Jacob fendeth to Efau. GENESIS Their friendly meetings 55 And early in the morning Laban rofe the third, and all that followed the droves, up, and killed, his fons and his daughters, faying, On this manner fhall you ipeak unto and bleed them: and Laban departed,and Efau, when you find him. returned unto his place. CHAP. XXXII. Jacobs vifion, 3 bis message, 13 and prefent to Efan. 24 He wrofileth with an angel, 28 and is called Ifrael. 20 And lay ye moreover, Behold, thy fervant Jacob behind us: for he faid, I will appeafe him with the prefent that goeth before me, and afterward I will fee his face; peradventure he will accept of me. 21 So went the prefent 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-fervants, and his eleven fons, and paffed over the ford Jabbok. 23 And he took them, and fent them over the brook, and fent over that he had. Α' Nd Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. 2 And when Jacob faw them, he faid, This Gods hoft: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. 3 And Jacob fent meffengers before him to Efau his brother, unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom. 4 And he commanded them, faying, Thus fhall ye fpeak unto my lord Efau; Thy fervant facob faith thus, I have fojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now. 5 And I have oxen, and affes, flocks, and men-fervants, and women-fervants: and I have fent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy fight. 6 And the meffengers returned to Jacob, faying, We came to thy, brother Efau, and alfo he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. Then Jacob was greatly afraid, and diftreffed and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks and herds, and the camels into two bands; 8 And faid, If Efau come to the one company and fmite it, then the other company which is left fhall efcape. 99 And Jacob faid, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Ifaac, the LORD which faidft unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou haft fhewed unto thy fervant; for with my faff I paffed over this Jordan, and now I an become.two bands. 11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Efau: for I fear him, left Ife will come and fimite me, and the mother with the children. 219 And Jacob was left alone: and there wrefled 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 Jacobs thigh was out of joynt as he wrestled with him. 26 And he faid, Let me go, for the day breaketh: And he faid, I will not let thee go, except thou blefs me. 27 And he faid unto him, What is thy name? And he faid, Jacob. 28 And he faid, Thy name fhall be called no more Jacob, but Ifrael: for as a prince haft thou power with God and with men, and haft prevailed. 12 And thou faidft, I will furely do thee make fea, which cannot be numbred for multitude. 139 And he lodged there that fame night; and took of that which came to his hand, a prefent for Efau his brother 14 Two hundred the-goats and twenty hegoats, two hundred ews and twenty ranis, 15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty fhe-affes,aud ten foles. 16 And he delivered them into the hand of his fervants, every drove by themselves; and faid unto his fervants, Pafs over before me,and put a space betwixt drove and drove. 17 And he commanded the forem ft, faying, When Efau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, faying, Whofe art thou and whither goalt thou? and whofe are thefe b:fore thee? 18 Then thou shalt fay, They be thy fervant Jacobs; ita prefent fent unto my Nord Efau and behold alfo he behind us. 29 And to commanded he the fecond, and 29 And Jacob asked him,and faid,Tell me, I pray thee, thy name: And he faid, Wherefore is it, that thou doft ask after my name? and he bleffed him there. 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have feen God face to face, and my life is preferved. 3 And as ke paffed over Penuel, the fun role upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. 32 Therefore the children of Ifrael eat not of the finew which fhrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day becaufe he touched the hollow of Jacobs thigh, ia the finew that fhrank. : CHAP. XXXIII. 1 The kindness of Jacob and Efau at their meet. ing. 18 Jacob buyeth a field, and buildeth an altar. and came, with him Ad Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, four hundred men. And he divided the chil dren unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two hand-maids. 2 And he put the hand-maids and their children foremost,and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Jofeph hindermost. 3 And he paffed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground feven times, until he came near to his brother. And Efau ran to meet him, and embra ced him,and fell on his neck, and kiffed him: and they wept. And he lift up his eyes, and faw the women and the children; and laid, Who are thoi with thee? And he faid, The children which God hath graciously given thy fervant. 6 Then the hand-maidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed them felves. And Leah alfo with her children cam near, and bowed themfelves: and after cam Jelevi themielves. The Shechamites flain. grieved, and they were very wroth: becaufe he had wrought folly in Ifrael, in lying with Jacobs daughter; which thing ought not to be done. 8 And he faid, What meaneft thou by all this drove, which I met? And he faid, Thefe are to find grace in the fight of my lord. 8 And Hamor communed with them, fat 9 And Elau faid, I have enough; my broing, The foul of my fon Shechen fongeth ther, keep that thou hast unto thy felf. for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife. 10 And Jacob faid, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy fight, then receive my prefent at my hand; for therefore I have feen thy face, as though I had feen the face of God, and thou waft pleased with me. Chap. xxxiv. Dinah rarifhed. Jofeph near and Rachel, and they bowed 11 Take, I pray thee, my bleffing that is brought to thee; becaufe God hath dealt graciously with me and becaule I have enough: and he urged him, and he took it. 12 And lie fald, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. 