THE HOLY BIBLE Young's Literal

Genesis (Author Moses)

33:1And Jacob lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, Esau is coming, and with him four hundred men; and he divideth the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two maid-servants;

33:2and he setteth the maid-servants and their children first, and Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.

33:3And he himself passed over before them, and boweth himself to the earth seven times, until his drawing nigh unto his brother,

33:4and Esau runneth to meet him, and embraceth him, and falleth on his neck, and kisseth him, and they weep;

33:5and he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the women and the children, and saith, `What are these to thee?' And he saith, `The children with whom God hath favoured thy servant.'

33:6And the maid-servants draw nigh, they and their children, and bow themselves;

33:7and Leah also draweth nigh, and her children, and they bow themselves; and afterwards Joseph hath drawn nigh with Rachel, and they bow themselves.

33:8And he saith, `What to thee is all this camp which I have met?' and he saith, `To find grace in the eyes of my lord.'

33:9And Esau saith, `I have abundance, my brother, let it be to thyself that which thou hast.'

33:10And Jacob saith, `Nay, I pray thee, if, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes, then thou hast received my present from my hand, because that I have seen thy face, as the seeing of the face of God, and thou art pleased with me;

33:11receive, I pray thee, my blessing, which is brought to thee, because God hath favoured me, and because I have all things;' and he presseth on him, and he receiveth,

33:12and saith, `Let us journey and go on, and I go on before thee.'

33:13And he saith unto him, `My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the suckling flock and the herd are with me; when they have beaten them one day, then hath all the flock died.

33:14Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant, and I -- I lead on gently, according to the foot of the work which is before me, and to the foot of the children, until that I come unto my lord, to Seir.'

33:15And Esau saith, `Let me, I pray thee, place with thee some of the people who are with me;' and he said, `Why is this? I find grace in the eyes of my lord.'

33:16And turn back on that day doth Esau on his way to Seir;

33:17and Jacob hath journeyed to Succoth, and buildeth to himself a house, and for his cattle hath made booths, therefore hath he called the name of the place Succoth.

33:18And Jacob cometh in to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, in his coming from Padan-Aram, and encampeth before the city,

33:19and he buyeth the portion of the field where he hath stretched out his tent, from the hand of the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for a hundred kesitah;

33:20and he setteth up there an altar, and proclaimeth at it God -- the God of Israel.

34:1And Dinah, daughter of Leah, whom she hath borne to Jacob, goeth out to look on the daughters of the land,

34:2and Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the land, seeth her, and taketh her, and lieth with her, and humbleth her;

34:3and his soul cleaveth to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and he loveth the young person, and speaketh unto the heart of the young person.

34:4And Shechem speaketh unto Hamor his father, saying, `Take for me this damsel for a wife.'

34:5And Jacob hath heard that he hath defiled Dinah his daughter, and his sons were with his cattle in the field, and Jacob kept silent till their coming.

34:6And Hamor, father of Shechem, goeth out unto Jacob to speak with him;

34:7and the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard, and the men grieve themselves, and it is very displeasing to them, for folly he hath done against Israel, to lie with the daughter of Jacob -- and so it is not done.

34:8And Hamor speaketh with them, saying, `Shechem, my son, his soul hath cleaved to your daughter; give her, I pray you, to him for a wife,

34:9and join ye in marriage with us; your daughters ye give to us, and our daughters ye take to yourselves,

34:10and with us ye dwell, and the land is before you; dwell ye and trade in it, and have possessions in it.'

34:11And Shechem saith unto her father, and unto her brethren, `Let me find grace in your eyes, and that which ye say unto me, I give;

34:12multiply on me exceedingly dowry and gift, and I give as ye say unto me, and give to me the young person for a wife.'

34:13And the sons of Jacob answer Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and they speak (because he defiled Dinah their sister),

34:14and say unto them, `We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to one who hath a foreskin: for it is a reproach to us.

34:15`Only for this we consent to you; if ye be as we, to have every male of you circumcised,

34:16then we have given our daughters to you, and your daughters we take to ourselves, and we have dwelt with you, and have become one people;

34:17and if ye hearken not unto us to be circumcised, then we have taken our daughter, and have gone.'

