Genesis 29 Cross References - Leeser

¹ Then Jacob lifted up his feet and went unto the land of the children of the east. ² And he looked, and behold there was a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and the stone upon the mouth of the well was great. ³ And there all the flocks were wont to assemble; and they rolled then the stone from the mouth of the well, and watered the sheep; and they put the stone again upon the mouth of the well in its place. ⁴ And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said, Of Charan are we. ⁵ And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nachor? And they said, We know him. ⁶ And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well; and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. ⁷ And he said, Lo, the day is yet long, it is not time that the cattle should be driven home; water ye the sheep, and go and feed them. ⁸ And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, then do they roll the stone from the mouth of the well; and we water the sheep. ⁹ And while he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep; for she was a shepherdess. ¹⁰ And it came to pass when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the mouth of the well, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother. ¹¹ And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. ¹² And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son: and she ran and told her father. ¹³ And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. ¹⁴ And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month. ¹⁵ And Laban then said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldst thou therefore serve me for naught? tell me, what shall thy wages be? ¹⁶ And Laban had two daughters; the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. ¹⁷ And the eyes of Leah were tender; but Rachel was of handsome form and handsome appearance. ¹⁸ And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. ¹⁹ And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man; abide with me. ²⁰ And Jacob served for Rachel seven years; and they seemed unto him but a few days, through the love he had to her. ²¹ And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. ²² And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. ²³ And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. ²⁴ And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah, Zilpah his maid for a handmaid. ²⁵ And it came to pass that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did I not serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou deceived me? ²⁶ And Laban said, It is not done so in our place, to give in marriage the younger before the first-born. ²⁷ Fulfill the week of this, and we will give thee this one also, for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. ²⁸ And Jacob did so, and fulfilled the week of the first; and he gave him Rachel his daughter for a wife. ²⁹ And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his hand-maid to be her maid. ³⁰ And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah; and he served with him yet seven other years. ³¹ And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. ³² And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, Surely, the Lord hath looked upon my affliction, because now my husband will love me. ³³ And she conceived again and bore a son; and she said, Because the Lord heard that I was hated, he hath given me this one also; and she called his name Simeon. ³⁴ And she conceived again, and bore a son; and she said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons; therefore was his name called Levi. ³⁵ And she conceived again, and bore a son; and she said, This time will I praise the Lord; therefore she called his name Judah: and she left off bearing.

²⁰ And it came to pass after these things, that it was told to Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she also, hath born children unto Nachor thy brother; ²¹ ‘Uz his first born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, ²² And Kesed, and Chazo, and Pildash, and Yidlaph, and Bethuel. ²³ And Bethuel begat Rebekah; these eight did Milcah bear to Nachor, Abraham’s brother.

¹⁰ And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed, with all kinds of precious things of his master in his hand; and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nachor.

²⁰ And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian, of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian, to himself as wife.

⁵ And Isaac sent away Jacob, and he went to Padan-aram, unto Laban, the son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau. ⁶ And when Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-aram, to take himself from there a wife; and in blessing him had given him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; ⁷ And that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram:

⁷ And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram did Balak send for me, the king of Moab, out of the mountains of the east, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

³ And it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the ‘Amalekites, and the children of the east, and they went up against them;

³³ And all the Midianites and ‘Amalekites and the children of the east assembled together, and went over and encamped in the valley of Yizre’el.

¹² And the Midianites and the ‘Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like the locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is by the seaside for multitude.

¹⁰ Now Zebach and Zalmunna’ were in Karkor, and their camps with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that had been left of all the camp of the children of the east; but those who had fallen were one hundred and twenty thousand men that drew the sword.

^{30 (5:10)} And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.

³² The way of thy commandments will I run; for thou wilt enlarge my heart.

⁶⁰ I hastened, and delayed not to observe thy commandments.

⁷ Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a merry heart thy wine, if God have already received thy works in favor.

^{12 (12:13)} And Jacob fled into the fields of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept the flocks.

