Genesis 46 Cross References - MSTC

¹ Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came unto Beersheba and offered offerings unto the God of his father Isaac. ² And God said unto Israel in a vision by night, and called unto him, "Jacob, Jacob." And he answered, "Here am I." ³ And he said, "I am that mighty God of thy father, fear not to go down into Egypt. For I will make of thee there a great people. ⁴ I will go down with thee into Egypt, and I will also bring thee up again, and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes." ⁵ And Jacob rose up from Beersheba. And the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their children and their wives in the chariots which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. ⁶ And they took their cattle and the goods which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt: both Jacob and all his seed with him; ⁷ his sons and his sons' sons with him, his daughters and his sons daughters and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt. ⁸ These are the names of the children of Israel which came into Egypt, both Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's first son. ⁹ The children of Reuben: Hanoch, Phallu, Hezron and Carmi. ¹⁰ The children of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. ¹¹ The children of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. ¹² The children of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez and Sarah — but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The children of Perez, Hezron, and Hamul. ¹³ The children of Issachar: Tola, Puva, Iob and Shimron. ¹⁴ The children of Zebulon: Sered, Elon and Jahleel. ¹⁵ These be the children of Lea which she bare unto Jacob in Mesopotamia with his daughter Dina. All these souls of his sons and daughters make thirty and six. ¹⁶ The children of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi and Areli. ¹⁷ The children of Asher: Imnah, Isvah, Ishvi, Beriah and Serah their sister. And the children of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel. ¹⁸ These are the children of Zilpah whom Laban gave to Lea his daughter. And these she bare unto Jacob in number sixteen souls. ¹⁹ The children of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin. ²⁰ And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were borne: Manasseh and Ephraim which Asenath the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On bare unto him. ²¹ The children of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard. ²² These are the children of Rachel which were born unto Jacob: fourteen souls altogether. ²³ The children of Dan: Hushim. ²⁴ The children Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem. ²⁵ These are the sons of Bilhah which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob, altogether seven souls. ²⁶ All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt which came out of his loins — beside his son's wives — were all together sixty and six souls. ²⁷ And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt were: two souls. So that all the souls of the house of Jacob which came into Egypt are seventy. ²⁸ And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph that the way might be showed him unto Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen. ²⁹ And Joseph made ready his chariot and went to meet Israel his father unto Goshen, and presented himself unto him, and fell on his neck and wept upon his neck a good while. ³⁰ And Israel said unto Joseph, "Now I am content to die, insomuch I have seen thee, that thou art yet alive." ³¹ And Joseph said unto his brethren and unto his father's house, "I will go and show Pharaoh, and tell him that my brethren and my father's house which were in the land of Canaan are come unto me, ³² and how they are shepherds," — for they were men of cattle — "and they have brought their sheep and their oxen and all that they have with them. ³³ If Pharaoh call you and ask you what your occupation is, ³⁴ say, 'Thy servants have been occupied about cattle, from our childhood unto this time: both we and our fathers,' that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen. For an abomination unto the Egyptians are all that feed sheep."

⁴ And Abel, he brought also of the firstlings of his sheep and of the fat of them. And the LORD looked unto Abel and to his offering:

²⁰ And Noah made an altar unto the LORD, and took of all manner of clean beasts and all manner of clean fowls, and offered sacrifice upon the altar.

⁸ Then departed he thence unto a mountain that lieth on the east side of Bethel and pitched his tent — Bethel being on the west side, and Ai on the east — and he built there an altar unto the LORD, and called on the name of the LORD.

¹⁴ And Abraham rose up early in the morning and took bread and a bottle with water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulders with the lad also, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered up and down in the wilderness of Beersheba.

³¹ Wherefore the place is called Beersheba, because they sware both of them.

³³ And Abraham planted a wood in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God:

¹³ And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked about: and behold, there was a ram caught by the horns in a thicket. And he went and took the ram and offered him up for a sacrifice in the stead of his son.

²² And then he departed thence, and digged another well for the which they strove not: therefore called he it Rehoboth, saying, "The LORD hath now made us room, and we are increased upon the earth." ²³ Afterward departed he thence and came to Beersheba. ²⁴ And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, "I am the God of Abraham thy father. Fear not; for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake." ²⁵ And then he built an altar there and called upon the name of the LORD, and there pitched his tent. And there Isaac's servants digged a well.

¹⁰ Jacob departed from Beersheba and went toward Haran,

¹³ Yea, and the LORD stood upon it and said, "I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father and the God of Isaac: The land which thou sleepest upon will I give thee and thy seed.

⁴² And except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the God whom Isaac feareth, had been with me: surely thou hadst sent me away now all empty. But God beheld my tribulation, and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesterday."

⁵³ The God of Abraham, the God of Nahor, and the God of their fathers, be judge betwixt us." And Jacob sware by him that his father Isaac feared.

²⁰ And he made there an altar, and there called upon the mighty God of Israel.

³ and let us arise and go up to Bethel, that I may make an altar there, unto God which heard me in the day of my tribulation and was with me in the way which I went."

⁷ And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because that God appeared unto him there, when he fled from his brother.

²⁰ And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba wist that Samuel was truly made the LORD's prophet.

⁵ And it fortuned that when they had passed over the time of their banqueting round about; Job sent for them, and sanctified them, and gat up early, and offered for every one a burnt offering. For Job thought thus: "Peradventure my sons have done some offense, and have been unthankful to God in their hearts." And thus did Job everyday.

⁸ Therefore take seven oxen and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, offer up also for yourselves a burnt offering: and let my servant Job pray for you. Him will I accept, and not deal with you after your foolishness: in that ye have not spoken the thing which is right, like as my servant Job hath done."

¹ After these deeds, the word of God came unto Abram in a vision, saying, "Fear not Abram, I am thy shield; and thy reward shall be exceeding great."

¹³ And he said unto Abram, "Know this of a surety, that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that pertaineth not unto them. And they shall make bondmen of them and entreat them evil, four hundred years.

¹ After these deeds, God did prove Abraham and said unto him, "Abraham." And he answered, "Here am I."

¹¹ Then the angel of the LORD called unto him from heaven saying, "Abraham, Abraham?" And he answered, "Here am I."

¹¹ And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream saying, 'Jacob?' And I answered, 'Here am I.'

³ Then Moses said, "I will go hence and see this great sight, how it cometh that the bush burneth not." ⁴ And when the LORD saw that he came for to see, he called unto him out of the bush and said, "Moses, Moses." And he answered, "Here am I."

⁶ And he said, "Hear my words. If there be a prophet of the LORD's among you, I will show myself unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.

⁴ and the man whose eye is open hath said; he hath said, which heareth the words of God and seeth the visions of the almighty, which falleth down and his eyes are opened:

⁴ And the LORD called Samuel; and he said, "Here am I."

¹⁰ And the LORD came and stood and called as before, "Samuel, Samuel." And Samuel said, "Speak on, for thy servant heareth thee."

⁵ And he sought God while Zechariah - which taught in the visions of God - lived: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him prosper.

¹³ In the fantasies and thoughts of the visions of the night, when sleep cometh on men:

¹⁴ For when God doth once command a thing, there should no man be curious to search whether it be right. ¹⁵ In dreams and visions of the night season - When slumbering cometh upon men, that they fall a sleep in their beds -

¹⁹ Then was the mystery showed unto Daniel in a vision by night. And Daniel praised the God of heaven.

⁴ And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?"

¹⁰ And there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias, and to him said the Lord in a vision, "Ananias." And he said, "Behold, I am here Lord."

³ The same man saw in a vision evidently, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming into him, and saying unto him, "Cornelius."

¹³ And there came a voice to him, "Rise, Peter. Kill and eat."

⁹ and a vision appeared to Paul in the night. There stood a man of Macedonia and prayed him saying, "Come into Macedonia and help us."

² And I will make of thee a mighty people, and will bless thee, and make thy name great, that thou mayst be a blessing.

¹⁵ for all the land which thou seest will I give unto thee and to thy seed for ever. ¹⁶ And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

¹⁸ seeing that Abraham shall be a great and a mighty people, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

¹⁷ that I will bless thee and multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven and as the sand upon the sea side. And thy seed shall possess the gates of his enemies.

² Then the LORD appeared unto him and said, "Go not down into Egypt, but bide in the land which I say unto thee: ³ Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee: for unto thee and unto thy seed I will give all these countries. And I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father,

¹³ Yea, and the LORD stood upon it and said, "I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father and the God of Isaac: The land which thou sleepest upon will I give thee and thy seed. ¹⁴ And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth: And thou shalt spread abroad: west, east, north and south. And through thee and thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

¹¹ And God said unto him, "I am God almighty: grow and multiply; for people and a multitude of people shall spring of thee, yea and kings shall come out of thy loins.

²⁷ And Israel dwelt in Egypt, even in the country of Goshen. And they had their possessions therein, and they grew and multiplied exceedingly.

⁷ the children of Israel grew, increased, multiplied and waxed exceeding mighty: so that the land was full of them. ⁸ Then there rose up a new king in Egypt which knew not Joseph. ⁹ And he said unto his folk, "Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we. ¹⁰ Come on, let us play wisely with them: lest they multiply, and then — if there chance any war — they join themselves unto our enemies and fight against us, and so get them out of the land."

¹⁰ For the LORD your God hath multiplied you: so that ye are this day as the stars of heaven in number.'

²² Thy fathers went down into Egypt with seventy souls, and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven in multitude.

⁵ And thou shalt answer and say before the LORD thy God, 'The Syrians would have destroyed my father, and he went down into Egypt and sojourned there with a few folk and grew there unto a nation great, mighty and full of people.

¹⁰ Be not afraid, for I will be with thee. Look not behind thee, for I will be thy God, to strengthen thee, help thee, and to keep thee with this righthand of mine.

¹ But now, the LORD that made thee O Jacob, and he that fashioned thee O Israel, sayeth thus, "Fear not, for I will defend thee. I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine own. ² If thou goest through the water, I will be with thee, that the strong floods should not pluck thee away. When thou walkest in the fire, it shall not burn thee, and the flame shall not kindle upon thee.

⁹ And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, swore unto them and their fellows on this manner, "Be not afraid to serve the Chaldeans; dwell in the land, and do the king of Babylon service, so shall ye prosper.

¹⁷ "When the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt

²⁴ saying, 'Fear not Paul, for thou must be brought before Caesar. And lo, God hath given unto thee all that sail with thee.'

¹⁴ But the nation whom they shall serve, will I judge. And afterward shall they come out with great substance. ¹⁵ Nevertheless, thou shalt go unto thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried when thou art of a good age: ¹⁶ and in the fourth generation they shall come hither again, for the wickedness of the Amorites is not yet full."

¹⁵ And see, I am with thee, and will be thy keeper in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land: Neither will I leave thee; until I have made good all that I have promised thee."

²¹ And Israel said unto Joseph, "Behold, I die. And God shall be with you and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

¹ And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

⁵ my father made me swear and said, 'Lo, I die, see that thou bury me in my grave which I have made me in the land of Canaan.' Now therefore let me go and bury my father, and then will I come again."

¹³ And his sons carried him into the land of Canaan and buried him in the double cave which Abraham had bought with the field to be a place to bury in, of Ephron the Hittite before Mamre.

²⁴ And Joseph said unto his brethren, "I die; And God will surely visit you and bring you out of this land, unto the land which he sware unto Abraham, Isaac and Jacob." ²⁵ And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel and said, "God will not fail but visit you: see therefore that ye carry my bones hence."

⁸ and am come down to deliver them out of the hands of the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land unto a good land and a large, and unto a land that floweth with milk and honey: even unto the place of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and of the Jebusites.

¹⁷ Then Jacob rose up and set his sons and wives up upon camels, ¹⁸ and carried away all his cattle and all his substance which he had gotten in Mesopotamia, for to go to Isaac his father, unto the land of Canaan.

¹⁹ And commanded also, "This do ye: take chariots with you out of the land of Egypt, for your children and for your wives: and bring your father and come.

²¹ And the children of Israel did even so. And Joseph gave them chariots at the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them victuals also to spend by the way.

²⁷ And they told him all the words of Joseph which he had said unto them. But when he saw the chariots which Joseph had sent to carry him, then his spirits revived.

²⁴ Then Pharaoh called for Moses and said, "Go and serve the LORD; only let your sheep, and your oxen abide, but let your children go with you."

²⁶ Our cattle therefore shall go with us, and there shall not one hoof be left behind, for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God. Moreover, we cannot know wherewith we shall serve the LORD, until we come thither."

¹⁵ And Jacob descended into Egypt, and died both he and our fathers,

¹⁵ how our fathers went down into Egypt, and how we have dwelt in Egypt a long time, and, how the Egyptians vexed both us and our fathers.

⁴ And I gave unto Isaac, Jacob and Esau. And I gave unto Esau mount Seir to possess it. But Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

⁸ After that Jacob was come into Egypt, your fathers cried unto the LORD, and the LORD sent Moses and Aaron: which brought your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.

²³ Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob was a stranger in the land of Ham.

⁴ For thus hath the LORD said: My people went down aforetime into Egypt, there to be strangers. Afterward did the king of the Assyrians oppress them for naught.

