Genesis 34-37

Genesis 34

¹And Dinah, daughter of Leah, whom she hath borne to Jacob, goeth out to look on the daughters of the land,

²and Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the land, seeth her, and taketh her, and lieth with her, and humbleth her;

³and his soul cleaveth to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and he loveth the young person, and speaketh unto the heart of the young person.

⁴And Shechem speaketh unto Hamor his father, saying, ‘Take for me this damsel for a wife.'

⁵And Jacob hath heard that he hath defiled Dinah his daughter, and his sons were with his cattle in the field, and Jacob kept silent till their coming.

⁶And Hamor, father of Shechem, goeth out unto Jacob to speak with him;

⁷and the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard, and the men grieve themselves, and it is very displeasing to them, for folly he hath done against Israel, to lie with the daughter of Jacob -- and so it is not done.

⁸And Hamor speaketh with them, saying, ‘Shechem, my son, his soul hath cleaved to your daughter; give her, I pray you, to him for a wife,

⁹and join ye in marriage with us; your daughters ye give to us, and our daughters ye take to yourselves,

¹⁰and with us ye dwell, and the land is before you; dwell ye and trade in it, and have possessions in it.'

¹¹And Shechem saith unto her father, and unto her brethren, ‘Let me find grace in your eyes, and that which ye say unto me, I give;

¹²multiply on me exceedingly dowry and gift, and I give as ye say unto me, and give to me the young person for a wife.'

¹³And the sons of Jacob answer Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and they speak (because he defiled Dinah their sister),

¹⁴and say unto them, ‘We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to one who hath a foreskin: for it is a reproach to us.

¹⁵‘Only for this we consent to you; if ye be as we, to have every male of you circumcised,

¹⁶then we have given our daughters to you, and your daughters we take to ourselves, and we have dwelt with you, and have become one people;

¹⁷and if ye hearken not unto us to be circumcised, then we have taken our daughter, and have gone.'

¹⁸And their words are good in the eyes of Hamor, and in the eyes of Shechem, Hamor's son;

¹⁹and the young man delayed not to do the thing, for he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he is honourable above all the house of his father.

²⁰And Hamor cometh -- Shechem his son also -- unto the gate of their city, and they speak unto the men of their city, saying,

²¹‘These men are peaceable with us; then let them dwell in the land, and trade in it; and the land, lo, is wide before them; their daughters let us take to ourselves for wives, and our daughters give to them.

²²‘Only for this do the men consent to us, to dwell with us, to become one people, in every male of us being circumcised, as they are circumcised;

²³their cattle, and their substance, and all their beasts -- are they not ours? only let us consent to them, and they dwell with us.'

²⁴And unto Hamor, and unto Shechem his son, hearken do all those going out of the gate of his city, and every male is circumcised, all those going out of the gate of his city.

²⁵And it cometh to pass, on the third day, in their being pained, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, take each his sword, and come in against the city confidently, and slay every male;

²⁶and Hamor, and Shechem his son, they have slain by the mouth of the sword, and they take Dinah out of Shechem's house, and go out.

²⁷Jacob's sons have come in upon the wounded, and they spoil the city, because they had defiled their sister;

²⁸their flock and their herd, and their asses, and that which is in the city, and that which is in the field, have they taken;

²⁹and all their wealth, and all their infants, and their wives they have taken captive, and they spoil also all that is in the house.

³⁰And Jacob saith unto Simeon and unto Levi, ‘Ye have troubled me, by causing me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanite, and among the Perizzite: and I am few in number, and they have been gathered against me, and have smitten me, and I have been destroyed, I and my house.'

³¹And they say, ‘As a harlot doth he make our sister?'

Genesis 35

¹And God saith unto Jacob, ‘Rise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared unto thee in thy fleeing from the face of Esau thy brother.'

²And Jacob saith unto his household, and unto all who are with him, ‘Turn aside the gods of the stranger which are in your midst, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments;

³and we rise, and go up to Bethel, and I make there an altar to God, who is answering me in the day of my distress, and is with me in the way that I have gone.'

⁴And they give unto Jacob all the gods of the stranger that are in their hand, and the rings that are in their ears, and Jacob hideth them under the oak which is by Shechem;

⁵and they journey, and the terror of God is on the cities which are round about them, and they have not pursued after the sons of Jacob.

⁶And Jacob cometh in to Luz which is in the land of Canaan (it is Bethel), he and all the people who are with him,

⁷and he buildeth there an altar, and proclaimeth at the place the God of Bethel: for there had God been revealed unto him, in his fleeing from the face of his brother.

⁸And Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, dieth, and she is buried at the lower part of Bethel, under the oak, and he calleth its name ‘Oak of weeping.'

⁹And God appeareth unto Jacob again, in his coming from Padan-Aram, and blesseth him;

¹⁰and God saith to him, ‘Thy name is Jacob: thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel is thy name;' and He calleth his name Israel.

¹¹And God saith to him, ‘I am God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply, a nation and an assembly of nations is from thee, and kings from thy loins go out;

¹²and the land which I have given to Abraham and to Isaac -- to thee I give it, yea to thy seed after thee I give the land.'

