Jacob's present to Esau.

bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.

55 And early in the morning Laban role up, and killed his Ions, and his daughters, and blelled them : and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.

C H A P. XXXII. i Jacob's 'vision. 3 His message, 13 and

present to Esau. 24 Wrcjlling ivith an

angel he is called Israel.

AN D Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. z And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's holt: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

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

4 And he commanded them, faying, Thus shall ye speak, unto my lord Ksau; Thy servant Jacob faith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and Hayed there until now:

5 And I have- oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy light.

f> And the messengers returned to Jacob, faying, 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 company, and smite it, then the other Company which is left shall escape.

9 Ana Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, she Lo R D which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:

10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou halt shewed unto thy servant: for with my staff I palled over this Jordan, and now I am become two bands.

11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand, of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.

12 And thou saidst, I will surely do sliee good, and make thy seed a£ the find of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

13 fl And he lodged tltere that same night; and took of that which came to his hand, apresent for Esau liis brother;

14. Two hundred she goats and twenty he goats, two hundred ew es aud twenty rams,

15 Thirty milch camels with tin colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twen (he asses, and ten soles.

16 And he delivered them into t hand of his servants, every drove themselves; and laid unto his servan Pass over before me, aud put a Ip.i betwixt drove aud drove.

17 And he commanded the fbremo saying, When Esau my brother mette thee, and asketh thee, saying, Wh< art thou? and whither goest thou f aj whose are these before thee?

18 Then thou (halt say, They be thy se vant Jacob's ; it is a present sent unto n lordEsau: and, behold, al so he/jbeh i nd u

19 And so commanded he the ieeon and the third, and all that followed t droves, saying, On this manner shall speak unto Esau, when ye find him.

20 And say ye moreover, Behold, tl servant Jacob is behind us. For he lai I will appease him with the present th goeth before me, and afterward I will il his face: peradventure he will acce] of me.

21 So w;ent the present over befoi him: and himself lodged that night i the company.

22 And he rose up that night, and toe his two wives, and his two womensei vants, and his eleven sens, and passe over the ford Jabbok.

23 And he took them, and scut thei over the brook, and sent over that he hac

24.1\ And Jacob was left alone: an there wrestled a man with him until tl; breaking of the day.

25 And when he saw that he prevaile not against him, he touched the hollo of his thigh: and the hollow of Jacob thigh was out of joint, as he wrestle with him.

26 And he said, Let me go, for tli day breaketh: and he said, I will not ]< thee go, except thou bless me.

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

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

29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Te! me, I pray thee, thy name: and he said Wlierefore is it that thou dost ask afte my name? and he blessed him there.

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

31 And as he passed over Penuel th son role upon him, and he halted upo: his thigh.

32 There fid's Bad Esau s ki&J meeting. Chap.

;i Therefore the children os Israel eat »t ff the finew which shrank, which is Bboh the hollow of the thigh, unto this diy: because he touched the hollow of ix&b s thigh in the ilnew that shrank.

CHAP. XXXIII; i TV tixJstjs cf Jacob and Esau at their

sum*. i$ 'Jacob buyeth afield at Slia

lai,sij i'Mldetk art altar.

AND Jacob lifted up his eyes, and ./lJotied, and.behold, Ela u came, and *mimfour hundred men. And he disced the children unto Leah, and unto /Cachel, and unto the two handmaids.

- And he put the handmaids and riar children foremost, and Leah and ierthikiren after, and Rachel and Jofephiiadermost.

j And he passed over before them, ad bowed himself to the ground seven times, nntii he came near to his brother.

+ And Eau ran to meet him, and embraced ban, and fell on his neck, and kifedhin: and they wept.

5 A&d he lifted up his eye3, and saw t»-t vgnirn and the children; and said, Whoet those with thee? and he said, The children which God hath giaa&aily pytn thy servant.

I Tata the handmaidens came near, {forat: their children, and they bowed

7 Asd Leah also with her children Ojk near, and bowed themselves: and As ame Joseph near and Rachel, and £zy bowed themselves.