¹ Then Jacob lift up his feet, and went toward the east country. ² And as he looked about, behold there was a well in the field, and three flocks of sheep lay thereby — for at that well were the flocks watered — and there lay a great stone at the well mouth. ³ And the manner was to bring the flocks thither, and to roll the stone from the well's mouth and to water the sheep, and to put the stone again upon the well's mouth unto his place. ⁴ And Jacob said unto them, "Brethren, whence be ye?" And they said, "Of Haran are we." ⁵ And he said unto them, "Know ye Laban, the son of Nahor?" And they said, "We know him." ⁶ And he said unto them, "Is he in good health?" And they said, "He is in good health: and behold, his daughter Rachel cometh with the sheep." ⁷ And he said, "Lo, it is yet a great while to night, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water the sheep and go and feed them." ⁸ And they said, "We may not, until all the flocks be brought together, and the stone be rolled from the well's mouth, and so we water our sheep." ⁹ While he yet talked with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she kept them. ¹⁰ As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother, he went and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep of Laban, his mother's brother. ¹¹ And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lift up his voice and wept: ¹² and told her also that he was her father's brother and Rebekah's son. Then Rachel ran and told her father. ¹³ When Laban heard tell of Jacob, his sister's son, he ran against him, and embraced him and kissed him and brought him into his house. And then Jacob told Laban all the matter. ¹⁴ And then Laban said, "Well, thou art my bone and my flesh. Abide with me the space of a month." ¹⁵ And afterward Laban said unto Jacob, "Though thou be my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? Tell me, what shall thy wages be?" ¹⁶ And Laban had two daughters, the eldest called Lea and the youngest Rachel. ¹⁷ Lea was tender eyed, but Rachel was beautiful and well favored. ¹⁸ And Jacob loved her well, and said, "I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy youngest daughter." ¹⁹ And Laban answered, "It is better that I give her thee, than to another man: bide therefore with me." ²⁰ And Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. ²¹ And Jacob said unto Laban, "Give me my wife, that I may lie with her. For the time appointed me is come." ²² Then Laban bade all the men of that place, and made a feast. ²³ And when even was come, he took Lea his daughter and brought her to him and he went in unto her. ²⁴ And Laban gave unto his daughter Lea, Zilpah his maid, to be her servant. ²⁵ And when the morning was come, behold, it was Lea. Then said he to Laban, "Wherefore hast thou played thus with me? Did not I serve thee for Rachel? Wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?" ²⁶ Laban answered, "It is not the manner of this place, to marry the youngest before the eldest. ²⁷ Pass out this week, and then shall this also be given thee for the service which thou shalt serve me yet seven years more. ²⁸ And Jacob did even so, and passed out that week, and then he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also. ²⁹ And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, Bilhah his handmaid to be her servant. ³⁰ So lay he by Rachel also, and loved Rachel more than Lea, and served him yet seven years more.

³² And Lea conceived and bare a son, and called his name Reuben, for she said, "The LORD hath looked upon my tribulation. And now my husband will love me."

²² And it chanced, as Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine, and it came to Israel's ear. The sons of Jacob were twelve in number. ²³ The sons of Lea: Reuben, Jacob's eldest son, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulon.

¹ And Jacob called for his sons and said, "Come together, that I may tell you what shall happen you in the last days. ² Gather you together and hear ye sons of Jacob, and hearken unto Israel your father. ³ "Reuben, thou art mine eldest son, my might and the beginning of my strength, chief in receiving and chief in power. ⁴ As unstable as water wast thou: thou shalt therefore not be the chiefest, for thou wentest up upon thy father's bed, and then defiledest thou my couch with going up. ⁵ The brethren Simeon and Levi, wicked instruments are their weapons. ⁶ Into their secrets come not my soul, and unto their congregation be my honour not coupled: for in their wrath they slew a man, and in their self will they houghed an ox. ⁷ Cursed be their wrath for it was strong, and their fierceness for it was cruel. I will therefore divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. ⁸ "Judah, thy brethren shall praise thee, and thine hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies, and thy father's children shall stoop unto thee. ⁹ Judah is a lion's whelp. From spoil, my son, thou art come on high: he laid him down and couched himself as a lion, and as a lioness. Who dare stir him up? ¹⁰ The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a ruler from between his legs, until Shiloh come, unto whom the people shall hearken. ¹¹ He shall bind his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the vine branch, and shall wash his garment in wine and his mantle in the blood of grapes: ¹² his eyes are roudier than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk. ¹³ "Zebulon shall dwell in the haven of the sea and in the port of ships, and shall reach unto Sidon. ¹⁴ Issachar is a strong ass, he couched him down between two borders, ¹⁵ and saw that rest was good and the land that it was pleasant, and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute. ¹⁶ Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. ¹⁷ Dan shall be a serpent in the way, and an adder in the path, and bite the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. ¹⁸ After thy saving look I, LORD. ¹⁹ Gad, men of war shall invade him. And he shall turn them to flight. ²⁰ Of Asher cometh fat bread, and he shall give pleasures for a king. ²¹ Naphtali is a swift hind, and giveth goodly words. ²² "That flourishing child, Joseph; that flourishing child, and goodly unto the eye! The daughters come forth to bear rule; ²³ The shooters have envied him and chide with him and hated him, ²⁴ and yet his bow bode fast, and his arms and his hands were strong, by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob: out of him shall come a herdsman, a stone in Israel. ²⁵ Thy father's God shall help thee, and the almighty shall bless thee with blessings from heaven above, and with blessings of the water that lieth under, and with blessings of the breasts and of the womb. ²⁶ The blessings of thy father were strong: even as the blessings of my elders, after the desire of the highest in the world. And these blessings shall fall on the head of Joseph, and on the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren. ²⁷ "Benjamin is a ravishing wolf. In the morning he shall devour his prey, and at night he shall divide his spoil." ²⁸ All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is that which their father spake unto them when he blessed them, every man with a several blessing. ²⁹ And he charged them, and said unto them, "I shall be put unto my people: see that ye bury me with my fathers, in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, ³⁰ in the double cave that is in the field before Mamre in the land of Canaan. Which field Abraham bought of Ephron the Hittite for a possession to bury in. ³¹ There they buried Abraham and Sara his wife, there they buried Isaac and Rebecca his wife. And there I buried Lea: ³² which field and the cave that is therein, was bought of the children of Heth." ³³ When Jacob had commanded all that he would unto his sons, he plucked up his feet upon the bed and died, and was put unto his people.

¹ These are the names of the children of Israel, which came to Egypt with Jacob, every man with his household: ² Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, ³ Issachar, Zebulon, Benjamin, ⁴ Dan, Naphtali, Gad and Asher. ⁵ All the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy, and Joseph was in Egypt already.

¹⁴ These be the heads of their father's houses. The children of Reuben the eldest son of Israel are these: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, Carmi, these be the householders of Reuben. ¹⁵ The children of Simeon are these: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Saul the son of a Canaanitish wife: these are the kindreds of Simeon. ¹⁶ These are the names of the children of Levi in their generations: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. And Levi lived a hundred and thirty seven years. ¹⁷ The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei in their kindreds. ¹⁸ The children of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. And Kohath lived a hundred and thirty three years.

⁵ "And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: in Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;

²⁰ And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, in their generations, kindreds and houses of their fathers — when they were numbered every man by name, all that were males from twenty years and above, as many as were able to go forth in war - ²¹ were numbered in the tribe of Reuben, forty six thousand and five hundred.

¹⁰ "And on the south side, the standard of the host of Reuben shall lie with their companies; and the captain over the sons of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur: ¹¹ and his host, and the number of them, forty six thousand, and five hundred. ¹² And fast by him shall the tribe of Simeon pitch; and the captain over the sons of Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai: ¹³ and his host, and the number of them, forty nine thousand and three hundred.

⁴ from twenty years and above, as the LORD commanded Moses. And the children of Israel that came of Egypt were: ⁵ Reuben, the eldest son of Israel. The children of Reuben were, Hanoch, of whom cometh the kindred of the Hanochites; and of Pallu, cometh the kindred of the Palluites; ⁶ And of Hezron, cometh the kindred of the Hezronites; and of Carmi, cometh the kindred of the Carmites. ⁷ These are the kindreds of the Reubenites, which were in number forty three thousand seven hundred and thirty. ⁸ And the sons of Pallu were Eliab. ⁹ And the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, councilors in the congregation, which strove against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD. ¹⁰ And the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them and Korah also, when the multitude died, what time the fire consumed two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign: ¹¹ Notwithstanding, the children of Korah died not.

⁶ Reuben shall live and shall not die: but his people shall be few in number. This is the blessing of Judah."

¹ These be the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun; ² Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naptali, Gad and Asher. ³ The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born him of the daughter of Shua the Cananitess. But Er the eldest the son of Judah was evil in the sight of the LORD, and therefore he slew him. ⁴ And Tamar his daughter-in-law bare him Perez and Zerah: so that all the sons of Judah were five. ⁵ The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul. ⁶ The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol and Dara: five in all. ⁷ The sons of Carmi: Achar, that troubled Israel, which transgressed in the unlawful things. ⁸ The sons of Ethan: Azariah. ⁹ The sons of Hezron that were born him: Jerahmeel, Ram and Chelubai. ¹⁰ And Ram begat Amminadab: and Amminadab begat Nahshon, a lord among the children of Judah. ¹¹ And Nahshon begat Salmon; and Salma begat Boaz; ¹² and Boaz begat Obed; Obed begat Jesse. ¹³ And Jesse begat his eldest son Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third, ¹⁴ Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, ¹⁵ Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh - ¹⁶ Whose sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab and Asahel, three. ¹⁷ And Abigail bare Amasa the father of which Amasa was Jether an Ishmaelite. ¹⁸ And Caleb the son of Hezron begat Azubah, a woman, and Jerioth whose sons are these: Jesher, Shobab and Ardon. ¹⁹ But Azubah died, and Caleb took Ephrath which bare him Hur. ²⁰ And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezalel. ²¹ And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead and was, when he took her, three score years old. And she bare him Segub. ²² And Segub begat Jair which had twenty three cities in the land of Gilead. ²³ And he overcame the Geshurites and the Aramites, and took the towns of Jair from them, and Kenath with the towns that belonged to the same, even three score towns. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. ²⁴ And after the death of Hezron at Calebephrata, Abia his wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa. ²⁵ And the sons of Jerahmeel, the eldest son of Hezron were: Ram, the eldest and Bunah, Oren, Ozem and Ahijah. ²⁶ And Jerahmeel had yet another wife named Atarah which was the mother of Onam. ²⁷ And the sons of Ram, the eldest son of Jerahmeel were: Maaz, Jamin and Eker. ²⁸ The sons of Onam were: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur. ²⁹ And the wife of Abishur was called Abihail, which bare him Ahban and Molid. ³⁰ The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. But Seled died without children. ³¹ The son of Appaim was Ishi. The son of Ishi was Sheshan. And the son of Sheshan was Ahlai. ³² And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai were Jether and Jonathan. But Jether died without children. ³³ The sons of Jonathan were Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. ³⁴ Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters. ³⁵ And Sheshan had a servant that was an Egyptian named Jarha to whom he gave his daughter to wife, and she bare him Attai. ³⁶ And Attai begat Nathan; And Nathan begat Zabad. ³⁷ And Zabad begat Ephlal. Ephlal begat Obed. ³⁸ Obed begat Jehu. Jehu begat Azariah. ³⁹ Azariah begat Helez. Helez begat Eleasah. ⁴⁰ Eleasah begat Sismai. Sismai begat Shallum. ⁴¹ Shallum begat Jekamiah. Jekamiah begat Elishamah. ⁴² The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Meshah his eldest son, which was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. ⁴³ The sons of Hebron were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem and Shema. ⁴⁴ Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkeam. And Rekem begat Shammai. ⁴⁵ The son of Shammai was Maon. And Maon was the father of Bethzur. ⁴⁶ And Ephah, a concubine of Caleb's, bare Haran, Moza and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez. ⁴⁷ The sons of Jahdai were: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah and Shaaph. ⁴⁸ And Maacah, another concubine of Caleb's, bare Sheber and Tirhanah. ⁴⁹ And she bare also Shaaph, the father of Madmannah, and Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea. And Caleb had a daughter called Achsah. ⁵⁰ These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur the eldest son of Ephrata: Shobal the father of Kiriathjearim; ⁵¹ and Salma the father of Bethlehem; and Hareph the father of Bethgader. ⁵² And Shobal the father of Kiriathjearim had sons, even the half kindred of Menuhoth. ⁵³ The kindreds of Kiriathjearim were the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishrites. And of them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. ⁵⁴ The sons of Salma: Bethlehem and Netophathi, that were the glory of the house of Joab, and half the Manathites and of the Zorites. ⁵⁵ And so were the kindred of the writers that dwelt at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites and Sucathites which are the Kenites, that came of Hammath the father of Beth Rechab.

¹ Benjamin begat Bela his eldest son, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third, ² Nohah the fourth, and Raphah the fifth. ³ And the sons of Bela were Addar, Gera, Abihud, ⁴ Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, ⁵ Gera, Shupham and Huram. ⁶ And these are the sons of Ehud, ancient heads among the inhabiters of Geba which carried them to Manahath: ⁷ Naaman, Ahijah and Gera — which Gera carried them away and begat Uzza and Ahihud. ⁸ And he begat Shaharaim in the country of Moab after he had sent them away. Hushim and Baara were his wives. ⁹ And he begat of Hodesh his wife: Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam, ¹⁰ Jeuz, Sachia and Mirmah. These are his sons being ancient heads. ¹¹ And of Hushim he begat Abitub and Elpaal. ¹² The sons of Elpaal were: Eber, Misham, and Shemed — which built Ono, Lod, and the towns belonging thereto - ¹³ and Beriah and Shema — ancient heads among the inhabiters of Aijalon, and they drave out away the inhabiters of Gath - ¹⁴ And Ahio, Shasak, Jeremoth, ¹⁵ Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, ¹⁶ Michael, Ishpah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah. ¹⁷ Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber, ¹⁸ Ishmerai, Izliah, Jobab: the sons of Elpaal. ¹⁹ And Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi, ²⁰ Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel, ²¹ Adaiah, Beraiah, Shimrath: the sons of Shimei. ²² And Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, ²³ Abdon, Zichri, Hanan, ²⁴ Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah, ²⁵ Iphdeiah and Penuel are the sons of Shashak. ²⁶ And Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah, ²⁷ Jaareshiah, Elijah and Zichri are the sons of Jeroham. ²⁸ These were ancient heads in their kindreds and dwelt in Jerusalem. ²⁹ And at Gibeon dwelleth the father of Gibeon whose wife was called Maacah. ³⁰ And his eldest son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab, ³¹ Gedor, Ahio and Zecher. And Mikloth begat Shimeah. ³² And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem over against them. ³³ And Ner begat Kisk, and Kish, Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab and Eshbaal. ³⁴ And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal and Meribbaal begat Micah. ³⁵ And the sons of Micah were Pithon, Melech, Tarea and Ahaz. ³⁶ And Ahaz begat Jehoaddah. And Jehoaddah begat Alemoth, Azmaveth and Zimri. And Zimri begat Moza. ³⁷ And Moza begat Bineah, whose son was Raphah, and his son was Eleasah, and his son Azel. ³⁸ And Azel had six sons whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. ³⁹ And the sons of Eshek his brother, were Ulam his eldest, and Jeush the second and Eliphelet the third. ⁴⁰ And the sons of Ulam were mighty men and bowmen and had many sons and son's, sons, a hundred and fifty. All these are the sons of Benjamin.

