV. A ND God faid unto Jacob, Arife, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, 15 But in this will we confent unto that appeared unto thee when thou you: If ye will be as we be, that every fleddeft from the face of Efau thy male of you be circumcifed; brother. 16 Then will we give our daughters 2 Then Jacob faid unto his houfeunto you, and we will take your daugh-hold, and to all that were with him, ters to us, and we will dwell with you, Put away the strange gods that are and we will become one people. 17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcifed; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. 18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's fon. 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. among you, and be clean, and change your garments: 3 And let us arife, 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 ftrange gods which were in their hand, and all their ear rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under 20 And Hamor and Shechem his the oak which was by Shechem. fon came unto the gate of their city, 5 And they journeyed and the ter and communed with the men of their ror of God was upon the cities that CHAP. XXXVI. Rachel and Ifaac die. Ejau's generations. the land of Canaan, that is Beth-el, he Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abra and all the people that were with him. ham and Ifaac sojourned. 7 And he built there an altar, and 28 And the days of Ifaac were an called the place El-beth-el; because hundred and fourscore years. there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. died, and was gathered unto his peo 8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and the was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth. 99 26 And Ifaac gave up the ghoft, and ple, being old and full of days: and his fons Efau and Jacob buried him. CHAP. XXXVI. And God appeared unto Jacob NEfau, who is Edge TOW these are the generations of again, when he came out of Padan-2 Efau took his wives of the daugh aram, and blessed him. 10 And God faid unto him, Thy name is Jacob; thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Ifrael shall be thy name: and he called his name Ifrael. 11 And God faid 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 Ifaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy feed 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 fet 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, Beth-el. ters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; 3 And Bashemath, Ishmael's daugh. ter, fifter of Nebajoth. 4 And Adah bare to Efau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel; 5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the fons of Efau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan. 6 And Efau took his wives, and his fons, and his daughters, and all the perfons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beafts, and all his fubstance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob. 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 Efau in mount Seir: 16 And they journeyed from Beth- Efau is Edom. el; and there was but a little way to And these are the generations of come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, Efau the father of the Edomites in and the had hard labour. mount Seir: 17 And it came to pass, when she 10 These are the names of Efau's was in hard labour, that the midwife fons; Eliphaz the fon of Adah the faid unto her, Fear not; thou shalt, wife of Efau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Efau. have this son alfo. 18 And it came to pass, as her foul II And the fons of Eliphaz were Te. was in departing, (for she died) that the 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 Bethlehem. 20 And Jacob fet a pillar upon her grave; that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. man, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. 12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Efau's fon; and the bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the fons of Adah Efau's wife. 13 And these are the fons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the fons of Ba shemath Esau's wife. 21 And Ifrael journeyed, and spread kis tent beyond the tower of Edar. 14 And these were the fons of Aho22 And it came to pass, when Ifrael libamah, the daughter of Anah, the dwelt in that land, that Reuben went daughter of Zibeon, Efau's wife: and and lay with Bilhah his father's con- the bare to Efau Jeush, and Jaalam, cabine: and Ifrael heard it. Now the and Korah. fons of Jacob were twelve: 23 The fons of Leah; Reuben, Ja. cob's first born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah and lifachar, and Zebulun: 24 The fons of Rachel, Joseph, and Benjamin: 25 And the fons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: 26 And the fons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the fons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram. 15 These were dukes of the fons of Efau: the fons of Eliphaz the first born fon 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 land of Edom; these were the fons of Adah. 17 Andthese are the fons of Reuel Efau's fon; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: there are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the fons of 27 And Jacob came unto Ifaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Bashemath Efau's wife. 18 And these are the fons of Aholibamah Efau's wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Efau's wife. Joseph's dream. 41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, 43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edon, according to 19 These are the fons of Efau, who Edom; and these are their dukes. their habitations in the land of their 20 These are the fons of Seir, the poffeflion he is Efau the father of 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 land of Edom. 22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Heinan; and Lotan's fifter was Timna. 23 And the children of Shobal were thefe; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephe, and Onam. 2.4 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 affes of Zibeon his father. 25 And the children of Anah were thefe; Dihon, 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 thefe; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Achan. 28 Thechildren of Dishan are thefe; Uz and Aran. 29 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, 30 Dake 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 Ifrael. 32 And Bela the fon of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah. 33 And Bela died, and Jobab the fon of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his ftead. 34 And Jobab died, and Hushan of the land of Temani reigned in his Itead. 35 And Husham died, and Hadad the fon of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, , reigned in his ftead: and the name of his city was Avith. 36 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Mafrekah reigned in his dead. 37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his ftead. 