¹¹ And he made the camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, at the time that the women go out to draw water.

¹³ Behold, I stand by the well of water: and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water.

¹⁵ And Pharaoh heard this thing, and he sought to slay Moses; but Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and tarried in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well. ¹⁶ Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

² In pastures of tender grass he causeth me to lie down: beside still waters he leadeth me.

⁶ Look not so at me, because I am somewhat black, because the sun hath looked fiercely at me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they appointed me to be keeper of the vineyards; but my vineyard, which is my own, have I not kept.— ⁷ Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest? where lettest thou thy flock rest at noon? for why should I appear like a veiled mourner by the flocks of thy companions?—

¹⁰ They shall not be hungry nor thirsty, and neither heat nor sun shall smite them; for he that hath mercy on them will lead them, and by springs of water will he guide them.

³¹ And Terach took Abram his son, and Lot, the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son Abram; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Charan, and dwelt there.

⁴³ Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother, to Charan;

¹⁰ And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Charan.

²⁴ And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore unto Nachor.

²⁹ And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban; and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.

⁵³ The God of Abraham and the God of Nachor shall judge between us, the God of their father; but Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.

¹⁴ And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brothers, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him from the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

²⁷ And he asked them after their welfare, and said, Is your old father well, of whom ye spoke? is he yet alive?

⁷ And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed himself, and kissed him; and they asked each other after their welfare; and they went into the tent.

²² And David left the articles which he had on him in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran into the array, and came and asked of his brothers after their welfare.

⁵ And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and ask him in my name after his well-being.

⁹ And Joab said to ‘Amassa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab’s right hand took hold of ‘Amassa’s beard to kiss him.

³ And there all the flocks were wont to assemble; and they rolled then the stone from the mouth of the well, and watered the sheep; and they put the stone again upon the mouth of the well in its place.

¹⁴ And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that would be a reproach unto us.

³² And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves; and for the Egyptians, who did eat with him, by themselves; because the Egyptians may not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

¹⁵ And it came to pass, before he had yet finished speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, the son of Milcah, the wife of Nachor, Abraham’s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

²¹ And Moses was content to dwell with the man; and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.

⁷ Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest? where lettest thou thy flock rest at noon? for why should I appear like a veiled mourner by the flocks of thy companions?— ⁸ If thou knowest this not, O thou fairest of women, go but forth in the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids around the shepherds’ dwellings.—

¹⁷ And the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses arose and helped them, and watered their flock.

²⁶ And Isaac his father said unto him, Come near, I pray thee, and kiss me, my son.

¹³ And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

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

³⁰ And Joseph hastened away, for his affection toward his brother became enkindled, and he sought to weep; and he entered into his chamber and wept there.

² And he raised his voice in weeping; and the Egyptians heard it, and the house of Pharaoh heard it.

¹⁴ And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. ¹⁵ And he kissed all his brothers, and wept upon them; and after that his brothers spoke with him.

²⁷ And the Lord said to Aaron, Go to meet Moses, into the wilderness; and he went and met him by the mount of God, and kissed him.

⁸ And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we are near relatives.

¹⁴ And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants; born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them into Dan. ¹⁵ And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. ¹⁶ And he brought back all the goods; and he also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and also the women, and the people.

²⁸ And the maiden ran, and told at her mother’s house these things.

¹⁵ And he kissed all his brothers, and wept upon them; and after that his brothers spoke with him.

^{39 (19:40)} And all the people passed over the Jordan, after the king had passed over; and the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.

²³ And the man said, This time it is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; this shall be called Woman, [Ishah,] because out of Man [Ishi] was this one taken.

¹² And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son: and she ran and told her father.

¹⁵ And Laban then said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldst thou therefore serve me for naught? tell me, what shall thy wages be?

² Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, What is better for you, either that there should rule over you seventy men, all the sons of Yerubba’al, or that there reign over you one man? and remember that I am your bone and your flesh.