¹ Then Isaac called Jacob his son and blessed him, and charged him and said unto him, "See thou take not a wife of the daughters of Canaan,

³³ And she conceived again and bare a son, and said, "The LORD hath heard that I am despised, and hath therefore given me this son also." And she called him Simeon.

²⁵ And the third day, when it was painful to them, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dina's brethren, took either of them his sword and went into the city boldly, and slew all that was male;

³⁰ And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "Ye have troubled me, and made me stink unto the inhabiters of the land, both to the Canaanites and also unto the Perizzites. And I am few in number. Wherefore they shall gather themselves together against me and slay me, and so shall I and my house be destroyed."

⁵ The brethren Simeon and Levi, wicked instruments are their weapons. ⁶ Into their secrets come not my soul, and unto their congregation be my honour not coupled: for in their wrath they slew a man, and in their self will they houghed an ox. ⁷ Cursed be their wrath for it was strong, and their fierceness for it was cruel. I will therefore divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

¹⁵ The children of Simeon are these: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Saul the son of a Canaanitish wife: these are the kindreds of Simeon.

⁶ In Simeon, Shelumiel: the son of Zurishaddai;

²² Among the children of Simeon, their generation in their kindreds and houses of their fathers — when every man's name was told, of all the males from twenty years and above, whatsoever was meet for the war - ²³ were numbered in the tribe of Simeon forty nine thousand and three hundred.

¹² And the children of Simeon in their kindreds were: Nemuel, of whom cometh the kindred of the Nemuelites; Jamin, of whom cometh the kindred of the Jaminites; Jachin, of whom cometh the kindred of the Jachinites; ¹³ Zerah of whom cometh the kindred of the Zerahites; Shaul of whom cometh the kindred of the Shaulites.

¹ These be the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun;

²⁴ The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah and Shaul, ²⁵ whose son was Shallum, and the son of him was Mibsam, and his son was Mishma. ²⁶ And the son of Mishma was Hammuel, and his son was Zaccur, and the son of him was Shimei. ²⁷ Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. But his brethren had not many children, neither were the kindreds of them like to the children of Judah in multitude. ²⁸ And they dwelt at Beersheba, Moladah and at Hazarshual, ²⁹ at Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, ³⁰ Bethuel, Hormah and at Ziklag; ³¹ at Bethmarcaboth, Hazarsusim, Bethbiri, and Shaarim. These were their cities unto the reign of David. ³² And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen and Ashan, five towns, ³³ and all their villages that were round about the said cities unto Baalathbeer. This is the habitation of them and their genealogy. ³⁴ And Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah the son of Amaziah, ³⁵ and Joel and Jehu the son of Joshibiah the son of Seraiah the son of Asiel; ³⁶ and Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel and Benaiah; ³⁷ Ziza the son of Shiphi the son of Allon the son of Jedaiah the son of Shimri the son of Shemaiah. ³⁸ These are such as came by name, heads of these kindreds. And the ancient households of them spread in multitude. ³⁹ And they went as far as Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their cattle. ⁴⁰ And they found fat pasture and good and a wide land both quiet and fruitful: for they of Ham dwelt there before. ⁴¹ And these now afore written by name went in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote the tents of them and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and there dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their sheep. ⁴² And thereto there went of the said children of Simeon five hundred men — Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah and Uzziel the sons of Ishi being their heads - ⁴³ and smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped and they dwelt there unto this day.

³⁴ And she conceived yet, and bare a son, and said, "Now this once will my husband keep me company, because I have borne him three sons." And therefore she called his name Levi.

¹⁶ These are the names of the children of Levi in their generations: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. And Levi lived a hundred and thirty seven years.

¹⁷ And these are the names of the children of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ¹⁸ And these are the names of the children of Gershon in their kindreds: Libni and Shimei. ¹⁹ And the sons of Kohath in their kindred were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. ²⁰ And the sons of Merari in their kindreds were Mahli and Mushi. These are the kindreds of Levi in the houses of their fathers. ²¹ And of Gershon came the kindred of the Libnites and the Shimeites, which are the kindreds of the Gershonites. ²² And the sum of them — when all the males were told, from a month old and above — were seven thousand and five hundred.

¹ And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, ² and bade them, "Take the sum of the children of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, in their kindreds and houses of their fathers — from thirty years and above until fifty, ³ all that were able to war — for to do the work in the tabernacle of witness: ⁴ even in the most holy place. ⁵ And when the host removeth, Aaron and his sons shall come and take down the veil, and cover the ark of witness therewith, ⁶ and shall put thereon a covering of taxus' skins and shall spread a cloth that is altogether of jacinth, above all, and put the staves thereof in. ⁷ And upon the shew-table, they shall spread a cloth of jacinth, and put thereon the dishes, spoons, flat pieces and pots to pour with, and the daily bread shall be thereon: ⁸ and they shall spread upon them a covering of purple, and cover the same with a covering of taxus' skins, and put the staves thereof in. ⁹ And they shall take a cloth of jacinth and cover the candlestick of light and her lamps and her snuffers, and firepans, and all her oil vessels which they occupy about it, ¹⁰ and shall put upon her and on all her instruments, a covering of taxus' skins, and put it upon staves. ¹¹ And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of jacinth, and put on her staves. ¹² And they shall take all the things which they occupy to minister with in the holy place, and put a cloth of jacinth upon them and cover them with a covering of taxus' skins and put them on staves. ¹³ And they shall take away the ashes out of the altar, and spread a scarlet cloth thereon: ¹⁴ and put about it, the firepans, the fleshhooks, the shovels, the basins, and all that belongeth unto the altar, and they shall spread upon it a covering of taxus' skins, and put on the staves of it. ¹⁵ "And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary and all things of the sanctuary, against that the host remove, then the sons of Kohath shall come in for to bear, and so let them not touch the sanctuary lest they die. And this is the charge of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of witness. ¹⁶ And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, shall have the charge to prepare oil for the lights and sweet cense, and the daily meat offering and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the dwelling and of all that therein is, both over the sanctuary and over all that pertaineth thereto." ¹⁷ And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, ¹⁸ "Destroy not the tribe of the kindreds of the Kohathites, from among the Levites. ¹⁹ But thus do unto them that they may live and not die, when they go unto the most holy place. Aaron and his sons shall go in and put them, every man unto his service and unto his burden. ²⁰ But let them not go in to see when they cover the sanctuary, lest they die." ²¹ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ²² "Take the sum of the children of Gershon, in the houses of their fathers and in their kindreds - ²³ from thirty years and above, until fifty, all that are able to go forth in war — for to do service in the tabernacle of witness. ²⁴ And this is the service of the kindred of the Gershonites, to serve and to bear. ²⁵ They shall bear the curtains of the dwelling and the roof of the tabernacle of witness and his covering and the covering of taxus' skins that is on high above upon it, and the hanging of the door of the tabernacle of witness: ²⁶ and the hanging of the court and the hanging of the gate of the court that is round about the dwelling and the altar, and the cords of them, and all the instruments that serve unto them and all that is made for them. ²⁷ And at the mouth of Aaron and his sons, shall all the service of the children of the Gershonites be done, in all their charges and in all their service, and ye shall appoint them unto all their charges that they shall wait upon. ²⁸ And this is the service of the kindred of the children of the Gershonites in the tabernacle of witness, and their wait shall be in the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. ²⁹ "And thou shalt number the sons of Merari in their kindreds and in the houses of their fathers - ³⁰ from thirty years and above unto fifty, all that is able to go forth in war — to do the service of the tabernacle of witness. ³¹ And this is the charge, that they must wait upon in all that they must serve in the tabernacle of witness: The boards of the dwelling, and the bars, pillars, and sockets thereof, ³² and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, pins and cords with all that pertaineth and serveth unto them. And by name ye shall reckon the things that they must wait upon to bear. ³³ This is the service of the kindreds of the sons of Merari in all their service in the tabernacle of witness by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest." ³⁴ And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the multitude numbered the sons of the Kohathites in their kindreds and houses of their fathers, ³⁵ from thirty years and above unto fifty, and that were able to go forth in the host and to do service in the tabernacle of witness. ³⁶ And the number of them in their kindreds were two thousand, seven hundred and fifty. ³⁷ These are the numbers of the kindreds of the Kohathites, of all that did service in the tabernacle of witness, which Moses and Aaron did number at the commandment of the LORD of by the hand of Moses. ³⁸ And the sons of Gershon were numbered in their kindreds and in the houses of their fathers, ³⁹ from thirty years up unto fifty, all that were able to go forth in the host for to do service in the tabernacle of witness. ⁴⁰ And the number of them in their kindreds, and in the houses of their fathers, was two thousand, six hundred and thirty. ⁴¹ This is the number of the kindreds of the sons of Gershon, of all that did service in the tabernacle of witness, which Moses and Aaron did number at the commandment of the LORD. ⁴² And the kindreds of the sons of Merari were numbered in their kindreds and in the houses of their fathers, ⁴³ from thirty years up unto fifty, all that were able to go forth with the host to do service in the tabernacle of witness. ⁴⁴ And the number of them was in their kindreds, three thousand and two hundred. ⁴⁵ This is the number of the kindreds of the sons of Merari, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the bidding of the LORD, by the hand of Moses. ⁴⁶ The whole sum which Moses, Aaron, and the lords of Israel numbered among the Levites in their kindreds and households of their fathers - ⁴⁷ from thirty years up unto fifty, every man to do his office and service and to bear his burden in the tabernacle of witness - ⁴⁸ was eight thousand, five hundred and eighty, ⁴⁹ which they numbered at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses; every man unto his service and burden as the LORD commanded Moses.

¹ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ² "Speak unto Aaron and say unto him, 'When thou puttest on the lamps see that they light all seven upon the forefront of the candlestick.'" ³ And Aaron did even so, and put the lamps upon the forefront of the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses, ⁴ and the work of the candlestick was of stiff gold: both the shaft and the flowers thereof. And according unto the vision, which the LORD had showed Moses, even so he made the candlestick. ⁵ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ⁶ "Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. ⁷ And this do unto them when thou cleansest them: sprinkle water of purifying upon them and make a razor to run along upon all the flesh of them, and let them wash their clothes, and then they shall be clean. ⁸ And let them take a bullock and his meat offering, fine flour mingled with oil: and another bullock shalt thou take to be a sin offering. ⁹ Then bring the Levites before the tabernacle of witness and gather the whole multitude of the children of Israel together. ¹⁰ And bring the Levites before the LORD, and let the children of Israel put their hands upon the Levites. ¹¹ And let Aaron heave the Levites before the LORD, for a heave offering given of the children of Israel, and then let them be appointed to wait upon the service of the LORD. ¹² And let the Levites put their hands upon the heads of the bullocks, and then offer them: the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites. ¹³ And make the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons, and have them to be a heave offering unto the LORD. ¹⁴ And thou shalt separate the Levites, from among the children of Israel, that they be mine: ¹⁵ and after that, let them go and do the service of the tabernacle of witness. Cleanse them and wave them, ¹⁶ for they are given unto me from among the children of Israel: for I have taken them unto me for all the firstborn that open any matrix among the children of Israel. ¹⁷ "For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: because the same time that I smote the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself: ¹⁸ and I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn among the children of Israel, ¹⁹ and have given them unto Aaron and his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of witness and to make an atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel, if they come nigh unto the sanctuary." ²⁰ And Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel did unto the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses. ²¹ And the Levites purified themselves, and washed their clothes. And Aaron waved them before the LORD, and made an atonement for them to cleanse them. ²² And after that, they went in to do their service in the tabernacle of witness before Aaron and his sons. And according as the LORD had commanded Moses as concerning the Levites, even so they did unto them. ²³ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ²⁴ "This shall be the manner of the Levites: from twenty five years upward they shall go in to wait upon the service in the tabernacle of witness, ²⁵ and at fifty they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall labour no more: ²⁶ but shall minister unto their brethren in the tabernacle of witness, and there wait, but shall do no more service. And see that thou do after this manner unto the Levites in their waiting times."

⁵⁷ These are the sums of the Levites in their kindreds: of Gershon, came the kindred of the Gershonites; and of Kohath came the kindred of the Kohathites; and of Merari came the kindred of the Merarites. ⁵⁸ These are the kindreds of Levi: the kindred of the Libnites, the kindred of the Hebronites, the kindred of the Mahlites, the kindred of the Mushites, the kindred of the Korahites. Kohath begat Amram,

⁸ And unto Levi he said, "Thy perfectness and thy light be according unto the man of thy mercy, who thou hast tempted at Massah, when ye strove by the waters of strife. ⁹ He that sayeth unto his father and mother, 'I saw him not,' and unto his brethren, 'I knew not,' and to his son, 'I know not': for they have observed thy words and kept thy covenant. ¹⁰ They shall teach Jacob thy judgments and Israel thy laws. They shall put cense before thy nose and whole sacrifices upon thine altar. ¹¹ Bless, LORD, their power, and accept the works of their hands: smite the backs of them that rise against them and of them that hate them, that they rise not again."

