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And Jacob
said to
Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to
stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the
Canaanites and the
Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and
slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
Then Jacob
said to
Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a
stench to the
Canaanites and
Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
And they
said, Should he deal with our sister as with an
harlot?
But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a
prostitute?”
And God
said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to
Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of
Esau thy brother.
Then God
said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to
Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother
Esau.”
Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you.
Purify yourselves and change your garments.
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.
And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.
And God
said unto him, I am God
Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
And God told him, “I am God
Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.
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.
During her severe labor, the
midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”
And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
He
said to them, “
Listen to this dream I had:
And his brethren
said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they
hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
“Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they
hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.
And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and
said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made
obeisance to me.
Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father
rebuked him, and
said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
He told his father and brothers, but his father
rebuked him and
said, “What is this dream that you have had? Will your mother and brothers and I actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”
And his brethren
envied him; but his father observed the saying.
And his brothers were
jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had
said.
And Israel
said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in
Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he
said to him, Here am I.
Israel
said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at
Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph replied.
And he
said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the
vale of
Hebron, and he came to
Shechem.
Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of
Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in
Shechem,
And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”
And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
“They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
“Here comes that dreamer!” they said to one another.
And
Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and
said, Let us not kill him.
When
Reuben heard this, he tried to
rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he
said.
And
Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
“Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.”
Reuben said this so that he could
rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.
And Judah
said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we
slay our brother, and
conceal his blood?
Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
And he returned unto his brethren, and
said, The child is not; and I,
whither shall I go?
returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”
And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son’s coat or no.
They sent the
robe of many colors to their father and
said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s
robe or not.”
And he knew it, and
said, It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath
devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
His father recognized it and
said, “It is my son’s
robe! A
vicious animal has
devoured him. Joseph has surely been
torn to pieces!”
And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he
said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son
mourning. Thus his father
wept for him.
All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he
said. “I will go down to
Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father
wept for him.
And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.”
Then
said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he
said, Lest
peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.
Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.
And he turned unto her by the way, and
said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she
said, What
wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
Not
realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and
said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.
And he
said, I will send thee a
kid from the flock. And she
said,
Wilt thou give me a
pledge, till thou send it?
“I will send you a young goat from my flock,” Judah answered. But she replied, “Only if you leave me something as a
pledge until you send it.”
And he
said, What
pledge shall I give thee? And she
said, Thy
signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
“What
pledge should I give you?” he asked. She answered, “Your seal and your cord, and the staff in your hand.” So he gave them to her and
slept with her, and she became
pregnant by him.
Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the
harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they
said, There was no
harlot in this place.
And he returned to Judah, and
said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place
said, that there was no
harlot in this place.
So Hirah returned to Judah and
said, “I could not find her, and
furthermore, the men of that place
said, ‘No
shrine prostitute has been here.’”
And Judah
said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this
kid, and thou hast not found her.
“Let her keep the items,” Judah replied. “Otherwise we will become a
laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”
And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the
harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by
whoredom. And Judah
said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has
prostituted herself, and now she is
pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she
said,
Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the
signet, and bracelets, and staff.
As she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message to her father-in-law: “I am
pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Please examine them. Whose seal and cord and staff are these?”
And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.
And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she
said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named
Perez.
And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
But he refused, and
said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master
wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
But he refused. “Look,” he
said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not
concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.
And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
She
grabbed Joseph by his
cloak and
said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his
cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.
That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to
mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I
cried with a loud voice:
she called her household servants. “Look,” she
said, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make
sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I
screamed as loud as I could.
And they
said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no
interpreter of it. And Joseph
said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.
“We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to
interpret them.” Then Joseph
said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”
And the chief
butler told his dream to Joseph, and
said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;
So the chief
cupbearer told Joseph his dream: “In my dream there was a vine before me,
And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:
Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days.
When the chief
baker saw that the interpretation was good, he
said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:
When the chief
baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he
said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: There were three baskets of white bread on my head.
And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.
Then spake the chief
butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
Then the chief
cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “
Today I recall my failures.
And Pharaoh
said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can
interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to
interpret it.
Pharaoh
said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can
interpret it. But I have heard it
said of you that when you hear a dream you can
interpret it.”
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile,
And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.
At this, Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what He is about to do.
This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
It is just as I said to Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.
And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find
anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?”
And Pharaoh
said unto Joseph,
Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so
discreet and wise as thou art:
Then Pharaoh
said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as
discerning and wise as you.
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
Pharaoh also told Joseph, “I
hereby place you over all the land of Egypt.”
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
And Pharaoh declared to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, but without your permission, no one in all the land of Egypt shall lift his hand or foot.”
And the seven years of
dearth began to come, according as Joseph had
said: and the
dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.
And when all the land of Egypt was
famished, the people
cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh
said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
When extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people
cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”
Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”
And he
said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and
buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
“Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and
buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”
But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he
said, Lest
peradventure mischief
befall him.
But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he
said, “I am afraid that
harm might
befall him.”
And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he
said unto them, Whence come ye? And they
said, From the land of
Canaan to
buy food.
And when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of
Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to
buy food.”
And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and
said unto them, Ye are
spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
Joseph remembered his dreams about them and
said, “You are
spies! You have come to see if our land is
vulnerable.”
And they
said unto him,
Nay, my lord, but to
buy food are thy servants come.
“Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to
buy food.
And he
said unto them,
Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
“No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is
vulnerable.”
And they
said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of
Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
But they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of
Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”
And Joseph
said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are
spies:
Then Joseph declared, “Just as I
said, you are
spies!
And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
And they
said one to another, We are
verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the
anguish of his soul, when he
besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Then they
said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his
anguish when he
pleaded with us, but we would not
listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”
And he
said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my
sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
“My silver has been returned!” he
said to his brothers. “It is here in my
sack.” Their hearts
sank, and
trembling, they turned to one another and
said, “What is this that God has done to us?”
And we
said unto him, We are true men; we are no
spies:
And the man, the lord of the country,
said unto us,
Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
Then the man who is lord of the land
said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are
honest: Leave one brother with me, take food to
relieve the hunger of your households, and go.
And Jacob their father
said unto them, Me have ye
bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and
Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Their father Jacob
said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and
Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
And
Reuben spake unto his father, saying,
Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
Then
Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I fail to bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him.”
And he
said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief
befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any
harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to
Sheol in sorrow.”
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father
said unto them, Go again,
buy us a little food.
So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father
said to them, “Go back and
buy us a little more food.”
But if thou
wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man
said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’”
And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
“Why did you bring this trouble upon me?” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man you had another brother?”
And they
said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the
tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
They replied, “The man questioned us in detail about ourselves and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?”
And Judah
said unto Israel his father, Send the
lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.
And their father Israel
said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little
balm, and a little honey, spices, and
myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
Then their father Israel
said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your packs and carry them down as a gift for the man—a little
balm and a little honey, spices and
myrrh, pistachios and almonds.
And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he
said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and
slay, and make ready; for these men shall
dine with me at
noon.
When Joseph saw Benjamin with his brothers, he
said to the
steward of his house, “Take these men to my house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for they shall
dine with me at
noon.”
And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph’s house; and they
said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for
bondmen, and our
asses.
But the brothers were
frightened that they had been taken to Joseph’s house. “We have been brought here because of the silver that was returned in our bags the first time,” they
said. “They intend to overpower us and take us as slaves, along with our
donkeys.”
And
said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to
buy food:
“Please, sir,” they
said, “we really did come down here the first time to
buy food.
And he
said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you
treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought
Simeon out unto them.
“It is fine,”
said the
steward. “Do not be afraid. Your God, the God of your father, gave you the
treasure that was in your sacks. I received your silver.” Then he brought
Simeon out to them.
And he asked them of their
welfare, and
said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and
said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he
said, God be
gracious unto thee, my son.
When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” Then he declared, “May God be
gracious to you, my son.”
And he washed his face, and went out, and
refrained himself, and
said, Set on bread.
Then he washed his face and came back out. Regaining his
composure, he
said, “Serve the meal.”
And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph
said unto his
steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou
dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his
steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
And they
said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God
forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
“Why does my lord say these things?” they asked. “Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.
And he
said, Now also let it be according unto your words; he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be
blameless.
“As you say,” replied the
steward. “But only the one who is found with the cup will be my slave, and the rest of you shall be free of
blame.”
And Joseph
said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done?
wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
“What is this deed you have done?” Joseph declared. “Do you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?”
And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord’s servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.
“What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we
plead? How can we
justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and the one who was found with the cup.”
And he
said, God
forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.
But Joseph replied, “Far be it from me to do this. The man who was found with the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may return to your father in peace.”
Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.
Then Judah approached Joseph and
said, “Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be
angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh himself.
And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
Then you told your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so that I can see him for myself.’
And we
said unto my lord, The
lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’
And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
And our father
said, Go again, and
buy us a little food.
Then our father
said, ‘Go back and
buy us some food.’
And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us.
But we answered, ‘We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.’