Genesis 30 Cross References - Thomson

¹ Now when Rachel saw that she bore no children to Jacob, she envied her sister and said to Jacob, Give me children, else I shall die. ² And Jacob was angry with Rachel and said to her, Am I in God's stead, who hath deprived thee of the fruit of the womb? ³ Then Rachel said to Jacobs There is my maid Balla; go in unto her, and she shall bring forth on my knees, so I also shall be supplied with children by her means. ⁴ So she gave him her maid Balla for a wife: and Jacob went in unto her, ⁵ And Balla Rachel"s maid conceived and bore Jacob a son. ⁶ And Rachel said, God hath judged for me and hath heard my voice and given me a son: for this cause she called his name Dan. ⁷ And Balla, Rachel"s maid conceived again and bore to Jacob another son. ⁸ Whereupon Rachel said, God helped me when I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed. So she called his name Nephthaleim. ⁹ Now when Leia saw that she had ceased from bearing, she also took her maid Zelpha and gave her to Jacob for a wife, and he went in unto her. ¹⁰ And Zelpha, Leia's maid conceived and bore Jacob a son. ¹¹ Whereupon Leia said, Good luck. So she called his name Gad. ¹² And Zelpha, Leia's maid conceived again and bore Jacob another son. ¹³ Upon which Leia said, Happy am I; for the women will call me happy. So she called his name Aser. ¹⁴ And at the time of the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found in the field mandragore apples and brought them to his mother Leia. And Rachel said to her sister Leia, Give me some of thy son's mandragores. ¹⁵ And Leia said, Is it not enough for thee that thou hast taken my husband? wouldst thou take also my son's mandragores? And Rachel said, Shall I not have them on this condition? Let him be with thee to night for thy son's mandragores. ¹⁶ So when Jacob was coming from the field in the evening, Leia went out to meet him and said, Thou must come in to me today; for I have hired thee for my son's mandragores. And he lay with her that night, ¹⁷ and God hearkened to Leia and she having conceived bore to Jacob a fifth son. ¹⁸ And Leia said, God hath given me my reward for having given my maid to my husband. So she called his name Issachar, that is Reward. ¹⁹ And Leia conceived again and bore a sixth son to Jacob. ²⁰ Whereupon Leia said, God hath now endowed me with a good dowry. My husband will make choice of me, for I have born him six sons. So she called his name Zabulon. ²¹ And after this she bore a daughter and called her name Deina. ²² Now God had remembered Rachel and God hearkened to her and opened her womb. ²³ And she having conceived bore Jacob a son. Whereupon she said, God hath taken away my reproach. So she called his name Joseph, saying, May God add to me another son. ²⁵ And when Rachel had born Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my place and to my own country. ²⁶ Give me up my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, that I may go away: for thou knowest the service which I have done thee. ²⁷ Upon which Laban said to him, If I have found favour in thy sight, I would avert this evil: for God hath blessed me by thy coming. ²⁸ State to me thy wages and I will give it. ²⁹ And Jacob said, Thou knowest what service I have done thee, and how many cattle belonging to thee are now with me. ³⁰ Thy stock was small before I came; but it is increased to a multitude, and the Lord hath blessed thee by my attendance. Now then, when shall I provide a house for myself. ³¹ And Laban said, What shall I give thee? To which Jacob replied, Thou shalt not give me any thing. If thou wilt do this for me, I will again feed thy flock and keep watch. ³² Let all thy flocks this day pass in review and separate thou from them every grizly sheep among the lambs, and every one speckled and spotted among the goats. Such shall be my hire ³³ and my righteousness shall answer for me in time to come; for my wages are apparent to thee. Whatever is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and grizly among the sheep, if found with me, let it be deemed stolen. ³⁴ And Laban said to him, Let it be according to thy proposal. ³⁵ And that very day he separated the goats which were speckled and spotted, both male and female, and every one among the lambs which was grizly and every one in which there was a mixture of white, and delivered them into the hands of his sons, ³⁶ and set three days journey between them and Jacob. And Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. ³⁷ And Jacob took him rods of the styrax and almond and plane-tree and peeled off the white bark, and twisting it round the green, the white which he peeled off appeared speckled. ³⁸ And he placed the rods which he had peeled, in the watering troughs, in order that, when the flocks came to drink, they might engender at the rods, while they were drinking, with the rods in view. ³⁹ So the flocks engendered at the rods and brought forth cattle streaked and spotted and ash coloured. ⁴⁰ And when Jacob had separated the lambs and placed before the ewes a spotted ram and all that had spots among the lambs, then he kept the flocks which were for himself apart by themselves and did not mix them with the flocks of Laban. ⁴¹ And at the season when the sheep were engendering and conceiving, Jacob put the rods in the troughs before some, that they might engender before the rods; ⁴² but before others that had lambed he did not place them. Thus the indifferent became Laban's but the choicest were Jacob's. ⁴³ And the man became very rich and had much cattle and herds and men servants and maid servants and camels and asses.

³¹ Now when the Lord God saw that Leia was slighted, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

¹⁶ And Jacob removed from Baithel and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Gader. And when he was near Chabratha on the way to Ephratha, Rachel was taken in labour and had a hard delivery. ¹⁷ And when she was in the sharp pangs of child birth, the midwife said to her, Courage; for this also is a son for thee. ¹⁸ And just as she was departing [for she died] she called his name Sun of my sorrow; but his father called his name Benjamin. ¹⁹ And Rachel died and was buried in the race ground of Ephratha, which is Bethlehem.

¹¹ So his brothers envied him; but his father pondered the matter.

¹⁵ If thou deal thus with me, kill me outright, if I have found favour in thy sight, that I may not see my wretchedness.

²⁹ But Moses said to him, Thou shouldst not envy, on my account. that the people of the Lord had all been made prophets when the Lord put his spirit on these!