¹¹ And Nahshon begat Salmon; and Salma begat Boaz;

¹⁶ Whose sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab and Asahel, three.

¹ The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath and Merari. ² The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. ³ The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

¹⁶ The sons of Levi now are these: Gershom, Kohath and Merari.

¹ And David said, "This is the house of the LORD God, and this the burnt offering altar for Israel." ² And David commanded to gather the strangers that were in the land of Israel, and set hewers to hew stone, to build the house of God. ³ And David prepared plenty of iron for nails to the doors of the gates and to join with all, and abundance of brass without weight, ⁴ and of Cedar trees without number. For the Sidonians and they of Tyre brought much Cedar wood to David. ⁵ For David thus thought, "Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the LORD, must exceed in greatness, that it may be spoken of and praised in all lands. I will therefore make ordinance for it." And so David prepared abundance before his death. ⁶ And he called Solomon his son and charged him to build a house for the LORD God of Israel. ⁷ And David said to Salomon, "My son, I had in mine heart to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God. ⁸ But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 'Thou hast shed much blood, and hast made many battles. Thou shalt not build a house for my name, for thou hast shed much blood to the earth in my sight. ⁹ Behold, a son shall be born thee which shall be a man of rest, for I will give him rest from all his enemies round about. And his name shall be Solomon: for I will send rest and peace upon Israel in his days. ¹⁰ He shall build a house for my name, and he shall be my son, and I will be his father, and will establish the seat of his kingdom upon Israel forever.' ¹¹ Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; that thou mayest prosper and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee. ¹² And the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and make thee governor of Israel, and to keep the law of the LORD thy God. ¹³ For then thou shalt prosper: If thou shalt be diligent to do the ordinances and laws which the LORD charged Moses with, to deliver to Israel. Pluck up thine heart and be strong, dread not, nor be discouraged. ¹⁴ Behold: in mine adversity I have prepared for the house of the LORD a hundred thousand talents of gold and a thousand, thousand talents of silver, and as for brass and iron it cannot be numbered, it is so much. And I have prepared timber and stone, and shalt provide more thereto. ¹⁵ Moreover, thou hast workmen enough and masons and carpenters to work in stone and timber, and all manner of wise men for whatsoever work it be. ¹⁶ And of gold, silver, brass and iron there is no number. Up, therefore, and set upon it, and the LORD shall be with thee." ¹⁷ And David commanded all the lords of Israel, to help Solomon his son, saying, ¹⁸ "Is not the LORD your God with you? And hath he not given you rest on every side? For he hath given the inhabiters of the land into mine hand and the land is subdued before the LORD and before his people. ¹⁹ Now therefore set your hearts and your souls to seek the LORD your God. And up, and build ye the temple of the LORD God, to bring the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God into the house so built for the name of the LORD."

³⁵ And she conceived yet again, and bare a son, saying, "Now will I praise the LORD!" Therefore she called his name Judah, and left bearing.

¹ And it fortuned at that time that Judah went from his brethren and gat him to a man called Hirah of Adullam, ² and there he saw the daughter of a man called Shua, a Canaanite. And he took her and went in unto her. ³ And she conceived and bare a son and called his name Er.

⁷ But this Er, Judah's eldest son, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; wherefore the LORD slew him.

¹⁰ And the thing which he did, displeased the LORD, wherefore he slew him also.

²⁴ And it came to pass that after three months, one told Judah, saying, "Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the whore, and with playing the whore is become great with child." And Judah said, "Bring her forth and let her be burnt." ²⁵ And when they brought her forth, she sent to her father-in-law saying, "By the man unto whom these things pertain, am I with child." And said also, "Look whose are this seal, necklace, and staff." ²⁶ And Judah knew them, saying, "She is more righteous than I, because I gave her not to Shelah my son." But he lay with her no more. ²⁷ When time was come that she should be delivered, behold there was two twins in her womb. ²⁸ And as she travailed, the one put out his hand and the midwife took and bound a red thread about it, saying, "This will come out first." ²⁹ But he plucked his hand back again, and his brother came out. And she said, "Wherefore hast thou rent a rent upon thee?" And called him Perez. ³⁰ And afterward came out his brother that had the red thread about his hand, which was called Zerah.

⁸ "Judah, thy brethren shall praise thee, and thine hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies, and thy father's children shall stoop unto thee. ⁹ Judah is a lion's whelp. From spoil, my son, thou art come on high: he laid him down and couched himself as a lion, and as a lioness. Who dare stir him up? ¹⁰ The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a ruler from between his legs, until Shiloh come, unto whom the people shall hearken. ¹¹ He shall bind his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the vine branch, and shall wash his garment in wine and his mantle in the blood of grapes: ¹² his eyes are roudier than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.

⁷ In the tribe of Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab;

²⁶ Among the children of Judah, their generation in their kindreds and houses of their fathers — by the number of names, from twenty years and above, all that were able to war - ²⁷ were told in the tribe of Judah seventy four thousand and six hundred.

¹⁹ The children of Judah: Er and Onan, which died in the land of Canaan. ²⁰ But the children of Judah in their kindred were: Shelah of whom cometh the kindred of the Shelanites; and of Perez cometh the kindred of the Perezites; and of Zerah cometh the kindred of the Zerahites. ²¹ And the children of Perez were Hezron, of whom cometh the kindred of the Hezronites: and of Hamul cometh the kindred of the Hamulites.

⁷ And he said, "Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah and bring him unto his people: let his hands fight for him: but be thou his help against his enemies."

² And the LORD said, "Judah shall go up: behold I have delivered the land into his hands."

³ The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born him of the daughter of Shua the Cananitess. But Er the eldest the son of Judah was evil in the sight of the LORD, and therefore he slew him. ⁴ And Tamar his daughter-in-law bare him Perez and Zerah: so that all the sons of Judah were five. ⁵ The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

¹ These are the sons of David which were born him in Hebron: the eldest Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess. The second Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelitess.

¹ The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur and Shobal.

²¹ The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the kindreds of the households of them that wrought bysse in the house of Ashbea.

² For unto Judah which was mighty among his brethren, was given the principality before him. But the birthright was given Joseph.

⁶⁸ but chose the tribe of Judah, even the hill of Zion which he loved.

¹ This is the book of the generations of Jesus Christ: the son of David, the son also of Abraham. ² Abraham begat Isaac; Isaac begat Jacob; Jacob begat Judah and his brethren; ³ Judah begat Perez and Zerah of Tamar; Perez begat Hezron; Hezron begat Ram;

¹⁴ For it is evident that our Lord sprung of the tribe of Judah, of which tribe spake Moses nothing concerning priesthood.

⁵ And one of the elders said unto me, "Weep not. Behold, a lion being of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, hath obtained to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof."

¹⁴ And Reuben went out in the wheat harvest and found mandragoras in the fields, and brought them unto his mother Lea. Then said Rachel to Lea, "Give me of thy son's mandragoras." ¹⁵ And Lea answered, "Is it not enough, that thou hast taken away my husband, but wouldest take away my son's mandragoras also?" Then said Rachel, "Well, let him sleep with thee this night, for thy son's mandragoras." ¹⁶ And when Jacob came from the fields at even, Lea went out to meet him, and said, "Come in to me, for I have bought thee with my son's mandragoras." And he slept with her that night. ¹⁷ And God heard Lea, that she conceived and bare unto Jacob the fifth son. ¹⁸ Then said Lea, "God hath given me my reward, because I gave my maiden to my husband." And she called him Issachar.

²³ The sons of Lea: Reuben, Jacob's eldest son, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulon.

¹⁴ Issachar is a strong ass, he couched him down between two borders, ¹⁵ and saw that rest was good and the land that it was pleasant, and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

⁸ In Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar;

²⁸ Among the children of Issachar, their generation, in their kindreds and houses of their fathers — when their names were counted, from twenty years and above, whatsoever was apt for war — ²⁹ were numbered in the tribe of Issachar fifty four thousand and four hundred. ³⁰ Among the children of Zebulun, their generation, in their kindreds and houses of their fathers —after the number of names, from twenty years and above, whosoever was mete for the war -

²³ And the children of Issachar in their kindreds were: Tola, of whom cometh the kindred of the Tolaites: and Puvah, of whom cometh the kindred of the Punites; ²⁴ and of Jashub cometh the kindred of the Jashubites; and of Shimron cometh the kindred of the Shimronites. ²⁵ These are the kindreds of Issachar, in number sixty four thousand and three hundred.

¹⁸ And unto Zebulun he said, "Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out, and thou, Issachar, in thy tents.

¹ The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub and Shimron, four. ² The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Shemuel which were heads in the ancient households of Tola and men of might among their kindreds: the number of them in the days of David were two and twenty thousand and six hundred. ³ The sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah Joel, Isshiah, five head men in all. ⁴ And among them in their kindreds and ancient households six and thirty thousand men prepared to war: for they had many wives and sons. ⁵ And of their brethren among all the kindreds of Issachar were reckoned of men of war four score and seven thousand in all.

³² And of the children of Issachar which were men that had understanding in the right time to know what Israel ought to do: The heads of them were two hundred, and all their brethren at their will.

¹⁹ And Lea conceived yet again and bare Jacob the sixth son. ²⁰ Then said she, "God hath endued me with a good dowry. Now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons." And called his name Zebulon.

¹³ "Zebulon shall dwell in the haven of the sea and in the port of ships, and shall reach unto Sidon.

⁹ In Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon.

³⁰ Among the children of Zebulun, their generation, in their kindreds and houses of their fathers —after the number of names, from twenty years and above, whosoever was mete for the war - ³¹ were counted in the tribe of Zebulun fifty seven thousand and four hundred.

²⁶ The children of Zebulun in their kindreds were: Sered, of whom cometh the kindred of the Seredites; and Elon, of whom cometh the kindred of the Elonites; and of Jahleel, cometh the kindred of the Jahleelites. ²⁷ These are the kindreds of Zebulun, in number sixty thousand and five hundred.

¹⁸ And unto Zebulun he said, "Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out, and thou, Issachar, in thy tents. ¹⁹ They shall call the people unto the hill, and there they shall offer offerings of righteousness. For they shall suck of the abundance of the sea and of treasure hid in the sand."

²⁰ And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Mesopotamia and sister to Laban the Syrian.

³² And Lea conceived and bare a son, and called his name Reuben, for she said, "The LORD hath looked upon my tribulation. And now my husband will love me." ³³ And she conceived again and bare a son, and said, "The LORD hath heard that I am despised, and hath therefore given me this son also." And she called him Simeon. ³⁴ And she conceived yet, and bare a son, and said, "Now this once will my husband keep me company, because I have borne him three sons." And therefore she called his name Levi. ³⁵ And she conceived yet again, and bare a son, saying, "Now will I praise the LORD!" Therefore she called his name Judah, and left bearing.

¹⁷ And God heard Lea, that she conceived and bare unto Jacob the fifth son. ¹⁸ Then said Lea, "God hath given me my reward, because I gave my maiden to my husband." And she called him Issachar. ¹⁹ And Lea conceived yet again and bare Jacob the sixth son. ²⁰ Then said she, "God hath endued me with a good dowry. Now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons." And called his name Zebulon. ²¹ After that she bare a daughter, and called her Dina.

¹ Dina, the daughter of Lea which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. ² And Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, lord of the country, saw her, and took her, and lay with her, and forced her: ³ and his heart lay unto Dina, the daughter of Jacob. And he loved the damsel and spake kindly unto her, ⁴ and spake unto his father, Hamor, saying, "Get me this maiden unto my wife." ⁵ And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dina, his daughter, but his sons were with the cattle in the field: and therefore he held his peace, until they were come. ⁶ Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob, to commune with him. ⁷ And the sons of Jacob came out of the field as soon as they heard it, for it grieved them, and they were not a little wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel, in that he had lain with Jacob's daughter, which thing ought not to be done. ⁸ And Hamor communed with them, saying, "The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: give her him to wife, ⁹ and make marriages with us: give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you, ¹⁰ and dwell with us, and the land shall be at your pleasure; dwell and do your business, and have your possessions therein." ¹¹ And Shechem said unto her father and her brethren, "Let me find grace in your eyes, and whatsoever ye appoint me, that will I give. ¹² Ask freely of me both the dowry and gifts, and I will give according as ye say unto me, and give me the damsel to wife." ¹³ Then the sons of Jacob answered to Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, because he had defiled Dina their sister. ¹⁴ And they said unto them, "We cannot do this thing, that we should give our sister to one that is uncircumcised, for that were a shame unto us. ¹⁵ Only in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that all the men children among you be circumcised, ¹⁶ then will we give our daughter to you and take yours to us, and will dwell with you and be one people. ¹⁷ But and if ye will not hearken unto us to be circumcised, then will we take our daughter and go our ways." ¹⁸ And their words pleased Hamor and Shechem his son. ¹⁹ And the young man deferred not for to do the thing, because he had a lust to Jacob's daughter: he was also most set by of all that were in his father's house. ²⁰ Then Hamor and Shechem went unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, ²¹ "These men are peaceable with us, and will dwell in the land and do their occupation therein; And in the land is room enough for them, let us take their daughters to wives and give them ours; ²² only herein will they consent unto us for to dwell with us and to be one people: if all the men children that are among us be circumcised as they are. ²³ Their goods and their substance and all their cattle are ours, only let us consent unto them, that they may dwell with us." ²⁴ And unto Hamor and Shechem his son hearkened all that went out at the gate of his city. And all the men children were circumcised, whatsoever went out at the gates of his city. ²⁵ And the third day, when it was painful to them, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dina's brethren, took either of them his sword and went into the city boldly, and slew all that was male; ²⁶ and slew also Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dina their sister out of Shechem's house, and went their way. ²⁷ Then came the sons of Jacob upon the deed, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister: ²⁸ and took their sheep, oxen, asses and whatsoever was in the city and also in the fields. ²⁹ And all their goods, all their children and their wives took they captive, and made havoc of all that was in the houses. ³⁰ And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "Ye have troubled me, and made me stink unto the inhabiters of the land, both to the Canaanites and also unto the Perizzites. And I am few in number. Wherefore they shall gather themselves together against me and slay me, and so shall I and my house be destroyed." ³¹ And they answered, "Should they deal with our sister as with an whore?"

