Jacob's message, GENESIS. way, and the angels of God met him. 2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. 3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom. 4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: 5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight. 6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; 8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. and present, to Esan. 9¶ And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thec: 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. 11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. 12 And thou saidst, I will make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. 13¶ And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; 14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, 15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foles." 16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. 17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee? 18 Then thou shalt say. They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us. 19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, say CHAP. XXXIII. Jon's name changed. And say ye moreover, Be- that night in the company. Esau's kindness to him. Israel eat not ofthe sinew which And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the CHAP. XXXIII. 1 The kindness of Jacob and Esau at AND Jacob lifted up his And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh Wout of joint, as he wrestled And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he I will not let thee go, ex ct thou bless me. two handmaids. and their children foremost, 2 And he put the handmaids and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. 3 And he passed over before What is thy name? And he graciously given thy servant. said, Jacob. 29 And Jacob asked him, and Joseph near and Rachel, and said. Tell me, I pray thee, thy they bowed themselves. ame. And he said, Where fore is it that thou dost ask af- thou by all this drove which I ter my name? And he blessed met? And he said, These are 8 And he said, What meanest him there. to find grace in the sight of my 30And Jacob called the name lord. of the place Peniel: for I have see God face to face, and my nough, my brother; keep that 9 And Esau said, I have e Life is preserved. Pe thou hast unto thyself. Tuel the sun rose upon him, pray thee, if now I have found and he halted upon his thigh. 22 Therefore the children of my present at my hand: for grace in thy sight, then receive 47 GENESIS. Jacob buildeth an altar. therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the facé of God, and thou wast pleased with me. 11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thet; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it. 12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. 13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. 14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, açcording as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir. 15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord. 16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. 17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. 18¶ And Jacob came to Shalem a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city. 19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money. 20 And he erected there an altar, and called it El-eloheIsrael. CHAP. XXXIV. 4 The Shechemites circumcision to the Shechemites. 20 Hamor and Shechem persuade them to accept it. 25 The sons of Jacob upon that advantage slay them, 27 and spoil their city. 30 Jacob reproveth Simeon and Levi. AND Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. 2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. 1 Dinah is ravished by Shechem. He sueth to marry her. 13 The sons of Jacob offer the condition of 3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. 4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. 5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come. 6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. 7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, be cause he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done. 8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife. 9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. 10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein. 11 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give. 12 Ask me never so much CHAP 一 dreencian, and CHAP. XXXIV. dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife. 13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister: put to the sword. of their's be our's? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us. 24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out 25 And it came to pass on of the gate of his city. the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's sword, and came upon the city brethren, took each man his boldly, and slew all the males. 26 And they slew Hamor and of the sword, and took Dinah Shechem his son with the edge dachters unto you, and we out of Shechem's house, and went out. 14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were reproach unto us: 15 But in this will we consent you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be arcumcised; 16 Then will we give our take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and We will become one people. 1 But if ye will not hearken to be circumcised; then will we take our daugh ter, and we will be gone. 27 The sons of Jacob came city, because they had defiled upon the slain, and spoiled the their sister. 28 They took their sheep, and 18 And their words pleased that which was in the city, and their oxen, and their asses, and Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's that which was in the field, Is And the young man defer- all their little ones, and their not to do the thing, be- wives took they captive, and se he had delight in Jacob's spoiled even all that was in the daughter: and he was more house. honourable than all the house 29 And all their wealth, and of his father. 30 And Jacob said to Simeon then his son came unto the inhabitants of the land, among And Hamor and She- to make me to stink among the and Levi, Ye have troubled me te of their city, and com- the Canaanites and the Periz ed with the men of their zites: and I being few in numdity, saying, ber, they shall gather them 21 These men are peaceable selves together against me, and with us; therefore let them slay me; and I shall be dedwell in the land, and trade stroyed, I and my house. therein; for the land, behold, dis large enough for them; let deal with our sister as with an suke their daughters to us harlot? 31 And they said, Should he for wives, and let us give them our daughters. Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circum Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast 49 CHAP. XXXV. 1 God sendeth Jacob to Beth-el. 2 H purgeth his house of idols. 6 H buildeth an altar at Beth-el. 8 De borah dieth at Allon-bachuth. 9 God blesseth Jacob at Beth-el. Rachel travaileth of Benjamin, and dieth in the way to Edar. Re ben lieth with Bilhah, 23 The son of Jacob. 27 Jacob cometh to Isaa at Hebron. 28 The age, death, and burial of Isaac. God again blesseth Jacob. .GENESIS. Rachel dieth in travail AND God said unto Jacob, company of nations shall be of Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. 2 Then Jacob said unto his houshold, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your gar ments: 3 And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. 5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. 6 So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el, he and all the people that were with him. 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. 8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth. 9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him. 10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel. 11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; 12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. 13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him. 14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. 15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el. 16 And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. 17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. 18 And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin. 19 And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem. 20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. 21 And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar. 22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bil hah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sord of Jacob were twelve: 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: 24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: |