34:18And their words are good in the eyes of Hamor, and in the eyes of Shechem, Hamor's son;

34:19and the young man delayed not to do the thing, for he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he is honourable above all the house of his father.

34:20And Hamor cometh -- Shechem his son also -- unto the gate of their city, and they speak unto the men of their city, saying,

34:21`These men are peaceable with us; then let them dwell in the land, and trade in it; and the land, lo, is wide before them; their daughters let us take to ourselves for wives, and our daughters give to them.

34:22`Only for this do the men consent to us, to dwell with us, to become one people, in every male of us being circumcised, as they are circumcised;

34:23their cattle, and their substance, and all their beasts -- are they not ours? only let us consent to them, and they dwell with us.'

34:24And unto Hamor, and unto Shechem his son, hearken do all those going out of the gate of his city, and every male is circumcised, all those going out of the gate of his city.

34:25And it cometh to pass, on the third day, in their being pained, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, take each his sword, and come in against the city confidently, and slay every male;

34:26and Hamor, and Shechem his son, they have slain by the mouth of the sword, and they take Dinah out of Shechem's house, and go out.

34:27Jacob's sons have come in upon the wounded, and they spoil the city, because they had defiled their sister;

34:28their flock and their herd, and their asses, and that which is in the city, and that which is in the field, have they taken;

34:29and all their wealth, and all their infants, and their wives they have taken captive, and they spoil also all that is in the house.

34:30And Jacob saith unto Simeon and unto Levi, `Ye have troubled me, by causing me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanite, and among the Perizzite: and I am few in number, and they have been gathered against me, and have smitten me, and I have been destroyed, I and my house.'

34:31And they say, `As a harlot doth he make our sister?'

35:1And God saith unto Jacob, `Rise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared unto thee in thy fleeing from the face of Esau thy brother.'

35:2And Jacob saith unto his household, and unto all who are with him, `Turn aside the gods of the stranger which are in your midst, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments;

35:3and we rise, and go up to Bethel, and I make there an altar to God, who is answering me in the day of my distress, and is with me in the way that I have gone.'

35:4And they give unto Jacob all the gods of the stranger that are in their hand, and the rings that are in their ears, and Jacob hideth them under the oak which is by Shechem;

35:5and they journey, and the terror of God is on the cities which are round about them, and they have not pursued after the sons of Jacob.

35:6And Jacob cometh in to Luz which is in the land of Canaan (it is Bethel), he and all the people who are with him,

35:7and he buildeth there an altar, and proclaimeth at the place the God of Bethel: for there had God been revealed unto him, in his fleeing from the face of his brother.

35:8And Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, dieth, and she is buried at the lower part of Bethel, under the oak, and he calleth its name `Oak of weeping.'

35:9And God appeareth unto Jacob again, in his coming from Padan-Aram, and blesseth him;

35:10and God saith to him, `Thy name is Jacob: thy name is no more called Jacob, but Israel is thy name;' and He calleth his name Israel.

35:11And God saith to him, `I am God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply, a nation and an assembly of nations is from thee, and kings from thy loins go out;

35:12and the land which I have given to Abraham and to Isaac -- to thee I give it, yea to thy seed after thee I give the land.'

35:13And God goeth up from him, in the place where He hath spoken with him.

35:14And Jacob setteth up a standing pillar in the place where He hath spoken with him, a standing pillar of stone, and he poureth on it an oblation, and he poureth on it oil;

35:15and Jacob calleth the name of the place where God spake with him Bethel.

35:16And they journey from Bethel, and there is yet a kibrath of land before entering Ephratha, and Rachel beareth, and is sharply pained in her bearing;

35:17and it cometh to pass, in her being sharply pained in her bearing, that the midwife saith to her, `Fear not, for this also is a son for thee.'

35:18And it cometh to pass in the going out of her soul (for she died), that she calleth his name Ben-Oni; and his father called him Benjamin;

35:19and Rachel dieth, and is buried in the way to Ephratha, which is Bethlehem,

35:20and Jacob setteth up a standing pillar over her grave; which is the standing pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.

35:21And Israel journeyeth, and stretcheth out his tent beyond the tower of Edar;

35:22and it cometh to pass in Israel's dwelling in that land, that Reuben goeth, and lieth with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heareth.

35:23And the sons of Jacob are twelve. Sons of Leah: Jacob's first-born Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.

35:24Sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

35:25And sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid-servant: Dan and Naphtali.

35:26And sons of Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant: Gad and Asher. These are sons of Jacob, who have been born to him in Padan-Aram.

35:27And Jacob cometh unto Isaac his father, at Mamre, the city of Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac have sojourned.

35:28And the days of Isaac are a hundred and eighty years,

35:29and Isaac expireth, and dieth, and is gathered unto his people, aged and satisfied with days; and bury him do Esau and Jacob his sons.

36:1And these are births of Esau, who is Edom.

36:2Esau hath taken his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,

36:3and Bashemath daughter of Ishmael, sister of Nebajoth.

36:4And Adah beareth to Esau, Eliphaz; and Bashemath hath born Reuel;

36:5and Aholibamah hath born Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. These are sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

36:6And Esau taketh his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance which he hath acquired in the land of Canaan, and goeth into the country from the face of Jacob his brother;

36:7for their substance was more abundant than to dwell together, and the land of their sojournings was not able to bear them because of their cattle;

36:8and Esau dwelleth in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

36:9And these are births of Esau, father of Edom, in mount Seir.

36:10These are the names of the sons of Esau: Eliphaz son of Adah, wife of Esau; Reuel son of Bashemath, wife of Esau.

36:11And the sons of Eliphaz are Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz;

36:12and Timnath hath been concubine to Eliphaz son of Esau, and she beareth to Eliphaz, Amalek; these are sons of Adah wife of Esau.

36:13And these are sons of Reuel: Nahath and Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah; these were sons of Bashemath wife of Esau.

36:14And these have been the sons of Aholibamah daughter of Anah, daughter of Zibeon, wife of Esau; and she beareth to Esau, Jeush and Jaalam and Korah.

36:15These are chiefs of the sons of Esau: sons of Eliphaz, first-born of Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,

36:16chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek; these are chiefs of Eliphaz, in the land of Edom; these are sons of Adah.

36:17And these are sons of Reuel son of Esau: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah; these are chiefs of Reuel, in the land of Edom; these are sons of Bashemath wife of Esau.

36:18And these are sons of Aholibamah wife of Esau: chief Jeush, chief Jaalam, chief Korah; these are chiefs of Aholibamah daughter of Anah, wife of Esau.

36:19These are sons of Esau (who is Edom), and these their chiefs.

36:20These are sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,

36:21and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan; these are chiefs of the Horites, sons of Seir, in the land of Edom.

36:22And the sons of Lotan are Hori and Heman; and a sister of Lotan is Timna.

36:23And these are sons of Shobal: Alvan and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho and Onam.

36:24And these are sons of Zibeon, both Ajah and Anah: it is Anah that hath found the Imim in the wilderness, in his feeding the asses of Zibeon his father.

36:25And these are sons of Anah: Dishon, and Aholibamah daughter of Anah.

36:26And these are sons of Dishon: Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.

36:27These are sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.

36:28These are sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

36:29These are chiefs of the Horite: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah,

36:30chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan: these are chiefs of the Horite in reference to their chiefs in the land of Seir.

36:31And these are the kings who have reigned in the land of Edom before the reigning of a king over the sons of Israel.

36:32And Bela son of Beor reigneth in Edom, and the name of his city is Dinhabah;

36:33and Bela dieth, and reign in his stead doth Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah;

36:34and Jobab dieth, and reign in his stead doth Husham from the land of the Temanite.

36:35And Husham dieth, and reign in his stead doth Hadad son of Bedad (who smiteth Midian in the field of Moab), and the name of his city is Avith;

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

36:37and Samlah dieth, and reign in his stead doth Saul from Rehoboth of the River;

36:38and Saul dieth, and reign in his stead doth Baal-hanan son of Achbor;

36:39and Baal-hanan son of Achbor dieth, and reign in his stead doth Hadar, and the name of his city is Pau; and his wife's name is Mehetabel daughter of Matred, daughter of Me-zahab.

36:40And these are the names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their families, according to their places, by their names: chief Timnah, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth,

36:41chief Aholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,

36:42chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,

36:43chief Magdiel, chief Iram: these are chiefs of Edom, in reference to their dwellings, in the land of their possession; he is Esau father of Edom.



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