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026:001 | And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine
that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech
king of the Philistines unto Gerar. | |
026:002 | And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into
Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: |
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026:003 | Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless
thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these
countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto
Abraham thy father; |
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026:004 | And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven,
and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy
seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; |
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026:005 | Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my
commandments, my statutes, and my laws. |
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026:006 | And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: |
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026:007 | And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said,
She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest,
said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah;
because she was fair to look upon. |
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026:008 | And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that
Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and
saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. |
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026:009 | And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she
is thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac
said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her. |
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026:010 | And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one
of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou
shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. |
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026:011 | And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth
this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
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026:012 | Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year
an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. |
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026:013 | And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he
became very great: |
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026:014 | For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and
great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. |
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026:015 | For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in
the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped
them, and filled them with earth. |
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026:016 | And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much
mightier than we. |
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026:017 | And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley
of Gerar, and dwelt there. |
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026:018 | And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had
digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines
had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called
their names after the names by which his father had called
them. |
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026:019 | And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a
well of springing water. |
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026:020 | And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen,
saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well
Esek; because they strove with him. |
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026:021 | And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he
called the name of it Sitnah. |
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026:022 | And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for
that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth;
and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we
shall be fruitful in the land. |
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026:023 | And he went up from thence to Beersheba. |
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026:024 | And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am
the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee,
and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant
Abraham's sake. |
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026:025 | And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the
LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants
digged a well. |
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026:026 | Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his
friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. |
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026:027 | And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye
hate me, and have sent me away from you? |
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026:028 | And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee:
and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt
us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee; |
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026:029 | That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and
as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee
away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD. |
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026:030 | And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. |
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026:031 | And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to
another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him
in peace. |
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026:032 | And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came,
and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and
said unto him, We have found water. |
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026:033 | And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is
Beersheba unto this day. |
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026:034 | And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the
daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of
Elon the Hittite: |
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026:035 | Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah. |
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027:001 | And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes
were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest
son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold,
here am I. | |
027:002 | And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my
death: |
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027:003 | Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and
thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; |
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027:004 | And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me,
that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die. |
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027:005 | And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau
went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
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027:006 | And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard
thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, |
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027:007 | Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat,
and bless thee before the LORD before my death. |
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027:008 | Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I
command thee. |
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027:009 | Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of
the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father,
such as he loveth: |
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027:010 | And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and
that he may bless thee before his death. |
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027:011 | And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother
is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: |
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027:012 | My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him
as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a
blessing. |
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027:013 | And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son:
only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. |
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027:014 | And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and
his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved. |
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027:015 | And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which
were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her
younger son: |
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027:016 | And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands,
and upon the smooth of his neck: |
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027:017 | And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had
prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. |
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027:018 | And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said,
Here am I; who art thou, my son? |
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027:019 | And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first born; I
have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit
and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. |
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027:020 | And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it
so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God
brought it to me. |
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027:021 | And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may
feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not. |
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027:022 | And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him,
and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the
hands of Esau. |
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027:023 | And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his
brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him. |
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027:024 | And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am. |
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027:025 | And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's
venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near
to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine and he drank. |
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027:026 | And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss
me, my son. |
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027:027 | And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of
his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my
son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed: |
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027:028 | Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness
of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: |
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027:029 | Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord
over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee:
cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that
blesseth thee. |
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027:030 | And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of
blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the
presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in
from his hunting.
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027:031 | And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his
father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat
of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. |
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027:032 | And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said,
I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau. |
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027:033 | And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is
he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have
eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea,
and he shall be blessed. |
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027:034 | And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a
great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father,
Bless me, even me also, O my father. |
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027:035 | And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken
away thy blessing. |
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027:036 | And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath
supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright;
and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said,
Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? |
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027:037 | And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him
thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for
servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and
what shall I do now unto thee, my son? |
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027:038 | And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my
father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted
up his voice, and wept. |
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027:039 | And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy
dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of
heaven from above; |
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027:040 | And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother;
and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion,
that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. |
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027:041 | And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his
father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of
mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my
brother Jacob. |
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027:042 | And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah:
and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto
him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort
himself, purposing to kill thee. |
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027:043 | Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou to
Laban my brother to Haran; |
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027:044 | And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn
away; |
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027:045 | Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget
that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch
thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in
one day? |
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027:046 | And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of
the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters
of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land,
what good shall my life do me? |
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028:001 | And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and
said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of
Canaan. | |
028:002 | Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's
father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughers of
Laban thy mother's brother. |
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028:003 | And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and
multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; |
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028:004 | And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy
seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou
art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham. |
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028:005 | And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto
Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah,
Jacob's and Esau's mother. |
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028:006 | When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away
to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he
blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take
a wife of the daughers of Canaan; |
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028:007 | And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone
to Padanaram;
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028:008 | And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac
his father; |
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028:009 | Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he
had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister
of Nebajoth, to be his wife. |
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028:010 | And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. |
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028:011 | And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all
night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of
that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that
place to sleep. |
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028:012 | And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and
the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God
ascending and descending on it. |
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028:013 | And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD
God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land
whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; |
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028:014 | And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt
spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north,
and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the
families of the earth be blessed. |
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028:015 | And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places
whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land;
for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have
spoken to thee of. |
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028:016 | And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the
LORD is in this place; and I knew it not. |
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028:017 | And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this
is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of
heaven. |
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028:018 | And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone
that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar,
and poured oil upon the top of it. |
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028:019 | And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of
that city was called Luz at the first. |
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028:020 | And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and
will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to
eat, and raiment to put on, |
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028:021 | So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall
the LORD be my God: |
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028:022 | And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's
house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give
the tenth unto thee. |
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029:001 | Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the
people of the east. | |
029:002 | And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there
were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well
they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's
mouth. |
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029:003 | And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the
stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put
the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place. |
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029:004 | And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they
said, Of Haran are we. |
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029:005 | And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And
they said, We know him. |
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029:006 | And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well:
and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. |
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029:007 | And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that
the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep,
and go and feed them. |
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029:008 | And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered
together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth;
then we water the sheep. |
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029:009 | And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her
father's sheep; for she kept them. |
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029:010 | And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of
Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his
mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone
from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his
mother's brother.