¹ Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold us, thy bone and thy flesh are we;

^{12 (19:13)} My brothers are ye, my bone and my flesh are ye: wherefore then will you be the last to bring back the king? ^{13 (19:14)} And to ‘Amassa shall ye say, Art thou not my bone and my flesh? May God do so to me, and may he thus continue to do, if thou shalt not be captain of the army before me continually in the room of Joab.

⁵ Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a confidant: from her that lieth in thy bosom guard the doors of thy mouth.

²⁸ And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give them.

⁷ And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times: but God suffered him not to do me evil.

¹⁷ And the eyes of Leah were tender; but Rachel was of handsome form and handsome appearance.

²⁵ And it came to pass that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did I not serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou deceived me? ²⁶ And Laban said, It is not done so in our place, to give in marriage the younger before the first-born. ²⁷ Fulfill the week of this, and we will give thee this one also, for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. ²⁸ And Jacob did so, and fulfilled the week of the first; and he gave him Rachel his daughter for a wife. ²⁹ And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his hand-maid to be her maid. ³⁰ And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah; and he served with him yet seven other years. ³¹ And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. ³² And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, Surely, the Lord hath looked upon my affliction, because now my husband will love me.

¹⁹ And Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son unto Jacob.

⁴ And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock.

² And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

²³ The sons of Leah, Jacob’s first-born, Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.

¹⁵ These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with Dinah his daughter: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.

³¹ (There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah,)

¹¹ And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord grant that the woman that is coming into thy house be like Rachel and like Leah, who did both build up the house of Israel: and acquire thou wealth in Ephrathah, and let thy name become famous in Beth-lechem;

¹¹ And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a woman of handsome appearance:

¹⁶ And the maiden was of a very handsome appearance, a virgin, neither had any man known her; and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

⁶ And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well; and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. ⁷ And he said, Lo, the day is yet long, it is not time that the cattle should be driven home; water ye the sheep, and go and feed them. ⁸ And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, then do they roll the stone from the mouth of the well; and we water the sheep. ⁹ And while he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep; for she was a shepherdess. ¹⁰ And it came to pass when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the mouth of the well, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother. ¹¹ And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. ¹² And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son: and she ran and told her father.

¹⁸ And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

¹ And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, and if not, I die. ² And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

²² And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

¹⁹ And so Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lechem. ²⁰ And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: this is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.

²⁴ The sons of Rachel, Joseph, and Benjamin.

⁶ And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he troubled himself not about aught he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was handsome in form and handsome in appearance.

¹⁹ The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin. ²⁰ And there were born unto Joseph in the land of Egypt Menasseh and Ephraim, whom Assenath the daughter of Poti-phera’, the priest of On, bore unto him. ²¹ And the sons of Benjamin: Bela’, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Echi, and Rosh, Muppim and Chuppim, and Ard. ²² These are the sons of Rachel, that were born to Jacob: in all fourteen souls.

⁷ And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan on the way, when yet there was some distance to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there on the way of Ephrath, the same is Beth-lechem.

² When thou goest this day away from me, thou wilt find two men who are now by Rachel’s sepulchre, on the boundary of Benjamin at Zelzach; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath given up the matter of the asses, and is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

³⁰ False is grace, and vain is beauty: a woman only that feareth the Lord shall indeed be praised.

^{15 (31:14)} Thus hath said the Lord, A voice is heard in Ramah, groaning, weeping, and bitter lamentation; Rachel is weeping for her children: she refuseth to be comforted for her children because they are not here.

²⁰ And Jacob served for Rachel seven years; and they seemed unto him but a few days, through the love he had to her.

³⁰ And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah; and he served with him yet seven other years.

⁴¹ These twenty years have I been in thy house; I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flocks: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

¹² Ask of me ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give, just as ye may say unto me; but give me the maiden for wife.

^{16 (22:15)} And if a man seduce a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. ^{17 (22:16)} If her father refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

¹⁴ And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul, saying, Give up to me my wife Michal, whom I espoused to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

² So I bought me such a one for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a chomer of barley, and half a chomer of barley.