⁴ And his custom was, on the day when Elkana had offered sacrifices, he gave portions to his wife Phennana, and her children, ⁵ and to Anna he gave one portion, because she had not a child. Nevertheless, Elkana loved Anna more than the other, though the Lord had shut up her womb. ⁶ But because the Lord had not given her a child, such was her affliction and anxiety on the account of this, that she became disconsolate, because the Lord had shut up her womb, so as not to give her a child. ⁷ Thus he acted, year after year, when he went up to the house of the Lord. And when she was become disconsolate, and was weeping, and did not eat, ⁸ Elkana her husband said to her, Anna! and she said to him, Here, my lord. And he said to her, What is the matter with thee, that thou weepest? And why dost thou not eat? And why is thy heart grieved? Am not I better to thee than ten sons?

⁴ and he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness; and came and sat down under a juniper tree, and intreated that he might die, and said, Let the present suffice. Take, I beseech thee, O Lord, my life from me; for I am not better than my fathers

¹ After this Job opened his mouth and cursed his day, ² saying, ³ Perish the day in which I was born; and the night in which they said, It is a male!

¹¹ for why did I not end my days in the womb? Or when I came forth from the belly why did I not instantly perish?

²⁰ For why is light given to them in misery; or life to souls distressed with sorrow, ²¹ who long for death but find it not; though they dig for it as for treasures; ²² and would rejoice exceedingly if they should chance to find it.

² Passion indeed transporteth the foolish, and envy killeth the wanderer.

¹⁹ For who is there who will emplead me? For now I will be silent and expire.

¹⁶ yet they provoked Moses in the camp and Aaron the consecrated of the Lord.

³⁰ A meek minded man is a physician of the heart; but a heart of sensibility is a corroder of the bones.

⁴ In the review of labour in general, I took a view in particular of manly exertion in executing. Because this causeth a man to be envied by his neighbour, this therefore is vanity and vexation of spirit.

¹⁴ Let the day be cursed in which I was born; the day in which my mother bore me; Let it not be mentioned with expressions of joy. ¹⁵ Let the man be cursed who brought tidings to my father saying, A male child is borne to thee making him glad. ¹⁶ Let that man be like the cities which the Lord overthrew in wrath and relented not, Let him hear a scream in the morning and the cry of Woe at noon-day, ¹⁷ because he did not kill me in the womb, and my mother was not made my grave, and her womb always with child." ¹⁸ To what purpose this? I came forth from the womb to see labours and sorrows, and my days have been spent in shame.

³ he left Judea and went again into Galilee:

⁸ [for his disciples were gone to the city to buy food;]

³ For you are yet carnal; for while there is among you envy and strife and divisions, are you not carnal and walking in the ways of man?

¹⁰ For godly sorrow operateth to produce a reformation for salvation, never to be repented of; but the sorrow of this world worketh death.

²¹ envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and the like, of which I forewarn you, as I have indeed before declared that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God:

³ For we, even we ourselves were formerly foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to divers lusts and pleasures living in malice and envy, objects of hatred, hating one another;

¹⁴ But if you have bitter zeal, and strife in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.

⁵ Do you think that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which dwelt in us excite desire to envy?

² Sara said to Abram, Behold the Lord hath shut me up that I may not bear. Go in therefore to my maid that I may have children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sara.

¹⁸ For the Lord had shut up every womb in Abimelech family on the account of Sarah the wife of Abraham. Chapter 21

²¹ And Isaak intreated the Lord for Rebekka his wife because she was barren, and the Lord hearkened to him; And Rebekka his wife conceived

³⁶ Jacob was inflamed with resentment and remonstrated against Laban. And Jacob addressing Laban said, What is my crime, and what my offence that thou hast pursued me?

¹⁹ upon which Joseph said to them, Fear not, for I am God's servant.

¹⁹ And when he approached the camp and saw the young bull and the choirs, Moses being inflamed with wrath threw the two tables from his hands and broke them at the foot of the mount.

¹³ And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; and he will bless the offspring of thy womb, and the product of thy land; thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, thy herds of cattle, and thy flocks of sheep, in the land which he, with an oath, promised thy fathers to give thee. ¹⁴ Thou shalt be blessed above all the nations. There shall not be a male without a progeny, nor a female barren among you, or your cattle.

⁵ and to Anna he gave one portion, because she had not a child. Nevertheless, Elkana loved Anna more than the other, though the Lord had shut up her womb.

⁵ They who were full of bread have been brought low; And they who were hungry have reached land. For she who was barren hath born seven children; And she who abounded in children hath been made weak. ⁶ The Lord killeth, and giveth life; He bringeth down to the grave, and raiseth up.

⁷ And when the king of Israel had read the letter he rent his clothes and said, Am I God to kill or give life, that he sendeth to me to cure a man of his leprosy? For only consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a pretence for quarreling with me.

⁹ Who settleth the barren woman in a family making her a joyful mother of children.

³ Behold sons are an heritage of the Lord; a reward of the fruit of the womb.

²² But I say to you, Whosoever is angry with his brother without cause, shall be liable to the sentence of the judges: and whoever shall say to his brother, Raca, [a contemptuous word] shall be liable to the sentence of the Sanhedrim; and whoever shall say, Moreh, [a reproachful word] shall be liable [to be sentenced] to the vale of fire.

⁵ Then looking round on them with indignation, being grieved for the blindness of their mind, he saith to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. Accordingly he stretched it out, and his hand was restored whole as the other.

⁴² and with a loud acclamation said, Blessed thou among women! and blessed the fruit of thy womb.

²⁶ are you excited to anger? Do not therefore sin. Let not the sun go down on your wrath,

² Sara said to Abram, Behold the Lord hath shut me up that I may not bear. Go in therefore to my maid that I may have children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sara. ³ And Sara the wife of Abram took Agar her Egyptian maid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Chanaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.

⁹ Now when Leia saw that she had ceased from bearing, she also took her maid Zelpha and gave her to Jacob for a wife, and he went in unto her.

²³ and saw Ephraim's children to the third generation; and the children of Machir the son of Manasses were also dandled on his knees;

¹¹ And all the people who were in the gate said, We are witnesses. Then the elders said, The Lord make this thy wife who is coming to thy house, like Rachel and like Leia, who both built up the house of Israel, and laid the foundation of power in Ephratha, that there may be a name in Bethlehem:

¹² Why was I dandled upon the knees? And why have I sucked the breasts?