³ "Reuben, thou art mine eldest son, my might and the beginning of my strength, chief in receiving and chief in power. ⁴ As unstable as water wast thou: thou shalt therefore not be the chiefest, for thou wentest up upon thy father's bed, and then defiledest thou my couch with going up. ⁵ The brethren Simeon and Levi, wicked instruments are their weapons. ⁶ Into their secrets come not my soul, and unto their congregation be my honour not coupled: for in their wrath they slew a man, and in their self will they houghed an ox. ⁷ Cursed be their wrath for it was strong, and their fierceness for it was cruel. I will therefore divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. ⁸ "Judah, thy brethren shall praise thee, and thine hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies, and thy father's children shall stoop unto thee. ⁹ Judah is a lion's whelp. From spoil, my son, thou art come on high: he laid him down and couched himself as a lion, and as a lioness. Who dare stir him up? ¹⁰ The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a ruler from between his legs, until Shiloh come, unto whom the people shall hearken. ¹¹ He shall bind his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the vine branch, and shall wash his garment in wine and his mantle in the blood of grapes: ¹² his eyes are roudier than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk. ¹³ "Zebulon shall dwell in the haven of the sea and in the port of ships, and shall reach unto Sidon.

² Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, ³ Issachar, Zebulon, Benjamin,

¹ And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of witness, the first day of the second month, and in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, ² "Take ye the sum of all the multitude of the children of Israel, in their kindreds and households of their fathers and number them by name all that are males, poll by poll, ³ from twenty years and above: even all that are able to go forth into war in Israel, thou and Aaron shall number them in their armies. ⁴ And with you shall be, of every tribe, a head man in the house of his father. ⁵ "And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: in Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur; ⁶ In Simeon, Shelumiel: the son of Zurishaddai; ⁷ In the tribe of Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab; ⁸ In Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar; ⁹ In Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon. ¹⁰ Among the children of Joseph: In Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; In Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur; ¹¹ In Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gedeoni; ¹² In Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai; ¹³ In Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran; ¹⁴ In Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel; ¹⁵ In Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan." ¹⁶ These were councilors of the congregation and lords in the tribes of their fathers and captains over thousands in Israel. ¹⁷ And Moses and Aaron took these men, above named, ¹⁸ and gathered all the congregation together, the first day of the second month, and reckoned them after their birth and kindreds and houses of their fathers by name from twenty years and above, head by head; ¹⁹ as the LORD commanded Moses, even so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. ²⁰ And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, in their generations, kindreds and houses of their fathers — when they were numbered every man by name, all that were males from twenty years and above, as many as were able to go forth in war - ²¹ were numbered in the tribe of Reuben, forty six thousand and five hundred. ²² Among the children of Simeon, their generation in their kindreds and houses of their fathers — when every man's name was told, of all the males from twenty years and above, whatsoever was meet for the war - ²³ were numbered in the tribe of Simeon forty nine thousand and three hundred. ²⁴ Among the children of Gad, their generation in their kindreds and households of their fathers — when they were told by name, from twenty years and above, all that were mete for the war - ²⁵ were numbered in the tribe of Gad forty five thousand, six hundred and fifty. ²⁶ Among the children of Judah, their generation in their kindreds and houses of their fathers — by the number of names, from twenty years and above, all that were able to war - ²⁷ were told in the tribe of Judah seventy four thousand and six hundred. ²⁸ Among the children of Issachar, their generation, in their kindreds and houses of their fathers — when their names were counted, from twenty years and above, whatsoever was apt for war — ²⁹ were numbered in the tribe of Issachar fifty four thousand and four hundred. ³⁰ Among the children of Zebulun, their generation, in their kindreds and houses of their fathers —after the number of names, from twenty years and above, whosoever was mete for the war - ³¹ were counted in the tribe of Zebulun fifty seven thousand and four hundred. ³² Among the children of Joseph, first among the children of Ephraim, their generation, in their kindreds and houses of their fathers — when the names of all that were apt to the war were told, from twenty years and above - ³³ were in number in the tribe of Ephraim, forty thousand, and six hundred. ³⁴ Among the children of Manasseh, their generation, in their kindreds and houses of their fathers — when the names of all that were apt to war were told, ³⁵ from twenty and above — were numbered in the tribe of Manasseh thirty two thousand and two hundred. ³⁶ Among the children of Benjamin, their generation, in their kindreds and houses of their fathers — by the tale of names, from twenty years and above of all that were mete for war - ³⁷ were numbered in the tribe of Benjamin thirty five thousand and four hundred. ³⁸ Among the children of Dan, their generation in their kindreds and houses of their fathers — in the sum of names of all that was apt to war, ³⁹ from twenty years and above — were numbered in the tribe of Dan fifty seven thousand and seven hundred. ⁴⁰ Among the children of Asher, their generation, in their kindreds and houses of their fathers — when they were summed by name, from twenty years and above, all that were apt to war - ⁴¹ were numbered in the tribe of Asher forty one thousand and five hundred. ⁴² Among the children of Naphtali, their generation in their kindreds and houses of their fathers — when their names were told, from twenty years and above, whatsoever was mete to war - ⁴³ were numbered in the tribe of Naphtali fifty three thousand and four hundred. ⁴⁴ These are the numbers which Moses and Aaron numbered with the twelve princes of Israel: of every house of their fathers, a man. ⁴⁵ And all the numbers of the children of Israel, in the houses of their fathers, from twenty years and above, whatsoever was mete for the war in Israel, ⁴⁶ drew unto the sum of six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty. ⁴⁷ But the Levites in the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. ⁴⁸ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ⁴⁹ "Only see that thou number not the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel. ⁵⁰ But thou shalt appoint the Levites unto the habitation of witness, and to all the apparel thereof and unto all that longeth thereto. For they shall bear the tabernacle and all the ordinance thereof, and they shall minister it and shall pitch their tents round about it. ⁵¹ And when the tabernacle goeth forth, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is pitched, they shall set it up: for if any stranger come near, he shall die. ⁵² And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man in his own company and every man by his own standard throughout all their hosts. ⁵³ But the Levites shall pitch round about the habitation of witness, that there fall no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel, and the Levites shall wait upon the habitation of witness." ⁵⁴ And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses.

¹ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ² "Make thee two trumpets of hard silver, that thou mayest use them to call the congregation together, and when the host shall journey. ³ When they blow with them, all the multitude shall resort to thee, unto the door of the tabernacle of witness. ⁴ If but one trumpet blow only, then the princes which are heads over the thousands of Israel shall come unto thee. ⁵ And when ye trump the first time, the hosts that lie on the east parts shall go forward. ⁶ And when ye trump the second time, then the hosts that lie on the south side shall take their journey: for they shall trump when they take their journeys. ⁷ And in gathering the congregation together, ye shall blow and not trump. ⁸ And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets and shall have them and it shall be a law unto you forever and among your children after you. ⁹ "And when ye shall go to war in your land against your enemies that vex you, ye shall trump with the trumpets and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies. ¹⁰ Also, when ye be merry in your feast days and in the first days of your months, ye shall blow the trumpets over your burnt sacrifices and peaceofferings, that it may be a remembrance of you before your God. I am the LORD your God." ¹¹ And it came to pass the twentieth day of the second month in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the habitation of witness. ¹² And the children of Israel took their journey out of the desert of Sinai, and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran. ¹³ And the first took their journey at the mouth of the LORD, by the hand of Moses: ¹⁴ even the standard of the host of Judah removed first with their armies, whose captain was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. ¹⁵ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar, was Nethanel the son of Zuar. ¹⁶ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulon, was Eliab the son of Helon. ¹⁷ And the habitation was taken down: and the sons of Gershon and Merari went forth bearing the habitation. ¹⁸ Then the standard of the host of Reuben went forth with their armies, whose captain was Elizur the son of Shedeur. ¹⁹ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon, was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. ²⁰ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. ²¹ Then the Kohathites went forward and bare the holy things, and the other did set up the habitation against they came. ²² Then the standard of the host of the children of Ephraim went forth with their armies, whose captain was Elishama the son of Ammihud. ²³ And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. ²⁴ And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, was Abidan the son of Gedeoni. ²⁵ And hindmost of all the host came the standard of the host of the children of Dan with their armies: whose captain was, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. ²⁶ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher, was Pagiel the son of Ochran. ²⁷ And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, was Ahira the son of Enan. ²⁸ Of this manner were the journeys of the children of Israel, with their armies when they removed. ²⁹ And Moses said unto Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, "We go unto the place of which the LORD said, 'I will give it you.' Go with us and we will do thee good, for the LORD hath promised good unto Israel." ³⁰ And he said unto him, "I will not: but will go to mine own land and to my kindred." ³¹ And Moses said, "Oh nay, leave us not, for thou knowest where is best for us to pitch in the wilderness: and thou shalt be our eyes. ³² And if thou go with us, look what goodness the LORD showeth upon us, the same we will show upon thee." ³³ And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey, and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey to search out a resting place for them. ³⁴ And the cloud of the LORD was over them by day, when they went out of the tents. ³⁵ And when the ark went forth, Moses said, "Rise up LORD and let thine enemies be scattered, and let them that hate thee flee before thee." ³⁶ And when the ark rested, he said, "Return LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel."

¹ And after the plague, the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar, saying, ² "Take the number of all the multitude of the children of Israel from twenty years and above throughout their fathers' houses, all that are able to go to war in Israel." ³ And Moses and Eleazar the priest told them in the fields of Moab by Jordan, fast by Jericho, ⁴ from twenty years and above, as the LORD commanded Moses. And the children of Israel that came of Egypt were: ⁵ Reuben, the eldest son of Israel. The children of Reuben were, Hanoch, of whom cometh the kindred of the Hanochites; and of Pallu, cometh the kindred of the Palluites; ⁶ And of Hezron, cometh the kindred of the Hezronites; and of Carmi, cometh the kindred of the Carmites. ⁷ These are the kindreds of the Reubenites, which were in number forty three thousand seven hundred and thirty. ⁸ And the sons of Pallu were Eliab. ⁹ And the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, councilors in the congregation, which strove against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD. ¹⁰ And the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them and Korah also, when the multitude died, what time the fire consumed two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign: ¹¹ Notwithstanding, the children of Korah died not. ¹² And the children of Simeon in their kindreds were: Nemuel, of whom cometh the kindred of the Nemuelites; Jamin, of whom cometh the kindred of the Jaminites; Jachin, of whom cometh the kindred of the Jachinites; ¹³ Zerah of whom cometh the kindred of the Zerahites; Shaul of whom cometh the kindred of the Shaulites. ¹⁴ These are the kindreds of the Simeonites, in number twenty two thousand and two hundred. ¹⁵ And the children of Gad in their kindreds were: Zephon, of whom cometh the kindred of the Zephonites; and of Haggi, cometh the kindred of the Haggites; and of Shuni, cometh the kindred of the Shunites; ¹⁶ and of Ozni, cometh the kindred of the Oznites; and of Eri cometh the kindred of the Erites; ¹⁷ and of Arod cometh the kindred of the Arodites: and of Areli cometh the kindred of the Arelites. ¹⁸ These are the kindreds of the children of Gad, in number forty thousand and five hundred. ¹⁹ The children of Judah: Er and Onan, which died in the land of Canaan. ²⁰ But the children of Judah in their kindred were: Shelah of whom cometh the kindred of the Shelanites; and of Perez cometh the kindred of the Perezites; and of Zerah cometh the kindred of the Zerahites. ²¹ And the children of Perez were Hezron, of whom cometh the kindred of the Hezronites: and of Hamul cometh the kindred of the Hamulites. ²² These are the kindreds of Judah, in number seventy six thousand and five hundred. ²³ And the children of Issachar in their kindreds were: Tola, of whom cometh the kindred of the Tolaites: and Puvah, of whom cometh the kindred of the Punites; ²⁴ and of Jashub cometh the kindred of the Jashubites; and of Shimron cometh the kindred of the Shimronites. ²⁵ These are the kindreds of Issachar, in number sixty four thousand and three hundred. ²⁶ The children of Zebulun in their kindreds were: Sered, of whom cometh the kindred of the Seredites; and Elon, of whom cometh the kindred of the Elonites; and of Jahleel, cometh the kindred of the Jahleelites. ²⁷ These are the kindreds of Zebulun, in number sixty thousand and five hundred. ²⁸ The children of Joseph in their kindreds were: Manasseh and Ephraim. ²⁹ The children of Manasseh: Machir, of whom cometh the kindred of the Machirites. And Machir begat Gilead, of whom cometh the kindred of the Gileadites. ³⁰ And these are the children of Gilead: Iezer, of whom cometh the kindred of the Iezerites; and of Helek cometh the kindred of the Helekites; ³¹ and of Asriel the kindred of the Asrielites; and of Shechem cometh the kindred of the Shechemites; ³² and of Shemida cometh the kindred of the Shemidites; and of Hepher cometh the kindred of the Hepherites. ³³ And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons but daughters. And the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah. ³⁴ These are the kindreds of Manasseh, in number fifty two thousand and seven hundred. ³⁵ These are the children of Ephraim in their kindreds: Shuthelah, of whom cometh the kindred of the Shuthelahites; and Becher, of whom cometh the kindred of the Becherites; and of Tahan cometh the kindred of the Tahanites. ³⁶ And these are the children of Shuthelah: Eran, of whom cometh the kindred of the Eranites. ³⁷ These are the kindreds of the children of Ephraim, in number thirty two thousand and five hundred. And these are the children of Joseph in their kindreds. ³⁸ These are the children of Benjamin in their kindreds: Bela, of whom cometh the kindred of the Belaites; and of Ashbel cometh the kindred of the Ashbelites; and of Ahiram, the kindred of the Ahiramites; ³⁹ and of Shephupham the kindred of the Shephuphamites; and of Hupham the kindred of the Huphamites. ⁴⁰ And the children of Bela were Ard and Naaman from whence come the kindreds of the Ardites and of the Naamites. ⁴¹ These are the children of Benjamin in their kindreds, and in number forty five thousand and six hundred. ⁴² These are the children of Dan in their kindreds: Shuham, of whom cometh the kindred of the Shuhamites. These are the kindreds of Dan in their generations. ⁴³ And all the kindreds of the Shuhamites were in number sixty four thousand and four hundred. ⁴⁴ The children of Asher in their kindreds were: Imnah, of whom cometh the kindred of the Imnites; and Ishvi, of whom cometh the kindred of the Ishvites; and of Beriah cometh the kindred of Beriites. ⁴⁵ And the children of Beriah were Heber, of whom cometh the kindred of the Heberites; and of Malchiel came the kindred of the Malchielites. ⁴⁶ And the daughter of Asher was called Sarah. ⁴⁷ These are the kindreds of Asher, in number fifty three thousand and four hundred. ⁴⁸ The children of Naphtali in their kindreds were: Jahzeel, of whom came the kindred of the Jahzeelites; and Guni, of whom came the kindred of the Gunites; ⁴⁹ and of Jezer, came the kindred of the Jezerites; and of Shillem the kindred of Shillemites. ⁵⁰ These are the kindreds of Naphtali in their generations, in number forty five thousand and four hundred. ⁵¹ These are the numbers of the children of Israel: six hundred thousand, and a thousand seven hundred and thirty. ⁵² And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ⁵³ "Unto these the land shall be divided to inherit, according to the number of names: ⁵⁴ to many, thou shalt give the more inheritance; and to few, the less. To every tribe shall the inheritance be given according to the number thereof. ⁵⁵ Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot; and according to the names of the tribes of their fathers, they shall inherit: ⁵⁶ and according to their lot thou shalt divide their land, both to the many and to the few." ⁵⁷ These are the sums of the Levites in their kindreds: of Gershon, came the kindred of the Gershonites; and of Kohath came the kindred of the Kohathites; and of Merari came the kindred of the Merarites. ⁵⁸ These are the kindreds of Levi: the kindred of the Libnites, the kindred of the Hebronites, the kindred of the Mahlites, the kindred of the Mushites, the kindred of the Korahites. Kohath begat Amram, ⁵⁹ and Amram's wife was called Jochebed; a daughter of Levi, which was born him in Egypt. And she bare unto Amram, Aaron, Moses and Miriam their sister. ⁶⁰ And unto Aaron were born, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ⁶¹ But Nadab and Abihu died, as they offered strange fire before the LORD. ⁶² And the number of them was twenty three thousand, of all the males from a month old and above. For they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel. ⁶³ These are the numbers of the children of Israel which Moses and Eleazar the priest numbered in the fields of Moab, fast by Jordan nigh to Jericho. ⁶⁴ And among these there was not a man of the number of the children of Israel which Moses and Aaron told in the wilderness of Sinai. ⁶⁵ For the LORD said unto them, that they should die in the wilderness and that there should not be left a man of them: save Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

