39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; f of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night. 40 Thus I was; in the day the f Ex.22.10. h ver.7. Laban returneth. 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, t judge betwixt us. u And Jacob sware by the fear v of his father Isaac. 54 Then Jacob 11 offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his drought consumed me, and the m 1Ch.12.17. brethren to eat bread: and they frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes. 41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen g years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages h ten times. 42 Except i the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and k the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked m thee yesternight. Jude 9. 21.27. p ch.28.18. 9 Heb. the 10 i. e. a bea con, or, q Ju.11.29. 1 Sam. 12.5. 43¶ And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattles ver.45,48. are my cattle, and all that thou. seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, t Jos.24.2. or unto their children which they u ch. 16.5. have borne? 44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, n I and thou; and let it be for a witness o between me and thee. 45 And Jacob took a stone, p and set it up for a pillar. v ver.42. 11 or, killed did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount. 55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed w them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place, z CHAPTER XXXII. 1 Jacob's vision: 3 his message, 13 and present to Esau: 24 wrestling with an angel, he is called Israel. Jacob went his the angels of God a met him. 2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's b host: and he called the name of that place 1Mahanaim.c 3 And Jacob sent messengers before him d to Esau his brother, unto the land of e Seir, the 2 country of Edom. 4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my flord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: 5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womensérvants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace (CHAP. 32.) gin thy sight. beasts. w ch.28.1. a Ps.91.11. Heb. 1.14. 46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap and b Jos.5.14. they did eat there upon the heap. 47 And Laban called it 8 Jegarsaha-dutha: but Jacob called it 9 Galeed. 48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; 1 Ps.34.7. 103.21. Luke 2.13. c Jos.21.38. d Lu. 14.31, e 32. 49 And 10 Mizpah; q for he said, The LORD watch between me and Deut.2.5. 2 field. thee, when we are absent one from f Pr. 15.1. another. g ch.33.8,15. 50 If thou shalt afflict my daugh-h ch.35.3, ters, or if thou shalt take other Ps.107.6. wives beside my daughters, no man i Ps.50.15. is with us; see, God is r witness 91.15. betwixt me and thee. k ch.31.3,13. 51 And Laban said to Jacob, Be-3 I am less than all, hold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me &c. and thee; 1 ch.24.27. Ps.86.5. m Ps.61.7. 85.10 n Job 8.7. 52 This heap be witness, s and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for o Ps.59.1,2. harin. 6 T And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: h and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; 8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. 9 And Jacob said, i O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, k Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: 10 I am 3 not worthy of the least of all the mercies, I and of all the truth, m which thou has shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am n become two bands. 11 Deliver me, o I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and Jacob's wrestling. GENESIS, XXXIII. Jacob's name changed. B. C. 1739. | be called no more w Jacob, but 8 Israel for as a prince hast thou power with a God and with men, and hast prevailed. upon. p Hos. 10. 14. the mother 4 with the p children. 12 And thou q saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed | 4 as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. 13 And he lodged there that 9 ch.28.13same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present r Pr. 18. 16. r for Esau his brother; 14 Two hundred she goats and s Pr.21.14. twenty he goats, two hundred | 5 my face, ewes, and twenty rams, 15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. 16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. 17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee? 18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a presents sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us. 19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him. 20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease s him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of 5 me. 21 So went the present over before him and himself lodged that night in the company. 22 And he rose up that night, and 15. Job 42.8,9. t Deut.3.16. 6 caused to pass. u Hos. 12.3,4. ascending of the morning. v Luke 18.1. 1 Co. 15.58. w ch.35.10. 2 Ki. 17.34. a prince of God. x Hos. 12.3,4. y ch.31.24. 33.4. z Ju. 13. 18. 91. e. the face of God. a Ex.24.11. 33.20. Deut.5.24. 34.10. Ju.6.22. 29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask z after my name? And he blessed him there. 30 And Jacob called the name of the place 9 Peniel: for I have seen God face to a face, and my life is preserved. 31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. 32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank. CHAPTER XXXIII. 1 The kindness of Jacob and Esau at their meeting. 18 Jacob buyeth a field at Shalem, and buildeth an altar. ND Jacob lifted up his eyes, and A looked, and, behold, Esau men. came, a and with him four hundred And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. 2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. 3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground b seven times, until he came near to his brother. 4 And Esau ran to meet him, and 13.22,23. embraced him, c and fell on his neck, d and kissed him: and they wept. Is.6.5. Jno.1.18. Col.1.15. Heb.11.27. 5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; took his two wives, and his two (CHAP. 33.) and said, Who are those 1 with womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. t 23 And he took them, and 6 sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. a ch.32.6. b ch.18.2. 42.6. 43.26. c ch.32.28. 24 And Jacob was left alone; d ch.45.14. and there wrestled u a man with him until the 7 breaking of the day. 1 to thee. 25 And when he saw that he pre-e ch.48.9. vailed not against him, he touched Ps. 127.3. the hollow of his thigh; and the 2 what is all hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of this band joint, as he wrestled with him. 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will: not let v thee go, except thou bless thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given e thy servant. 6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. 7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. 8 And he said, 2 What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace fin the sight of my lord. 9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; 3 keep that thou hast unto thyself.g 10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present Jacob and Esau reconciled. Shechem treateth for Dinah. field: and Jacob held his peacef until they were come. GENESIS, XXXIV. at my hand for therefore I have B. C. 1739. seen thy face, h as though I had: seen the face of God, and thou h ch.43.3. wast pleased with me. 11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have 4 enough.k And he urged him, I and he took it. 12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. 13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, mand the flocks and herds with young are with me; and if men should over-drive them one day, all the flock will die. 2 Sam 3.13. il Sam.25.27. 2Ki.5.15. 4 all things. 14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant; and I will lead on softly, 5 according as the cattle that goeth before me and thei children be able to endure, until Io come unto my lord unto Seir.n the chil- n ch.32.3. set, or place. wherefore is this? ch.34.11. Ru. 2.13. 15 And Esau said, Let me now 2 Sam. 16.4. leave with thee some of the folk p Jos. 13.27. that are with me. And he said, 7 What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight o of my lord. 16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. 17 And Jacob journeyed to Snccoth, p and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called 8 Succoth. Ju.8.5. i. e. booths. Acts 7.15, r ch.23.17. 10 called, 18 And Jacob came to Shalem, q a city of 9 Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came 12 from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city. 19 And he bought a parcel of a (CHAP. 34.) field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of 10 Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred 11 pieces of money. 20 And he erected there an altar, s1 and called it 12 El-elohe-Israel. CHAPTER XXXIV. a ch.30.21. d Ru.1.14. 2 And when Shechem the son of 4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel e to wife. Ju.20.6. k ch.13.9. 1 Ex.22.17. m Pr.26.25. n Jos.5.9. o Gal.4.12. 5 And Jacob heard that he had p ch.29.30. defiled Dinah his daughter: now 2 Ki.5.1. his sons were with his cattle in the 6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. 7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were g very wroth, because he had wrought folly h in Israel, in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.i 8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife. 9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. 10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; k dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therem. 11 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give. 12 Ask me never so much dowryl and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but.give me the damsel to wife. 13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, m and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister: 14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach n unto us: 15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised; o 16 Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people. 17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. 18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. 19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight p in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable q than all the house of his father. 20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, 21 These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the Slaughter of the Shechemites. GENESIS, XXXV. land, behold, it is large enough for B. C. 1732. them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us giver ver.15-17. them our daughters. 22 Only herein r will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised. 23 Shall not their cattle, and their substance, and every beast of theirs, s be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us. 24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that t went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city. 25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, u and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. s Pr.1.12,13. t ch.23.18. u ch.49.5-7. y Ex.5 21. 27.12. z Deut.4.27. Ps. 105.12. (CHAP. 35.) a Ps.47.4. d Jos.24.15. 1 Sam.7.3. 26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the ledge v of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, w and spoiled the city, ƒ Ex.19.10. because they had defiled their sister. g ch.32.7,24. 31.3,42. 28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and ch.28.20. that which was in the city, and that which was in the field, i Ex.32.3.4. 29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives k Ju.9.6. took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house. 30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, z to make me to stink among y the in-1 habitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few z in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. 31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot ? CHAPTER XXXV. 1 Ex.23.27. m 2 De.11.25. 2 Ch.14.14. ch.28.13. i. e. the oak n ch.32.28. o ch.17.1. 48.3,4. Ex.6.3. 1 God sendeth Jacob to Beth-el: 2 he AND God said unto Jacob, Arise, 13.15. 28.13. go up to Beth-el, and dwell 9 ch.17.22. there: a and make there an altar r ch.28.18. unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest b from the face 3 a little of Esau thy brother. piece of 2 Then Jacob said unto his c ground. household, and to all that were s ch.30.24. with with him, Put away the strange gods d that are among el 1 Sam.4.20. Jacob journeyeth. you, and be ƒ clean, and change your garments: 3 And let us arise and go up to Beth-el; and I will there make an altar unto God, who answered me in the day g of my distress, and was with me h in the way which I went. 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings i which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by k Shechem. 5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God I was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. 6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, (that is Beth-el,) he and all the people that were with him. 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place 1 El-beth-el: beCause there God m appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 8 But Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el, under an oak: and the name of it was called 2 Allonbachuth. 9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him. 10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name; and he called his name Israel.n 11 And God said unto him, o I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; 12 And the land which I gave p Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. 13 And God went up from him, q in the place where he talked with him. 14 And Jacob set up a pillarr in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. 15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el. Isaac's death. GENESIS, XXXVI. thou shalt have this son also. 18 And it came to pass, as her t soul was in departing, (for she died,) that she called his name 4 Ben-oni: but his father called him 5 Benjamin. 19 And Rachel diedu and was buried in the way to Ephrath, v which is Beth-lehem. 20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave w unto this day. 21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower r of Edar. 22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben y went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were w 1 Sa.10.2. twelve: z 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: 24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: Mic.4.8. y ch.49.4. 1 Chr.5.1. 1 Cor.5.1. z ch.46.8. 25 And the son's of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naph-a ch.13.18. tali: 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's b Jos.14.15. handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these 15.13. are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram. 27 And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto a Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, b which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. c ch.25.9. d ch.25.8. Job 5.26. Descendants of Esau. in the land of Canaan; and went into the country, from the face of his brother Jacob. 7 For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not beard them, because of their cattle. 8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: e Esau is Edom. 9 T And these are the generations of Esau the father of 2 the Edomites in mount Seir. 10 These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau. 11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, 3 Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. 12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz,f Amalek: these were the sons of Adah, Esau's wife. 13 And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath, Esau's wife. 14 T And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau, Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. 15 T These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz, 16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and 28 And the days of Isaac were (CHAP. 36.) duke Amalek: these are the dukes an hundred and fourscore years. 29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was c gathered unto his people being old and full of days: and his sons Esau d and Jacob buried him. CHAPTER XXXVI. a ch.25.30. b ch.26.34. c 1 Chr.1.35. 2 Esau's wives: 6 he removes to 1 souls. mount Sier. OW these are the generations Now of Esau, who is Edom.a 2 Esau took his wives of the d ch.13.6,11. daughters of Canaan; b Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and e Deut.2.5. Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; 2 Edom. 3 And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth. 3 or, Zephi, 1 Chr.1.36. Nu.24.20. 4 And Adah bare to Esau, c Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel; 5 And Aholibamah, bare Jeush, f Ex.17.8.14. and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Ca 1 Sa. 15.2. g ch.14.6. Deut.2.12, 22. that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah. 17 T And these are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath, Esau's wife. 18 T And these are the sons of Aholibamah, Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. 19 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes. 20 These are the sons of Seirg the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, 21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir the 1 persons of his house, and his or, Homam. in the land of Edom. cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got 43 22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and 4 Hemam; and Lotan's |