³ And Sara the wife of Abram took Agar her Egyptian maid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Chanaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife. ⁴ And he went in unto Agar and she conceived. And when she saw that she was with child, her mistress was contemptible in her sight.

¹⁰ she said to Abraham, Send away this girl and her son; for the son of this girl shall not be heir with my son Isaak.

¹ Now Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Chettura

⁶ and to the children of his concubines Abraham gave gifts and sent them, while he was yet living, towards the east, into the eastern country from his son Isaak.

² And he put the two maids and their children foremost, and Leia and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph hindmost.

²² And while Israel dwelt in that land, Reuben went and lay with Balla the concubine of his father Jacob, and Israel heard of it, and it appeared evil in his sight. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

¹¹ therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold I will raise up evils against thee out of thy own house; and I will take thy wives before thy eyes, and give them to thy neighbour, and he will lie with thy wives in the face of the sun.

³² And Leia conceived and bore Jacob a son and called his name Reuben; saying, Because the Lord hath seen my affliction; therefore he hath given me a son. Now therefore my husband will love me. ³³ And she conceived again, and bore to Jacob another son, and said, Because the Lord hath heard that I am slighted, he hath given me this son also; so she called his name Symeon. ³⁴ And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, Now will my husband abide with me for I have born him three sons; therefore she called his name Levi. ³⁵ And she conceived again and bore a son and said, Now for this also I will praise the Lord, therefore she called his name Judas. Then she ceased from bearing.

²⁵ and the sons of Balla, Rachel's handmaid, Dan and Nephthaleim:

²³ And the sons of Dan; Asom.

¹⁶ Dan will judge his people And be like a tribe in Israel. ¹⁷ Let Dan be indeed a serpent in the way, Lying in watch in a path, Biting the horse's heel, That the horseman may fall backwards;

²² And of Dan he said Dan is a lion's whelp; He will make excursions beyond Basan.

²⁴ Judge me, Lord, according to thy righteousness, Lord my God! and let them not rejoice over me.

¹ A Psalm by David. Judge me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: deliver me from an unjust and deceitful man.

² And when I had procured the girdle according to the word of the Lord and had girded it about my loins,

²⁴ Therefore I have scattered them like stubble whirled by wind to a desert;

¹⁴ and I will make thee a slave to thine enemies around in the land which thou hast not known. For afire is kindled from My wrath and against you it shall blaze. ¹⁵ [p] O Lord, remember me and visit me and save me from them, who are persecuting me past forbearance. Consider how I have for Thy sake borne reproach from them who despise my words. ¹⁶ Bring them to an end. But let Thy word be to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart. Because I am called by Thy name, O Lord Almighty; ¹⁷ I did not sit in the council of those scorners; but was struck with awe because of Thy hand. I sat alone because I was full of bitterness. ¹⁸ Why do they who grieve me prevail over me? My wound is deep, how can I be healed? It is indeed become to me like deceitful water which cannot be trusted. ¹⁹ [J] Therefore thus saith the Lord: If thou wilt return I will reinstate thee; and in My presence thou shalt stand. And if thou wilt lead out the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as My mouth; and they shall turn to thee and thou shalt not turn to them. ²⁰ And I will make thee to this people like a strong wall of brass: though they fight against thee, they shall not prevail over thee; for am with thee to save thee and rescue thee out of the hand of the wicked.

⁵⁹ Thou, Lord, hast seen my wrongs; thou hast decided my cause.

⁶ Nay, Sir, rather hearken to us. Thou art a king from God among us. In the choice of our tombs bury thy dead; for there is none of us who will deny thee his tomb to bury there thy dead.

²⁴ and Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him till the morning. ²⁵ And when he saw that he could not prevail against him he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh became numb, in wrestling with him.

²⁴ And the sons of Nephthaleim; Asiel and Goni and Issaar and Sellem.

²¹ Nephthaleim is a spreading stock, Super-adding beauty by its product.

²⁸ Pray therefore for me to the Lord; and let the voices of God and the hail and fire cease and I will send you away and you shall stay no longer.

²³ And of Nephthaleim he said, Nephthaleim hath abundance of good things; May he be filled with blessings from the Lord! He shall possess the west and the south.

¹⁵ And there was a consternation in the camp, and in the field; and all the people who were in Messab, and they who were spoiling, were struck with horror, and would not do any thing; for the earth trembled, and the consternation was from the Lord.

¹³ and having left Nazareth he went and dwelt at Capernaum, a sea port at the confines of Zebulon and Nephthaleim;

³ And Sara the wife of Abram took Agar her Egyptian maid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Chanaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.

³⁵ And she conceived again and bore a son and said, Now for this also I will praise the Lord, therefore she called his name Judas. Then she ceased from bearing.

⁴ So she gave him her maid Balla for a wife: and Jacob went in unto her,

¹⁷ and God hearkened to Leia and she having conceived bore to Jacob a fifth son.

²⁶ and the sons of Zelpha, Leia's handmaid, Gad and Aser. These were the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Syrian Mesopotamia.

¹⁶ And the sons of Gad; Saphon and Aggis and Sannis and Thasoban and Aodeis and Aroedeis and Areeleis.

¹⁹ Gad: Troops of plunderers will plunder him; And he to his utmost, will plunder them.

²⁰ And of Gad he said Blessed is he who enlargeth Gad. Like a lion he lay down to rest, Having broken an arm and a chief. ²¹ He took a view of his portion Because land was there divided. When chiefs assembled with the leaders of tribes; The Lord executed Justice And determined his cause with Israel.

¹¹ But as for you, who forsake me and forget my holy mountain, and who prepare a table for the Demon, and fill up a mixed potion for Fortune,

¹⁷ And the sons of Aser; Jemna and Jessua and Jeus and Baria with Sara their sister. And the sons of Baria; Chobar and Melchiil.