¹¹ Then said Lea, "Good luck," and called his name Gad.

²⁶ The sons of Zilpah, Lea's maid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons which were born him in Mesopotamia.

¹⁹ Gad, men of war shall invade him. And he shall turn them to flight.

¹¹ In Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gedeoni;

²⁴ Among the children of Gad, their generation in their kindreds and households of their fathers — when they were told by name, from twenty years and above, all that were mete for the war - ²⁵ were numbered in the tribe of Gad forty five thousand, six hundred and fifty.

¹⁵ And the children of Gad in their kindreds were: Zephon, of whom cometh the kindred of the Zephonites; and of Haggi, cometh the kindred of the Haggites; and of Shuni, cometh the kindred of the Shunites; ¹⁶ and of Ozni, cometh the kindred of the Oznites; and of Eri cometh the kindred of the Erites; ¹⁷ and of Arod cometh the kindred of the Arodites: and of Areli cometh the kindred of the Arelites.

²⁰ And unto Gad he said, "Blessed is the room-maker Gad. He dwelleth as a lion that catcheth the arm with the of the head. ²¹ He saw, therefore, his beginning, and that there was a portion there to hide the lawgiver; and he came with the heads of the people, and executed the righteousness of the LORD and his judgments with Israel."

² Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naptali, Gad and Asher.

¹¹ And the Children of Gad dwelt over against them in the land of Bashan, even unto Salecah. ¹² And in Bashan, Joel was the chiefest and Shapham the next, then Janai and Shaphat. ¹³ And their brethren, in the ancient households of them, were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber, seven. ¹⁴ These were the children of Abihail the son of Huri the son of Jaroah Gilead the son of Michael the son of Jeshishai the son of Jahdo the son of Buz. ¹⁵ Ahi was the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, the head of an ancient household among them. ¹⁶ And they dwelt in Gilead and in Bashan and her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, even unto the end of their borders.

¹³ Then said Lea, "Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed." And called his name Asher.

²⁰ Of Asher cometh fat bread, and he shall give pleasures for a king.

¹³ In Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran;

⁴⁰ Among the children of Asher, their generation, in their kindreds and houses of their fathers — when they were summed by name, from twenty years and above, all that were apt to war - ⁴¹ were numbered in the tribe of Asher forty one thousand and five hundred.

⁴⁴ The children of Asher in their kindreds were: Imnah, of whom cometh the kindred of the Imnites; and Ishvi, of whom cometh the kindred of the Ishvites; and of Beriah cometh the kindred of Beriites. ⁴⁵ And the children of Beriah were Heber, of whom cometh the kindred of the Heberites; and of Malchiel came the kindred of the Malchielites. ⁴⁶ And the daughter of Asher was called Sarah.

²⁴ And of Asher he said, "Asher shall be blessed with children: he shall be acceptable unto his brethren and shall dip his foot in oil.

³⁰ The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Isvi, Beriah and Serah their sister. ³¹ The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel which was the father of Birzaith. ³² And Heber begat Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and Shua their sister. ³³ The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet. ³⁴ The sons of Shemer: Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah and Aram. ³⁵ And the sons of his brother Helem were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh and Amal. ³⁶ The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, ³⁷ Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran and Beera. ³⁸ The sons of Jether, Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara. ³⁹ The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel and Rizia. ⁴⁰ And these were the children of Asher and heads of ancient houses and pure fellows and men of might and the head lords. And when they were numbered in array to battle, they were in number twenty six thousand men.

²⁴ And Laban gave unto his daughter Lea, Zilpah his maid, to be her servant.

⁹ When Lea saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. ¹⁰ And Zilpah Lea's maid bare Jacob a son. ¹¹ Then said Lea, "Good luck," and called his name Gad. ¹² And Zilpah, Lea's maid, bare Jacob another son. ¹³ Then said Lea, "Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed." And called his name Asher.

⁴ Dan, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

¹⁸ And Jacob loved her well, and said, "I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy youngest daughter."

²⁴ And she called his name Joseph, saying, "The LORD give me yet another son."

¹⁶ And they departed from Bethel, and when he was but a field breadth from Ephrata, Rachel began to travail. And in travailing she was in peril. ¹⁷ And as she was in pains of her labour, the midwife said unto her, "Fear not, for thou shalt have this son also." ¹⁸ Then as her soul was departing, that she must die: she called his name Benoni. But his father called him Benjamin.

²⁴ The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

¹ And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, that is to say in the land of Canaan. ² And these are the generations of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he kept sheep with his brethren, and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and of Zilpah his father's wives. And he brought unto their father an evil saying that was of them. ³ And Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he begat him in his old age, and he made him a coat of many colors. ⁴ When his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him and could not speak one kind word unto him. ⁵ Moreover, Joseph dreamed a dream and told it his brethren: wherefore they hated him yet the more. ⁶ And he said unto them, "Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed. ⁷ Behold, we were making sheaves in the field: and lo, my sheaf arose and stood upright, and yours stood round about and made obeisance to my sheaf." ⁸ Then said his brethren unto him, "What, shalt thou be our king or shalt thou reign over us?" And they hated him yet the more, because of his dream and of his words. ⁹ And he dreamed yet another dream and told it his brethren, saying, "Behold, I have had one dream more: me thought the sun and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance to me." ¹⁰ And when he had told it unto his father and his brethren, his father rebuked him, and said unto him, "What meaneth this dream which thou hast dreamed: shall I and thy mother and thy brethren come and fall on the ground before thee?" ¹¹ And his brethren hated him, but his father noted the saying. ¹² His brethren went to keep their father's sheep in Shechem, ¹³ and Israel said unto Joseph, "Do not thy brethren keep in Shechem? Come, that I may send thee to them." And he answered, "Here am I." ¹⁴ And he said unto him, "Go and see whether it be well with thy brethren and the sheep, and bring me word again." And sent him out of the vale of Hebron, for to go to Shechem. ¹⁵ And a certain man found him wandering out of his way in the field, and asked him what he sought. ¹⁶ And he answered, "I seek my brethren, tell me, I pray thee, where they keep sheep." ¹⁷ And the man said, "They are departed hence, for I heard them say, 'Let us go unto Dothan.'" Thus went Joseph after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. ¹⁸ And when they saw him afar off before he came at them, they took counsel against him, for to slay him, ¹⁹ and said one to another, "Behold, this dreamer cometh; ²⁰ come now and let us slay him and cast him into some pit, and let us say that some wicked beast hath devoured him, and let us see what his dreams will come to." ²¹ When Reuben heard that, he went about to rid him out of their hands, and said, "Let us not kill him." ²² And Reuben said moreover unto them, "Shed not his blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hands upon him." For he would have rid him out of their hands and delivered him to his father again. ²³ And as soon as Joseph was come unto his brethren, they stripped him out of his gay coat that was upon him, ²⁴ and they took him and cast him into a pit. But the pit was empty and had no water therein. ²⁵ And they sat them down to eat bread. And as they lift up their eyes and looked about, there came a company of Ishmaelites from Gilead, and their camels laden with spicery, balm, and myrrh, and were going down into Egypt. ²⁶ Then said Judah to his brethren, "What availeth it that we slay our brother, and keep his blood secret? ²⁷ Come on, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hands be defiled upon him: for he is our brother and our flesh." And his brethren were content. ²⁸ Then as the Midianites merchant men passed by, they drew Joseph out of the pit and sold him unto the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought him into Egypt. ²⁹ And when Reuben came again unto the pit and found not Joseph there, he rent his clothes, ³⁰ and went again unto his brethren, saying, "The lad is not yonder, and whither shall I go?" ³¹ And they took Joseph's coat and killed a goat, and dipped the coat in the blood. ³² And they sent that gay coat and caused it to be brought unto their father and said, "This have we found: see, whether it be thy son's coat or no." ³³ And he knew it, saying, "It is my son's coat: a wicked beast hath devoured him, and Joseph is rent in pieces." ³⁴ And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth about his loins, and sorrowed for his son a long season. ³⁵ Then came all his sons and all his daughters to comfort him. And he would not be comforted, but said, "I will go down into the grave unto my son, mourning." And thus his father wept for him. ³⁶ And the Midianites sold him in Egypt unto Potiphar, a lord of Pharaoh's: and his chief marshal.

¹ Joseph was brought unto Egypt, and Potiphar — a lord of Pharaoh's, and his chief marshal, an Egyptian — bought him of the Ishmaelites which brought him thither. ² And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a lucky fellow and continued in the house of his master the Egyptian. ³ And his master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD made all that he did prosper in his hand. ⁴ Wherefore he found grace in his master's sight, and served him. And his master made him ruler of his house, and put all that he had in his hand. ⁵ And as soon as he had made him ruler over his house and over all that he had, the LORD blessed this Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake, and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had: both in the house and also in the fields. ⁶ And therefore he left all that he had in Joseph's hand, and looked upon nothing that was with him, save only on the bread which he ate. And Joseph was a goodly person and a well favored. ⁷ And it fortuned, after this, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, "Come lie with me." ⁸ But he denied, and said to her, "Behold, my master knoweth not what he hath in the house with me, but hath committed all that he hath to my hand. ⁹ He himself is not greater in the house than I, and hath kept nothing from me, but only thee because thou art his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, for to sin against God?" ¹⁰ And after this manner spake she to Joseph day by day; but he hearkened not unto her, to sleep near her or to be in her company. ¹¹ And it fortuned about the same season, that Joseph entered into the house, to do his business: and there was none of the household by, in the house. ¹² And she caught him by the garment, saying, "Come, sleep with me." And he left his garment in her hand and fled and got him out. ¹³ When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled out, ¹⁴ she called unto the men of the house, and told them, saying, "See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to do us shame: for he came in to me, for to have slept with me. But I cried with a loud voice. ¹⁵ And when he heard that I lift up my voice and cried, he left his garment with me and fled away and got him out." ¹⁶ And she laid up his garment by her, until her lord came home. ¹⁷ And she told him according to these words, saying, "This Hebrews' servant which thou hast brought unto us came in to me to do me shame. ¹⁸ But as soon as I lift up my voice and cried, he left his garment with me and fled out." ¹⁹ When his master heard the words of his wife which she told him, saying, "after this manner did thy servant to me," he waxed wroth. ²⁰ And he took Joseph and put him in prison: even in the place where the king's prisoners lay bound. And there continued he in prison, ²¹ but the LORD was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and got him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison; ²² which committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison house. And whatsoever was done there, that did he. ²³ And the keeper of the prison looked unto nothing that was under his hand, because the LORD was with him, and because that whatsoever he did, the LORD made it come luckily to pass.

