Genesis 37 Cross References - Thomson

¹ Now Jacob dwelt in the land where his father had sojourned in the land of Chanaan; 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. ³ Now Jacob loved Joseph above all his children because he was the son of his old age; and he had made him a robe of different colours. 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. ⁵ Besides Joseph having dreamed a dream told it to his brothers ⁶ and said to them, Hear this dream which I have dreamed. ⁷ I thought we were binding sheaves in the middle of a field; and my sheaf arose and stood upright, and your sheaves being ranged around made obeisance to my sheaf. ⁸ Upon which his brothers said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us or have dominion over us? So they hated him still more for his dreams and for his words. ⁹ And he had another dream and told this to his father and his brothers and said, Behold, I have dreamed another dream, as if the sun and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance to me. ¹⁰ Upon which his father rebuked him saying, What is this dream which thou hast dreamed? What! Shall I and thy mother and thy brothers come and bow down to thee on the ground? ¹¹ So his brothers envied him; but his father pondered the matter. ¹² After this his brothers having gone to Sychem to feed their father's flocks, ¹³ Israel said to Joseph, Are not thy brothers tending the flocks at Sychem? Come, let me send thee to them. And he said, I am ready. ¹⁴ Whereupon Israel said to him, Go and see if thy brothers and the flocks be well and bring me word. So he despatched him from the valley of Hebron and he went to Sychem: ¹⁵ and a man found him wandering in the plain. And the man asked him saying, What art thou seeking? ¹⁶ To which he replied, I am seeking my brothers, tell me where they are feeding. ¹⁷ And the man said to him, They have removed from this place; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothaim. So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothaim. ¹⁸ Now when they saw him at a great distance before he came near them, they wickedly thought of killing him ¹⁹ and said one to another, Behold the dreamer is coming. ²⁰ Now therefore come let us kill him and throw him into one of these pits, and we will say a savage beast hath devoured him. And let us see what will become of his dreams. ²¹ But when Reuben heard he rescued him out of their hands and said, Let us not touch his life. ²² Reuben indeed said to them, Shed not blood. Throw him into one of these pits in the wilderness, but lay not a hand on him, in order that he might rescue him out of their hands and deliver him to his father. ²³ So when Joseph came to his brothers they stripped him of the variegated robe which he had on ²⁴ and took him and threw him into the pit. But the pit was empty. It had no water. ²⁵ Then they sat down to eat bread. And raising their eyes they looked; and lo! Ismaelite travellers were coming out of Galaad and their camels were loaded with spiceries, with balm and stacte, which they were carrying to Egypt. ²⁶ Thereupon Judas said to his brothers, What advantage will it be though we slay our brother and conceal his blood? ²⁷ Come let us sell him to these Ismaelites and let not our hands be upon him, for he is our brother and our flesh. So his brothers hearkened to him. ²⁸ And when the Madienite merchants came, they drew him up. They lifted Joseph up out of the pit and sold him to the Ismaelites for twenty pieces of gold; and they carried Joseph down to Egypt. ²⁹ Now when Reuben came back to the pit and did not see Joseph in it, he rent his cloaths ³⁰ and returned to his brothers and said, The boy is gone. And as for me where now am I to go? ³¹ Then they took Joseph's coat, and having killed a kid of the goats they besmeared the coat with the blood ³² and sent away the variegated robe and had it carried to his father and said, This we found. Examine whether it be thy son's robe or not. ³³ And he knew it and said, It is my son's robe. An evil beast hath devoured him. A wild beast hath torn Joseph. ³⁴ Then Jacob rent his cloaths and put on sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days. ³⁵ And all his sons and daughters assembled and came to comfort him, but he would not be comforted saying, I will go to my son mourning, to the mansion of the dead. Thus his father mourned for him. ³⁶ But the Madienites sold Joseph in Egypt to Petephres the chamberlain of Pharao, the captain of the guards.

⁸ And I will give thee and thy seed after thee this land in which thou sojournest; even all the land of Chanaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God."

⁴ I am a stranger and sojourner among you, give me therefore the possession of a burying place among you, that I may bury my dead from before me.

⁴ And may he give thee the blessing of my father Abraham, to thee and thy seed after thee, to inherit this land of thy sojourning, which God gave to Abraham.

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.

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. ¹⁰ For he expected that city which hath foundations, whose architect and founder is God. ¹¹ By faith Sarah also received strength for conception, and was delivered of a son when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. ¹² Therefore there sprang even from one, and him dead as to these things, a posterity like the stars of heaven for multitude, and like the sand on the sea shore which is innumerable. ¹³ These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they viewed them at a distance, and were persuaded of, and embraced them, and acknowledged that they were strangers and sojourners in the land. ¹⁴ For they who speak thus shew plainly that they are seeking their father's country: 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.

⁴ This is the genealogy of heaven and earth. When they were made, on the day when the Lord God had made the heaven and the earth,

¹ This is the genealogy of men. On the day God made Adam, he made him after an image of God.

⁹ Now these are the generations of Noe. Noe was a just man; and being perfect in the tenor of his life, Noe pleased God.

¹ Now these are the generations of the sons of Noe, Sem, Cham, Japheth, to whom sons were born after the flood.

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

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.

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.

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

²² Now Eli was very old; and when he heard what his sons did to the children of Israel, ²³ he said to them, Why do you act in the manner I hear from the mouth of all the people of the Lord? ²⁴ Do not so my sons; for the reports which I hear are not good, that the people cannot serve God.

⁷ The world cannot hate you: but it hateth me, because I testify concerning it that its works are evil.

¹¹ For I am informed respecting you, my brethren, by some of Chloe's family, that there are contentions among you;

¹ It is currently reported that there is among you an act of lewdness, and of such a sort as is not named among the nations, so that one hath his father's wife:

¹⁸ For in the first place, on your assembling together in the congregation, I hear that there are divisions among you; and I partly believe it:

²³ So when Joseph came to his brothers they stripped him of the variegated robe which he had on

³² and sent away the variegated robe and had it carried to his father and said, This we found. Examine whether it be thy son's robe or not.