²⁰ Aser. His meat will be fat And he will furnish dainties for princes.

²⁴ And of Aser he said, Aser is blessed with children, He will be acceptable to his brethren. He shall bathe his foot in oil, ²⁵ His shoe shall be iron and brass. As thy days so shall be thy strength.

²⁸ Her bounty caused her children to honour her; for they were rich, and her husband praised her.

⁹ one is my dove, my consecrated one. One is her mother's only child; the darling of her who bore her. Daughters viewed her; nay queens and even concubines will hail her happy and thus extoll her."

⁴⁸ because he hath regarded the low condition of his handmaid. For behold! henceforth all generations will call me happy.

³⁰ And Esau said to Jacob, Let me taste some of that red pottage, for I am fainty. For this cause his name was called Edom.

¹³ The mandrakes have shed a fragrance: and in our hoards are all manner of delicious fruits, newly gathered as well as old. For thee, my dear brother I have kept them.

⁹ Is this a small thing to you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from among the congregation of Israel, and brought you near to himself, to perform the holy services of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to attend before the tabernacle to perform them? ¹⁰ He hath indeed brought thee near, and all thy brethren the children of Levi with thee. And do you seek in this manner to officiate also as priests;

¹³ Is it a small matter that thou hast been bringing us up to a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in this wilderness, that thou tyrannisest over us?

¹³ Thereupon he said, "Hear now, house of David, Is it a small matter for you to contend with men? How is it then that you contend with the Lord?

⁴⁷ But thou hast not walked even in their ways, nor done according to their transgressions in a small degree. Thou hast surpassed them in all thy ways.

³ To me indeed it is a matter of very small concern, to be tried by you or by human process; nay, I will not be my own judge.

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

²² Now God had remembered Rachel and God hearkened to her and opened her womb.

⁷ And the Lord said to Moses, I have indeed seen the affliction of my people in Egypt and have heard their cry on the account of their task masters; for I know their sorrow,

²⁰ and she conceived, and at the appointed time bore a son, and called his name Samuel, because, said she, I asked him of the Lord God of Sabbaoth.

²⁶ Attend to me, my lord! As thy soul liveth, I am the woman who stood in thy presence with thee when I prayed to the Lord. ²⁷ For this child I prayed, and the Lord hath granted me the petition which I asked of him;

¹³ Whereupon the angel said to him, Fear not, Zacharias; for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife, Elizabeth, will bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

²³ The sons of Leia, Reuben, Jacob's first born, Symeon, Levi, Judas, Issachar, Zabulon:

¹³ And the sons of Issachar were Thola and Phua and Asum and Sambran.

¹⁴ Issachar desired earnestly what was good, Halting between two choices. ¹⁵ But seeing the resting place, that it was good, And the land, that it was fertile, He bowed his shoulder to labour And became a husbandman.

¹⁸ And of Zabulon he said, Rejoice, Zabulon, in thine outgoings; And let Issachar rejoice in his abodes.

³² and of the children of Issachar, men who had knowledge suitable for the times, who knew what Israel should do, two hundred chiefs, and all their brethren with them;

³⁴ And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, Now will my husband abide with me for I have born him three sons; therefore she called his name Levi.

¹⁵ And Leia said, Is it not enough for thee that thou hast taken my husband? wouldst thou take also my son's mandragores? And Rachel said, Shall I not have them on this condition? Let him be with thee to night for thy son's mandragores.

¹⁴ And the sons of Zabulon, Sered and Allon and Achoel.

¹³ Zabulon shall dwell by the sea; And he will be near the haven of ships, And will extend as far as Sidon.

¹⁰ And Barak called out Zabulon and Nephthaleim from Kades, and there went up after him ten thousand men, and Debbora went up with him.

¹⁴ Ephraim rooted out them in Amelek; After thee was Benjamin with thy people; With me went down the scouting Machirites, And from Zabulon, they who array with the marshal's staff.

²⁷ There was young Benjamin in a rapture; there the chiefs of Juda, the leaders; the chiefs of Zabulon, the chiefs of Nephthaleim.

¹ And Deina the daughter of Leia, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to make an acquaintance with the daughters of the neighbours. ² And Sychem the son of Emmor the Evite, who was the prince of the country, saw her and took her and lay with her and humbled her. ³ And having applied himself to gain the affections of Deina the daughter of Jacob, for he loved the virgin, and having spoken to her according to the wishes of the virgin,

²⁶ They slew both Emmor and Sychem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Deina out of Sychem's house and went away.

¹⁵ These were the sons of Leia whom she bore to Jacob in Syrian Mesopotamia with Deina his daughter. All the souls, sons and daughters were thirty three.

¹ Now God had remembered Noe and all the beasts and all the cattle and all the fowls and all the reptiles which creep, even all that were with him in the ark; and God brought a wind over the earth and aswaged the water.

¹ Now the Lord visited Sarah as he had said. And the Lord did for Sarah as he had spoken, ² and she conceived and bare a son to Abraham in old age at the set time, of which the Lord had spoken to him.

² And Jacob was angry with Rachel and said to her, Am I in God's stead, who hath deprived thee of the fruit of the womb?

¹⁹ And they arose early in the morning, and worshipped the Lord, and set out on their journey. And when Elkana came to his house at Armathaim, he knew his wife Anna; and the Lord remembered her, ²⁰ and she conceived, and at the appointed time bore a son, and called his name Samuel, because, said she, I asked him of the Lord God of Sabbaoth.

⁴² Because he remembered his holy promise; that which he made to Abraham his servant;

⁵ and to Anna he gave one portion, because she had not a child. Nevertheless, Elkana loved Anna more than the other, though the Lord had shut up her womb. ⁶ But because the Lord had not given her a child, such was her affliction and anxiety on the account of this, that she became disconsolate, because the Lord had shut up her womb, so as not to give her a child.

¹ and seven women shall lay hold on one man, saying, "We will eat our own bread and wear our own raiment, let us only be called by thy name: take thou away our reproach."

²¹ Now the people were waiting for Zacharias, and wondered at his tarrying so long in the temple.

²⁵ The Lord hath dealt thus with me in the days in which he looked on me to take away my reproach among men.

²⁷ to a virgin contracted to a man, whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin's name was Mary.

¹⁷ And when she was in the sharp pangs of child birth, the midwife said to her, Courage; for this also is a son for thee. ¹⁸ And just as she was departing [for she died] she called his name Sun of my sorrow; but his father called his name Benjamin.

²⁴ and the sons of Rachel, Joseph and Benjamin;

² and this is the history of Jacob's posterity. When Joseph was seventeen years of age and feeding his father's sheep with his brothers, as he was young, namely with the sons of Balla and the sons of Zelpha his father's wives, they carried an ill report against Joseph to Israel their father.

⁴ So when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his sons, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.

¹ Now when Joseph was brought to Egypt, Petephres the chamberlain of Pharao, the captain of the guards, an Egyptian, bought him at the hands of the Ismaelites, who had brought him thither. ² And the Lord was with Joseph, so that he was a fortunate man and was in the same house with his master the Egyptian. ³ And his master perceived that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord prospered in his hands what ever he did. ⁴ So Joseph found favour in the sight of his master; and he was pleased with him and set him over his household and committed all that he had to Joseph's charge. ⁵ And after he had made him overseer of his household, and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the house of the Egyptian for Joseph's sake; and there was a blessing of the Lord on all his substance, in his house and in his field. ⁶ So he left to Joseph's management all that he had, and knew not any thing he had save the bread which he ate. Now Joseph was a comely person an of a very beautiful countenance, ⁷ and after these things his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, Lie with me; ⁸ but he refused and said to his master's wife, Seeing my lord, on account of his confidence in me, knoweth not any thing in his house, and hath committed to my charge all that he hath ⁹ and there is none in the family superior to me, nor any thing withheld from me, except thyself because thou art his wife; how then can I do this wicked act and commit sin in the presence of God. ¹⁰ And when she had spoken to Joseph day after day and he hearkened not to her to lie down with her to have commerce with her, ¹¹ it came to pass that one day when Joseph went into the house to transact his business and none of the domestics were within, ¹² she took hold of his mantle saying, Lie with me. But he leaving his mantle in her hands fled and went out. ¹³ And when she saw that he had left his mantle in her hands and had fled and was gone, ¹⁴ she called those who were in the house and spoke to them saying, See! He hath brought in amongst us a Hebrew slave to insult us. He came to me saying, Lie with me. But I cried with a loud voice. ¹⁵ And when he heard that I raised my voice and cried aloud he left his mantle with me, fled and went out. ¹⁶ And she kept the garment by her till his master came home ¹⁷ and spoke to him in like terms saying, The Hebrew slave whom thou hast brought in amongst us came in to me to insult me and said to me, Let me lie with thee. ¹⁸ But when he heard that I raised my voice and cried aloud; leaving his mantle with me he fled and went out. ¹⁹ When his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke saying, In this manner did thy slave treat me, he was greatly incensed. ²⁰ So Joseph's master took and cast him into prison; into the place where the king's prisoners were confined. ²¹ But in the prison the Lord was with Joseph, and continued his kindness and gave him favour in the sight of the principal keeper of the prison. ²² And the principal keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's care the prison and all the prisoners who were in the prison. And whatever was done there, he was the person who caused it to be done. ²³ The principal keeper took no cognizance of any thing himself; for all things were committed to Joseph's management, because the Lord was with him, and the Lord prospered in his hands whatever he did.

⁶ Joseph was the governor of the country; he sold to all the people of that land. So when Joseph's brothers came they made obeisance to him with their face to the ground.

¹ After this when it was told Joseph, Thy father is sick, he took his two sons Manasses and Ephraim and went to Jacob. ² And when they told Jacob saying, Behold thy son Joseph is coming to thee, Israel strengthened himself and sat upon the bed. ³ And Jacob said to Joseph, My God appeared to me at Louza in the land of Chanaan and blessed me ⁴ and said, Behold I will make thee fruitful and multiply thee and make thee a multitude of nations, and I will give thee this land even to thy seed after thee for a perpetual possession. ⁵ Now therefore thy two sons, who have been born to thee in the land of Egypt, before I came to thee into Egypt, are mine. Ephraim and Manasses, like Reuben and Symeon, shall be mine. ⁶ And the issue which thou mayst have after this shall go by the name of their brothers. They shall be enrolled in their inheritances. ⁷ Now when I came out of Syrian Mesopotamia Rachel thy mother died in the land of Chanaan, just as I drew near the race ground of Chabratha on the way to Ephratha. So I buried her in the way of the race ground the same is Bethlehem. ⁸ Then Israel seeing the sons of Joseph said, Who are these with thee? ⁹ And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me here. Whereupon Jacob said, Bring them near to me that I may bless them. ¹⁰ Now Israel's eyes were dim by reason of old age and he could not see clearly. And when he brought them near to him, he kissed them and embraced them. ¹¹ And Israel said to Joseph, Lo! was I not deprived of thy presence? yet behold God hath shewn me even thy seed. ¹² Then Joseph took them from his knees; and when they had made obeisance to him with their face to the ground, ¹³ Joseph taking his two sons, Ephraim in his right hand towards Israel's left and Manasses in his left hand towards Israel's right, brought them near to him. ¹⁴ But Israel stretching out his right hand laid it on Ephraim's head [now he was the youngest] and his left hand on Manasses' head crossing his hands. ¹⁵ And he blessed them and said, The God whom my fathers Abraham and Isaak worshipped; the God who hath fed me from my youth to this day; ¹⁶ the Angel who delivered me from all evils, bless these children! And let them be called by my name and by the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaak; and may they be increased to a great multitude on the earth! ¹⁷ Now when Joseph saw that his father put his right hand on Ephraim's head, it appeared amiss to him; and he took hold of his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head to the head of Manasses. ¹⁸ And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father: for this is the first born, put thy right hand on his head. ¹⁹ But he refused and said, I know; my son; I know. This indeed will be a people and will be exalted. But his younger brother will be greater than he; and his seed will be a multitude of nations. ²⁰ And he blessed them that day and said, By you Israel will bless saying, God make thee like Ephraim and Manasses. So he put Ephraim before Manasses. ²¹ Then Israel said to Joseph, Lo I die. But God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers. ²² Now to thee exclusively above thy brothers, I give Sikima, which I took out of the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow.