¹ And it chanced, after this, that the chief butler of the king of Egypt and his chief baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt. ² And Pharaoh was angry with them and put them in ward in his chief marshal's house: ³ even in the prison where Joseph was bound. ⁴ And the chief marshal gave Joseph a charge with them, and he served them. And they continued a season in ward. ⁵ And they dreamed, either of them, in one night: both the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt which were bound in the prison house, either of them his dream, and each man's dream of a sundry interpretation. ⁶ When Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them: behold, they were sad. ⁷ And he asked them, saying, "Wherefore look ye so sadly today?" ⁸ They answered him, "We have dreamed a dream, and have no man to declare it." And Joseph said unto them, "Interpreting belongeth to God, but tell me yet." ⁹ And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph and said unto him, "In my dream me thought there stood a vine before me, ¹⁰ and in the vine were three branches, and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth: and the grapes thereof waxed ripe. ¹¹ And I had Pharaoh's cup in my hand, and took of the grapes and wrung them into Pharaoh's cup, and delivered Pharaoh's cup into his hand." ¹² And Joseph said unto him, "This is the interpretation of it. ¹³ The three branches are three days: for within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thine office again, and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the old manner, even as thou didst when thou wast his butler. ¹⁴ But think on me with thee, when thou art in good case, and show mercy unto me. And make mention of me to Pharaoh, and help to bring me out of this house: ¹⁵ for I was stolen out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done nothing at all wherefore they should have put me into this dungeon." ¹⁶ When the chief baker saw that he had well interpreted it, he said unto Joseph, "Me thought also in my dream, that I had three wicker baskets on my head. ¹⁷ And in the uppermost basket, of all manner bakemeats for Pharaoh. And the birds ate them out of the basket upon my head." ¹⁸ Joseph answered, and said, "This is the interpretation thereof. The three baskets are three days, ¹⁹ for this day, three days, shall Pharaoh take thy head from thee, and shall hang thee on a tree, and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee." ²⁰ And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants. And he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants. ²¹ And restored the chief butler unto his butlership again, and he reached the cup into Pharaoh's hand, ²² and hanged the chief baker: even as Joseph had interpreted unto them. ²³ Notwithstanding, the chief butler remembered not Joseph, but forgot him.

²⁷ Then said thy servant our father unto us, 'Ye know that my wife bare me two sons.

¹ and Joseph went and told Pharaoh, and said, "My father and my brethren, their sheep and their beasts and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan and are in the land of Goshen." ² And Joseph took a part of his brethren: even five of them, and presented them unto Pharaoh. ³ And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, "What is your occupation?" And they said unto Pharaoh, "Feeders of sheep are thy servants, both we and also our fathers." ⁴ They said moreover unto Pharaoh, "For to sojourn in the land are we come, for thy servants have no pasture for their sheep, so sore is the famishment in the land of Canaan. Now therefore let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen." ⁵ And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, "Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee. ⁶ The land of Egypt is open before thee: In the best place of the land make both thy father and thy brethren dwell. And even in the land of Goshen let them dwell. Moreover, if thou know any men of activity among them, make them rulers over my cattle." ⁷ And Joseph brought in Jacob his father and set him before Pharaoh. And Jacob blessed Pharaoh. ⁸ And Pharaoh asked Jacob, "How old art thou?" ⁹ And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, "The days of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have the days of my life been, and have not attained unto the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimages." ¹⁰ And Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from him. ¹¹ And Joseph prepared dwellings for his father and his brethren, and gave them possessions in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land: even in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh commanded. ¹² And Joseph made provision for his father, his brethren, and all his father's household, as young children are fed with bread. ¹³ There was no bread in all the land, for the dearth was exceeding sore: so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan, were famished by the reason of the dearth. ¹⁴ And Joseph brought together all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and he laid up the money in Pharaoh's house. ¹⁵ When money failed in the land of Egypt and of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph and said, "Give us sustenance: wherefore sufferest thou us to die before thee? For our money is spent." ¹⁶ Then said Joseph, "Bring your cattle, and I will give yow for your cattle, if ye be without money." ¹⁷ And they brought their cattle unto Joseph. And he gave them bread for horses and sheep, and oxen and asses: so he fed them with bread for all their cattle that year. ¹⁸ When that year was ended, they came unto him the next year and said unto him, "We will not hide it from my lord, how that we have neither money nor cattle for my lord: there is no more left for my lord, but even our bodies and our lands. ¹⁹ Wherefore lettest thou us die before thine eyes, and the land to go to nought? Buy us and our lands for bread: and let both us and our lands be bond to Pharaoh. Give us seed, that we may live and not die, and that the land go not to waste." ²⁰ And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. For the Egyptians sold every man his land because the dearth was sore upon them: and so the land became Pharaoh's. ²¹ And he appointed the people unto the cities, from one side of Egypt unto the other: ²² only the land of the Priests bought he not. For there was an ordinance made by Pharaoh for the priests, that they should eat that which was appointed unto them, which Pharaoh had given them; wherefore they sold not their lands. ²³ Then Joseph said unto the folk, "Behold, I have bought you this day and your lands for Pharaoh. Take there seed and go sow the land. ²⁴ And of the increase, ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed to sow the field: and for you, and them of your households, and for your children, to eat." ²⁵ And they answered, "Thou hast saved our lives. Let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and let us be Pharaoh's servants." ²⁶ And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day: that men must give Pharaoh the fifth part, except the land of the priests only, which was not bond unto Pharaoh. ²⁷ And Israel dwelt in Egypt, even in the country of Goshen. And they had their possessions therein, and they grew and multiplied exceedingly. ²⁸ Moreover, Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, so that the whole age of Jacob was a hundred and forty seven years. ²⁹ When the time drew nigh that Israel must die, he sent for his son Joseph and said unto him, "If I have found grace in thy sight, put thy hand under my thigh and deal mercifully and truly with me, that thou bury me not in Egypt: ³⁰ but let me lie by my fathers, and carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burial." And he answered, "I will do as thou hast said." ³¹ And he said, "Swear unto me." And he sware unto him. And then Israel bowed him unto the bed's head.

²² "That flourishing child, Joseph; that flourishing child, and goodly unto the eye! The daughters come forth to bear rule; ²³ The shooters have envied him and chide with him and hated him, ²⁴ and yet his bow bode fast, and his arms and his hands were strong, by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob: out of him shall come a herdsman, a stone in Israel. ²⁵ Thy father's God shall help thee, and the almighty shall bless thee with blessings from heaven above, and with blessings of the water that lieth under, and with blessings of the breasts and of the womb. ²⁶ The blessings of thy father were strong: even as the blessings of my elders, after the desire of the highest in the world. And these blessings shall fall on the head of Joseph, and on the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren. ²⁷ "Benjamin is a ravishing wolf. In the morning he shall devour his prey, and at night he shall divide his spoil."

¹ And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. ² And Joseph commanded his servants that were physicians, to embalm his father, and the physicians embalmed Israel forty days long, ³ for so long doth the embalming last, and the Egyptians bewept him seventy days. ⁴ And when the days of weeping were ended, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, "If I have found favour in your eyes, speak unto Pharaoh and tell him, how that ⁵ my father made me swear and said, 'Lo, I die, see that thou bury me in my grave which I have made me in the land of Canaan.' Now therefore let me go and bury my father, and then will I come again." ⁶ And Pharaoh said, "Go and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear." ⁷ And Joseph went up to bury his father, and with him went all the servants of Pharaoh that were the elders of his house, and all the elders of Egypt, ⁸ and all the house of Joseph and his brethren and his father's house: only their children and their sheep and their cattle left they behind them in the land of Goshen. ⁹ And there went with him also Chariots and horsemen: so that they were an exceeding great company. ¹⁰ And when they came to the field of Atad beyond Jordan, there they made great and exceeding sore lamentation. And he mourned for his father seven days. ¹¹ When the inhabiters of the land the Canaanites saw the mourning in the field of Atad, they said, "This is a great mourning which the Egyptians make." Wherefore the name of the place is called Abelmizraim, which place lieth beyond Jordan. ¹² And his sons did unto him according as he had commanded them. ¹³ And his sons carried him into the land of Canaan and buried him in the double cave which Abraham had bought with the field to be a place to bury in, of Ephron the Hittite before Mamre. ¹⁴ And Joseph returned to Egypt again, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, as soon as he had buried him.

³ Issachar, Zebulon, Benjamin,

⁵ All the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy, and Joseph was in Egypt already.

³⁶ Among the children of Benjamin, their generation, in their kindreds and houses of their fathers — by the tale of names, from twenty years and above of all that were mete for war - ³⁷ were numbered in the tribe of Benjamin thirty five thousand and four hundred.

³⁸ These are the children of Benjamin in their kindreds: Bela, of whom cometh the kindred of the Belaites; and of Ashbel cometh the kindred of the Ashbelites; and of Ahiram, the kindred of the Ahiramites; ³⁹ and of Shephupham the kindred of the Shephuphamites; and of Hupham the kindred of the Huphamites. ⁴⁰ And the children of Bela were Ard and Naaman from whence come the kindreds of the Ardites and of the Naamites. ⁴¹ These are the children of Benjamin in their kindreds, and in number forty five thousand and six hundred.

¹² Unto Benjamin he said, "The LORD's darling shall dwell in safety by him and keep himself in the haven by him continually, and shall dwell between his shoulders." ¹³ And unto Joseph he said, "Blessed of the LORD is his land with the goodly fruits of heaven, with dew and with springs that lie beneath: ¹⁴ and with fruits of the increase of the sun and with ripe fruit of the months, ¹⁵ and with the tops of mountains that were from the beginning and with the dainties of hills that last ever, ¹⁶ and with goodly fruit of the earth and of the fullness thereof. And the goodwill of him that dwelleth in the bush shall come upon the head of Joseph and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from among his brethren. ¹⁷ His beauty is as a firstborn ox and his horns as the horns of an unicorn. And with them he shall push the nations together, even unto the ends of the world. These are the many thousands of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh."

⁴⁵ And he called Joseph's name Zaphenath-Paneah. And he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On. Then went Joseph abroad in the land of Egypt.

⁵⁰ And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of hunger came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, bare unto him. ⁵¹ And he called the name of the first son Manasseh, "For God," said he, "hath made me forget all my labour and all my father's household." ⁵² The second called he Ephraim, "For God," said he, "hath caused me to grow in the land of my trouble."

⁴ and said unto me, "Behold, I will make thee grow and will multiply thee, and will make a great number of people of thee, and will give this land unto thee, and unto thy seed after thee, unto an everlasting possession. ⁵ Now therefore thy two sons Manasseh and Ephraim which were born unto thee before I came to thee, into Egypt, shall be mine: even as Reuben and Simeon shall they be unto me.

¹³ Then took Joseph them both: Ephraim in his righthand, toward Israel's lefthand, and Manasseh in his lefthand, toward Israel's righthand, and brought them unto him. ¹⁴ And Israel stretched out his righthand and laid it upon Ephraim's head which was the younger, and his lefthand upon Manasseh's head, crossing his hands; for Manasseh was the elder.

²⁰ And he blessed them, saying, "At the example of these, the Israelites shall bless and say, 'God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh.'" Thus set he Ephraim before Manasseh.

³² Among the children of Joseph, first among the children of Ephraim, their generation, in their kindreds and houses of their fathers — when the names of all that were apt to the war were told, from twenty years and above - ³³ were in number in the tribe of Ephraim, forty thousand, and six hundred. ³⁴ Among the children of Manasseh, their generation, in their kindreds and houses of their fathers — when the names of all that were apt to war were told, ³⁵ from twenty and above — were numbered in the tribe of Manasseh thirty two thousand and two hundred.

²⁸ The children of Joseph in their kindreds were: Manasseh and Ephraim. ²⁹ The children of Manasseh: Machir, of whom cometh the kindred of the Machirites. And Machir begat Gilead, of whom cometh the kindred of the Gileadites. ³⁰ And these are the children of Gilead: Iezer, of whom cometh the kindred of the Iezerites; and of Helek cometh the kindred of the Helekites; ³¹ and of Asriel the kindred of the Asrielites; and of Shechem cometh the kindred of the Shechemites; ³² and of Shemida cometh the kindred of the Shemidites; and of Hepher cometh the kindred of the Hepherites. ³³ And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons but daughters. And the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah. ³⁴ These are the kindreds of Manasseh, in number fifty two thousand and seven hundred. ³⁵ These are the children of Ephraim in their kindreds: Shuthelah, of whom cometh the kindred of the Shuthelahites; and Becher, of whom cometh the kindred of the Becherites; and of Tahan cometh the kindred of the Tahanites. ³⁶ And these are the children of Shuthelah: Eran, of whom cometh the kindred of the Eranites. ³⁷ These are the kindreds of the children of Ephraim, in number thirty two thousand and five hundred. And these are the children of Joseph in their kindreds.

²³ And the children of half the tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land, from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir and unto mount Hermon, and they were many. ²⁴ And these were the heads of the ancient households of them: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, Jahdiel, men of great power, men of name and heads of the ancient households of them. ²⁵ But when they had transgressed against the God of their fathers and had gone awhoring after the gods of the people of the land, which God destroyed before them, ²⁶ God stirred up the spirit of Pul, king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser, king of Assyria, and carried away the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, Habor, Hara and to the River Gozan, where they remain unto this day.