¹³And God goeth up from him, in the place where He hath spoken with him.

¹⁴And Jacob setteth up a standing pillar in the place where He hath spoken with him, a standing pillar of stone, and he poureth on it an oblation, and he poureth on it oil;

¹⁵and Jacob calleth the name of the place where God spake with him Bethel.

¹⁶And they journey from Bethel, and there is yet a kibrath of land before entering Ephratha, and Rachel beareth, and is sharply pained in her bearing;

¹⁷and it cometh to pass, in her being sharply pained in her bearing, that the midwife saith to her, ‘Fear not, for this also is a son for thee.'

¹⁸And it cometh to pass in the going out of her soul (for she died), that she calleth his name Ben-Oni; and his father called him Benjamin;

¹⁹and Rachel dieth, and is buried in the way to Ephratha, which is Bethlehem,

²⁰and Jacob setteth up a standing pillar over her grave; which is the standing pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.

²¹And Israel journeyeth, and stretcheth out his tent beyond the tower of Edar;

²²and it cometh to pass in Israel's dwelling in that land, that Reuben goeth, and lieth with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heareth.

²³And the sons of Jacob are twelve. Sons of Leah: Jacob's first-born Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.

²⁴Sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

²⁵And sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid-servant: Dan and Naphtali.

²⁶And sons of Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant: Gad and Asher. These are sons of Jacob, who have been born to him in Padan-Aram.

²⁷And Jacob cometh unto Isaac his father, at Mamre, the city of Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac have sojourned.

²⁸And the days of Isaac are a hundred and eighty years,

²⁹and Isaac expireth, and dieth, and is gathered unto his people, aged and satisfied with days; and bury him do Esau and Jacob his sons.

Genesis 36

¹And these are births of Esau, who is Edom.

²Esau hath taken his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,

³and Bashemath daughter of Ishmael, sister of Nebajoth.

⁴And Adah beareth to Esau, Eliphaz; and Bashemath hath born Reuel;

⁵and Aholibamah hath born Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. These are sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

⁶And Esau taketh his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance which he hath acquired in the land of Canaan, and goeth into the country from the face of Jacob his brother;

⁷for their substance was more abundant than to dwell together, and the land of their sojournings was not able to bear them because of their cattle;

⁸and Esau dwelleth in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

⁹And these are births of Esau, father of Edom, in mount Seir.

¹⁰These are the names of the sons of Esau: Eliphaz son of Adah, wife of Esau; Reuel son of Bashemath, wife of Esau.

¹¹And the sons of Eliphaz are Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz;

¹²and Timnath hath been concubine to Eliphaz son of Esau, and she beareth to Eliphaz, Amalek; these are sons of Adah wife of Esau.

¹³And these are sons of Reuel: Nahath and Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah; these were sons of Bashemath wife of Esau.

¹⁴And these have been the sons of Aholibamah daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon, wife of Esau; and she beareth to Esau, Jeush and Jaalam and Korah.

¹⁵These are chiefs of the sons of Esau: sons of Eliphaz, first-born of Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,

¹⁶chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek; these are chiefs of Eliphaz, in the land of Edom; these are sons of Adah.

¹⁷And these are sons of Reuel son of Esau: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah; these are chiefs of Reuel, in the land of Edom; these are sons of Bashemath wife of Esau.

¹⁸And these are sons of Aholibamah wife of Esau: chief Jeush, chief Jaalam, chief Korah; these are chiefs of Aholibamah daughter of Anah, wife of Esau.

¹⁹These are sons of Esau (who is Edom), and these their chiefs.

²⁰These are sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,

²¹and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan; these are chiefs of the Horites, sons of Seir, in the land of Edom.

²²And the sons of Lotan are Hori and Heman; and a sister of Lotan is Timna.

²³And these are sons of Shobal: Alvan and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho and Onam.

²⁴And these are sons of Zibeon, both Ajah and Anah: it is Anah that hath found the Imim in the wilderness, in his feeding the asses of Zibeon his father.

²⁵And these are sons of Anah: Dishon, and Aholibamah daughter of Anah.

²⁶And these are sons of Dishon: Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.

²⁷These are sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.

²⁸These are sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

²⁹These are chiefs of the Horite: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah,

³⁰chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan: these are chiefs of the Horite in reference to their chiefs in the land of Seir.

³¹And these are the kings who have reigned in the land of Edom before the reigning of a king over the sons of Israel.

³²And Bela son of Beor reigneth in Edom, and the name of his city is Dinhabah;

³³and Bela dieth, and reign in his stead doth Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah;

³⁴and Jobab dieth, and reign in his stead doth Husham from the land of the Temanite.

³⁵And Husham dieth, and reign in his stead doth Hadad son of Bedad (who smiteth Midian in the field of Moab), and the name of his city is Avith;

³⁶and Hadad dieth, and reign in his stead doth Samlah of Masrekah;

³⁷and Samlah dieth, and reign in his stead doth Saul from Rehoboth of the River;

³⁸and Saul dieth, and reign in his stead doth Baal-hanan son of Achbor;

³⁹and Baal-hanan son of Achbor dieth, and reign in his stead doth Hadar, and the name of his city is Pau; and his wife's name is Mehetabel daughter of Matred, daughter of Me-zahab.