38 And Saul died, and Baal-hanan the fon of Achbor reigned in his ftead. the Edomites. CHAP. XXXVII. AND Jacobs dwelt in the land wherein his father was a ftranger, in the land of Canaan. 2 These are the generations of Jacob. Jofeph, being feventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad qwas with the fons of Bil. hah, and with the fons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Jofeph brought unto his father their evil report. 3 Now Ifracl loved Jofeph more than all his children, because he was the fon of his old age and he made him a coat of many colours. 4 And when his brethren faw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. 5 And Jofeph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. 6 And he feid unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: 7 For, behold, we were binding theaves in the field, and, to, my sheaf arofe, and alfe ftood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeifance to my theaf. 8 And his brethren faid to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? and they hated him vet the more for his dreams, and for his words. And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and faid, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the fun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeifance to me. ro And he told it to his father, and to his brethren; and his father rebuked him, and faid unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall 1 and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to how down ourselves to thee to the earth? II And his brethren envied him; but his father obferved the say ing. 12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. 13 And Ifrael faid unto jofeph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in She. unto them. And he faid to him, Here am I. 39 And Baal-hanan the fon of Ach-chem? come, and I will fend thee bor died, and Hadar reigned in his fread 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 there are the names of the dukes that came of Efau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, dake Alvah, duke jetheth, 14 And he faid to him, Go, I pray thee, fee whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; land bring me word again. So he fent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 15 And a certain man fourd him, land, behold, be war wandering in the CHAP. XXXVIII. Tamar deceiveth Judah. His bretbren fell bim. field: and the man afked him, faying, What feekeft thon? 16 And he faid, I feek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed Ibeir fucks. 34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put fackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his fon many days. 35 And all his fons and all his daugh ters rofe up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, 17 And the man faid, They are departed hente, for 1 heard them say, For I will go down into the grave unto Let us go to Dothan. And Jofeph my fon mourning. Thus his father went after his brethren, and found wept for him. them in Dothan. 18 And when they faw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they confpired against him to Lay hira. 19 And they faid one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. 20 Come now therefore, and let us flay hirr, and caft him into fome pit, and we will fay, Some evil beaft hath devoured him and we shall fee what will become of his dreams. 21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and faid, Let us not kill him. 22 And Reuben faid unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he mightrid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. 23 And it came to pass, when Jofeph was tome unto his brethren, that they ftripped Jofeph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him; 24 And they took him, and caft him into a pit and the pit was empty, there u us no water in it. 36 And the Midianites fold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard. CHAP. XXXVIII. AND it came to pafs at that time that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 2 And Judah faw there a daughter of a certain Çanaanite, whose name was Shuch: and he took her, and went in unto her. 3 And the conceived, and bare a fon; and he called his name Er. 4 And the conceived again, and bare a fon and she called his name Onan. 5 And the yet again conceived, and bare a fon; and called his nance Shelah and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. 6 And Judah took a wife for Er his first born, whose name was Tamar, 7 And Er, Judah's first born, was wicked in the light of the LORD; and the LORD flew him. 8 And Judah faid unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raife up feed to thy brother. 25 And they fat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ihmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and left that he should give feed to his balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. 26 And Judah faid unto his brethren, What profit is it it we flay our brother, and conceal his blood? 27 Come, and let us fell him to the Ihmeebtes, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is ourbrother and our fish. And bis brethren were content, cut 9 And Onan knew that the feed 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, brother. 10 And the thing which he did difpleased the LORD: wherefore he flew him alfo. 11 Then faid Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's houfe, till Shelah my fou be grown: for he faid, Left peradventure he die alfo, as his brethren her father's houfe. 28 Then there pafied by Midianites, did. And Tamar went and dwelt in merchantnen; and they drew and Lifted up Jofeph of the pit, and fld Jeleph the Ifhmeelites for twenty pieces of filver; and they brought Jofeph into Egypt. to 20 And Reuben returned unto the pit: and, behold, Jofeph was not in the pit: and he rent his clothes. 12 And in procefs of time the daughter of Shush Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep fhearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. 13 And it was told Tamar, faying, Behold, thy father in law goeth up to bre-Tinnah to shear his fheep. 30 And he returned unto his tirer, and faid, 'The child is not and I, winter fall I go? 31 Ard they took Jofeph's coat, and Bled kid of the goats, and dipped the sunt in the blood; 22 And they tent the coat of many y brought it to their I his have we found: kwnow whether it be thy fon's coat are, and they and faid," 13 And he knew it, and faid, It is myfen coat; an evil beaft hath dered him: Jofeph is without doubt prexts. 14 And the put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with vail, and wrapped herfelt, and fat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnah: for the faw that Shelah was grown, and ite was not given unto hi to wife. 15 When Judah faw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because the had covered her face. 16 And he turned unto her by the way, and faid, Go to, i pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that he was his daughter in lawa |