8 And he said, What meanest thou by ill this drove which I met > and he &d, Tiift are to find grace in the sight « r.y lord.

9 And Et'au said, I have enough, my ''«her, keep that thou hast unto thyself.

iaAnd Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, :: ion I have found grace in thy sight, *œ receive my present at my hand: ~ litrtfove I have seen thy face, as T~^h I had seen the face of God, and fc'iKift pleased with rae.

"^ikt, I pray thee, my blessing rtJ is brought to thee; because God '-"acait graciously with me, and beK«l have enough: and he urged him, w he took it.

i: Asdhe said,Let us take our journey, TMl«u»go, and I will go before thee.

'3 And he laid unto him, My lord lr»*eth that the children are tender, '■■^ine Seeks and herds with young are *''a at, and if men lhould overdrive ^m one day, all the nock will die.

'.♦ktmylord, I pray thee, pass over '•'sre hit sejrant; and I will lead on

xxxiv. Dinah ravished.

softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me, and the children, be able to endure; until I come unto my lord unto Seir.

15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with theeyiwrr of the folk that are with me: and he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.

16 So Esau returned that day on hit way unto Seir.

17 And Jacob journeyed to Succotli, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

18 m And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaam, when he came from Padan-aram j and pitched his tent before the city.

19 And he bought a parcel of a fields where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Sheehem's father, for an hundred pieces of money. ■

10 And he erected there an altar, and called it El,-elohe-Israel.

CHAP. XXXIV. 1 Dinah ra'vi/heJ. 20 The Sheehemites are circumcised, 25 stain by the sons of Jacob, 27 and their city spoiled.

AN D Dinah the daughter of Leah, which Ihe bare unto Jacob, went out to fee the daughters of the land.

i And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughterof Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.

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 liis cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.

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 very* wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter? which thing ought not to be done.

8 And Hamor communed with them, faying, 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, nn<l take our daughters unto you.

I 10 And ye mall dwell with us: anA 1 Ci the The Shethemites stain.

the land (hall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.

11 And Shechem said unto her father, and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall fay unto me I will give.

12 Ask me never so much dowry and gji't, and I will give according as ye shall iay unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and (aid, because he had defiled Dinah their filler:

j+ And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is unciixumciied: for that •were a reproach unto us:

i s But in this will we consent unto you: if ye will be as we be, that eveiy male of you be 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 ion.

19 And the young man deserred notto do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he tuas more honourable than all the house of his father.

20«([ And Hamor and Shechem his fon came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, feylng,

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 j let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters. . *a Only herein will the men ■ consent unto us, for to dwell with us, to be one peopTe, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

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

24. And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his fon hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city: and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.

25 ^f 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 niau

Jacob sent to Betk-et.

his sword, and came upon the city bole ly, and llew all tiie males.

26 And they flew Hamor and Six chein his son with the edge of tl lword, and took Dinah out of Sh< chem's houft, and went out.

27 fj The sons of Jacob came upc the stain, and spoiled the city; hecau they had defiled their sister.

2 8 They took their iheep, and their Oj en, and their asses, and that which tvas i the city, and that which tuas in the fieh

29 And all their wealth, and all the little ones, and their wives took the captive, and spoiled even all that tuas i the bouse.

30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Lev Ye have troubled me to make me t stink among the inhabitants of the lane among the Canaanites, and the Perij zites: and I being few in number, the sliall gather themselves together again me, and slay me; and I shall be destroy ed, I and my house.

31 And they said, Should he deal wit our sister as with an harlot f

CHAP. XXXV.

1 Godsendeth Jacob to Beth-el. » Hefurg

• eth his house of idols, 6 and bitilieth a

altar at Beth-eL 28 Isaac's death.

AND God laid unto Jacob, Arise, gi up to Beth-el, and dwell there: am make there an artar unto Gcd, tha appeared unto thee when thou fteddel from th« facei of Elau thy brother.

21\ Then Jacob said unto his hoafhold and to all that -tuere with him, Put awaj the strange gods that arc among you, ant be clean, and change your garments:

j And let us arise, and go up to Beth, el; and I will make there an altar unt< God, ivho answered me in the day 01 my distress, and was with me in the waj which J went.

4. And they gave unto Jacob all tin strauge gods>which tuere in their hand, and all their earrings which tuere ir their ears: and Jacob hid them undei the oak which tuas by Shechem.

5 Aud they journeyed: and the terroi of God was upon tne cities that ivert round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

6 t([ So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is Beth-el: be and all the people that tuere with him.

7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Ei-betb-el: because there God appeared unto him, when lie tied from the face of his brother.

8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse disd, and (he was buried beneath 2ctli-el, undo*

Kings and dukes of Edom.

i dream

Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,

16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that tame of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these ivere the sons of Adah.

17 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 Bafhemath Esau's wife.

18 And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeusti, duke Jaalam, duke Koran: these were the dukes that came of Abolibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.

19 These ar* the sons of Esau, who it Edom, and these are their dukes.

»o These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibcon, and Anah,

n And Difhon, and Ezer, and Difhan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.

»i And the children of Lotan, were Hori, and Heman: and Lotan's sister •was Timna.

13 And the children of Shobal ivere these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shcpho, and Onam.

14 And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah and Anah: this tvas that Anah, that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asl'es of Zibeon his father.

15 And the children of Anah ivere these; Difhon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.

26 And these are the children of Difhon; Hemdan, and Elhban, and Ithran, and Cheran.

17 The children of Ezer are these j Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Achan.

28 The children of DiOian are these; Vt, and Aran.

39 These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,

30 Duke Difhon, duke Ezer, duke Difhan: these are the dukes that came of Hoi i, among their dukes in the land of Seir.

31 Andthescarfthekingsthatreigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.

32 And Bela, the son of Beor, reigned in Edom: and the name of his city iuas Dinhabah.

33 And Bcla died, and Jobah the son (jf Zerah of Bpzrah reigned in his stead ■

34 And Jobab died, and Husham ol land of Temani reigned in his It eacl

35 And Husham died, and Hacia.il son of Bedad, who ihiote Midian in field of Moab, reigned in his stead: the name of his city was Avith.

36 And Hadad died, and SamlaJ Masrekah reigned in his stead.

37 And Samlah died, and Saul of hoboth by the river reigned in his st<

38 And Saul died, and Baal-hanan son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

39 And Baal-hanan the son of Ach died, and Hadar reigned in his stead :; the name of his city ivas Pau; and wife's name ivas Mehetabel, the dauj ter of Matrad, thedaughter ofMezah

40 And these are the names of dukes that came of Esau, according their families, after their places, their names; duke Timnah, duke > vah, duke Jetheth,

41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Els duke Pinon,

41 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, du Mibzar,

43 Dujce Magdiel, duke Iram: th< be the dukes of Edom, according to th< habitations in the land of their postef fio he it Esau the father of the Edomites

CHAP. XXXVII. z Joseph is hated of his brethren. 5 His /-i

dreams. 18 His brethren conspire j

death. 36 He is fold to Potiphar in Ez}/

AN D Jacob dwelt in the far wherein his father was a strange in the land of Canaan.

1 tli These are the generations of J; cob. Joseph being seventeen years ol< was feeding the flock with his brethren and the lad was with the sons of Bilhal and with the sons of Zilpah, his father wives: and Joseph brought unto his ft ther their evil report.

3 Now Israel loved Joseph more tha all his children, because he wax the ib of his old age: and he made him a cor of many colours.

4 And when his brethren saw tli? their father loved him more than al his brethren, they hated him, and coul not speak peaceably unto him.

5 fl And Joseph dreamed a dream and he told it his brethren: and thehated him yet the more.

6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pra< you, this dream which I have dreamed

7 For, behold, we •were binding sheave in the field, and, lo, my Iheaf arose, ant also stood upright; and, behold, you sheaves stood round about, and.juadi

j obeisance to my <heaf,