13 And he faid unto hint, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me; and if men fhould overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. 14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pafs over be fore his fervant: and I will lead on foftly, according as the cattel that goeth before me, and the children be able to endure; until I come unto my lord unto Seir. 3 And his foul clave unto Dinah the daugh ter of Jacob, and he loved the damfel, and Lpake kindly unto the damfel. 4 And Shechem fpake unto his father Hamor, faying, Get me this damiel to wife. And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter, (now his fons were with his cattel in the field :) and Jacob held his peace until they were come. 64 And Hamer the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. And the fons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it, and the men were 9. And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. 10 And ye fhall dwell with us and the land fhall be before you; .dwell and trade you therein, and get you poffeffion therein. 11 And Shechem faid unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye fhall lay unto me, I will. give. 12 Ask me never fo much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye hill fay unto me: but give me the damfef to wife. And the fons of Jacob aniwered Shee chem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and laid; (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 uncircumcifed; for that were a reproach unto us. 15 But in this will we confent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcifed; 16 Then will we give our daughters unte you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will bo come one people. 17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcifed; then will we take cur daughter, and we will be gone. 18 And their words pleafed Hamor, and Shechem Hamors fon. 19 And the young man deferred not to de the thing, becaule he had delight in Jacoby daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father. 20 q And Hamor and Shechem his fon came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, faying, 21 Thefe 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 daugh ters to us for wives, 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 cattel, and their tubftance, and every beaft of theirs be curs? only let us confent unto them, and they wit! dwell with us. 24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his fon hearkned all that went out of the gate of his city: and every male was circumetted,all that went out of the gate of his city. 25 And it came to pal's on the third day when they were fore, that two of the lons of Jacob, Simeon, and Levi, Dinahs brethren, took each man his fwerd,and came upon the city boldly, and flew all the males. 26 And they flew Hamor and Shechem his fon BS Josephs brethren confpire his death. I have dreamed a dream more, and behold, the fun and the moon, and the eleven stars made obeifance to me. GENESIS. 10 And he told it to his father, and to is brethren and his father rebuked liin, and faid unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down our felves to thee to the earth? 11 And his brethren envied him: but his father obferved the faying. 12 And his brethren went to feed their fathers flock in Shechem. 13 And Ifrael faid unto Jofeph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will fend thee unto them. And he faid unto him, Here am 1. 14 And he faid to him, Go, I pray thee, fee whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he fent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 15 And a certain inan found him, and behold, he was wandring in the field and the man asked him, fajing, What feckett thou? 16 And he faid, I feek my brethren: sell me, I pray thee, where they feed their Bocks. 17 And the man faid, They are departed hence: for I heard them fay, Let us go to Dothan And Jofeph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. 18 And when they faw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conpired against him, to lay him. 19 And they faid one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh." 20 Come now therefore, and let us flay him, and cat him into fome pit and we will fay, Some evil beaft hath devoured him and we fhall 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 caft him into this pit that in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, so deliver him to his father again. 234 And it came to pais when Jofeph was come unto his brethren, that they ftript 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 was no water in it. • 25 And they fat down to eat bread: and they lift up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ihmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing fpicery, and balm, and myrrhe, going to carry it down to Egypt. 26 And Judah faid unto his brethren, What profit is it if we flay our brother, and conceal his blood? 27 Come, and let us fell him to the Ifhmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, and our fleth and his brethren were content. Judah begetters Ir. out of the pit, and fold Jofeph to the Ifbmeelites for twenty pieces of filver: and they brought Jofeph into Egypt. 299 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and behold, Jofeph m not in the pit: and he rent his cloaths. 