Slaughter of the Shechemites. GENESIS, XXXV. land, behold, it is large enough for B. C. 1732. them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us giver ver. 15–17. them our daughters. 22 Only herein r 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, s 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 t 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 two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, u and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. Pr.1.12,13. t ch.23.18. Deut.32.41. y Ex.5.21. 27.12. z Deut.4.27. (CHAP. 35.) a Ps.47.4. d Jos.24.15. 26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the ledge v of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, w and spoiled the city, f Ex.19.10. because they had defiled their g ch.32.7,24. sister. Ps.107.6. h ch.28.20. 31.3,42. i Ex.32.3.4. & Ju.9.6. De.11.25. 2 Ch.14.14. I being few z in number, they shall m ch.28.13. 31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot ? CHAPTER XXXV. o ch,17.1. 48.3.4. Ex.6.3. 1 God sendeth Jacob to Beth-el: 2 he A 13.15. 28.13. ND God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell q ch.17.22. there a and make there an altar ↑ ch.28.18. unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest b from the face of Esau thy brother. 3 a little 2 Then Jacob said unto his c household, and to all that were s ch.30.24. with him, Put away the strange gods & that are amonge you, and 1 Sam.4.20. 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 k Shechem. 5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God 7 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 m appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 8 But Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el, under an oak: and the name of it was called 2 Allonbachuth. 9 T 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 called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name; and he called his name Israel.n 11 And God said unto him, o 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 p 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, q in the place where he talked withi him. 14 And Jacob set up a pillarr 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. 16 And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but 3 a little way to come to Ephrath and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. 17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her. Fear not; s Isaac's death. thou shalt have this son also. GENESIS, XXXVI. 18 And it came to pass, as hert soul was in departing, (for she died,) that she called his name 4 Ben-oni: but his father called him 5 Benjamin. 19 And Rachel died u and was buried in the way to Ephrath, v which is Beth-lehem. B. C. 1732. t Lam.2.12. 4 i, e. the son 5 row.. i. e. the son 20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave w unto this day. 21 T And Israel journeyed, and u ch.48.7. spread his tent beyond the tower x of Edar. v Ru.1.2. 4.11. Mic.5.2. Mat.2.6. 22 And it came to pass, when Israel 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Siineou, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: 24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: Mic.4.8. y ch.49.4. I Chr.5.1. 2 ch.46.8. 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naph-a ch.13.18. tali: 15.13. 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's b Jos.14.15. handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram. c ch.25.9. 2 Esau's wives: 6 he removes to 1 souls. mount Sier. Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.a 2 Esau took his wives of the d ch, 13.6,11. daughters of Canaan; b Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and e Deut.2.5. Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; 3 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth. 4 And Adah bare to Esau, c 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 land of Ca Descendants of Esau. 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 beard them, because of their cattle. 8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: e Esau is Edom. 9 ¶ And these are the generations of Esau the father of 2 the Edomites in mount Seir. 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, 3 Zephio, and Gatam, and Kenaz. 12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz,f 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 T 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 T 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 land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah. 17 And these are the sons of Renel, 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. 18 T 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 Edom, and these are their dukes. 20 T These are the sons of Seirg 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 the 1 persons of his house, and his 4 or, Homam. in the land of Edom. cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got 22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and 4 Hemam; and Lotan's 23 And the children of Shobal were these; 5 Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. 21 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. Joseph's dreams. B. C. 1729. | be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau, the father of 11 the Edomites. or, Alian. 6 or, Shephi. 25 And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aliolibamah 91Chr.1.50. the daughter of Anah. 26 And these are the children of Dishon; 7 Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. 27 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and 8 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 Ánah, 30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir. 31 T And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, h 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. Hadad Pai. death was i Ex. 15.15. 10 or, Aliah. 11 Edom. (CHAP. 37.) 1 of his fa ther's so journings a ch.17.8. 23.4. 28.4. 36.7. Heb. 11.9 16. b1 Sam.2.22 1 Cor.1.11. CHAPTER XXXVII. 1 Joseph is hated of his brethren: 5 his two dreams: 18 his brethren conspire his death: 36 he is sold to Potiphar in Egypt. AND Jacob dwelt in the land 1 wherein his father was a 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, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the c son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many 2 colours.d 4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated e 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, 1 pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: 24. 