²⁰ And we said to my lord, We have a father an old man; and he hath a younger son of his old age. His brother is dead, and as he is the only one of his mother left; his father loveth him. ²¹ Then thou saidst to thy servants, Bring him down to me and I will take care of him. ²² And we said to my lord, This son cannot leave his father; for if he were to leave him, his father would die. ²³ Then thou saidst to thy servants, Unless your younger brother come down with you, you shall no more be admitted to see my face. ²⁴ So when we went up to thy servant our father, we told him the words of our lord. ²⁵ And when our father said, Go again and buy for us a little food; ²⁶ we said, We cannot go. If indeed our youngest brother will go down with us, we will go down. For we cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother be with us. ²⁷ Thereupon thy servant our father said to us, You know that my wife bore me two sons; ²⁸ and that one went out from me and you said he was devoured by a wild beast and I have not seen him since. ²⁹ If therefore you take this one also from me and any misfortune happen to him on the journey, you will bring down my old age with sorrow to the grave. ³⁰ Now therefore if I should go to thy servant our father and this son be not with us, as his life dependeth on the life of this son,

³⁰ Shall they not find him dividing spoil? Will he shew compassion to the head of a man? Sisara shall have spoils of richest dyes; Spoils of richest dyes of needle work. Rich dyes of embroidery are the spoils for his neck!

¹⁸ Now she had on an embroidered robe; for such was the dress which the king's daughters wore, who were virgins. So when the servant led her out, and shut the door after her,

¹³ All this honour is for the daughter of the king of Hesebon herself, she is surrounded with chain works of gold, and embroidery. ¹⁴ The virgins in her train shall be introduced to the king. They who are related to her shall be introduced to thee.

¹⁶ Nay thou didst take some of thy garments and make for thyself idols of needle work; and didst commit gross fornication on them. Though thou shouldst not have gone in; nor should such a thing be done,

³⁵ The father loveth the son, and hath given all things into his hand.

²² Upon this his disciples looked at one another, doubting of whom he spake. ²³ Now one of the disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclined at table next to Jesus.

⁵ but upon Cain and upon his sacrifices he did not look with regard. Thereupon Cain was exceedingly grieved and his countenance became dejected.

⁴¹ So Esau harboured a rooted hatred against Jacob on account of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And in this agitation of his mind Esau said, O! that, the days of mourning for my father were come that I may kill my brother Jacob.

⁵ Besides Joseph having dreamed a dream told it to his brothers

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

¹⁸ Now when they saw him at a great distance before he came near them, they wickedly thought of killing him ¹⁹ and said one to another, Behold the dreamer is coming. ²⁰ Now therefore come let us kill him and throw him into one of these pits, and we will say a savage beast hath devoured him. And let us see what will become of his dreams. ²¹ But when Reuben heard he rescued him out of their hands and said, Let us not touch his life. ²² Reuben indeed said to them, Shed not blood. Throw him into one of these pits in the wilderness, but lay not a hand on him, in order that he might rescue him out of their hands and deliver him to his father. ²³ So when Joseph came to his brothers they stripped him of the variegated robe which he had on ²⁴ and took him and threw him into the pit. But the pit was empty. It had no water.

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.

¹² So he sent for him. Now he was of a ruddy complexion, with beautiful eyes, and comely in appearance to the Lord, and the Lord said to Samuel, Arise and anoint David, for he is good. ¹³ So Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And a Spirit of the Lord came upon David, from that day forward. Then Samuel arose and went to Armathaim.

²⁸ [Omitted]

¹⁹ But as for mine enemies they live and are stronger than I: and they who hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

⁴ They who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head. Mine enemies who persecute me wrongfully are become strong. I have made compensation on the spot for what I did not take by violence.

³ therefore his brethren said to him, Depart hence and go to Judea that thy disciples may see the works which thou dost. ⁴ For one who seeketh to be known publicly, doth any thing in secret. Since thou dost these things, shew thyself to the world. ⁵ [For even his brethren did not believe in him.]

¹⁸ If the world hate you, consider that it hated me before you. ¹⁹ If ye were of the world, the world would love its own. Now because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

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;

¹¹ But he who hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he is going, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

¹⁰ By this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil. Whosoever doth not practise righteousness is not of God, nor he who doth not love his brother.

¹² and not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And why did he slay him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

²⁰ If anyone saith, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar. For how can he who doth not love his brother whom he hath seen, love God, whom he hath not seen?

¹² and dreamed; and lo! a ladder set on the earth, the top of which reached up to heaven and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

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.

⁸ Upon which his brothers said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us or have dominion over us? So they hated him still more for his dreams and for his words.

⁵ they both had a dream, in the same night. And the appearance of the dream both of the chief butler and the chief baker, who belonged to the king of Egypt and were in prison, was similar.

¹ But it happened that at the end of two years Pharao had a dream. He thought he was standing by the river;

⁹ And Joseph remembered the dreams, which he had dreamed and said to them, You are spies. You are come to examine the ways into this country.

⁶ he said to them, Hear my words. If there be a prophet among you to the Lord, I will make myself known to him by a vision, and speak to him in sleep.

¹³ And when Gideon drew near, behold there was a man telling his comrade a dream. And he said, Behold I have had a dream. I thought I saw a cake of barley bread rolling about in the camp of Madiam, and it came to this tent, and smote it, and it fell. It indeed overturned it, and the tent fell. ¹⁴ And his comrade answered, and said, Is not this the sword of Gideon, son of Joas the Israelite? God hath delivered into his hand Madiam and all this camp.

⁵ the Lord appeared to him that night in a dream, and said to him, Ask for thyself any favour.

¹⁴ The Lord is the strength of them who fear him; and it is his covenant to display it for them.

¹ . Nabuchodonosar, in the second year of his reign, dreamed a dream and his spirit was troubled and his sleep went from him.

⁵ I had a dream which terrified me and I was troubled on my bed, and the visions of my head disquieted me.

²⁸ And it shall come to pass after these things that I will pour out a portion of my spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy; and your old men shall dream dreams; and your young men shall see visions.

⁷ Seeing the Lord will not do any thing without giving warning to his servants;

¹⁴ I have given them thy word, and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world as I am not of the world.

¹⁸ Upon this Judas came near to him and said, my lord, let thy servant speak a word in thy presence and be not angry with thy servant, for thou art next to Pharao.