^{2 (12:3)} Deceptively do they speak every one with his neighbor, with flattering lips, with a double heart do they speak.

⁵ And I said, Woe is me! for I am lost; because a man of unclean lips am I, and in the midst of a people of unclean lips do I dwell; for the King, the Lord of hosts have my eyes seen.

¹¹ And I said, How long, O Lord? And he said, Until that cities be left waste without an inhabitant, and houses without man, and the soil be made desolate as a wilderness,

⁶⁷ And Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

²⁶ Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go; for thou knowest my service with which I have served thee.

⁶ Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm; for strong as death is love; violent like the nether world is jealousy; its heat is the heat of fire, a flame of God. ⁷ Many waters are not able to quench love, nor can the rivers flood it away: if a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, men would utterly despise him.—

¹ And the man knew Eve his wife: and she conceived, and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.

¹⁶ And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?

¹ And it came to pass after some time, in the time of wheat-harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, Let me go in to my wife into the chamber; but her father would not suffer him to go in.

¹⁰ And his father went down unto the woman; and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do. ¹¹ And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions, and they remained with him. ¹² And Samson said unto them, I will now propound unto you a riddle; if ye can in anywise tell it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then will I give you thirty shirts and thirty changes of garments; ¹³ But if ye will not be able to tell it to me, then shall ye give me thirty shirts and thirty changes of garments. And they said unto him, Propound thy riddle, that we may hear it. ¹⁴ And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth food, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not solve the riddle in three days. ¹⁵ And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson’s wife, Persuade thy husband, that he may solve unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father’s house with fire: have ye invited us to impoverish us? is it not so? ¹⁶ And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou doest but hate me, and lovest me not: that riddle hast thou propounded unto the children of my people, and me hast thou not told the solution. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it to my father and to my mother, and thee shall I tell it? ¹⁷ And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted; and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she had worried him: and she told the solution of the riddle to the children of her people. ¹⁸ Then said unto him the men of the city on the seventh day before the sun was yet gone down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.

¹⁰ And also Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Machlon, have I obtained for myself as my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day. ¹¹ And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord grant that the woman that is coming into thy house be like Rachel and like Leah, who did both build up the house of Israel: and acquire thou wealth in Ephrathah, and let thy name become famous in Beth-lechem; ¹² And may thy house be like the house of Perez, whom Thamar bore unto Judah, through the seed which the Lord will give thee of this young woman. ¹³ And Bo’az took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he went in unto her: and the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son.

⁶⁵ And she said unto the servant, Who is yonder man that walketh in the field toward us? And the servant said, This is my master; therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.

¹⁴ And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered herself with a vail, and concealed her face, and seated herself at the cross-road, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him for wife. ¹⁵ And Judah saw her and thought her to be a harlot; because she had covered her face.

¹ Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children; and she had an Egyptian handmaid, whose name was Hagar.

⁵⁹ And thereupon they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.

⁹ When Leah now saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her to Jacob for wife. ¹⁰ And Zilpah Leah’s maid bore Jacob a son. ¹¹ And Leah said, Good luck hath come: and she called his name Gad. ¹² And Zilpah Leah’s maid bore a second son unto Jacob.

¹⁸ These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and she bore these unto Jacob, sixteen souls.

¹⁸ And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this thou hast done unto me? Why didst thou not tell me that she is thy wife?

³⁵ And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and took away thy blessing. ³⁶ And he said, Hath he been therefore named Jacob, because he hath supplanted me these two times? my right of first-born he took away; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing: and he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me.

⁷ And Adoni-bezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered food under my table: as I have done, so hath God requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

³¹ Behold, the righteous is recompensed on the earth: how much more the wicked and the sinner.

² And God had finished on the seventh day his work which he had made, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. ³ And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it; because thereon he had rested from all his work which God had created in making it.

¹⁰ And he stayed yet another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark. ¹¹ And the dove came in to him at the time of the evening; and, lo, an olive-leaf plucked off was in her mouth; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. ¹² And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; but she returned not again unto him any more.