¹⁴ The sons of Manasseh: Asriel which Aramea his concubine bare: she bare also Machir the father of Gilead. ¹⁵ And Machir gave to Huppim and Shuppim wives. And the name of his sister was Maacah. And the name of another son was Zelophehad. And Zelophehad had daughters. ¹⁶ And Maacah the wife of Machir bare a son and called his name Peresh, and the name of his brother was Sheresh and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. The son of Ulam was Bedan. ¹⁷ These are the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir the son of Manasseh. ¹⁸ And his sister Hammolecheth bare Ishhod, Abiezer and Mahlah. ¹⁹ And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi and Aniam. ²⁰ The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, whose son was Bered, and Tahath his son, and his son Eleadah, and Tahath his son, ²¹ and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead. And the men of Gath that were born in the land, slew them, because they were come down to take away their cattle. ²² And Ephraim their father mourned many a day and his brethren came to comfort him. ²³ And he went into his wife which conceived and bare him a son, and he called the name of it Beriah because it went evil with his household. ²⁴ And his daughter was Sheerah which built Bethhoron the nether and also the upper, and Uzzansheerah. ²⁵ And Rephah was his son: whose son was Resheph, with his brother Teleh, whose son was Tahan, ²⁶ and his son Ladan, and his son Ammihud, and his son Elishama, ²⁷ and his son Nun and his son Joshua. ²⁸ And their possession and habitation was Bethel and the towns that belonged thereto, and unto the east of Naaran, and on the west side of Gezer with the towns thereof, and Shechem with the towns of the same, and Ayyah with her towns, ²⁹ and along by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean with her towns, Taanach with her towns, Megiddo with her towns and Dor with her towns. In those dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.

²⁷ "Benjamin is a ravishing wolf. In the morning he shall devour his prey, and at night he shall divide his spoil."

³⁸ These are the children of Benjamin in their kindreds: Bela, of whom cometh the kindred of the Belaites; and of Ashbel cometh the kindred of the Ashbelites; and of Ahiram, the kindred of the Ahiramites; ³⁹ and of Shephupham the kindred of the Shephuphamites; and of Hupham the kindred of the Huphamites. ⁴⁰ And the children of Bela were Ard and Naaman from whence come the kindreds of the Ardites and of the Naamites.

¹² Unto Benjamin he said, "The LORD's darling shall dwell in safety by him and keep himself in the haven by him continually, and shall dwell between his shoulders."

⁶ The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher and Jediael, three. ⁷ The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri, five heads of ancient houses and men of might and were in number twenty two thousand and thirty four. ⁸ The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth. ⁹ All these are the children of Becher, and were reckoned in their kindreds with the heads of the ancient households of them that were men of power, twenty thousand and two hundred. ¹⁰ The sons of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud and Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar. ¹¹ All these are the sons of Jediael and ancient heads and men of might seventeen thousand and two hundred that went out to battle. ¹² And Shuppim and Huppim were the children of Ir. And the Hushites were the children of Aher.

¹ Benjamin begat Bela his eldest son, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third, ² Nohah the fourth, and Raphah the fifth. ³ And the sons of Bela were Addar, Gera, Abihud, ⁴ Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, ⁵ Gera, Shupham and Huram. ⁶ And these are the sons of Ehud, ancient heads among the inhabiters of Geba which carried them to Manahath: ⁷ Naaman, Ahijah and Gera — which Gera carried them away and begat Uzza and Ahihud.

⁶ Then said Rachel, "God hath given sentence on my side, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son." Therefore called she him Dan.

²⁵ The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan and Naphtali.

¹⁶ Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. ¹⁷ Dan shall be a serpent in the way, and an adder in the path, and bite the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.

¹² In Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai;

³⁸ Among the children of Dan, their generation in their kindreds and houses of their fathers — in the sum of names of all that was apt to war, ³⁹ from twenty years and above — were numbered in the tribe of Dan fifty seven thousand and seven hundred.

²⁵ And hindmost of all the host came the standard of the host of the children of Dan with their armies: whose captain was, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

⁴² These are the children of Dan in their kindreds: Shuham, of whom cometh the kindred of the Shuhamites. These are the kindreds of Dan in their generations. ⁴³ And all the kindreds of the Shuhamites were in number sixty four thousand and four hundred.

²² And unto Dan he said, "Dan is a lion's whelp, he shall flow from Bashan."

¹² And Shuppim and Huppim were the children of Ir. And the Hushites were the children of Aher.

³⁵ And of Dan prepared to battle, were twenty eight thousand and six hundred.

⁷ And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again; and bare Jacob another son. ⁸ And Rachel said, "God is turned, and I have made a change with my sister, and have gotten the upper hand." And she called his name Naphtali.

²¹ Naphtali is a swift hind, and giveth goodly words.

¹⁵ In Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan."

⁴² Among the children of Naphtali, their generation in their kindreds and houses of their fathers — when their names were told, from twenty years and above, whatsoever was mete to war - ⁴³ were numbered in the tribe of Naphtali fifty three thousand and four hundred.

⁴⁸ The children of Naphtali in their kindreds were: Jahzeel, of whom came the kindred of the Jahzeelites; and Guni, of whom came the kindred of the Gunites; ⁴⁹ and of Jezer, came the kindred of the Jezerites; and of Shillem the kindred of Shillemites. ⁵⁰ These are the kindreds of Naphtali in their generations, in number forty five thousand and four hundred.

²³ And unto Naphtali he said, "Naphtali, he shall have abundance of pleasure and shall be filled with the blessing of the LORD and shall have his possessions in the southwest."

²⁹ In the days of Pekah king of Israel, came Tiglathpileser, king of Assyria, and took Ijon, Abelbethmaacah, Janoah, Kadesh, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee, and all the land of Naphtali, and carried them away to Assyria.

¹³ The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shallum, the children of Bilhah.

³⁴ And of Naphtali a thousand Captains, and with them, with shield and spear, thirty seven thousand.

²⁹ And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, Bilhah his handmaid to be her servant.

³ Then she said, "Here is my maid, Bilhah: go in unto her, that she may bear upon my lap, that I may be increased by her." ⁴ And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife. And Jacob went in unto her: ⁵ And Bilhah conceived and bare Jacob a son. ⁶ Then said Rachel, "God hath given sentence on my side, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son." Therefore called she him Dan.

²² And it chanced, as Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine, and it came to Israel's ear. The sons of Jacob were twelve in number.

² Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,

³⁰ And Gideon had seventy sons of his body begotten, for he had many wives.

¹ And he said unto Moses, "Come unto the LORD: both thou and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel, and worship afar off."

¹⁴ Then sent Joseph and caused his father to be brought, and all his kin: three score and fifteen souls.

²¹ So fled he, and all that he had, and made himself ready, and passed over the rivers, and set his face straight toward the mount Gilead.

⁸ Then said Judah unto Israel his father, "Send the lad with me, and we will rise and go, that we may live and not die: both we, thou and also our children.

¹⁶ Then said Judah, "What shall we say unto my lord? What shall we speak, or what excuse can we make? God hath found out the wickedness of thy servants. Behold, both we and he with whom the cup is found, are thy servants." ¹⁷ And he answered, "God forbid that I should do so, the man with whom the cup is found, he shall be my servant: but go ye in peace unto your father." ¹⁸ Then Judah went unto him and said, "O my lord, let thy servant speak a word in my lord's audience, and be not wroth with thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. ¹⁹ My lord asked his servant, saying, 'Have ye a father or a brother?' ²⁰ And we answered my lord, 'We have a father that is old, and a young lad which he begat in his age: and the brother of the said lad is dead, and he is all that is left of that mother. And his father loveth him.' ²¹ Then said my lord unto his servants, 'Bring him unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.' ²² And we answered my lord, that the lad could not go from his father, 'For if he should leave his father, he were but a dead man.' ²³ Then saidest thou unto thy servants, 'Except your youngest brother come with you, look that ye see my face no more.' ²⁴ And when we came unto thy servant our father, we showed him what my lord had said. ²⁵ And when our father said unto us, 'Go again and buy us a little food,' ²⁶ we said that we could not go. 'Nevertheless, if our youngest brother go with us then will we go, for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.' ²⁷ Then said thy servant our father unto us, 'Ye know that my wife bare me two sons. ²⁸ And the one went out from me and it is said of a surety that he is torn in pieces of wild beasts, and I saw him not since. ²⁹ If ye shall take this also away from me and some misfortune happen upon him, then shall ye bring my gray head with sorrow unto the grave.' ³⁰ Now therefore, when I come to thy servant my father, if the lad be not with me — seeing that his life hangeth by the lad's life - ³¹ then as soon as he seeth that the lad is not come, he will die. So shall we thy servants bring the gray head of thy servant our father with sorrow unto the grave. ³² For I thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father and said, 'If I bring him not unto thee again. I will bear the blame all my life long.' ³³ Now therefore let me thy servant bide here for the lad, and be my lord's bondman: and let the lad go home with his brethren. ³⁴ For how can I go unto my father, and the lad not with me: lest I should see the wretchedness that shall come on my father?"

¹⁰ And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen and be by me: both thou and thy children, and thy children's children: and thy sheep, and beasts and all that thou hast.

³⁴ say, 'Thy servants have been occupied about cattle, from our childhood unto this time: both we and our fathers,' that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen. For an abomination unto the Egyptians are all that feed sheep."

⁸ "Judah, thy brethren shall praise thee, and thine hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies, and thy father's children shall stoop unto thee.

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

⁴³ and set him upon the best chariot that he had, save one. And they cried before him "Abrech!" And that Pharaoh had made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.

¹⁴ And he fell on his brother Benjamin's neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck. ¹⁵ Moreover, he kissed all his brethren and wept upon them. And after that, his brethren talked with him.

²⁰ And he arose, and went to his father. And when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran unto him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

³⁷ And they wept all abundantly, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him:

²⁸ And Israel said, "I have enough, if Joseph my son be yet alive: I will go and see him, yer that I die."

²⁹ "Lord, Now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace according to thy promise. ³⁰ For mine eyes have seen the saviour sent from thee:

¹⁶ And when the tidings was come unto Pharaoh's house that Joseph's brethren were come, it pleased Pharaoh well and all his servants. ¹⁷ And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, "Say unto thy brethren, 'This do ye: lade your beasts and get you hence. And when ye be come unto the land of Canaan, ¹⁸ take your father and your households and come unto me, and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.'" ¹⁹ And commanded also, "This do ye: take chariots with you out of the land of Egypt, for your children and for your wives: and bring your father and come. ²⁰ Also, regard not your stuff, for the goods of all the land of Egypt shall be yours."

¹ and Joseph went and told Pharaoh, and said, "My father and my brethren, their sheep and their beasts and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan and are in the land of Goshen." ² And Joseph took a part of his brethren: even five of them, and presented them unto Pharaoh. ³ And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, "What is your occupation?" And they said unto Pharaoh, "Feeders of sheep are thy servants, both we and also our fathers."

³ And because he was of the same craft he abode with them and wrought: their craft was to make tents.

¹¹ Forasmuch as he that sanctifieth, and they which are sanctified, are all of one. For which cause's sake he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

² And she proceeded forth and bare his brother Abel: And Abel became a shepherd, and Cain became a plowman.

²⁰ And Noah, being a husbandman, went forth and planted a vineyard,

¹⁸ and carried away all his cattle and all his substance which he had gotten in Mesopotamia, for to go to Isaac his father, unto the land of Canaan.

² And these are the generations of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he kept sheep with his brethren, and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and of Zilpah his father's wives. And he brought unto their father an evil saying that was of them.

³⁴ say, 'Thy servants have been occupied about cattle, from our childhood unto this time: both we and our fathers,' that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen. For an abomination unto the Egyptians are all that feed sheep."

³ And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, "What is your occupation?" And they said unto Pharaoh, "Feeders of sheep are thy servants, both we and also our fathers."

¹ Moses kept the sheep of Jethro his father-in-law, priest of Midian, and he drove the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, Horeb.

¹¹ Then said Samuel to Jesse, "Are here all thy children?" And he said, "The youngest is yet behind. Behold, he keepeth the sheep." Then Samuel said unto Jesse, "Send and fetch him for we will not sit down, till he be come hither."

¹⁵ David went and departed from Saul, to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

²⁷ And Hiram sent by ship also of his servants, that were shipmen and expert in the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

⁵ And Ahab said unto Obadiah, "Walk through the land, unto all fountains of water and unto all brooks, to see whether any grass may be found that we may save the horses and the mules, that we destroy not the beasts." ⁶ And they divided the land between them to walk through it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another by himself.

⁷⁰ He chose David also his servant, and took him away from the sheepfolds. ⁷¹ As he was following the ewes great with young, he took him, that he might feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. ⁷² So he fed them with a faithful and true heart, and ruled them with all the diligence of his power.

¹¹ He shall feed his flock like a herdsman. He shall gather the lambs together with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall kindly entreat those that bear young.

⁵ But he shall be fain to say, 'I am no Prophet: I am a husbandman, for so am I taught by Adam from my youth up.'

³² and how they are shepherds," — for they were men of cattle — "and they have brought their sheep and their oxen and all that they have with them.

² And Joseph took a part of his brethren: even five of them, and presented them unto Pharaoh. ³ And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, "What is your occupation?" And they said unto Pharaoh, "Feeders of sheep are thy servants, both we and also our fathers." ⁴ They said moreover unto Pharaoh, "For to sojourn in the land are we come, for thy servants have no pasture for their sheep, so sore is the famishment in the land of Canaan. Now therefore let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen."

⁸ Then they said unto him, "Tell us for whose cause we are thus troubled: what is thine occupation, whence comest thou, how is thy country called, and of what nation art thou?"

³⁵ And he took out that same day the he-goats that were party and of divers colours, and all the goats that were spotted and party coloured, and all that had white in them, and all the black among the lambs: and put them in the keeping of his sons,

⁵ And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dina, his daughter, but his sons were with the cattle in the field: and therefore he held his peace, until they were come.

¹² His brethren went to keep their father's sheep in Shechem,

³² And they prepared for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians which ate with him by themselves; because the Egyptians may not eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

²⁶ And Moses answered, "It is not mete so to do. For we must offer unto the LORD our God, that which is an abomination unto the Egyptians: behold shall we sacrifice that which is an abomination unto the Egyptians before their eyes, and shall they not stone us?