⁷ When the news of this was told Jotham, he went and stood on the top of mount Garizin, and raising his voice, he wept, and said to them, Hear me, ye Sychemites, that God may hear you.

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.

²⁶ So when Joseph came home they brought him the presents which they had in their hands into the house and made obeisance to him with their face on the ground.

¹⁴ And Judas with his brothers went in to Joseph who was still there; and they fell on the ground before him.

¹⁹ Thou my lord didst ask thy servants saying, Have you a father or a brother?

¹⁰ that in the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those beneath the earth;

¹⁸ and he is the head of the body, namely of the congregation. He who is the beginning is a first born from the dead that in all things he might be pre-eminent.

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.

¹⁴ To which he replied, Who made thee a ruler or a judge over us? Dost thou mean to kill me, as thou didst the Egyptian yesterday? Thereupon Moses was alarmed and said, Is the thing become so public?

²⁷ But turbulent men said, How can this man save us? And they despised him, and did not bring him gifts.

³ "Let us break their bands asunder and throw off from us their yoke." ⁴ He who dwelleth in heaven will laugh them to scorn; the Lord will treat them with derision. ⁵ Then will he speak to them in his wrath and trouble them with his sore displeasure. ⁶ But as for me, by him I am appointed king on Sion his holy mountain.

²² The stone which the builders rejected, was the very one for the head of the corner.

¹⁴ Now his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy after him, saying, We do not wish this man to reign over us.

¹⁷ But he looking earnestly at them, said, "What then is the meaning of this passage of scripture, The stone which the builders rejected was the very one for the head of the corner!

²⁷ For indeed against thy holy Child Jesus whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations and the tribes of Israel, were gathered together, ²⁸ to do what thy hand and thy council had determinately marked out beforehand to be brought to pass.

³⁵ This Moses whom they rejected, saying, Who made thee a chief and a judge? this very person God sent as a chief and a deliverer by the hand of an angel who appeared to him in the bush

²⁹ Of how much greater punishment, think ye, will he be thought worthy, who hath trampled upon the Son of God, and accounted the blood of the covenant, by which he was sanctified, a common thing, and treated contemptuously the spirit of grace?

⁷ I thought we were binding sheaves in the middle of a field; and my sheaf arose and stood upright, and your sheaves being ranged around made obeisance to my sheaf.

¹⁰ Upon which his father rebuked him saying, What is this dream which thou hast dreamed? What! Shall I and thy mother and thy brothers come and bow down to thee on the ground?

²⁵ Then Joseph said to Pharao, The dream of Pharao is one. God hath shewn Pharao what he is about to do.

³² And in as much as the dream of Pharao was doubled, the thing which God had determined will surely come to pass; and God is hasting to do it.

²⁸ And they said, Thy servant, our father is well. He is still alive. And he said, Blessed of God is that man. Whereupon they bowed down and made obeisance to him.

⁹ Haste therefore and go up to my father and say to him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me ruler of all the land of Egypt. Come down therefore to me and tarry not.

²⁹ And Joseph having got ready his chariots, went up to meet his father Israel at Heroopolis. And when he saw him he fell on his neck and wept abundantly.

¹² And Joseph supplied his father and his brothers and all his father's household with a certain portion of corn for each person.

¹⁵ Now when Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, Perhaps Joseph may bear us a grudge and requite us for all the ills which we have done to him. ¹⁶ So they came to Joseph and said, Our father before he died adjured us saying, ¹⁷ Thus shall you say to Joseph. Forgive them their iniquity and their sin for having done thee evil. Now therefore forgive the iniquity of the servants of the God of thy father. And while they were speaking to him, Joseph wept. ¹⁸ And they came near to him and said, We are thy servants, ¹⁹ upon which Joseph said to them, Fear not, for I am God's servant. ²⁰ You indeed consulted against me for evil: but God determined concerning me for good, to bring to pass as at this day, that much people might be nourished. ²¹ Moreover he said to them, Be not afraid. I will continue to nourish you and your families. So he comforted them, and spoke affectionately to them,

¹⁰ and its greatness reached even to the host of heaven. And there fell on the earth some of the host of heaven and some of the stars, and these were trodden down.

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 that you may be blameless and sincere, spotless children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, amongst whom shine ye forth as lights in the world,

²⁹ May nations serve thee; and princes bow down to thee. Be thou lord of thy brother. And let the children of thy father pay thee homage. Cursed be he who curseth thee; and let him who blesseth thee be blessed.

¹⁴ And to thee shall come trembling the sons of them who afflicted and humbled thee, and thou shalt be called, City Sion of the Holy one of Israel.

¹⁰ that in the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those beneath the earth; ¹¹ and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the father.

³¹ and said to him, Come in, thou blessed of the Lord, why hast thou tarried without? I have the house ready and a place for the camels.

¹⁴ And he had flocks and herds of cattle and many fields under cultivation. And the Philistines envied him; ¹⁵ and all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the time of his father, the Philistines stopped up and filled them with earth. ¹⁶ And Abimelech said to Isaak, Depart from us, for thou art become far mightier than we.

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

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.

¹³ And the envy of Ephraim shall be taken away; and the enemies of Juda shall be destroyed: Ephraim shall not envy Juda; nor shall Juda vex Ephraim:

¹¹ Thy hand, Lord, was lifted high; but they did not know it; but when they know they will be ashamed. Zeal will seize an uninstructed people; even now a fire devoureth the adversaries.

²⁸ To this is the end of this word. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts troubled me much and my countenance was changed. But I kept the matter in mine own heart.

¹⁸ For he knew that out of envy they had delivered him up.

¹⁰ For he knew that out of envy the chief priests had delivered him up.

¹⁹ But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her mind.

⁵¹ Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and continued subject to them. And his mother kept all these things in her mind.

⁹ And the patriarchs, being moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him,

⁴⁵ But when the Jews saw the crowds they were filled with zeal and contradicted what was spoken by Paul; contradicting and reviling.

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:

¹⁴ But if you have bitter zeal, and strife in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth. ¹⁵ This is not the wisdom which cometh down from above; but that which is of an earthly, sensual, and devilish nature. ¹⁶ For where there is a zeal with strife, there will be confusion, and every thing which is bad.