²² Joseph is a fruitful son. My fruitful son was envied. Abide with me, my younger son, Against whom calumniators brought false accusations. ²³ Though the masters of bows took aim at him; Yet their bows and their strength were broken, And the sinewy arms of their hands enfeebled By the hand of the mighty One of Jacob. ²⁴ Thence he who hath strengthened Israel Is from the God of thy father; ²⁵ And My God hath helped thee; and blessed thee With the blessing of heaven from above, And with the blessing of a land having all things, By reason of the blessing of breasts and womb, ²⁶ He hath made the blessings of thy father and mother, More durable than the blessings of perpetual mountains, And more permanent than the blessings of everlasting hills. They shall be on the head of Joseph And on the crown of the head of brothers Of whom he was the leader.

¹³ And of Joseph he said, His land is a special blessing of the Lord On account of heavenly seasons and dew, And on account of abysses of fountains from beneath, ¹⁴ And on account of the productions, in due season Of the sun's revolutions and the changes of the moon, ¹⁵ As his land of plenty is beautified With summits of ancient mountains And with summits of everlasting hills; ¹⁶ So may the things acceptable To him who appeared in the bush, Come upon the head of Joseph; He indeed is glorified In being the head over brothers. ¹⁷ His beauty is that of a firstling bull, His horns are the horns of an Unicorn, With these he will push the nations at once, Even from the limits of the land. These are the myriads of Ephraim; And these the thousands of Manasses.

¹⁶ Son of man, take thee a staff and write thereon, "Juda and the children of Israel who adhere to him" Then thou shalt take thee another staff and write thereon, "For Joseph the staff of Ephraim and all the children of Israel who adhere to him"

⁹ And the patriarchs, being moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him, ¹⁰ and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharao king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt, and all his household. ¹¹ And there came a famine over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan. It was indeed a great affliction and our fathers found no sustenance. ¹² So when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent our fathers the first time; ¹³ and on their second going down Joseph made himself known to his brothers; and Joseph's kindred was made known to Pharao. ¹⁴ Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his kindred, amounting to threescore and fifteen souls. ¹⁵ So Jacob went down to Egypt and died, he and our fathers,

²¹ By faith Jacob, when a dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons and worshipped, bowing upon the head of his staff. ²² By faith Joseph, at the close of his life, made mention of the departure of the Israelites, and gave a charge concerning his bones.

⁸ of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand; of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand; of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.

³³ Then the Lord having done speaking to Abraham departed, and Abraham returned to his place.

⁶ Whereupon Abraham said to him, Beware that thou take not back my son thither. ⁷ The Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my nativity; who spoke to me, and who sware to me saying, "To thee I will give this land and to thy seed;" he will send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take thence a wife for my son.

⁵⁴ And when he and the men who were with him had eaten and drank, they went to rest. And he arose early next morning and said, Dismiss me that I may return to my master.

⁵⁶ And he said to them, Do not detain me, seeing the Lord hath prospered my journey as far as it respecteth me. Send me away that I may go back to my master.

³ Sojourn in this land and I will be with thee and bless thee: for to thee and to thy seed I will give all this land. And I will establish my oath which I sware to thy father Abraham

⁴⁴ and dwell with him for some time till the fury ⁴⁵ and the anger of thy brother turn away from thee, and until he forget what thou hast done to him, then I will send for thee from that place. Perhaps I may be bereaved of you both in one day.

¹³ And the Lord leaned over it and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father and the God of Isaak. Fear not. To thee and to thy seed I will give the land in which thou art sleeping.

¹⁵ And lo! I am with thee watching; over thee in all the way thou goest and I will bring thee back to this land: for I will not leave thee until I have done all that I have spoken to thee.

¹³ I am the God who appeared to thee at the place of God, where thou didst anoint for me a pillar and where thou didst make a vow. Now therefore arise and depart from this land and go to the land of thy nativity, and I will be with thee.

⁵⁵ And in the morning Laban arose and kissed his daughters and blessed them. And Laban departed and went to his place

⁴ Thereupon he went from the land of the Chaldees, and dwelt in Charran; and thence after his father died, God removed him to this land in which you now dwell, ⁵ but gave him no inheritance in it; not even a foot of land. He indeed promised that he would give it to him for a possession, even to his seed after him, though he then had no child.

⁹ By faith he sojourned in the land of promise as in a strange land, and dwelt in tents with Isaak and Jacob, who were coheirs with him of the same promise.

¹⁵ Now had these been mindful of that from which they came out, they might have had an opportunity of returning thither: ¹⁶ but now they desire a better; that is a heavenly country; therefore God is not ashamed of them; to be invoked as their God: for he prepared a city for them.

¹⁹ And Laban said to him, It is better for me to give her to thee than to give her to another man. Abide with me. ²⁰ So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they appeared to him as a few days, because he loved her.

³⁰ And Jacob went in unto Rachel, and loved Rachel more than Leia, and served him other seven years.

²⁹ And Jacob said, Thou knowest what service I have done thee, and how many cattle belonging to thee are now with me. ³⁰ Thy stock was small before I came; but it is increased to a multitude, and the Lord hath blessed thee by my attendance. Now then, when shall I provide a house for myself.

⁶ and you also know that with all my ability I have served your father;

²⁶ And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done? Why didst thou flee away secretly, and steal off without my knowledge, and carry away my daughters as if captivated by the sword?

³¹ In reply to this Jacob said to Laban, I was afraid; for I thought that thou perhaps wouldst take from me thy daughters and all that are mine:

³⁸ These twenty years that I have been with thee, thy sheep and thy goats have not cast their young; nor have I devoured the rams of thy flock. ³⁹ What was torn by wild beasts I brought not to thee. I made up at my own expence the loss of what was stolen by day or by night. ⁴⁰ I have borne the sultry heat of the day and the frost of the night, and sleep departed from my eyes. ⁴¹ I have been in thy family these twenty years. I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters; and six years for thy flocks; though thou didst change my wages at the ten lambings.

¹² [p] Though Jacob fled to the plain of Syria, and Israel made himself a slave for a wife, and for a wife kept watch,

³ and I will bless them, who bless thee; and those who curse thee I will curse: and by thee all the tribes of the earth shalt be blessed.

³ he said, My Lord, if I have found favour in thy sight, pass not by thy servant.

²⁴ and the Lord appeared to him that night and said, I am the God of thy father Abraham; Fear not; for I am with thee; and I will bless thee and multiply thy seed for the sake of thy father Abraham.

³⁰ Thy stock was small before I came; but it is increased to a multitude, and the Lord hath blessed thee by my attendance. Now then, when shall I provide a house for myself.

¹⁵ Then Esau said, Let me leave with thee some of the people who are with me. To which Jacob replied, What need is there? It is sufficient that I have found favour in the sight of thee, my lord.

¹¹ Sychem also said to her father and to her brothers, Let me find favour in your sight; and what ever you say we will give.

² And the Lord was with Joseph, so that he was a fortunate man and was in the same house with his master the Egyptian. ³ And his master perceived that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord prospered in his hands what ever he did. ⁴ So Joseph found favour in the sight of his master; and he was pleased with him and set him over his household and committed all that he had to Joseph's charge. ⁵ And after he had made him overseer of his household, and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the house of the Egyptian for Joseph's sake; and there was a blessing of the Lord on all his substance, in his house and in his field.

²⁵ And they said, Thou hast saved our lives. We have found favour in the sight of our lord, and we will be servants to Pharao.

²¹ And I will give the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that when you go, you shall not go away empty;

¹¹ yet Moses said to the Lord, Why hast thou afflicted thy servant; and why have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou shouldst lay upon me the weight of this people?

¹³ And she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my Lord, for thou hast comforted me. Now because thou hast spoken affectionately to thy servant, behold let me therefore be like one of thy maid servants.

²² And Saul sent to Jessai, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.

¹⁹ And Ader was in high favour with Pharao so that Pharao gave him to wife his own wife's sister, an elder sister of Thekemina.

¹¹ Turn not away, I beseech thee, Lord. But let thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy children, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I beseech thee, thy servant this day, and grant him favour in the sight of this man. Now I was the king's butler,

⁵ I said to the king, If it seemeth good to the king, and if thy servant shall find favour in thy sight, that thou wouldst send me to Juda to the city of the sepulchres of my fathers, and let me rebuild it.

³ And he will be like the tree planted by the streams of water, which will yield its fruit in due season, and its fruit shall not fall untimely. In all that he doth he shall be prospered.

¹³ for still about the tenth is in it; and shall again be for a prey, and be like the ilex and like the oak when it hath fallen from its station.

⁹ and their seed shall be distinguished among the nations? and their offspring in the midst of peoples. Every one who seeth them will know them, that they are a seed whom God hath blessed.

⁸ Thus saith the Lord, as when a good grape is found in the cluster, they will say, "Destroy it not; for there is a blessing in it, " so will I do for the sake of him who serveth me; for his sake I will not destroy them all.

⁹ Now God had brought Daniel into favour and compassion with the high chamberlain,

¹⁰ and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharao king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt, and all his household.

¹⁵ Laban said to Jacob, Because thou art indeed my brother, thou shalt not serve me for nothing. Tell me what must be thy wages.

¹⁹ And Laban said to him, It is better for me to give her to thee than to give her to another man. Abide with me.

⁵ And Balla Rachel"s maid conceived and bore Jacob a son.

³⁸ These twenty years that I have been with thee, thy sheep and thy goats have not cast their young; nor have I devoured the rams of thy flock. ³⁹ What was torn by wild beasts I brought not to thee. I made up at my own expence the loss of what was stolen by day or by night. ⁴⁰ I have borne the sultry heat of the day and the frost of the night, and sleep departed from my eyes.

⁴⁵ Who is indeed the faithful and prudent servant, whom his lord hath set over his household to give them their food in due season.

⁵ Servants, obey them who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your hearts, as you do the Christ ⁶ not with eye-service as men pleasers, but as servants of the Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, ⁷ performing service with good will, as to the Lord and not to men; ⁸ knowing that whatever good any one doth, the Lord will reward him for it, whether he be a bondman or freeman.

²² Servants, obey in all respects them who are your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service as men pleasers, but with singleness of heart, fearing God; ²³ and whatever you do, do it heartily as for the Lord, and not for men, ²⁴ knowing that you will receive from the Lord the reward of the inheritance; for you are serving the Lord Christ, ²⁵ and he who doth wrong shall receive according to the wrong he hath done. There is no respect of persons.

⁹ Exhort servants to be obedient to their masters; to be in all things studious to please; not answering again, ¹⁰ not embezzling, but shewing all good fidelity, that they may in all things adorn the doctrine of our saviour God.

¹⁵ For it is the will of God that you should by such good behaviour curb the ignorance of foolish men.

¹⁸ You who are servants, be subject to your masters with reverence, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the morose.

¹⁰ For the land to which you are going, to take possession of it, is not like the land of Egypt, from which you came out, where, when they have sown the seed, they can water it with their feet, like a garden of herbs.

¹⁴ Behold I am in preparation to come to you a third time, and I will not be burthensome to you. For I seek not your possessions, but yourselves. For children are not bound to lay up treasures for the parents, but the parents for the children.

⁸ Now if any one doth not provide for his own, and especially for those of his family, he hath renounced his belief, and is worse than an infidel.