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029:011 | And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. |
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029:012 | And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and
that he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father. |
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029:013 | And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his
sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and
kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban
all these things. |
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029:014 | And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh.
And he abode with him the space of a month. |
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029:015 | And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother,
shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what
shall thy wages be? |
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029:016 | And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah,
and the name of the younger was Rachel. |
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029:017 | Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well
favoured. |
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029:018 | And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven
years for Rachel thy younger daughter. |
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029:019 | And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than
that I should give her to another man: abide with me. |
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029:020 | And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto
him but a few days, for the love he had to her. |
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029:021 | And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are
fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. |
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029:022 | And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made
a feast. |
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029:023 | And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his
daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. |
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029:024 | And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an
handmaid. |
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029:025 | And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah:
and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did
not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou
beguiled me? |
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029:026 | And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give
the younger before the firstborn. |
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029:027 | Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the
service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. |
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029:028 | And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him
Rachel his daughter to wife also. |
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029:029 | And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to
be her maid. |
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029:030 | And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more
than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. |
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029:031 | And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb:
but Rachel was barren. |
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029:032 | And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name
Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my
affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. |
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029:033 | And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the
LORD hath heard I was hated, he hath therefore given me this
son also: and she called his name Simeon. |
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029:034 | And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this
time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born
him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi. |
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029:035 | And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now
will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah;
and left bearing. |
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030:001 | And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel
envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or
else I die. | |
030:002 | And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am
I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the
womb? |
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030:003 | And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she
shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by
her.
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030:004 | And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went
in unto her. |
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030:005 | And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. |
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030:006 | And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my
voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name
Dan. |
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030:007 | And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a
second son. |
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030:008 | And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my
sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name
Naphtali. |
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030:009 | When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her
maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. |
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030:010 | And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son. |
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030:011 | And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. |
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030:012 | And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son. |
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030:013 | And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me
blessed: and she called his name Asher. |
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030:014 | And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found
mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah.
Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's
mandrakes. |
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030:015 | And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast
taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's
mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with
thee to night for thy son's mandrakes. |
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030:016 | And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went
out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for
surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay
with her that night. |
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030:017 | And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob
the fifth son. |
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030:018 | And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given
my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. |
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030:019 | And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. |
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030:020 | And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will
my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons:
and she called his name Zebulun. |
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030:021 | And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. |
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030:022 | And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and
opened her womb. |
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030:023 | And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken
away my reproach: |
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030:024 | And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add
to me another son. |
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030:025 | And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob
said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own
place, and to my country. |
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030:026 | Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee,
and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done
thee. |
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030:027 | And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour
in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that
the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake. |
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030:028 | And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. |
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030:029 | And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and
how thy cattle was with me. |
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030:030 | For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is
now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee
since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own
house also? |
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030:031 | And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou
shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for
me, I will again feed and keep thy flock. |
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030:032 | I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence
all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle
among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats:
and of such shall be my hire.
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030:033 | So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when
it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is
not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the
sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me. |
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030:034 | And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy
word. |
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030:035 | And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and
spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted,
and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown
among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons. |
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030:036 | And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and
Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. |
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030:037 | And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and
chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the
white appear which was in the rods. |
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030:038 | And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in
the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to
drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink. |
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030:039 | And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth
cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. |
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030:040 | And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the
flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock
of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put
them not unto Laban's cattle. |
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030:041 | And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did
conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the
cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the
rods. |
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030:042 | But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the
feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. |
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030:043 | And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and
maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses. |
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031:001 | And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath
taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was
our father's hath he gotten all this glory. | |
031:002 | And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was
not toward him as before. |
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031:003 | And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy
fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. |
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031:004 | And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto
his flock, |
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031:005 | And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it
is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been
with me. |
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031:006 | And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. |
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031:007 | And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten
times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. |
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031:008 | If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the
cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked
shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked. |
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031:009 | Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given
them to me. |
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031:010 | And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived,
that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold,
the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked,
speckled, and grisled. |
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031:011 | And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob:
And I said, Here am I. |
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031:012 | And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams
which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and
grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. |
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031:013 | I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and
where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from
this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred. |
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031:014 | And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet
any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? |
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031:015 | Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and
hath quite devoured also our money.
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031:016 | For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that
is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath
said unto thee, do. |
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031:017 | Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon
camels; |
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031:018 | And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he
had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in
Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of
Canaan. |
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031:019 | And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the
images that were her father's. |
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031:020 | And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he
told him not that he fled. |
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031:021 | So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed
over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead. |
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031:022 | And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. |
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031:023 | And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven
days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. |
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031:024 | And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said
unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good
or bad. |
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031:025 | Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in
the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of
Gilead. |
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031:026 | And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast
stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as
captives taken with the sword? |
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031:027 | Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from
me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away
with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp? |
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031:028 | And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters?
thou hast now done foolishly in so doing. |
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031:029 | It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of
your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed
that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. |
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031:030 | And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore
longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou
stolen my gods? |
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031:031 | And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid:
for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy
daughters from me. |
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031:032 | With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live:
before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and
take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen
them. |
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031:033 | And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and
into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then
went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent. |
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031:034 | Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's
furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent,
but found them not. |
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031:035 | And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that
I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon
me. And he searched but found not the images. |
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031:036 | And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered
and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that
thou hast so hotly pursued after me? |
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031:037 | Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found
of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and
thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both. |
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031:038 | This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she
goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock
have I not eaten. |
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031:039 | That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare
the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether
stolen by day, or stolen by night. |
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031:040 | Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost
by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
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031:041 | Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee
fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy
cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times. |
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031:042 | Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear
of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now
empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my
hands, and rebuked thee yesternight. |
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031:043 | And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my
daughters, and these children are my children, and these
cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and
what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their
children which they have born? |
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031:044 | Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou;
and let it be for a witness between me and thee. |
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031:045 | And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. |
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031:046 | And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took
stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the
heap. |
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031:047 | And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it
Galeed. |
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031:048 | And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee
this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; |
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031:049 | And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee,
when we are absent one from another. |
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031:050 | If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take
other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God
is witness betwixt me and thee. |
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031:051 | And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this
pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee: |
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031:052 | This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will
not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass
over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. |
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031:053 | The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their
father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his
father Isaac. |
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031:054 | Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his
brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all
night in the mount. |
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031:055 | And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons
and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and
returned unto his place. |
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032:001 | And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. | |
032:002 | And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he
called the name of that place Mahanaim. |
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032:003 | And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto
the land of Seir, the country of Edom. |
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032:004 | And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my
lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with
Laban, and stayed there until now: |
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032:005 | And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and
womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may
find grace in thy sight. |
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032:006 | And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy
brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four
hundred men with him. |
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032:007 | Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided
the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and
the camels, into two bands; |
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032:008 | And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then
the other company which is left shall escape.
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032:009 | And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my
father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy
country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: |
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032:010 | I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all
the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with
my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two
bands. |
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032:011 | Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the
hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me,
and the mother with the children. |
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032:012 | And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed
as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for
multitude. |
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032:013 | And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which
came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; |
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032:014 | Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes,
and twenty rams, |
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032:015 | Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten
bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. |
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032:016 | 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 betwixt drove and drove. |
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032:017 | 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? |
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032:018 | 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. |
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032:019 | 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. |
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032:020 | 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. |
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032:021 | So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that
night in the company. |
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032:022 | 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. |
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032:023 | And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over
that he had. |
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032:024 | And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him
until the breaking of the day. |
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032:025 | 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. |
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032:026 | And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I
will not let thee go, except thou bless me. |
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032:027 | And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. |
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032:028 | And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but
Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men,
and hast prevailed. |
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032:029 | And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name.
And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name?
And he blessed him there. |
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032:030 | And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen
God face to face, and my life is preserved. |
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032:031 | And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he
halted upon his thigh. |
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032:032 | Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which
shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day:
because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew
that shrank. |
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033:001 | 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. | |
033:002 | And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah
and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. |
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033:003 | And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the
ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. |
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033:004 | And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his
neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
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033:005 | 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. |
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033:006 | Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and
they bowed themselves. |
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033:007 | And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed
themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they
bowed themselves. |
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033:008 | 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. |
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033:009 | And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast
unto thyself. |
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033:010 | 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. |
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033:011 | 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. |
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033:012 | And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I
will go before thee. |
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033:013 | And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are
tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and
if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. |
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033:014 | 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. |
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033:015 | 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. |
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033:016 | So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. |
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033:017 | And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and
made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is
called Succoth. |
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033:018 | And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the
land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his
tent before the city. |
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033:019 | 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 an hundred pieces of money. |
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033:020 | And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael. |
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034:001 | And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob,
went out to see the daughters of the land. | |
034:002 | And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the
country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled
her. |
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034:003 | And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he
loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. |
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034:004 | And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this
damsel to wife. |
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034:005 | And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now
his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his
peace until they were come. |
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034:006 | And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune
with him. |
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034:007 | And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard
it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth,
because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's
daughter: which thing ought not to be done. |
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034:008 | And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son
Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to
wife. |
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034:009 | And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto
us, and take our daughters unto you.
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034:010 | And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you;
dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein. |
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034:011 | 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. |
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034:012 | 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. |
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034:013 | And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father
deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their
sister: |
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034:014 | And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our
sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach
unto us: |
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034:015 | But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be,
that every male of you be circumcised; |
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034:016 | 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. |
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034:017 | But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then
will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. |
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034:018 | And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. |
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034:019 | And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had
delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than
all the house of his father. |
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034:020 | And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their
city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, |
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034:021 | These 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 daughters to us for wives,
and let us give them our daughters. |
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034:022 | Only herein 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. |
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034:023 | Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of
their's be our's? only let us consent unto them, and they will
dwell with us. |
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034:024 | And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that
went out of the gate of his city; and every male was
circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city. |
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034:025 | 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, and came upon the city
boldly, and slew all the males. |
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034:026 | 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. |
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034:027 | The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city,
because they had defiled their sister. |
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034:028 | They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and
that which was in the city, and that which was in the field, |
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034:029 | And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their
wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the
house. |
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034:030 | And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make
me to stink 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. |
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034:031 | And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an
harlot? |
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035:001 | And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell
there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto
thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. | |
035:002 | Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with
him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be
clean, and change your garments: |
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035:003 | And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; 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. |
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035:004 | 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. |
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035:005 | 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. |
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035:006 | So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is,
Bethel, he and all the people that were with him. |
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035:007 | And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel:
because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the
face of his brother. |
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035:008 | But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath
Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called
Allonbachuth.
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035:009 | And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of
Padanaram, and blessed him. |
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035:010 | 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. |
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035:011 | 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 kings shall come out of thy loins; |
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035:012 | And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will
give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. |
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035:013 | And God went up from him in the place where he talked with
him. |
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035:014 | 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. |
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035:015 | And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with
him, Bethel. |
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035:016 | And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way
to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard
labour. |
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035:017 | And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the
midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son
also. |
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035:018 | And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she
died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called
him Benjamin. |
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035:019 | And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which
is Bethlehem. |
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035:020 | And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of
Rachel's grave unto this day. |
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035:021 | And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of
Edar. |
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035:022 | And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that
Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and
Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: |
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035:023 | The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and
Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: |
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035:024 | The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: |
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035:025 | And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: |
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035:026 | And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these
are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram. |
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035:027 | And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city
of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. |
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035:028 | And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years. |
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035:029 | 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. |
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036:001 | Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom. | |
036:002 | Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the
daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of
Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; |
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036:003 | And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth. |
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036:004 | And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel; |
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036:005 | And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are
the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of
Canaan. |
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036:006 | And Esau took 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 had got in the land of
Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother
Jacob. |
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036:007 | For their riches were more than that they might dwell
together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not
bear them because of their cattle. |
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036:008 | Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. |
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036:009 | And these are the generations of Esau the father of the
Edomites in mount Seir: |
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036:010 | 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. |
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036:011 | And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam,
and Kenaz. |
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036:012 | And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to
Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife. |
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036:013 | And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah,
and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife. |
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036:014 | 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. |
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036:015 | 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,
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036:016 | 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. |
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036:017 | And these are the sons of Reuel 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. |
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036:018 | 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. |
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036:019 | These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their
dukes. |
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036:020 | These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land;
Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, |
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036:021 | And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the
Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. |
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036:022 | And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's
sister was Timna. |
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036:023 | And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath,
and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. |
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036:024 | 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. |
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036:025 | And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah
the daughter of Anah. |
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036:026 | And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and
Ithran, and Cheran. |
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036:027 | The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. |
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036:028 | The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran. |
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036:029 | These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke
Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, |
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036:030 | Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that
came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir. |
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036:031 | And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom,
before there reigned any king over the children of Israel. |
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036:032 | And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his
city was Dinhabah. |
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036:033 | And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in
his stead. |
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036:034 | And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in
his stead. |
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036:035 | And Husham died, and 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. |
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036:036 | And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. |
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036:037 | And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in
his stead. |
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036:038 | And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his
stead. |
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036:039 | And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar 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. |
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036:040 | And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau,
according to their families, after their places, by their
names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth, |
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036:041 | Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, |
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036:042 | Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, |
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036:043 | Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according
to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is
Esau the father of the Edomites. |
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037:001 | And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger,
in the land of Canaan. | |
037:002 | 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. |
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037:003 | 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 many
colours. |
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037:004 | And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more
than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak
peaceably unto him. |
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037:005 | And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and
they hated him yet the more. |
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037:006 | And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I
have dreamed: |
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037:007 | 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. |
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037:008 | 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. |
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037:009 | 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. |
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037:010 | 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 ourselves to thee to the earth? |
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037:011 | And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the
saying. |
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037:012 | And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. |
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037:013 | And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the
flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he
said to him, Here am I. |
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037:014 | 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. |
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037:015 | And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in
the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? |
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037:016 | And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where
they feed their flocks.
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037:017 | And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them
say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren,
and found them in Dothan. |
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037:018 | And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto
them, they conspired against him to slay him. |
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037:019 | And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. |
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037:020 | Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into
some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him:
and we shall see what will become of his dreams. |
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037:021 | And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands;
and said, Let us not kill him. |
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037:022 | And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into
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. |
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037:023 | And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren,
that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many
colours that was on him; |
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037:024 | And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was
empty, there was no water in it. |
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037:025 | And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes
and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from
Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh,
going to carry it down to Egypt. |
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037:026 | And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay
our brother, and conceal his blood? |
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037:027 | Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our
hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his
brethren were content. |
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037:028 | Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and
lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the
Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought
Joseph into Egypt. |
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037:029 | And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not
in the pit; and he rent his clothes. |
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037:030 | And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not;
and I, whither shall I go? |
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037:031 | And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats,
and dipped the coat in the blood; |
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037:032 | And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to
their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether
it be thy son's coat or no. |
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037:033 | And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast
hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces. |
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037:034 | And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins,
and mourned for his son many days. |
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037:035 | And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him;
but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go
down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept
for him. |
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037:036 | And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an
officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard. |
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038:001 | And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from
his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose
name was Hirah. | |
038:002 | And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose
name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her. |
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038:003 | And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. |
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038:004 | And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his
name Onan. |
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038:005 | And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his
name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. |
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038:006 | And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was
Tamar. |
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038:007 | And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the
LORD; and the LORD slew him. |
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038:008 | And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and
marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. |
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038:009 | 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. |
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038:010 | And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he
slew him also. |
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038:011 | Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow
at thy father's house, till Shelah my 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. |
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038:012 | And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife
died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his
sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the
Adullamite. |
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038:013 | And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth
up to Timnath to shear his sheep. |
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038:014 | And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her
with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place,
which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was
grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. |
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038:015 | When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because
she had covered her face. |
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038:016 | And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray
thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was
his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me,
that thou mayest come in unto me? |
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038:017 | And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she
said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it? |
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038:018 | And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy
signet, 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. |
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038:019 | And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her,
and put on the garments of her widowhood. |
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038:020 | And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the
Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but
he found her not. |
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038:021 | Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the
harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There
was no harlot in this place. |
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038:022 | And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and
also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in
this place.
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038:023 | And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed:
behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. |
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038:024 | And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told
Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the
harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And
Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. |
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038:025 | 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, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and
bracelets, and staff. |
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038:026 | And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more
righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my
son. And he knew her again no more. |
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038:027 | And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold,
twins were in her womb. |
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038:028 | 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. |
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038:029 | And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold,
his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken
forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called
Pharez. |
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038:030 | And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet
thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah. |
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039:001 | And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer
of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of
the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down
thither. | |
039:002 | And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and
he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. |
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039:003 | And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the
LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand. |
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039:004 | And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he
made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put
into his hand. |
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039:005 | And it came to pass from the time that he had made him
overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD
blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the
blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house,
and in the field. |
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039:006 | And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not
ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was
a goodly person, and well favoured. |
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039:007 | And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife
cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. |
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039:008 | But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my
master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath
committed all that he hath to my hand; |
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039:009 | 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 sin against
God? |
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039:010 | And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that
he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. |
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039:011 | And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the
house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the
house there within. |
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039:012 | And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he
left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. |
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039:013 | And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment
in her hand, and was fled forth, |
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039:014 | That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto
them, saying, 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: |
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039:015 | And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice
and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got
him out. |
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039:016 | And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home. |
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039:017 | And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The
Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto
me to mock me: |
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039:018 | And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that
he left his garment with me, and fled out. |
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039:019 | And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his
wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did
thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled. |
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039:020 | And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a
place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there
in the prison. |
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039:021 | But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave
him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison. |
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039:022 | And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all
the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did
there, he was the doer of it. |
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039:023 | The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was
under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which
he did, the LORD made it to prosper. |
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040:001 | And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the
king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king
of Egypt. | |
040:002 | And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the
chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.
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040:003 | And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the
guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. |
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040:004 | And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he
served them: and they continued a season in ward. |
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040:005 | And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in
one night, each man according to the interpretation of his
dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which
were bound in the prison. |
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040:006 | And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon
them, and, behold, they were sad. |
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040:007 | And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward
of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to
day? |
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040:008 | And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is
no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not
interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you. |
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040:009 | And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to
him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me; |
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040:010 | And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it
budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof
brought forth ripe grapes: |
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040:011 | And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and
pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into
Pharaoh's hand. |
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040:012 | And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it:
The three branches are three days: |
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040:013 | Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and
restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's
cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his
butler. |
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040:014 | But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew
kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto
Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: |
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040:015 | For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews:
and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into
the dungeon. |
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040:016 | When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he
said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had
three white baskets on my head: |
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040:017 | And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of
bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the
basket upon my head. |
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040:018 | And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation
thereof: The three baskets are three days: |
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040:019 | Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off
thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat
thy flesh from off thee. |
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040:020 | And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's
birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he
lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker
among his servants. |
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040:021 | And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again;
and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand: |
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040:022 | But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to
them. |
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040:023 | Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him. |
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041:001 | And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh
dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. | |
041:002 | And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well
favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow. |
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041:003 | And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the
river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other
kine upon the brink of the river. |
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041:004 | And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven
well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. |
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041:005 | And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven
ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. |
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041:006 | And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind
sprung up after them. |
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041:007 | And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears.
And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. |
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041:008 | And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was
troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of
Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his
dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto
Pharaoh. |
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041:009 | Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do
remember my faults this day: |
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041:010 | Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the
captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker: |
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041:011 | And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each
man according to the interpretation of his dream.
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041:012 | And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to
the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted
to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did
interpret. |
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041:013 | And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he
restored unto mine office, and him he hanged. |
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041:014 | Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him
hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed
his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. |
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041:015 | And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and
there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of
thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it. |
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041:016 | And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God
shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. |
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041:017 | And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood
upon the bank of the river: |
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041:018 | And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine,
fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow: |
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041:019 | And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and
very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all
the land of Egypt for badness: |
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041:020 | And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first
seven fat kine: |
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041:021 | And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that
they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at
the beginning. So I awoke. |
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041:022 | And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one
stalk, full and good: |
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041:023 | And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the
east wind, sprung up after them: |
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041:024 | And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told
this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare
it to me. |
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041:025 | And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God
hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do. |
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041:026 | The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears
are seven years: the dream is one. |
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041:027 | And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after
them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with
the east wind shall be seven years of famine. |
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041:028 | This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God
is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh. |
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041:029 | Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all
the land of Egypt: |
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041:030 | And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and
all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and
the famine shall consume the land; |
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041:031 | And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of
that famine following; for it shall be very grievous. |
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041:032 | And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is
because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly
bring it to pass. |
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041:033 | Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise,
and set him over the land of Egypt. |
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041:034 | Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the
land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the
seven plenteous years. |
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041:035 | And let them gather all the food of those good years that
come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them
keep food in the cities. |
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041:036 | And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven
years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the
land perish not through the famine. |
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041:037 | And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes
of all his servants. |
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041:038 | And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as
this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is? |
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041:039 | And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed
thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art: |
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041:040 | Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall
all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater
than thou. |
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041:041 | And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all
the land of Egypt. |
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041:042 | And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon
Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and
put a gold chain about his neck; |
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041:043 | And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had;
and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler
over all the land of Egypt. |
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041:044 | And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee
shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of
Egypt. |
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041:045 | And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave
him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On.
And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
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041:046 | And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh
king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of
Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. |
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041:047 | And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by
handfuls. |
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041:048 | And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were
in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the
food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he
up in the same. |
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041:049 | And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much,
until he left numbering; for it was without number. |
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041:050 | And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine
came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On
bare unto him. |
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041:051 | And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God,
said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's
house. |
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041:052 | And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath
caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. |
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041:053 | And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of
Egypt, were ended. |
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041:054 | And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as
Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all
the land of Egypt there was bread. |
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041:055 | And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried
to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians,
Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do. |
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041:056 | And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph
opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and
the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. |
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041:057 | And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn;
because that the famine was so sore in all lands. |
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042:001 | Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said
unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? | |
042:002 | And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt:
get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may
live, and not die. |
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042:003 | And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. |
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042:004 | But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his
brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him. |
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042:005 | And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came:
for the famine was in the land of Canaan. |
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042:006 | And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that
sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren
came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to
the earth. |
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042:007 | And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made
himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he
said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land
of Canaan to buy food. |
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042:008 | And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. |
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042:009 | And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and
said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land
ye are come. |
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042:010 | And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy
servants come. |
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042:011 | We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are
no spies. |
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042:012 | And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the
land ye are come. |
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042:013 | And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of
one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is
this day with our father, and one is not. |
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042:014 | And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you,
saying, Ye are spies: |
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042:015 | Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not
go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. |
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042:016 | Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall
be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether
there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh
surely ye are spies. |
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042:017 | And he put them all together into ward three days. |
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042:018 | And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live;
for I fear God: |
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042:019 | If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the
house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your
houses: |
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042:020 | But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words
be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. |
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042:021 | And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning
our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he
besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress
come upon us. |
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042:022 | And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you,
saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear?
therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
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042:023 | And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake
unto them by an interpreter. |
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042:024 | And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned
to them again, and communed with them, and took from them
Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. |
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042:025 | Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to
restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them
provision for the way: and thus did he unto them. |
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042:026 | And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. |
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042:027 | And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender
in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his
sack's mouth. |
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042:028 | And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo,
it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they
were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath
done unto us? |
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042:029 | And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan,
and told him all that befell unto them; saying, |
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042:030 | The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and
took us for spies of the country. |
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042:031 | And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: |
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042:032 | We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the
youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. |
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042:033 | And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby
shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren
here with me, and take food for the famine of your households,
and be gone: |
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042:034 | And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know
that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I
deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land. |
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042:035 | And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold,
every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both
they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were
afraid. |
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042:036 | And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of
my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will
take Benjamin away: all these things are against me. |
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042:037 | And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if
I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will
bring him to thee again. |
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042:038 | And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his
brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him
by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my
gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. |
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043:001 | And the famine was sore in the land. | |
043:002 | And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which
they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go
again, buy us a little food. |
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043:003 | And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest
unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother
be with you. |
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043:004 | If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy
thee food: |
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043:005 | But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the
man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your
brother be with you. |
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043:006 | And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell
the man whether ye had yet a brother? |
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043:007 | And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of
our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another
brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these
words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your
brother down? |
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043:008 | And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me,
and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both
we, and thou, and also our little ones. |
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043:009 | I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him:
if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then
let me bear the blame for ever: |
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043:010 | For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this
second time. |
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043:011 | And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now,
do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels,
and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little
honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds: |
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043:012 | And take double money in your hand; and the money that was
brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in
your hand; peradventure it was an oversight: |
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043:013 | Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man: |
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043:014 | And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may
send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved
of my children, I am bereaved. |
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043:015 | And the men took that present, and they took double money in
their hand and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt,
and stood before Joseph. |
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043:016 | And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler
of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready;
for these men shall dine with me at noon. |
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043:017 | And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men
into Joseph's house. |
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043:018 | And the men were afraid, because they were brought into
Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was
returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in;
that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and
take us for bondmen, and our asses.
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043:019 | And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they
communed with him at the door of the house, |
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043:020 | And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy
food: |
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043:021 | And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened
our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of
his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it
again in our hand. |
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043:022 | And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food:
we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks. |
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043:023 | And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God
of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had
your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them. |
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043:024 | And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them
water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses
provender. |
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043:025 | And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon:
for they heard that they should eat bread there. |
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043:026 | And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which
was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him
to the earth. |
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043:027 | And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father
well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? |
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043:028 | And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health,
he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made
obeisance. |
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043:029 | And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his
mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom
ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my
son. |
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043:030 | And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his
brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his
chamber, and wept there. |
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043:031 | And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself,
and said, Set on bread. |
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043:032 | And they set on for him by himself, and for them by
themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by
themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the
Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians. |
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043:033 | And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his
birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the
men marvelled one at another. |
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043:034 | And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but
Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of their's. And
they drank, and were merry with him. |
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044:001 | And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the
men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put
every man's money in his sack's mouth. | |
044:002 | And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the
youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word
that Joseph had spoken. |
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044:003 | As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they
and their asses. |
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044:004 | And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off,
Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and
when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye
rewarded evil for good? |
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044:005 | Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed
he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing. |
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044:006 | And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words. |
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044:007 | And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words?
God forbid that thy servants should do according to this
thing: |
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044:008 | Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we
brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then
should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold? |
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044:009 | With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die,
and we also will be my lord's bondmen. |
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044:010 | And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he
with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be
blameless. |
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044:011 | Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground,
and opened every man his sack. |
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044:012 | And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the
youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. |
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044:013 | Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and
returned to the city. |
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044:014 | And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was
yet there: and they fell before him on the ground. |
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044:015 | And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have
done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine? |
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044:016 | And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we
speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the
iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants,
both we, and he also with whom the cup is found. |
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044:017 | And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in
whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as
for you, get you up in peace unto your father. |
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044:018 | Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy
servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let
not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as
Pharaoh. |
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044:019 | My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a
brother? |
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044:020 | And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a
child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead,
and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. |
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044:021 | And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me,
that I may set mine eyes upon him. |
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044:022 | And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for
if he should leave his father, his father would die.
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044:023 | And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest
brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. |
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044:024 | And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my
father, we told him the words of my lord. |
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044:025 | And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food. |
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044:026 | And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be
with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's
face, except our youngest brother be with us. |
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044:027 | And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife
bare me two sons: |
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044:028 | And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in
pieces; and I saw him not since: |
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044:029 | And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye
shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. |
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044:030 | Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the
lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the
lad's life; |
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044:031 | It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with
us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the
gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. |
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044:032 | For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father,
saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the
blame to my father for ever. |
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044:033 | Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of
the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his
brethren. |
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044:034 | For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with
me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my
father. |
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045:001 | Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that
stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me.
And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself
known unto his brethren. | |
045:002 | And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh
heard. |
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045:003 | And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father
yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were
troubled at his presence. |
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045:004 | And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray
you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your
brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. |
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045:005 | Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that
ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve
life. |
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045:006 | For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet
there are five years, in the which there shall neither be
earing nor harvest. |
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045:007 | And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the
earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. |
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045:008 | So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he
hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house,
and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. |
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045:009 | Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith
thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down
unto me, tarry not: |
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045:010 | And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be
near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's
children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou
hast: |
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045:011 | And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of
famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast,
come to poverty. |
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045:012 | And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother
Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. |
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045:013 | And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of
all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my
father hither. |
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045:014 | And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and
Benjamin wept upon his neck. |
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045:015 | Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and
after that his brethren talked with him.
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045:016 | And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying,
Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and
his servants. |
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045:017 | And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do
ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; |
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045:018 | And take your father and your households, and come unto me:
and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye
shall eat the fat of the land. |
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045:019 | Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the
land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and
bring your father, and come. |
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045:020 | Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of
Egypt is your's. |
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045:021 | And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them
wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them
provision for the way. |
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045:022 | To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to
Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five
changes of raiment. |
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045:023 | And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden
with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with
corn and bread and meat for his father by the way. |
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045:024 | So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said
unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. |
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045:025 | And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of
Canaan unto Jacob their father, |
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045:026 | And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor
over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he
believed them not. |
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045:027 | And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said
unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to
carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived: |
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045:028 | And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I
will go and see him before I die. |
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046:001 | And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to
Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father
Isaac. | |
046:002 | And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and
said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. |
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046:003 | And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go
down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: |
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046:004 | I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely
bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine
eyes. |
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046:005 | And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel
carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their
wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. |
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046:006 | And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had
gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and
all his seed with him: |
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046:007 | His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his
sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into
Egypt. |
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046:008 | And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came
into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. |
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046:009 | And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and
Carmi. |
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046:010 | And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and
Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. |
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046:011 | And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. |
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046:012 | And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez,
and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the
sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. |
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046:013 | And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and
Shimron. |
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046:014 | And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. |
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046:015 | These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in
Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons
and his daughters were thirty and three. |
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046:016 | And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon,
Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. |
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046:017 | And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and
Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber,
and Malchiel. |
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046:018 | These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his
daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.
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046:019 | The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin. |
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046:020 | And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and
Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On
bare unto him. |
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046:021 | And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel,
Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. |
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046:022 | These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all
the souls were fourteen. |
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046:023 | And the sons of Dan; Hushim. |
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046:024 | And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and
Shillem. |
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046:025 | These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his
daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were
seven. |
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046:026 | All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out
of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were
threescore and six; |
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046:027 | And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two
souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into
Egypt, were threescore and ten. |
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046:028 | And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face
unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. |
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046:029 | And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel
his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he
fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. |
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046:030 | And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen
thy face, because thou art yet alive. |
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046:031 | And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's
house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My
brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of
Canaan, are come unto me; |
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046:032 | And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed
cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds,
and all that they have. |
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046:033 | And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and
shall say, What is your occupation? |
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046:034 | That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle
from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers:
that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is
an abomination unto the Egyptians. |
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047:001 | Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my
brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they
have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they
are in the land of Goshen. | |
047:002 | And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented
them unto Pharaoh. |
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047:003 | And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation?
And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both
we, and also our fathers. |
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047:004 | They said morever unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are
we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks;
for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore,
we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen. |
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047:005 | And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy
brethren are come unto thee: |
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047:006 | The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make
thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let
them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among
them, then make them rulers over my cattle. |
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047:007 | And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before
Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
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047:008 | And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? |
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047:009 | And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my
pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have
the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained
unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the
days of their pilgrimage. |
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047:010 | And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. |
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047:011 | And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a
possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in
the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. |
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047:012 | And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his
father's household, with bread, according to their families. |
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047:013 | And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was
very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of
Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. |
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047:014 | And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the
land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which
they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's
house. |
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047:015 | And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of
Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us
bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money
faileth. |
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047:016 | And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for
your cattle, if money fail. |
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047:017 | And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave
them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for
the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them
with bread for all their cattle for that year. |
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047:018 | When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year,
and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that
our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle;
there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our
bodies, and our lands: |
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047:019 | Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our
land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will
be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live,
and not die, that the land be not desolate. |
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047:020 | And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the
Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine
prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's. |
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047:021 | And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end
of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof. |
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047:022 | Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests
had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their
portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their
lands. |
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047:023 | Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you
this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you,
and ye shall sow the land. |
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047:024 | And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give
the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own,
for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your
households, and for food for your little ones. |
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047:025 | And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in
the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants. |
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047:026 | And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day,
that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, except the land of
the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's. |
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047:027 | And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of
Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and
multiplied exceedingly. |
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047:028 | And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the
whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years. |
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047:029 | And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his
son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in
thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal
kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: |
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047:030 | But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of
Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will
do as thou hast said. |
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047:031 | And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel
bowed himself upon the bed's head. |
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048:001 | And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph,
Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons,
Manasseh and Ephraim.
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048:002 | And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh
unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the
bed. |
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048:003 | And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at
Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, |
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048:004 | And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and
multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people;
and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an
everlasting possession. |
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048:005 | And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born
unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into
Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. |
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048:006 | And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be
thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in
their inheritance. |
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048:007 | And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in
the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little
way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of
Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem. |
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048:008 | And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these? |
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048:009 | And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God
hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray
thee, unto me, and I will bless them. |
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048:010 | Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not
see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them,
and embraced them. |
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048:011 | And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy
face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed. |
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048:012 | And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he
bowed himself with his face to the earth. |
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048:013 | And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward
Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward
Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him. |
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048:014 | And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon
Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon
Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was
the firstborn. |
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048:015 | And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers
Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life
long unto this day, |
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048:016 | The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and
let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers
Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the
midst of the earth. |
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048:017 | And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon
the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his
father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto
Manasseh's head. |
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048:018 | And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this
is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. |
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048:019 | And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know
it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great:
but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and
his seed shall become a multitude of nations. |
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048:020 | And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel
bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and
he set Ephraim before Manasseh. |
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048:021 | And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be
with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. |
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048:022 | Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren,
which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and
with my bow. |
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049:001 | And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves
together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in
the last days. | |
049:002 | Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and
hearken unto Israel your father.
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049:003 | Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of
my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of
power: |
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049:004 | Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest
up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to
my couch. |
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049:005 | Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in
their habitations. |
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049:006 | O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their
assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger
they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a
wall. |
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049:007 | Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for
it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in
Israel. |
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049:008 | Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand
shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children
shall bow down before thee. |
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049:009 | Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone
up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion;
who shall rouse him up? |
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049:010 | The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from
between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the
gathering of the people be. |
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049:011 | Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the
choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes
in the blood of grapes: |
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049:012 | His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with
milk. |
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049:013 | Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be
for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon. |
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049:014 | Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: |
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049:015 | And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was
pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant
unto tribute. |
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049:016 | Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. |
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049:017 | Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that
biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. |
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049:018 | I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD. |
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049:019 | Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the
last. |
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049:020 | Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal
dainties. |
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049:021 | Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words. |
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049:022 | Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well;
whose branches run over the wall: |
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049:023 | The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and
hated him: |
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049:024 | But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were
made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from
thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:) |
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049:025 | Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the
Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the
breasts, and of the womb: |
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049:026 | The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings
of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting
hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown
of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. |
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049:027 | Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour
the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. |
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049:028 | All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that
their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one
according to his blessing he blessed them.
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049:029 | And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered
unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in
the field of Ephron the Hittite, |
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049:030 | In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before
Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the
field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a
buryingplace. |
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049:031 | There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they
buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah. |
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049:032 | The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was
from the children of Heth. |
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049:033 | And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he
gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost,
and was gathered unto his people. |
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050:001 | And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and
kissed him. | |
050:002 | And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his
father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. |
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050:003 | And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled
the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians
mourned for him threescore and ten days. |
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050:004 | And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto
the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in
your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, |
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050:005 | My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which
I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou
bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my
father, and I will come again. |
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050:006 | And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he
made thee swear. |
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050:007 | And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up
all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all
the elders of the land of Egypt, |
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050:008 | And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his
father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and
their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. |
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050:009 | And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it
was a very great company. |
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050:010 | And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond
Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore
lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days. |
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050:011 | And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the
mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous
mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called
Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan. |
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050:012 | And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them: |
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050:013 | For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried
him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham
bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of
Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. |
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050:014 | And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all
that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried
his father. |
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050:015 | And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead,
they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will
certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. |
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050:016 | And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did
command before he died, saying, |
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050:017 | So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the
trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto
thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the
servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they
spake unto him. |
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050:018 | And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and
they said, Behold, we be thy servants. |
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050:019 | And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of
God? |
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050:020 | But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it
unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much
people alive. |
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050:021 | Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little
ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them. |
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050:022 | And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and
Joseph lived an hundred and ten years. |
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050:023 | And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the
children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up
upon Joseph's knees. |
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050:024 | And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely
visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which
he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. |
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050:025 | And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God
will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from
hence. |
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050:026 | So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they
embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
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