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 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 between 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 he 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 all 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 wilt bless me. 27 And he said unto him. What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 29 And Jacob asked him, and said, - CHAPTER XXXIII. 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 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 thou what 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 together, 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 their 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 safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; 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, (LORD God of Israel). CHAPTER XXXIV. AND Dinah, the daughter of Leah, 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 brought her to his father's house. 3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke kindly unto the damsel. 4 And Shechem spoke unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. 5 And Jacob heard what befell 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 honourable than all the house of his 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. 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 pos sessions 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 deceit fully, and said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is not of our own faith; for that were a reproach unto us: 14 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, 15 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. 16 But if ye will not hearken unto us, then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. 17 And their words pleased Hamor and Shechem Hamor's son. 18 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more father. 19 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, 20 These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, their daughters to us for wives, and it is large enough for them; let us take let us give them our daughters. 21 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if we all be of their faith. 22 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. 23 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city, and did according to their words. 24 And it came to pass when they were unaware, 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. 25 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. 26 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to be hated 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. 27 And they said, Should he deal with our sister in such a manner? CHAPTER XXXV. 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 thou shalt be the father of kings. AND God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there; and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou didst flee from the face of Esau thy brother. 2 Then Jacob said unto his house-ham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, hold, and to all that were with him, and to thy children after thee will I Put away the strange gods that are give the land. among you, and be clean, and change your garments: 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 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 land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el, he and all the people that were with him. 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 There Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth. 9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him. 10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be 12 And the land which I gave Abra 13 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. 14 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Beth-el. 15 And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath, when Rachel bore a son. 16 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. 17 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. 18 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. 19 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar. 20 Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: 21 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin : 22 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali : 23 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher. These Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or are the sons of Jacob, which were born shalt thou indeed have dominion over to him in Padan-aram. us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. 24 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arba, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. 25 And the days of Isaac were a hundred and fourscore years. 26 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. CHAPTER XXXVI. AND Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. 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 and Joseph brought unto his father the evil report of his brethern. 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 bright colours. 4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak kindly 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 shcaf 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, 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 in deed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? but his father observed the matter. 11 And his brethren envied him; CHAPTER XXXVII. ONCE his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Schechem. 2 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Schechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I. 3 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 4 And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? 5 And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks. 6 And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph |