Le. 19.32

k 1 Co.6.5.

1 Ex. 22.10.

30.

35 And she said to her father, Let it not dis- Ex. 20.12 please my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. Ep.4.26. And he searched, but found not the images. 36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered, and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, mc.29.18, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me? 37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren, and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both. 38 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not

eaten.

k

1

39 That which was torn of beasts, I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.

40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

n ver.7.

P. 124.12

p ver. 53. q Ex.3.7. 1Ch.12

17. Jude 9. c. 26.28.

t Jos. 22.27. 24.27.

x i.e. a beacon, or, watch

Loner.

1 Sa.7.5.

z Jn.11.10. 1 Sa. 12. 5. Je. 12.5.

41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house: I served thee " fourteen years for thy y Ju.11.29. two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages "ten times. 42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the P fear of Isaac, had been a ver.45.48. with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now b Jos 24.2 empty. God hath seen mine affliction, and c.16.5. the labour of my hands, and rebuked 1 thee | & ver.42 yesternight.

r

43 And Laban answered, and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine; and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which fc28.1. they have borne ?

44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.

45 And Jacob took a "stone, and set it up for a pillar.

46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap: and they did eat there upon the heap. 47 And Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed;

X

49 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.

50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives besides my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.

51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;

52 This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.

b

Jacob's message to Esau.

54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.

55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and f blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.

3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:

5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and men-servants, and women-servants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace i in thy sight.

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 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 com pany, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.

9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:

12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. 13 And he lodged there that same night, and took of that which came to his hand a "present for Esau his brother;

14 Two hundred she-goats and twenty hegoats, two hundred 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 present 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

B. C. 1739.

saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto | A. M. 265. Esau, when ye find him.

v Pr.21 14. w my face.

pass. z Ho. 12.3,4 a ascend ing of the morning.

20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will x De 3.16. • appease him with the present that goeth be-y caused to fore me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of 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 took his two wives, and his two women-servants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford * Jabbok.

23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.

a

b

Lu. 18.1.

1 Co. 15. 58.

35.10. da prince

2 Ki. 17.34

of God.

e Ho. 12.3,4 f c.31.24. 33.4.

hi. e. the

24 And Jacob was left alone; and there Ju.13.8. * wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh: and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.

26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh: And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.

28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

e

f

29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name: And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

30 And Jacob called the name of the Peniel: for I have seen God face to and my life is preserved.

face of
God.

i Ex 24.11.
33.20.
De. 5.24.
34.10.
Ju.6.22.
13.22,23.

Is 6.5.
Jn. 1.18.

Col. 1. 15. He. 11.27. a c.32.6.

b c. 18.2. 42.6.

43.25.

c c.32.29.

d c.45.14.

e to thee. f c.49.9. Ps. 1:27.3. g what is

10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

1

11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough:" and he urged him, and he took it.

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 P tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me, and if men should over-drive them one day, all the flock will die.

14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure; until I come unto my lord unto Seir.

all this band to to thee?

ibe that to thee that 18 thine.

place face, Pr.16.7.

ND Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.

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 seven times, until he came near to his brother.

4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.

k c. 43.3.

2 Sa. 3. 13.

11S25.77

2 Ki.5.15.

m all things.

Ph.4.18.
2 Ki.5.16,

23.

p 1 Ch.22.5. q accord

ing to the foot of the work, &c. and according

to the foot of the children.

r c. 32.3.

s set, or,
place.
t Where-
fore is
this?

u c.34.11.
Ru. 2. 13.

v Jos. 13.27. Ju. 8.5. wi. e. booths.

x Ju.3.23.

called,

Ac. 7.16.
Sychem.

z c. 23.17.

Jos. 24.32

a called, Ac.7.16. Emmor.

b or lambs. e c. 35.7.

d God the God of Israel.

5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children, and said, Who are *those with thee? And he said, The children AM 2772 which God hath graciously given 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, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.

4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. 5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.

h

6 ¶ And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.

i

2 Sa. 11.2

humbled

her.

e Ru. 1.14.

to the

heart of the damse.

g Ju. 14.2.

18.10.27 497

2 Sa. 13.22

j Jos.7.15. Ju. 20.6.

2 Sa. 13.12 k De. 23.17.

8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: 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.

12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say untor 2 Ki.5.1. me: but give me the damsel to wife.

13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father" deceitfully, and said, Because he had defiled Dinah their sister : 14 And they said unto them, this thing, to give our sister to circumcised: for that were a to us:

s ver. 15,17.

P.1.12,13

u c.23.18.

v c.49.5..7.

We cannot do w mouth. one that is unreproach un

15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be P circumcised;

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 in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.

20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and cominuned 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 land, behold, it is large enough | for them: let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

22 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

23 Shall not their cattle, and their substance, and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

x De.32.42 y c.49.7.

z Jos. 7.25. a Ex.5.21.

Rachel dieth in travail. against me, and slay me, and I shall be des troyed, I and my house.

31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot ?

CHAPTER XXXV.

1 God sendeth Jacob to Beth-el: 2 he purgeth his house of idols: 6 he buildeth an altar at Beth-el. 9 God blesseth Jacob at Beth-el. 16 Rachel dieth in the way to Ephrath. 23 The sons of Jacob. 28 The age, death, and burial of Isaac.

ND God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to

a

27.12.

b De.4.27. Ps. 105.12.

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, 9127 took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. 26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the w edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.t a little 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city; because they had defiled their sister.

4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their Iear-rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

5 And they journeyed: and the terror of *God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

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.

m

7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God 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 " Allon-bachuth. 9 And God appeared unto Jacob again when he came out of Padan-aram; 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.

u c.30.24.

v La. 2. 12

wi. e. the son of my

ΚΟΥΤΟΥ.

29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives, took they captive, and xie. the spoiled even all that was in the house.

son of the right hand.

30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink" among y c.48.7. the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites, and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together

z Ru. 1.2

4.11.

Mi.5 2. Mat. 2.6.

17 And it came to pass when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; "thou shalt have this son also.

18 And it came to pass as her soul was in departing, (for she died,) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him * Benjamin.

W

19 And Rachel y died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.

20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave:

Josepn's two dreams.

A. M. cir. 2387.

that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke › Alvah, duke Jetheth,

B. C. cir. 1617.

Second

aristocracy from A. M.

of dukes,

cir. 2471,

41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, 42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations. in the land of their possession: he is Esau, the father of the Edomites.

13, B. C. y or, Aliath

cir. 1491.

z Edom.

A. M. 2276. B. C. 1728.

ther's so

journinga.

1 Co. 1.11.

5.111.18 c.44.20.

e or, pieces.

f Ju.5.30.

2 Sa. 13.18 Eze. 16.16.

3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old 849.23. age and he made him a coat of many • colours.

4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they i hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

Ps. 38. 19.
69.4.
Tit.3.3.

h c. 42.6..9. 43.26.

44.14.

Lu. 19.14,

27.

jc. 44.14. 46.29. 50.18.

k c. 27.29.

5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet 1 Ac.7.9. the more.

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

7 For behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

m Da. 7.28.

Lu. 2. 19,
51.

n 1 Sa. 17.
19. Lu.
20.13.

o see the pence of thy bre thren,&c.

p c.35.27. q Ju. 4.22

2K6.19 2.6.13.

r Ca.1.7.

Ps31.13

8 And his brethren said unto him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams and for his words. 9 ¶ And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more: and behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made master of Jobeisance to me.

10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

11 And his brethren 1 envied him; but his father observed the saying.

37.12,32.
94.21.
Mat. 21.38
27.1.

Jn. 11.53.
Ac. 2. 12

26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; fot he is our brother, and our flesh: and his & bre thren were content.

i

28 Then there passed by Midianites, merchant-men; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and behold, Joseph was not in the pit: and he rent his clothes.

30 And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not: and I, whither shall I go?

31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood:

32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.

33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat: an evil m beast hath devoured him: Jo seph is without doubt rent in pieces.

34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put "sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

0

35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

36 And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

1 Judah begetteth Er, Onan, and Shelah. 6 Er marrieth Tamar. 8 The trespass of Onan. 11 Tamar etayeth for Shelah: 13 she deceiveth Judah.

ND it came to pass at that time, that Judah A went down from his brethren, and a turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was

Hirah.