¹⁸ And a woman together with her sister shalt thou not take, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other, in her lifetime.

¹⁰ And his father went down unto the woman; and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.

¹² And Samson said unto them, I will now propound unto you a riddle; if ye can in anywise tell it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then will I give you thirty shirts and thirty changes of garments;

¹⁵ And not one doth so who hath a remnant of a good spirit; for what desireth such a one? he seeketh to possess a godly posterity: therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none of you deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

²⁴ And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah, Zilpah his maid for a handmaid.

³ And she said, Behold, here is my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her. ⁴ And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid for wife, and Jacob went in unto her. ⁵ And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son. ⁶ And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan. ⁷ And Bilhah, Rachel’s maid, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son. ⁸ And Rachel said, Contests of God have I contended with my sister, I have also prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

²² And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine; and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

²⁵ And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid, Dan, and Naphtali.

² These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers; and he was as a lad with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought evil reports of them unto his father.

³¹ And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

²⁵ And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto my own place, and to my country. ²⁶ Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go; for thou knowest my service with which I have served thee.

¹⁵ Were we not counted of him as strangers? for he hath sold us; and he hath quite consumed also our money.

²⁰ And we said unto my lord, We have an old father, and a little child born in his old age; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.

²⁷ And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bore me two sons;

¹⁵ If a man have two wives, one beloved, and the other hated, and they bear him children, both the beloved and the hated; so that the first-born son be hers that is hated:

¹⁷ And Saul said to David, Behold, here is my eldest daughter Merab, her will I give to thee for wife: only be thou unto me a man of valor, and fight the Lord’s battles. And Saul thought, Let not my hand be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him. ¹⁸ And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be a son-in-law to the king? ¹⁹ But it happened at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto ‘Adriel the Mecholathite for wife. ²⁰ And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told it to Saul, and the thing was right in his eyes. ²¹ And Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may become unto him a snare, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Through the second shalt thou this day become my son-in-law. ²² And Saul commanded his servants, Speak to David secretly, saying, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee; and now thou must become the king’s son-in-law. ²³ And the servants of Saul spoke in the ears of David these words. And David said, Doth it seem so light in your eyes to become the king’s son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and of light esteem? ²⁴ And the servants of Saul told him, saying, Words such as these David hath spoken. ²⁵ And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged on the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to cause David to fall by the hand of the Philistines. ²⁶ And when his servants told David these words, the thing was pleasing in the eyes of David to become the king’s son-in-law: and the days were not complete, ²⁷ When David arose and went, he and his men, and smote of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they counted them out in full to the king, that he might become the king’s son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter for wife.

¹⁸ For the Lord had fast closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

²¹ And Isaac entreated the Lord in behalf of his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

⁴¹ And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father had blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father will be at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

⁷ And the Lord said, I have truly seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard its cry by reason of its taskmasters; yea, I know its sorrows;

² And there was a certain man of Zor’ah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoach; and his wife was barren, and did not bear. ³ And there appeared an angel of the Lord unto the woman, and he said unto her, Behold, thou art barren, and hast not born; but thou wilt conceive, and bear a son.

⁵ But unto Hannah he gave a double portion; for Hannah he loved greatly; but the Lord had shut up her womb.

²⁰ And it came to pass, after the lapse of some time, that Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she called his name Samuel, saying, Because from the Lord have I asked him.

²⁷ For this lad did I pray; and the Lord hath granted me my petition which I asked of him;

²¹ And truly the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. And the lad Samuel grew up before the Lord.

³ Lo, children are an inheritance from the Lord: a reward is the fruit of the body.

³ And Esau I hated; and I rendered his mountains a desert, and his heritage a dwelling for the monsters of the wilderness.

¹¹ And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and wilt bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.

⁴² Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst now sent me away empty; my affliction and the labor of my hands God hath seen, and decided yesternight.

