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And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,
Now the serpent was more
subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman,
Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Now the serpent was more
crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really
say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast
hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee,
saying, Thou shalt not eat of it:
cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
And to Adam He said: “Because you have
listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat,
cursed is the ground because of you; through
toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name
Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of
Abel, whom
Cain slew.
And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him
Seth,
saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of
Abel, since
Cain killed him.”
And he called his name
Noah,
saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and
toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath
cursed.
And he named him
Noah,
saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and
toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has
cursed.”
And God spake unto
Noah,
saying,
And God spake unto
Noah, and to his sons with him,
saying,
Then God said to
Noah and his sons with him,
Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.
Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
Please
say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be
spared.”
Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.
Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!”
That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest
say, I have made
Abram rich:
that I will not accept even a thread, or a
strap of a
sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should
say, ‘I have made
Abram rich.’
After these things the word of the LORD came unto
Abram in a vision,
saying, Fear not,
Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
After these events, the word of the LORD came to
Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid,
Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him,
saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own
bowels shall be thine heir.
Then the word of the LORD came to
Abram,
saying, “This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”
In the same day the LORD made a covenant with
Abram,
saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
On that day the LORD made a covenant with
Abram,
saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
And
Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him,
saying,
Then
Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,
Therefore
Sarah laughed within herself,
saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
So she
laughed to herself,
saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did
Sarah laugh,
saying, Shall I of a
surety bear a child, which am old?
And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did
Sarah laugh and
say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’
But
Sarah was afraid, so she denied it and said, “I did not
laugh.” “No,” replied the LORD, “but you did
laugh.”
And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
They called out to Lot,
saying, “Where are the men who came to you
tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”
And when the morning arose, then the angels
hastened Lot,
saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
At
daybreak the angels
hurried Lot along,
saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
And it came to pass, when God caused me to
wander from my father’s house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt
shew unto me; at every place
whither we shall come,
say of me, He is my brother.
So when God had me journey from my father’s house, I said to
Sarah, ‘This is how you can show your
loyalty to me: Wherever we go,
say of me, “He is my brother.”’”
And it came to pass at that time, that
Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham,
saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
At that time
Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.
And said, By myself have I
sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not
withheld thy son, thine only son:
saying, “By Myself I have
sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not
withheld your only son,
And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham,
saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother
Nahor;
Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother
Nahor:
And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of
Heth,
saying,
Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the
Hittites,
And the children of
Heth answered Abraham,
saying unto him,
And he communed with them,
saying, If it be your mind that I should
bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of
Zohar,
“If you are willing for me to
bury my dead,” he said to them, “
listen to me, and approach Ephron son of
Zohar on my behalf
And Ephron dwelt among the children of
Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the
audience of the children of
Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city,
saying,
Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of
Heth. So in the presence of all the
Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,
And he spake unto Ephron in the
audience of the people of the land,
saying, But if thou
wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will
bury my dead there.
and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please
listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may
bury my dead there.”
And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
Ephron answered Abraham,
The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that
sware unto me,
saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’—He will send His angel before you so that you can take a wife for my son from there.
And let it come to pass, that the
damsel to whom I shall
say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall
say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
Now may it happen that the
girl to whom I
say, ‘Please let down your
jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”
And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master’s brethren.
saying, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not
withheld His kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the LORD has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”
And it came to pass, when he saw the
earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of
Rebekah his sister,
saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
As soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard
Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.
And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine
errand. And he said, Speak on.
Then a meal was set before the man, but he said, “I will not eat until I have told you what I came to
say.” So
Laban said, “Please speak.”
And my master made me
swear,
saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the
Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
My master made me
swear an oath and said, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the
Canaanites in whose land I dwell,
Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a
maiden comes out to draw water and I
say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your
jar,’
And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master’s son.
and she
replies, ‘Drink, and I will draw water for your camels as well,’ may she be the woman the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.
And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to
say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for
Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to
say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of
Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”
And
Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a
surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you
say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”
And
Abimelech charged all his people,
saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
And the herdmen of
Gerar did
strive with Isaac’s herdmen,
saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they
strove with him.
But the herdsmen of
Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they
contended with him.
And
Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son,
saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto
Esau thy brother,
saying,
Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I overheard your father
saying to your brother
Esau,
When
Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan-
aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge,
saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of
Canaan;
Now
Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-
aram to take a wife there, commanding him, “Do not marry a
Canaanite woman,”
And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land
whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie.
And Jacob
vowed a
vow,
saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and
raiment to put on,
Then Jacob made a
vow,
saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,
And he heard the words of
Laban’s sons,
saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s hath he
gotten all this glory.
Now Jacob heard that
Laban’s sons were
saying, “Jacob has taken away all that belonged to our father and built all this wealth at our father’s expense.”
And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
In that dream the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I replied, ‘Here I am.’
And God came to
Laban the
Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take
heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
But that night God came to
Laban the
Aramean in a dream and
warned him, “Be careful not to
say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”
It is in the power of my hand to do you
hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me
yesternight,
saying, Take thou
heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
I have power to do you great
harm, but last night the God of your father said to me, ‘Be careful not to
say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.’
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:
He
instructed them, “You are to
say to my master
Esau, ‘Your servant Jacob
says: I have been staying with
Laban and have remained there until now.
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.
When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother
Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”
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?
He
instructed the one in the lead, “When my brother
Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?’
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.
then you are to
say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift, sent to my lord
Esau. And behold, Jacob is behind us.’”
And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves,
saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto
Esau, when ye find him.
He also
instructed the second, the third, and all those following behind the herds: “When you meet
Esau, you are to
say the same thing to him.
And
say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will
appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face;
peradventure he will accept of me.
You are also to
say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I will
appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me.”
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
So Jacob named the place Peniel,
saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was
spared.”
And
Shechem spake unto his father Hamor,
saying, Get me this
damsel to wife.
So
Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this
girl as a wife.”
And Hamor communed with them,
saying, The soul of my son
Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
But Hamor said to them, “My son
Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
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.
Then
Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Grant me this favor, and I will give you whatever you ask.
Ask me never so much
dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall
say unto me: but give me the
damsel to wife.
Demand a high
dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the
girl as my wife!”
And Hamor and
Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city,
saying,
So Hamor and his son
Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:
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 a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
a man found him wandering in the field and asked, “What are you looking for?”
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.
Come now therefore, and let us
slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will
say, Some evil beast hath
devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can
say that a
vicious animal has
devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”
And it was told Tamar,
saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to
shear his sheep.
When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to
shear his sheep,”
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 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 it came to pass, when she
travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the
midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread,
saying, This came out first,
And as she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the
midwife took a scarlet thread and
tied it around his
wrist. “This one came out first,” she
announced.
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 she spake unto him according to these words,
saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to
mock me:
Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make
sport of me,
And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him,
saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was
kindled.
When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.
And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the ward of his lord’s house,
saying, Wherefore look ye so
sadly to day?
So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in
custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so
downcast today?”
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 Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
“I myself cannot do it,” Joseph replied, “but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer.”
And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my
affliction.
And the second son he named Ephraim,
saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my
affliction.”
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
Reuben answered them,
saying, Spake I not unto you,
saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
And
Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not
listen. Now we must account for his blood!”
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 they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of
Canaan, and told him all that
befell unto them;
saying,
When they reached their father Jacob in the land of
Canaan, they described to him all that had happened to them:
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 Judah spake unto him,
saying, The man did solemnly
protest unto us,
saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
But Judah replied, “The man solemnly
warned us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’
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 he commanded the
steward of his house,
saying, Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man’s money in his
sack’s mouth.
Then Joseph
instructed his
steward: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver in the mouth of his
sack.
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 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.”
My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’
For thy servant became
surety for the
lad unto my father,
saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the
blame to my father for ever.
Indeed, your servant
guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father,
saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.’
Haste ye, and go up to my father, and
say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me,
tarry not:
Now return quickly to my father and tell him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me without delay.
And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
When the news reached Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,
Say unto thy brethren, This do ye;
lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of
Canaan;
Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do as follows: Load your animals and return to the land of
Canaan.
And told him,
saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob’s heart
fainted, for he believed them not.
“Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was
stunned, for he did not believe them.
