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

AND they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little 16 way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor. And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that 17 the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. And it came to pass as her soul was in departing, (for she 18 died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin. And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to 19 Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. And Jacob set a pillar upon her 20 grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.

AND Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower 21 of Edar. And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, 22 that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it.

Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 'The sons of Leah; 23 Reuben, Jacob's first-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: the sons of Rachel; Joseph, and 24 Benjamin: and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, 25 and Naphtali: and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, 26 and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.

AND Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the 27 city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. And the days of Isaac were an hundred and four- 28 score years. And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was 29 gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

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NOW these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.36 Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the 2 daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite: and Bashemath, Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth. And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel; 'and Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan. And Esau 6 took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasis, 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. For their 7 riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle. Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. 8 AND these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edom- 9 ites in mount Seir: these are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz 10 the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau. And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, 11 Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. And Timna was concubine to 12 Eliphaz, Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these

were the sons of Adah, Esau's wife. And these are the sons of 13 Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath, Esau's wife. And these were the sons of 14 Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the 15 first-born son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz, 'duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: 16 these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah. And these are the sons of Reuel, 17 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. And these 18 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. These are the sons 19 of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes.

THESE are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; 20 Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, ' and Dishon, and Ezer. 21 and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. And the children of Lotan were Hori 22 and Heman; and Lotan's sister was Timna. And the children 23 of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, 24 and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father. And the children 25 of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholilamah the daughter of Anah. And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and 26 Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. The children of Ezer are 27 these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. The children of Dishan 28 are these; Uz, and Aran. These are the dukes that came of the 29 Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, 'duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes 30 that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.

AND these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, 31 before there reigned any king over the children of Israel. And 32 Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah. And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of 23 Bozrah reigned in his stead. And Jobab died, and Husham of 34 the land of Temani reigned in his stend. And Husham died, and 35 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. And 36 Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. And 37 Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. And Saul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned 38 in his stead. And Baal-hanan the son of Achhor died, and Hadar 39 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.

AND these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, ac- 40 cording to their families, after their places, by their names;

duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,' duke Aholibamah, 41 duke Elah, duke Pinon,' duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mib- 42 zar, duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, 43 according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.

AND Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger.37 in the land of Canaan. These are the generations of Jacob, 2 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. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all 3 his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors. And when his brethren saw that 4 their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

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AND Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. And he said unto them, Hear, 6 I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: 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. And his brethren said to 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. And he dreamed yet another dream, 9 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. And he told it to his father, and to 10 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 ourselves to thee to the earth? And his brethren envied him; but his father 11 observed the saying.

AND his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. 12 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock 13 in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I. And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, 14 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. And a certain man 15 found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the muan asked him, saying, What seekest thou? And he said, I seek 16 my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks. And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them 17 say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. And when they saw him afar off, 18 even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer 19 cometh. Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him 20 into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him and we shall see what will become of his dreams. And 21 Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and

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AND it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from 28 his brethren, and turned in to a certam Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Ca. 2 naanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her. And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan. And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. And Judah took a wife for Er his first-born. 6 whose name was Tamar. And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked 7 in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him. And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. And Onan knew that the 9 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. And the thing which he did 10 displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also. Then said 11

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