7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my 5.1. sheaf arose, and also stood up11.18. right; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance fto my sheaf. 35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Mi-c ch.44.20. dian in the field of Moab, reigned 2 or, pieces. in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith. 36 And Hadad died, and Samlalı 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. d Ju.5.30. 2 Sa. 13.18. Eze. 16. 16. e ch.49.23. Ps.38.19. 69.4. Tit.3.3. fch.42.6-9. 43.26. 44.14. Ps. 118.22. Lu. 19.14, 27. 39 And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and 9 Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his g 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 i dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, i ch.27.29. duke 1o Alvah, duke Jetheth, 41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, 42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 43 Duke Magdiel, duke Lam: these h ch.44.14. 46.29. 50.18. A Acts 7.9. I Dan.7.28. Luke 2.19, 51. 8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign overg 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 h 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 i 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 Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the fluck Joseph sold into Egypt. GENESIS, XXXVIII. Jacob mourns for Joseph. in Shechem? come, and I will m| B. C. 1729. I drew and lifted up Joseph out of 14 And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, 3 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 n Hebron, and he came to Shechem. him, and, behold, he was wandering p Cant.1.7. 17 And the man said, They are de- parted hence; for I heard them Joseph went after his brethren, and 18 And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired r against him 19 And they said one to another, Behold, this 4 dreamer cometh. 20 Come now, therefore, and let us slay him, s and cast him into some pit; and we will say, Some evil beast hatlı devoured him and dreams. the pit, and sold Joseph d to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of sil- ver and they brought Joseph into the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit: and he rent e his clothes. 30 And he returned unto his bre- thren, and said, 'The child fis not; 31 And they took Joseph's coat, g and killed a kid of the goats, and 32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their 33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast h ́hath 31 And Jacob rent his clothes, and 35 And all his sons and all his daughters k rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comfort- ed: and he said, For I will go dowr into the grave unto my son mourn- ing. Thus his father wept for him. 36 And the Midianites sold him 21 And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; 6 hearkened. ficer of Pharaoh's, and 8 captain of 22 And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, t but cast him into d Ps. 105.17. 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 thren, that they stripped Joseph u 21 And they took him, and cast 25 And they sat down to eat x 26 And Judah said unto his bre- thren, What profit is it if we slay 1 Judah begetteth Er, Onan, and She- AND it came to pass at that time, Judah down 2 And Judah saw there a daughter 3 And she conceived, and bare a 5 And she yet again conceived, and 6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Ta- 7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was 27 Come, and let us sell him to b Deut.25.5. in unto b thy brother's wife, and 28 Then there passed by Midian- Tamar deludeth Judah. GENESIS, XXXIX. 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 1 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 ny 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. B. C. 1729. was evil in 2 the days c Jos. 15.10. Jude 14.1. Birth of Pharez and Zarah. was no harlot in this place. 23 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: g behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. 24 T And it came to pass about were multhree months after, that it was told tiplied. Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughterin-law hath played the harlot; hand also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.i 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, k I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, l and staff. 3 the door of goats. 12 ¶ And 2 in process of time the daughter of Shuah, Judah's wife, e ver.25. died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shear-ƒ2Sa.14.2,5. ers to Timnath, he and his friend 5 or, in Hirah the Adullamite. Enajim. 13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up cto Timnath to shear his sheep. 6 become a contempt. Rom.6.21. 14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in 3 an open place, d which is by the way to Timnath: for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him toi Lev.21.9. wife. λ Jude 19.2. De.22.21. 2 Sam. 12.5. 15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; be-A ch.37.32. cause she had covered her face. I ver. 18. 16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, m 183.24. 17. let me come in unto thee; (for hen ver.14. knew not that she was his daugh- o Job 34.31, ter-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 4a7 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, e 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 32. Rom.13.12. Tit.2.11, 12. or, where- i. e. a p Nu.26.20. 26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more m righteous than I; because that I gave her not to ʼn Shelah my son. And he knew her again no o more. 27 T 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, 7 How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called 8 Pharez.p 30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand and his name was called Zarah. CHAPTER XXXIX. 1 Joseph, advanced in Potiphar's house, resisteth his mistress's temptation: 13 he is falsely accused, 20 and cast into prison. ND Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, a 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 b Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and put on the garments f of her wi-(CHAP. 39.) he was in the house of his master dowhood. 20 And Judah sent th kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand; but he found her not. 21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly 5 by the way-side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place. a ch.37.36. 22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also e ch.24.2. the men of the place said, that there |