30 And he returned unto his brethren, and faid, The child is not and I, whither fhall I go? 31 And they took Jofephs coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood. 32 And they fent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and faid, This have we found: know now whether it be thy fours coat or no. 33 And he knew it, and faid, my font coat; an evil beaft hath devoured him: Jofeph is without doubt rent in pieces 34 And Jacob rent his cloaths, and put fackcloth upon his loyns, and mourned for his for many days. 35 And all his fons, and all his daughters rofe up to comfort him; but he refufed to be comforted; and he faid For I will go down into the grave unto my fon, mourning: Thus his father wept for him. 36 And the Midianities fold him into Egypt, unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaohs, and captain of the guard. 28 Then there paffed by Midianites merchant-men; and they drew and lift up Jofeph CHAP. XXXVIII. 1 Judah begetteth Er, Onan, and Shelah. 6 Er marrieth Tamar. 8 The trepals of Oren. A Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whofe name Hirah. 2 And Judah faw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name wu Shuah; and he took her, and were in unto her. 3. And the conceived and bare a fon; and he called his name Er. 4 And the conceived again fon; and the called his name Onan. And the yet again conceived, and bare a fon; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when the bare him. 6 And Judah took a wife for Er his firftborn, whofe name was Tamar. And Er, Judahs firft-born was wicked in the fight of the LORD; and the LORD flew him. 8 And Judah faid unto Onan, Go in anto thy brothers wife, and marry her, and raile up feed to thy brother. 9 And Onan knew that the feed fhould not be his; and it came to pafs, when he went in unto his brothers wife, that he fpilled it on the ground, left that he fhould give feed to his brother. 10 And the thing which he did, difpleafed the LORD: wherefore he flew him alto. 11 Then faid Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy fathers houfe till Shelah my fon be grown; (for he faid Left peradventure he die alfo as his brethren Wid:) and Tamar went and dwelt in her fathers houfe. 3535 12 4 And in procels of time, the daughter of Shuah Judahs wife died and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his fheep fhearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite, and bare a 17 And he faid, I will fend thee a kid from the flock and the faid, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou fend it? 18 And he faid, What pledge fhall I give thee? And the faid, Thy fignet, and thy Bracelets, and thy ftaff that is in thine hand: and he gave it her, and cante in unto her, and the conceived by him. 19 And the arofe and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. 20 And Judah fent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive is pledge from the womans hand: but he found her not. 21 Then he asked the men of that place, faying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way-fide? And they said, There was no harlot in this place. zz And he returned to Judah,and faid, I cannot find her; and alfo the men of the place faid, that there was no harlot in this place. 23 And Judah faid, Let her take it to her, left we be fhamed: behold, I fent this kid, and thou haft not found her. 249 And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, faying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and allo behold, the with child by whoredom: and Judah faid, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. xxxix. Jofeph advancea in Potiphars houfe, 7 refifieth bis miftreffes temptation. 13 He is falfly ac cufed, 19 and caft into prifon was A and Potiphar an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ihmeelites, which had brought him down thither. 2 And the LORD was with Jofeph, and he was a profperous man and he was in the houfe of his mafter the Egyptian. 3 And his mafter faw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to profper in his hand. 4 And Jofeph found grace in his fight, and he ferved him: and he made him overfeer over his houfe, and all that he had he put into his hand. 5 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overfeer in his houle, and over all that he had, that the LORD blefled the Egyptians haule for Jofephs fake: and the blefling of the LORD was upon all that he had in the houfe, and in the field. 6 And he left all that he had in Jofephshand; and knew not ought he had, fave the bread which he did eat and Joleph was 4 goodly perfon, and well-favoured. 7 And it came to pafs after these things, that his mafters wife caft her eyes upon Jofeph; and the faid, Lie with me. 8 But he refufed, and faid unto his masters wife, Behold, my mafter wotteth not what with me in the house, and he hath conunitted all that he hath to my hand. 9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me, but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and fin againft God? 10 And it came to pafs as fae fpake to Jo feph day by day, that he hearkned not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. II And it came to pafs about this time, that Jofeph went into the house to do his bu finefs; and there was none of the men of the houfe there within. 25 When he was brought forth, the fent to. her father in law, faying, By the man whofe thefe are, am I with child: and the faid, Difcern, I pray thee, whofe are there, the fignet, and bracelets, and ftaff. 26 And Judah acknowledged them, and, faid, She hath been more righteous than I; becaule that I gave her not to Shelah my fon: and he knew her again no more. 27 And it came to pals in the time of her travail, that behold, twins were in her womb. 28 And it came to pass when the travailed, that the ons put out bis hand; and the mid-. wife took and bound upon his hand a fcarlet thread, faying, This came out first. 29 And it came to pats as he drew back: his hand, that behold, his brother came out; and the faft, How haft thou broken forth? shis breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez. Jofephs advancement. CHA P. XXXIX. 30 And afterward came out his brother.r that had the fcarlet thread upon his hand; and his name was called Zarth.. 12 And the caught him by his garment, faying, Lie with me and he left his garment in her hand; and fled, and got him out. 13 And it came to pafs when the faw that: he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, 14 That he called unto the men of her houte, and fpake unto them, faying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us: he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice. If And it came to país, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and gut him out. 16 And the laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home. 17 And the fpake unto him according to thefe words, faying, The Hebrew fervant which theu haft brought unto us, came in unto me to incck me. 18 And it, came to pass, as I lift up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fied out Bef 19. And Pharaohs butler and baker. 19 And it came to pafs, when his mafter heard the words of his wife, which the fpake unto him, faying, After this manner did thy fervant to me; that his wrath was kindled. 20 And Jofephs mafter took him, and put him into the prifon, a place where the kings prifoners were bound: and he was there in the prifon. 21 But the LORD was with Jofeph, and fhewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the fight of the keeper of the prison. 22 And the keeper of the prifon committed to Jofephs hand all the prifoners that were in the prifon; and whatfoever they did shere, he was the doer of it. 23 The keeper of the prifon looked not to any thing that was under his hand; becaule the LORD wts with him: and that which he alid, the LORD made it to profper. CHAP. XL. The butler and baker of Pharaoh are impriJoned. 4 Jofeph hath charge of them. 5 He interpreteth their dreams. And it came to país after these things, of of and bis baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt. 2 And Pliaraoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. 3 And he put them in ward in the houfe of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Jofeph was bound. 4 And the captain of the guard charged Jofeph with them, and he ferved them; and they continued a feafon in ward. 59And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man his the butter and the baker of the king of E gypt, which were bound in the prifon. 6 And Jofeph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and behold they were fad. GENESIS. 15 For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here alfo have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon. 16 When the chief baker faw that the in terpretation was good; he faid unto Jofeph, I allows in my dream, and behold, I bad three white baskets on my head. 17 And in the uppermoft basket there wa of all manner of bake-meats for Pharaoh ; and the birds did eat them out of the ba sket upon my head.. 18 And Jofeph answered, and faid, This the interpretation thereof: the three ba skets are three days. 19 Yet within three days fhall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and fhall hang thee on a tree; and the birds fhall eat thy feth from off thee. 204 And it came to pafs the third day, which was Pharaohs birth-day, that he made feast unto all his fervants: and he lifted a up of and And he asked Pharaohs officers that were with him in the ward of his lords houfe, faving, Wherefore look ye ye fadly to day? 8 And they faid unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Jofeph faid unto them, Do not interpretations belang to God? tell me them, I pray you. 9 And the chief butler told his dream to Jofeph, and faid unto him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me. 24 10 And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though budded, and her blofToms fhot forth; and the clufters thereof brought forth ripe grapes. and 11 And Pharaohs cup in my hand Pha 12 And Jofeph faid unto him, This the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days. 13 Yet within three days fhall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place and thou shalt deliver Pharaohs cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wat his butler. 14 But think on me when it fhall be well 21 And he reftored the chief butler unto his butlerfhip again; and he gave the cup into Pharaohs hand: 22 But he hanged the chief baker: as Jo feph had interpreted to them. 23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Jofeph, but forgat him. CHAP. XLI. Pharaohs two dreams. 25 Jofeph interpre- ANd it came to pars at the end of two dreamed, and 2 And behold, there came up out of the river, feven well-favoured kine, and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow 22 3 And beltold, feven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill-favoured, and lean-flefhed; and ftood by the other kine, upon the brink of the river. 4 And the ill-favoured and lean-fteshed kine, did eat up the feven well-favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. 5 And he flept and dreamed the fecond time: and behold, feven ears of corn came up upon one ftalk, rank and good. 6 And behold, feven thin ears and blafted with the east-wind fprung up after them. And the feven thin ears devoured the feven rank and full ears: and Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream. 8 And it came to pals in the morning, that his fpirit was troubled; and he fent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wife men thereof and Pharaoh told them. his dream but there was none that could interpret the unto Pharaoh. 9 Pharaoh, faying, I do remember my faults Then fpake the chief butler unto this day. 10 Pharaoh was wroth with his fervants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guards houfe, both me, and the chief baker. 11 And we dreamed a dream in one night, |