²¹ And when Reuben heard it, he delivered him out of their hand; and he said, Let us not put him to death. ²² And Reuben said unto them, Do not shed blood; but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but do not lay hand upon him;—in order that he might deliver him out of their hand, to bring him back again to his father.

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

²² And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not say unto you, thus, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? and behold, his blood also is now required.

²⁷ And one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn: when he espied his money, for, behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.

⁸ And these are the names of the children of Israel, that came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: the first-born of Jacob, Reuben. ⁹ And the sons of Reuben: Chanoch, and Pallu, and Chezron, and Carmi.

³ Reuben, thou art my first-born, my might, and the beginning of my strength; the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power should be thine. ⁴ Unstable as water, thou shalt not have the excellence; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou the one who ascended my couch.

³¹ And the people believed: and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

⁷ And then we cried unto the Eternal, the God of our fathers; and the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our trouble, and our oppression;

¹¹ And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man-child: then will I give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head.

¹² Perhaps the Lord will look on my affliction, and the Lord will requite me good instead of his cursing this day.

¹ And the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel—for he was the first-born; but, when the defiled his father’s bed, was his birthright given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: so that the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the first-birth.

¹⁸ Look on my misery and my trouble; and forgive all my sins.

⁴⁴ Nevertheless he looked on when they were in distress, when he heard their entreaty.

⁶ And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.

⁸ And Rachel said, Contests of God have I contended with my sister, I have also prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

¹⁸ And Leah said, God hath given me my reward, because I have given my maid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

²⁰ And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons; and she called his name Zebulun.

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 brothers, took each his sword, and came upon the city unresisted and slew all the males.

³⁰ And Jacob said unto Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, to cause me to be hated among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and as I am but few in number, they may gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I would be destroyed, I and my house.

²⁴ And he turned himself away from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and spoke with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.

⁵ Simeon and Levi are brethren; weapons of violence are their swords. ⁶ Into their secret shall my soul not come; unto their assembly my spirit shall not be united; for in their anger they slew the man, and in their self-will they lamed the ox.

¹¹ And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kehath, and Merari.

⁵ Simeon and Levi are brethren; weapons of violence are their swords. ⁶ Into their secret shall my soul not come; unto their assembly my spirit shall not be united; for in their anger they slew the man, and in their self-will they lamed the ox. ⁷ Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; and their wrath, for it is cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

¹ And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took a daughter of Levi.

²⁶ Moses then placed himself in the gate of the camp, and said, Whoever is on the Lord’s side, let him come unto me! and there assembled themselves unto him all the sons of Levi. ²⁷ And he said unto them, Thus hath said the Eternal, the God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword by his side, and go ye hither and thither, from gate to gate in the camp, and slay ye every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his relative. ²⁸ And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people on that day about three thousand men. ²⁹ And Moses said, Consecrate yourselves today to the Lord, yea even every man on his son, and on his brother; and to bestow upon you this day a blessing.

² And also thy brethren, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou near with thee, that they may be joined with thee, and minister unto thee; while thou and thy sons with thee shall be before the tabernacle of the testimony. ³ And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only unto the vessels of the sanctuary and unto the altar shall they not come near, that they may not die, either they or you. ⁴ And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, respecting all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

⁸ And of Levi he said, Thy Thummim and thy Urim are with thy holy man, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; ⁹ Who said of his father and of his mother, I have not seen him; and who did not acknowledge his brothers, nor regarded his own children; for they observe thy word, and thy covenant they keep. ¹⁰ They shall teach thy ordinances unto Jacob, and thy law unto Israel: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt-sacrifice upon thy altar.

²⁶ And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Padan-aram.