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

¹⁸ And when Jacob came from Syrian Mesopotamia he went to Salem a city of the Sekimites which is in the land of Chanaan, and encamped before the city,

²⁵ And on the third day when they were in pain, the two sons of Jacob, Symeon and Levi the brothers of Deina took, each his sword and entered the city without danger and slew every male. 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. ²⁷ And the sons of Jacob came upon the slain and rifled the city in which their sister Deina had been defiled; ²⁸ and took their flocks and their herds and their asses, both all that was in the city and all that was in the field, ²⁹ and took captive all their servants and all their children and their wives and plundered what was in the city and what was in the houses. ³⁰ Thereupon Jacob said to Symeon and Levi, You have made me an object of hatred so as to be deemed a mortal enemy to all the inhabitants of the land, both to the Chananites and the Pherezites. Now as I am few in number they will assemble against me and fall upon me, and I and my house shall be utterly destroyed. ³¹ And they said, But shall they treat our sister like a harlot?

¹ Now Jacob dwelt in the land where his father had sojourned in the land of Chanaan;

¹ And it came to pass after these things that God tried Abraham and said to him, Abraham! Abraham! And he said, Here I am.

¹ And after Isaak grew old, when his eyes were so dimmed that he could not see he called Esau his eldest son and said to him. My Son. And he said here I am.

¹⁸ and he took them to his father and said, Father! And he said, Here I am. Who art thou, my son?

⁴ the Lord called, Samuel! Samuel! Whereupon he said, Here I am, ⁵ and ran to Eli, and said, Here I am, for thou didst call me. And he said, I did not call thee. Return, and go to sleep. So he returned and went to sleep. ⁶ And the Lord again called Samuel! Samuel! Whereupon he went to Eli, a second time, and said, Here I am; for thou didst call me. And he said I did not call thee, Return, and go to sleep.

⁸ the Lord proceeded to call Samuel the third time; whereupon Samuel arose, and went to Eli, and said, Here I am, for thou didst call me. Then Eli conjectured that the Lord had called him;

¹⁶ Then Eli said to Samuel, Samuel, my son! And he said, Here I am.

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¹⁶ Behold I send you forth like sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye therefore wise as the serpents and harmless as the doves.

¹³ Then the owner of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my son, the Beloved. Perhaps they will reverence him, when they see him.

¹ Children, obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right. ² Honour thy father and mother [this is the first commandment with a promise] ³ that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayst live long on the earth.

¹⁸ Then Abram removed his tent and came and dwelt near the Oak of Mambre, which was by Chebron, and built there an altar to the Lord.

² And Sarah died in the city Arbok, which is in the vale, the same is Chebron in the land of Chanaan. And Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to make lamentation.

⁶ And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well. And lo yonder is Rachel his daughter! She was coming with the sheep.

²⁷ Then Jacob went to his father Isaak, to Mambre, a city of the plain, the same is Chebron in the land of Chanaan, where Abraham and Isaak had sojourned.

¹⁶ In reply to which, Joseph said to Pharao, Without God no answer of peace can be given to Pharao.

²² Then they went up, on a course parallel with the front of the desart; then turned down to Chebron, where were the Achimans and the Sessians, and the Thelamins, descendants of Enach. Now Chebron was built seven years before Tanis in Egypt.

¹³ Thereupon Joshua blessed him, and gave to Chaleb son of Jephonne, the Kenezite, Chebron for a possession.

¹⁵ Now the name of Chebron, formerly, was city Argob. It was the metropolis of the Enakims. Now when the land had rest from war,

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³² And the king said to Chousi, Is the young man Abessalom safe? And Chousi said, May all the enemies of my lord the king, and all who have risen against him for evil, be as that young man.

³³ therefore their blood is returned on his own head, and on the head of his seed forever. But on David, and his seed, and on his house, and his throne, let there be peace from the Lord forever.

⁵ But them who turn aside into crooked ways, the Lord will drive away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel!

⁷ and study the peace of the country to which I have exiled you; and pray to the Lord for the people; for in their peace you will have peace

⁴² saying, O that thou hadst known; even thou; even in this very ay of thine, the things which were for thy peace! But now they are hidden from thine eyes.

¹⁴ So Abraham arose early the next morning and took loaves and a skin full of water, and when he had put them on her shoulder he gave the boy to Agar and sent her away. And she departing lost her way between the wilderness and Well of the Oath;

²² behold Barak came in pursuit of Sisara. And Jael went out to meet him, and said to him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. So he went in with her, and behold Sisara lay dead with the pin in his temples.

¹⁹ Elisha said to them, This is not the city; nor this the way. Come, follow me, and I will lead you to the man whom you are seeking.

³⁸ When Jesus turned and saw them following him, he saith to them, What seek ye? And they said to him, Rabbi, [the meaning of which, when interpreted, is Teacher] where dost thou make thine abode?

²⁷ [Now at that instant his disciples came and wondered at his talking with the woman, yet none of them said, What seekest thou? Or why talkest thou with her?]

⁴ Thereupon Jesus, knowing all that were coming upon him, went forth and said to them, Whom do ye seek?

⁷ He therefore asked them again, Whom do you seek? And when they answered, Jesus the Nazarene;

¹⁵ Jesus saith to her, Woman, why weepest thou? Whom art thou seeking? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith to him, Sir, if thou hast taken him up; tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.

⁷ Tell me thou whom my soul loveth, where thou tendest thy flock; Where thou causest it to rest at noon, perhaps I may be like a wanderer among the tents of thy companions.

¹⁰ for the son of man came to seek and save what was lost.

¹³ Then he said, Go see where he is, and I will send and take him. And when they told him saying, Behold he is at Dothaim,

¹ therefore Saul spoke to his son Jonathan, and all his servants, to kill David.

¹³ Because I heard the whispers of many who dwell around me; when they assembled together against me they consulted how to take my life;

¹² The sinner may watch the righteous, and gnash his teeth at him;

³² The sinner watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to kill him;

²¹ Shall they hunt for the soul of the righteous? And shall they condemn innocent blood?

²⁵ and had turned their hearts to hate his people, to deal deceitfully with his servants;

⁴ They traduced me for my love; but I prayed,

³⁸ But when the tenants saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir. Come let us kill him and keep possession of his inheritance.

¹ Now early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to have him put to death.

⁷ But the tenants said among themselves, This is the heir. Come; let us kill him; and the inheritance will be our own.

¹ Now after two days was the passover, and the festival of unleavened bread. And the chief priests, and the Scribes were contriving how they might seize him by surprise, and put him to death.

¹⁴ But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be our own. ¹⁵ So having, cast him out of the vineyard they slew him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?

⁵³ From that day therefore they consulted together that they might put him to death.

¹² And in the course of the day some of the Jews, having entered into a conspiracy, bound themselves by the solemn Anathema, saying they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

²⁰ therefore now behold I know that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in thy hand.

² Thereupon Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having with him three thousand chosen men of Israel, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

²⁴ And a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was cast in the highway and the ass stood by it. The lion also stood by the body.

²⁴ And looking back upon them, he beheld them, and denounced a curse against them, in the name of the Lord. And behold there came two bears from the forest, and they tore forty two of the boys.

⁵ They strengthened for themselves an evil matter: they talked of hiding snares, saying, Who can see us?

¹¹ saying, Come with us; partake of blood; and let us hide in the earth an innocent man without cause, ¹² and swallow him up alive, as the grave, and take away from earth the remembrance of him.

¹⁶ [Omitted]

¹⁷ His eye is that of a scorner; his tongue is false; his hands are employed in shedding innocent blood;

¹⁸ Honest lips hide hatred; but they who utter reproaches are the greatest fools.

⁴ Wrath is cruel and anger outrageous: but nothing can withstand envy.

¹³ He who covereth his wickedness shall not prosper; but he who confesseth and forsaketh will be beloved.

² saying, Where is he who is born to be king of the Jews? For we have seen his star at its rise, and are come to pay him homage. ³ Upon hearing this, Herod the king was alarmed and all Jerusalem with him. ⁴ And having assembled all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, he inquired of them, where the Christ should be born. ⁵ And they told him. At Bethlehem of Judea. For thus it is written by the prophet, ⁶ "And thou Bethlehem in the land of Judea art by no means the least among the leaders of Juda; for out of thee shall come a leader, who shall tend my people Israel" ⁷ Then Herod, having privately called the magians, got exact information from them concerning the time of the star's appearing; ⁸ and sending them to Bethlehem, he said, Go and make exact inquiry about the child. And when you have found him bring me word, that I also may go and pay him homage. ⁹ So in obedience to the king they departed; and lo! the star which they had seen at his rise moved on before them, till it came and stood over the place where the child was. ¹⁰ When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly: ¹¹ and having entered the house they found the child with Mary his mother. Whereupon, prostrating themselves, they did him homage. Then opening their treasures they presented him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh. ¹² And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went to their own country by another way. ¹³ And when they were gone, behold an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there till I order thee; for Herod will seek the child to destroy him. ¹⁴ Accordingly he arose and took the child and his mother by night and went to Egypt, ¹⁵ where he continued till the death of Herod, so that there was a fulfilment of what the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying, "Out of Egypt I called my son." ¹⁶ When Herod saw that he was treated with contempt by the magians, he was highly incensed, and he sent and slew all the male children in Bethlehem and all the territory belonging thereto, from those who had entered the second year and under, according to the time, of which he had. got exact information from the magians.

⁴⁰ and saying, Thou the demolisher of the temple and the rebuilder of it in three days, save thyself. If thou art the Son of God, come down from the cross. ⁴¹ In like manner also the chief priests, and the Scribes, and the elders, deriding him, said, ⁴² He saved others; cannot he save himself? If he be the king of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and We will believe him.

²⁹ And they who passed by kept reviling him, shaking their heads, and saying, Ah! thou destroyer of the temple; and rebuilder of it in three days, ³⁰ save thyself, and come down from the cross. ³¹ And in like manner the chief priests, and the Scribes, jesting with one another, said, He saved others, Cannot he save himself? ³² Let this Christ, this king of Israel, now come down from the cross that we may see and believe. Even they who were crucified with him, reviled him.

¹² If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe; how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

¹⁰ the chief priests therefore determined to put Lazarus also to death, ¹¹ because on his account many of the Jews withdrew and believed in Jesus.

¹⁶ saying, What can we do with these men? For that a signal miracle hath indeed been done by them, is manifest to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. ¹⁷ But that it may not spread farther among the people, let us severely threaten them not to speak any more for this name to any man. ¹⁸ So having called them in, they gave them this general charge, not to make solemn addresses, nor teach, for the name of that Jesus.

⁵ For with regard to your blood of your lives, I will indeed make inquisition for it at the hand of the beasts. At the hand of a man's brother I will make inquisition for the life of man.

²² And Reuben in reply said to them, Did I not speak to you saying, Do the lad no injury, but you hearkened not to me. Now behold inquisition is made for his blood.

²⁸ Now on that day they took Makeda, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed every thing therein which breathed. There was not one left who escaped or fled. And when they had done to the king of Makeda as they did to the king of Jericho,

²⁸ And be not afraid of them who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him, who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

¹² And he said, Lay not thy hand on the lad, nor do any thing to him; for now I know that thou fearest God and on my account hast not spared thy darling son.

¹¹ And of these chosen men of Israel not one uttered a dissenting voice. Now when they had appeared in the presence of God and had eaten and drunk

⁹ Thou shalt surely inform against him, and thy hands shall be upon him, among the foremost, to kill him, and afterwards the hands of the whole people.

²⁴ When Pilate saw that he could not in the least prevail, but that a tumult rather was rising, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am clear from the blood of this innocent person. Look ye to it.

¹ Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to afflict some of the congregation,

³ Now Jacob loved Joseph above all his children because he was the son of his old age; and he had made him a robe of different colours.

³¹ Then they took Joseph's coat, and having killed a kid of the goats they besmeared the coat with the blood ³² and sent away the variegated robe and had it carried to his father and said, This we found. Examine whether it be thy son's robe or not. ³³ And he knew it and said, It is my son's robe. An evil beast hath devoured him. A wild beast hath torn Joseph.