⁴⁰And these are the names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their families, according to their places, by their names: chief Timnah, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth,

⁴¹chief Aholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,

⁴²chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,

⁴³chief Magdiel, chief Iram: these are chiefs of Edom, in reference to their dwellings, in the land of their possession; he is Esau father of Edom.

Genesis 37

¹And Jacob dwelleth in the land of his father's sojournings -- in the land of Canaan.

²These are births of Jacob: Joseph, a son of seventeen years, hath been enjoying himself with his brethren among the flock, (and he is a youth,) with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives, and Joseph bringeth in an account of their evil unto their father.

³And Israel hath loved Joseph more than any of his sons, for he is a son of his old age, and hath made for him a long coat;

⁴and his brethren see that their father hath loved him more than any of his brethren, and they hate him, and have not been able to speak to him peaceably.

⁵And Joseph dreameth a dream, and declareth to his brethren, and they add still more to hate him.

⁶And he saith unto them, ‘Hear ye, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

⁷that, lo, we are binding bundles in the midst of the field, and lo, my bundle hath arisen, and hath also stood up, and lo, your bundles are round about, and bow themselves to my bundle.'

⁸And his brethren say to him, ‘Dost thou certainly reign over us? dost thou certainly rule over us?' and they add still more to hate him, for his dreams, and for his words.

⁹And he dreameth yet another dream, and recounteth it to his brethren, and saith, ‘Lo, I have dreamed a dream again, and lo, the sun and the moon, and eleven stars, are bowing themselves to me.'

¹⁰And he recounteth unto his father, and unto his brethren; and his father pusheth against him, and saith to him, ‘What is this dream which thou hast dreamt? do we certainly come -- I, and thy mother, and thy brethren -- to bow ourselves to thee, to the earth?'

¹¹and his brethren are zealous against him, and his father hath watched the matter.

¹²And his brethren go to feed the flock of their father in Shechem,

¹³and Israel saith unto Joseph, ‘Are not thy brethren feeding in Shechem? come, and I send thee unto them;' and he saith to him, ‘Here am I;'

¹⁴and he saith to him, ‘Go, I pray thee, see the peace of thy brethren, and the peace of the flock, and bring me back word;' and he sendeth him from the valley of Hebron, and he cometh to Shechem.

¹⁵And a man findeth him, and lo, he is wandering in the field, and the man asketh him, saying, ‘What seekest thou?'

¹⁶and he saith, ‘My brethren I am seeking, declare to me, I pray thee, where they are feeding?'

¹⁷And the man saith, ‘They have journeyed from this, for I have heard some saying, Let us go to Dothan,' and Joseph goeth after his brethren, and findeth them in Dothan.

¹⁸And they see him from afar, even before he draweth near unto them, and they conspire against him to put him to death.

¹⁹And they say one unto another, ‘Lo, this man of the dreams cometh;

²⁰and now, come, and we slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and have said, An evil beast hath devoured him; and we see what his dreams are.'

²¹And Reuben heareth, and delivereth him out of their hand, and saith, ‘Let us not smite the life;'

²²and Reuben saith unto them, ‘Shed no blood; cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness, and put not forth a hand upon him,' -- in order to deliver him out of their hand, to bring him back unto his father.

²³And it cometh to pass, when Joseph hath come unto his brethren, that they strip Joseph of his coat, the long coat which is upon him,

²⁴and take him and cast him into the pit, and the pit is empty, there is no water in it.

²⁵And they sit down to eat bread, and they lift up their eyes, and look, and lo, a company of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, and their camels bearing spices, and balm, and myrrh, going to take them down to Egypt.

²⁶And Judah saith unto his brethren, ‘What gain when we slay our brother, and have concealed his blood?

²⁷Come, and we sell him to the Ishmaelites, and our hands are not on him, for he is our brother -- our flesh;' and his brethren hearken.

²⁸And Midianite merchantmen pass by and they draw out and bring up Joseph out of the pit, and sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty silverlings, and they bring Joseph into Egypt.

²⁹And Reuben returneth unto the pit, and lo, Joseph is not in the pit, and he rendeth his garments,

³⁰and he returneth unto his brethren, and saith, ‘The lad is not, and I -- whither am I going?'

³¹And they take the coat of Joseph, and slaughter a kid of the goats, and dip the coat in the blood,

³²and send the long coat, and they bring it in unto their father, and say, ‘This have we found; discern, we pray thee, whether it is thy son's coat or not?'

³³And he discerneth it, and saith, ‘My son's coat! an evil beast hath devoured him; torn -- torn is Joseph!'

³⁴And Jacob rendeth his raiment, and putteth sackcloth on his loins, and becometh a mourner for his son many days,

³⁵and all his sons and all his daughters rise to comfort him, and he refuseth to comfort himself, and saith, ‘For -- I go down mourning unto my son, to Sheol,' and his father weepeth for him.

³⁶And the Medanites have sold him unto Egypt, to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners.