## Chapter 1

1

The Creation

In the beginning 7225 God 430 created 1254 the heavens 8064 and the earth 776.
2 The earth 776 was formless 8414 and void 922, and darkness 2822 was over 5921 the surface 6440 of the deep 8415, and the Spirit 7307 of God 430 was moving 7363 over 5921 the surface 6440 of the waters 4325.
3 Then God 430 said 559, "Let there be light 216"; and there was light 216.
4 God 430 saw 7200 that the light 216 was good 2896; and God 430 separated 914 the light 216 from the darkness 2822.
5 God 430 called 7121 the light 216 day 3117, and the darkness 2822 He called 7121 night 3915. And there was evening 6153 and there was morning 1242, one 259 day 3117.
6 ¶ Then God 430 said 559, "Let there be an expanse 7549 in the midst 8432 of the waters 4325, and let it separate 914 the waters 4325 from the waters 4325."
7 God 430 made 6213 the expanse 7549, and separated 914 the waters 4325 which 834 were below the expanse 7549 from the waters 4325 which 834 were above the expanse 7549; and it was so 3651.
8 God 430 called 7121 the expanse 7549 heaven 8064. And there was evening 6153 and there was morning 1242, a second 8145 day 3117.
9 ¶ Then God 430 said 559, "Let the waters 4325 below the heavens 8064 be gathered 6960 into one 259 place 4725, and let the dry 3004 land 3004 appear 7200"; and it was so 3651.
10 God 430 called 7121 the dry 3004 land 3004 earth 776, and the gathering 4723 of the waters 4325 He called 7121 seas 3220; and God 430 saw 7200 that it was good 2896.
11 Then God 430 said 559, "Let the earth 776 sprout 1876 vegetation 1877, plants 6212 yielding 2232 seed 2233, {and} fruit 6529 trees 6086 on the earth 776 bearing 6213 fruit 6529 after their kind 4327 with seed 2233 in them"; and it was so 3651.
12 The earth 776 brought 3318 forth 3318 vegetation 1877, plants 6212 yielding 2232 seed 2233 after their kind 4327, and trees 6086 bearing 6213 fruit 6529 with seed 2233 in them, after their kind 4327; and God 430 saw 7200 that it was good 2896.
13 There was evening 6153 and there was morning 1242, a third 7992 day 3117.
14 ¶ Then God 430 said 559, "Let there be lights 3974 in the expanse 7549 of the heavens 8064 to separate 914 the day 3117 from the night 3915, and let them be for signs 226 and for seasons 4150 and for days 3117 and years 8141;
15 and let them be for lights 3974 in the expanse 7549 of the heavens 8064 to give 215 light 215 on the earth 776"; and it was so 3651.
16 God 430 made 6213 the two 8147 great 1419 lights 3974, the greater 1419 light 3974 to govern 4475 the day 3117, and the lesser 6996 light 3974 to govern 4475 the night 3915; {He made} the stars 3556 also.
17 God 430 placed 5414 them in the expanse 7549 of the heavens 8064 to give 215 light 215 on the earth 776,
18 and to govern 4910 the day 3117 and the night 3915, and to separate 914 the light 216 from the darkness 2822; and God 430 saw 7200 that it was good 2896.
19 There was evening 6153 and there was morning 1242, a fourth 7243 day 3117.
20 ¶ Then God 430 said 559, "Let the waters 4325 teem 8317 with swarms 8318 of living 2416 creatures 5315, and let birds 5775 fly 5774 above 5921 the earth 776 in the open 6440 expanse 7549 of the heavens 8064."
21 God 430 created 1254 the great 1419 sea 8577 monsters 8577 and every 3605 living 2416 creature 5315 that moves 7430, with which 834 the waters 4325 swarmed 8317 after their kind 4327, and every 3605 winged 3671 bird 5775 after its kind 4327; and God 430 saw 7200 that it was good 2896.
22 God 430 blessed 1288 them, saying 559, "Be fruitful 6509 and multiply 7235, and fill 4390 the waters 4325 in the seas 3220, and let birds 5775 multiply 7235 on the earth 776."
23 There was evening 6153 and there was morning 1242, a fifth 2549 day 3117.
24 ¶ Then God 430 said 559, "Let the earth 776 bring 3318 forth 3318 living 2416 creatures 5315 after their kind 4327: cattle 929 and creeping 7431 things 7431 and beasts 2421 of the earth 776 after their kind 4327"; and it was so 3651.
25 God 430 made 6213 the beasts 2421 of the earth 776 after their kind 4327, and the cattle 929 after their kind 4327, and everything 3605 that creeps 7431 on the ground 127 after its kind 4327; and God 430 saw 7200 that it was good 2896.
26 ¶ Then God 430 said 559, "Let Us make 6213 man 120 in Our image 6754, according to Our likeness 1823; and let them rule 7287 over the fish 1710 of the sea 3220 and over the birds 5775 of the sky 8064 and over the cattle 929 and over all 3605 the earth 776, and over every 3605 creeping 7431 thing 7431 that creeps 7430 on the earth 776."
27 God 430 created 1254 man 120 in His own image 6754, in the image 6754 of God 430 He created 1254 him; male 2145 and female 5347 He created 1254 them.
28 God 430 blessed 1288 them; and God 430 said 559 to them, "Be fruitful 6509 and multiply 7235, and fill 4390 the earth 776, and subdue 3533 it; and rule 7287 over the fish 1710 of the sea 3220 and over the birds 5775 of the sky 8064 and over every 3605 living 2416 thing 2416 that moves 7430 on the earth 776."
29 Then God 430 said 559, "Behold 2009, I have given 5414 you every 3605 plant 6212 yielding 2232 seed 2233 that is on the surface 6440 of all 3605 the earth 776, and every 3605 tree 6086 which 834 has fruit 6529 yielding 2232 seed 2233; it shall be food 402 for you;
30 and to every 3605 beast 2421 of the earth 776 and to every 3605 bird 5775 of the sky 8064 and to every 3605 thing 3605 that moves 7430 on the earth 776 which 834 has life, {I have given} every 3605 green 3418 plant 6212 for food 402"; and it was so 3651.
31 God 430 saw 7200 all 3605 that He had made 6213, and behold 2009, it was very 3966 good 2896. And there was evening 6153 and there was morning 1242, the sixth 8345 day 3117.

## Chapter 2

1

The Creation of Man and Woman

Thus the heavens 8064 and the earth 776 were completed 3615, and all 3605 their hosts 6635.
2 By the seventh 7637 day 3117 God 430 completed 3615 His work 4399 which 834 He had done 6213, and He rested 7673 on the seventh 7637 day 3117 from all 3605 His work 4399 which 834 He had done 6213.
3 Then God 430 blessed 1288 the seventh 7637 day 3117 and sanctified 6942 it, because 3588 in it He rested 7673 from all 3605 His work 4399 which 834 God 430 had created 1254 and made 6213.
4 ¶ This 428 is the account 8435 of the heavens 8064 and the earth 776 when they were created 1254, in the day 3117 that the LORD 3068 God 430 made 6213 earth 776 and heaven 8064.
5 Now no shrub 7880 of the field 7704 was yet 2962 in the earth 776, and no plant 6212 of the field 7704 had yet 2962 sprouted 6779, for the LORD 3068 God 430 had not sent 4305 rain 4305 upon the earth 776, and there was no 369 man 120 to cultivate 5647 the ground 127.
6 But a mist 108 used to rise 5927 from the earth 776 and water 8248 the whole 3605 surface 6440 of the ground 127.
7 Then the LORD 3068 God 430 formed 3335 man 120 of dust 6083 from the ground 127, and breathed 5301 into his nostrils 639 the breath 5397 of life 2425; and man 120 became 1961 a living 2416 being 5315.
8 The LORD 3068 God 430 planted 5193 a garden 1588 toward 4480 the east 6924, in Eden 5731; and there 8033 He placed 7760 the man 120 whom 834 He had formed 3335.
9 Out of the ground 127 the LORD 3068 God 430 caused to grow 6779 every 3605 tree 6086 that is pleasing 2530 to the sight 4758 and good 2896 for food 3978; the tree 6086 of life 2425 also in the midst 8432 of the garden 1588, and the tree 6086 of the knowledge 1847 of good 2896 and evil 7451.
10 ¶ Now a river 5104 flowed 3318 out of Eden 5731 to water 8248 the garden 1588; and from there 8033 it divided 6504 and became 1961 four 702 rivers 7218.
11 The name 8034 of the first 259 is Pishon 6376; it flows 5437 around 5437 the whole 3605 land 776 of Havilah 2341, where there 8033 is gold 2091.
12 The gold 2091 of that land 776 is good 2896; the bdellium 916 and the onyx 7718 stone 68 are there 8033.
13 The name 8034 of the second 8145 river 5104 is Gihon 1521; it flows 5437 around 5437 the whole 3605 land 776 of Cush 3568.
14 The name 8034 of the third 7992 river 5104 is Tigris 2313; it flows 1980 east 6926 of Assyria 804. And the fourth 7243 river 5104 is the Euphrates 6578.
15 ¶ Then the LORD 3068 God 430 took 3947 the man 120 and put 5117 him into the garden 1588 of Eden 5731 to cultivate 5647 it and keep 8104 it.
16 The LORD 3068 God 430 commanded 6680 the man 120, saying 559, "From any 3605 tree 6086 of the garden 1588 you may eat 398 freely 398;
17 but from the tree 6086 of the knowledge 1847 of good 2896 and evil 7451 you shall not eat 398, for in the day 3117 that you eat 398 from it you will surely 4191 die 4191."
18 ¶ Then the LORD 3068 God 430 said 559, "It is not good 2896 for the man 120 to be alone 905; I will make 6213 him a helper 5828 suitable 5048 for him."
19 Out of the ground 127 the LORD 3068 God 430 formed 3335 every 3605 beast 2421 of the field 7704 and every 3605 bird 5775 of the sky 8064, and brought 935 {them} to the man 120 to see 7200 what 4100 he would call 7121 them; and whatever the man 120 called 7121 a living 2416 creature 5315, that was its name 8034.
20 The man 120 gave 7121 names 8034 to all 3605 the cattle 929, and to the birds 5775 of the sky 8064, and to every 3605 beast 2421 of the field 7704, but for Adam 121 there was not found 4672 a helper 5828 suitable 5048 for him.
21 So the LORD 3068 God 430 caused a deep 8639 sleep 8639 to fall 5307 upon the man 120, and he slept 3462; then He took 3947 one 259 of his ribs 6763 and closed 5462 up the flesh 1320 at that place 8478.
22 The LORD 3068 God 430 fashioned 1129 into a woman 802 the rib 6763 which 834 He had taken 3947 from the man 120, and brought 935 her to the man 120.
23 The man 120 said 559, "This 2088 is now 6471 bone 6106 of my bones 6106, And flesh 1320 of my flesh 1320; She shall be called 7121 Woman 802, Because 3588 she was taken 3947 out of Man 376."
24 For this 3651 reason a man 376 shall leave 5800 his father 1 and his mother 517, and be joined 1692 to his wife 802; and they shall become 1961 one 259 flesh 1320.
25 And the man 120 and his wife 802 were both 8147 naked 6174 and were not ashamed 954.

## Chapter 3

1

The Fall of Man

Now the serpent 5175 was more 4480 crafty 6175 than 4480 any 3605 beast 2421 of the field 7704 which 834 the LORD 3068 God 430 had made 6213. And he said 559 to the woman 802, "Indeed, has God 430 said 559, 'You shall not eat 398 from any 3605 tree 6086 of the garden 1588'?"
2 The woman 802 said 559 to the serpent 5175, "From the fruit 6529 of the trees 6086 of the garden 1588 we may eat 398;
3 but from the fruit 6529 of the tree 6086 which 834 is in the middle 8432 of the garden 1588, God 430 has said 559, 'You shall not eat 398 from it or touch 5060 it, or you will die 4191.'"
4 The serpent 5175 said 559 to the woman 802, "You surely 4191 will not die 4191!
5 "For God 430 knows 3045 that in the day 3117 you eat 398 from it your eyes 5869 will be opened 6491, and you will be like God 430, knowing 3045 good 2896 and evil 7451."
6 When the woman 802 saw 7200 that the tree 6086 was good 2896 for food 3978, and that it was a delight 8378 to the eyes 5869, and that the tree 6086 was desirable 2530 to make {one} wise 7919, she took 3947 from its fruit 6529 and ate 398; and she gave 5414 also 1571 to her husband 376 with her, and he ate 398.
7 Then the eyes 5869 of both 8147 of them were opened 6491, and they knew 3045 that they were naked 5903; and they sewed 8609 fig 8384 leaves 5929 together 8609 and made 6213 themselves 1992 loin 2290 coverings 2290.
8 ¶ They heard 8085 the sound 6963 of the LORD 3068 God 430 walking 1980 in the garden 1588 in the cool 7307 of the day 3117, and the man 120 and his wife 802 hid 2244 themselves from the presence 6440 of the LORD 3068 God 430 among 8432 the trees 6086 of the garden 1588.
9 Then the LORD 3068 God 430 called 7121 to the man 120, and said 559 to him, "Where 335 are you?"
10 He said 559, "I heard 8085 the sound 6963 of You in the garden 1588, and I was afraid 3372 because 3588 I was naked 5903; so I hid 2244 myself."
11 And He said 559, "Who 4310 told 5046 you that you were naked 5903? Have you eaten 398 from the tree 6086 of which 834 I commanded 6680 you not to eat 398?"
12 The man 120 said 559, "The woman 802 whom 834 You gave 5414 {to be} with me, she gave 5414 me from the tree 6086, and I ate 398."
13 Then the LORD 3068 God 430 said 559 to the woman 802, "What 4100 is this 2088 you have done 6213?" And the woman 802 said 559, "The serpent 5175 deceived 5378 me, and I ate 398."
14 The LORD 3068 God 430 said 559 to the serpent 5175, "Because 3588 you have done 6213 this 2088, Cursed 779 are you more 4480 than 4480 all 3605 cattle 929, And more 4480 than 4480 every 3605 beast 2421 of the field 7704; On your belly 1512 you will go 1980, And dust 6083 you will eat 398 All 3605 the days 3117 of your life 2425;
15 And I will put 7896 enmity 342 Between 996 you and the woman 802, And between 996 your seed 2233 and her seed 2233; He shall bruise 7779 you on the head 7218, And you shall bruise 7779 him on the heel 6119."
16 To the woman 802 He said 559, "I will greatly 7235 multiply 7235 Your pain 6093 in childbirth 2032, In pain 6089 you will bring 3205 forth 3205 children 1121; Yet your desire 8669 will be for your husband 376, And he will rule 4910 over you."
17 Then to Adam 121 He said 559, "Because 3588 you have listened 8085 to the voice 6963 of your wife 802, and have eaten 398 from the tree 6086 about which 834 I commanded 6680 you, saying 559, 'You shall not eat 398 from it'; Cursed 779 is the ground 127 because 5668 of you; In toil 6093 you will eat 398 of it All 3605 the days 3117 of your life 2425.
18 "Both thorns 6975 and thistles 1863 it shall grow 6779 for you; And you will eat 398 the plants 6212 of the field 7704;
19 By the sweat 2188 of your face 639 You will eat 398 bread 3899, Till 5704 you return 7725 to the ground 127, Because 3588 from it you were taken 3947; For you are dust 6083, And to dust 6083 you shall return 7725."
20 ¶ Now the man 120 called 7121 his wife's 802 name 8034 Eve 2332, because 3588 she was the mother 517 of all 3605 {the} living 2416.
21 The LORD 3068 God 430 made 6213 garments 3801 of skin 5785 for Adam 121 and his wife 802, and clothed 3847 them.
22 ¶ Then the LORD 3068 God 430 said 559, "Behold 2005, the man 120 has become 1961 like one 259 of Us, knowing 3045 good 2896 and evil 7451; and now 6258, he might 6435 stretch 7971 out his hand 3027, and take 3947 also 1571 from the tree 6086 of life 2425, and eat 398, and live 2421 forever 5769"--
23 therefore the LORD 3068 God 430 sent 7971 him out from the garden 1588 of Eden 5731, to cultivate 5647 the ground 127 from which 834 he was taken 3947.
24 So He drove 1644 the man 120 out; and at the east 6924 of the garden 1588 of Eden 5731 He stationed 7931 the cherubim 3742 and the flaming 3858 sword 2719 which turned 2015 every direction to guard 8104 the way 1870 to the tree 6086 of life 2425.

## Chapter 4

1

Cain and Abel

Now the man 120 had 3045 relations 3045 with his wife 802 Eve 2332, and she conceived 2029 and gave 3205 birth 3205 to Cain 7014, and she said 559, "I have gotten 7069 a manchild 376 with {the help of} the LORD 3068."
2 Again 3254, she gave 3205 birth 3205 to his brother 251 Abel 1893. And Abel 1893 was a keeper 7462 of flocks 6629, but Cain 7014 was a tiller 5647 of the ground 127.
3 So it came 1961 about in the course of time 3117 that Cain 7014 brought 935 an offering 4503 to the LORD 3068 of the fruit 6529 of the ground 127.
4 Abel 1893, on his part 1571 also 1571 brought 935 of the firstlings 1060 of his flock 6629 and of their fat 2459 portions 2459. And the LORD 3068 had 8159 regard 8159 for Abel 1893 and for his offering 4503;
5 but for Cain 7014 and for his offering 4503 He had 8159 no 3808 regard 8159. So Cain 7014 became 2734 very 3966 angry 2734 and his countenance 6440 fell 5307.
6 Then the LORD 3068 said 559 to Cain 7014, "Why 4100 are you angry 2734? And why 4100 has your countenance 6440 fallen 5307?
7 "If 518 you do 3190 well 3190, will not {your countenance} be lifted 7613 up? And if 518 you do not do 3190 well 3190, sin 2403 is crouching 7257 at the door 6607; and its desire 8669 is for you, but you must master 4910 it."
8 Cain 7014 told 559 Abel 1893 his brother 251. And it came 1961 about when they were in the field 7704, that Cain 7014 rose 6965 up against 413 Abel 1893 his brother 251 and killed 2026 him.
9 ¶ Then the LORD 3068 said 559 to Cain 7014, "Where 335 is Abel 1893 your brother 251?" And he said 559, "I do not know 3045. Am I my brother's 251 keeper 8104?"
10 He said 559, "What 4100 have you done 6213? The voice 6963 of your brother's 251 blood 1818 is crying 6817 to Me from the ground 127.
11 "Now 6258 you are cursed 779 from the ground 127, which 834 has opened 6475 its mouth 6310 to receive 3947 your brother's 251 blood 1818 from your hand 3027.
12 "When 3588 you cultivate 5647 the ground 127, it will no 3808 longer 3254 yield 5414 its strength 3581 to you; you will be a vagrant 5128 and a wanderer 5110 on the earth 776."
13 Cain 7014 said 559 to the LORD 3068, "My punishment 5771 is too 4480 great 1419 to bear 5375!
14 "Behold 2005, You have driven 1644 me this day 3117 from the face 6440 of the ground 127; and from Your face 6440 I will be hidden 5641, and I will be a vagrant 5128 and a wanderer 5110 on the earth 776, and whoever 3605 finds 4672 me will kill 2026 me."
15 So the LORD 3068 said 559 to him, "Therefore 3651 whoever 3605 kills 2026 Cain 7014, vengeance 5358 will be taken 5358 on him sevenfold 7659." And the LORD 3068 appointed 7760 a sign 226 for Cain 7014, so that no 3605 one 3605 finding 4672 him would slay 5221 him.
16 ¶ Then Cain 7014 went 3318 out from the presence 6440 of the LORD 3068, and settled 3427 in the land 776 of Nod 5113, east 6926 of Eden 5731.
17 ¶ Cain 7014 had 3045 relations 3045 with his wife 802 and she conceived 2029, and gave 3205 birth 3205 to Enoch 2585; and he built 1129 a city 5892, and called 7121 the name 8034 of the city 5892 Enoch 2585, after the name 8034 of his son 1121.
18 Now to Enoch 2585 was born 3205 Irad 5897, and Irad 5897 became 3205 the father 3205 of Mehujael 4232, and Mehujael 4232 became 3205 the father 3205 of Methushael 4967, and Methushael 4967 became 3205 the father 3205 of Lamech 3929.
19 Lamech 3929 took 3947 to himself two 8147 wives 802: the name 8034 of the one 259 was Adah 5711, and the name 8034 of the other 8145, Zillah 6741.
20 Adah 5711 gave 3205 birth 3205 to Jabal 2989; he was the father 1 of those who dwell 3427 in tents 168 and {have} livestock 4735.
21 His brother's 251 name 8034 was Jubal 3106; he was the father 1 of all 3605 those who play 8610 the lyre 3658 and pipe 5748.
22 As for Zillah 6741, she also 1571 gave 3205 birth 3205 to Tubal-cain 8423, the forger 3913 of all 3605 implements 2790 of bronze 5178 and iron 1270; and the sister 269 of Tubal-cain 8423 was Naamah 5279.
23 ¶ Lamech 3929 said 559 to his wives 802, "Adah 5711 and Zillah 6741, Listen 8085 to my voice 6963, You wives 802 of Lamech 3929, Give 238 heed 238 to my speech 565, For I have killed 2026 a man 376 for wounding 6482 me; And a boy 3206 for striking 2250 me;
24 If 3588 Cain 7014 is avenged 5358 sevenfold 7659, Then Lamech 3929 seventy-sevenfold 7657."
25 ¶ Adam 121 had 3045 relations 3045 with his wife 802 again 5750; and she gave 3205 birth 3205 to a son 1121, and named him Seth 8352, for, {she said,} "God 430 has appointed 7896 me another 312 offspring 2233 in place 8478 of Abel 1893, for Cain 7014 killed 2026 him."
26 To Seth 8352, to him also 1571 a son 1121 was born 3205; and he called 7121 his name 8034 Enosh 583. Then 227 {men} began 2490 to call 7121 upon the name 8034 of the LORD 3068.

## Chapter 5

1

Descendants of Adam

This 2088 is the book 5612 of the generations 8435 of Adam 121. In the day 3117 when God 430 created 1254 man 120, He made 6213 him in the likeness 1823 of God 430.
2 He created 1254 them male 2145 and female 5347, and He blessed 1288 them and named them Man 120 in the day 3117 when they were created 1254.
3 ¶ When Adam 121 had lived 2421 one hundred 3967 and thirty 7970 years 8141, he became 3205 the father 3205 of {a son} in his own likeness 1823, according to his image 6754, and named him Seth 8352.
4 Then the days 3117 of Adam 121 after 310 he became 3205 the father 3205 of Seth 8352 were eight 8083 hundred 3967 years 8141, and he had 3205 {other} sons 1121 and daughters 1323.
5 So all 3605 the days 3117 that Adam 121 lived 2421 were nine 8672 hundred 3967 and thirty 7970 years 8141, and he died 4191.
6 ¶ Seth 8352 lived 2421 one hundred 3967 and five 2568 years 8141, and became 3205 the father 3205 of Enosh 583.
7 Then Seth 8352 lived 2421 eight 8083 hundred 3967 and seven 7651 years 8141 after 310 he became 3205 the father 3205 of Enosh 583, and he had 3205 {other} sons 1121 and daughters 1323.
8 So all 3605 the days 3117 of Seth 8352 were nine 8672 hundred 3967 and twelve years 8141, and he died 4191.
9 ¶ Enosh 583 lived 2421 ninety 8673 years 8141, and became 3205 the father 3205 of Kenan 7018.
10 Then Enosh 583 lived 2421 eight 8083 hundred 3967 and fifteen years 8141 after 310 he became 3205 the father 3205 of Kenan 7018, and he had 3205 {other} sons 1121 and daughters 1323.
11 So all 3605 the days 3117 of Enosh 583 were nine 8672 hundred 3967 and five 2568 years 8141, and he died 4191.
12 ¶ Kenan 7018 lived 2421 seventy 7657 years 8141, and became 3205 the father 3205 of Mahalalel 4111.
13 Then Kenan 7018 lived 2421 eight 8083 hundred 3967 and forty 705 years 8141 after 310 he became 3205 the father 3205 of Mahalalel 4111, and he had 3205 {other} sons 1121 and daughters 1323.
14 So all 3605 the days 3117 of Kenan 7018 were nine 8672 hundred 3967 and ten 6235 years 8141, and he died 4191.
15 ¶ Mahalalel 4111 lived 2421 sixty-five years 8141, and became 3205 the father 3205 of Jared 3382.
16 Then Mahalalel 4111 lived 2421 eight 8083 hundred 3967 and thirty 7970 years 8141 after 310 he became 3205 the father 3205 of Jared 3382, and he had 3205 {other} sons 1121 and daughters 1323.
17 So all 3605 the days 3117 of Mahalalel 4111 were eight 8083 hundred 3967 and ninety-five years 8141, and he died 4191.
18 ¶ Jared 3382 lived 2421 one hundred 3967 and sixty-two years 8141, and became 3205 the father 3205 of Enoch 2585.
19 Then Jared 3382 lived 2421 eight 8083 hundred 3967 years 8141 after 310 he became 3205 the father 3205 of Enoch 2585, and he had 3205 {other} sons 1121 and daughters 1323.
20 So all 3605 the days 3117 of Jared 3382 were nine 8672 hundred 3967 and sixty-two years 8141, and he died 4191.
21 ¶ Enoch 2585 lived 2421 sixty-five years 8141, and became 3205 the father 3205 of Methuselah 4968.
22 Then Enoch 2585 walked 1980 with God 430 three 7969 hundred 3967 years 8141 after 310 he became 3205 the father 3205 of Methuselah 4968, and he had 3205 {other} sons 1121 and daughters 1323.
23 So all 3605 the days 3117 of Enoch 2585 were three 7969 hundred 3967 and sixty-five years 8141.
24 Enoch 2585 walked 1980 with God 430; and he was not, for God 430 took 3947 him.
25 ¶ Methuselah 4968 lived 2421 one hundred 3967 and eighty-seven 8084 years 8141, and became 3205 the father 3205 of Lamech 3929.
26 Then Methuselah 4968 lived 2421 seven 7651 hundred 3967 and eighty-two 8084 years 8141 after 310 he became 3205 the father 3205 of Lamech 3929, and he had 3205 {other} sons 1121 and daughters 1323.
27 So all 3605 the days 3117 of Methuselah 4968 were nine 8672 hundred 3967 and sixty-nine years 8141, and he died 4191.
28 ¶ Lamech 3929 lived 2421 one hundred 3967 and eighty-two 8084 years 8141, and became 3205 the father 3205 of a son 1121.
29 Now he called 7121 his name 8034 Noah 5146, saying 559, "This 2088 one 2088 will give 5162 us rest 5162 from our work 4639 and from the toil 6093 of our hands 3027 {arising} from the ground 127 which 834 the LORD 3068 has cursed 779."
30 Then Lamech 3929 lived 2421 five 2568 hundred 3967 and ninety-five years 8141 after 310 he became 3205 the father 3205 of Noah 5146, and he had 3205 {other} sons 1121 and daughters 1323.
31 So all 3605 the days 3117 of Lamech 3929 were seven 7651 hundred 3967 and seventy-seven 7657 years 8141, and he died 4191.
32 ¶ Noah 5146 was five 2568 hundred 3967 years 8141 old 1121, and Noah 5146 became 3205 the father 3205 of Shem 8035, Ham 2526, and Japheth 3315.

## Chapter 6

1

The Corruption of Mankind

Now it came 1961 about, when 3588 men 120 began 2490 to multiply 7231 on the face 6440 of the land 127, and daughters 1323 were born 3205 to them,
2 that the sons 1121 of God 430 saw 7200 that the daughters 1323 of men 120 were beautiful 2896; and they took 3947 wives 802 for themselves, whomever they chose 977.
3 Then the LORD 3068 said 559, "My Spirit 7307 shall not strive 1777 with man 120 forever 5769, because 7683 he also 7683 is flesh 1320; nevertheless his days 3117 shall be one hundred 3967 and twenty 6242 years 8141."
4 The Nephilim 5303 were on the earth 776 in those 1992 days 3117, and also 1571 afterward, when 834 the sons 1121 of God 430 came 935 in to the daughters 1323 of men 120, and they bore 3205 {children} to them. Those 1992 were the mighty 1368 men 1368 who 834 {were} of old 5769, men 376 of renown 8034.
5 ¶ Then the LORD 3068 saw 7200 that the wickedness 7463 of man 120 was great 7227 on the earth 776, and that every 3605 intent 3336 of the thoughts 4284 of his heart 3820 was only 7534 evil 7451 continually.
6 The LORD 3068 was sorry 5162 that He had made 6213 man 120 on the earth 776, and He was grieved 6087 in His heart 3820.
7 The LORD 3068 said 559, "I will blot 4229 out man 120 whom 834 I have created 1254 from the face 6440 of the land 127, from man 120 to animals 929 to creeping 7431 things 7431 and to birds 5775 of the sky 8064; for I am 5162 sorry 5162 that I have made 6213 them."
8 But Noah 5146 found 4672 favor 2580 in the eyes 5869 of the LORD 3068.
9 ¶ These 428 are {the records of} the generations 8435 of Noah 5146. Noah 5146 was a righteous 6662 man 376, blameless 8549 in his time 1755; Noah 5146 walked 1980 with God 430.
10 Noah 5146 became 3205 the father 3205 of three 7969 sons 1121: Shem 8035, Ham 2526, and Japheth 3315.
11 ¶ Now the earth 776 was corrupt 7843 in the sight 6440 of God 430, and the earth 776 was filled 4390 with violence 2555.
12 God 430 looked 7200 on the earth 776, and behold 2009, it was corrupt 7843; for all 3605 flesh 1320 had corrupted 7843 their way 1870 upon the earth 776.
13 ¶ Then God 430 said 559 to Noah 5146, "The end 7093 of all 3605 flesh 1320 has come 935 before 6440 Me; for the earth 776 is filled 4390 with violence 2555 because of them; and behold 2009, I am about to destroy 7843 them with the earth 776.
14 "Make 6213 for yourself an ark 8392 of gopher 1613 wood 6086; you shall make 6213 the ark 8392 with rooms 7064, and shall cover 3722 it inside and out with pitch 3724.
15 "This 2088 is how 834 you shall make 6213 it: the length 753 of the ark 8392 three 7969 hundred 3967 cubits 520, its breadth 7341 fifty 2572 cubits 520, and its height 6967 thirty 7970 cubits 520.
16 "You shall make 6213 a window 6672 for the ark 8392, and finish 3615 it to a cubit 520 from the top 4605; and set 7760 the door 6607 of the ark 8392 in the side 6654 of it; you shall make 6213 it with lower 8482, second 8145, and third 7992 decks.
17 "Behold 2009, I, even I am bringing 935 the flood 3999 of water 4325 upon the earth 776, to destroy 7843 all 3605 flesh 1320 in which 834 is the breath 7307 of life 2425, from under 8478 heaven 8064; everything 3605 that is on the earth 776 shall perish 1478.
18 "But I will establish 6965 My covenant 1285 with you; and you shall enter 935 the ark 8392--you and your sons 1121 and your wife 802, and your sons' 1121 wives 802 with you.
19 "And of every 3605 living 2416 thing 2416 of all 3605 flesh 1320, you shall bring 935 two 8147 of every 3605 {kind} into the ark 8392, to keep 2421 {them} alive 2421 with you; they shall be male 2145 and female 5347.
20 "Of the birds 5775 after their kind 4327, and of the animals 929 after their kind 4327, of every 3605 creeping 7431 thing 7431 of the ground 127 after its kind 4327, two 8147 of every 3605 {kind} will come 935 to you to keep 2421 {them} alive 2421.
21 "As for you, take 3947 for yourself some 4480 of all 3605 food 3978 which 834 is edible 398, and gather 622 {it} to yourself; and it shall be for food 402 for you and for them."
22 Thus Noah 5146 did 6213; according to all 3605 that God 430 had commanded 6680 him, so 3651 he did 6213.

## Chapter 7

1

The Flood

Then the LORD 3068 said 559 to Noah 5146, "Enter 935 the ark 8392, you and all 3605 your household 1004, for you {alone} I have seen 7200 {to be} righteous 6662 before 6440 Me in this 2088 time 1755.
2 "You shall take 3947 with you of every 3605 clean 2889 animal 929 by sevens 7651, a male 376 and his female 802; and of the animals 929 that are not clean 2889 two 8147, a male 376 and his female 802;
3 also 1571 of the birds 5775 of the sky 8064, by sevens 7651, male 2145 and female 5347, to keep 2421 offspring 2233 alive 2421 on the face 6440 of all 3605 the earth 776.
4 "For after seven 7651 more 5750 days 3117, I will send 4305 rain 4305 on the earth 776 forty 705 days 3117 and forty 705 nights 3915; and I will blot 4229 out from the face 6440 of the land 127 every 3605 living 3351 thing 3351 that I have made 6213."
5 Noah 5146 did 6213 according to all 3605 that the LORD 3068 had commanded 6680 him.
6 ¶ Now Noah 5146 was six 8337 hundred 3967 years 8141 old 1121 when the flood 3999 of water 4325 came 1961 upon the earth 776.
7 Then Noah 5146 and his sons 1121 and his wife 802 and his sons' 1121 wives 802 with him entered 935 the ark 8392 because of the water 4325 of the flood 3999.
8 Of clean 2889 animals 929 and animals 929 that are not clean 2889 and birds 5775 and everything 3605 that creeps 7430 on the ground 127,
9 there went 935 into the ark 8392 to Noah 5146 by twos 8147, male 2145 and female 5347, as God 430 had commanded 6680 Noah 5146.
10 It came 1961 about after the seven 7651 days 3117, that the water 4325 of the flood 3999 came 1961 upon the earth 776.
11 In the six 8337 hundredth 3967 year 8141 of Noah's 5146 life 2425, in the second 8145 month 2320, on the seventeenth day 3117 of the month 2320, on the same 2088 day 3117 all 3605 the fountains 4599 of the great 7227 deep 8415 burst 1234 open 1234, and the floodgates 699 of the sky 8064 were opened 6605.
12 The rain 1653 fell 1961 upon the earth 776 for forty 705 days 3117 and forty 705 nights 3915.
13 ¶ On the very 6106 same 6106 day 3117 Noah 5146 and Shem 8035 and Ham 2526 and Japheth 3315, the sons 1121 of Noah 5146, and Noah's 5146 wife 802 and the three 7969 wives 802 of his sons 1121 with them, entered 935 the ark 8392,
14 they and every 3605 beast 2421 after its kind 4327, and all 3605 the cattle 929 after their kind 4327, and every 3605 creeping 7431 thing 7431 that creeps 7430 on the earth 776 after its kind 4327, and every 3605 bird 5775 after its kind 4327, all 3605 sorts 3671 of birds 6833.
15 So they went 935 into the ark 8392 to Noah 5146, by twos 8147 of all 3605 flesh 1320 in which 834 was the breath 7307 of life 2425.
16 Those that entered 935, male 2145 and female 5347 of all 3605 flesh 1320, entered 935 as God 430 had commanded 6680 him; and the LORD 3068 closed 5462 {it} behind 1157 him.
17 ¶ Then the flood 3999 came 1961 upon the earth 776 for forty 705 days 3117, and the water 4325 increased 7235 and lifted 5375 up the ark 8392, so that it rose 7311 above the earth 776.
18 The water 4325 prevailed 1396 and increased 7235 greatly 3966 upon the earth 776, and the ark 8392 floated 1980 on the surface 6440 of the water 4325.
19 The water 4325 prevailed 1396 more 3966 and more 3966 upon the earth 776, so that all 3605 the high 1364 mountains 2022 everywhere 3605 under 8478 the heavens 8064 were covered 3680.
20 The water 4325 prevailed 1396 fifteen cubits 520 higher 4605, and the mountains 2022 were covered 3680.
21 All 3605 flesh 1320 that moved 7430 on the earth 776 perished 1478, birds 5775 and cattle 929 and beasts 2421 and every 3605 swarming 8318 thing 8318 that swarms 8317 upon the earth 776, and all 3605 mankind 120;
22 of all 3605 that was on the dry 2724 land 2724, all 3605 in whose 834 nostrils 639 was the breath 5397 of the spirit 7307 of life 2425, died 4191.
23 Thus He blotted 4229 out every 3605 living 3351 thing 3351 that was upon the face 6440 of the land 127, from man 120 to animals 929 to creeping 7431 things 7431 and to birds 5775 of the sky 8064, and they were blotted 4229 out from the earth 776; and only 389 Noah 5146 was left 7604, together with those that were with him in the ark 8392.
24 The water 4325 prevailed 1396 upon the earth 776 one hundred 3967 and fifty 2572 days 3117.

## Chapter 8

1

The Flood Subsides

But God 430 remembered 2142 Noah 5146 and all 3605 the beasts 2421 and all 3605 the cattle 929 that were with him in the ark 8392; and God 430 caused a wind 7307 to pass 5674 over 5921 the earth 776, and the water 4325 subsided 7918.
2 Also the fountains 4599 of the deep 8415 and the floodgates 699 of the sky 8064 were closed 5534, and the rain 1653 from the sky 8064 was restrained 3607;
3 and the water 4325 receded 7725 steadily 1980 from the earth 776, and at the end 7097 of one hundred 3967 and fifty 2572 days 3117 the water 4325 decreased 2637.
4 In the seventh 7637 month 2320, on the seventeenth day 3117 of the month 2320, the ark 8392 rested 5117 upon the mountains 2022 of Ararat 780.
5 The water 4325 decreased 2637 steadily 1980 until 5704 the tenth 6224 month 2320; in the tenth 6224 month, on the first 259 day of the month 2320, the tops 7218 of the mountains 2022 became 7200 visible 7200.
6 ¶ Then it came 1961 about at the end 7093 of forty 705 days 3117, that Noah 5146 opened 6605 the window 2474 of the ark 8392 which 834 he had made 6213;
7 and he sent 7971 out a raven 6158, and it flew 3318 here 3318 and there 7725 until 5704 the water 4325 was dried 3001 up from the earth 776.
8 Then he sent 7971 out a dove 3123 from him, to see 7200 if the water 4325 was abated 7043 from the face 6440 of the land 127;
9 but the dove 3123 found 4672 no 3808 resting 4494 place 4494 for the sole 3709 of her foot 7272, so she returned 7725 to him into the ark 8392, for the water 4325 was on the surface 6440 of all 3605 the earth 776. Then he put 7971 out his hand 3027 and took 3947 her, and brought 935 her into the ark 8392 to himself.
10 So he waited 2342 yet 5750 another 312 seven 7651 days 3117; and again 3254 he sent 7971 out the dove 3123 from the ark 8392.
11 The dove 3123 came 935 to him toward evening 6153, and behold 2009, in her beak 6310 was a freshly 2965 picked 2965 olive 2132 leaf 5929. So Noah 5146 knew 3045 that the water 4325 was abated 7043 from the earth 776.
12 Then he waited 3176 yet 5750 another 312 seven 7651 days 3117, and sent 7971 out the dove 3123; but she did not return 7725 to him again 3254.
13 ¶ Now it came 1961 about in the six 8337 hundred 3967 and first 259 year 8141, in the first 7223 {month,} on the first 259 of the month 2320, the water 4325 was dried 2717 up from the earth 776. Then Noah 5146 removed 5493 the covering 4372 of the ark 8392, and looked 7200, and behold 2009, the surface 6440 of the ground 127 was dried 2717 up.
14 In the second 8145 month 2320, on the twenty-seventh day 3117 of the month 2320, the earth 776 was dry 3001.
15 Then God 430 spoke 1696 to Noah 5146, saying 559,
16 "Go 3318 out of the ark 8392, you and your wife 802 and your sons 1121 and your sons' 1121 wives 802 with you.
17 "Bring 3318 out with you every 3605 living 2421 thing 2421 of all 3605 flesh 1320 that is with you, birds 5775 and animals 929 and every 3605 creeping 7431 thing 7431 that creeps 7430 on the earth 776, that they may breed 8317 abundantly 8317 on the earth 776, and be fruitful 6509 and multiply 7235 on the earth 776."
18 So Noah 5146 went 3318 out, and his sons 1121 and his wife 802 and his sons' 1121 wives 802 with him.
19 Every 3605 beast 2421, every 3605 creeping 7431 thing 7431, and every 3605 bird 5775, everything 3605 that moves 7430 on the earth 776, went 3318 out by their families 4940 from the ark 8392.
20 ¶ Then Noah 5146 built 1129 an altar 4196 to the LORD 3068, and took 3947 of every 3605 clean 2889 animal 929 and of every 3605 clean 2889 bird 5775 and offered 5927 burnt 5930 offerings 5930 on the altar 4196.
21 The LORD 3068 smelled 7381 the soothing 5207 aroma 7381; and the LORD 3068 said 559 to Himself 3820, "I will never again 3254 curse 7043 the ground 127 on account 5668 of man 120, for the intent 3336 of man's 120 heart 3820 is evil 7451 from his youth 5271; and I will never again 3254 destroy 5221 every 3605 living 2416 thing 2416, as I have done 6213.
22 "While 5750 the earth 776 remains 5750, Seedtime 2233 and harvest 7105, And cold 7120 and heat 2527, And summer 7019 and winter 2779, And day 3117 and night 3915 Shall not cease 7673."

## Chapter 9

1

Covenant of the Rainbow

And God 430 blessed 1288 Noah 5146 and his sons 1121 and said 559 to them, "Be fruitful 6509 and multiply 7235, and fill 4390 the earth 776.
2 "The fear 4172 of you and the terror 2844 of you will be on every 3605 beast 2421 of the earth 776 and on every 3605 bird 5775 of the sky 8064; with everything 3605 that creeps 7430 on the ground 127, and all 3605 the fish 1709 of the sea 3220, into your hand 3027 they are given 5414.
3 "Every 3605 moving 7431 thing 7431 that is alive 2416 shall be food 402 for you; I give 5414 all 3605 to you, as {I gave} the green 3418 plant 6212.
4 "Only 389 you shall not eat 398 flesh 1320 with its life 5315, {that is,} its blood 1818.
5 "Surely 389 I will require 1875 your lifeblood; from every 3605 beast 2421 I will require 1875 it. And from {every} man 120, from every 376 man's 376 brother 251 I will require 1875 the life 5315 of man 120.
6 "Whoever sheds 8210 man's 120 blood 1818, By man 120 his blood 1818 shall be shed 8210, For in the image 6754 of God 430 He made 6213 man 120.
7 "As for you, be fruitful 6509 and multiply 7235; Populate 8317 the earth 776 abundantly 8317 and multiply 7235 in it."
8 ¶ Then God 430 spoke 559 to Noah 5146 and to his sons 1121 with him, saying 559,
9 "Now behold 2009, I Myself 589 do establish 6965 My covenant 1285 with you, and with your descendants 2233 after 310 you;
10 and with every 3605 living 2416 creature 5315 that is with you, the birds 5775, the cattle 929, and every 3605 beast 2421 of the earth 776 with you; of all 3605 that comes 3318 out of the ark 8392, even every 3605 beast 2421 of the earth 776.
11 "I establish 6965 My covenant 1285 with you; and all 3605 flesh 1320 shall never 3808 again 5750 be cut 3772 off 3772 by the water 4325 of the flood 3999, neither 3808 shall there again 5750 be a flood 3999 to destroy 7843 the earth 776."
12 God 430 said 559, "This 2088 is the sign 226 of the covenant 1285 which 834 I am making 5414 between 996 Me and you and every 3605 living 2416 creature 5315 that is with you, for all 5769 successive 5769 generations 1755;
13 I set 5414 My bow 7198 in the cloud 6051, and it shall be for a sign 226 of a covenant 1285 between 996 Me and the earth 776.
14 "It shall come 1961 about, when I bring 6049 a cloud 6051 over 5921 the earth 776, that the bow 7198 will be seen 7200 in the cloud 6051,
15 and I will remember 2142 My covenant 1285, which 834 is between 996 Me and you and every 3605 living 2416 creature 5315 of all 3605 flesh 1320; and never 3808 again 5750 shall the water 4325 become 1961 a flood 3999 to destroy 7843 all 3605 flesh 1320.
16 "When the bow 7198 is in the cloud 6051, then I will look 7200 upon it, to remember 2142 the everlasting 5769 covenant 1285 between 996 God 430 and every 3605 living 2416 creature 5315 of all 3605 flesh 1320 that is on the earth 776."
17 And God 430 said 559 to Noah 5146, "This 2088 is the sign 226 of the covenant 1285 which 834 I have established 6965 between 996 Me and all 3605 flesh 1320 that is on the earth 776."
18 ¶ Now the sons 1121 of Noah 5146 who came 3318 out of the ark 8392 were Shem 8035 and Ham 2526 and Japheth 3315; and Ham 2526 was the father 1 of Canaan 3667.
19 These 428 three 7969 {were} the sons 1121 of Noah 5146, and from these 428 the whole 3605 earth 776 was populated 5310.
20 ¶ Then Noah 5146 began 2490 farming and planted 5193 a vineyard 3754.
21 He drank 8354 of the wine 3196 and became 7937 drunk 7937, and uncovered 1540 himself inside 8432 his tent 168.
22 Ham 2526, the father 1 of Canaan 3667, saw 7200 the nakedness 6172 of his father 1, and told 5046 his two 8147 brothers 251 outside 2351.
23 But Shem 8035 and Japheth 3315 took 3947 a garment 8071 and laid 7760 it upon both 8147 their shoulders 7926 and walked 1980 backward 322 and covered 3680 the nakedness 6172 of their father 1; and their faces 6440 were turned 322 away 322, so that they did not see 7200 their father's 1 nakedness 6172.
24 When Noah 5146 awoke 3364 from his wine 3196, he knew 3045 what 834 his youngest 6996 son 1121 had done 6213 to him.
25 So he said 559, "Cursed 779 be Canaan 3667; A servant 5650 of servants 5650 He shall be to his brothers 251."
26 He also said 559, "Blessed 1288 be the LORD 3068, The God 430 of Shem 8035; And let Canaan 3667 be his servant 5650.
27 "May God 430 enlarge 6601 Japheth 3315, And let him dwell 7931 in the tents 168 of Shem 8035; And let Canaan 3667 be his servant 5650."
28 ¶ Noah 5146 lived 2421 three 7969 hundred 3967 and fifty 2572 years 8141 after 310 the flood 3999.
29 So all 3605 the days 3117 of Noah 5146 were nine 8672 hundred 3967 and fifty 2572 years 8141, and he died 4191.

## Chapter 10

1

Descendants of Noah

Now these 428 are {the records of} the generations 8435 of Shem 8035, Ham 2526, and Japheth 3315, the sons 1121 of Noah 5146; and sons 1121 were born 3205 to them after 310 the flood 3999.
2 ¶ The sons 1121 of Japheth 3315 {were} Gomer 1586 and Magog 4031 and Madai 4074 and Javan 3120 and Tubal 8422 and Meshech 4902 and Tiras 8494.
3 The sons 1121 of Gomer 1586 {were} Ashkenaz 813 and Riphath 7384 and Togarmah 8425.
4 The sons 1121 of Javan 3120 {were} Elishah 473 and Tarshish 8659, Kittim 3794 and Dodanim 1721.
5 From these 428 the coastlands 339 of the nations 1471 were separated 6504 into their lands 776, every 376 one 376 according to his language 3956, according to their families 4940, into their nations 1471.
6 ¶ The sons 1121 of Ham 2526 {were} Cush 3568 and Mizraim 4714 and Put 6316 and Canaan 3667.
7 The sons 1121 of Cush 3568 {were} Seba 5434 and Havilah 2341 and Sabtah 5454 and Raamah 7484 and Sabteca 5455; and the sons 1121 of Raamah 7484 {were} Sheba 7614 and Dedan 1719.
8 Now Cush 3568 became 3205 the father 3205 of Nimrod 5248; he became a mighty 1368 one 1368 on the earth 776.
9 He was a mighty 1368 hunter 6718 before 6440 the LORD 3068; therefore it is said 559, "Like Nimrod 5248 a mighty 1368 hunter 6718 before 6440 the LORD 3068."
10 The beginning 7225 of his kingdom 4467 was Babel 894 and Erech 751 and Accad 390 and Calneh 3641, in the land 776 of Shinar 8152.
11 From that land 776 he went 3318 forth 3318 into Assyria 804, and built 1129 Nineveh 5210 and Rehoboth-Ir 7344 and Calah 3625,
12 and Resen 7449 between 996 Nineveh 5210 and Calah 3625; that is the great 1419 city 5892.
13 Mizraim 4714 became 3205 the father 3205 of Ludim 3866 and Anamim 6047 and Lehabim 3853 and Naphtuhim 5320
14 and Pathrusim 6625 and Casluhim 3695 (from which 834 came 3318 the Philistines 6430) and Caphtorim 3732.
15 ¶ Canaan 3667 became 3205 the father 3205 of Sidon 6721, his firstborn 1060, and Heth 2845
16 and the Jebusite 2983 and the Amorite 567 and the Girgashite 1622
17 and the Hivite 2340 and the Arkite 6208 and the Sinite 5513
18 and the Arvadite 721 and the Zemarite 6786 and the Hamathite 2577; and afterward 310 the families 4940 of the Canaanite 3669 were spread 6327 abroad.
19 The territory 1366 of the Canaanite 3669 extended 1961 from Sidon 6721 as you go 935 toward Gerar 1642, as far 5704 as Gaza 5804; as you go 935 toward Sodom 5467 and Gomorrah 6017 and Admah 126 and Zeboiim 6636, as far 5704 as Lasha 3962.
20 These 428 are the sons 1121 of Ham 2526, according to their families 4940, according to their languages 3956, by their lands 776, by their nations 1471.
21 ¶ Also 1571 to Shem 8035, the father 1 of all 3605 the children 1121 of Eber 5677, {and} the older 1419 brother 251 of Japheth 3315, children were born 3205.
22 The sons 1121 of Shem 8035 {were} Elam 5867 and Asshur 804 and Arpachshad 775 and Lud 3865 and Aram 758.
23 The sons 1121 of Aram 758 {were} Uz 5780 and Hul 2343 and Gether 1666 and Mash 4851.
24 Arpachshad 775 became 3205 the father 3205 of Shelah 7974; and Shelah 7974 became 3205 the father 3205 of Eber 5677.
25 Two 8147 sons 1121 were born 3205 to Eber 5677; the name 8034 of the one 259 {was} Peleg 6389, for in his days 3117 the earth 776 was divided 6385; and his brother's 251 name 8034 {was} Joktan 3355.
26 Joktan 3355 became 3205 the father 3205 of Almodad 486 and Sheleph 8026 and Hazarmaveth 2700 and Jerah 3392
27 and Hadoram 1913 and Uzal 187 and Diklah 1853
28 and Obal 5745 and Abimael 39 and Sheba 7614
29 and Ophir 211 and Havilah 2341 and Jobab 3103; all 3605 these 428 were the sons 1121 of Joktan 3355.
30 Now their settlement 4186 extended 1961 from Mesha 4852 as you go 935 toward Sephar 5611, the hill 2022 country 2022 of the east 6924.
31 These 428 are the sons 1121 of Shem 8035, according to their families 4940, according to their languages 3956, by their lands 776, according to their nations 1471.
32 ¶ These 428 are the families 4940 of the sons 1121 of Noah 5146, according to their genealogies 8435, by their nations 1471; and out of these 428 the nations 1471 were separated 6504 on the earth 776 after 310 the flood 3999.

## Chapter 11

1

Universal Language, Babel, Confusion

Now the whole 3605 earth 776 used 1961 the same 259 language 8193 and the same 259 words 1697.
2 It came 1961 about as they journeyed 5265 east 6924, that they found 4672 a plain 1237 in the land 776 of Shinar 8152 and settled 3427 there 8033.
3 They said 559 to one 376 another 7453, "Come 3051, let us make 3835 bricks 3835 and burn 8313 {them} thoroughly 8316." And they used 1961 brick 3843 for stone 68, and they used 1961 tar 2564 for mortar 2563.
4 They said 559, "Come 3051, let us build 1129 for ourselves a city 5892, and a tower 4026 whose top 7218 {will reach} into heaven 8064, and let us make 6213 for ourselves a name 8034, otherwise 6435 we will be scattered 6327 abroad over 5921 the face 6440 of the whole 3605 earth 776."
5 The LORD 3068 came 3381 down 3381 to see 7200 the city 5892 and the tower 4026 which 834 the sons 1121 of men 120 had built 1129.
6 The LORD 3068 said 559, "Behold 2005, they are one 259 people 5971, and they all 3605 have the same 259 language 8193. And this 2088 is what they began 2490 to do 6213, and now 6258 nothing which 834 they purpose 2161 to do 6213 will be impossible 1219 for them.
7 "Come 3051, let Us go 3381 down 3381 and there 8033 confuse 1101 their language 8193, so 834 that they will not understand 8085 one 376 another's 7453 speech 8193."
8 So the LORD 3068 scattered 6327 them abroad from there 8033 over 5921 the face 6440 of the whole 3605 earth 776; and they stopped 2308 building 1129 the city 5892.
9 Therefore its name 8034 was called 7121 Babel 894, because 3588 there 8033 the LORD 3068 confused 1101 the language 8193 of the whole 3605 earth 776; and from there 8033 the LORD 3068 scattered 6327 them abroad over 5921 the face 6440 of the whole 3605 earth 776.
10

Descendants of Shem

¶ These 428 are {the records of} the generations 8435 of Shem 8035. Shem 8035 was one hundred 3967 years 8141 old 1121, and became 3205 the father 3205 of Arpachshad 775 two years 8141 after 310 the flood 3999;
11 and Shem 8035 lived 2421 five 2568 hundred 3967 years 8141 after 310 he became 3205 the father 3205 of Arpachshad 775, and he had 3205 {other} sons 1121 and daughters 1323.
12 ¶ Arpachshad 775 lived 2421 thirty-five years 8141, and became 3205 the father 3205 of Shelah 7974;
13 and Arpachshad 775 lived 2421 four 702 hundred 3967 and three 7969 years 8141 after 310 he became 3205 the father 3205 of Shelah 7974, and he had 3205 {other} sons 1121 and daughters 1323.
14 ¶ Shelah 7974 lived 2421 thirty 7970 years 8141, and became 3205 the father 3205 of Eber 5677;
15 and Shelah 7974 lived 2421 four 702 hundred 3967 and three 7969 years 8141 after 310 he became 3205 the father 3205 of Eber 5677, and he had 3205 {other} sons 1121 and daughters 1323.
16 ¶ Eber 5677 lived 2421 thirty-four years 8141, and became 3205 the father 3205 of Peleg 6389;
17 and Eber 5677 lived 2421 four 702 hundred 3967 and thirty 7970 years 8141 after 310 he became 3205 the father 3205 of Peleg 6389, and he had 3205 {other} sons 1121 and daughters 1323.
18 ¶ Peleg 6389 lived 2421 thirty 7970 years 8141, and became 3205 the father 3205 of Reu 7466;
19 and Peleg 6389 lived 2421 two hundred 3967 and nine 8672 years 8141 after 310 he became 3205 the father 3205 of Reu 7466, and he had 3205 {other} sons 1121 and daughters 1323.
20 ¶ Reu 7466 lived 2421 thirty-two years 8141, and became 3205 the father 3205 of Serug 8286;
21 and Reu 7466 lived 2421 two hundred 3967 and seven 7651 years 8141 after 310 he became 3205 the father 3205 of Serug 8286, and he had 3205 {other} sons 1121 and daughters 1323.
22 ¶ Serug 8286 lived 2421 thirty 7970 years 8141, and became 3205 the father 3205 of Nahor 5152;
23 and Serug 8286 lived 2421 two hundred 3967 years 8141 after 310 he became 3205 the father 3205 of Nahor 5152, and he had 3205 {other} sons 1121 and daughters 1323.
24 ¶ Nahor 5152 lived 2421 twenty-nine years 8141, and became 3205 the father 3205 of Terah 8646;
25 and Nahor 5152 lived 2421 one hundred 3967 and nineteen years 8141 after 310 he became 3205 the father 3205 of Terah 8646, and he had 3205 {other} sons 1121 and daughters 1323.
26 ¶ Terah 8646 lived 2421 seventy 7657 years 8141, and became 3205 the father 3205 of Abram 87, Nahor 5152 and Haran 2039.
27 ¶ Now these 428 are {the records of} the generations 8435 of Terah 8646. Terah 8646 became 3205 the father 3205 of Abram 87, Nahor 5152 and Haran 2039; and Haran 2039 became 3205 the father 3205 of Lot 3876.
28 Haran 2039 died 4191 in the presence 6440 of his father 1 Terah 8646 in the land 776 of his birth 4138, in Ur 218 of the Chaldeans 3778.
29 Abram 87 and Nahor 5152 took 3947 wives 802 for themselves. The name 8034 of Abram's 87 wife 802 was Sarai 8297; and the name 8034 of Nahor's 5152 wife 802 was Milcah 4435, the daughter 1323 of Haran 2039, the father 1 of Milcah 4435 and Iscah 3252.
30 Sarai 8297 was barren 6135; she had 369 no 369 child 2056.
31 ¶ Terah 8646 took 3947 Abram 87 his son 1121, and Lot 3876 the son 1121 of Haran 2039, his grandson 1121, and Sarai 8297 his daughter-in-law 3618, his son 1121 Abram's 87 wife 802; and they went 3318 out together 854 from Ur 218 of the Chaldeans 3778 in order to enter 1980 the land 776 of Canaan 3667; and they went 935 as far 5704 as Haran 2771, and settled 3427 there 8033.
32 The days 3117 of Terah 8646 were two hundred 3967 and five 2568 years 8141; and Terah 8646 died 4191 in Haran 2771.

## Chapter 12

1

Abram Journeys to Egypt

Now the LORD 3068 said 559 to Abram 87, "Go 1980 forth from your country 776, And from your relatives 4138 And from your father's 1 house 1004, To the land 776 which 834 I will show 7200 you;
2 And I will make 6213 you a great 1419 nation 1471, And I will bless 1288 you, And make 1431 your name 8034 great 1431; And so you shall be a blessing 1293;
3 And I will bless 1288 those who bless 1288 you, And the one who curses 7043 you I will curse 779. And in you all 3605 the families 4940 of the earth 127 will be blessed 1288."
4 ¶ So Abram 87 went 1980 forth as the LORD 3068 had spoken 1696 to him; and Lot 3876 went 1980 with him. Now Abram 87 was seventy-five 7657 years 8141 old 1121 when he departed 3318 from Haran 2771.
5 Abram 87 took 3947 Sarai 8297 his wife 802 and Lot 3876 his nephew, and all 3605 their possessions 7399 which 834 they had accumulated 7408, and the persons 5315 which 834 they had acquired 6213 in Haran 2771, and they set out for the land 776 of Canaan 3667; thus they came 935 to the land 776 of Canaan 3667.
6 Abram 87 passed 5674 through 5674 the land 776 as far 5704 as the site 4725 of Shechem 7927, to the oak 436 of Moreh 4176. Now the Canaanite 3669 {was} then 227 in the land 776.
7 The LORD 3068 appeared 7200 to Abram 87 and said 559, "To your descendants 2233 I will give 5414 this 2088 land 776." So he built 1129 an altar 4196 there 8033 to the LORD 3068 who had appeared 7200 to him.
8 Then he proceeded 6275 from there 8033 to the mountain 2022 on the east 6924 of Bethel 1008, and pitched 5186 his tent 168, with Bethel 1008 on the west 3220 and Ai 5857 on the east 6924; and there 8033 he built 1129 an altar 4196 to the LORD 3068 and called 7121 upon the name 8034 of the LORD 3068.
9 Abram 87 journeyed 5265 on, continuing toward the Negev 5045.
10 ¶ Now there was a famine 7458 in the land 776; so Abram 87 went 3381 down 3381 to Egypt 4714 to sojourn 1481 there 8033, for the famine 7458 was severe 3515 in the land 776.
11 It came 1961 about when 3512 he came near 7126 to Egypt 4714, that he said 559 to Sarai 8297 his wife 802, "See 2009 now 4994, I know 3045 that you are a beautiful 3303 woman 802;
12 and when 3588 the Egyptians 4713 see 7200 you, they will say 559, 'This 2088 is his wife 802'; and they will kill 2026 me, but they will let you live 2421.
13 "Please 4994 say 559 that you are my sister 269 so 4616 that it may go 3190 well 3190 with me because 5668 of you, and that I may live 2421 on account 1558 of you."
14 It came 1961 about when Abram 87 came 935 into Egypt 4714, the Egyptians 4713 saw 7200 that the woman 802 was very 3966 beautiful 3303.
15 Pharaoh's 6547 officials 8269 saw 7200 her and praised 1984 her to Pharaoh 6547; and the woman 802 was taken 3947 into Pharaoh's 6547 house 1004.
16 Therefore he treated 3190 Abram 87 well 3190 for her sake 5668; and gave 1961 him sheep 6629 and oxen 1241 and donkeys 2543 and male 5650 and female 8198 servants 8198 and female 860 donkeys 860 and camels 1581.
17 ¶ But the LORD 3068 struck 5060 Pharaoh 6547 and his house 1004 with great 1419 plagues 5061 because of Sarai 8297, Abram's 87 wife 802.
18 Then Pharaoh 6547 called 7121 Abram 87 and said 559, "What 4100 is this 2088 you have done 6213 to me? Why 4100 did you not tell 5046 me that she was your wife 802?
19 "Why 4100 did you say 559, 'She is my sister 269,' so that I took 3947 her for my wife 802? Now 6258 then, here 2009 is your wife 802, take 3947 her and go 1980."
20 Pharaoh 6547 commanded 6680 {his} men 376 concerning 5921 him; and they escorted 7971 him away 7971, with his wife 802 and all 3605 that belonged to him.

## Chapter 13

1

Abram and Lot

So Abram 87 went 5927 up from Egypt 4714 to the Negev 5045, he and his wife 802 and all 3605 that belonged to him, and Lot 3876 with him.
2 ¶ Now Abram 87 was very 3966 rich 3515 in livestock 4735, in silver 3701 and in gold 2091.
3 He went 1980 on his journeys 4550 from the Negev 5045 as far 5704 as Bethel 1008, to the place 4725 where his tent 168 had been 1961 at the beginning 8462, between 996 Bethel 1008 and Ai 5857,
4 to the place 4725 of the altar 4196 which 834 he had made 6213 there 8033 formerly 7223; and there 8033 Abram 87 called 7121 on the name 8034 of the LORD 3068.
5 Now Lot 3876, who went 1980 with Abram 87, also 1571 had 1961 flocks 6629 and herds 1241 and tents 168.
6 And the land 776 could not sustain 5375 them while dwelling 3427 together 3164, for their possessions 7399 were so great 7227 that they were not able 3201 to remain 3427 together 3164.
7 And there was strife 7379 between 996 the herdsmen 7462 of Abram's 87 livestock 4735 and the herdsmen 7462 of Lot's 3876 livestock 4735. Now the Canaanite 3669 and the Perizzite 6522 were dwelling 3427 then 227 in the land 776.
8 ¶ So Abram 87 said 559 to Lot 3876, "Please 4994 let there be no 408 strife 4808 between 996 you and me, nor between 996 my herdsmen 7462 and your herdsmen 7462, for we are brothers 251.
9 "Is not the whole 3605 land 776 before 6440 you? Please 4994 separate 6504 from me; if 518 {to} the left 8040, then I will go 3231 to the right 3231; or if 518 {to} the right 3225, then I will go 8041 to the left 8041."
10 Lot 3876 lifted 5375 up his eyes 5869 and saw 7200 all 3605 the valley 3603 of the Jordan 3383, that it was well 4945 watered 4945 everywhere 3605--{this was} before 6440 the LORD 3068 destroyed 7843 Sodom 5467 and Gomorrah 6017--like the garden 1588 of the LORD 3068, like the land 776 of Egypt 4714 as you go 935 to Zoar 6820.
11 So Lot 3876 chose 977 for himself all 3605 the valley 3603 of the Jordan 3383, and Lot 3876 journeyed 5265 eastward 6924. Thus they separated 6504 from each 376 other 251.
12 Abram 87 settled 3427 in the land 776 of Canaan 3667, while Lot 3876 settled 3427 in the cities 5892 of the valley 3603, and moved 167 his tents 167 as far 5704 as Sodom 5467.
13 Now the men 376 of Sodom 5467 were wicked 7451 exceedingly 3966 and sinners 2400 against the LORD 3068.
14 ¶ The LORD 3068 said 559 to Abram 87, after 310 Lot 3876 had separated 6504 from him, "Now 4994 lift 5375 up your eyes 5869 and look 7200 from the place 4725 where you are, northward 6828 and southward 5045 and eastward 6924 and westward 3220;
15 for all 3605 the land 776 which 834 you see 7200, I will give 5414 it to you and to your descendants 2233 forever.
16 "I will make 7760 your descendants 2233 as the dust 6083 of the earth 776, so 834 that if 518 anyone 376 can 3201 number 4487 the dust 6083 of the earth 776, then your descendants 2233 can also 1571 be numbered 4487.
17 "Arise 6965, walk 1980 about the land 776 through its length 753 and breadth 7341; for I will give 5414 it to you."
18 Then Abram 87 moved 167 his tent 167 and came 935 and dwelt 3427 by the oaks 436 of Mamre 4471, which 834 are in Hebron 2275, and there 8033 he built 1129 an altar 4196 to the LORD 3068.

## Chapter 14

1

War of the Kings

And it came 1961 about in the days 3117 of Amraphel 569 king 4428 of Shinar 8152, Arioch 746 king 4428 of Ellasar 495, Chedorlaomer 3540 king 4428 of Elam 5867, and Tidal 8413 king 4428 of Goiim 1472,
2 {that} they made 6213 war 4421 with Bera 1298 king 4428 of Sodom 5467, and with Birsha 1306 king 4428 of Gomorrah 6017, Shinab 8134 king 4428 of Admah 126, and Shemeber 8038 king 4428 of Zeboiim 6636, and the king 4428 of Bela 1106 (that is, Zoar 6820).
3 All 3605 these 428 came 2266 as allies 2266 to the valley 6010 of Siddim 7708 (that is, the Salt 4417 Sea 3220).
4 Twelve years 8141 they had served 5647 Chedorlaomer 3540, but the thirteenth year 8141 they rebelled 4775.
5 In the fourteenth year 8141 Chedorlaomer 3540 and the kings 4428 that were with him, came 935 and defeated 5221 the Rephaim 7497 in Ashteroth-karnaim 6255 and the Zuzim 2104 in Ham 1990 and the Emim 368 in Shaveh-kiriathaim 7741,
6 and the Horites 2752 in their Mount 2022 Seir 8165, as far 5704 as El-paran 364, which 834 is by the wilderness 4057.
7 Then they turned 7725 back 7725 and came 935 to En-mishpat 5880 (that is, Kadesh 6946), and conquered 5221 all 3605 the country 7704 of the Amalekites 6003, and also 1571 the Amorites 567, who lived 3427 in Hazazon-tamar 2688.
8 And the king 4428 of Sodom 5467 and the king 4428 of Gomorrah 6017 and the king 4428 of Admah 126 and the king 4428 of Zeboiim 6636 and the king 4428 of Bela 1106 (that is, Zoar 6820) came 3318 out; and they arrayed 6186 for battle 4421 against 854 them in the valley 6010 of Siddim 7708,
9 against 854 Chedorlaomer 3540 king 4428 of Elam 5867 and Tidal 8413 king 4428 of Goiim 1472 and Amraphel 569 king 4428 of Shinar 8152 and Arioch 746 king 4428 of Ellasar 495--four 702 kings 4428 against 854 five 2568.
10 Now the valley 6010 of Siddim 7708 was full of tar 2564 pits 875; and the kings 4428 of Sodom 5467 and Gomorrah 6017 fled 5127, and they fell 5307 into them. But those who survived 7604 fled 5127 to the hill 2022 country 2022.
11 Then they took 3947 all 3605 the goods 7399 of Sodom 5467 and Gomorrah 6017 and all 3605 their food 400 supply 400, and departed 1980.
12 They also took 3947 Lot 3876, Abram's 87 nephew, and his possessions 7399 and departed 1980, for he was living 3427 in Sodom 5467.
13 ¶ Then a fugitive 6412 came 935 and told 5046 Abram 87 the Hebrew 5680. Now he was living 7931 by the oaks 436 of Mamre 4471 the Amorite 567, brother 251 of Eshcol 812 and brother 251 of Aner 6063, and these 1992 were allies with Abram 87.
14 When Abram 87 heard 8085 that his relative 251 had been taken 7617 captive 7617, he led 7385 out his trained 2593 men 2593, born 3211 in his house 1004, three 7969 hundred 3967 and eighteen, and went 7291 in pursuit 7291 as far 5704 as Dan 1835.
15 He divided 2505 his forces against 5921 them by night 3915, he and his servants 5650, and defeated 5221 them, and pursued 7291 them as far 5704 as Hobah 2327, which 834 is north 8040 of Damascus 1834.
16 He brought 7725 back 7725 all 3605 the goods 7399, and also 1571 brought 7725 back 7725 his relative 251 Lot 3876 with his possessions 7399, and also 1571 the women 802, and the people 5971.
17

God's Promise to Abram

¶ Then after 310 his return 7725 from the defeat 5221 of Chedorlaomer 3540 and the kings 4428 who 834 were with him, the king 4428 of Sodom 5467 went 3318 out to meet 7122 him at the valley 6010 of Shaveh 7740 (that is, the King's 4428 Valley 6010).
18 And Melchizedek 4442 king 4428 of Salem 8004 brought 3318 out bread 3899 and wine 3196; now he was a priest 3548 of God 410 Most 5945 High 5945.
19 He blessed 1288 him and said 559, "Blessed 1288 be Abram 87 of God 430 Most 5945 High 5945, Possessor 7069 of heaven 8064 and earth 776;
20 And blessed 1288 be God 430 Most 5945 High 5945, Who 834 has delivered 4042 your enemies 6862 into your hand 3027." He gave 5414 him a tenth 4643 of all 3605.
21 The king 4428 of Sodom 5467 said 559 to Abram 87, "Give 5414 the people 5315 to me and take 3947 the goods 7399 for yourself."
22 Abram 87 said 559 to the king 4428 of Sodom 5467, "I have sworn to the LORD 3068 God 430 Most 5945 High 5945, possessor 7069 of heaven 8064 and earth 776,
23 that I will not take 3947 a thread 2339 or a sandal 5275 thong 8288 or anything 3605 that is yours, for fear you would say 559, 'I have made 6238 Abram 87 rich 6238.'
24 "I will take nothing 1107 except 1107 what 834 the young 5288 men 5288 have eaten 398, and the share 2506 of the men 376 who 834 went 1980 with me, Aner 6063, Eshcol 812, and Mamre 4471; let them take 3947 their share 2506."

## Chapter 15

1

Abram Promised a Son

After 310 these 428 things 1697 the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came 1961 to Abram 87 in a vision 4236, saying 559, "Do not fear 3372, Abram 87, I am a shield 4043 to you; Your reward 7939 shall be very 3966 great 7235."
2 Abram 87 said 559, "O Lord 136 GOD 3068, what 4100 will You give 5414 me, since I am 1980 childless 6185, and the heir of my house 1004 is Eliezer 461 of Damascus 1834?"
3 And Abram 87 said 559, "Since 2005 You have given 5414 no 3808 offspring 2233 to me, one 1121 born 1121 in my house 1004 is my heir 3423."
4 Then behold 2009, the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 came to him, saying 559, "This 2088 man will not be your heir 3423; but one who 834 will come 3318 forth 3318 from your own body 4578, he shall be your heir 3423."
5 And He took 3318 him outside 2351 and said 559, "Now 4994 look 5027 toward the heavens 8064, and count 5608 the stars 3556, if 518 you are able 3201 to count 5608 them." And He said 559 to him, "So 3541 shall your descendants 2233 be."
6 Then he believed 539 in the LORD 3068; and He reckoned 2803 it to him as righteousness 6666.
7 And He said 559 to him, "I am the LORD 3068 who 834 brought 3318 you out of Ur 218 of the Chaldeans 3778, to give 5414 you this 2088 land 776 to possess 3423 it."
8 He said 559, "O Lord 136 GOD 3068, how 4100 may I know 3045 that I will possess 3423 it?"
9 So He said 559 to him, "Bring 3947 Me a three 8027 year 8027 old 8027 heifer 5697, and a three 8027 year 8027 old 8027 female 5795 goat 5795, and a three 8027 year 8027 old 8027 ram 352, and a turtledove 8449, and a young 1469 pigeon 1469."
10 Then he brought 3947 all 3605 these 428 to Him and cut 1334 them in two 8432, and laid 5414 each 376 half 1335 opposite 7122 the other 7453; but he did not cut 1334 the birds 6833.
11 The birds 5861 of prey 5861 came 3381 down 3381 upon the carcasses 6297, and Abram 87 drove 5380 them away 5380.
12 ¶ Now when the sun 8121 was going 935 down, a deep 8639 sleep 8639 fell 5307 upon Abram 87; and behold 2009, terror 367 {and} great 1419 darkness 2825 fell 5307 upon him.
13 {God} said 559 to Abram 87, "Know 3045 for certain 3045 that your descendants 2233 will be strangers 1616 in a land 776 that is not theirs 1992, where they will be enslaved 5647 and oppressed 6031 four 702 hundred 3967 years 8141.
14 "But I will also 1571 judge 1777 the nation 1471 whom 834 they will serve 5647, and afterward they will come 3318 out with many 1419 possessions 7399.
15 "As for you, you shall go 935 to your fathers 1 in peace 7965; you will be buried 6912 at a good 2896 old 7872 age 7872.
16 "Then in the fourth 7243 generation 1755 they will return 7725 here 2008, for the iniquity 5771 of the Amorite 567 is not yet complete 8003."
17 ¶ It came 1961 about when the sun 8121 had set 935, that it was very 5939 dark 5939, and behold 2009, {there appeared} a smoking 6227 oven 8574 and a flaming 784 torch 3940 which 834 passed 5674 between 996 these 428 pieces 1506.
18 On that day 3117 the LORD 3068 made 3772 a covenant 1285 with Abram 87, saying 559, "To your descendants 2233 I have given 5414 this 2088 land 776, From the river 5104 of Egypt 4714 as far 5704 as the great 1419 river 5104, the river 5104 Euphrates 6578:
19 the Kenite 7017 and the Kenizzite 7074 and the Kadmonite 6935
20 and the Hittite 2850 and the Perizzite 6522 and the Rephaim 7497
21 and the Amorite 567 and the Canaanite 3669 and the Girgashite 1622 and the Jebusite 2983."

## Chapter 16

1

Sarai and Hagar

Now Sarai 8297, Abram's 87 wife 802 had borne 3205 him no 3808 {children,} and she had an Egyptian 4713 maid 8198 whose name 8034 was Hagar 1904.
2 So Sarai 8297 said 559 to Abram 87, "Now 4994 behold 2009, the LORD 3068 has prevented 6113 me from bearing 3205 {children.} Please 4994 go 935 in to my maid 8198; perhaps 194 I will obtain 1129 children 1129 through 4480 her." And Abram 87 listened 8085 to the voice 6963 of Sarai 8297.
3 After 4480 Abram 87 had lived 3427 ten 6235 years 8141 in the land 776 of Canaan 3667, Abram's 87 wife 802 Sarai 8297 took 3947 Hagar 1904 the Egyptian 4713, her maid 8198, and gave 5414 her to her husband 376 Abram 87 as his wife 802.
4 He went 935 in to Hagar 1904, and she conceived 2029; and when she saw 7200 that she had conceived 2029, her mistress 1404 was despised 7043 in her sight 5869.
5 And Sarai 8297 said 559 to Abram 87, "May the wrong 2555 done me be upon you. I gave 5414 my maid 8198 into your arms 2436, but when she saw 7200 that she had conceived 2029, I was despised 7043 in her sight 5869. May the LORD 3068 judge 8199 between 996 you and me."
6 But Abram 87 said 559 to Sarai 8297, "Behold 2009, your maid 8198 is in your power 3027; do 6213 to her what 2896 is good 2896 in your sight 5869." So Sarai 8297 treated 6031 her harshly 6031, and she fled 1272 from her presence 6440.
7 ¶ Now the angel 4397 of the LORD 3068 found 4672 her by a spring 5871 of water 4325 in the wilderness 4057, by the spring 5871 on the way 1870 to Shur 7793.
8 He said 559, "Hagar 1904, Sarai's 8297 maid 8198, where have you come 935 from and where 575 are you going 1980?" And she said 559, "I am fleeing 1272 from the presence 6440 of my mistress 1404 Sarai 8297."
9 Then the angel 4397 of the LORD 3068 said 559 to her, "Return 7725 to your mistress 1404, and submit 6031 yourself to her authority 3027."
10 Moreover, the angel 4397 of the LORD 3068 said 559 to her, "I will greatly 7235 multiply 7235 your descendants 2233 so that they will be too 3808 many 7230 to count 5608."
11 The angel 4397 of the LORD 3068 said 559 to her further, "Behold 2009, you are with child 2030, And you will bear 3205 a son 1121; And you shall call 7121 his name 8034 Ishmael 3458, Because 3588 the LORD 3068 has given 8085 heed 8085 to your affliction 6040.
12 "He will be a wild 6501 donkey 6501 of a man 120, His hand 3027 {will be} against everyone 3605, And everyone's 3605 hand 3027 {will be} against him; And he will live 7931 to the east 6440 of all 3605 his brothers 251."
13 Then she called 7121 the name 8034 of the LORD 3068 who spoke 1696 to her, "You are a God 410 who 7210 sees 7200"; for she said 559, "Have I even 1571 remained 7200 alive 7200 here 1988 after 310 seeing 7210 Him?"
14 Therefore the well 875 was called 7121 Beer-lahai-roi 883; behold 2009, it is between 996 Kadesh 6946 and Bered 1260.
15 ¶ So Hagar 1904 bore 3205 Abram 87 a son 1121; and Abram 87 called 7121 the name 8034 of his son 1121, whom 834 Hagar 1904 bore 3205, Ishmael 3458.
16 Abram 87 was eighty-six 8084 years 8141 old 1121 when Hagar 1904 bore 3205 Ishmael 3458 to him.

## Chapter 17

1

Abraham and the Covenant of Circumcision

Now when Abram 87 was ninety-nine years 8141 old 1121, the LORD 3068 appeared 7200 to Abram 87 and said 559 to him, "I am God 410 Almighty 7706; Walk 1980 before 6440 Me, and be blameless 8549.
2 "I will establish 5414 My covenant 1285 between 996 Me and you, And I will multiply 7235 you exceedingly 3966."
3 Abram 87 fell 5307 on his face 6440, and God 430 talked 1696 with him, saying 559,
4 "As for Me, behold 2009, My covenant 1285 is with you, And you will be the father 1 of a multitude 1995 of nations 1471.
5 "No 3808 longer 5750 shall your name 8034 be called 7121 Abram 87, But your name 8034 shall be Abraham 85; For I have made 5414 you the father 1 of a multitude 1995 of nations 1471.
6 "I will make 6509 you exceedingly 3966 fruitful 6509, and I will make 5414 nations 1471 of you, and kings 4428 will come 3318 forth 3318 from you.
7 "I will establish 6965 My covenant 1285 between 996 Me and you and your descendants 2233 after 310 you throughout their generations 1755 for an everlasting 5769 covenant 1285, to be God 430 to you and to your descendants 2233 after 310 you.
8 "I will give 5414 to you and to your descendants 2233 after 310 you, the land 776 of your sojournings 4033, all 3605 the land 776 of Canaan 3667, for an everlasting 5769 possession 272; and I will be their God 430."
9 ¶ God 430 said 559 further to Abraham 85, "Now as for you, you shall keep 8104 My covenant 1285, you and your descendants 2233 after 310 you throughout their generations 1755.
10 "This 2088 is My covenant 1285, which 834 you shall keep 8104, between 996 Me and you and your descendants 2233 after 310 you: every 3605 male 2145 among you shall be circumcised 4135.
11 "And you shall be circumcised 4135 in the flesh 1320 of your foreskin 6190, and it shall be the sign 226 of the covenant 1285 between 996 Me and you.
12 "And every 3605 male 2145 among you who is eight 8083 days 3117 old 1121 shall be circumcised 4135 throughout your generations 1755, a {servant} who 3211 is born 3211 in the house 1004 or who 4736 is bought 4736 with money 3701 from any 3605 foreigner, who 834 is not of your descendants 2233.
13 "A {servant} who 3211 is born 3211 in your house 1004 or who 4736 is bought 4736 with your money 3701 shall surely 4135 be circumcised 4135; thus shall My covenant 1285 be in your flesh 1320 for an everlasting 5769 covenant 1285.
14 "But an uncircumcised 6189 male 2145 who 834 is not circumcised 4135 in the flesh 1320 of his foreskin 6190, that person 5315 shall be cut 3772 off 3772 from his people 5971; he has broken 6565 My covenant 1285."
15 ¶ Then God 430 said 559 to Abraham 85, "As for Sarai 8297 your wife 802, you shall not call 7121 her name 8034 Sarai 8297, but Sarah 8283 {shall be} her name 8034.
16 "I will bless 1288 her, and indeed 1571 I will give 5414 you a son 1121 by her. Then I will bless 1288 her, and she shall be {a mother of} nations 1471; kings 4428 of peoples 5971 will come 1961 from her."
17 Then Abraham 85 fell 5307 on his face 6440 and laughed 6711, and said 559 in his heart 3820, "Will a child be born 3205 to a man 1121 one hundred 3967 years 8141 old 1121? And will Sarah 8283, who is ninety 8673 years 8141 old 1323, bear 3205 {a child?}"
18 And Abraham 85 said 559 to God 430, "Oh 3863 that Ishmael 3458 might live 2421 before 6440 You!"
19 But God 430 said 559, "No 61, but Sarah 8283 your wife 802 will bear 3205 you a son 1121, and you shall call 7121 his name 8034 Isaac 3327; and I will establish 6965 My covenant 1285 with him for an everlasting 5769 covenant 1285 for his descendants 2233 after 310 him.
20 "As for Ishmael 3458, I have heard 8085 you; behold 2009, I will bless 1288 him, and will make 6509 him fruitful 6509 and will multiply 7235 him exceedingly 3966. He shall become 3205 the father 3205 of twelve princes 5387, and I will make 5414 him a great 1419 nation 1471.
21 "But My covenant 1285 I will establish 6965 with Isaac 3327, whom 834 Sarah 8283 will bear 3205 to you at this 2088 season 4150 next 312 year 8141."
22 When He finished 3615 talking 1696 with him, God 430 went 5927 up from Abraham 85.
23 ¶ Then Abraham 85 took 3947 Ishmael 3458 his son 1121, and all 3605 {the servants} who 3211 were born 3211 in his house 1004 and all 3605 who 4736 were bought 4736 with his money 3701, every 3605 male 2145 among the men 376 of Abraham's 85 household 1004, and circumcised 4135 the flesh 1320 of their foreskin 6190 in the very 6106 same 6106 day 3117, as God 430 had said 1696 to him.
24 Now Abraham 85 was ninety-nine years 8141 old 1121 when he was circumcised 4135 in the flesh 1320 of his foreskin 6190.
25 And Ishmael 3458 his son 1121 was thirteen years 8141 old 1121 when he was circumcised 4135 in the flesh 1320 of his foreskin 6190.
26 In the very 6106 same 6106 day 3117 Abraham 85 was circumcised 4135, and Ishmael 3458 his son 1121.
27 All 3605 the men 376 of his household 1004, who 3211 were born 3211 in the house 1004 or bought 4736 with money 3701 from a foreigner, were circumcised 4135 with him.

## Chapter 18

1

Birth of Isaac Promised

Now the LORD 3068 appeared 7200 to him by the oaks 436 of Mamre 4471, while he was sitting 3427 at the tent 168 door 6607 in the heat 2527 of the day 3117.
2 When he lifted 5375 up his eyes 5869 and looked 7200, behold 2009, three 7969 men 376 were standing 5324 opposite 5921 him; and when he saw 7200 {them,} he ran 7323 from the tent 168 door 6607 to meet 7122 them and bowed 7812 himself to the earth 776,
3 and said 559, "My Lord 113, if 518 now 4994 I have found 4672 favor 2580 in Your sight 5869, please 4994 do not pass 5674 Your servant 5650 by.
4 "Please 4994 let a little 4592 water 4325 be brought 3947 and wash 7364 your feet 7272, and rest 8172 yourselves 8172 under 8478 the tree 6086;
5 and I will bring 3947 a piece 6595 of bread 3899, that you may refresh 5582 yourselves 3820; after 310 that you may go 5674 on, since you have visited 5674 your servant 5650." And they said 559, "So 3651 do 6213, as you have said 1696."
6 So Abraham 85 hurried 4116 into the tent 168 to Sarah 8283, and said 559, "Quickly 4116, prepare 4116 three 7969 measures 5429 of fine 5560 flour, knead 3888 {it} and make 6213 bread 5692 cakes 5692."
7 Abraham 85 also ran 7323 to the herd 1241, and took 3947 a tender 7390 and choice 2896 calf and gave 5414 {it} to the servant 5288, and he hurried 4116 to prepare 6213 it.
8 He took 3947 curds 2529 and milk 2461 and the calf which 834 he had prepared 6213, and placed 5414 {it} before 6440 them; and he was standing 5975 by them under 8478 the tree 6086 as they ate 398.
9 ¶ Then they said 559 to him, "Where 335 is Sarah 8283 your wife 802?" And he said 559, "There 2009, in the tent 168."
10 He said 559, "I will surely 7725 return 7725 to you at this time 6256 next 2416 year 2416; and behold 2009, Sarah 8283 your wife 802 will have a son 1121." And Sarah 8283 was listening 8085 at the tent 168 door 6607, which 1931 was behind 310 him.
11 Now Abraham 85 and Sarah 8283 were old 2205, advanced 935 in age 3117; Sarah 8283 was past 2308 childbearing.
12 Sarah 8283 laughed 6711 to herself 7130, saying 559, "After 310 I have become 1086 old 1086, shall I have 1961 pleasure 5734, my lord 113 being 2204 old 2204 also?"
13 And the LORD 3068 said 559 to Abraham 85, "Why 4100 did Sarah 8283 laugh 6711, saying 559, 'Shall I indeed bear 3205 {a child,} when I am 2204 {so} old 2204?'
14 "Is anything 1697 too 4480 difficult 6381 for the LORD 3068? At the appointed 4150 time 4150 I will return 7725 to you, at this 2416 time 6256 next 2416 year 2416, and Sarah 8283 will have a son 1121."
15 Sarah 8283 denied 3584 {it} however, saying 559, "I did not laugh 6711"; for she was afraid 3372. And He said 559, "No 3808, but you did laugh 6711."
16 ¶ Then the men 376 rose 6965 up from there 8033, and looked 8259 down 8259 toward Sodom 5467; and Abraham 85 was walking 1980 with them to send 7971 them off.
17 The LORD 3068 said 559, "Shall I hide 3680 from Abraham 85 what 834 I am about to do 6213,
18 since Abraham 85 will surely 1961 become 1961 a great 1419 and mighty 6099 nation 1471, and in him all 3605 the nations 1471 of the earth 776 will be blessed 1288?
19 "For I have chosen 3045 him, so 4616 that he may command 6680 his children 1121 and his household 1004 after 310 him to keep 8104 the way 1870 of the LORD 3068 by doing 6213 righteousness 6666 and justice 4941, so 4616 that the LORD 3068 may bring 935 upon Abraham 85 what 834 He has spoken 1696 about 5921 him."
20 And the LORD 3068 said 559, "The outcry 2201 of Sodom 5467 and Gomorrah 6017 is indeed 3588 great 7231, and their sin 2403 is exceedingly 3966 grave 3513.
21 "I will go 3381 down 3381 now 4994, and see 7200 if they have done 6213 entirely 3617 according to its outcry 6818, which has come 935 to Me; and if 518 not, I will know 3045."
22 ¶ Then the men 376 turned 6437 away 6437 from there 8033 and went 1980 toward Sodom 5467, while Abraham 85 was still 5750 standing 5975 before 6440 the LORD 3068.
23 Abraham 85 came 5066 near 5066 and said 559, "Will You indeed 637 sweep 5595 away 5595 the righteous 6662 with the wicked 7563?
24 "Suppose 194 there 3426 are fifty 2572 righteous 6662 within 8432 the city 5892; will You indeed 637 sweep 5595 {it} away 5595 and not spare 5375 the place 4725 for the sake 4616 of the fifty 2572 righteous 6662 who 834 are in it?
25 "Far 2486 be it from You to do 6213 such 2088 a thing 1697, to slay 4191 the righteous 6662 with the wicked 7563, so that the righteous 6662 and the wicked 7563 are {treated} alike. Far 2486 be it from You! Shall not the Judge 8199 of all 3605 the earth 776 deal 6213 justly 4941?"
26 So the LORD 3068 said 559, "If 518 I find 4672 in Sodom 5467 fifty 2572 righteous 6662 within 8432 the city 5892, then I will spare 5375 the whole 3605 place 4725 on their account 5668."
27 And Abraham 85 replied 6030, "Now 4994 behold 2009, I have ventured 2974 to speak 1696 to the Lord 136, although I am {but} dust 6083 and ashes 665.
28 "Suppose 194 the fifty 2572 righteous 6662 are lacking 2637 five 2568, will You destroy 7843 the whole 3605 city 5892 because of five 2568?" And He said 559, "I will not destroy 7843 {it} if 518 I find 4672 forty-five there 8033."
29 He spoke 1696 to Him yet 5750 again 3254 and said 559, "Suppose 194 forty 705 are found 4672 there 8033?" And He said 559, "I will not do 6213 {it} on account 5668 of the forty 705."
30 Then he said 559, "Oh 4994 may 4994 the Lord 136 not be angry 2734, and I shall speak 1696; suppose 194 thirty 7970 are found 4672 there 8033?" And He said 559, "I will not do 6213 {it} if 518 I find 4672 thirty 7970 there 8033."
31 And he said 559, "Now 4994 behold 2009, I have ventured 2974 to speak 1696 to the Lord 136; suppose 194 twenty 6242 are found 4672 there 8033?" And He said 559, "I will not destroy 7843 {it} on account 5668 of the twenty 6242."
32 Then he said 559, "Oh 4994 may 4994 the Lord 136 not be angry 2734, and I shall speak 1696 only 389 this 6471 once 6471; suppose 194 ten 6235 are found 4672 there 8033?" And He said 559, "I will not destroy 7843 {it} on account 5668 of the ten 6235."
33 As soon 3512 as He had finished 3615 speaking 1696 to Abraham 85 the LORD 3068 departed 1980, and Abraham 85 returned 7725 to his place 4725.

## Chapter 19

1

The Doom of Sodom

Now the two 8147 angels 4397 came 935 to Sodom 5467 in the evening 6153 as Lot 3876 was sitting 3427 in the gate 8179 of Sodom 5467. When Lot 3876 saw 7200 {them,} he rose 6965 to meet 7122 them and bowed 7812 down 7812 {with his} face 639 to the ground 776.
2 And he said 559, "Now 4994 behold 2009, my lords 136, please 4994 turn 5493 aside 5493 into your servant's 5650 house 1004, and spend 3885 the night 3885, and wash 7364 your feet 7272; then you may rise 7925 early 7925 and go 1980 on your way 1870." They said 559 however, "No 3808, but we shall spend 3885 the night 3885 in the square 7339."
3 Yet he urged 6484 them strongly 3966, so they turned 5493 aside 5493 to him and entered 935 his house 1004; and he prepared 6213 a feast 4960 for them, and baked 644 unleavened 4682 bread 4682, and they ate 398.
4 Before 2962 they lay 7901 down 7901, the men 376 of the city 5892, the men 376 of Sodom 5467, surrounded 5437 the house 1004, both 4480 young 5288 and old 2205, all 3605 the people 5971 from every quarter 7097;
5 and they called 7121 to Lot 3876 and said 559 to him, "Where 346 are the men 376 who 834 came 935 to you tonight 3915? Bring 3318 them out to us that we may have 3045 relations 3045 with them."
6 But Lot 3876 went 3318 out to them at the doorway 6607, and shut 5462 the door 1817 behind 310 him,
7 and said 559, "Please 4994, my brothers 251, do not act 7489 wickedly 7489.
8 "Now 4994 behold 2009, I have two 8147 daughters 1323 who 834 have not had 3045 relations 3045 with man 376; please 4994 let me bring 3318 them out to you, and do 6213 to them whatever you like; only 7534 do 6213 nothing to these 411 men 376, inasmuch as they have come 935 under the shelter 6738 of my roof 6982."
9 But they said 559, "Stand 5066 aside 1973." Furthermore, they said 559, "This one 259 came 935 in as an alien 1481, and already 8199 he is acting 8199 like a judge 8199; now 6258 we will treat 7489 you worse 7489 than 4480 them." So they pressed 6484 hard 3966 against Lot 3876 and came 5066 near 5066 to break 7665 the door 1817.
10 But the men 376 reached 7971 out their hands 3027 and brought 935 Lot 3876 into the house 1004 with them, and shut 5462 the door 1817.
11 They struck 5221 the men 376 who 834 were at the doorway 6607 of the house 1004 with blindness 5575, both 4480 small 6996 and great 1419, so that they wearied 3811 {themselves trying} to find 4672 the doorway 6607.
12 ¶ Then the {two} men 376 said 559 to Lot 3876, "Whom 4310 else 5750 have you here 6311? A son-in-law 2860, and your sons 1121, and your daughters 1323, and whomever you have in the city 5892, bring 3318 {them} out of the place 4725;
13 for we are about to destroy 7843 this 2088 place 4725, because 3588 their outcry 6818 has become 1431 so 3588 great 1431 before 6440 the LORD 3068 that the LORD 3068 has sent 7971 us to destroy 7843 it."
14 Lot 3876 went 3318 out and spoke 1696 to his sons-in-law 2860, who were to marry 3947 his daughters 1323, and said 559, "Up, get 3318 out of this 2088 place 4725, for the LORD 3068 will destroy 7843 the city 5892." But he appeared to his sons-in-law 2860 to be jesting 6711.
15 ¶ When 3644 morning 7837 dawned 5927, the angels 4397 urged 213 Lot 3876, saying 559, "Up, take 3947 your wife 802 and your two 8147 daughters 1323 who are here 4672, or 6435 you will be swept 5595 away 5595 in the punishment 5771 of the city 5892."
16 But he hesitated 4102. So the men 376 seized 2388 his hand 3027 and the hand 3027 of his wife 802 and the hands 3027 of his two 8147 daughters 1323, for the compassion 2551 of the LORD 3068 {was} upon him; and they brought 3318 him out, and put 5117 him outside the city 5892.
17 When they had brought 3318 them outside 2351, one said 559, "Escape 4422 for your life 5315! Do not look 5027 behind 310 you, and do not stay 5975 anywhere 3605 in the valley 3603; escape 4422 to the mountains 2022, or 6435 you will be swept 5595 away 5595."
18 But Lot 3876 said 559 to them, "Oh 4994 no 408, my lords 136!
19 "Now 4994 behold 2009, your servant 5650 has found 4672 favor 2580 in your sight 5869, and you have magnified 1431 your lovingkindness 2617, which 834 you have shown 6213 me by saving 2421 my life 5315; but I cannot escape 4422 to the mountains 2022, for the disaster 7463 will overtake 1692 me and I will die 4191;
20 now 4994 behold 2009, this 2088 town 5892 is near 7138 {enough} to flee 5127 to, and it is small 4705. Please 4994, let me escape 4422 there 8033 (is it not small 4705?) that my life 5315 may be saved 2421."
21 He said 559 to him, "Behold 2009, I grant 5375 you this 2088 request 1697 also 1571, not to overthrow 2015 the town 5892 of which 834 you have spoken 1696.
22 "Hurry 4116, escape 4422 there 8033, for I cannot do 6213 anything 1697 until 5704 you arrive 935 there 8033." Therefore the name 8034 of the town 5892 was called 7121 Zoar 6820.
23 ¶ The sun 8121 had risen 3318 over 5921 the earth 776 when Lot 3876 came 935 to Zoar 6820.
24 Then the LORD 3068 rained 4305 on Sodom 5467 and Gomorrah 6017 brimstone 1614 and fire 784 from the LORD 3068 out of heaven 8064,
25 and He overthrew 2015 those 411 cities 5892, and all 3605 the valley 3603, and all 3605 the inhabitants 3427 of the cities 5892, and what 6780 grew 6780 on the ground 127.
26 But his wife 802, from behind 310 him, looked 5027 {back,} and she became 1961 a pillar 5333 of salt 4417.
27 ¶ Now Abraham 85 arose 7925 early 7925 in the morning 1242 {and went} to the place 4725 where he had stood 5975 before 6440 the LORD 3068;
28 and he looked 8259 down 8259 toward Sodom 5467 and Gomorrah 6017, and toward all 3605 the land 776 of the valley 3603, and he saw 7200, and behold 2009, the smoke 7008 of the land 776 ascended 5927 like the smoke 7008 of a furnace 3536.
29 ¶ Thus it came 1961 about, when God 430 destroyed 7843 the cities 5892 of the valley 3603, that God 430 remembered 2142 Abraham 85, and sent 7971 Lot 3876 out of the midst 8432 of the overthrow 2018, when He overthrew 2015 the cities 5892 in which 834 Lot 3876 lived 3427.
30

Lot Is Debased

¶ Lot 3876 went 5927 up from Zoar 6820, and stayed 3427 in the mountains 2022, and his two 8147 daughters 1323 with him; for he was afraid 3372 to stay 3427 in Zoar 6820; and he stayed 3427 in a cave 4631, he and his two 8147 daughters 1323.
31 Then the firstborn 1067 said 559 to the younger 6810, "Our father 1 is old 2204, and there 369 is not a man 376 on earth 776 to come 935 in to us after the manner 1870 of the earth 776.
32 "Come 1980, let us make our father 1 drink 8248 wine 3196, and let us lie 7901 with him that we may preserve 2421 our family 2233 through 4480 our father 1."
33 So they made their father 1 drink 8248 wine 3196 that night 3915, and the firstborn 1067 went 935 in and lay 7901 with her father 1; and he did not know 3045 when she lay 7901 down 7901 or when she arose 6965.
34 On the following 4283 day 4283, the firstborn 1067 said 559 to the younger 6810, "Behold 2005, I lay 7901 last 570 night 570 with my father 1; let us make him drink 8248 wine 3196 tonight 3915 also 1571; then you go 935 in and lie 7901 with him, that we may preserve 2421 our family 2233 through 4480 our father 1."
35 So they made their father 1 drink 8248 wine 3196 that night 3915 also 1571, and the younger 6810 arose 6965 and lay 7901 with him; and he did not know 3045 when she lay 7901 down 7901 or when she arose 6965.
36 Thus both 8147 the daughters 1323 of Lot 3876 were with child 2029 by their father 1.
37 The firstborn 1067 bore 3205 a son 1121, and called 7121 his name 8034 Moab 4124; he is the father 1 of the Moabites 4124 to this day 3117.
38 As for the younger 6810, she also 1571 bore 3205 a son 1121, and called 7121 his name 8034 Ben-ammi 1151; he is the father 1 of the sons 1121 of Ammon 5983 to this day 3117.

## Chapter 20

1

Abraham's Treachery

Now Abraham 85 journeyed 5265 from there 8033 toward the land 776 of the Negev 5045, and settled 3427 between 996 Kadesh 6946 and Shur 7793; then he sojourned 1481 in Gerar 1642.
2 Abraham 85 said 559 of Sarah 8283 his wife 802, "She is my sister 269." So Abimelech 40 king 4428 of Gerar 1642 sent 7971 and took 3947 Sarah 8283.
3 But God 430 came 935 to Abimelech 40 in a dream 2472 of the night 3915, and said 559 to him, "Behold 2009, you are a dead 4191 man because 5921 of the woman 802 whom 834 you have taken 3947, for she is married."
4 Now Abimelech 40 had not come 7126 near 7126 her; and he said 559, "Lord 136, will You slay 2026 a nation 1471, even 1571 {though} blameless 6662?
5 "Did he not himself 1931 say 559 to me, 'She is my sister 269'? And she herself 1931 said 559, 'He is my brother 251.' In the integrity 8537 of my heart 3824 and the innocence 5356 of my hands 3709 I have done 6213 this 2088."
6 Then God 430 said 559 to him in the dream 2472, "Yes 1571, I know 3045 that in the integrity 8537 of your heart 3824 you have done 6213 this 2088, and I also 1571 kept 2820 you from sinning 2398 against Me; therefore I did not let 5414 you touch 5060 her.
7 "Now 6258 therefore, restore 7725 the man's 376 wife 802, for he is a prophet 5030, and he will pray 6419 for you and you will live 2421. But if 518 you do not restore 7725 {her,} know 3045 that you shall surely 4191 die 4191, you and all 3605 who 834 are yours."
8 ¶ So Abimelech 40 arose 7925 early 7925 in the morning 1242 and called 7121 all 3605 his servants 5650 and told 1696 all 3605 these 428 things 1697 in their hearing 241; and the men 376 were greatly 3966 frightened 3372.
9 Then Abimelech 40 called 7121 Abraham 85 and said 559 to him, "What 4100 have you done 6213 to us? And how 4100 have I sinned 2398 against you, that you have brought 935 on me and on my kingdom 4467 a great 1419 sin 2401? You have done 6213 to me things 4639 that ought not to be done 6213."
10 And Abimelech 40 said 559 to Abraham 85, "What 4100 have you encountered 7200, that you have done 6213 this 2088 thing 1697?"
11 Abraham 85 said 559, "Because 3588 I thought 559, surely 7534 there 369 is no 369 fear 3374 of God 430 in this 2088 place 4725, and they will kill 2026 me because of my wife 802.
12 "Besides 1571, she actually 546 is my sister 269, the daughter 1323 of my father 1, but not the daughter 1323 of my mother 517, and she became 1961 my wife 802;
13 and it came 1961 about, when 3512 God 430 caused me to wander 8582 from my father's 1 house 1004, that I said 559 to her, 'This 2088 is the kindness 2617 which 834 you will show 6213 to me: everywhere we go 935, say 559 of me, "He is my brother 251."'"
14 Abimelech 40 then took 3947 sheep 6629 and oxen 1241 and male 5650 and female 8198 servants, and gave 5414 them to Abraham 85, and restored 7725 his wife 802 Sarah 8283 to him.
15 Abimelech 40 said 559, "Behold 2009, my land 776 is before 6440 you; settle 3427 wherever you please."
16 To Sarah 8283 he said 559, "Behold 2009, I have given 5414 your brother 251 a thousand 505 pieces of silver 3701; behold 2009, it is your vindication 3682 before all 3605 who 834 are with you, and before 854 all 3605 men 3605 you are cleared 3198."
17 Abraham 85 prayed 6419 to God 430, and God 430 healed 7495 Abimelech 40 and his wife 802 and his maids 519, so that they bore 3205 {children.}
18 For the LORD 3068 had closed 6113 fast 6113 all 3605 the wombs 7358 of the household 1004 of Abimelech 40 because of Sarah 8283, Abraham's 85 wife 802.

## Chapter 21

1

Isaac Is Born

Then the LORD 3068 took 6485 note 6485 of Sarah 8283 as He had said 559, and the LORD 3068 did 6213 for Sarah 8283 as He had promised 1696.
2 So Sarah 8283 conceived 2029 and bore 3205 a son 1121 to Abraham 85 in his old 2208 age 2208, at the appointed 4150 time 4150 of which 834 God 430 had spoken 1696 to him.
3 Abraham 85 called 7121 the name 8034 of his son 1121 who was born 3205 to him, whom 834 Sarah 8283 bore 3205 to him, Isaac 3327.
4 Then Abraham 85 circumcised 4135 his son 1121 Isaac 3327 when he was eight 8083 days 3117 old 1121, as God 430 had commanded 6680 him.
5 Now Abraham 85 was one hundred 3967 years 8141 old 1121 when his son 1121 Isaac 3327 was born 3205 to him.
6 Sarah 8283 said 559, "God 430 has made 6213 laughter 6712 for me; everyone 3605 who hears 8085 will laugh 6711 with me."
7 And she said 559, "Who 4310 would have said 559 to Abraham 85 that Sarah 8283 would nurse 3243 children 1121? Yet 3588 I have borne 3205 him a son 1121 in his old 2208 age 2208."
8 ¶ The child 3206 grew 1431 and was weaned 1580, and Abraham 85 made 6213 a great 1419 feast 4960 on the day 3117 that Isaac 3327 was weaned 1580.
9

Sarah Turns against Hagar

Now Sarah 8283 saw 7200 the son 1121 of Hagar 1904 the Egyptian 4713, whom 834 she had borne 3205 to Abraham 85, mocking 6711.
10 Therefore she said 559 to Abraham 85, "Drive 1644 out this 2088 maid 519 and her son 1121, for the son 1121 of this 2088 maid 519 shall not be an heir 3423 with my son 1121 Isaac 3327."
11 The matter 1697 distressed 7489 Abraham 85 greatly 3966 because of his son 1121.
12 But God 430 said 559 to Abraham 85, "Do not be distressed 7489 because 5921 of the lad 5288 and your maid 519; whatever Sarah 8283 tells 559 you, listen 8085 to her, for through 4480 Isaac 3327 your descendants 2233 shall be named 7121.
13 "And of the son 1121 of the maid 519 I will make 7760 a nation 1471 also 1571, because 3588 he is your descendant 2233."
14 So Abraham 85 rose 7925 early 7925 in the morning 1242 and took 3947 bread 3899 and a skin 2573 of water 4325 and gave 5414 {them} to Hagar 1904, putting 7760 {them} on her shoulder 7926, and {gave her} the boy 3206, and sent 7971 her away 7971. And she departed 1980 and wandered 8582 about in the wilderness 4057 of Beersheba 884.
15 ¶ When the water 4325 in the skin 2573 was used 3615 up, she left 7993 the boy 3206 under 8478 one 259 of the bushes 7880.
16 Then she went 1980 and sat 3427 down 3427 opposite him, about a bowshot away 7368, for she said 559, "Do not let me see 7200 the boy 3206 die 4194." And she sat 3427 opposite him, and lifted 5375 up her voice 6963 and wept 1058.
17 God 430 heard 8085 the lad 5288 crying 6963; and the angel 4397 of God 430 called 7121 to Hagar 1904 from heaven 8064 and said 559 to her, "What 4100 is the matter with you, Hagar 1904? Do not fear 3372, for God 430 has heard 8085 the voice 6963 of the lad 5288 where he is.
18 "Arise 6965, lift 5375 up the lad 5288, and hold 2388 him by the hand 3027, for I will make 7760 a great 1419 nation 1471 of him."
19 Then God 430 opened 6491 her eyes 5869 and she saw 7200 a well 875 of water 4325; and she went 1980 and filled 4390 the skin 2573 with water 4325 and gave 8248 the lad 5288 a drink 8248.
20 ¶ God 430 was with the lad 5288, and he grew 1431; and he lived 3427 in the wilderness 4057 and became 1961 an archer.
21 He lived 3427 in the wilderness 4057 of Paran 6290, and his mother 517 took 3947 a wife 802 for him from the land 776 of Egypt 4714.
22

Covenant with Abimelech

¶ Now it came 1961 about at that time 6256 that Abimelech 40 and Phicol 6369, the commander 8269 of his army 6635, spoke 559 to Abraham 85, saying 559, "God 430 is with you in all 3605 that you do 6213;
23 now 6258 therefore, swear 7650 to me here 2008 by God 430 that you will not deal 8266 falsely 8266 with me or with my offspring 5209 or with my posterity 5220, but according to the kindness 2617 that I have shown 6213 to you, you shall show 6213 to me and to the land 776 in which 834 you have sojourned 1481."
24 Abraham 85 said 559, "I swear 7650 it."
25 But Abraham 85 complained 3198 to Abimelech 40 because of the well 875 of water 4325 which 834 the servants 5650 of Abimelech 40 had seized 1497.
26 And Abimelech 40 said 559, "I do not know 3045 who 4310 has done 6213 this 2088 thing 1697; you did not tell 5046 me, nor did I hear 8085 of it until 1115 today 3117."
27 ¶ Abraham 85 took 3947 sheep 6629 and oxen 1241 and gave 5414 them to Abimelech 40, and the two 8147 of them made 3772 a covenant 1285.
28 Then Abraham 85 set 5324 seven 7651 ewe 3535 lambs 3535 of the flock 6629 by themselves 905.
29 Abimelech 40 said 559 to Abraham 85, "What 4100 do these 428 seven 7651 ewe 3535 lambs 3535 mean, which 834 you have set 5324 by themselves 905?"
30 He said 559, "You shall take 3947 these seven 7651 ewe 3535 lambs 3535 from my hand 3027 so 5668 that it may be a witness 5713 to me, that I dug 2658 this 2088 well 875."
31 Therefore he called 7121 that place 4725 Beersheba 884, because 3588 there 8033 the two 8147 of them took 7650 an oath 7650.
32 So they made 3772 a covenant 1285 at Beersheba 884; and Abimelech 40 and Phicol 6369, the commander 8269 of his army 6635, arose 6965 and returned 7725 to the land 776 of the Philistines 6430.
33 {Abraham} planted 5193 a tamarisk 815 tree 815 at Beersheba 884, and there 8033 he called 7121 on the name 8034 of the LORD 3068, the Everlasting 5769 God 410.
34 And Abraham 85 sojourned 1481 in the land 776 of the Philistines 6430 for many 7227 days 3117.

## Chapter 22

1

The Offering of Isaac

Now it came 1961 about after 310 these 428 things 1697, that God 430 tested 5254 Abraham 85, and said 559 to him, "Abraham 85!" And he said 559, "Here 2009 I am."
2 He said 559, "Take 3947 now 4994 your son 1121, your only 3173 son, whom 834 you love 157, Isaac 3327, and go 1980 to the land 776 of Moriah 4179, and offer 5927 him there 8033 as a burnt 5930 offering 5930 on one 259 of the mountains 2022 of which 834 I will tell 559 you."
3 So Abraham 85 rose 7925 early 7925 in the morning 1242 and saddled 2280 his donkey 2543, and took 3947 two 8147 of his young 5288 men 5288 with him and Isaac 3327 his son 1121; and he split 1234 wood 6086 for the burnt 5930 offering 5930, and arose 6965 and went 1980 to the place 4725 of which 834 God 430 had told 559 him.
4 On the third 7992 day 3117 Abraham 85 raised 5375 his eyes 5869 and saw 7200 the place 4725 from a distance 7350.
5 Abraham 85 said 559 to his young 5288 men 5288, "Stay 3427 here 6311 with the donkey 2543, and I and the lad 5288 will go 1980 over there; and we will worship 7812 and return 7725 to you."
6 Abraham 85 took 3947 the wood 6086 of the burnt 5930 offering 5930 and laid 7760 it on Isaac 3327 his son 1121, and he took 3947 in his hand 3027 the fire 784 and the knife 3979. So the two 8147 of them walked 1980 on together 3164.
7 Isaac 3327 spoke 559 to Abraham 85 his father 1 and said 559, "My father 1!" And he said 559, "Here 2009 I am, my son 1121." And he said 559, "Behold 2009, the fire 784 and the wood 6086, but where 346 is the lamb 7716 for the burnt 5930 offering 5930?"
8 Abraham 85 said 559, "God 430 will provide 7200 for Himself the lamb 7716 for the burnt 5930 offering 5930, my son 1121." So the two 8147 of them walked 1980 on together 3164.
9 ¶ Then they came 935 to the place 4725 of which 834 God 430 had told 559 him; and Abraham 85 built 1129 the altar 4196 there 8033 and arranged 6186 the wood 6086, and bound 6123 his son 1121 Isaac 3327 and laid 7760 him on the altar 4196, on top 4605 of the wood 6086.
10 Abraham 85 stretched 7971 out his hand 3027 and took 3947 the knife 3979 to slay 7819 his son 1121.
11 But the angel 4397 of the LORD 3068 called 7121 to him from heaven 8064 and said 559, "Abraham 85, Abraham 85!" And he said 559, "Here 2009 I am."
12 He said 559, "Do not stretch 7971 out your hand 3027 against 413 the lad 5288, and do 6213 nothing to him; for now 6258 I know 3045 that you fear 3372 God 430, since you have not withheld 2820 your son 1121, your only 3173 son, from Me."
13 Then Abraham 85 raised 5375 his eyes 5869 and looked 7200, and behold 2009, behind 310 {him} a ram 352 caught 270 in the thicket 5442 by his horns 7161; and Abraham 85 went 1980 and took 3947 the ram 352 and offered 5927 him up for a burnt 5930 offering 5930 in the place 8478 of his son 1121.
14 Abraham 85 called 7121 the name 8034 of that place 4725 The LORD 3068 Will Provide 7200, as it is said 559 to this day 3117, "In the mount 2022 of the LORD 3068 it will be provided 7200."
15 ¶ Then the angel 4397 of the LORD 3068 called 7121 to Abraham 85 a second 8145 time 8145 from heaven 8064,
16 and said 559, "By Myself I have sworn 7650, declares 5002 the LORD 3068, because you have done 6213 this 2088 thing 1697 and have not withheld 2820 your son 1121, your only 3173 son,
17 indeed 3588 I will greatly 1288 bless 1288 you, and I will greatly 7235 multiply 7235 your seed 2233 as the stars 3556 of the heavens 8064 and as the sand 2344 which 834 is on the seashore; and your seed 2233 shall possess 3423 the gate 8179 of their enemies 340.
18 "In your seed 2233 all 3605 the nations 1471 of the earth 776 shall be blessed 1288, because you have obeyed 8085 My voice 6963."
19 So Abraham 85 returned 7725 to his young 5288 men 5288, and they arose 6965 and went 1980 together 3164 to Beersheba 884; and Abraham 85 lived 3427 at Beersheba 884.
20 ¶ Now it came 1961 about after 310 these 428 things 1697, that it was told 5046 Abraham 85, saying 559, "Behold 2009, Milcah 4435 also 1571 has borne 3205 children 1121 to your brother 251 Nahor 5152:
21 Uz 5780 his firstborn 1060 and Buz 938 his brother 251 and Kemuel 7055 the father 1 of Aram 758
22 and Chesed 3777 and Hazo 2375 and Pildash 6394 and Jidlaph 3044 and Bethuel 1328."
23 Bethuel 1328 became 3205 the father 3205 of Rebekah 7259; these 428 eight 8083 Milcah 4435 bore 3205 to Nahor 5152, Abraham's 85 brother 251.
24 His concubine 6370, whose name 8034 was Reumah 7208, also 1571 bore 3205 Tebah 2875 and Gaham 1514 and Tahash 8477 and Maacah 4601.

## Chapter 23

1

Death and Burial of Sarah

Now Sarah 8283 lived one hundred 3967 and twenty-seven years 8141; {these were} the years 8141 of the life 2425 of Sarah 8283.
2 Sarah 8283 died 4191 in Kiriath-arba 7153 (that is, Hebron 2275) in the land 776 of Canaan 3667; and Abraham 85 went 935 in to mourn 5594 for Sarah 8283 and to weep 1058 for her.
3 Then Abraham 85 rose 6965 from before 6440 his dead 4191, and spoke 1696 to the sons 1121 of Heth 2845, saying 559,
4 "I am a stranger 1616 and a sojourner 8453 among 5973 you; give 5414 me a burial 6913 site 272 among 5973 you that I may bury 6912 my dead 4191 out of my sight 6440."
5 The sons 1121 of Heth 2845 answered 6030 Abraham 85, saying 559 to him,
6 "Hear 8085 us, my lord 113, you are a mighty 430 prince 5387 among 8432 us; bury 6912 your dead 4191 in the choicest 4005 of our graves 6913; none of us will refuse 3607 you his grave 6913 for burying 6912 your dead 4191."
7 So Abraham 85 rose 6965 and bowed 7812 to the people 5971 of the land 776, the sons 1121 of Heth 2845.
8 And he spoke 1696 with them, saying 559, "If 518 it is your wish 5315 {for me} to bury 6912 my dead 4191 out of my sight 6440, hear 8085 me, and approach 6293 Ephron 6085 the son 1121 of Zohar 6714 for me,
9 that he may give 5414 me the cave 4631 of Machpelah 4375 which 834 he owns, which 834 is at the end 7097 of his field 7704; for the full 4392 price 3701 let him give 5414 it to me in your presence 8432 for a burial 6913 site 272."
10 Now Ephron 6085 was sitting 3427 among 8432 the sons 1121 of Heth 2845; and Ephron 6085 the Hittite 2850 answered 6030 Abraham 85 in the hearing 241 of the sons 1121 of Heth 2845; {even} of all 3605 who went 935 in at the gate 8179 of his city 5892, saying 559,
11 "No 3808, my lord 113, hear 8085 me; I give 5414 you the field 7704, and I give 5414 you the cave 4631 that is in it. In the presence 5869 of the sons 1121 of my people 5971 I give 5414 it to you; bury 6912 your dead 4191."
12 And Abraham 85 bowed 7812 before 6440 the people 5971 of the land 776.
13 He spoke 1696 to Ephron 6085 in the hearing 241 of the people 5971 of the land 776, saying 559, "If 518 you will only 389 please 3863 listen 8085 to me; I will give 5414 the price 3701 of the field 7704, accept 3947 {it} from me that I may bury 6912 my dead 4191 there 8033."
14 Then Ephron 6085 answered 6030 Abraham 85, saying 559 to him,
15 "My lord 113, listen 8085 to me; a piece of land 776 worth four 702 hundred 3967 shekels 8255 of silver 3701, what 4100 is that between 996 me and you? So bury 6912 your dead 4191."
16 Abraham 85 listened 8085 to Ephron 6085; and Abraham 85 weighed 8254 out for Ephron 6085 the silver 3701 which 834 he had named 1696 in the hearing 241 of the sons 1121 of Heth 2845, four 702 hundred 3967 shekels 8255 of silver 3701, commercial 5503 standard 5674.
17 ¶ So Ephron's 6085 field 7704, which 834 was in Machpelah 4375, which 834 faced 6440 Mamre 4471, the field 7704 and cave 4631 which 834 was in it, and all 3605 the trees 6086 which 834 were in the field 7704, that were within all 3605 the confines 5439 of its border 1366, were deeded 6965 over 6965
18 to Abraham 85 for a possession 4736 in the presence 5869 of the sons 1121 of Heth 2845, before all 3605 who went 935 in at the gate 8179 of his city 5892.
19 After 310 this 3651, Abraham 85 buried 6912 Sarah 8283 his wife 802 in the cave 4631 of the field 7704 at Machpelah 4375 facing 6440 Mamre 4471 (that is, Hebron 2275) in the land 776 of Canaan 3667.
20 So the field 7704 and the cave 4631 that is in it, were deeded 6965 over 6965 to Abraham 85 for a burial 6913 site 272 by the sons 1121 of Heth 2845.

## Chapter 24

1

A Bride for Isaac

Now Abraham 85 was old 2204, advanced 935 in age 3117; and the LORD 3068 had blessed 1288 Abraham 85 in every 3605 way 3605.
2 Abraham 85 said 559 to his servant 5650, the oldest 2205 of his household 1004, who had 4910 charge 4910 of all 3605 that he owned, "Please 4994 place 7760 your hand 3027 under 8478 my thigh 3409,
3 and I will make you swear 7650 by the LORD 3068, the God 430 of heaven 8064 and the God 430 of earth 776, that you shall not take 3947 a wife 802 for my son 1121 from the daughters 1323 of the Canaanites 3669, among 7130 whom 834 I live 3427,
4 but you will go 1980 to my country 776 and to my relatives 4138, and take 3947 a wife 802 for my son 1121 Isaac 3327."
5 The servant 5650 said 559 to him, "Suppose 194 the woman 802 is not willing 14 to follow me to this 2088 land 776; should I take 7725 your son 1121 back 7725 to the land 776 from where you came 3318?"
6 Then Abraham 85 said 559 to him, "Beware 8104 that you do not take 7725 my son 1121 back 7725 there 8033!
7 "The LORD 3068, the God 430 of heaven 8064, who 834 took 3947 me from my father's 1 house 1004 and from the land 776 of my birth 4138, and who 834 spoke 1696 to me and who 834 swore 7650 to me, saying 559, 'To your descendants 2233 I will give 5414 this 2088 land 776,' He will send 7971 His angel 4397 before 6440 you, and you will take 3947 a wife 802 for my son 1121 from there 8033.
8 "But if 518 the woman 802 is not willing 14 to follow you, then you will be free 5352 from this 2088 my oath 7621; only 7534 do not take 7725 my son 1121 back 7725 there 8033."
9 So the servant 5650 placed 7760 his hand 3027 under 8478 the thigh 3409 of Abraham 85 his master 113, and swore 7650 to him concerning 5921 this 2088 matter 1697.
10 ¶ Then the servant 5650 took 3947 ten 6235 camels 1581 from the camels 1581 of his master 113, and set 1980 out with a variety 3605 of good 2898 things 2898 of his master's 113 in his hand 3027; and he arose 6965 and went 1980 to Mesopotamia 763, to the city 5892 of Nahor 5152.
11 He made the camels 1581 kneel 1288 down 1288 outside the city 5892 by the well 875 of water 4325 at evening 6153 time 6256, the time 6256 when women go 3318 out to draw 7579 water 7579.
12 He said 559, "O LORD 3068, the God 430 of my master 113 Abraham 85, please 4994 grant 7136 me success 7136 today 3117, and show 6213 lovingkindness 2617 to my master 113 Abraham 85.
13 "Behold 2009, I am standing 5324 by the spring 5871, and the daughters 1323 of the men 376 of the city 5892 are coming 3318 out to draw 7579 water 4325;
14 now may it be that the girl 5291 to whom 834 I say 559, 'Please 4994 let 5186 down 5186 your jar 3537 so that I may drink 8354,' and who answers 559, 'Drink 8354, and I will water 8248 your camels 1581 also 1571'--{may} she {be the one} whom You have appointed 3198 for Your servant 5650 Isaac 3327; and by this I will know 3045 that You have shown 6213 lovingkindness 2617 to my master 113."
15

Rebekah Is Chosen

¶ Before 2962 he had finished 3615 speaking 1696, behold 2009, Rebekah 7259 who 834 was born 3205 to Bethuel 1328 the son 1121 of Milcah 4435, the wife 802 of Abraham's 85 brother 251 Nahor 5152, came 3318 out with her jar 3537 on her shoulder 7926.
16 The girl 5291 was very 3966 beautiful 2896, a virgin 1330, and no 3808 man 376 had had 3045 relations 3045 with her; and she went 3381 down 3381 to the spring 5871 and filled 4390 her jar 3537 and came 5927 up.
17 Then the servant 5650 ran 7323 to meet 7122 her, and said 559, "Please 4994 let me drink 1572 a little 4592 water 4325 from your jar 3537."
18 She said 559, "Drink 8354, my lord 113"; and she quickly 4116 lowered 3381 her jar 3537 to her hand 3027, and gave 8248 him a drink 8248.
19 Now when she had finished 3615 giving 8248 him a drink 8248, she said 559, "I will draw 7579 also 1571 for your camels 1581 until they have finished 3615 drinking 8354."
20 So she quickly 4116 emptied 6168 her jar 3537 into the trough 8268, and ran 7323 back 5750 to the well 875 to draw 7579, and she drew 7579 for all 3605 his camels 1581.
21 Meanwhile, the man 376 was gazing 7583 at her in silence 2790, to know 3045 whether the LORD 3068 had made 6743 his journey 1870 successful 6743 or 518 not.
22 ¶ When 3512 the camels 1581 had finished 3615 drinking 8354, the man 376 took 3947 a gold 2091 ring 5141 weighing 4948 a half-shekel 1235 and two 8147 bracelets 6781 for her wrists 3027 weighing 4948 ten 6235 shekels in gold 2091,
23 and said 559, "Whose 4310 daughter 1323 are you? Please 4994 tell 5046 me, is there 3426 room 4725 for us to lodge 3885 in your father's 1 house 1004?"
24 She said 559 to him, "I am the daughter 1323 of Bethuel 1328, the son 1121 of Milcah 4435, whom 834 she bore 3205 to Nahor 5152."
25 Again she said 559 to him, "We have plenty 7227 of both 1571 straw 8401 and feed 4554, and room 4725 to lodge 3885 in."
26 Then the man 376 bowed 6915 low 6915 and worshiped 7812 the LORD 3068.
27 He said 559, "Blessed 1288 be the LORD 3068, the God 430 of my master 113 Abraham 85, who 834 has not forsaken 5800 His lovingkindness 2617 and His truth 571 toward my master 113; as for me, the LORD 3068 has guided 5148 me in the way 1870 to the house 1004 of my master's 113 brothers 251."
28 ¶ Then the girl 5291 ran 7323 and told 5046 her mother's 517 household 1004 about these 428 things 1697.
29 Now Rebekah 7259 had a brother 251 whose name 8034 was Laban 3837; and Laban 3837 ran 7323 outside 2351 to the man 376 at the spring 5871.
30 When he saw 7200 the ring 5141 and the bracelets 6781 on his sister's 269 wrists 3027, and when he heard 8085 the words 1697 of Rebekah 7259 his sister 269, saying 559, "This 3541 is what 3541 the man 376 said 1696 to me," he went 935 to the man 376; and behold 2009, he was standing 5975 by the camels 1581 at the spring 5871.
31 And he said 559, "Come 935 in, blessed 1288 of the LORD 3068! Why 4100 do you stand 5975 outside 2351 since I have prepared 6437 the house 1004, and a place 4725 for the camels 1581?"
32 So the man 376 entered 935 the house 1004. Then Laban unloaded 6605 the camels 1581, and he gave 5414 straw 8401 and feed 4554 to the camels 1581, and water 4325 to wash 7364 his feet 7272 and the feet 7272 of the men 376 who 834 were with him.
33 But when {food} was set 7760 before 6440 him to eat 398, he said 559, "I will not eat 398 until I have told 1696 my business 1697." And he said 559, "Speak 1696 on."
34 So he said 559, "I am Abraham's 85 servant 5650.
35 "The LORD 3068 has greatly 3966 blessed 1288 my master 113, so that he has become 1431 rich 1431; and He has given 5414 him flocks 6629 and herds 1241, and silver 3701 and gold 2091, and servants 5650 and maids 8198, and camels 1581 and donkeys 2543.
36 "Now Sarah 8283 my master's 113 wife 802 bore 3205 a son 1121 to my master 113 in her old 2209 age 2209, and he has given 5414 him all 3605 that he has.
37 "My master 113 made me swear 7650, saying 559, 'You shall not take 3947 a wife 802 for my son 1121 from the daughters 1323 of the Canaanites 3669, in whose 834 land 776 I live 3427;
38 but you shall go 1980 to my father's 1 house 1004 and to my relatives 4940, and take 3947 a wife 802 for my son 1121.'
39 "I said 559 to my master 113, 'Suppose 194 the woman 802 does not follow me.'
40 "He said 559 to me, 'The LORD 3068, before 6440 whom 834 I have walked 1980, will send 7971 His angel 4397 with you to make your journey 1870 successful 6743, and you will take 3947 a wife 802 for my son 1121 from my relatives 4940 and from my father's 1 house 1004;
41 then 227 you will be free 5352 from my oath 423, when 3588 you come 935 to my relatives 4940; and if 518 they do not give 5414 her to you, you will be free 5355 from my oath 423.'
42 ¶ "So I came 935 today 3117 to the spring 5871, and said 559, 'O LORD 3068, the God 430 of my master 113 Abraham 85, if 518 now 4994 You will make my journey 1870 on which 834 I go 1980 successful 6743;
43 behold 2009, I am standing 5324 by the spring 5871, and may it be that the maiden 5959 who comes 3318 out to draw 7579, and to whom I say 559, "Please 4994 let me drink 8248 a little 4592 water 4325 from your jar 3537";
44 and she will say 559 to me, "You drink 8354, and I will draw 7579 for your camels 1581 also 1571"; let her be the woman 802 whom 834 the LORD 3068 has appointed 3198 for my master's 113 son 1121.'
45 ¶ "Before 2962 I had finished 3615 speaking 1696 in my heart 3820, behold 2009, Rebekah 7259 came 3318 out with her jar 3537 on her shoulder 7926, and went 3381 down 3381 to the spring 5871 and drew 7579, and I said 559 to her, 'Please 4994 let me drink 8248.'
46 "She quickly 4116 lowered 3381 her jar 3537 from her {shoulder,} and said 559, 'Drink 8354, and I will water 8248 your camels 1581 also 1571'; so I drank 8354, and she watered 8248 the camels 1581 also 1571.
47 "Then I asked 7592 her, and said 559, 'Whose 4310 daughter 1323 are you?' And she said 559, 'The daughter 1323 of Bethuel 1328, Nahor's 5152 son 1121, whom 834 Milcah 4435 bore 3205 to him'; and I put 7760 the ring 5141 on her nose 639, and the bracelets 6781 on her wrists 3027.
48 "And I bowed 6915 low 6915 and worshiped 7812 the LORD 3068, and blessed 1288 the LORD 3068, the God 430 of my master 113 Abraham 85, who 834 had guided 5148 me in the right 571 way 1870 to take 3947 the daughter 1323 of my master's 113 kinsman 251 for his son 1121.
49 "So now 6258 if 518 you are going 3426 to deal 6213 kindly 2617 and truly 571 with my master 113, tell 5046 me; and if 518 not, let me know 5046, that I may turn 6437 to the right 3225 hand 3225 or 176 the left 8040."
50 ¶ Then Laban 3837 and Bethuel 1328 replied 6030, "The matter 1697 comes 3318 from the LORD 3068; {so} we cannot speak 1696 to you bad 7451 or 176 good 2896.
51 "Here 2009 is Rebekah 7259 before 6440 you, take 3947 {her} and go 1980, and let her be the wife 802 of your master's 113 son 1121, as the LORD 3068 has spoken 1696."
52 ¶ When 3512 Abraham's 85 servant 5650 heard 8085 their words 1697, he bowed 7812 himself to the ground 776 before the LORD 3068.
53 The servant 5650 brought 3318 out articles 3627 of silver 3701 and articles 3627 of gold 2091, and garments 899, and gave 5414 them to Rebekah 7259; he also gave 5414 precious 4030 things 4030 to her brother 251 and to her mother 517.
54 Then he and the men 376 who 834 were with him ate 398 and drank 8354 and spent 3885 the night 3885. When they arose 6965 in the morning 1242, he said 559, "Send 7971 me away 7971 to my master 113."
55 But her brother 251 and her mother 517 said 559, "Let the girl 5291 stay 3427 with us {a few} days 3117, say 176 ten 6218; afterward 310 she may go 1980."
56 He said 559 to them, "Do not delay 309 me, since the LORD 3068 has prospered 6743 my way 1870. Send 7971 me away 7971 that I may go 1980 to my master 113."
57 And they said 559, "We will call 7121 the girl 5291 and consult 7592 her wishes 6310."
58 Then they called 7121 Rebekah 7259 and said 559 to her, "Will you go 1980 with this 2088 man 376?" And she said 559, "I will go 1980."
59 Thus they sent 7971 away 7971 their sister 269 Rebekah 7259 and her nurse 3243 with Abraham's 85 servant 5650 and his men 376.
60 They blessed 1288 Rebekah 7259 and said 559 to her, "May you, our sister 269, Become 1961 thousands 505 of ten 7233 thousands 7233, And may your descendants 2233 possess 3423 The gate 8179 of those who hate 8130 them."
61 Then Rebekah 7259 arose 6965 with her maids 5291, and they mounted 7392 the camels 1581 and followed the man 376. So the servant 5650 took 3947 Rebekah 7259 and departed 1980.
62

Isaac Marries Rebekah

¶ Now Isaac 3327 had come 935 from going 935 to Beer-lahai-roi 883; for he was living 3427 in the Negev 5045.
63 Isaac 3327 went 3318 out to meditate 7742 in the field 7704 toward 6437 evening 6153; and he lifted 5375 up his eyes 5869 and looked 7200, and behold 2009, camels 1581 were coming 935.
64 Rebekah 7259 lifted 5375 up her eyes 5869, and when she saw 7200 Isaac 3327 she dismounted 5307 from the camel 1581.
65 She said 559 to the servant 5650, "Who 4310 is that man 376 walking 1980 in the field 7704 to meet 7122 us?" And the servant 5650 said 559, "He is my master 113." Then she took 3947 her veil 6809 and covered 3680 herself.
66 The servant 5650 told 5608 Isaac 3327 all 3605 the things 1697 that he had done 6213.
67 Then Isaac 3327 brought 935 her into his mother 517 Sarah's 8283 tent 168, and he took 3947 Rebekah 7259, and she became 1961 his wife 802, and he loved 157 her; thus Isaac 3327 was comforted 5162 after 310 his mother's 517 death.

## Chapter 25

1

Abraham's Death

Now Abraham 85 took 3947 another 3254 wife 802, whose name 8034 was Keturah 6989.
2 She bore 3205 to him Zimran 2175 and Jokshan 3370 and Medan 4091 and Midian 4080 and Ishbak 3435 and Shuah 7774.
3 Jokshan 3370 became 3205 the father 3205 of Sheba 7614 and Dedan 1719. And the sons 1121 of Dedan 1719 were Asshurim 805 and Letushim 3912 and Leummim 3817.
4 The sons 1121 of Midian 4080 {were} Ephah 5891 and Epher 6081 and Hanoch 2585 and Abida 28 and Eldaah 420. All 3605 these 428 {were} the sons 1121 of Keturah 6989.
5 Now Abraham 85 gave 5414 all 3605 that he had to Isaac 3327;
6 but to the sons 1121 of his concubines 6370, Abraham 85 gave 5414 gifts 4979 while he was still 5750 living 2416, and sent 7971 them away 7971 from his son 1121 Isaac 3327 eastward 6924, to the land 776 of the east 6924.
7 ¶ These 428 are all 3117 the years 8141 of Abraham's 85 life 2425 that he lived 2421, one hundred 3967 and seventy-five 7657 years 8141.
8 Abraham 85 breathed 1478 his last 1478 and died 4191 in a ripe 2896 old 7872 age 7872, an old 2205 man 2205 and satisfied 7649 {with life;} and he was gathered 622 to his people 5971.
9 Then his sons 1121 Isaac 3327 and Ishmael 3458 buried 6912 him in the cave 4631 of Machpelah 4375, in the field 7704 of Ephron 6085 the son 1121 of Zohar 6714 the Hittite 2850, facing Mamre 4471,
10 the field 7704 which 834 Abraham 85 purchased 7069 from the sons 1121 of Heth 2845; there 8033 Abraham 85 was buried 6912 with Sarah 8283 his wife 802.
11 It came 1961 about after 310 the death 4194 of Abraham 85, that God 430 blessed 1288 his son 1121 Isaac 3327; and Isaac 3327 lived 3427 by Beer-lahai-roi 883.
12

Descendants of Ishmael

¶ Now these 428 are {the records of} the generations 8435 of Ishmael 3458, Abraham's 85 son 1121, whom 834 Hagar 1904 the Egyptian 4713, Sarah's 8283 maid 8198, bore 3205 to Abraham 85;
13 and these 428 are the names 8034 of the sons 1121 of Ishmael 3458, by their names 8034, in the order 8435 of their birth 8435: Nebaioth 5032, the firstborn 1060 of Ishmael 3458, and Kedar 6938 and Adbeel 110 and Mibsam 4017
14 and Mishma 4927 and Dumah 1746 and Massa 4854,
15 Hadad 2301 and Tema 8485, Jetur 3195, Naphish 5305 and Kedemah 6929.
16 These 428 are the sons 1121 of Ishmael 3458 and these 428 are their names 8034, by their villages 2691, and by their camps 2918; twelve princes 5387 according to their tribes 523.
17 These 428 are the years 8141 of the life 2425 of Ishmael 3458, one hundred 3967 and thirty-seven years 8141; and he breathed 1478 his last 1478 and died 4191, and was gathered 622 to his people 5971.
18 They settled 7931 from Havilah 2341 to Shur 7793 which 834 is east of Egypt 4714 as one goes 935 toward Assyria 804; he settled 5307 in defiance of all 3605 his relatives 251.
19

Isaac's Sons

¶ Now these 428 are {the records of} the generations 8435 of Isaac 3327, Abraham's 85 son 1121: Abraham 85 became 3205 the father 3205 of Isaac 3327;
20 and Isaac 3327 was forty 705 years 8141 old 1121 when he took 3947 Rebekah 7259, the daughter 1323 of Bethuel 1328 the Aramean 761 of Paddan-aram 6307, the sister 269 of Laban 3837 the Aramean 761, to be his wife 802.
21 Isaac 3327 prayed 6279 to the LORD 3068 on behalf 5227 of his wife 802, because 3588 she was barren 6135; and the LORD 3068 answered 6279 him and Rebekah 7259 his wife 802 conceived 2029.
22 But the children 1121 struggled 7533 together within 7130 her; and she said 559, "If 518 it is so 3651, why 4100 then am I {this way?}" So she went 1980 to inquire 1875 of the LORD 3068.
23 The LORD 3068 said 559 to her, "Two 8147 nations 1471 are in your womb 990; And two 8147 peoples 3816 will be separated 6504 from your body 4578; And one people 3816 shall be stronger 553 than 4480 the other 3816; And the older 7227 shall serve 5647 the younger 6810."
24 When her days 3117 to be delivered 3205 were fulfilled 4390, behold 2009, there were twins 8420 in her womb 990.
25 Now the first 7223 came 3318 forth 3318 red 132, all 3605 over like a hairy 8181 garment 155; and they named him Esau 6215.
26 Afterward 310 his brother 251 came 3318 forth 3318 with his hand 3027 holding 270 on to Esau's 6215 heel 6119, so his name 8034 was called 7121 Jacob 3290; and Isaac 3327 was sixty 8346 years 8141 old 1121 when she gave 3205 birth 3205 to them.
27 ¶ When the boys 5288 grew 1431 up, Esau 6215 became 1961 a skillful 3045 hunter, a man 376 of the field 7704, but Jacob 3290 was a peaceful 8535 man 376, living 3427 in tents 168.
28 Now Isaac 3327 loved 157 Esau 6215, because 3588 he had a taste 6310 for game 6718, but Rebekah 7259 loved 157 Jacob 3290.
29 When Jacob 3290 had cooked 2102 stew 5138, Esau 6215 came 935 in from the field 7704 and he was famished 5889;
30 and Esau 6215 said 559 to Jacob 3290, "Please 4994 let me have 3938 a swallow 3938 of that red 122 stuff 123 there, for I am famished 5889." Therefore his name 8034 was called 7121 Edom 112.
31 But Jacob 3290 said 559, "First 3117 sell 4376 me your birthright 1062."
32 Esau 6215 said 559, "Behold 2009, I am 1980 about 1980 to die 4191; so of what 4100 {use} then is the birthright 1062 to me?"
33 And Jacob 3290 said 559, "First 3117 swear 7650 to me"; so he swore 7650 to him, and sold 4376 his birthright 1062 to Jacob 3290.
34 Then Jacob 3290 gave 5414 Esau 6215 bread 3899 and lentil 5742 stew 5138; and he ate 398 and drank 8354, and rose 6965 and went 1980 on his way 1980. Thus Esau 6215 despised 959 his birthright 1062.

## Chapter 26

1

Isaac Settles in Gerar

Now there was a famine 7458 in the land 776, besides the previous 7223 famine 7458 that had occurred 1961 in the days 3117 of Abraham 85. So Isaac 3327 went 1980 to Gerar 1642, to Abimelech 40 king 4428 of the Philistines 6430.
2 The LORD 3068 appeared 7200 to him and said 559, "Do not go 3381 down 3381 to Egypt 4714; stay 7931 in the land 776 of which 834 I shall tell 559 you.
3 "Sojourn 1481 in this 2088 land 776 and I will be with you and bless 1288 you, for to you and to your descendants 2233 I will give 5414 all 3605 these 411 lands 776, and I will establish 6965 the oath 7621 which 834 I swore 7650 to your father 1 Abraham 85.
4 "I will multiply 7235 your descendants 2233 as the stars 3556 of heaven 8064, and will give 5414 your descendants 2233 all 3605 these 411 lands 776; and by your descendants 2233 all 3605 the nations 1471 of the earth 776 shall be blessed 1288;
5 because Abraham 85 obeyed Me and kept 8104 My charge 4931, My commandments 4687, My statutes 2708 and My laws 8451."
6 ¶ So Isaac 3327 lived 3427 in Gerar 1642.
7 When the men 376 of the place 4725 asked 7592 about his wife 802, he said 559, "She is my sister 269," for he was afraid 3372 to say 559, "my wife 802," {thinking,} "the men 376 of the place 4725 might kill 2026 me on account 5921 of Rebekah 7259, for she is beautiful 2896."
8 It came 1961 about, when 3588 he had been there 8033 a long 748 time 3117, that Abimelech 40 king 4428 of the Philistines 6430 looked 8259 out through 1157 a window 2474, and saw 7200, and behold 2009, Isaac 3327 was caressing 6711 his wife 802 Rebekah 7259.
9 Then Abimelech 40 called 7121 Isaac 3327 and said 559, "Behold 2009, certainly 389 she is your wife 802! How 349 then did you say 559, 'She is my sister 269'?" And Isaac 3327 said 559 to him, "Because 3588 I said 559, 'I might 6435 die 4191 on account 5921 of her.'"
10 Abimelech 40 said 559, "What 4100 is this 2088 you have done 6213 to us? One 259 of the people 5971 might easily 4592 have lain 7901 with your wife 802, and you would have brought 935 guilt 817 upon us."
11 So Abimelech 40 charged 6680 all 3605 the people 5971, saying 559, "He who touches 5060 this 2088 man 376 or his wife 802 shall surely 4191 be put 4191 to death 4191."
12 ¶ Now Isaac 3327 sowed 2232 in that land 776 and reaped 4672 in the same 1931 year 8141 a hundredfold. And the LORD 3068 blessed 1288 him,
13 and the man 376 became 1431 rich 1431, and continued 1980 to grow 1432 richer 1432 until 5704 he became 1431 very 3966 wealthy 1431;
14 for he had 1961 possessions 4735 of flocks 6629 and herds 1241 and a great 7227 household 5657, so that the Philistines 6430 envied 7065 him.
15 Now all 3605 the wells 875 which 834 his father's 1 servants 5650 had dug 2658 in the days 3117 of Abraham 85 his father 1, the Philistines 6430 stopped 5640 up by filling 4390 them with earth 6083.
16 Then Abimelech 40 said 559 to Isaac 3327, "Go 1980 away from us, for you are too 3966 powerful 6105 for us."
17 And Isaac 3327 departed 1980 from there 8033 and camped 2583 in the valley 5158 of Gerar 1642, and settled 3427 there 8033.
18

Quarrel over the Wells

¶ Then Isaac 3327 dug 2658 again 7725 the wells 875 of water 4325 which 834 had been dug 2658 in the days 3117 of his father 1 Abraham 85, for the Philistines 6430 had stopped 5640 them up after 310 the death 4194 of Abraham 85; and he gave 7121 them the same 8034 names 8034 which 834 his father 1 had given 7121 them.
19 But when Isaac's 3327 servants 5650 dug 2658 in the valley 5158 and found 4672 there 8033 a well 875 of flowing 2416 water 4325,
20 the herdsmen 7462 of Gerar 1642 quarreled 7378 with the herdsmen 7462 of Isaac 3327, saying 559, "The water 4325 is ours!" So he named the well 875 Esek 6230, because 3588 they contended 6229 with him.
21 Then they dug 2658 another 312 well 875, and they quarreled 7378 over 5921 it too 1571, so he named it Sitnah 7856.
22 He moved 6275 away 6275 from there 8033 and dug 2658 another 312 well 875, and they did not quarrel 7378 over 5921 it; so he named it Rehoboth 7344, for he said 559, "At last the LORD 3068 has made 7337 room 7337 for us, and we will be fruitful 6509 in the land 776."
23 ¶ Then he went 5927 up from there 8033 to Beersheba 884.
24 The LORD 3068 appeared 7200 to him the same 1931 night 3915 and said 559, "I am the God 430 of your father 1 Abraham 85; Do not fear 3372, for I am with you. I will bless 1288 you, and multiply 7235 your descendants 2233, For the sake 5668 of My servant 5650 Abraham 85."
25 So he built 1129 an altar 4196 there 8033 and called 7121 upon the name 8034 of the LORD 3068, and pitched 5186 his tent 168 there 8033; and there 8033 Isaac's 3327 servants 5650 dug 3738 a well 875.
26

Covenant with Abimelech

¶ Then Abimelech 40 came 1980 to him from Gerar 1642 with his adviser 4828 Ahuzzath 276 and Phicol 6369 the commander 8269 of his army 6635.
27 Isaac 3327 said 559 to them, "Why 4069 have you come 935 to me, since you hate 8130 me and have sent 7971 me away 7971 from you?"
28 They said 559, "We see 7200 plainly 7200 that the LORD 3068 has been 1961 with you; so we said 559, 'Let there now 4994 be an oath 423 between 996 us, {even} between 996 you and us, and let us make 3772 a covenant 1285 with you,
29 that you will do 6213 us no 518 harm 7463, just 3512 as we have not touched 5060 you and have done 6213 to you nothing 7534 but good 2896 and have sent 7971 you away 7971 in peace 7965. You are now 6258 the blessed 1288 of the LORD 3068.'"
30 Then he made 6213 them a feast 4960, and they ate 398 and drank 8354.
31 In the morning 1242 they arose 7925 early 7925 and exchanged 7650 oaths 7650; then Isaac 3327 sent 7971 them away 7971 and they departed 1980 from him in peace 7965.
32 Now it came 1961 about on the same 1931 day 3117, that Isaac's 3327 servants 5650 came 935 in and told 5046 him about the well 875 which 834 they had dug 2658, and said 559 to him, "We have found 4672 water 4325."
33 So he called 7121 it Shibah 7656; therefore the name 8034 of the city 5892 is Beersheba 884 to this 2088 day 3117.
34 ¶ When Esau 6215 was forty 705 years 8141 old 1121 he married Judith 3067 the daughter 1323 of Beeri 882 the Hittite 2850, and Basemath 1315 the daughter 1323 of Elon 356 the Hittite 2850;
35 and they brought 1961 grief to Isaac 3327 and Rebekah 7259.

## Chapter 27

1

Jacob's Deception

Now it came 1961 about, when 3588 Isaac 3327 was old 2204 and his eyes 5869 were too 4480 dim 3543 to see 7200, that he called 7121 his older 1419 son 1121 Esau 6215 and said 559 to him, "My son 1121." And he said 559 to him, "Here 2009 I am."
2 Isaac said 559, "Behold 2009 now 4994, I am 2204 old 2204 {and} I do not know 3045 the day 3117 of my death 4194.
3 "Now 6258 then, please 4994 take 5375 your gear 3627, your quiver 8522 and your bow 7198, and go 3318 out to the field 7704 and hunt 6679 game 6718 for me;
4 and prepare 6213 a savory 4303 dish 4303 for me such 3512 as I love 157, and bring 935 it to me that I may eat 398, so 5668 that my soul 5315 may bless 1288 you before 2962 I die 4191."
5 ¶ Rebekah 7259 was listening 8085 while Isaac 3327 spoke 1696 to his son 1121 Esau 6215. So when Esau 6215 went 1980 to the field 7704 to hunt 6679 for game 6718 to bring 935 {home,}
6 Rebekah 7259 said 559 to her son 1121 Jacob 3290, "Behold 2009, I heard 8085 your father 1 speak 1696 to your brother 251 Esau 6215, saying 559,
7 'Bring 935 me {some} game 6718 and prepare 6213 a savory 4303 dish 4303 for me, that I may eat 398, and bless 1288 you in the presence 6440 of the LORD 3068 before 6440 my death 4194.'
8 "Now 6258 therefore, my son 1121, listen 8085 to me as I command 6680 you.
9 "Go 1980 now 4994 to the flock 6629 and bring 3947 me two 8147 choice 2896 young goats from there 8033, that I may prepare 6213 them {as} a savory 4303 dish 4303 for your father 1, such 3512 as he loves 157.
10 "Then you shall bring 935 {it} to your father 1, that he may eat 398, so 5668 that he may bless 1288 you before 6440 his death 4194."
11 Jacob 3290 answered 559 his mother 517 Rebekah 7259, "Behold 2005, Esau 6215 my brother 251 is a hairy 8163 man 376 and I am a smooth 2509 man 376.
12 "Perhaps 194 my father 1 will feel 4959 me, then I will be as a deceiver 8591 in his sight 5869, and I will bring 935 upon myself a curse 7045 and not a blessing 1293."
13 But his mother 517 said 559 to him, "Your curse 7045 be on me, my son 1121; only 389 obey 8085 my voice 6963, and go 1980, get 3947 {them} for me."
14 So he went 1980 and got 3947 {them,} and brought 935 {them} to his mother 517; and his mother 517 made 6213 savory 4303 food 4303 such 3512 as his father 1 loved 157.
15 Then Rebekah 7259 took 3947 the best 2536 garments 899 of Esau 6215 her elder 1419 son 1121, which 834 were with her in the house 1004, and put 3847 them on Jacob 3290 her younger 6996 son 1121.
16 And she put 3847 the skins 5785 of the young goats on his hands 3027 and on the smooth 2513 part 2513 of his neck 6677.
17 She also gave 5414 the savory 4303 food 4303 and the bread 3899, which 834 she had made 6213, to her son 1121 Jacob 3290.
18 ¶ Then he came 935 to his father 1 and said 559, "My father 1." And he said 559, "Here 2009 I am. Who 4310 are you, my son 1121?"
19 Jacob 3290 said 559 to his father 1, "I am Esau 6215 your firstborn 1060; I have done 6213 as you told 1696 me. Get 6965 up, please 4994, sit 3427 and eat 398 of my game 6718, that you may bless 1288 me."
20 Isaac 3327 said 559 to his son 1121, "How 4100 is it that you have 4672 {it} so quickly 4116, my son 1121?" And he said 559, "Because 3588 the LORD 3068 your God 430 caused {it} to happen 7136 to me."
21 Then Isaac 3327 said 559 to Jacob 3290, "Please 4994 come 5066 close 5066, that I may feel 4184 you, my son 1121, whether you are really 2088 my son 1121 Esau 6215 or 518 not."
22 So Jacob 3290 came 5066 close 5066 to Isaac 3327 his father 1, and he felt 4959 him and said 559, "The voice 6963 is the voice 6963 of Jacob 3290, but the hands 3027 are the hands 3027 of Esau 6215."
23 He did not recognize 5234 him, because 3588 his hands 3027 were hairy 8163 like his brother 251 Esau's 6215 hands 3027; so he blessed 1288 him.
24 And he said 559, "Are you really 2088 my son 1121 Esau 6215?" And he said 559, "I am."
25 So he said 559, "Bring 5066 {it} to me, and I will eat 398 of my son's 1121 game 6718, that I may bless 1288 you." And he brought 5066 {it} to him, and he ate 398; he also brought 935 him wine 3196 and he drank 8354.
26 Then his father 1 Isaac 3327 said 559 to him, "Please 4994 come 5066 close 5066 and kiss 5401 me, my son 1121."
27 So he came 5066 close 5066 and kissed 5401 him; and when he smelled 7381 the smell 7381 of his garments 899, he blessed 1288 him and said 559, "See 7200, the smell 7381 of my son 1121 Is like the smell 7381 of a field 7704 which 834 the LORD 3068 has blessed 1288;
28 Now may God 430 give 5414 you of the dew 2919 of heaven 8064, And of the fatness 8082 of the earth 776, And an abundance 7230 of grain 1715 and new 8492 wine 8492;
29 May peoples 5971 serve 5647 you, And nations 3816 bow 7812 down 7812 to you; Be master 1376 of your brothers 251, And may your mother's 517 sons 1121 bow 7812 down 7812 to you. Cursed 779 be those who curse 779 you, And blessed 1288 be those who bless 1288 you."
30

The Stolen Blessing

¶ Now it came 1961 about, as soon 3512 as Isaac 3327 had finished 3615 blessing 1288 Jacob 3290, and Jacob 3290 had hardly gone 3318 out from the presence 6440 of Isaac 3327 his father 1, that Esau 6215 his brother 251 came 935 in from his hunting 6718.
31 Then he also 1571 made 6213 savory 4303 food 4303, and brought 935 it to his father 1; and he said 559 to his father 1, "Let my father 1 arise 6965 and eat 398 of his son's 1121 game 6718, that you may bless 1288 me."
32 Isaac 3327 his father 1 said 559 to him, "Who 4310 are you?" And he said 559, "I am your son 1121, your firstborn 1060, Esau 6215."
33 Then Isaac 3327 trembled 2729 violently, and said 559, "Who 4310 was he then 645 that hunted 6679 game 6718 and brought 935 {it} to me, so that I ate 398 of all 3605 {of it} before 2962 you came 935, and blessed 1288 him? Yes 1571, and he shall be blessed 1288."
34 When Esau 6215 heard 8085 the words 1697 of his father 1, he cried 6817 out with an exceedingly 3966 great 1419 and bitter 4751 cry 6818, and said 559 to his father 1, "Bless 1288 me, {even} me also 1571, O my father 1!"
35 And he said 559, "Your brother 251 came 935 deceitfully 4820 and has taken 3947 away your blessing 1293."
36 Then he said 559, "Is he not rightly named Jacob 3290, for he has supplanted 6117 me these 2088 two 6471 times 6471? He took 3947 away my birthright 1062, and behold 2009, now 6258 he has taken 3947 away my blessing 1293." And he said 559, "Have you not reserved 680 a blessing 1293 for me?"
37 But Isaac 3327 replied 6030 to Esau 6215, "Behold 2005, I have made 7760 him your master 1376, and all 3605 his relatives 251 I have given 5414 to him as servants 5650; and with grain 1715 and new 8492 wine 8492 I have sustained 5564 him. Now as for you then 645, what 4100 can I do 6213, my son 1121?"
38 Esau 6215 said 559 to his father 1, "Do you have only one 259 blessing 1293, my father 1? Bless 1288 me, {even} me also 1571, O my father 1." So Esau 6215 lifted 5375 his voice 6963 and wept 1058.
39 ¶ Then Isaac 3327 his father 1 answered 6030 and said 559 to him, "Behold 2009, away from the fertility 8082 of the earth 776 shall be your dwelling 4186, And away from the dew 2919 of heaven 8064 from above 5921.
40 "By your sword 2719 you shall live 2421, And your brother 251 you shall serve 5647; But it shall come 1961 about when 3512 you become 7300 restless 7300, That you will break 6561 his yoke 5923 from your neck 6677."
41 ¶ So Esau 6215 bore 7852 a grudge 7852 against 7852 Jacob 3290 because 5921 of the blessing 1293 with which 834 his father 1 had blessed 1288 him; and Esau 6215 said 559 to himself 3820, "The days 3117 of mourning 60 for my father 1 are near 7126; then I will kill 2026 my brother 251 Jacob 3290."
42 Now when the words 1697 of her elder 1419 son 1121 Esau 6215 were reported 5046 to Rebekah 7259, she sent 7971 and called 7121 her younger 6996 son 1121 Jacob 3290, and said 559 to him, "Behold 2009 your brother 251 Esau 6215 is consoling 5162 himself concerning you {by planning} to kill 2026 you.
43 "Now 6258 therefore, my son 1121, obey 8085 my voice 6963, and arise 6965, flee 1272 to Haran 2771, to my brother 251 Laban 3837!
44 "Stay 3427 with him a few 259 days 3117, until your brother's 251 fury 2534 subsides 7725,
45 until 5704 your brother's 251 anger 639 against 4480 you subsides 7725 and he forgets 7911 what 834 you did 6213 to him. Then I will send 7971 and get 3947 you from there 8033. Why 4100 should I be bereaved 7921 of you both 8147 in one 259 day 3117?"
46 ¶ Rebekah 7259 said 559 to Isaac 3327, "I am tired 6973 of living 2425 because of the daughters 1323 of Heth 2845; if 518 Jacob 3290 takes 3947 a wife 802 from the daughters 1323 of Heth 2845, like these 428, from the daughters 1323 of the land 776, what 4100 good will my life 2425 be to me?"

## Chapter 28

1

Jacob Is Sent Away

So Isaac 3327 called 7121 Jacob 3290 and blessed 1288 him and charged 6680 him, and said 559 to him, "You shall not take 3947 a wife 802 from the daughters 1323 of Canaan 3667.
2 "Arise 6965, go 1980 to Paddan-aram 6307, to the house 1004 of Bethuel 1328 your mother's 517 father 1; and from there 8033 take 3947 to yourself a wife 802 from the daughters 1323 of Laban 3837 your mother's 517 brother 251.
3 "May God 410 Almighty 7706 bless 1288 you and make 6509 you fruitful 6509 and multiply 7235 you, that you may become 1961 a company 6951 of peoples 5971.
4 "May He also give 5414 you the blessing 1293 of Abraham 85, to you and to your descendants 2233 with you, that you may possess 3423 the land 776 of your sojournings 4033, which 834 God 430 gave 5414 to Abraham 85."
5 Then Isaac 3327 sent 7971 Jacob 3290 away 7971, and he went 1980 to Paddan-aram 6307 to Laban 3837, son 1121 of Bethuel 1328 the Aramean 761, the brother 251 of Rebekah 7259, the mother 517 of Jacob 3290 and Esau 6215.
6 ¶ Now Esau 6215 saw 7200 that Isaac 3327 had blessed 1288 Jacob 3290 and sent 7971 him away 7971 to Paddan-aram 6307 to take 3947 to himself a wife 802 from there 8033, {and that} when he blessed 1288 him he charged 6680 him, saying 559, "You shall not take 3947 a wife 802 from the daughters 1323 of Canaan 3667,"
7 and that Jacob 3290 had obeyed 8085 his father 1 and his mother 517 and had gone 1980 to Paddan-aram 6307.
8 So Esau 6215 saw 7200 that the daughters 1323 of Canaan 3667 displeased 7451 his father 1 Isaac 3327;
9 and Esau 6215 went 1980 to Ishmael 3458, and married, besides 5921 the wives 802 that he had, Mahalath 4258 the daughter 1323 of Ishmael 3458, Abraham's 85 son 1121, the sister 269 of Nebaioth 5032.
10

Jacob's Dream

¶ Then Jacob 3290 departed 3318 from Beersheba 884 and went 1980 toward Haran 2771.
11 He came 6293 to a certain place 4725 and spent 3885 the night 3885 there 8033, because 3588 the sun 8121 had set 935; and he took 3947 one of the stones 68 of the place 4725 and put 7760 it under his head 4763, and lay 7901 down 7901 in that place 4725.
12 He had 2492 a dream 2492, and behold 2009, a ladder 5551 was set 5324 on the earth 776 with its top 7218 reaching 5060 to heaven 8064; and behold 2009, the angels 4397 of God 430 were ascending 5927 and descending 3381 on it.
13 And behold 2009, the LORD 3068 stood 5324 above 5921 it and said 559, "I am the LORD 3068, the God 430 of your father 1 Abraham 85 and the God 430 of Isaac 3327; the land 776 on which 834 you lie 7901, I will give 5414 it to you and to your descendants 2233.
14 "Your descendants 2233 will also be like the dust 6083 of the earth 776, and you will spread 6555 out to the west 3220 and to the east 6924 and to the north 6828 and to the south 5045; and in you and in your descendants 2233 shall all 3605 the families 4940 of the earth 127 be blessed 1288.
15 "Behold 2009, I am with you and will keep 8104 you wherever you go 1980, and will bring 7725 you back 7725 to this 2088 land 127; for I will not leave 5800 you until I have done 6213 what 834 I have promised 1696 you."
16 Then Jacob 3290 awoke 3364 from his sleep 8142 and said 559, "Surely 403 the LORD 3068 is in this 2088 place 4725, and I did not know 3045 it."
17 He was afraid 3372 and said 559, "How 4100 awesome 3372 is this 2088 place 4725! This 2088 is none 369 other 369 than the house 1004 of God 430, and this 2088 is the gate 8179 of heaven 8064."
18 ¶ So Jacob 3290 rose 7925 early 7925 in the morning 1242, and took 3947 the stone 68 that he had put 7760 under his head 4763 and set 7760 it up as a pillar 4676 and poured 3332 oil 8081 on its top 7218.
19 He called 7121 the name 8034 of that place 4725 Bethel 1008; however 199, previously 7223 the name 8034 of the city 5892 had been Luz 3870.
20 Then Jacob 3290 made 5087 a vow 5088, saying 559, "If 518 God 430 will be with me and will keep 8104 me on this 2088 journey 1870 that I take 1980, and will give 5414 me food 3899 to eat 398 and garments 899 to wear 3847,
21 and I return 7725 to my father's 1 house 1004 in safety 7965, then the LORD 3068 will be my God 430.
22 "This 2088 stone 68, which 834 I have set 7760 up as a pillar 4676, will be God's 430 house 1004, and of all 3605 that You give 5414 me I will surely 6237 give 6237 a tenth 6237 to You."

## Chapter 29

1

Jacob Meets Rachel

Then Jacob 3290 went 5375 on his journey 7272, and came 1980 to the land 776 of the sons 1121 of the east 6924.
2 He looked 7200, and saw 7200 a well 875 in the field 7704, and behold 2009, three 7969 flocks 5739 of sheep 6629 were lying 7257 there 8033 beside 5921 it, for from that well 875 they watered 8248 the flocks 5739. Now the stone 68 on the mouth 6310 of the well 875 was large 1419.
3 When all 3605 the flocks 5739 were gathered 622 there 8033, they would then roll 1556 the stone 68 from the mouth 6310 of the well 875 and water 8248 the sheep 6629, and put 7725 the stone 68 back 7725 in its place 4725 on the mouth 6310 of the well 875.
4 ¶ Jacob 3290 said 559 to them, "My brothers 251, where 370 are you from?" And they said 559, "We are from Haran 2771."
5 He said 559 to them, "Do you know 3045 Laban 3837 the son 1121 of Nahor 5152?" And they said 559, "We know 3045 {him.}"
6 And he said 559 to them, "Is it well 7965 with him?" And they said 559, "It is well 7965, and here 2009 is Rachel 7354 his daughter 1323 coming 935 with the sheep 6629."
7 He said 559, "Behold 2005, it is still 5750 high 1419 day 3117; it is not time 6256 for the livestock 4735 to be gathered 622. Water 8248 the sheep 6629, and go 1980, pasture 7462 them."
8 But they said 559, "We cannot, until all 3605 the flocks 5739 are gathered 622, and they roll 1556 the stone 68 from the mouth 6310 of the well 875; then we water 8248 the sheep 6629."
9 ¶ While he was still 5750 speaking 1696 with them, Rachel 7354 came 935 with her father's 1 sheep 6629, for she was a shepherdess 7462.
10 When 3512 Jacob 3290 saw 7200 Rachel 7354 the daughter 1323 of Laban 3837 his mother's 517 brother 251, and the sheep 6629 of Laban 3837 his mother's 517 brother 251, Jacob 3290 went 5066 up and rolled 1556 the stone 68 from the mouth 6310 of the well 875 and watered 8248 the flock 6629 of Laban 3837 his mother's 517 brother 251.
11 Then Jacob 3290 kissed 5401 Rachel 7354, and lifted 5375 his voice 6963 and wept 1058.
12 Jacob 3290 told 5046 Rachel 7354 that he was a relative 251 of her father 1 and that he was Rebekah's 7259 son 1121, and she ran 7323 and told 5046 her father 1.
13 ¶ So when Laban 3837 heard 8085 the news 8088 of Jacob 3290 his sister's 269 son 1121, he ran 7323 to meet 7122 him, and embraced 2263 him and kissed 5401 him and brought 935 him to his house 1004. Then he related 5608 to Laban 3837 all 3605 these 428 things 1697.
14 Laban 3837 said 559 to him, "Surely 389 you are my bone 6106 and my flesh 1320." And he stayed 3427 with him a month 2320.
15 ¶ Then Laban 3837 said 559 to Jacob 3290, "Because 3588 you are my relative 251, should you therefore serve 5647 me for nothing 2600? Tell 5046 me, what 4100 shall your wages 4909 be?"
16 Now Laban 3837 had two 8147 daughters 1323; the name 8034 of the older 1419 was Leah 3812, and the name 8034 of the younger 6996 was Rachel 7354.
17 And Leah's 3812 eyes 5869 were weak 7390, but Rachel 7354 was beautiful 3303 of form 8389 and face 4758.
18 Now Jacob 3290 loved 157 Rachel 7354, so he said 559, "I will serve 5647 you seven 7651 years 8141 for your younger 6996 daughter 1323 Rachel 7354."
19 Laban 3837 said 559, "It is better 2896 that I give 5414 her to you than 4480 to give 5414 her to another 312 man 376; stay 3427 with me."
20 So Jacob 3290 served 5647 seven 7651 years 8141 for Rachel 7354 and they seemed to him but a few 259 days 3117 because of his love 160 for her.
21

Laban's Treachery

¶ Then Jacob 3290 said 559 to Laban 3837, "Give 3051 {me} my wife 802, for my time 3117 is completed 4390, that I may go 935 in to her."
22 Laban 3837 gathered 622 all 3605 the men 376 of the place 4725 and made 6213 a feast 4960.
23 Now in the evening 6153 he took 3947 his daughter 1323 Leah 3812, and brought 935 her to him; and {Jacob} went 935 in to her.
24 Laban 3837 also gave 5414 his maid 8198 Zilpah 2153 to his daughter 1323 Leah 3812 as a maid 8198.
25 So it came 1961 about in the morning 1242 that, behold 2009, it was Leah 3812! And he said 559 to Laban 3837, "What 4100 is this 2088 you have done 6213 to me? Was it not for Rachel 7354 that I served 5647 with you? Why 4100 then have you deceived 7411 me?"
26 But Laban 3837 said 559, "It is not the practice in our place 4725 to marry 5414 off 5414 the younger 6810 before 6440 the firstborn 1067.
27 "Complete 4390 the week 7620 of this 2088 one 2088, and we will give 5414 you the other 2088 also 1571 for the service 5656 which 834 you shall serve 5647 with me for another 312 seven 7651 years 8141."
28 Jacob 3290 did 6213 so 3651 and completed 4390 her week 7620, and he gave 5414 him his daughter 1323 Rachel 7354 as his wife 802.
29 Laban 3837 also gave 5414 his maid 8198 Bilhah 1090 to his daughter 1323 Rachel 7354 as her maid 8198.
30 So {Jacob} went 935 in to Rachel 7354 also 1571, and indeed 1571 he loved 157 Rachel 7354 more 4480 than 4480 Leah 3812, and he served 5647 with Laban for another 312 seven 7651 years 8141.
31 ¶ Now the LORD 3068 saw 7200 that Leah 3812 was unloved 8130, and He opened 6605 her womb 7358, but Rachel 7354 was barren 6135.
32 Leah 3812 conceived 2029 and bore 3205 a son 1121 and named him Reuben 7205, for she said 559, "Because 3588 the LORD 3068 has seen 7200 my affliction 6040; surely 3588 now 6258 my husband 376 will love 157 me."
33 Then she conceived 2029 again 5750 and bore 3205 a son 1121 and said 559, "Because 3588 the LORD 3068 has heard 8085 that I am unloved 8130, He has therefore given 5414 me this 2088 {son} also 1571." So she named him Simeon 8095.
34 She conceived 2029 again 5750 and bore 3205 a son 1121 and said 559, "Now 6258 this 6471 time 6471 my husband 376 will become 3867 attached 3867 to me, because 3588 I have borne 3205 him three 7969 sons 1121." Therefore he was named Levi 3878.
35 And she conceived 2029 again 5750 and bore 3205 a son 1121 and said 559, "This 6471 time 6471 I will praise 3034 the LORD 3068." Therefore she named him Judah 3063. Then she stopped 5975 bearing 3205.

## Chapter 30

1

The Sons of Jacob

Now when Rachel 7354 saw 7200 that she bore 3205 Jacob 3290 no 3808 children, she became 7065 jealous 7065 of her sister 269; and she said 559 to Jacob 3290, "Give 3051 me children 1121, or else I die 4191."
2 Then Jacob's 3290 anger 639 burned 2734 against Rachel 7354, and he said 559, "Am I in the place 8478 of God 430, who 834 has withheld 4513 from you the fruit 6529 of the womb 990?"
3 She said 559, "Here 2009 is my maid 519 Bilhah 1090, go 935 in to her that she may bear 3205 on my knees 1290, that through 4480 her I too 1571 may have 1129 children 1129."
4 So she gave 5414 him her maid 8198 Bilhah 1090 as a wife 802, and Jacob 3290 went 935 in to her.
5 Bilhah 1090 conceived 2029 and bore 3205 Jacob 3290 a son 1121.
6 Then Rachel 7354 said 559, "God 430 has vindicated 1777 me, and has indeed 1571 heard 8085 my voice 6963 and has given 5414 me a son 1121." Therefore she named 7121 him Dan 1835.
7 Rachel's 7354 maid 8198 Bilhah 1090 conceived 2029 again 5750 and bore 3205 Jacob 3290 a second 8145 son 1121.
8 So Rachel 7354 said 559, "With mighty 430 wrestlings 5319 I have wrestled 6617 with my sister 269, {and} I have indeed 1571 prevailed 3201." And she named 7121 him Naphtali 5321.
9 ¶ When Leah 3812 saw 7200 that she had stopped 5975 bearing 3205, she took 3947 her maid 8198 Zilpah 2153 and gave 5414 her to Jacob 3290 as a wife 802.
10 Leah's 3812 maid 8198 Zilpah 2153 bore 3205 Jacob 3290 a son 1121.
11 Then Leah 3812 said 559, "How fortunate 1409!" So she named 7121 him Gad 1410.
12 Leah's 3812 maid 8198 Zilpah 2153 bore 3205 Jacob 3290 a second 8145 son 1121.
13 Then Leah 3812 said 559, "Happy 837 am I! For women 1323 will call 7121 me happy 833." So she named 7121 him Asher 836.
14 ¶ Now in the days 3117 of wheat 2406 harvest 7105 Reuben 7205 went 1980 and found 4672 mandrakes 1736 in the field 7704, and brought 935 them to his mother 517 Leah 3812. Then Rachel 7354 said 559 to Leah 3812, "Please 4994 give 5414 me some 4480 of your son's 1121 mandrakes 1736."
15 But she said 559 to her, "Is it a small 4592 matter 4592 for you to take 3947 my husband 376? And would you take 3947 my son's 1121 mandrakes 1736 also 1571?" So Rachel 7354 said 559, "Therefore 3651 he may lie 7901 with you tonight 3915 in return 8478 for your son's 1121 mandrakes 1736."
16 When Jacob 3290 came 935 in from the field 7704 in the evening 6153, then Leah 3812 went 3318 out to meet 7122 him and said 559, "You must come 935 in to me, for I have surely 7936 hired 7936 you with my son's 1121 mandrakes 1736." So he lay 7901 with her that night 3915.
17 God 430 gave 8085 heed 8085 to Leah 3812, and she conceived 2029 and bore 3205 Jacob 3290 a fifth 2549 son 1121.
18 Then Leah 3812 said 559, "God 430 has given 5414 me my wages 7939 because 834 I gave 5414 my maid 8198 to my husband 376." So she named 7121 him Issachar 3485.
19 Leah 3812 conceived 2029 again 5750 and bore 3205 a sixth 8345 son 1121 to Jacob 3290.
20 Then Leah 3812 said 559, "God 430 has endowed 2064 me with a good 2896 gift 2065; now 6471 my husband 376 will dwell 2082 with me, because 3588 I have borne 3205 him six 8337 sons 1121." So she named 7121 him Zebulun 2074.
21 Afterward 310 she bore 3205 a daughter 1323 and named her Dinah 1783.
22 ¶ Then God 430 remembered 2142 Rachel 7354, and God 430 gave 8085 heed 8085 to her and opened 6605 her womb 7358.
23 So she conceived 2029 and bore 3205 a son 1121 and said 559, "God 430 has taken 622 away 622 my reproach 2781."
24 She named him Joseph 3130, saying 559, "May the LORD 3068 give 3254 me another 312 son 1121."
25

Jacob Prospers

¶ Now it came 1961 about when 3512 Rachel 7354 had borne 3205 Joseph 3130, that Jacob 3290 said 559 to Laban 3837, "Send 7971 me away 7971, that I may go 1980 to my own place 4725 and to my own country 776.
26 "Give 5414 {me} my wives 802 and my children 3206 for whom 834 I have served 5647 you, and let me depart 1980; for you yourself 859 know 3045 my service 5656 which 834 I have rendered 5647 you."
27 But Laban 3837 said 559 to him, "If 518 now 4994 it pleases you, {stay with me;} I have divined 5172 that the LORD 3068 has blessed 1288 me on your account 1558."
28 He continued 559, "Name 5344 me your wages 7939, and I will give 5414 it."
29 But he said 559 to him, "You yourself 859 know 3045 how I have served 5647 you and how your cattle 4735 have fared 1961 with me.
30 "For you had 1961 little 4592 before 6440 I came and it has increased 6555 to a multitude 7230, and the LORD 3068 has blessed 1288 you wherever I turned 7272. But now 6258, when 4970 shall I provide 6213 for my own household 1004 also 1571?"
31 So he said 559, "What 4100 shall I give 5414 you?" And Jacob 3290 said 559, "You shall not give 5414 me anything 3972. If 518 you will do 6213 this 2088 {one} thing 1697 for me, I will again 7725 pasture 7462 {and} keep 8104 your flock 6629:
32 let me pass 5674 through your entire 3605 flock 6629 today 3117, removing 5493 from there 8033 every 3605 speckled 5348 and spotted 2921 sheep 7716 and every 3605 black 2345 one 7716 among the lambs 3775 and the spotted 2921 and speckled 5348 among the goats 5795; and {such} shall be my wages 7939.
33 "So my honesty 6666 will answer 6030 for me later, when 3588 you come 935 concerning 5921 my wages 7939. Every 3605 one 3605 that is not speckled 5348 and spotted 2921 among the goats 5795 and black 2345 among the lambs 3775, {if found} with me, will be considered stolen 1589."
34 Laban 3837 said 559, "Good 2005, let it be according to your word 1697."
35 So he removed 5493 on that day 3117 the striped 6124 and spotted 2921 male 8495 goats 8495 and all 3605 the speckled 5348 and spotted 2921 female 5795 goats 5795, every 3605 one 3605 with white 3836 in it, and all 3605 the black 2345 ones 2345 among the sheep 3775, and gave 5414 them into the care 3027 of his sons 1121.
36 And he put 7760 {a distance of} three 7969 days' 3117 journey 1870 between 996 himself and Jacob 3290, and Jacob 3290 fed 7462 the rest 3498 of Laban's 3837 flocks 6629.
37 ¶ Then Jacob 3290 took 3947 fresh 3892 rods 4731 of poplar 3839 and almond 3869 and plane 6196 trees 6196, and peeled 6478 white 3836 stripes 6479 in them, exposing 4286 the white 3836 which 834 {was} in the rods 4731.
38 He set 3322 the rods 4731 which 834 he had peeled 6478 in front 5227 of the flocks 6629 in the gutters 7298, {even} in the watering 4325 troughs 8268, where 834 the flocks 6629 came 935 to drink 8354; and they mated 2552 when they came 935 to drink 8354.
39 So the flocks 6629 mated 2552 by the rods 4731, and the flocks 6629 brought 3205 forth 3205 striped 6124, speckled 5348, and spotted 2921.
40 Jacob 3290 separated 6504 the lambs 3775, and made 5414 the flocks 6629 face 6440 toward 413 the striped 6124 and all 3605 the black 2345 in the flock 6629 of Laban 3837; and he put 7896 his own herds 5739 apart 905, and did not put 7896 them with Laban's 3837 flock 6629.
41 Moreover, whenever 3605 the stronger 7194 of the flock 6629 were mating 3179, Jacob 3290 would place 7760 the rods 4731 in the sight 5869 of the flock 6629 in the gutters 7298, so that they might mate 3179 by the rods 4731;
42 but when the flock 6629 was feeble 5848, he did not put 7760 {them} in; so the feebler 5848 were Laban's 3837 and the stronger 7194 Jacob's 3290.
43 So the man 376 became 6555 exceedingly 3966 prosperous 6555, and had 1961 large 7227 flocks 6629 and female 8198 and male 5650 servants and camels 1581 and donkeys 2543.

## Chapter 31

1

Jacob Leaves Secretly for Canaan

Now Jacob heard 8085 the words 1697 of Laban's 3837 sons 1121, saying 559, "Jacob 3290 has taken 3947 away all 3605 that was our father's 1, and from what 834 belonged to our father 1 he has made 6213 all 3605 this 2088 wealth 3519."
2 Jacob 3290 saw 7200 the attitude 6440 of Laban 3837, and behold 2009, it was not {friendly} toward 5973 him as formerly 8543.
3 Then the LORD 3068 said 559 to Jacob 3290, "Return 7725 to the land 776 of your fathers 1 and to your relatives 4138, and I will be with you."
4 So Jacob 3290 sent 7971 and called 7121 Rachel 7354 and Leah 3812 to his flock 6629 in the field 7704,
5 and said 559 to them, "I see 7200 your father's 1 attitude 6440, that it is not {friendly} toward 413 me as formerly 8543, but the God 430 of my father 1 has been 1961 with me.
6 "You know 3045 that I have served 5647 your father 1 with all 3605 my strength 3581.
7 "Yet your father 1 has cheated 8524 me and changed 2498 my wages 4909 ten 6235 times 4489; however, God 430 did not allow 5414 him to hurt 7489 me.
8 "If 518 he spoke 559 thus 3541, 'The speckled 5348 shall be your wages 7939,' then all 3605 the flock 6629 brought 3205 forth 3205 speckled 5348; and if 518 he spoke 559 thus 3541, 'The striped 6124 shall be your wages 7939,' then all 3605 the flock 6629 brought 3205 forth 3205 striped 6124.
9 "Thus God 430 has taken 5337 away 5337 your father's 1 livestock 4735 and given 5414 {them} to me.
10 "And it came 1961 about at the time 6256 when the flock 6629 were mating 3179 that I lifted 5375 up my eyes 5869 and saw 7200 in a dream 2472, and behold 2009, the male 6260 goats 6260 which were mating 5927 {were} striped 6124, speckled 5348, and mottled 1261.
11 "Then the angel 4397 of God 430 said 559 to me in the dream 2472, 'Jacob 3290,' and I said 559, 'Here 2009 I am.'
12 "He said 559, 'Lift 5375 up now 4994 your eyes 5869 and see 7200 {that} all 3605 the male 6260 goats 6260 which are mating 5927 are striped 6124, speckled 5348, and mottled 1261; for I have seen 7200 all 3605 that Laban 3837 has been doing 6213 to you.
13 'I am the God 410 {of} Bethel 1008, where you anointed 4886 a pillar 4676, where you made 5087 a vow 5088 to Me; now 6258 arise 6965, leave 3318 this 2088 land 776, and return 7725 to the land 776 of your birth 4138.'"
14 Rachel 7354 and Leah 3812 said 559 to him, "Do we still 5750 have any portion 2506 or inheritance 5159 in our father's 1 house 1004?
15 "Are we not reckoned 2803 by him as foreigners 5237? For he has sold 4376 us, and has also 1571 entirely 398 consumed 398 our purchase 3701 price 3701.
16 "Surely 3588 all 3605 the wealth 6239 which 834 God 430 has taken 5337 away 5337 from our father 1 belongs to us and our children 1121; now 6258 then, do 6213 whatever God 430 has said 559 to you."
17 ¶ Then Jacob 3290 arose 6965 and put 5375 his children 1121 and his wives 802 upon camels 1581;
18 and he drove 5090 away 5090 all 3605 his livestock 4735 and all 3605 his property 7399 which 834 he had gathered 7408, his acquired 7075 livestock 4735 which 834 he had gathered 7408 in Paddan-aram 6307, to go 935 to the land 776 of Canaan 3667 to his father 1 Isaac 3327.
19 When Laban 3837 had gone 1980 to shear 1494 his flock 6629, then Rachel 7354 stole 1589 the household 8655 idols 8655 that were her father's 1.
20 And Jacob 3290 deceived 1589 Laban 3837 the Aramean 761 by not telling 5046 him that he was fleeing 1272.
21 So he fled 1272 with all 3605 that he had; and he arose 6965 and crossed 5674 the {Euphrates} River 5104, and set 7760 his face 6440 toward the hill 2022 country 2022 of Gilead 1568.
22

Laban Pursues Jacob

¶ When it was told 5046 Laban 3837 on the third 7992 day 3117 that Jacob 3290 had fled 1272,
23 then he took 3947 his kinsmen 251 with him and pursued 7291 him {a distance of} seven 7651 days' 3117 journey 1870, and he overtook 1692 him in the hill 2022 country 2022 of Gilead 1568.
24 God 430 came 935 to Laban 3837 the Aramean 761 in a dream 2472 of the night 3915 and said 559 to him, "Be careful 8104 that you do not speak 1696 to Jacob 3290 either 4480 good 2896 or 5704 bad 7451."
25 ¶ Laban 3837 caught 5381 up with Jacob 3290. Now Jacob 3290 had pitched 8628 his tent 168 in the hill 2022 country 2022, and Laban 3837 with his kinsmen 251 camped 8628 in the hill 2022 country 2022 of Gilead 1568.
26 Then Laban 3837 said 559 to Jacob 3290, "What 4100 have you done 6213 by deceiving 1589 me and carrying 5090 away 5090 my daughters 1323 like captives 7617 of the sword 2719?
27 "Why 4100 did you flee 1272 secretly 2244 and deceive 1589 me, and did not tell 5046 me so that I might have sent 7971 you away 7971 with joy 8057 and with songs 7892, with timbrel 8596 and with lyre 3658;
28 and did not allow 5203 me to kiss 5401 my sons 1121 and my daughters 1323? Now 6258 you have done foolishly 5528.
29 "It is in my power 3027 to do 6213 you harm 7451, but the God 430 of your father 1 spoke 559 to me last 570 night 570, saying 559, 'Be careful 8104 not to speak 1696 either 4480 good 2896 or 5704 bad 7451 to Jacob 3290.'
30 "Now 6258 you have indeed 1980 gone 1980 away because 3588 you longed 3700 greatly 3700 for your father's 1 house 1004; {but} why 4100 did you steal 1589 my gods 430?"
31 Then Jacob 3290 replied 6030 to Laban 3837, "Because 3588 I was afraid 3372, for I thought 559 that you would take 1497 your daughters 1323 from me by force 1497.
32 "The one with whom 834 you find 4672 your gods 430 shall not live 2421; in the presence 5048 of our kinsmen 251 point 5234 out what 4100 is yours among 5973 my belongings 5973 and take 3947 {it} for yourself." For Jacob 3290 did not know 3045 that Rachel 7354 had stolen 1589 them.
33 ¶ So Laban 3837 went 935 into Jacob's 3290 tent 168 and into Leah's 3812 tent 168 and into the tent 168 of the two 8147 maids 519, but he did not find 4672 {them.} Then he went 3318 out of Leah's 3812 tent 168 and entered 935 Rachel's 7354 tent 168.
34 Now Rachel 7354 had taken 3947 the household 8655 idols 8655 and put 7760 them in the camel's 1581 saddle 3733, and she sat 3427 on them. And Laban 3837 felt 4959 through 4959 all 3605 the tent 168 but did not find 4672 {them.}
35 She said 559 to her father 1, "Let not my lord 113 be angry 2734 that I cannot rise 6965 before you, for the manner 1870 of women 802 is upon me." So he searched 2664 but did not find 4672 the household 8655 idols 8655.
36 ¶ Then Jacob 3290 became 2734 angry 2734 and contended 7378 with Laban 3837; and Jacob 3290 said 559 to Laban 3837, "What 4100 is my transgression 6588? What 4100 is my sin 2403 that you have hotly 1814 pursued 1814 me?
37 "Though 3588 you have felt 4959 through 4959 all 3605 my goods 3627, what 4100 have you found 4672 of all 3605 your household 1004 goods 3627? Set 7760 {it} here 3541 before 5048 my kinsmen 251 and your kinsmen 251, that they may decide 3198 between 996 us two 8147.
38 "These 2088 twenty 6242 years 8141 I {have been} with you; your ewes 7353 and your female 5795 goats 5795 have not miscarried 7921, nor 3808 have I eaten 398 the rams 352 of your flocks 6629.
39 "That which was torn 2966 {of beasts} I did not bring 935 to you; I bore 2398 the loss 2398 of it myself 595. You required 1245 it of my hand 3027 {whether} stolen 1589 by day 3117 or stolen 1589 by night 3915.
40 "{Thus} I was: by day 3117 the heat 2721 consumed 398 me and the frost 7140 by night 3915, and my sleep 8142 fled 5074 from my eyes 5869.
41 "These 2088 twenty 6242 years 8141 I have been in your house 1004; I served 5647 you fourteen years 8141 for your two 8147 daughters 1323 and six 8337 years 8141 for your flock 6629, and you changed 2498 my wages 4909 ten 6235 times 4489.
42 "If 3884 the God 430 of my father 1, the God 430 of Abraham 85, and the fear 6343 of Isaac 3327, had 1961 not been 1961 for me, surely 3588 now 6258 you would have sent 7971 me away 7971 empty-handed 7387. God 430 has seen 7200 my affliction 6040 and the toil 3018 of my hands 3709, so He rendered 3198 judgment 3198 last 570 night 570."
43

The Covenant of Mizpah

¶ Then Laban 3837 replied 6030 to Jacob 3290, "The daughters 1323 are my daughters 1323, and the children 1121 are my children 1121, and the flocks 6629 are my flocks 6629, and all 3605 that you see 7200 is mine. But what 4100 can I do 6213 this day 3117 to these 428 my daughters 1323 or 176 to their children 1121 whom 834 they have borne 3205?
44 "So now 6258 come 1980, let us make 3772 a covenant 1285, you and I, and let it be a witness 5707 between 996 you and me."
45 Then Jacob 3290 took 3947 a stone 68 and set 7311 it up {as} a pillar 4676.
46 Jacob 3290 said 559 to his kinsmen 251, "Gather 3950 stones 68." So they took 3947 stones 68 and made 6213 a heap 1530, and they ate 398 there 8033 by the heap 1530.
47 Now Laban 3837 called 7121 it Jegar-sahadutha 3026, but Jacob 3290 called 7121 it Galeed 1567.
48 Laban 3837 said 559, "This 2088 heap 1530 is a witness 5707 between 996 you and me this day 3117." Therefore it was named Galeed 1567,
49 and Mizpah 4709, for he said 559, "May the LORD 3068 watch 6822 between 996 you and me when 3588 we are absent 5641 one 376 from the other 7453.
50 "If 518 you mistreat 6031 my daughters 1323, or if 518 you take 3947 wives 802 besides 5921 my daughters 1323, {although} no 369 man 376 is with us, see 7200, God 430 is witness 5707 between 996 you and me."
51 Laban 3837 said 559 to Jacob 3290, "Behold 2009 this 2088 heap 1530 and behold 2009 the pillar 4676 which 834 I have set 3384 between 996 you and me.
52 "This 2088 heap 1530 is a witness 5707, and the pillar 4676 is a witness 5713, that I will not pass 5674 by this 2088 heap 1530 to you for harm, and you will not pass 5674 by this 2088 heap 1530 and this 2088 pillar 4676 to me, for harm 7463.
53 "The God 430 of Abraham 85 and the God 430 of Nahor 5152, the God 430 of their father 1, judge 8199 between 996 us." So Jacob 3290 swore 7650 by the fear 6343 of his father 1 Isaac 3327.
54 Then Jacob 3290 offered 2076 a sacrifice 2077 on the mountain 2022, and called 7121 his kinsmen 251 to the meal; and they ate 398 the meal 3899 and spent 3885 the night 3885 on the mountain 2022.
55 Early 7925 in the morning 1242 Laban 3837 arose 7925, and kissed 5401 his sons 1121 and his daughters 1323 and blessed 1288 them. Then Laban 3837 departed 1980 and returned 7725 to his place 4725.

## Chapter 32

1

Jacob's Fear of Esau

Now as Jacob 3290 went 1980 on his way 1870, the angels 4397 of God 430 met 6293 him.
2 Jacob 3290 said 559 when 3512 he saw 7200 them, "This 2088 is God's 430 camp 4264." So he named that place 4725 Mahanaim 4266.
3 ¶ Then Jacob 3290 sent 7971 messengers 4397 before 6440 him to his brother 251 Esau 6215 in the land 776 of Seir 8165, the country 7704 of Edom 112.
4 He also commanded 6680 them saying 559, "Thus 3541 you shall say 559 to my lord 113 Esau 6215: 'Thus 3541 says 559 your servant 5650 Jacob 3290, "I have sojourned 1481 with Laban 3837, and stayed 309 until 5704 now 6258;
5 I have 1961 oxen 7794 and donkeys 2543 {and} flocks 6629 and male 5650 and female 8198 servants; and I have sent 7971 to tell 5046 my lord 113, that I may find 4672 favor 2580 in your sight 5869."'"
6 ¶ The messengers 4397 returned 7725 to Jacob 3290, saying 559, "We came 935 to your brother 251 Esau 6215, and furthermore 1571 he is coming 1980 to meet 7122 you, and four 702 hundred 3967 men 376 are with him."
7 Then Jacob 3290 was greatly 3966 afraid 3372 and distressed 6887; and he divided 2673 the people 5971 who 834 were with him, and the flocks 6629 and the herds 1241 and the camels 1581, into two 8147 companies 4264;
8 for he said 559, "If 518 Esau 6215 comes 935 to the one 259 company 4264 and attacks 5221 it, then the company 4264 which is left 7604 will escape 6413."
9 ¶ Jacob 3290 said 559, "O God 430 of my father 1 Abraham 85 and God 430 of my father 1 Isaac 3327, O LORD 3068, who said 559 to me, 'Return 7725 to your country 776 and to your relatives 4138, and I will prosper 3190 you,'
10 I am unworthy 6994 of all 3605 the lovingkindness 2617 and of all 3605 the faithfulness 571 which 834 You have shown 6213 to Your servant 5650; for with my staff 4731 {only} I crossed 5674 this 2088 Jordan 3383, and now 6258 I have become 1961 two 8147 companies 4264.
11 "Deliver 5337 me, I pray 4994, from the hand 3027 of my brother 251, from the hand 3027 of Esau 6215; for I fear 3372 him, that he will come 935 and attack 5221 me {and} the mothers 517 with the children 1121.
12 "For You said 559, 'I will surely 3190 prosper 3190 you and make 7760 your descendants 2233 as the sand 2344 of the sea 3220, which 834 is too 4480 great 7230 to be numbered 5608.'"
13 ¶ So he spent 3885 the night 3915 there 8033. Then he selected 3947 from what he had 935 with him a present 4503 for his brother 251 Esau 6215:
14 two hundred 3967 female 5795 goats 5795 and twenty 6242 male 8495 goats 8495, two hundred 3967 ewes 7353 and twenty 6242 rams 352,
15 thirty 7970 milking 3243 camels 1581 and their colts 1121, forty 705 cows 6510 and ten 6235 bulls 6499, twenty 6242 female 860 donkeys 860 and ten 6235 male 5895 donkeys 5895.
16 He delivered 5414 {them} into the hand 3027 of his servants 5650, every 5739 drove 5739 by itself 905, and said 559 to his servants 5650, "Pass 5674 on before 6440 me, and put 7760 a space 7305 between 996 droves 5739."
17 He commanded 6680 the one 7223 in front 7223, saying 559, "When 3588 my brother 251 Esau 6215 meets 6298 you and asks 7592 you, saying 559, 'To whom 4310 do you belong, and where 575 are you going 1980, and to whom 4310 do these 428 {animals} in front 6440 of you belong?'
18 then you shall say 559, '{These} belong to your servant 5650 Jacob 3290; it is a present 4503 sent 7971 to my lord 113 Esau 6215. And behold 2009, he also 1571 is behind 310 us.'"
19 Then he commanded 6680 also 1571 the second 8145 and the third 7992, and all 3605 those who followed the droves 5739, saying 559, "After this 2088 manner 1697 you shall speak 1696 to Esau 6215 when you find 4672 him;
20 and you shall say 559, 'Behold 2009, your servant 5650 Jacob 3290 also 1571 is behind 310 us.'" For he said 559, "I will appease him with the present 4503 that goes 1980 before 6440 me. Then afterward I will see 7200 his face 6440; perhaps 194 he will accept me."
21 So the present 4503 passed 5674 on before him, while he himself 1931 spent 3885 that night 3915 in the camp 4264.
22 ¶ Now he arose 6965 that same 1931 night 3915 and took 3947 his two 8147 wives 802 and his two 8147 maids 8198 and his eleven children 3206, and crossed 5674 the ford 4569 of the Jabbok 2999.
23 He took 3947 them and sent 5674 them across 5674 the stream 5158. And he sent 5674 across 5674 whatever 834 he had.
24

Jacob Wrestles

Then Jacob 3290 was left 3498 alone 905, and a man 376 wrestled 79 with him until 5704 daybreak 7837.
25 When he saw 7200 that he had not prevailed 3201 against him, he touched 5060 the socket 3709 of his thigh 3409; so the socket 3709 of Jacob's 3290 thigh 3409 was dislocated 3363 while he wrestled 79 with him.
26 Then he said 559, "Let 7971 me go 7971, for the dawn 7837 is breaking 5927." But he said 559, "I will not let 7971 you go 7971 unless you bless 1288 me."
27 So he said 559 to him, "What 4100 is your name 8034?" And he said 559, "Jacob 3290."
28 He said 559, "Your name 8034 shall no 3808 longer 5750 be Jacob 3290, but Israel 3478; for you have striven 8280 with God 430 and with men 376 and have prevailed 3201."
29 Then Jacob 3290 asked 7592 him and said 559, "Please 4994 tell 5046 me your name 8034." But he said 559, "Why 4100 is it that you ask 7592 my name 8034?" And he blessed 1288 him there 8033.
30 So Jacob 3290 named the place 4725 Peniel 6439, for {he said,} "I have seen 7200 God 430 face 6440 to face 6440, yet my life 5315 has been preserved 5337."
31 Now the sun 8121 rose 2224 upon him just 3512 as he crossed 5674 over 5674 Penuel 6439, and he was limping 6760 on his thigh 3409.
32 Therefore, to this 2088 day 3117 the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 do not eat 398 the sinew 1517 of the hip 5384 which 834 is on the socket 3709 of the thigh 3409, because 3588 he touched 5060 the socket 3709 of Jacob's 3290 thigh 3409 in the sinew 1517 of the hip 5384.