⁴ And the Gabaonites said to him, We have no controversy with Saul and his household, about gold or silver, nor is it for us to put to death a man in Israel. ⁵ And the king said, What do you say, I must do for you? And they said to the king, The man who set himself against us, and persecuted us, and who formed pretences to exterminate us, him let us destroy, that he may not rise up in all the borders of Israel. ⁶ Give us seven men of his sons, and let us crucify to the Lord at Gabaon those of Saul who are the choice of the Lord. And the king said, I will give them.

⁸ It is better to confide in the Lord than to confide in man;

⁵ Let your conduct be free from avarice. Be content with what you have; for he hath said, "I will never leave thee, nor will I ever forsake thee."

³⁵ And that very day he separated the goats which were speckled and spotted, both male and female, and every one among the lambs which was grizly and every one in which there was a mixture of white, and delivered them into the hands of his sons,

⁸ When he said the speckled shall be thy wages, then all the cattle brought forth speckled. And when he said, The white shall be thy wages. Then all the cattle brought forth white.

¹⁰ Indeed when the flocks engendered I beheld with my eyes in a dream, and lo! the he-goats and the rams, which leaped upon the sheep and the goats were ring-streaked, spotted and ash coloured.

³⁷ And that thou hast searched all the goods of my house? What hast thou found of all the goods of thy house? Set it here before thy brethren and my brethren and let them judge between us both

¹⁴ And if at any time hereafter, thy son should ask thee saying, What is the meaning of this? thou shalt say to him, Because with a strong hand the Lord brought us out of the land of Egypt; from the house of bondage;

²³ The Lord will render to every one according to his righteousness, and his fidelity. As the Lord delivered thee this day into my hands, and I would not lay my hand on the Lord's anointed;

²¹ The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me

⁶ he will indeed bring forth thy righteousness like light, and thy judgment, as the noon day.

¹² For our manifold iniquity is before thee; and our sins are risen up against us: for our iniquities are in us, and we know our transgressions.

²⁹ And Balaam said to the ass, because thou hast mocked me, and had I a sword in my hand I should now have run it through thee.

⁷ for I wish all men to be as I myself am. But every one hath his peculiar gift from God, some of one kind; and some, of another.

⁵ Now I wish you all to speak with tongues; but much rather that you should prophesy: For he who prophesieth is greater than he who speaketh with tongues, unless some one interpret, that the congregation may be edified.

¹² I wish that they who are unsettling you would cut themselves off:

⁹ So the Lord hath taken all the cattle of your father and given them to me.

⁹ So the Lord hath taken all the cattle of your father and given them to me. ¹⁰ Indeed when the flocks engendered I beheld with my eyes in a dream, and lo! the he-goats and the rams, which leaped upon the sheep and the goats were ring-streaked, spotted and ash coloured. ¹¹ Moreover an angel of God said to me in a dream, Jacob! And I said, What is the matter. ¹² And he said, Lift up thy eyes and behold the he-goats and the rams which are leaping on the sheep and the goats! They are ring-streaked, speckled and ash coloured; for I have seen what Laban is doing to thee. ¹³ I am the God who appeared to thee at the place of God, where thou didst anoint for me a pillar and where thou didst make a vow. Now therefore arise and depart from this land and go to the land of thy nativity, and I will be with thee.

⁸ Even the cypresses such as were in the paradise of God and the pines were not to be compared with his shoots, nor were the fir trees comparable to his branches. Not a tree in the garden of God was equal to him in beauty, ⁹ So the Lord hath taken all the cattle of your father and given them to me. ¹⁰ Indeed when the flocks engendered I beheld with my eyes in a dream, and lo! the he-goats and the rams, which leaped upon the sheep and the goats were ring-streaked, spotted and ash coloured. ¹¹ Moreover an angel of God said to me in a dream, Jacob! And I said, What is the matter. ¹² And he said, Lift up thy eyes and behold the he-goats and the rams which are leaping on the sheep and the goats! They are ring-streaked, speckled and ash coloured; for I have seen what Laban is doing to thee.

³⁸ These twenty years that I have been with thee, thy sheep and thy goats have not cast their young; nor have I devoured the rams of thy flock.

⁴⁰ I have borne the sultry heat of the day and the frost of the night, and sleep departed from my eyes.

⁴² Had not the God of my father Abraham and the fear of Isaak been with me, thou wouldst now have sent me away empty. God hath seen my affliction and the labour of my hands, therefore he rebuked thee last night.

³⁵ now the Israelites had done as Moses commanded them; they had asked of the Egyptian gold and silver vessels and raiment, ³⁶ and the Lord had given his people favour in the sight of the Egyptians and they had supplied them, so they spoiled the Egyptians

¹⁶ And they treated Abram well for her sake, though he had sheep and oxen and asses and men servants and maid servants and mules and camels.

² Now Abram was very rich in cattle and in silver and gold,

³⁵ The Lord indeed hath blessed my master exceedingly, so that he is be 35 come great. He hath given him flocks and herds and silver and gold, men servants and maid servants, camels and asses.

¹³ and the man was exalted and prospered more and more till he became exceeding great. ¹⁴ And he had flocks and herds of cattle and many fields under cultivation. And the Philistines envied him;

⁷ yet your father hath dealt deceitfully with me, and at the ten lambings hath changed my wages. But God suffered him not to hurt me. ⁸ When he said the speckled shall be thy wages, then all the cattle brought forth speckled. And when he said, The white shall be thy wages. Then all the cattle brought forth white.

¹⁰ let me be satisfied with all the kindness and with all the truth which thou hast shewn to thy servant. For with this staff of mine I crossed the Jordan, but now I am become two camps.

¹¹ Receive these my blessings which I have brought thee; because God hath dealt bountifully with me, and is all things to me. So he pressed him and he took them.

⁷ for their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land where they sojourned could not support them on account of the abundance of their stock.

⁷ I purchased men servants and maid servants; and had servants born in my family. And my stock of herds and flocks was great above all who were before me in Jerusalem.

¹⁰ so that they shall not have occasion to take wood from the plains, nor to cut timber from the forests; but shall burn the arms only. And they shall plunder their plunderers; and spoil those who spoiled them, saith the Lord.