¹ And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brothers, and he pitched his tent with a certain Adullamite whose name was Chirah. ² And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shua; and he took her, and went in unto her. ³ And she conceived, and bore a son; and he called his name ‘Er. ⁴ And she conceived again, and bore a son; and she called his name Onan. ⁵ And she again bore another son; and she called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bore him. ⁶ And Judah took a wife for ‘Er his first-born, whose name was Tamar. ⁷ And ‘Er, Judah’s first-born, was displeasing in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord slew him. ⁸ And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and take her, as her brother-in-law, and raise up seed to thy brother. ⁹ Onan thus knew that the seed should not be his, and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, so as not to give seed unto his brother. ¹⁰ And the thing which he did was displeasing in the eyes of the Lord: wherefore he slew him also. ¹¹ Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown; for he thought, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brothers have done. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house. ¹² And many days had elapsed when the daughter of Shua, Judah’s wife, died; and after Judah was comforted, he went up unto his sheep-shearers, he and his friend Chirah the Adullamite, to Timnah. ¹³ And it was told unto Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnah to shear his sheep. ¹⁴ And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered herself with a vail, and concealed her face, and seated herself at the cross-road, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him for wife. ¹⁵ And Judah saw her and thought her to be a harlot; because she had covered her face. ¹⁶ And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me? ¹⁷ And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, If thou wilt give me a pledge, till thou send it. ¹⁸ And he said, What is the pledge which I shall give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy scarf, and thy staff that is in thy hand. And he gave them unto her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. ¹⁹ And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. ²⁰ And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to take the pledge out of the woman’s hand; but he found her not. ²¹ Then he asked the men of her place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was at the cross-road on the highway? And they said, There hath been no harlot in this neighborhood. ²² And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place have said, There hath been no harlot in this place. ²³ And Judah said, Let her keep it, lest we be put to shame; behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. ²⁴ And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told to Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by prostitution. And Judah said, Lead her forth, and let her be burnt. ²⁵ When she was led forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Acknowledge, I pray thee, to whom belong these, the signet, the scarf, and staff. ²⁶ And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her not again any more. ²⁷ And it came to pass at the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. ²⁸ And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. ²⁹ And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold his brother came out; and she said, How hast thou broken forth! this breach is upon thee: therefore his name was called Perez. ³⁰ And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zerach.

⁸ And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, as also our little ones. ⁹ I will be surety for him; from my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then shall I have sinned against thee all the days.

¹⁸ Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Pardon, my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thy anger burn against thy servant; for thou art even as Pharaoh. ¹⁹ My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother. ²⁰ And we said unto my lord, We have an old father, and a little child born in his old age; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. ²¹ And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set my eye upon him. ²² And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; for if he should leave his father, he would die. ²³ And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall not see my face any more. ²⁴ And it came to pass, when we came up unto thy servant my father, that we told him the words of my lord. ²⁵ And our father said, Go back and buy us a little food. ²⁶ And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down; for we cannot see the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us. ²⁷ And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bore me two sons; ²⁸ And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he hath been torn to pieces; and I have not seen him up to this time. ²⁹ And if ye take this one also from me, and mischief befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. ³⁰ And now, when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life; ³¹ It will come to pass, that when he seeth that the lad is not with us, he will die: and thy servants would thus bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. ³² For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then shall I have sinned against my father all the days. ³³ Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad as bond-man to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brothers. ³⁴ For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? I should perhaps be compelled to witness the evil which would come on my father.

¹² And the sons of Judah: ‘Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerach; but ‘Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Perez were Chezron and Chamul.

⁸ Judah, thou art the one thy brothers shall praise, thy hand shall be on the neck of thy enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down unto thee. ⁹ Like a lion’s whelp, O Judah, from the prey, my son, thou risest: he stoopeth down, he croucheth as a lion, and as a lioness, who shall rouse him up? ¹⁰ The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet; until Shiloh come, and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. ¹¹ He bindeth unto the vine his foal, and to the vine-branch his ass’s colt; he washeth his garments in wine, and in the blood of grapes his clothes; ¹² His eyes shall be red from wine, and his teeth white from milk.

⁷ And this is the blessing of Judah, and he said, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let the power of his hands contend for him; and be thou a help to him from his adversaries.

² For Judah became the mightiest of his brothers, and the prince descended from him: while the first-birthright belonged to Joseph,—