## Chapter 33

1

Jacob Meets Esau

Then Jacob 3290 lifted 5375 his eyes 5869 and looked 7200, and behold 2009, Esau 6215 was coming 935, and four 702 hundred 3967 men 376 with him. So he divided 2673 the children 3206 among 5921 Leah 3812 and Rachel 7354 and the two 8147 maids 8198.
2 He put 7760 the maids 8198 and their children 3206 in front 7223, and Leah 3812 and her children 3206 next 314, and Rachel 7354 and Joseph 3130 last 314.
3 But he himself 1931 passed 5674 on ahead 6440 of them and bowed 7812 down 7812 to the ground 776 seven 7651 times 6471, until 5704 he came 5066 near 5066 to his brother 251.
4 ¶ Then Esau 6215 ran 7323 to meet 7122 him and embraced 2263 him, and fell 5307 on his neck 6677 and kissed 5401 him, and they wept 1058.
5 He lifted 5375 his eyes 5869 and saw 7200 the women 802 and the children 3206, and said 559, "Who 4310 are these 428 with you?" So he said 559, "The children 3206 whom 834 God 430 has graciously 2603 given 2603 your servant 5650."
6 Then the maids 8198 came 5066 near 5066 with their children 3206, and they bowed 7812 down 7812.
7 Leah 3812 likewise 1571 came 5066 near 5066 with her children 3206, and they bowed 7812 down 7812; and afterward 310 Joseph 3130 came 5066 near 5066 with Rachel 7354, and they bowed 7812 down 7812.
8 And he said 559, "What 4310 do you mean by all 3605 this 2088 company 4264 which 834 I have met 6298?" And he said 559, "To find 4672 favor 2580 in the sight 5869 of my lord 113."
9 But Esau 6215 said 559, "I have 3426 plenty 7227, my brother 251; let what 834 you have 1961 be your own."
10 Jacob 3290 said 559, "No 408, please 4994, if 518 now 4994 I have found 4672 favor 2580 in your sight 5869, then take 3947 my present 4503 from my hand 3027, for I see 7200 your face 6440 as one sees 7200 the face 6440 of God 430, and you have received 7521 me favorably 7521.
11 "Please 4994 take 3947 my gift 1293 which 834 has been brought 935 to you, because 3588 God 430 has dealt 2603 graciously 2603 with me and because 3588 I have 3426 plenty 3605." Thus he urged 6484 him and he took 3947 {it.}
12 ¶ Then Esau said 559, "Let us take 5265 our journey 5265 and go 1980, and I will go 1980 before 5048 you."
13 But he said 559 to him, "My lord 113 knows 3045 that the children 3206 are frail 7390 and that the flocks 6629 and herds 1241 which are nursing 5763 are a care 5921 to me. And if they are driven 1849 hard 1849 one 259 day 3117, all 3605 the flocks 6629 will die 4191.
14 "Please 4994 let my lord 113 pass 5674 on before 6440 his servant 5650, and I will proceed 5095 at my leisure 328, according to the pace 7272 of the cattle 4399 that are before 6440 me and according to the pace 7272 of the children 3206, until I come 935 to my lord 113 at Seir 8165."
15 ¶ Esau 6215 said 559, "Please 4994 let me leave 3322 with you some 4480 of the people 5971 who 834 are with me." But he said 559, "What 4100 need is there? Let me find 4672 favor 2580 in the sight 5869 of my lord 113."
16 So Esau 6215 returned 7725 that day 3117 on his way 1870 to Seir 8165.
17 Jacob 3290 journeyed 5265 to Succoth 5523, and built 1129 for himself a house 1004 and made 6213 booths 5521 for his livestock 4735; therefore the place 4725 is named Succoth 5523.
18

Jacob Settles in Shechem

¶ Now Jacob 3290 came 935 safely 8003 to the city 5892 of Shechem 7927, which 834 is in the land 776 of Canaan 3667, when he came 935 from Paddan-aram 6307, and camped 2583 before 6440 the city 5892.
19 He bought 7069 the piece 2513 of land 2513 where he had pitched 5186 his tent 168 from the hand 3027 of the sons 1121 of Hamor 2544, Shechem's 7927 father 1, for one hundred 3967 pieces 7192 of money 7192.
20 Then he erected 5324 there 8033 an altar 4196 and called 7121 it El-Elohe-Israel 415.

## Chapter 34

1

The Treachery of Jacob's Sons

Now Dinah 1783 the daughter 1323 of Leah 3812, whom 834 she had borne 3205 to Jacob 3290, went 3318 out to visit 7200 the daughters 1323 of the land 776.
2 When Shechem 7927 the son 1121 of Hamor 2544 the Hivite 2340, the prince 5387 of the land 776, saw 7200 her, he took 3947 her and lay 7901 with her by force 6031.
3 He was deeply 1692 attracted 1692 to Dinah 1783 the daughter 1323 of Jacob 3290, and he loved 157 the girl 5291 and spoke 1696 tenderly 3820 to her.
4 So Shechem 7927 spoke 559 to his father 1 Hamor 2544, saying 559, "Get 3947 me this 2088 young 3207 girl 3207 for a wife 802."
5 Now Jacob 3290 heard 8085 that he had defiled 2930 Dinah 1783 his daughter 1323; but his sons 1121 were with his livestock 4735 in the field 7704, so Jacob 3290 kept 2790 silent 2790 until 5704 they came 935 in.
6 Then Hamor 2544 the father 1 of Shechem 7927 went 3318 out to Jacob 3290 to speak 1696 with him.
7 Now the sons 1121 of Jacob 3290 came 935 in from the field 7704 when they heard 8085 {it;} and the men 376 were grieved 6087, and they were very 3966 angry 2734 because 3588 he had done 6213 a disgraceful 5039 thing 5039 in Israel 3478 by lying 7901 with Jacob's 3290 daughter 1323, for such 3651 a thing 3651 ought not to be done 6213.
8 ¶ But Hamor 2544 spoke 1696 with them, saying 559, "The soul 5315 of my son 1121 Shechem 7927 longs 2836 for your daughter 1323; please 4994 give 5414 her to him in marriage 802.
9 "Intermarry 2859 with us; give 5414 your daughters 1323 to us and take 3947 our daughters 1323 for yourselves.
10 "Thus you shall live 3427 with us, and the land 776 shall be {open} before 6440 you; live 3427 and trade 5503 in it and acquire 270 property 270 in it."
11 Shechem 7927 also said 559 to her father 1 and to her brothers 251, "If I find 4672 favor 2580 in your sight 5869, then I will give 5414 whatever 834 you say 559 to me.
12 "Ask 7235 me ever so 3966 much bridal 4119 payment 4119 and gift 4976, and I will give 5414 according as you say 559 to me; but give 5414 me the girl 5291 in marriage 802."
13 ¶ But Jacob's 3290 sons 1121 answered 6030 Shechem 7927 and his father 1 Hamor 2544 with deceit 4820, because 834 he had defiled 2930 Dinah 1783 their sister 269.
14 They said 559 to them, "We cannot do 6213 this 2088 thing 1697, to give 5414 our sister 269 to one 376 who 834 is uncircumcised 6190, for that would be a disgrace 2781 to us.
15 "Only 389 on this 2088 {condition} will we consent 225 to you: if 518 you will become 1961 like 3644 us, in that every 3605 male 2145 of you be circumcised 4135,
16 then we will give 5414 our daughters 1323 to you, and we will take 3947 your daughters 1323 for ourselves, and we will live 3427 with you and become 1961 one 259 people 5971.
17 "But if 518 you will not listen 8085 to us to be circumcised 4135, then we will take 3947 our daughter 1323 and go 1980."
18 ¶ Now their words 1697 seemed 3190 reasonable 3190 to Hamor 2544 and Shechem 7927, Hamor's 2544 son 1121.
19 The young 5288 man 5288 did not delay 309 to do 6213 the thing 1697, because 3588 he was delighted 2654 with Jacob's 3290 daughter 1323. Now he was more 4480 respected 3513 than 4480 all 3605 the household 1004 of his father 1.
20 So Hamor 2544 and his son 1121 Shechem 7927 came 935 to the gate 8179 of their city 5892 and spoke 1696 to the men 376 of their city 5892, saying 559,
21 "These 428 men 376 are friendly 8003 with us; therefore let them live 3427 in the land 776 and trade 5503 in it, for behold 2009, the land 776 is large enough 3027 for them. Let us take 3947 their daughters 1323 in marriage 802, and give 5414 our daughters 1323 to them.
22 "Only 389 on this 2088 {condition} will the men 376 consent 225 to us to live 3427 with us, to become 1961 one 259 people 5971: that every 3605 male 2145 among us be circumcised 4135 as they are circumcised 4135.
23 "Will not their livestock 4735 and their property 7075 and all 3605 their animals 929 be ours? Only 389 let us consent 225 to them, and they will live 3427 with us."
24 All 3605 who went 3318 out of the gate 8179 of his city 5892 listened 8085 to Hamor 2544 and to his son 1121 Shechem 7927, and every 3605 male 2145 was circumcised 4135, all 3605 who went 3318 out of the gate 8179 of his city 5892.
25 ¶ Now it came 1961 about on the third 7992 day 3117, when they were in pain 3510, that two 8147 of Jacob's 3290 sons 1121, Simeon 8095 and Levi 3878, Dinah's 1783 brothers 251, each 376 took 3947 his sword 2719 and came 935 upon the city 5892 unawares 983, and killed 2026 every 3605 male 2145.
26 They killed 2026 Hamor 2544 and his son 1121 Shechem 7927 with the edge 6310 of the sword 2719, and took 3947 Dinah 1783 from Shechem's 7927 house 1004, and went 3318 forth 3318.
27 Jacob's 3290 sons 1121 came 935 upon the slain 2491 and looted 962 the city 5892, because 834 they had defiled 2930 their sister 269.
28 They took 3947 their flocks 6629 and their herds 1241 and their donkeys 2543, and that which 834 was in the city 5892 and that which 834 was in the field 7704;
29 and they captured 7617 and looted 962 all 3605 their wealth 2428 and all 3605 their little 2945 ones 2945 and their wives 802, even all 3605 that {was} in the houses 1004.
30 Then Jacob 3290 said 559 to Simeon 8095 and Levi 3878, "You have brought 5916 trouble 5916 on me by making 887 me odious 887 among the inhabitants 3427 of the land 776, among the Canaanites 3669 and the Perizzites 6522; and my men 4962 being few 4962 in number 4557, they will gather 622 together against 5921 me and attack 5221 me and I will be destroyed 8045, I and my household 1004."
31 But they said 559, "Should he treat 6213 our sister 269 as a harlot 2181?"

## Chapter 35

1

Jacob Moves to Bethel

Then God 430 said 559 to Jacob 3290, "Arise 6965, go 5927 up to Bethel 1008 and live 3427 there 8033, and make 6213 an altar 4196 there 8033 to God 410, who appeared 7200 to you when you fled 1272 from your brother 251 Esau 6215."
2 So Jacob 3290 said 559 to his household 1004 and to all 3605 who 834 were with him, "Put 5493 away 5493 the foreign 5236 gods 430 which 834 are among 8432 you, and purify 2891 yourselves and change 2498 your garments 8071;
3 and let us arise 6965 and go 5927 up to Bethel 1008, and I will make 6213 an altar 4196 there 8033 to God 410, who answered 6030 me in the day 3117 of my distress 6869 and has been 1961 with me wherever I have gone 1980."
4 So they gave 5414 to Jacob 3290 all 3605 the foreign 5236 gods 430 which 834 they had 3027 and the rings 5141 which 834 were in their ears 241, and Jacob 3290 hid 2934 them under 8478 the oak 424 which 834 was near 5973 Shechem 7927.
5 ¶ As they journeyed 5265, there was a great 430 terror 2847 upon the cities 5892 which 834 were around 5439 them, and they did not pursue 7291 the sons 1121 of Jacob 3290.
6 So Jacob 3290 came 935 to Luz 3870 (that is, Bethel 1008), which 834 is in the land 776 of Canaan 3667, he and all 3605 the people 5971 who 834 were with him.
7 He built 1129 an altar 4196 there 8033, and called 7121 the place 4725 El-bethel 416, because 3588 there 8033 God 430 had revealed 1540 Himself to him when he fled 1272 from his brother 251.
8 Now Deborah 1683, Rebekah's 7259 nurse 3243, died 4191, and she was buried 6912 below Bethel 1008 under 8478 the oak 437; it was named Allon-bacuth 439.
9

Jacob Is Named Israel

¶ Then God 430 appeared 7200 to Jacob 3290 again 5750 when he came 935 from Paddan-aram 6307, and He blessed 1288 him.
10 God 430 said 559 to him, "Your name 8034 is Jacob 3290; You shall no 3808 longer 5750 be called 7121 Jacob 3290, But Israel 3478 shall be your name 8034." Thus He called 7121 him Israel 3478.
11 God 430 also said 559 to him, "I am God 410 Almighty 7706; Be fruitful 6509 and multiply 7235; A nation 1471 and a company 6951 of nations 1471 shall come 1961 from you, And kings 4428 shall come 3318 forth 3318 from you.
12 "The land 776 which 834 I gave 5414 to Abraham 85 and Isaac 3327, I will give 5414 it to you, And I will give 5414 the land 776 to your descendants 2233 after you."
13 Then God 430 went 5927 up from him in the place 4725 where 834 He had spoken 1696 with him.
14 Jacob 3290 set 5324 up a pillar 4676 in the place 4725 where 834 He had spoken 1696 with him, a pillar 4676 of stone 68, and he poured 5258 out a drink 5262 offering 5262 on it; he also poured 3332 oil 8081 on it.
15 So Jacob 3290 named the place 4725 where God 430 had spoken 1696 with him, Bethel 1008.
16 ¶ Then they journeyed 5265 from Bethel 1008; and when there was still 5750 some 3530 distance to go 935 to Ephrath 672, Rachel 7354 began to give 3205 birth 3205 and she suffered 7185 severe 7185 labor 3205.
17 When she was in severe 7185 labor 3205 the midwife 3205 said 559 to her, "Do not fear 3372, for now you have another son 1121."
18 It came 1961 about as her soul 5315 was departing 3318 (for she died 4191), that she named him Ben-oni 1126; but his father 1 called 7121 him Benjamin 1144.
19 So Rachel 7354 died 4191 and was buried 6912 on the way 1870 to Ephrath 672 (that is, Bethlehem 1035).
20 Jacob 3290 set 5324 up a pillar 4676 over 5921 her grave 6900; that is the pillar 4676 of Rachel's 7354 grave 6900 to this day 3117.
21 Then Israel 3478 journeyed 5265 on and pitched 5186 his tent 168 beyond the tower 4029 of Eder 4029.
22 ¶ It came 1961 about while Israel 3478 was dwelling 7931 in that land 776, that Reuben 7205 went 1980 and lay 7901 with Bilhah 1090 his father's 1 concubine 6370, and Israel 3478 heard 8085 {of it.}
23

The Sons of Israel

¶ the sons 1121 of Leah 3812: Reuben 7205, Jacob's 3290 firstborn 1060, then Simeon 8095 and Levi 3878 and Judah 3063 and Issachar 3485 and Zebulun 2074;
24 the sons 1121 of Rachel 7354: Joseph 3130 and Benjamin 1144;
25 and the sons 1121 of Bilhah 1090, Rachel's 7354 maid 8198: Dan 1835 and Naphtali 5321;
26 and the sons 1121 of Zilpah 2153, Leah's 3812 maid 8198: Gad 1410 and Asher 836. These 428 are the sons 1121 of Jacob 3290 who 834 were born 3205 to him in Paddan-aram 6307.
27 ¶ Jacob 3290 came 935 to his father 1 Isaac 3327 at Mamre 4471 of Kiriath-arba 7153 (that is, Hebron 2275), where Abraham 85 and Isaac 3327 had sojourned 1481.
28 ¶ Now the days 3117 of Isaac 3327 were one hundred 3967 and eighty 8084 years 8141.
29 Isaac 3327 breathed 1478 his last 1478 and died 4191 and was gathered 622 to his people 5971, an old 2205 man 2205 of ripe 7649 age 3117; and his sons 1121 Esau 6215 and Jacob 3290 buried 6912 him.

## Chapter 36

1

Esau Moves

Now these 428 are {the records of} the generations 8435 of Esau 6215 (that is, Edom 112).
2 ¶ Esau 6215 took 3947 his wives 802 from the daughters 1323 of Canaan 3667: Adah 5711 the daughter 1323 of Elon 356 the Hittite 2850, and Oholibamah 173 the daughter 1323 of Anah 6034 and the granddaughter 1323 of Zibeon 6649 the Hivite 2340;
3 also Basemath 1315, Ishmael's 3458 daughter 1323, the sister 269 of Nebaioth 5032.
4 Adah 5711 bore 3205 Eliphaz 464 to Esau 6215, and Basemath 1315 bore 3205 Reuel 7467,
5 and Oholibamah 173 bore 3205 Jeush 3266 and Jalam 3281 and Korah 7141. These 428 are the sons 1121 of Esau 6215 who 834 were born 3205 to him in the land 776 of Canaan 3667.
6 ¶ Then Esau 6215 took 3947 his wives 802 and his sons 1121 and his daughters 1323 and all 3605 his household 1004, and his livestock 4735 and all 3605 his cattle 929 and all 3605 his goods 7075 which 834 he had acquired 7408 in the land 776 of Canaan 3667, and went 1980 to {another} land 776 away from his brother 251 Jacob 3290.
7 For their property 7399 had become 1961 too 4480 great 7227 for them to live 3427 together 3164, and the land 776 where 4033 they sojourned 4033 could 3201 not sustain 5375 them because of their livestock 4735.
8 So Esau 6215 lived 3427 in the hill 2022 country 2022 of Seir 8165; Esau 6215 is Edom 112.
9

Descendants of Esau

¶ These 428 then are {the records of} the generations 8435 of Esau 6215 the father 1 of the Edomites 112 in the hill 2022 country 2022 of Seir 8165.
10 These 428 are the names 8034 of Esau's 6215 sons 1121: Eliphaz 464 the son 1121 of Esau's 6215 wife 802 Adah 5711, Reuel 7467 the son 1121 of Esau's 6215 wife 802 Basemath 1315.
11 The sons 1121 of Eliphaz 464 were Teman 8487, Omar 201, Zepho 6825 and Gatam 1609 and Kenaz 7073.
12 Timna 8555 was a concubine 6370 of Esau's 6215 son 1121 Eliphaz 464 and she bore 3205 Amalek 6002 to Eliphaz 464. These 428 are the sons 1121 of Esau's 6215 wife 802 Adah 5711.
13 These 428 are the sons 1121 of Reuel 7467: Nahath 5184 and Zerah 2226, Shammah 8048 and Mizzah 4199. These 428 were the sons 1121 of Esau's 6215 wife 802 Basemath 1315.
14 These 428 were the sons 1121 of Esau's 6215 wife 802 Oholibamah 173, the daughter 1323 of Anah 6034 and the granddaughter 1323 of Zibeon 6649: she bore 3205 to Esau 6215, Jeush 3266 and Jalam 3281 and Korah 7141.
15 ¶ These 428 are the chiefs 441 of the sons 1121 of Esau 6215. The sons 1121 of Eliphaz 464, the firstborn 1060 of Esau 6215, are chief 441 Teman 8487, chief 441 Omar 201, chief 441 Zepho 6825, chief 441 Kenaz 7073,
16 chief 441 Korah 7141, chief 441 Gatam 1609, chief 441 Amalek 6002. These 428 are the chiefs 441 descended from Eliphaz 464 in the land 776 of Edom 112; these 428 are the sons 1121 of Adah 5711.
17 These 428 are the sons 1121 of Reuel 7467, Esau's 6215 son 1121: chief 441 Nahath 5184, chief 441 Zerah 2226, chief 441 Shammah 8048, chief 441 Mizzah 4199. These 428 are the chiefs 441 descended from Reuel 7467 in the land 776 of Edom 112; these 428 are the sons 1121 of Esau's 6215 wife 802 Basemath 1315.
18 These 428 are the sons 1121 of Esau's 6215 wife 802 Oholibamah 173: chief 441 Jeush 3266, chief 441 Jalam 3281, chief 441 Korah 7141. These 428 are the chiefs 441 descended from Esau's 6215 wife 802 Oholibamah 173, the daughter 1323 of Anah 6034.
19 These 428 are the sons 1121 of Esau 6215 (that is, Edom 112), and these 428 are their chiefs 441.
20 ¶ These 428 are the sons 1121 of Seir 8165 the Horite 2752, the inhabitants 3427 of the land 776: Lotan 3877 and Shobal 7732 and Zibeon 6649 and Anah 6034,
21 and Dishon 1787 and Ezer 687 and Dishan 1789. These 428 are the chiefs 441 descended from the Horites 2752, the sons 1121 of Seir 8165 in the land 776 of Edom 112.
22 The sons 1121 of Lotan 3877 were Hori 2752 and Hemam 1950; and Lotan's 3877 sister 269 was Timna 8555.
23 These 428 are the sons 1121 of Shobal 7732: Alvan 5935 and Manahath 4506 and Ebal 5858, Shepho 8195 and Onam 208.
24 These 428 are the sons 1121 of Zibeon 6649: Aiah 345 and Anah 6034--he is the Anah 6034 who 834 found 4672 the hot 3222 springs 3222 in the wilderness 4057 when he was pasturing 7462 the donkeys 2543 of his father 1 Zibeon 6649.
25 These 428 are the children 1121 of Anah 6034: Dishon 1787, and Oholibamah 173, the daughter 1323 of Anah 6034.
26 These 428 are the sons 1121 of Dishon 1787: Hemdan 2533 and Eshban 790 and Ithran 3506 and Cheran 3763.
27 These 428 are the sons 1121 of Ezer 687: Bilhan 1092 and Zaavan 2190 and Akan 6130.
28 These 428 are the sons 1121 of Dishan 1789: Uz 5780 and Aran 765.
29 These 428 are the chiefs 441 descended from the Horites 2752: chief 441 Lotan 3877, chief 441 Shobal 7732, chief 441 Zibeon 6649, chief 441 Anah 6034,
30 chief 441 Dishon 1787, chief 441 Ezer 687, chief 441 Dishan 1789. These 428 are the chiefs 441 descended from the Horites 2752, according to their {various} chiefs 441 in the land 776 of Seir 8165.
31 ¶ Now these 428 are the kings 4428 who 834 reigned 4427 in the land 776 of Edom 112 before 6440 any king 4428 reigned 4427 over the sons 1121 of Israel 3478.
32 Bela 1106 the son 1121 of Beor 1160 reigned 4427 in Edom 112, and the name 8034 of his city 5892 was Dinhabah 1838.
33 Then Bela 1106 died 4191, and Jobab 3103 the son 1121 of Zerah 2226 of Bozrah 1224 became 4427 king 4427 in his place 8478.
34 Then Jobab 3103 died 4191, and Husham 2367 of the land 776 of the Temanites 8489 became 4427 king 4427 in his place 8478.
35 Then Husham 2367 died 4191, and Hadad 1908 the son 1121 of Bedad 911, who defeated 5221 Midian 4080 in the field 7704 of Moab 4124, became 4427 king 4427 in his place 8478; and the name 8034 of his city 5892 was Avith 5762.
36 Then Hadad 1908 died 4191, and Samlah 8072 of Masrekah 4957 became 4427 king 4427 in his place 8478.
37 Then Samlah 8072 died 4191, and Shaul 7586 of Rehoboth 7344 on the {Euphrates} River 5104 became 4427 king 4427 in his place 8478.
38 Then Shaul 7586 died 4191, and Baal-hanan 1177 the son 1121 of Achbor 5907 became 4427 king 4427 in his place 8478.
39 Then Baal-hanan 1177 the son 1121 of Achbor 5907 died 4191, and Hadar 1924 became 4427 king 4427 in his place 8478; and the name 8034 of his city 5892 was Pau 6464; and his wife's 802 name 8034 was Mehetabel 4105, the daughter 1323 of Matred 4308, daughter 1323 of Mezahab 4314.
40 ¶ Now these 428 are the names 8034 of the chiefs 441 descended from Esau 6215, according to their families 4940 {and} their localities 4725, by their names 8034: chief 441 Timna 8555, chief 441 Alvah 5933, chief 441 Jetheth 3509,
41 chief 441 Oholibamah 173, chief 441 Elah 425, chief 441 Pinon 6373,
42 chief 441 Kenaz 7073, chief 441 Teman 8487, chief 441 Mibzar 4014,
43 chief 441 Magdiel 4025, chief 441 Iram 5902. These 428 are the chiefs 441 of Edom 112 (that is, Esau 6215, the father 1 of the Edomites 112), according to their habitations 4186 in the land 776 of their possession 272.

## Chapter 37

1

Joseph's Dream

Now Jacob 3290 lived 3427 in the land 776 where 4033 his father 1 had sojourned 4033, in the land 776 of Canaan 3667.
2 These 428 are {the records of} the generations 8435 of Jacob 3290.
3 ¶ Now Israel 3478 loved 157 Joseph 3130 more 4480 than 4480 all 3605 his sons 1121, because 3588 he was the son 1121 of his old 2208 age 2208; and he made 6213 him a varicolored 6446 tunic 3801.
4 His brothers 251 saw 7200 that their father 1 loved 157 him more 4480 than 4480 all 3605 his brothers 251; and {so} they hated 8130 him and could 3201 not speak 1696 to him on friendly 7965 terms 7965.
5 ¶ Then Joseph 3130 had 2492 a dream 2472, and when he told 5046 it to his brothers 251, they hated 8130 him even 5750 more.
6 He said 559 to them, "Please 4994 listen 8085 to this 2088 dream 2472 which 834 I have had 2492;
7 for behold 2009, we were binding 481 sheaves 485 in the field 7704, and lo 2009, my sheaf 485 rose 6965 up and also 1571 stood 5324 erect 5324; and behold 2009, your sheaves 485 gathered 5437 around 5437 and bowed 7812 down 7812 to my sheaf 485."
8 Then his brothers 251 said 559 to him, "Are you actually 4427 going to reign 4427 over 5921 us? Or 518 are you really 4910 going to rule 4910 over us?" So they hated 8130 him even 5750 more for his dreams 2472 and for his words 1697.
9 ¶ Now he had 2492 still 5750 another 312 dream 2472, and related 5608 it to his brothers 251, and said 559, "Lo 2009, I have had 2492 still 5750 another dream 2472; and behold 2009, the sun 8121 and the moon 3394 and eleven stars 3556 were bowing 7812 down 7812 to me."
10 He related 5608 {it} to his father 1 and to his brothers 251; and his father 1 rebuked 1605 him and said 559 to him, "What 4100 is this 2088 dream 2472 that you have had 2492? Shall I and your mother 517 and your brothers 251 actually 935 come 935 to bow 7812 ourselves down 7812 before you to the ground 776?"
11 His brothers 251 were jealous 7065 of him, but his father 1 kept 8104 the saying 1697 {in mind.}
12 ¶ Then his brothers 251 went 1980 to pasture 7462 their father's 1 flock 6629 in Shechem 7927.
13 Israel 3478 said 559 to Joseph 3130, "Are not your brothers 251 pasturing 7462 {the flock} in Shechem 7927? Come 1980, and I will send 7971 you to them." And he said 559 to him, "I will go 2009."
14 Then he said 559 to him, "Go 1980 now 4994 and see 7200 about the welfare 7965 of your brothers 251 and the welfare 7965 of the flock 6629, and bring 7725 word 1697 back 7725 to me." So he sent 7971 him from the valley 6010 of Hebron 2275, and he came 935 to Shechem 7927.
15 ¶ A man 376 found 4672 him, and behold 2009, he was wandering 8582 in the field 7704; and the man 376 asked 7592 him, "What 4100 are you looking 1245 for?"
16 He said 559, "I am looking 1245 for my brothers 251; please 4994 tell 5046 me where 375 they are pasturing 7462 {the flock.}"
17 Then the man 376 said 559, "They have moved 5265 from here 2088; for I heard 8085 {them} say 559, 'Let us go 1980 to Dothan 1886.'" So Joseph 3130 went 1980 after his brothers 251 and found 4672 them at Dothan 1886.
18

The Plot against Joseph

¶ When they saw 7200 him from a distance 7350 and before 2962 he came 7126 close 7126 to them, they plotted 5230 against 854 him to put 4191 him to death 4191.
19 They said 559 to one 376 another 251, "Here 2009 comes 935 this 1976 dreamer!
20 "Now 6258 then, come 1980 and let us kill 2026 him and throw 7993 him into one 259 of the pits 953; and we will say 559, 'A wild 7451 beast 2421 devoured 398 him.' Then let us see 7200 what 4100 will become 1961 of his dreams 2472!"
21 But Reuben 7205 heard 8085 {this} and rescued 5337 him out of their hands 3027 and said 559, "Let us not take 5221 his life 5315."
22 Reuben 7205 further said 559 to them, "Shed 8210 no 408 blood 1818. Throw 7993 him into this 2088 pit 953 that is in the wilderness 4057, but do not lay 7971 hands 3027 on him"--that he might rescue 5337 him out of their hands 3027, to restore 7725 him to his father 1.
23 So it came 1961 about, when 3512 Joseph 3130 reached 935 his brothers 251, that they stripped 6584 Joseph 3130 of his tunic 3801, the varicolored 6446 tunic 3801 that was on him;
24 and they took 3947 him and threw 7993 him into the pit 953. Now the pit 953 was empty 7386, without 369 any water 4325 in it.
25 ¶ Then they sat 3427 down 3427 to eat 398 a meal 3899. And as they raised 5375 their eyes 5869 and looked 7200, behold 2009, a caravan 736 of Ishmaelites 3459 was coming 935 from Gilead 1568, with their camels 1581 bearing 5375 aromatic 5219 gum 5219 and balm 6875 and myrrh 3910, on their way 1980 to bring 3381 {them} down 3381 to Egypt 4714.
26 Judah 3063 said 559 to his brothers 251, "What 4100 profit 1215 is it for us to kill 2026 our brother 251 and cover 3680 up his blood 1818?
27 "Come 1980 and let us sell 4376 him to the Ishmaelites 3459 and not lay 1961 our hands 3027 on him, for he is our brother 251, our {own} flesh 1320." And his brothers 251 listened 8085 {to him.}
28 Then some 376 Midianite 4084 traders 5503 passed 5674 by, so they pulled 4900 {him} up and lifted 5927 Joseph 3130 out of the pit 953, and sold 4376 him to the Ishmaelites 3459 for twenty 6242 {shekels} of silver 3701. Thus they brought 935 Joseph 3130 into Egypt 4714.
29 ¶ Now Reuben 7205 returned 7725 to the pit 953, and behold 2009, Joseph 3130 was not in the pit 953; so he tore 7167 his garments 899.
30 He returned 7725 to his brothers 251 and said 559, "The boy 3206 is not {there;} as for me, where 575 am I to go 935?"
31 So they took 3947 Joseph's 3130 tunic 3801, and slaughtered 7819 a male 8163 goat 8163 and dipped 2881 the tunic 3801 in the blood 1818;
32 and they sent 7971 the varicolored 6446 tunic 3801 and brought 935 it to their father 1 and said 559, "We found 4672 this 2088; please 4994 examine 5234 {it} to {see} whether it is your son's 1121 tunic 3801 or 518 not."
33 Then he examined 5234 it and said 559, "It is my son's 1121 tunic 3801. A wild 7451 beast 2421 has devoured 398 him; Joseph 3130 has surely 2963 been torn 2963 to pieces 2963!"
34 So Jacob 3290 tore 7167 his clothes 8071, and put 7760 sackcloth 8242 on his loins 4975 and mourned 56 for his son 1121 many 7227 days 3117.
35 Then all 3605 his sons 1121 and all 3605 his daughters 1323 arose 6965 to comfort 5162 him, but he refused 3985 to be comforted 5162. And he said 559, "Surely 3588 I will go 3381 down 3381 to Sheol 7585 in mourning 57 for my son 1121." So his father 1 wept 1058 for him.
36 Meanwhile, the Midianites 4084 sold 4376 him in Egypt 4714 to Potiphar 6318, Pharaoh's 6547 officer 5631, the captain 8269 of the bodyguard 2876.

## Chapter 38

1

Judah and Tamar

And it came 1961 about at that time 6256, that Judah 3063 departed 3381 from his brothers 251 and visited 5186 a certain 376 Adullamite 5726, whose name 8034 was Hirah 2437.
2 Judah 3063 saw 7200 there 8033 a daughter 1323 of a certain 376 Canaanite 3669 whose name 8034 was Shua 7770; and he took 3947 her and went 935 in to her.
3 So she conceived 2029 and bore 3205 a son 1121 and he named him Er 6147.
4 Then she conceived 2029 again 5750 and bore 3205 a son 1121 and named him Onan 209.
5 She bore 3205 still 5750 another 3254 son 1121 and named him Shelah 7956; and it was at Chezib 3580 that she bore 3205 him.
6 ¶ Now Judah 3063 took 3947 a wife 802 for Er 6147 his firstborn 1060, and her name 8034 {was} Tamar 8559.
7 But Er 6147, Judah's 3063 firstborn 1060, was evil 7451 in the sight 5869 of the LORD 3068, so the LORD 3068 took 4191 his life 4191.
8 Then Judah 3063 said 559 to Onan 209, "Go 935 in to your brother's 251 wife 802, and perform 2992 your duty 2992 as a brother-in-law 2992 to her, and raise 6965 up offspring 2233 for your brother 251."
9 Onan 209 knew 3045 that the offspring 2233 would not be his; so when 518 he went 935 in to his brother's 251 wife 802, he wasted 7843 his seed on the ground 776 in order not to give 5414 offspring 2233 to his brother 251.
10 But what 834 he did 6213 was displeasing 7489 in the sight 5869 of the LORD 3068; so He took 4191 his life 4191 also 1571.
11 Then Judah 3063 said 559 to his daughter-in-law 3618 Tamar 8559, "Remain 3427 a widow 490 in your father's 1 house 1004 until 5704 my son 1121 Shelah 7956 grows 1431 up"; for he thought 559, "{I am afraid} that he too 1571 may die 4191 like his brothers 251." So Tamar 8559 went 1980 and lived 3427 in her father's 1 house 1004.
12 ¶ Now after a considerable 7235 time 3117 Shua's 7770 daughter 1323, the wife 802 of Judah 3063, died 4191; and when the time 5162 of mourning 5162 was ended 5162, Judah 3063 went 5927 up to his sheepshearers at Timnah 8553, he and his friend 7453 Hirah 2437 the Adullamite 5726.
13 It was told 5046 to Tamar 8559, "Behold 2009, your father-in-law 2524 is going 5927 up to Timnah 8553 to shear 1494 his sheep 6629."
14 So she removed 5493 her widow's 491 garments 899 and covered 3680 {herself} with a veil 6809, and wrapped 5968 herself, and sat 3427 in the gateway 6607 of Enaim 5879, which 834 is on the road 1870 to Timnah 8553; for she saw 7200 that Shelah 7956 had grown 1431 up, and she had not been given 5414 to him as a wife 802.
15 When Judah 3063 saw 7200 her, he thought 2803 she {was} a harlot 2181, for she had covered 3680 her face 6440.
16 So he turned 5186 aside 5186 to her by the road 1870, and said 559, "Here 3051 now 4994, let me come 935 in to you"; for he did not know 3045 that she was his daughter-in-law 3618. And she said 559, "What 4100 will you give 5414 me, that you may come 935 in to me?"
17 He said 559, therefore, "I will send 7971 you a young goat from the flock 6629." She said 559, moreover, "Will you give 5414 a pledge 6162 until 5704 you send 7971 {it?}"
18 He said 559, "What 4100 pledge 6162 shall I give 5414 you?" And she said 559, "Your seal 2368 and your cord 6616, and your staff 4294 that is in your hand 3027." So he gave 5414 {them} to her and went 935 in to her, and she conceived 2029 by him.
19 Then she arose 6965 and departed 1980, and removed 5493 her veil 6809 and put 3847 on her widow's 491 garments 899.
20 ¶ When Judah 3063 sent 7971 the young goat by his friend 7453 the Adullamite 5726, to receive 3947 the pledge 6162 from the woman's 802 hand 3027, he did not find 4672 her.
21 He asked 7592 the men 376 of her place 4725, saying 559, "Where 346 is the temple 6945 prostitute 6945 who 1931 was by the road 1870 at Enaim 5879?" But they said 559, "There has been 1961 no 3808 temple 6945 prostitute 6945 here 2088."
22 So he returned 7725 to Judah 3063, and said 559, "I did not find 4672 her; and furthermore 1571, the men 376 of the place 4725 said 559, 'There has been 1961 no 3808 temple 6945 prostitute 6945 here 2088.'"
23 Then Judah 3063 said 559, "Let her keep 3947 them, otherwise 6435 we will become 1961 a laughingstock 937. After 2009 all 2009, I sent 7971 this 2088 young 1423 goat 1423, but you did not find 4672 her."
24 ¶ Now it was about three 7969 months 2320 later that Judah 3063 was informed 5046, "Your daughter-in-law 3618 Tamar 8559 has played 2181 the harlot 2181, and behold 2009, she is also 1571 with child 2030 by harlotry 2183." Then Judah 3063 said 559, "Bring 3318 her out and let her be burned 8313!"
25 It was while she was being brought 3318 out that she sent 7971 to her father-in-law 2524, saying 559, "I am with child 2030 by the man 376 to whom 834 these 428 things 428 belong." And she said 559, "Please 4994 examine 5234 and see 5234, whose 4310 signet 2368 ring 2858 and cords 6616 and staff 4294 are these 428?"
26 Judah 3063 recognized 5234 {them,} and said 559, "She is more 4480 righteous 6663 than 4480 I, inasmuch as I did not give 5414 her to my son 1121 Shelah 7956." And he did not have 3045 relations 3045 with her again.
27 ¶ It came 1961 about at the time 6256 she was giving 3205 birth 3205, that behold 2009, there were twins 8420 in her womb 990.
28 Moreover, it took 1961 place 1961 while she was giving 3205 birth 3205, one put 5414 out a hand 3027, and the midwife 3205 took 3947 and tied 7194 a scarlet 8144 {thread} on his hand 3027, saying 559, "This 2088 one 2088 came 3318 out first 7223."
29 But it came 1961 about as he drew 7725 back 7725 his hand 3027, that behold 2009, his brother 251 came 3318 out. Then she said 559, "What 4100 a breach 6556 you have made 6555 for yourself!" So he was named Perez 6557.
30 Afterward 310 his brother 251 came 3318 out who 834 had the scarlet 8144 {thread} on his hand 3027; and he was named Zerah 2226.

## Chapter 39

1

Joseph's Success in Egypt

Now Joseph 3130 had been taken 3381 down 3381 to Egypt 4714; and Potiphar 6318, an Egyptian 4713 officer 5631 of Pharaoh 6547, the captain 8269 of the bodyguard 2876, bought 7069 him from the Ishmaelites 3459, who 834 had taken 3381 him down 3381 there 8033.
2 The LORD 3068 was with Joseph 3130, so he became 1961 a successful 6743 man 376. And he was in the house 1004 of his master 113, the Egyptian 4713.
3 Now his master 113 saw 7200 that the LORD 3068 was with him and {how} the LORD 3068 caused all 3605 that he did 6213 to prosper 6743 in his hand 3027.
4 So Joseph 3130 found 4672 favor 2580 in his sight 5869 and became 8334 his personal 8334 servant 8334; and he made 6485 him overseer 6485 over 5921 his house 1004, and all 3605 that he owned 3426 he put 5414 in his charge 3027.
5 It came 1961 about that from the time 227 he made 6485 him overseer 6485 in his house 1004 and over 5921 all 3605 that he owned 3426, the LORD 3068 blessed 1288 the Egyptian's 4713 house 1004 on account 1558 of Joseph 3130; thus the LORD'S 3068 blessing 1293 was upon all 3605 that he owned 3426, in the house 1004 and in the field 7704.
6 So he left 5800 everything 3605 he owned in Joseph's 3130 charge 3027; and with him {there} he did not concern 3045 himself with anything 3972 except the food 3899 which 834 he ate 398.
7 ¶ It came 1961 about after 310 these 428 events 1697 that his master's 113 wife 802 looked with desire 5375 at Joseph 3130, and she said 559, "Lie 7901 with me."
8 But he refused 3985 and said 559 to his master's 113 wife 802, "Behold 2005, with me {here,} my master 113 does not concern 3045 himself with anything 4100 in the house 1004, and he has put 5414 all 3605 that he owns 3426 in my charge 3027.
9 "There 369 is no 369 one greater 1419 in this 2088 house 1004 than 4480 I, and he has withheld 2820 nothing from me except you, because 834 you are his wife 802. How 349 then could I do 6213 this 2088 great 1419 evil 7463 and sin 2398 against God 430?"
10 As she spoke 1696 to Joseph 3130 day 3117 after day 3117, he did not listen 8085 to her to lie 7901 beside 681 her {or} be with her.
11 Now it happened 1961 one 2088 day 3117 that he went 935 into the house 1004 to do 6213 his work 4399, and none of the men 376 of the household 1004 was there 8033 inside 1004.
12 She caught 8610 him by his garment 899, saying 559, "Lie 7901 with me!" And he left 5800 his garment 899 in her hand 3027 and fled 5127, and went 3318 outside 2351.
13 When she saw 7200 that he had left 5800 his garment 899 in her hand 3027 and had fled 5127 outside 2351,
14 she called 7121 to the men 376 of her household 1004 and said 559 to them, "See 7200, he has brought 935 in a Hebrew 5680 to us to make 6711 sport 6711 of us; he came 935 in to me to lie 7901 with me, and I screamed.
15 "When he heard 8085 that I raised 7311 my voice 6963 and screamed 7121, he left 5800 his garment 899 beside 681 me and fled 5127 and went 3318 outside 2351."
16 So she left 5117 his garment 899 beside 681 her until 5704 his master 113 came 935 home 1004.
17 Then she spoke 1696 to him with these 428 words 1697, "The Hebrew 5680 slave 5650, whom 834 you brought 935 to us, came 935 in to me to make 6711 sport 6711 of me;
18 and as I raised 7311 my voice 6963 and screamed 7121, he left 5800 his garment 899 beside 681 me and fled 5127 outside 2351."
19

Joseph Imprisoned

¶ Now when his master 113 heard 8085 the words 1697 of his wife 802, which 834 she spoke 1696 to him, saying 559, "This is what 1697 your slave 5650 did 6213 to me," his anger 639 burned 2734.
20 So Joseph's 3130 master 113 took 3947 him and put 5414 him into the jail, the place 4725 where 834 the king's 4428 prisoners 615 were confined 631; and he was there 8033 in the jail.
21 But the LORD 3068 was with Joseph 3130 and extended 5186 kindness 2617 to him, and gave 5414 him favor 2580 in the sight 5869 of the chief 8269 jailer.
22 The chief 8269 jailer committed 5414 to Joseph's 3130 charge 3027 all 3605 the prisoners 615 who 834 were in the jail; so that whatever was done 6213 there 8033, he was responsible 6213 {for it.}
23 The chief 8269 jailer did not supervise 7200 anything under Joseph's charge 3027 because 834 the LORD 3068 was with him; and whatever 834 he did 6213, the LORD 3068 made to prosper 6743.

## Chapter 40

1

Joseph Interprets a Dream

Then it came 1961 about after 310 these 428 things 1697, the cupbearer 4945 and the baker 644 for the king 4428 of Egypt 4714 offended 2398 their lord 113, the king 4428 of Egypt 4714.
2 Pharaoh 6547 was furious 7107 with his two 8147 officials 5631, the chief 8269 cupbearer 4945 and the chief 8269 baker 644.
3 So he put 5414 them in confinement 4929 in the house 1004 of the captain 8269 of the bodyguard 2876, in the jail, the {same} place 4725 where Joseph 3130 was imprisoned 631.
4 The captain 8269 of the bodyguard 2876 put 6485 Joseph 3130 in charge 6485 of them, and he took 8334 care 8334 of them; and they were in confinement 4929 for some 3117 time 3117.
5 Then the cupbearer 4945 and the baker 644 for the king 4428 of Egypt 4714, who 834 were confined 631 in jail, both 8147 had 2492 a dream 2472 the same 259 night 3915, each 376 man 376 with his {own} dream 2472 {and} each 376 dream 2472 with its {own} interpretation 6623.
6 When Joseph 3130 came 935 to them in the morning 1242 and observed 7200 them, behold 2009, they were dejected 2196.
7 He asked 7592 Pharaoh's 6547 officials 5631 who 834 were with him in confinement 4929 in his master's 113 house 1004, "Why 4069 are your faces 6440 so sad 7451 today 3117?"
8 Then they said 559 to him, "We have had 2492 a dream 2472 and there 369 is no 369 one 369 to interpret 6622 it." Then Joseph 3130 said 559 to them, "Do not interpretations 6623 belong to God 430? Tell 5608 {it} to me, please 4994."
9 ¶ So the chief 8269 cupbearer 4945 told 5608 his dream 2472 to Joseph 3130, and said 559 to him, "In my dream 2472, behold 2009, {there was} a vine 1612 in front 6440 of me;
10 and on the vine 1612 {were} three 7969 branches 8299. And as it was budding 6524, its blossoms 5322 came 5927 out, {and} its clusters 811 produced 1310 ripe 1310 grapes 6025.
11 "Now Pharaoh's 6547 cup 3563 was in my hand 3027; so I took 3947 the grapes 6025 and squeezed 7818 them into Pharaoh's 6547 cup 3563, and I put 5414 the cup 3563 into Pharaoh's 6547 hand 3709."
12 Then Joseph 3130 said 559 to him, "This 2088 is the interpretation 6623 of it: the three 7969 branches 8299 are three 7969 days 3117;
13 within three 7969 more 5750 days 3117 Pharaoh 6547 will lift 5375 up your head 7218 and restore 7725 you to your office 3653; and you will put 5414 Pharaoh's 6547 cup 3563 into his hand 3027 according to your former 7223 custom 4941 when 834 you were his cupbearer 4945.
14 "Only keep 2142 me in mind when 3512 it goes 3190 well 3190 with you, and please 4994 do 6213 me a kindness 2617 by mentioning 2142 me to Pharaoh 6547 and get 3318 me out of this 2088 house 1004.
15 "For I was in fact 1589 kidnapped 1589 from the land 776 of the Hebrews 5680, and even 1571 here 6311 I have done 6213 nothing that they should have put 7760 me into the dungeon 953."
16 ¶ When the chief 8269 baker 644 saw 7200 that he had interpreted 6622 favorably 2896, he said 559 to Joseph 3130, "I also 637 {saw} in my dream 2472, and behold 2009, {there were} three 7969 baskets 5536 of white 2751 bread 2751 on my head 7218;
17 and in the top 5945 basket 5536 {there were} some 4480 of all 3605 sorts of baked 644 food 3978 for Pharaoh 6547, and the birds 5775 were eating 398 them out of the basket 5536 on my head 7218."
18 Then Joseph 3130 answered 6030 and said 559, "This 2088 is its interpretation 6623: the three 7969 baskets 5536 are three 7969 days 3117;
19 within three 7969 more 5750 days 3117 Pharaoh 6547 will lift 5375 up your head 7218 from you and will hang 8518 you on a tree 6086, and the birds 5775 will eat 398 your flesh 1320 off you."
20 ¶ Thus it came 1961 about on the third 7992 day 3117, {which was} Pharaoh's 6547 birthday, that he made 6213 a feast 4960 for all 3605 his servants 5650; and he lifted 5375 up the head 7218 of the chief 8269 cupbearer 4945 and the head 7218 of the chief 8269 baker 644 among 8432 his servants 5650.
21 He restored 7725 the chief 8269 cupbearer 4945 to his office 4945, and he put 5414 the cup 3563 into Pharaoh's 6547 hand 3709;
22 but he hanged 8518 the chief 8269 baker 644, just 3512 as Joseph 3130 had interpreted 6622 to them.
23 Yet the chief 8269 cupbearer 4945 did not remember 2142 Joseph 3130, but forgot 7911 him.

## Chapter 41

1

Pharaoh's Dream

Now it happened 1961 at the end 7093 of two full 3117 years 8141 that Pharaoh 6547 had 2492 a dream 2492, and behold 2009, he was standing 5975 by the Nile 2975.
2 And lo 2009, from the Nile 2975 there came 5927 up seven 7651 cows 6510, sleek 3303 and fat 1277; and they grazed 7462 in the marsh 260 grass 260.
3 Then behold 2009, seven 7651 other 312 cows 6510 came 5927 up after 310 them from the Nile 2975, ugly 7451 and gaunt, and they stood 5975 by the {other} cows 6510 on the bank 8193 of the Nile 2975.
4 The ugly 7451 and gaunt cows 6510 ate 398 up the seven 7651 sleek 3303 and fat 1277 cows 6510. Then Pharaoh 6547 awoke 3364.
5 He fell 3462 asleep 3462 and dreamed 2492 a second 8145 time 8145; and behold 2009, seven 7651 ears 7641 of grain 7641 came 5927 up on a single 259 stalk 7070, plump 1277 and good 2896.
6 Then behold 2009, seven 7651 ears 7641, thin 1851 and scorched 7710 by the east 6921 wind 6921, sprouted 6779 up after 310 them.
7 The thin 1851 ears 7641 swallowed 1104 up the seven 7651 plump 1277 and full 4392 ears 7641. Then Pharaoh 6547 awoke 3364, and behold 2009, {it was} a dream 2472.
8 Now in the morning 1242 his spirit 7307 was troubled 6470, so he sent 7971 and called 7121 for all 3605 the magicians 2748 of Egypt 4714, and all 3605 its wise 2450 men 2450. And Pharaoh 6547 told 5608 them his dreams 2472, but there 369 was no 369 one 369 who could interpret 6622 them to Pharaoh 6547.
9 ¶ Then the chief 8269 cupbearer 4945 spoke 1696 to Pharaoh 6547, saying 559, "I would make mention 2142 today 3117 of my {own} offenses 2399.
10 "Pharaoh 6547 was furious 7107 with his servants 5650, and he put 5414 me in confinement 4929 in the house 1004 of the captain 8269 of the bodyguard 2876, {both} me and the chief 8269 baker 644.
11 "We had 2492 a dream 2472 on the same 259 night 3915, he and I; each 376 of us dreamed 2492 according to the interpretation 6623 of his {own} dream 2472.
12 "Now a Hebrew 5680 youth 5288 {was} with us there 8033, a servant 5650 of the captain 8269 of the bodyguard 2876, and we related 5608 {them} to him, and he interpreted 6622 our dreams 2472 for us. To each 376 one 376 he interpreted 6622 according to his {own} dream 2472.
13 "And just 3512 as he interpreted 6622 for us, so 3651 it happened 1961; he restored 7725 me in my office 3653, but he hanged 8518 him."
14

Joseph Interprets

¶ Then Pharaoh 6547 sent 7971 and called 7121 for Joseph 3130, and they hurriedly 7323 brought 7323 him out of the dungeon 953; and when he had shaved 1548 himself and changed 2498 his clothes 8071, he came 935 to Pharaoh 6547.
15 Pharaoh 6547 said 559 to Joseph 3130, "I have had 2492 a dream 2472, but no 369 one 369 can interpret 6622 it; and I have heard 8085 it said 559 about 5921 you, that when you hear 8085 a dream 2472 you can interpret 6622 it."
16 Joseph 3130 then answered 6030 Pharaoh 6547, saying 559, "It is not in me; God 430 will give 6030 Pharaoh 6547 a favorable 7965 answer 6030."
17 So Pharaoh 6547 spoke 1696 to Joseph 3130, "In my dream 2472, behold 2009, I was standing 5975 on the bank 8193 of the Nile 2975;
18 and behold 2009, seven 7651 cows 6510, fat 1277 and sleek 3303 came 5927 up out of the Nile 2975, and they grazed 7462 in the marsh 260 grass 260.
19 "Lo 2009, seven 7651 other 312 cows 6510 came 5927 up after 310 them, poor 1800 and very 3966 ugly 7451 and gaunt, such 2007 as I had never 3808 seen 7200 for ugliness 7455 in all 3605 the land 776 of Egypt 4714;
20 and the lean 7534 and ugly 7451 cows 6510 ate 398 up the first 7223 seven 7651 fat 1277 cows 6510.
21 "Yet when they had devoured them, it could not be detected 3045 that they had devoured them, for they were just 3512 as ugly 7451 as before 8462. Then I awoke 3364.
22 "I saw 7200 also in my dream 2472, and behold 2009, seven 7651 ears 7641, full 4392 and good 2896, came 5927 up on a single 259 stalk 7070;
23 and lo 2009, seven 7651 ears 7641, withered 6798, thin 1851, {and} scorched 7710 by the east 6921 wind 6921, sprouted 6779 up after 310 them;
24 and the thin 1851 ears 7641 swallowed 1104 the seven 7651 good 2896 ears 7641. Then I told 559 it to the magicians 2748, but there 369 was no 369 one 369 who could explain 5046 it to me."
25 ¶ Now Joseph 3130 said 559 to Pharaoh 6547, "Pharaoh's 6547 dreams 2472 are one 259 {and the same;} God 430 has told 5046 to Pharaoh 6547 what He is about to do 6213.
26 "The seven 7651 good 2896 cows 6510 are seven 7651 years 8141; and the seven 7651 good 2896 ears 7641 are seven 7651 years 8141; the dreams 2472 are one 259 {and the same.}
27 "The seven 7651 lean 7534 and ugly 7451 cows 6510 that came 5927 up after 310 them are seven 7651 years 8141, and the seven 7651 thin 7534 ears 7641 scorched 7710 by the east 6921 wind 6921 will be seven 7651 years 8141 of famine 7458.
28 "It is as I have spoken 1696 to Pharaoh 6547: God 430 has shown 7200 to Pharaoh 6547 what 834 He is about to do 6213.
29 "Behold 2009, seven 7651 years 8141 of great 1419 abundance 7647 are coming 935 in all 3605 the land 776 of Egypt 4714;
30 and after 310 them seven 7651 years 8141 of famine 7458 will come 6965, and all 3605 the abundance 7647 will be forgotten 7911 in the land 776 of Egypt 4714, and the famine 7458 will ravage 3615 the land 776.
31 "So the abundance 7647 will be unknown in the land 776 because of that subsequent 310 famine 7458; for it {will be} very 3966 severe 3515.
32 "Now as for the repeating 8138 of the dream 2472 to Pharaoh 6547 twice 6471, {it means} that the matter 1697 is determined 3559 by God 430, and God 430 will quickly 4116 bring 6213 it about 6213.
33 "Now 6258 let Pharaoh 6547 look 7200 for a man 376 discerning 995 and wise 2450, and set 7896 him over 5921 the land 776 of Egypt 4714.
34 "Let Pharaoh 6547 take 6213 action 6213 to appoint 6485 overseers 6496 in charge 5921 of the land 776, and let him exact 2567 a fifth 2567 {of the produce} of the land 776 of Egypt 4714 in the seven 7651 years 8141 of abundance 7647.
35 "Then let them gather 6908 all 3605 the food 3978 of these 428 good 2896 years 8141 that are coming 935, and store 6651 up the grain 1250 for food 400 in the cities 5892 under 8478 Pharaoh's 6547 authority 3027, and let them guard 8104 {it.}
36 "Let the food 400 become 1961 as a reserve 6487 for the land 776 for the seven 7651 years 8141 of famine 7458 which 834 will occur 1961 in the land 776 of Egypt 4714, so that the land 776 will not perish 3772 during the famine 7458."
37 ¶ Now the proposal 1697 seemed 3190 good 3190 to Pharaoh 6547 and to all 3605 his servants 5650.
38

Joseph Is Made a Ruler of Egypt

Then Pharaoh 6547 said 559 to his servants 5650, "Can we find 4672 a man 376 like this 2088, in whom 834 is a divine 430 spirit 7307?"
39 So Pharaoh 6547 said 559 to Joseph 3130, "Since 310 God 430 has informed 3045 you of all 3605 this 2088, there 369 is no 369 one 369 so discerning 995 and wise 2450 as you are.
40 "You shall be over 5921 my house 1004, and according 5921 to your command 6310 all 3605 my people 5971 shall do 5401 homage 5401; only 7534 in the throne 3678 I will be greater 1431 than 4480 you."
41 Pharaoh 6547 said 559 to Joseph 3130, "See 7200, I have set 5414 you over 5921 all 3605 the land 776 of Egypt 4714."
42 Then Pharaoh 6547 took 5493 off 5493 his signet 2885 ring 2885 from his hand 3027 and put 5414 it on Joseph's 3130 hand 3027, and clothed 3847 him in garments 899 of fine 8336 linen 8336 and put 7760 the gold 2091 necklace 7242 around 5921 his neck 6677.
43 He had him ride 7392 in his second 4932 chariot 4818; and they proclaimed 7121 before 6440 him, "Bow 86 the knee 86!" And he set 5414 him over 5921 all 3605 the land 776 of Egypt 4714.
44 Moreover, Pharaoh 6547 said 559 to Joseph 3130, "{Though} I am Pharaoh 6547, yet without 1107 your permission no 3808 one 376 shall raise 7311 his hand 3027 or foot 7272 in all 3605 the land 776 of Egypt 4714."
45 Then Pharaoh 6547 named Joseph 3130 Zaphenath-paneah 6847; and he gave 5414 him Asenath 621, the daughter 1323 of Potiphera 6319 priest 3548 of On 204, as his wife 802. And Joseph 3130 went 3318 forth 3318 over 5921 the land 776 of Egypt 4714.
46 ¶ Now Joseph 3130 was thirty 7970 years 8141 old 1121 when he stood 5975 before 6440 Pharaoh 6547, king 4428 of Egypt 4714. And Joseph 3130 went 3318 out from the presence 6440 of Pharaoh 6547 and went 5674 through 5674 all 3605 the land 776 of Egypt 4714.
47 During the seven 7651 years 8141 of plenty 7647 the land 776 brought 6213 forth 6213 abundantly 7062.
48 So he gathered 6908 all 3605 the food 400 of {these} seven 7651 years 8141 which 834 occurred 1961 in the land 776 of Egypt 4714 and placed 5414 the food 400 in the cities 5892; he placed 5414 in every city 5892 the food 400 from its own surrounding 5439 fields 7704.
49 Thus Joseph 3130 stored 6651 up grain 1250 in great 3966 abundance 3966 like the sand 2344 of the sea 3220, until he stopped 2308 measuring 5608 {it,} for it was beyond 369 measure 4557.
50

The Sons of Joseph

¶ Now before 2962 the year 8141 of famine 7458 came 935, two 8147 sons 1121 were born 3205 to Joseph 3130, whom 834 Asenath 621, the daughter 1323 of Potiphera 6319 priest 3548 of On 204, bore 3205 to him.
51 Joseph 3130 named the firstborn 1060 Manasseh 4519, "For," {he said,} "God 430 has made me forget 5382 all 3605 my trouble 5999 and all 3605 my father's 1 household 1004."
52 He named the second 8145 Ephraim 669, "For," {he said,} "God 430 has made 6509 me fruitful 6509 in the land 776 of my affliction 6040."
53 ¶ When the seven 7651 years 8141 of plenty 7647 which 834 had been 1961 in the land 776 of Egypt 4714 came 3615 to an end 3615,
54 and the seven 7651 years 8141 of famine 7458 began 2490 to come 935, just 3512 as Joseph 3130 had said 559, then there was famine 7458 in all 3605 the lands 776, but in all 3605 the land 776 of Egypt 4714 there was bread 3899.
55 So when all 3605 the land 776 of Egypt 4714 was famished 7456, the people 5971 cried 6817 out to Pharaoh 6547 for bread 3899; and Pharaoh 6547 said 559 to all 3605 the Egyptians 4714, "Go 1980 to Joseph 3130; whatever 834 he says 559 to you, you shall do 6213."
56 When the famine 7458 was {spread} over 5921 all 3605 the face 6440 of the earth 776, then Joseph 3130 opened 6605 all 3605 the storehouses 834, and sold 7666 to the Egyptians 4714; and the famine 7458 was severe 2388 in the land 776 of Egypt 4714.
57 {The people of} all 3605 the earth 776 came 935 to Egypt 4714 to buy 7666 grain 7666 from Joseph 3130, because 3588 the famine 7458 was severe 2388 in all 3605 the earth 776.

## Chapter 42

1

Joseph's Brothers Sent to Egypt

Now Jacob 3290 saw 7200 that there 3426 was grain 7668 in Egypt 4714, and Jacob 3290 said 559 to his sons 1121, "Why 4100 are you staring 7200 at one another?"
2 He said 559, "Behold 2009, I have heard 8085 that there 3426 is grain 7668 in Egypt 4714; go 3381 down 3381 there 8033 and buy 7666 {some} for us from that place 8033, so that we may live 2421 and not die 4191."
3 Then ten 6235 brothers 251 of Joseph 3130 went 3381 down 3381 to buy 7666 grain 1250 from Egypt 4714.
4 But Jacob 3290 did not send 7971 Joseph's 3130 brother 251 Benjamin 1144 with his brothers 251, for he said 559, "I am afraid that harm 611 may befall 7122 him."
5 So the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 came 935 to buy 7666 grain 7666 among 8432 those who were coming 935, for the famine 7458 was in the land 776 of Canaan 3667 {also.}
6 ¶ Now Joseph 3130 was the ruler 7989 over 5921 the land 776; he was the one who sold 7666 to all 3605 the people 5971 of the land 776. And Joseph's 3130 brothers 251 came 935 and bowed 7812 down 7812 to him with {their} faces 639 to the ground 776.
7 When Joseph 3130 saw 7200 his brothers 251 he recognized 5234 them, but he disguised 5235 himself to them and spoke 1696 to them harshly 7186. And he said 559 to them, "Where 370 have you come 935 from?" And they said 559, "From the land 776 of Canaan 3667, to buy 7666 food 400."
8 ¶ But Joseph 3130 had recognized 5234 his brothers 251, although they did not recognize 5234 him.
9 Joseph 3130 remembered 2142 the dreams 2472 which 834 he had 2492 about them, and said 559 to them, "You are spies 7270; you have come 935 to look 7200 at the undefended 6172 parts 6172 of our land 776."
10 Then they said 559 to him, "No 3808, my lord 113, but your servants 5650 have come 935 to buy 7666 food 400.
11 "We are all 3605 sons 1121 of one 259 man 376; we are honest 3653 men 3653, your servants 5650 are not spies 7270."
12 Yet he said 559 to them, "No 3808, but you have come 935 to look 7200 at the undefended 6172 parts 6172 of our land 776!"
13 But they said 559, "Your servants 5650 are twelve brothers 251 {in all,} the sons 1121 of one 259 man 376 in the land 776 of Canaan 3667; and behold 2009, the youngest 6996 is with our father 1 today 3117, and one 259 is no 369 longer 369 alive."
14 Joseph 3130 said 559 to them, "It is as I said 1696 to you, you are spies 7270;
15 by this 2088 you will be tested 974: by the life 2416 of Pharaoh 6547, you shall not go 3318 from this 2088 place unless your youngest 6996 brother 251 comes 935 here 2008!
16 "Send 7971 one 259 of you that he may get 3947 your brother 251, while you remain confined 631, that your words 1697 may be tested 974, whether there is truth 571 in you. But if 518 not, by the life 2416 of Pharaoh 6547, surely 3588 you are spies 7270."
17 So he put 622 them all 622 together 622 in prison 4929 for three 7969 days 3117.
18 ¶ Now Joseph 3130 said 559 to them on the third 7992 day 3117, "Do 6213 this 2088 and live 2421, for I fear 3372 God 430:
19 if 518 you are honest 3653 men 3653, let one 259 of your brothers 251 be confined 631 in your prison; but as for {the rest of} you, go 1980, carry 935 grain 7668 for the famine 7459 of your households 1004,
20 and bring 935 your youngest 6996 brother 251 to me, so your words 1697 may be verified 539, and you will not die 4191." And they did 6213 so 3651.
21 Then they said 559 to one 376 another 251, "Truly 61 we are guilty 818 concerning 5921 our brother 251, because 834 we saw 7200 the distress 6869 of his soul 5315 when he pleaded 2603 with us, yet we would not listen 8085; therefore this 2088 distress 6869 has come 935 upon us."
22 Reuben 7205 answered 6030 them, saying 559, "Did I not tell 559 you, 'Do not sin 2398 against the boy 3206'; and you would not listen 8085? Now comes 1875 the reckoning 1875 for his blood 1818."
23 They did not know 3045, however, that Joseph 3130 understood 8085, for there was an interpreter 3917 between 996 them.
24 He turned 5437 away 5437 from them and wept 1058. But when he returned 7725 to them and spoke 1696 to them, he took 3947 Simeon 8095 from them and bound 631 him before their eyes 5869.
25 Then Joseph 3130 gave 6680 orders 6680 to fill 4390 their bags 3627 with grain 1250 and to restore 7725 every 376 man's 376 money 3701 in his sack 8242, and to give 5414 them provisions 6720 for the journey 1870. And thus 3651 it was done 6213 for them.
26 ¶ So they loaded 5375 their donkeys 2543 with their grain 7668 and departed 1980 from there 8033.
27 As one 259 {of them} opened 6605 his sack 8242 to give 5414 his donkey 2543 fodder 4554 at the lodging 4411 place 4411, he saw 7200 his money 3701; and behold 2009, it was in the mouth 6310 of his sack 572.
28 Then he said 559 to his brothers 251, "My money 3701 has been returned 7725, and behold 2009, it is even 1571 in my sack 572." And their hearts 3820 sank 3318, and they {turned} trembling 2729 to one 376 another 251, saying 559, "What 4100 is this 2088 that God 430 has done 6213 to us?"
29

Simeon Is Held Hostage

¶ When they came 935 to their father 1 Jacob 3290 in the land 776 of Canaan 3667, they told 5046 him all 3605 that had happened 7136 to them, saying 559,
30 "The man 376, the lord 113 of the land 776, spoke 1696 harshly 7186 with us, and took 5414 us for spies 7270 of the country 776.
31 "But we said 559 to him, 'We are honest 3653 men 3653; we are not spies 7270.
32 'We are twelve brothers 251, sons 1121 of our father 1; one 259 is no 369 longer 369 alive, and the youngest 6996 is with our father 1 today 3117 in the land 776 of Canaan 3667.'
33 "The man 376, the lord 113 of the land 776, said 559 to us, 'By this 2088 I will know 3045 that you are honest 3653 men 3653: leave 5117 one 259 of your brothers 251 with me and take 3947 {grain for} the famine 7459 of your households 1004, and go 1980.
34 'But bring 935 your youngest 6996 brother 251 to me that I may know 3045 that you are not spies 7270, but honest 3653 men 3653. I will give 5414 your brother 251 to you, and you may trade 5503 in the land 776.'"
35 ¶ Now it came 1961 about as they were emptying 7385 their sacks 8242, that behold 2009, every 376 man's 376 bundle 6872 of money 3701 {was} in his sack 8242; and when they and their father 1 saw 7200 their bundles 6872 of money 3701, they were dismayed 3372.
36 Their father 1 Jacob 3290 said 559 to them, "You have bereaved 7921 me of my children 7921: Joseph 3130 is no 369 more 369, and Simeon 8095 is no 369 more 369, and you would take 3947 Benjamin 1144; all 3605 these things are against 5921 me."
37 Then Reuben 7205 spoke 559 to his father 1, saying 559, "You may put 4191 my two 8147 sons 1121 to death 4191 if 518 I do not bring 935 him {back} to you; put 5414 him in my care 3027, and I will return 7725 him to you."
38 But Jacob said 559, "My son 1121 shall not go 3381 down 3381 with you; for his brother 251 is dead 4191, and he alone 905 is left 7604. If harm 611 should befall 7122 him on the journey 1870 you are taking 1980, then you will bring 3381 my gray 7872 hair 7872 down 3381 to Sheol 7585 in sorrow 3015."

## Chapter 43

1

The Return to Egypt

Now the famine 7458 was severe 3515 in the land 776.
2 So it came 1961 about when 3512 they had finished 3615 eating 398 the grain 7668 which 834 they had brought 935 from Egypt 4714, that their father 1 said 559 to them, "Go 7725 back 7725, buy 7666 us a little 4592 food 400."
3 Judah 3063 spoke 559 to him, however, saying 559, "The man 376 solemnly 5749 warned 5749 us, 'You shall not see 7200 my face 6440 unless 1115 your brother 251 is with you.'
4 "If 518 you send 7971 our brother 251 with us, we will go 3381 down 3381 and buy 7666 you food 400.
5 "But if 518 you do not send 7971 {him,} we will not go 3381 down 3381; for the man 376 said 559 to us, 'You will not see 7200 my face 6440 unless 1115 your brother 251 is with you.'"
6 Then Israel 3478 said 559, "Why 4100 did you treat 7489 me so badly 7489 by telling 5046 the man 376 whether you still 5750 had {another} brother 251?"
7 But they said 559, "The man 376 questioned 7592 particularly 7592 about us and our relatives 4138, saying 559, 'Is your father 1 still 5750 alive 2416? Have 3426 you {another} brother 251?' So we answered 5046 his questions 1697. Could we possibly 3045 know 3045 that he would say 559, 'Bring 3381 your brother 251 down 3381'?"
8 Judah 3063 said 559 to his father 1 Israel 3478, "Send 7971 the lad 5288 with me and we will arise 6965 and go 1980, that we may live 2421 and not die 4191, we as well 1571 as you and our little 2945 ones 2945.
9 "I myself 595 will be surety 6148 for him; you may hold me responsible for him. If 518 I do not bring 935 him {back} to you and set 3322 him before 6440 you, then let me bear 2398 the blame 2398 before you forever.
10 "For if 3884 we had not delayed 4102, surely 3588 by now 6258 we could have returned 7725 twice 6471."
11 ¶ Then their father 1 Israel 3478 said 559 to them, "If 518 {it must be} so 3651, then 645 do 6213 this 2088: take 3947 some 4480 of the best 2173 products 2173 of the land 776 in your bags 3627, and carry 3381 down 3381 to the man 376 as a present 4503, a little 4592 balm 6875 and a little 4592 honey 1706, aromatic 5219 gum 5219 and myrrh 3910, pistachio 992 nuts 992 and almonds 8247.
12 "Take 3947 double 4932 {the} money 3701 in your hand 3027, and take 7725 back 7725 in your hand 3027 the money 3701 that was returned 7725 in the mouth 6310 of your sacks 572; perhaps 194 it was a mistake 4870.
13 "Take 3947 your brother 251 also, and arise 6965, return 7725 to the man 376;
14 and may God 410 Almighty 7706 grant 5414 you compassion 7356 in the sight 6440 of the man 376, so that he will release 7971 to you your other 312 brother 251 and Benjamin 1144. And as for me, if 834 I am bereaved 7921 of my children 7921, I am bereaved 7921."
15 So the men 376 took 3947 this 2088 present 4503, and they took 3947 double 4932 {the} money 3701 in their hand 3027, and Benjamin 1144; then they arose 6965 and went 3381 down 3381 to Egypt 4714 and stood 5975 before 6440 Joseph 3130.
16

Joseph Sees Benjamin

¶ When Joseph 3130 saw 7200 Benjamin 1144 with them, he said 559 to his house 1004 steward, "Bring 935 the men 376 into the house 1004, and slay 2873 an animal 2874 and make 3559 ready 3559; for the men 376 are to dine 398 with me at noon 6672."
17 So the man 376 did 6213 as Joseph 3130 said 559, and brought 935 the men 376 to Joseph's 3130 house 1004.
18 Now the men 376 were afraid 3372, because 3588 they were brought 935 to Joseph's 3130 house 1004; and they said 559, "{It is} because of the money 3701 that was returned 7725 in our sacks 572 the first 8462 time 8462 that we are being brought 935 in, that he may seek 1556 occasion 1556 against 5921 us and fall 5307 upon us, and take 3947 us for slaves 5650 with our donkeys 2543."
19 So they came 5066 near 5066 to Joseph's 3130 house 1004 steward, and spoke 1696 to him at the entrance 6607 of the house 1004,
20 and said 559, "Oh 994, my lord 113, we indeed 3381 came 3381 down 3381 the first 8462 time 8462 to buy 7666 food 400,
21 and it came 1961 about when 3588 we came 935 to the lodging 4411 place 4411, that we opened 6605 our sacks 572, and behold 2009, each 376 man's 376 money 3701 was in the mouth 6310 of his sack 572, our money 3701 in full 4948. So we have brought 7725 it back 7725 in our hand 3027.
22 "We have also brought 3381 down 3381 other 312 money 3701 in our hand 3027 to buy 7666 food 400; we do not know 3045 who 4310 put 7760 our money 3701 in our sacks 572."
23 He said 559, "Be at ease 7965, do not be afraid 3372. Your God 430 and the God 430 of your father 1 has given 5414 you treasure 4301 in your sacks 572; I had 935 your money 3701." Then he brought 3318 Simeon 8095 out to them.
24 Then the man 376 brought 935 the men 376 into Joseph's 3130 house 1004 and gave 5414 them water 4325, and they washed 7364 their feet 7272; and he gave 5414 their donkeys 2543 fodder 4554.
25 So they prepared 3559 the present 4503 for Joseph's 3130 coming 935 at noon 6672; for they had heard 8085 that they were to eat 398 a meal 3899 there 8033.
26 ¶ When Joseph 3130 came 935 home 1004, they brought 935 into the house 1004 to him the present 4503 which 834 was in their hand 3027 and bowed 7812 to the ground 776 before him.
27 Then he asked 7592 them about their welfare 7965, and said 559, "Is your old 2205 father 1 well 7965, of whom 834 you spoke 559? Is he still 5750 alive 2416?"
28 They said 559, "Your servant 5650 our father 1 is well 7965; he is still 5750 alive 2416." They bowed 6915 down 7812 in homage 7812.
29 As he lifted 5375 his eyes 5869 and saw 7200 his brother 251 Benjamin 1144, his mother's 517 son 1121, he said 559, "Is this 2088 your youngest 6996 brother 251, of whom 834 you spoke 559 to me?" And he said 559, "May God 430 be gracious 2603 to you, my son 1121."
30 Joseph 3130 hurried 4116 {out} for he was deeply 7356 stirred 3648 over 413 his brother 251, and he sought 1245 {a place} to weep 1058; and he entered 935 his chamber 2315 and wept 1058 there 8033.
31 Then he washed 7364 his face 6440 and came 3318 out; and he controlled 662 himself and said 559, "Serve 7760 the meal 3899."
32 So they served 7760 him by himself 905, and them by themselves 905, and the Egyptians 4713 who ate 398 with him by themselves 905, because 3588 the Egyptians 4713 could 3201 not eat 398 bread 3899 with the Hebrews 5680, for that is loathsome 8441 to the Egyptians 4714.
33 Now they were seated 3427 before 6440 him, the firstborn 1060 according to his birthright 1062 and the youngest 6810 according to his youth 6812, and the men 376 looked 8539 at one 376 another 7453 in astonishment 8539.
34 He took 5375 portions 4864 to them from his own table 6440, but Benjamin's 1144 portion 4864 was five 2568 times 3027 as much 7235 as any 3605 of theirs. So they feasted 8354 and drank 7937 freely 7937 with him.

## Chapter 44

1

The Brothers Are Brought Back

Then he commanded 6680 his house 1004 steward, saying 559, "Fill 4390 the men's 376 sacks 572 with food 400, as much 3512 as they can 3201 carry 5375, and put 7760 each 376 man's 376 money 3701 in the mouth 6310 of his sack 572.
2 "Put 7760 my cup 1375, the silver 3701 cup 1375, in the mouth 6310 of the sack 572 of the youngest 6996, and his money 3701 for the grain 7668." And he did 6213 as Joseph 3130 had told 1696 {him.}
3 As soon 1242 as it was light 215, the men 376 were sent 7971 away 7971, they with their donkeys 2543.
4 They had {just} gone 3318 out of the city 5892, {and} were not far 7368 off, when Joseph 3130 said 559 to his house 1004 steward, "Up, follow the men 376; and when you overtake 5381 them, say 559 to them, 'Why 4100 have you repaid 7999 evil 7463 for good 2899?
5 'Is not this 2088 the one from which 834 my lord 113 drinks 8354 and which he indeed 5172 uses 5172 for divination 5172? You have done 7489 wrong 7489 in doing 6213 this 834.'"
6 ¶ So he overtook 5381 them and spoke 1696 these 428 words 1697 to them.
7 They said 559 to him, "Why 4100 does my lord 113 speak 1696 such words 1697 as these 428? Far 2486 be it from your servants 5650 to do 6213 such 2088 a thing 1697.
8 "Behold 2005, the money 3701 which 834 we found 4672 in the mouth 6310 of our sacks 572 we have brought 7725 back 7725 to you from the land 776 of Canaan 3667. How 349 then could we steal 1589 silver 3701 or 176 gold 2091 from your lord's 113 house 1004?
9 "With whomever 834 of your servants 5650 it is found 4672, let him die 4191, and we also 1571 will be my lord's 113 slaves 5650."
10 So he said 559, "Now 6258 let it also 1571 be according to your words 1697; he with whom 834 it is found 4672 shall be my slave 5650, and {the rest of} you shall be innocent 5355."
11 Then they hurried 4116, each 376 man 376 lowered 3381 his sack 572 to the ground 776, and each 376 man 376 opened 6605 his sack 572.
12 He searched 2664, beginning 2490 with the oldest 1419 and ending 3615 with the youngest 6996, and the cup 1375 was found 4672 in Benjamin's 1144 sack 572.
13 Then they tore 7167 their clothes 8071, and when each 376 man 376 loaded 6006 his donkey 2543, they returned 7725 to the city 5892.
14 ¶ When Judah 3063 and his brothers 251 came 935 to Joseph's 3130 house 1004, he was still 5750 there 8033, and they fell 5307 to the ground 776 before 6440 him.
15 Joseph 3130 said 559 to them, "What 4100 is this 2088 deed 4639 that you have done 6213? Do you not know 3045 that such 3644 a man 376 as I can indeed 5172 practice 5172 divination 5172?"
16 So Judah 3063 said 559, "What 4100 can we say 559 to my lord 113? What 4100 can we speak 1696? And how 4100 can we justify 6663 ourselves? God 430 has found 4672 out the iniquity 5771 of your servants 5650; behold 2009, we are my lord's 113 slaves 5650, both 1571 we and the one in whose 834 possession 3027 the cup 1375 has been found 4672."
17 But he said 559, "Far 2486 be it from me to do 6213 this 2088. The man 376 in whose 834 possession 3027 the cup 1375 has been found 4672, he shall be my slave 5650; but as for you, go 5927 up in peace 7965 to your father 1."
18 ¶ Then Judah 3063 approached 5066 him, and said 559, "Oh 994 my lord 113, may your servant 5650 please 4994 speak 1696 a word 1697 in my lord's 113 ears 241, and do not be angry with your servant 5650; for you are equal to Pharaoh 6547.
19 "My lord 113 asked 7592 his servants 5650, saying 559, 'Have 3426 you a father 1 or 176 a brother 251?'
20 "We said 559 to my lord 113, 'We have 3426 an old 2205 father 1 and a little 6996 child 3206 of {his} old 2208 age 2208. Now his brother 251 is dead 4191, so he alone 905 is left 3498 of his mother 517, and his father 1 loves 157 him.'
21 "Then you said 559 to your servants 5650, 'Bring 3381 him down 3381 to me that I may set 7760 my eyes 5869 on him.'
22 "But we said 559 to my lord 113, 'The lad 5288 cannot leave 5800 his father 1, for if he should leave 5800 his father 1, his father would die 4191.'
23 "You said 559 to your servants 5650, however, 'Unless your youngest 6996 brother 251 comes 3381 down 3381 with you, you will not see 7200 my face 6440 again 3254.'
24 "Thus it came 1961 about when 3588 we went 5927 up to your servant 5650 my father 1, we told 5046 him the words 1697 of my lord 113.
25 "Our father 1 said 559, 'Go 7725 back 7725, buy 7666 us a little 4592 food 400.'
26 "But we said 559, 'We cannot go 3381 down 3381. If 518 our youngest 6996 brother 251 is with us, then we will go 3381 down 3381; for we cannot see 7200 the man's 376 face 6440 unless 369 our youngest 6996 brother 251 is with us.'
27 "Your servant 5650 my father 1 said 559 to us, 'You know 3045 that my wife 802 bore 3205 me two 8147 sons;
28 and the one 259 went 3318 out from me, and I said 559, "Surely 389 he is torn 2963 in pieces 2963," and I have not seen 7200 him since.
29 'If you take 3947 this 2088 one 2088 also 1571 from me, and harm 611 befalls 7136 him, you will bring 3381 my gray 7872 hair 7872 down 3381 to Sheol 7585 in sorrow 7463.'
30 "Now 6258, therefore, when I come 935 to your servant 5650 my father 1, and the lad 5288 is not with us, since his life 5315 is bound 7194 up in the lad's life 5315,
31 when he sees 7200 that the lad 5288 is not {with us,} he will die 4191. Thus your servants 5650 will bring 3381 the gray 7872 hair 7872 of your servant 5650 our father 1 down 3381 to Sheol 7585 in sorrow 3015.
32 "For your servant 5650 became 6148 surety 6148 for the lad 5288 to my father 1, saying 559, 'If 518 I do not bring 935 him {back} to you, then let me bear 2398 the blame 2398 before my father 1 forever.'
33 "Now 6258, therefore, please 4994 let your servant 5650 remain 3427 instead 8478 of the lad 5288 a slave 5650 to my lord 113, and let the lad 5288 go 5927 up with his brothers 251.
34 "For how 349 shall I go 5927 up to my father 1 if the lad 5288 is not with me--for fear 6435 that I see 7200 the evil 7451 that would overtake 4672 my father 1?"

## Chapter 45

1

Joseph Deals Kindly with His Brothers

Then Joseph 3130 could 3201 not control 662 himself before all 3605 those who stood 5324 by him, and he cried 7121, "Have everyone 3605 go 3318 out from me." So there was no 3808 man 376 with him when Joseph 3130 made 3045 himself known 3045 to his brothers 251.
2 He wept so loudly 6963 that the Egyptians 4714 heard 8085 {it,} and the household 1004 of Pharaoh 6547 heard 8085 {of it.}
3 Then Joseph 3130 said 559 to his brothers 251, "I am Joseph 3130! Is my father 1 still 5750 alive 2416?" But his brothers 251 could 3201 not answer 6030 him, for they were dismayed 926 at his presence 6440.
4 ¶ Then Joseph 3130 said 559 to his brothers 251, "Please 4994 come 5066 closer 5066 to me." And they came 5066 closer 5066. And he said 559, "I am your brother 251 Joseph 3130, whom 834 you sold 4376 into Egypt 4714.
5 "Now 6258 do not be grieved 6087 or angry 2734 with yourselves 5869, because 3588 you sold 4376 me here 2008, for God 430 sent 7971 me before 6440 you to preserve 4241 life 4241.
6 "For the famine 7458 {has been} in the land 776 these 2088 two years 8141, and there are still 5750 five 2568 years 8141 in which 834 there 369 will be neither 369 plowing 2758 nor 369 harvesting 7105.
7 "God 430 sent 7971 me before 6440 you to preserve 7760 for you a remnant 7611 in the earth 776, and to keep 2421 you alive 2421 by a great 1419 deliverance 6413.
8 "Now 6258, therefore, it was not you who sent 7971 me here 2008, but God 430; and He has made 7760 me a father 1 to Pharaoh 6547 and lord 113 of all 3605 his household 1004 and ruler 4910 over all 3605 the land 776 of Egypt 4714.
9 "Hurry 4116 and go 5927 up to my father 1, and say 559 to him, 'Thus 3541 says 559 your son 1121 Joseph 3130, "God 430 has made 7760 me lord 113 of all 3605 Egypt 4714; come 3381 down 3381 to me, do not delay 5975.
10 "You shall live 3427 in the land 776 of Goshen 1657, and you shall be near 7138 me, you and your children 1121 and your children's 1121 children 1121 and your flocks 6629 and your herds 1241 and all 3605 that you have.
11 "There 8033 I will also provide 3557 for you, for there are still 5750 five 2568 years 8141 of famine 7458 {to come,} and you and your household 1004 and all 3605 that you have would be impoverished 3423."'
12 "Behold 2009, your eyes 5869 see 7200, and the eyes 5869 of my brother 251 Benjamin 1144 {see,} that it is my mouth 6310 which is speaking 1696 to you.
13 "Now you must tell 5046 my father 1 of all 3605 my splendor 3519 in Egypt 4714, and all 3605 that you have seen 7200; and you must hurry 4116 and bring 3381 my father 1 down 3381 here 2008."
14 Then he fell 5307 on his brother 251 Benjamin's 1144 neck 6677 and wept 1058, and Benjamin 1144 wept 1058 on his neck 6677.
15 He kissed 5401 all 3605 his brothers 251 and wept 1058 on them, and afterward his brothers 251 talked 1696 with him.
16 ¶ Now when the news 6963 was heard 8085 in Pharaoh's 6547 house 1004 that Joseph's 3130 brothers 251 had come 935, it pleased Pharaoh 6547 and his servants 5650.
17 Then Pharaoh 6547 said 559 to Joseph 3130, "Say 559 to your brothers 251, 'Do 6213 this 2088: load 2943 your beasts 1165 and go to the land 776 of Canaan 3667,
18 and take 3947 your father 1 and your households 1004 and come 935 to me, and I will give 5414 you the best 2898 of the land 776 of Egypt 4714 and you will eat 398 the fat 2459 of the land 776.'
19 "Now you are ordered 6680, 'Do 6213 this 2088: take 3947 wagons 5699 from the land 776 of Egypt 4714 for your little 2945 ones 2945 and for your wives 802, and bring 5375 your father 1 and come 935.
20 'Do not concern yourselves 5869 with your goods 3627, for the best 2898 of all 3605 the land 776 of Egypt 4714 is yours.'"
21 ¶ Then the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 did 6213 so 3651; and Joseph 3130 gave 5414 them wagons 5699 according 5921 to the command 6310 of Pharaoh 6547, and gave 5414 them provisions 6720 for the journey 1870.
22 To each of them he gave 5414 changes 2487 of garments 8071, but to Benjamin 1144 he gave 5414 three 7969 hundred 3967 {pieces of} silver 3701 and five 2568 changes 2487 of garments 8071.
23 To his father 1 he sent 7971 as follows 2088: ten 6235 donkeys 2543 loaded 5375 with the best 2898 things 2898 of Egypt 4714, and ten 6235 female 860 donkeys 860 loaded 5375 with grain 1250 and bread 3899 and sustenance 4202 for his father 1 on the journey 1870.
24 ¶ So he sent 7971 his brothers 251 away 7971, and as they departed 1980, he said 559 to them, "Do not quarrel 7264 on the journey 1870."
25 Then they went 5927 up from Egypt 4714, and came 935 to the land 776 of Canaan 3667 to their father 1 Jacob 3290.
26 They told 5046 him, saying 559, "Joseph 3130 is still 5750 alive 2416, and indeed 3588 he is ruler 4910 over all 3605 the land 776 of Egypt 4714." But he was stunned 6313, for he did not believe 539 them.
27 When they told 1696 him all 3605 the words 1697 of Joseph 3130 that he had spoken 1696 to them, and when he saw 7200 the wagons 5699 that Joseph 3130 had sent 7971 to carry 5375 him, the spirit 7307 of their father 1 Jacob 3290 revived 2421.
28 Then Israel 3478 said 559, "It is enough 7227; my son 1121 Joseph 3130 is still 5750 alive 2416. I will go 1980 and see 7200 him before 2962 I die 4191."

## Chapter 46

1

Jacob Moves to Egypt

So Israel 3478 set 5265 out with all 3605 that he had, and came 935 to Beersheba 884, and offered 2076 sacrifices 2077 to the God 430 of his father 1 Isaac 3327.
2 God 430 spoke 559 to Israel 3478 in visions 4759 of the night 3915 and said 559, "Jacob 3290, Jacob 3290." And he said 559, "Here 2009 I am."
3 He said 559, "I am God 410, the God 430 of your father 1; do not be afraid 3372 to go 3381 down 3381 to Egypt 4714, for I will make 7760 you a great 1419 nation 1471 there 8033.
4 "I will go 3381 down 3381 with you to Egypt 4714, and I will also 1571 surely 5927 bring 5927 you up again 3254; and Joseph 3130 will close your eyes 5869."
5 ¶ Then Jacob 3290 arose 6965 from Beersheba 884; and the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 carried 5375 their father 1 Jacob 3290 and their little 2945 ones 2945 and their wives 802 in the wagons 5699 which 834 Pharaoh 6547 had sent 7971 to carry 5375 him.
6 They took 3947 their livestock 4735 and their property 7399, which 834 they had acquired 7408 in the land 776 of Canaan 3667, and came 935 to Egypt 4714, Jacob 3290 and all 3605 his descendants 2233 with him:
7 his sons 1121 and his grandsons 1121 with him, his daughters 1323 and his granddaughters, and all 3605 his descendants 2233 he brought 935 with him to Egypt 4714.
8

Those Who Came to Egypt

¶ Now these 428 are the names 8034 of the sons 1121 of Israel 3478, Jacob 3290 and his sons 1121, who went 935 to Egypt 4714: Reuben 7205, Jacob's 3290 firstborn 1060.
9 The sons 1121 of Reuben 7205: Hanoch 2585 and Pallu 6396 and Hezron 2696 and Carmi 3756.
10 The sons 1121 of Simeon 8095: Jemuel 3223 and Jamin 3226 and Ohad 161 and Jachin 3199 and Zohar 6714 and Shaul 7586 the son 1121 of a Canaanite 3669 woman.
11 The sons 1121 of Levi 3878: Gershon 1648, Kohath 6955, and Merari 4847.
12 The sons 1121 of Judah 3063: Er 6147 and Onan 209 and Shelah 7956 and Perez 6557 and Zerah 2226 (but Er 6147 and Onan 209 died 4191 in the land 776 of Canaan 3667). And the sons 1121 of Perez 6557 were Hezron 2696 and Hamul 2538.
13 The sons 1121 of Issachar 3485: Tola 8439 and Puvvah 6312 and Iob 3102 and Shimron 8110.
14 The sons 1121 of Zebulun 2074: Sered 5624 and Elon 356 and Jahleel 3177.
15 These 428 are the sons 1121 of Leah 3812, whom 834 she bore 3205 to Jacob 3290 in Paddan-aram 6307, with his daughter 1323 Dinah 1783; all 3605 his sons 1121 and his daughters 1323 {numbered} thirty-three.
16 The sons 1121 of Gad 1410: Ziphion 6837 and Haggi 2291, Shuni 7764 and Ezbon 675, Eri 6179 and Arodi 722 and Areli 692.
17 The sons 1121 of Asher 836: Imnah 3232 and Ishvah 3438 and Ishvi 3440 and Beriah 1283 and their sister 269 Serah 8294. And the sons 1121 of Beriah 1283: Heber 2268 and Malchiel 4439.
18 These 428 are the sons 1121 of Zilpah 2153, whom 834 Laban 3837 gave 5414 to his daughter 1323 Leah 3812; and she bore 3205 to Jacob 3290 these 428 sixteen persons 5315.
19 The sons 1121 of Jacob's 3290 wife 802 Rachel 7354: Joseph 3130 and Benjamin 1144.
20 Now to Joseph 3130 in the land 776 of Egypt 4714 were born 3205 Manasseh 4519 and Ephraim 669, whom 834 Asenath 621, the daughter 1323 of Potiphera 6319, priest 3548 of On 204, bore 3205 to him.
21 The sons 1121 of Benjamin 1144: Bela 1106 and Becher 1071 and Ashbel 788, Gera 1617 and Naaman 5283, Ehi 278 and Rosh 7220, Muppim 4649 and Huppim 2650 and Ard 714.
22 These 428 are the sons 1121 of Rachel 7354, who 834 were born 3205 to Jacob 3290; {there were} fourteen persons 5315 in all 3605.
23 The sons 1121 of Dan 1835: Hushim 2366.
24 The sons 1121 of Naphtali 5321: Jahzeel 3183 and Guni 1476 and Jezer 3337 and Shillem 8006.
25 These 428 are the sons 1121 of Bilhah 1090, whom 834 Laban 3837 gave 5414 to his daughter 1323 Rachel 7354, and she bore 3205 these 428 to Jacob 3290; {there were} seven 7651 persons 5315 in all 3605.
26 All 3605 the persons 5315 belonging to Jacob 3290, who came 935 to Egypt 4714, his direct 3409 descendants 3318, not including 905 the wives 802 of Jacob's 3290 sons 1121, {were} sixty-six persons 5315 in all 3605,
27 and the sons 1121 of Joseph 3130, who were born 3205 to him in Egypt 4714 were two 8147; all 3605 the persons 5315 of the house 1004 of Jacob 3290, who came 935 to Egypt 4714, {were} seventy 7657.
28 ¶ Now he sent 7971 Judah 3063 before 6440 him to Joseph 3130, to point 3384 out {the way} before 6440 him to Goshen 1657; and they came 935 into the land 776 of Goshen 1657.
29 Joseph 3130 prepared 631 his chariot 4818 and went 5927 up to Goshen 1657 to meet 7122 his father 1 Israel 3478; as soon as he appeared 7200 before 413 him, he fell 5307 on his neck 6677 and wept 1058 on his neck 6677 a long 5750 time 5750.
30 Then Israel 3478 said 559 to Joseph 3130, "Now 6471 let me die 4191, since 310 I have seen 7200 your face 6440, that you are still 5750 alive 2416."
31 Joseph 3130 said 559 to his brothers 251 and to his father's 1 household 1004, "I will go 5927 up and tell 5046 Pharaoh 6547, and will say 559 to him, 'My brothers 251 and my father's 1 household 1004, who 834 {were} in the land 776 of Canaan 3667, have come 935 to me;
32 and the men 376 are shepherds 7462, for they have been 1961 keepers 376 of livestock 4735; and they have brought 935 their flocks 6629 and their herds 1241 and all 3605 that they have.'
33 "When 3588 Pharaoh 6547 calls 7121 you and says 559, 'What 4100 is your occupation 4639?'
34 you shall say 559, 'Your servants 5650 have been 1961 keepers 376 of livestock 4735 from our youth 5271 even until 5704 now 6258, both 1571 we and our fathers 1,' that you may live 3427 in the land 776 of Goshen 1657; for every 3605 shepherd 7462 is loathsome 8441 to the Egyptians 4714."

## Chapter 47

1

Jacob's Family Settles in Goshen

Then Joseph 3130 went 935 in and told 5046 Pharaoh 6547, and said 559, "My father 1 and my brothers 251 and their flocks 6629 and their herds 1241 and all 3605 that they have, have come 935 out of the land 776 of Canaan 3667; and behold 2009, they are in the land 776 of Goshen 1657."
2 He took 3947 five 2568 men 376 from among 7097 his brothers 251 and presented them to Pharaoh 6547.
3 Then Pharaoh 6547 said 559 to his brothers 251, "What 4100 is your occupation 4639?" So they said 559 to Pharaoh 6547, "Your servants 5650 are shepherds 7462, both 1571 we and our fathers 1."
4 They said 559 to Pharaoh 6547, "We have come 935 to sojourn 1481 in the land 776, for there 369 is no 369 pasture 4829 for your servants' 5650 flocks 6629, for the famine 7458 is severe 3515 in the land 776 of Canaan 3667. Now 6258, therefore, please 4994 let your servants 5650 live 3427 in the land 776 of Goshen 1657."
5 Then Pharaoh 6547 said 559 to Joseph 3130, "Your father 1 and your brothers 251 have come 935 to you.
6 "The land 776 of Egypt 4714 is at your disposal 6440; settle 3427 your father 1 and your brothers 251 in the best 4315 of the land 776, let them live 3427 in the land 776 of Goshen 1657; and if 518 you know 3045 any 3426 capable 2428 men 376 among them, then put 7760 them in charge 8269 of my livestock 4735."
7 ¶ Then Joseph 3130 brought 935 his father 1 Jacob 3290 and presented him to Pharaoh 6547; and Jacob 3290 blessed 1288 Pharaoh 6547.
8 Pharaoh 6547 said 559 to Jacob 3290, "How 4100 many 4100 years 8141 have you lived 2425?"
9 So Jacob 3290 said 559 to Pharaoh 6547, "The years 8141 of my sojourning 4033 are one hundred 3967 and thirty 7970; few 4592 and unpleasant 7451 have been 1961 the years 8141 of my life 2425, nor 3808 have they attained 5381 the years 8141 that my fathers 1 lived 2425 during the days 3117 of their sojourning 4033."
10 And Jacob 3290 blessed 1288 Pharaoh 6547, and went 3318 out from his presence 6440.
11 So Joseph 3130 settled 3427 his father 1 and his brothers 251 and gave 5414 them a possession 272 in the land 776 of Egypt 4714, in the best 4315 of the land 776, in the land 776 of Rameses 7486, as Pharaoh 6547 had ordered 6680.
12 Joseph 3130 provided 3557 his father 1 and his brothers 251 and all 3605 his father's 1 household 1004 with food 3899, according 6310 to their little 2945 ones 2945.
13 ¶ Now there 369 was no 369 food 3899 in all 3605 the land 776, because 3588 the famine 7458 was very 3966 severe 3515, so that the land 776 of Egypt 4714 and the land 776 of Canaan 3667 languished 3856 because of the famine 7458.
14 Joseph 3130 gathered 3950 all 3605 the money 3701 that was found 4672 in the land 776 of Egypt 4714 and in the land 776 of Canaan 3667 for the grain 7668 which 834 they bought 7666, and Joseph 3130 brought 935 the money 3701 into Pharaoh's 6547 house 1004.
15 When the money 3701 was all 8552 spent 8552 in the land 776 of Egypt 4714 and in the land 776 of Canaan 3667, all 3605 the Egyptians 4714 came 935 to Joseph 3130 and said 559, "Give 3051 us food 3899, for why 4100 should we die 4191 in your presence 5048? For {our} money 3701 is gone 656."
16 Then Joseph 3130 said 559, "Give 3051 up your livestock 4735, and I will give 5414 you {food} for your livestock 4735, since 518 {your} money 3701 is gone 656."
17 So they brought 935 their livestock 4735 to Joseph 3130, and Joseph 3130 gave 5414 them food 3899 in exchange for the horses 5483 and the flocks 6629 and the herds 1241 and the donkeys 2543; and he fed 5095 them with food 3899 in exchange for all 3605 their livestock 4735 that year 8141.
18 When that year 8141 was ended 8552, they came 935 to him the next 8145 year 8141 and said 559 to him, "We will not hide 3582 from my lord 113 that our money 3701 is all 8552 spent 8552, and the cattle are my lord's 113. There is nothing 3808 left 7604 for my lord 113 except our bodies 1472 and our lands 127.
19 "Why 4100 should we die 4191 before your eyes 5869, both 1571 we and our land 127? Buy 7069 us and our land 127 for food 3899, and we and our land 127 will be slaves 5650 to Pharaoh 6547. So give 5414 us seed 2233, that we may live 2421 and not die 4191, and that the land 127 may not be desolate 3456."
20

Result of the Famine

¶ So Joseph 3130 bought 7069 all 3605 the land 127 of Egypt 4714 for Pharaoh 6547, for every 376 Egyptian 4714 sold 4376 his field 7704, because 3588 the famine 7458 was severe 2388 upon them. Thus the land 776 became 1961 Pharaoh's 6547.
21 As for the people 5971, he removed 5674 them to the cities 5892 from one end 7097 of Egypt's 4714 border 1366 to the other 7097.
22 Only 7534 the land 127 of the priests 3548 he did not buy 7069, for the priests 3548 had an allotment 2706 from Pharaoh 6547, and they lived 398 off 398 the allotment 2706 which 834 Pharaoh 6547 gave 5414 them. Therefore, they did not sell 4376 their land 127.
23 Then Joseph 3130 said 559 to the people 5971, "Behold 2005, I have today 3117 bought 7069 you and your land 127 for Pharaoh 6547; now 1887, {here} is seed 2233 for you, and you may sow 2232 the land 127.
24 "At the harvest 8393 you shall give 5414 a fifth 2549 to Pharaoh 6547, and four-fifths shall be your own for seed 2233 of the field 7704 and for your food 400 and for those of your households 1004 and as food 398 for your little 2945 ones 2945."
25 So they said 559, "You have saved 2421 our lives 2421! Let us find 4672 favor 2580 in the sight 5869 of my lord 113, and we will be Pharaoh's 6547 slaves 5650."
26 Joseph 3130 made 7760 it a statute 2706 concerning 5921 the land 127 of Egypt 4714 {valid} to this 2088 day 3117, that Pharaoh 6547 should have the fifth 2569; only 7534 the land 127 of the priests 3548 did not become 1961 Pharaoh's 6547.
27 ¶ Now Israel 3478 lived 3427 in the land 776 of Egypt 4714, in Goshen 1657, and they acquired 270 property 270 in it and were fruitful 6509 and became 7235 very 3966 numerous 7235.
28 Jacob 3290 lived 2421 in the land 776 of Egypt 4714 seventeen years 8141; so the length 3117 of Jacob's 3290 life 2425 was one hundred 3967 and forty-seven years 8141.
29 ¶ When the time 3117 for Israel 3478 to die 4191 drew 7126 near 7126, he called 7121 his son 1121 Joseph 3130 and said 559 to him, "Please 4994, if 518 I have found 4672 favor 2580 in your sight 5869, place 7760 now 4994 your hand 3027 under 8478 my thigh 3409 and deal 6213 with me in kindness 2617 and faithfulness 571. Please 4994 do not bury 6912 me in Egypt 4714,
30 but when I lie 7901 down 7901 with my fathers 1, you shall carry 5375 me out of Egypt 4714 and bury 6912 me in their burial 6900 place 6900." And he said 559, "I will do 6213 as you have said 1697."
31 He said 559, "Swear 7650 to me." So he swore 7650 to him. Then Israel 3478 bowed 7812 {in worship} at the head 7218 of the bed 4296.

## Chapter 48

1

Israel's Last Days

Now it came 1961 about after 310 these 428 things 1697 that Joseph 3130 was told 559, "Behold 2009, your father 1 is sick 2470." So he took 3947 his two 8147 sons 1121 Manasseh 4519 and Ephraim 669 with him.
2 When it was told 5046 to Jacob 3290, "Behold 2009, your son 1121 Joseph 3130 has come 935 to you," Israel 3478 collected 2388 his strength 2388 and sat 3427 up in the bed 4296.
3 Then Jacob 3290 said 559 to Joseph 3130, "God 410 Almighty 7706 appeared 7200 to me at Luz 3870 in the land 776 of Canaan 3667 and blessed 1288 me,
4 and He said 559 to me, 'Behold 2009, I will make 6509 you fruitful 6509 and numerous 7235, and I will make 5414 you a company 6951 of peoples 5971, and will give 5414 this 2088 land 776 to your descendants 2233 after 310 you for an everlasting 5769 possession 272.'
5 "Now 6258 your two 8147 sons 1121, who were born 3205 to you in the land 776 of Egypt 4714 before 5704 I came 935 to you in Egypt 4714, are mine; Ephraim 669 and Manasseh 4519 shall be mine, as Reuben 7205 and Simeon 8095 are.
6 "But your offspring 4138 that have been born 3205 after 310 them shall be yours; they shall be called 7121 by the names 8034 of their brothers 251 in their inheritance 5159.
7 "Now as for me, when I came 935 from Paddan 6307, Rachel 7354 died 4191, to my sorrow 5921, in the land 776 of Canaan 3667 on the journey 1870, when there was still 5750 some 3530 distance to go 935 to Ephrath 672; and I buried 6912 her there 8033 on the way 1870 to Ephrath 672 (that is, Bethlehem 1035)."
8 ¶ When Israel 3478 saw 7200 Joseph's 3130 sons 1121, he said 559, "Who 4310 are these 428?"
9 Joseph 3130 said 559 to his father 1, "They are my sons 1121, whom 834 God 430 has given 5414 me here 2088." So he said 559, "Bring 3947 them to me, please 4994, that I may bless 1288 them."
10 Now the eyes 5869 of Israel 3478 were {so} dim 3513 from age 2207 {that} he could 3201 not see 7200. Then Joseph brought 5066 them close 5066 to him, and he kissed 5401 them and embraced 2263 them.
11 Israel 3478 said 559 to Joseph 3130, "I never 3808 expected 6419 to see 7200 your face 6440, and behold 2009, God 430 has let me see 7200 your children 2233 as well 1571."
12 Then Joseph 3130 took 3318 them from his knees 1290, and bowed 7812 with his face 639 to the ground 776.
13 Joseph 3130 took 3947 them both 8147, Ephraim 669 with his right 3225 hand 3225 toward 4480 Israel's 3478 left 8040, and Manasseh 4519 with his left 8040 hand 8040 toward 4480 Israel's 3478 right 3225, and brought 5066 them close 5066 to him.
14 But Israel 3478 stretched 7971 out his right 3225 hand 3225 and laid 7896 it on the head 7218 of Ephraim 669, who 1931 was the younger 6810, and his left 8040 hand 8040 on Manasseh's 4519 head 7218, crossing 7919 his hands 3027, although 3588 Manasseh 4519 was the firstborn 1060.
15 He blessed 1288 Joseph 3130, and said 559, "The God 430 before 6440 whom 834 my fathers 1 Abraham 85 and Isaac 3327 walked 1980, The God 430 who has been my shepherd 7462 all my life 5750 to this 2088 day 3117,
16 The angel 4397 who has redeemed 1350 me from all 3605 evil 7451, Bless 1288 the lads 5288; And may my name 8034 live 7121 on in them, And the names 8034 of my fathers 1 Abraham 85 and Isaac 3327; And may they grow 1711 into a multitude 7230 in the midst 7130 of the earth 776."
17 ¶ When Joseph 3130 saw 7200 that his father 1 laid 7896 his right 3225 hand 3027 on Ephraim's 669 head 7218, it displeased 7489 him; and he grasped 8551 his father's 1 hand 3027 to remove 5493 it from Ephraim's 669 head 7218 to Manasseh's 4519 head 7218.
18 Joseph 3130 said 559 to his father 1, "Not so 3651, my father 1, for this 2088 one 2088 is the firstborn 1060. Place 7760 your right 3225 hand 3225 on his head 7218."
19 But his father 1 refused 3985 and said 559, "I know 3045, my son 1121, I know 3045; he also 1571 will become 1961 a people 5971 and he also 1571 will be great 1431. However 199, his younger 6996 brother 251 shall be greater 1431 than 4480 he, and his descendants 2233 shall become 1961 a multitude 4393 of nations 1471."
20 He blessed 1288 them that day 3117, saying 559, "By you Israel 3478 will pronounce 1288 blessing 1288, saying 559, 'May God 430 make 7760 you like Ephraim 669 and Manasseh 4519!'" Thus he put 7760 Ephraim 669 before 6440 Manasseh 4519.
21 Then Israel 3478 said 559 to Joseph 3130, "Behold 2009, I am about to die 4191, but God 430 will be with you, and bring 7725 you back 7725 to the land 776 of your fathers 1.
22 "I give 5414 you one 259 portion 7926 more 5921 than 5921 your brothers 251, which 834 I took 3947 from the hand 3027 of the Amorite 567 with my sword 2719 and my bow 7198."

## Chapter 49

1

Israel's Prophecy concerning His Sons

Then Jacob 3290 summoned 7121 his sons 1121 and said 559, "Assemble 622 yourselves that I may tell 5046 you what 834 will befall 7122 you in the days 3117 to come 319.
2 "Gather 6908 together and hear 8085, O sons 1121 of Jacob 3290; And listen 8085 to Israel 3478 your father 1.
3 ¶ "Reuben 7205, you are my firstborn 1060; My might 3581 and the beginning 7225 of my strength 202, Preeminent 3499 in dignity 7613 and preeminent 3499 in power 5794.
4 "Uncontrolled 6349 as water 4325, you shall not have 3498 preeminence 3498, Because 3588 you went 5927 up to your father's 1 bed 4904; Then 227 you defiled 2490 {it}--he went 5927 up to my couch 3326.
5 ¶ "Simeon 8095 and Levi 3878 are brothers 251; Their swords 4380 are implements 3627 of violence 2555.
6 "Let my soul 5315 not enter 935 into their council 5475; Let not my glory 3519 be united 3161 with their assembly 6951; Because 3588 in their anger 639 they slew 2026 men 376, And in their self-will 7522 they lamed 6136 oxen 7794.
7 "Cursed 779 be their anger 639, for it is fierce 5794; And their wrath 5678, for it is cruel 7185. I will disperse 2505 them in Jacob 3290, And scatter 6327 them in Israel 3478.
8 ¶ "Judah 3063, your brothers 251 shall praise 3034 you; Your hand 3027 shall be on the neck 6203 of your enemies 340; Your father's 1 sons 1121 shall bow 7812 down 7812 to you.
9 "Judah 3063 is a lion's 743 whelp 1482; From the prey 2964, my son 1121, you have gone 5927 up. He couches 3766, he lies 7257 down 7257 as a lion 743, And as a lion 3833, who 4310 dares rouse 6965 him up?
10 "The scepter 7626 shall not depart 5493 from Judah 3063, Nor 3808 the ruler's 2710 staff 2710 from between 996 his feet 7272, Until Shiloh 7886 comes 935, And to him {shall be} the obedience 3349 of the peoples 5971.
11 "He ties 631 {his} foal 5895 to the vine 1612, And his donkey's 860 colt 1121 to the choice 8321 vine 8321; He washes 3526 his garments 3830 in wine 3196, And his robes 5497 in the blood 1818 of grapes 6025.
12 "His eyes 5869 are dull 2447 from wine 3196, And his teeth 8127 white 3836 from milk 2461.
13 ¶ "Zebulun 2074 will dwell 7931 at the seashore; And he {shall be} a haven 2348 for ships 591, And his flank 3411 {shall be} toward 5921 Sidon 6721.
14 ¶ "Issachar 3485 is a strong 1634 donkey 2543, Lying 7257 down 7257 between 996 the sheepfolds 4942.
15 "When he saw 7200 that a resting 4496 place 4496 was good 2896 And that the land 776 was pleasant 5276, He bowed 5186 his shoulder 7926 to bear 5445 {burdens,} And became 1961 a slave 5647 at forced 4522 labor 4522.
16 ¶ "Dan 1835 shall judge 1777 his people 5971, As one 259 of the tribes 7626 of Israel 3478.
17 "Dan 1835 shall be a serpent 5175 in the way 1870, A horned 8207 snake 8207 in the path 734, That bites 5391 the horse's 5483 heels 6119, So that his rider 7392 falls 5307 backward 268.
18 "For Your salvation 3444 I wait 6960, O LORD 3068.
19 ¶ "As for Gad 1410, raiders 1416 shall raid 1464 him, But he will raid 1464 {at} their heels 6119.
20 ¶ "As for Asher 836, his food 3899 shall be rich 8082, And he will yield 5414 royal 4428 dainties 4574.
21 ¶ "Naphtali 5321 is a doe 355 let 7971 loose 7971, He gives 5414 beautiful 8233 words 561.
22 ¶ "Joseph 3130 is a fruitful 6509 bough 1121, A fruitful 6509 bough 1121 by a spring 5869; {Its} branches 1323 run 6805 over 5921 a wall 7791.
23 "The archers bitterly 4843 attacked him, And shot 7232 {at him} and harassed 7852 him;
24 But his bow 7198 remained 3427 firm 386, And his arms 2220 were agile 6339, From the hands 3027 of the Mighty 46 One 46 of Jacob 3290 (From there 8033 is the Shepherd 7462, the Stone 68 of Israel 3478),
25 From the God 410 of your father 1 who helps 5826 you, And by the Almighty 7706 who blesses 1288 you {With} blessings 1293 of heaven 8064 above, Blessings 1293 of the deep 8415 that lies 7257 beneath 8478, Blessings 1293 of the breasts 7699 and of the womb 7358.
26 "The blessings 1293 of your father 1 Have surpassed 1396 the blessings 1293 of my ancestors 2029 Up to the utmost 8379 bound 8379 of the everlasting 5769 hills 1389; May they be on the head 7218 of Joseph 3130, And on the crown 6936 of the head 6936 of the one 5139 distinguished 5139 among his brothers 251.
27 ¶ "Benjamin 1144 is a ravenous 2963 wolf 2061; In the morning 1242 he devours 398 the prey 5706, And in the evening 6153 he divides 2505 the spoil 7998."
28 ¶ All 3605 these 428 are the twelve tribes 7626 of Israel 3478, and this 2088 is what 834 their father 1 said 1696 to them when he blessed 1288 them. He blessed 1288 them, every 376 one 376 with the blessing 1293 appropriate to him.
29 Then he charged 6680 them and said 559 to them, "I am about to be gathered 622 to my people 5971; bury 6912 me with my fathers 1 in the cave 4631 that is in the field 7704 of Ephron 6085 the Hittite 2850,
30 in the cave 4631 that is in the field 7704 of Machpelah 4375, which 834 is before Mamre 4471, in the land 776 of Canaan 3667, which 834 Abraham 85 bought 7069 along with the field 7704 from Ephron 6085 the Hittite 2850 for a burial 6913 site 272.
31 "There 8033 they buried 6912 Abraham 85 and his wife 802 Sarah 8283, there 8033 they buried 6912 Isaac 3327 and his wife 802 Rebekah 7259, and there 8033 I buried 6912 Leah 3812--
32 the field 7704 and the cave 4631 that is in it, purchased 4735 from the sons 1121 of Heth 2845."
33 When Jacob 3290 finished 3615 charging 6680 his sons 1121, he drew 622 his feet 7272 into the bed 4296 and breathed 1478 his last 1478, and was gathered 622 to his people 5971.

## Chapter 50

1

The Death of Israel

Then Joseph 3130 fell 5307 on his father's 1 face 6440, and wept 1058 over 5921 him and kissed 5401 him.
2 Joseph 3130 commanded 6680 his servants 5650 the physicians 7495 to embalm 2590 his father 1. So the physicians 7495 embalmed 2590 Israel 3478.
3 Now forty 705 days 3117 were required 4390 for it, for such 3651 is the period 3117 required 4390 for embalming 2591. And the Egyptians 4714 wept 1058 for him seventy 7657 days 3117.
4 ¶ When the days 3117 of mourning 1068 for him were past 5674, Joseph 3130 spoke 1696 to the household 1004 of Pharaoh 6547, saying 559, "If 518 now 4994 I have found 4672 favor 2580 in your sight 5869, please 4994 speak 1696 to Pharaoh 6547, saying 559,
5 'My father 1 made me swear 7650, saying 559, "Behold 2009, I am about to die 4191; in my grave 6913 which 834 I dug 3738 for myself in the land 776 of Canaan 3667, there 8033 you shall bury 6912 me." Now 6258 therefore, please 4994 let me go 5927 up and bury 6912 my father 1; then I will return 7725.'"
6 Pharaoh 6547 said 559, "Go 5927 up and bury 6912 your father 1, as he made you swear 7650."
7 ¶ So Joseph 3130 went 5927 up to bury 6912 his father 1, and with him went 5927 up all 3605 the servants 5650 of Pharaoh 6547, the elders 2205 of his household 1004 and all 3605 the elders 2205 of the land 776 of Egypt 4714,
8 and all 3605 the household 1004 of Joseph 3130 and his brothers 251 and his father's 1 household 1004; they left 5800 only 7534 their little 2945 ones 2945 and their flocks 6629 and their herds 1241 in the land 776 of Goshen 1657.
9 There also went 5927 up with him both 1571 chariots 7393 and horsemen 6571; and it was a very 3966 great 3515 company 4264.
10 When they came 935 to the threshing 1637 floor 1637 of Atad 329, which 834 is beyond 5676 the Jordan 3383, they lamented 5594 there 8033 with a very 3966 great 1419 and sorrowful 3515 lamentation 4553; and he observed 6213 seven 7651 days 3117 mourning 60 for his father 1.
11 Now when the inhabitants 3427 of the land 776, the Canaanites 3669, saw 7200 the mourning 60 at the threshing 1637 floor 1637 of Atad 329, they said 559, "This 2088 is a grievous 3515 mourning 60 for the Egyptians 4714." Therefore it was named Abel-mizraim 67, which 834 is beyond 5676 the Jordan 3383.
12

Burial at Machpelah

Thus 3651 his sons 1121 did 6213 for him as he had charged 6680 them;
13 for his sons 1121 carried 5375 him to the land 776 of Canaan 3667 and buried 6912 him in the cave 4631 of the field 7704 of Machpelah 4375 before Mamre 4471, which 834 Abraham 85 had bought 7069 along with the field 7704 for a burial 6913 site 272 from Ephron 6085 the Hittite 2850.
14 After 310 he had buried 6912 his father 1, Joseph 3130 returned 7725 to Egypt 4714, he and his brothers 251, and all 3605 who had gone 5927 up with him to bury 6912 his father 1.
15 ¶ When Joseph's 3130 brothers 251 saw 7200 that their father 1 was dead 4191, they said 559, "What if Joseph 3130 bears 7852 a grudge 7852 against 7852 us and pays 7725 us back 7725 in full 7725 for all 3605 the wrong 7463 which 834 we did 1580 to him!"
16 So they sent 6680 {a message} to Joseph 3130, saying 559, "Your father 1 charged 6680 before 6440 he died 4194, saying 559,
17 'Thus 3541 you shall say 559 to Joseph 3130, "Please 4994 forgive 5375, I beg 577 you, the transgression 6588 of your brothers 251 and their sin 2403, for they did 1580 you wrong 7463."' And now 6258, please 4994 forgive 5375 the transgression 6588 of the servants 5650 of the God 430 of your father 1." And Joseph 3130 wept 1058 when they spoke 1696 to him.
18 Then his brothers 251 also 1571 came 1980 and fell 5307 down 5307 before 6440 him and said 559, "Behold 2009, we are your servants 5650."
19 But Joseph 3130 said 559 to them, "Do not be afraid 3372, for am I in God's 430 place 8478?
20 "As for you, you meant 2803 evil 7463 against 5921 me, {but} God 430 meant 2803 it for good 2899 in order 4616 to bring 6213 about 6213 this 2088 present 3117 result, to preserve 2421 many 7227 people 5971 alive 2421.
21 "So 6258 therefore, do not be afraid 3372; I will provide 3557 for you and your little 2945 ones 2945." So he comforted 5162 them and spoke 1696 kindly 3820 to them.
22

Death of Joseph

¶ Now Joseph 3130 stayed 3427 in Egypt 4714, he and his father's 1 household 1004, and Joseph 3130 lived 2421 one hundred 3967 and ten 6235 years 8141.
23 Joseph 3130 saw 7200 the third 8029 generation of Ephraim's 669 sons 1121; also 1571 the sons 1121 of Machir 4353, the son 1121 of Manasseh 4519, were born 3205 on Joseph's 3130 knees 1290.
24 Joseph 3130 said 559 to his brothers 251, "I am about to die 4191, but God 430 will surely 6485 take 6485 care 6485 of you and bring 5927 you up from this 2088 land 776 to the land 776 which 834 He promised 7650 on oath 7650 to Abraham 85, to Isaac 3327 and to Jacob 3290."
25 Then Joseph 3130 made the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 swear 7650, saying 559, "God 430 will surely 6485 take 6485 care 6485 of you, and you shall carry 5927 my bones 6106 up from here 2088."
26 So Joseph 3130 died 4191 at the age 1121 of one hundred 3967 and ten 6235 years 8141; and he was embalmed 2590 and placed 7760 in a coffin 727 in Egypt 4714.