²¹ they said one to another, We indeed are to blame in respect to our brother. Because we disregarded the anguish of his soul, when he intreated us and we would not hear him; for this cause therefore this affliction is come upon us.

¹⁸ they have parted my garments among them, and for my vesture have cast lots;

²⁸ And having stripped him, they threw around him a scarlet military robe:

⁷ Seeing they have without cause, hid for me their destructive snare; have, without reason, reproached my soul;

² and brought me up from a horrible pit and from miry clay; and set my feet on a rock and directed my steps,

⁶ they laid me in the lowest pit; in dark places and in the shade of death.

⁸ Thou hast removed far from me my acquaintance, they accounted me an abomination to them. I was delivered up and did not go abroad;

¹ A Song of the steps. Out of depths to thee, Lord, I cried; ² Lord, hearken to my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the sound of my prayer.

⁶ So they threw him into the dungeon of Melchias the king's son which was in the court of the prison. And when they had lowered him down into the dungeon, there was no water in the dungeon, but there was mire; and he was in the mire.

⁵² With eagerness all mine enemies have hunted me like an ostrich; ⁵³ without cause they have condemned me to die in a dungeon, and placed a stone over me. ⁵⁴ Water was poured above upon my head. I said, I am cast off. ⁵⁵ I called on thy name, O Lord, out of the deepest dungeon.

²⁰ In their slaughters is comprehended the breath of our nostrils, our anointed Lord, of whom we said, "Under his shadow we shall live among the nations."

¹¹ As for thee, thou by the blood of thy covenant hast sent forth thy prisoners out of a pit which hath no water.

¹¹ Furthermore the angel of the Lord said to her, Behold thou art with child, and thou shalt bear a son and shalt call his name Ismael; for the Lord hath hearkened to thy affliction. ¹² He will be a wild man. His hands will be against all, and the hands of all, against him. And he shall dwell in front of all his brethren."

¹ Now Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Chettura ² and she bore to him Zembran and Jesan and Madal and Madiam and Jesbok and Soie. ³ And Jesan begat Saba and Dedan. And the children of Dedan were Assurieim and Latusieim and Laomeim. ⁴ And the children of Madiam were Gephar and Apheir and Enoch and Abeida and Eldaga. All these were children of Chettura.

¹⁶ These are the children of Ismael and these are their names in their tents and in their habitations; twelve chiefs of their respective nations. ¹⁷ And these were the years of the life of Ismael, one hundred and thirty seven years, and he declining died and was added to his race. ¹⁸ Now he inhabited the country from Evilat to Sour which is in front of Egypt, all the way to the Assyrians. In front of all his brethren was his habitation.

²¹ And he departed with all that belonged to him and crossed the river and bent his course to mount Galaad.

²³ Whereupon taking with him his brethren he pursued him seven days journey and overtook him at mount Galaad.

²⁸ And when the Madienite merchants came, they drew him up. They lifted Joseph up out of the pit and sold him to the Ismaelites for twenty pieces of gold; and they carried Joseph down to Egypt.

³⁶ But the Madienites sold Joseph in Egypt to Petephres the chamberlain of Pharao, the captain of the guards.

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.

¹¹ Then Israel their father said to them, If it must be so, do this, Take of all the fruits of this land in your vessels and carry down for the man presents of balm and honey and incense both stacte and terebinthus and almonds.

¹⁵ And when the business was despatched at Susoi, the king and Haman sat down to revel, but the city was struck with consternation.

⁴ Will they all continue senseless? They are going on in a course of iniquity: they are eating up my people as they do bread: they have not called on the Lord.

⁶ the Ismaelites, Moab and the Agarenians;

²⁰ Such is the way of an adulterous woman, who having committed the act and washed herself, saith, that she hath done nothing improper.

²² Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why is not healing come for the daughter of my people. [[c] The chorus, the inhabitants of the country. [J] Jehovah, [p] The prophet.]

¹¹ Go up, Galaad, and take balm for the virgin daughter of Egypt. In vain hast thou multiplied thy medicines; there is no cure for thee.

⁶ Some are drinking filtered wine and anointing themselves with most precious ointment and have no feeling for the affliction of Joseph.

¹⁰ Then the Lord said, "What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood crieth to me out of the ground.

³² And Esau said, Lo! I am going to die, what then are these rights of primogeniture to me?

²⁰ Now therefore come let us kill him and throw him into one of these pits, and we will say a savage beast hath devoured him. And let us see what will become of his dreams.

⁸ And if any cause which requireth judicial decision; an action of murder, an action of appeal, a case of leprosy, an action of plaint and denial; any causes which require decision in any of your cities, be too difficult for thee, thou shalt arise, and go up to the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen,

¹⁶ And David said to him, Thy blood be upon thy own head, for thy own mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the anointed of the Lord.

¹⁸ O earth, cover not the blood of my flesh, nor let there be a place for this cry of mine.

⁹ what profit is there in my blood; by my going down to corruption? Can dust celebrate thy praise; or can it proclaim thy truth?

⁸ But there were ten men among them who said to Ismael, Do not kill us; for we have treasures in a field, wheat and barley, honey and oil. So he forbore and did not kill them among their brethren.

⁷ Because her blood is in the midst of her; I have ordered it to be poured out on a smooth stone: I have not poured it on the ground for the earth to cover it.

²⁶ For what will a man be profited, if he should gain the whole world, and be punished with the forfeit of his life? Or, what will not a man give as a ransom for his life?

²¹ what fruit therefore had you then from those things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of them is death.

¹⁴ And Laban said to him, Thou art of my bones and of my flesh. And when Jacob had been with him a month,

²² Reuben indeed said to them, Shed not blood. Throw him into one of these pits in the wilderness, but lay not a hand on him, in order that he might rescue him out of their hands and deliver him to his father.

¹⁶ He who stealeth any of the children of Israel, and having got him in his power selleth him, or if he be found with him, shall be put to death.

²¹ but if the servant live a day or two, let no vengeance be taken, for he is his money.

¹⁷ [Omitted]

¹⁴ And in the morning David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Ourias, ¹⁵ and in the letter he wrote, saying, Set Ourias in the front of the hottest battle, and retire from him, that he may be smitten and die. ¹⁶ So in disposing the guards against the city, Joab stationed Ourias in the place where he knew there were men of valour. ¹⁷ And the men of the city sallied out, and fought with Joab, and some of the people of David's servants fell, and Ourias the Chittite died also.

⁹ Why then hast thou despised the word of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? Thou hast slain Ourias the Chettite with the sword, and taken his wife to be thy wife. Thou hast indeed slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.

⁸ I said to them, We with our free will offerings have purchased' our brethren the Jews who were sold to the nations; and are you going to sell your brethren that they may be sold to us? And when they held their peace and found no answer,

¹⁵ and said, What will you give me, and I will deliver him up to you. And they weighed to him thirty shekels of silver:

¹⁰ fornicators, sodomites, enslavers of men, liars, perjured persons, and whatever else is contrary to the wholesome doctrine

¹³ and cinnamon and frankincense and myrrh and incense and wine and oil and fine flour and wheat and cattle and sheep and horses and chariots and the bodies and souls of men.

² and she bore to him Zembran and Jesan and Madal and Madiam and Jesbok and Soie.

²⁵ Then they sat down to eat bread. And raising their eyes they looked; and lo! Ismaelite travellers were coming out of Galaad and their camels were loaded with spiceries, with balm and stacte, which they were carrying to Egypt.

⁴ Then Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me? And when they came near; he said, I am Joseph your brother whom you sold into Egypt. ⁵ Now therefore be not grieved, nor let it afflict you that you sold me hither; for God sent me before you for life.

¹⁶ Now the priest of Madiam had seven daughters who tended the flocks of their father Jothor. And they having come to the well began to draw water to fill the troughs that they might water the flocks of their father Jothor,

¹⁵ and the name of the Madianitish woman, who was slain, was Chasbi, a daughter of Sour, the chief of the clan of Ommath, which is the head family of Madiam. Num 25:l6 Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

¹⁷ Speak to the children of Israel, and say, Treat as enemies the Madianites, and smite them,

² Avenge the cause of the children of Israel on the Madianites, and afterward thou shalt be gathered to thy people. ³ Whereupon Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm men from among you and array them before the Lord, against Madian, to pour vengeance from the Lord on Madian;

⁸ and in the slaughter they slew the kings of Madian, Evin, and Rokon, and Sur, and Ur, and Robok, the five kings of Madian. They slew also Balaam, son of Beor, with the sword among their slain. ⁹ And having taken for a prey the women of the Madianites, and their furniture, and their cattle, and all their goods, and spoiled their army,

¹ Again the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Madiam seven years. ² And the hand of Madiam prevailed against Israel, so that because of Madiam, the Israelites made for themselves those dens which are in the mountains, and those caves and strong holds in cliffs. ³ And when the Israelites had sown, Madiam and Amelek came up, and the children of the east came up with them,

²² Then Israel said to Gideon, My lord, rule over us, both thou and thy son, and thy son's son, because thou hast saved us out of the hand of Madiam.

²⁴ Then Gideon said to them. I have a favour to ask of you. Give me every man the earrings of his spoils; for the enemy wore gold ear rings, because they were Ismaelites.

⁹ Do thou to them as to Madiam and Sisara: as to Jabin at the brook of Kison.

¹⁷ he had sent before them a man, Joseph was sold for a servant.

⁶ And for thee will come herds of camels and those of Madiam and Gaipha will cover thee, and those of Saba will come bringing gold and will also bring frankincense, and with joy proclaim the salvation of the Lord.

¹² Then I will say to them, If it seemeth good in your sight, give me my wages; if not, forbear. And when they had weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver; ¹³ then the Lord said to me, Put them in the smelting furnace, and let me see whether it be proof: as I have been proved for them. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them down in the house of the Lord, for the smelting furnace.

⁹ Then was fulfilled that, which was spoken by the prophet Jeremias, saying, "So I took the thirty pieces of silver, as the Lord commanded me. These being the price of him who was valued, whom some of the Israelites valued;

¹³ But the sons of Jacob answered Sychem and Emmor his father deceitfully. And because their sister had been defiled,

³⁴ Then Jacob rent his cloaths and put on sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.

¹³ Whereupon they rent their cloaths and put every one his bag on his ass and returned to the city.

⁶ and Joshua the son of Nave, and Chaleb the son of Jephonne, two of them who had viewed the land, rent their clothes,

³⁵ And when he saw her he rent his clothes, and said, Alas! Alas! my daughter! Thou hast indeed troubled me; and thou thyself mayst be in trouble with me, for I have opened my mouth to the Lord against thee, and I cannot go back.

¹ And when the king Ezekias heard them he rent his clothes and put on sackcloth and went into the house of the Lord.

²⁰ Upon this Job rising up rent his clothes, and shaved his head, and falling on the ground he worshipped

¹³ Rend your hearts and not your garments, and turn to the Lord your God; for he is gracious and merciful, long suffering and full of compassion, and relenteth at evils.

¹⁴ But the apostles Barnabas and Paul, hearing of this, rent their clothes and ran in among the crowd, crying out

¹³ Then they said, Thy servants were twelve brothers in the land of Chanaan. And lo! the youngest is now with our father; but the other is no more.

³² We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more. And the youngest is now with our father in the land of Chanaan.

³⁵ And when they emptied their sacks every one's roll of money was in their several sacks. And when they and their father saw their rolls of money they were terrified. ³⁶ And Jacob their father said to them, Me you have bereaved of children. Joseph is gone. Symeon is gone. And will you take away Benjamin? All these things are against me.

¹⁵ There was heard at Rama a sound of lamentation and weeping and wailing; Rachel, weeping for her children, refused to be comforted, because they are no more.

²⁰ And we said to my lord, We have a father an old man; and he hath a younger son of his old age. His brother is dead, and as he is the only one of his mother left; his father loveth him. ²¹ Then thou saidst to thy servants, Bring him down to me and I will take care of him. ²² And we said to my lord, This son cannot leave his father; for if he were to leave him, his father would die. ²³ Then thou saidst to thy servants, Unless your younger brother come down with you, you shall no more be admitted to see my face.

³⁰ but soon as this son of thine is come, who hath devoured thy substance with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

²⁸ and that one went out from me and you said he was devoured by a wild beast and I have not seen him since.

¹⁵ A man without guile, believeth every thing: but a prudent man cometh for a change of mind.

⁷ Jesus answered and said to him, What I am doing thou dost not comprehend at present, but thou shalt know hereafter.

²⁹ Now when Reuben came back to the pit and did not see Joseph in it, he rent his cloaths

⁶ and Joshua rent his clothes. Now when Joshua had prostrated himself, with his face on the ground, before the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel, and they had put dust on their heads,

¹¹ Then David took hold of his garments, and rent them, and all the men who were with him rent their garments,

³¹ Then David said to Joab, and to all the people who were with him, Bend your garments and gird on sackcloth, and utter lamentations before Abenner. And king David walked after the bier,

³¹ he said to his servants, I know that the kings of Israel are merciful. Let us, I pray you, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will spare our lives.

²⁷ yet as Achab was struck with compunction at this message on account of the Lord, and went away weeping; and as he had rent his clothes and girded sackcloth on his body and fasted; for he had put on sackcloth on the day he smote Nabuthi the Jezraelite; therefore when he went away,

¹⁶ And when David raised his eyes and saw the angel of the Lord standing between the earth and heaven, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, he and all the elders being clad in sackcloth, fell on their faces,

³ And when I heard this I rent my garments, and started up and tore the hair of my head and my beard. Then I sat down mourning. ⁴ And there assembled to me every one who, in the defection of the captivity, continued to follow the word of the God of Israel: but as for me, I continued sitting disconsolate, till the evening sacrifice. ⁵ And at the evening sacrifice I arose from my humiliation; having rent my garments, I rose up, and fell upon my knees, and spreading forth my hands to the Lord God,

¹ And on the twenty fourth day of the same month, the children of Israel were assembled, fasting, and in sackcloth, and with earth on their heads,

¹ Now when Mordecai knew what was done, he rent his clothes and put on sackcloth and strewed himself with ashes, and running through the street of the city, he cried with a loud voice, A nation is to be cut off, which hath committed no fault. ² But when he came to the king's gate, he stopped; for it was not lawful for him to enter the court in sackcloth and ashes. ³ And in every country where the writings were published there was a cry with lamentation and great grief among the Jews, and they put on sackcloth and ashes.

¹² but seeing him at a distance they did not know him. Then raising their voices they wept aloud, and having rent each his robe and sprinkled themselves with dust,

¹¹ When I clothed myself with sackcloth, I became to them a proverb;

¹² Though the Lord of hosts, on that day, called for mourning, and lamentation, and for shaving of hair and girding with sackcloth, ¹³ yet they indulged themselves in joy and gladness, slaying oxen and sacrificing sheep, that they might eat flesh and drink wine, saying, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."

¹¹ Be confounded; be grieved, ye confident women! strip; make yourselves bare; gird your loins

²² Then Eliakim the son of Chelkias the steward, and Somnas the secretary at war and Joach the son of Asaph the recorder went to Ezekias with their clothes rent and told him the words of Rabsakes.

²⁴ But neither the king nor his servants, who heard all these words, made any inquiry nor rent their clothes.

⁵ And the men of Ninive believed God and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least. ⁶ When the word reached the king of Ninive, he arose from his throne and stripped off his robes and clothed himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes. ⁷ And proclamation was made and orders issued in Ninive from the king and from his nobles, saying, With regard to men and beasts, including herds and flocks, Let them not taste any thing; let them neither feed nor drink water. ⁸ So both men and beasts were covered with sackcloth; and there was an incessant cry to God; and every one turned from his evil way, and from the wickedness of their hands, saying,

²¹ Alas for thee Chorazin! Alas for thee Bethsaida! For had the miracles, which have been performed in you, been done in Tyre and Sidon they would have repented long ago in sack cloth and ashes.

⁶⁵ Upon this the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath blasphemed. What further need have we of witnesses? Behold you have now heard his blasphemy.

³ And I will give to my two witnesses and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days clothed in sackcloth.

⁴³ In reply to this Laban said to Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the cattle are my cattle. Even all that thou seest are mine and my daughters. What now can I do to them and their children whom they have born?

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. ²³ The sons of Leia, Reuben, Jacob's first born, Symeon, Levi, Judas, Issachar, Zabulon: ²⁴ and the sons of Rachel, Joseph and Benjamin;

³¹ and we told him, We are men of peace, We are not spies.

³⁸ But he said, My son shall not go down with you. For his brother is dead and he alone is left. If any mischief should happen to him in the way you are going, you will bring down my old age with sorrow to the mansion of the dead.

²⁹ If therefore you take this one also from me and any misfortune happen to him on the journey, you will bring down my old age with sorrow to the grave. ³⁰ Now therefore if I should go to thy servant our father and this son be not with us, as his life dependeth on the life of this son, ³¹ it will come to pass that when he shall see that this son is not with us he will die. Thus will thy servants bring down the old age of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

²⁸ And Israel said, It is a great thing for me that my son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him, before I die.

¹⁷ And when the elders of his house came to raise him from the ground, he would not consent, nor would he eat bread with them.

¹¹ Now when his three friends heard of all the calamities which were come upon him, they came to him each from his own country, namely, Eliphaz the king of the Thaimanites, Baldad the sovereign of the Saucheans, and Sophar the king of the Minaians. Having made an appointment they came to him to comfort and take care of him,

² In the day of my affliction I sought God with my hands in the night before him; and I was not disappointed. My soul had refused to be comforted;

¹ Now Abraham had taken another wife, whose name was Chettura ² and she bore to him Zembran and Jesan and Madal and Madiam and Jesbok and Soie.

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.

⁴ And the keeper of the prison committed them to Joseph and he attended them. And when they had been there some days in prison,

⁸ And in the fifth month, on the seventh of the month, in the nineteenth year of Nabuchodonosar king of Babylon, Nabuzardan the marshal who attended the king of Babylon, came up to Jerusalem

¹⁰ And on the seventh day, the king, in high good humour, ordered Anian and Basan and Tharra and Barazi and Zatholtha and Abataza and Tharaba, the seven chamberlains, who waited on king Artaxerxes,

³ Let not the stranger who cleaveth to the Lord say, "The Lord will separate me from his people." Nor let the eunuch say, "I am a dry tree."