Then said Jacob unto his household, and to all that were with him, "Put away the strange gods that are among you and make yourselves clean, and change your garments,

And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were under their hands, and all their earrings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under an oak at Shechem.

And they departed. And the fear of God fell upon the cities that were round about them, that they durst not follow after the sons of Jacob.

And God departed from him in the place where he talked with him.

And Jacob set up a mark in the place where he talked with him; even a pillar of stone, and poured drink offering thereon and poured also oil thereon,

and called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.

And it chanced, as Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine, and it came to Israel's ear. The sons of Jacob were twelve in number.

The sons of Zilpah, Lea's maid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons which were born him in Mesopotamia.

Then Jacob went unto Isaac his father to Mamre, a principal city, otherwise called Hebron: where Abraham and Isaac sojourned as strangers.

And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years:

These are the generations of Esau, which is called Edom.

And Aholibamah bare Jeush, Jalam and Korah. These are the sons of Esau which were born him in the land of Canaan.

For their riches was so much that they could not dwell together; and that the land wherein they were strangers could not receive them, because of their cattle.

These are the generations of Esau, father of the Edomites, in mount Seir,

and these are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, and Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau also.

And the sons of Eliphaz were: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam and Kenaz.

And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah: these were the sons of Basemath Esau's wife.

And these were the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife the daughter of Anah son of Zibeon, which she bare unto Esau: Jeush, Jalam and Korah.

These were dukes of the sons of Esau. The children of Eliphaz the first son of Esau were these: duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,

duke Korah, duke Gatam and duke Amaleck: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom, and these were the sons of Adah.

These were the children of Reuel Esau's son: duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah. These are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom, and these were the sons of Basemath Esau's wife.

These were the children of Aholibamah Esau's wife: duke Jeusg, duke Jalam, duke Korah. These dukes came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah Esau's wife.

These are the children of Esau, and these are the dukes of them: which Esau is called Edom.

These are the children of Seir the Horite, the inhabiter of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.

And the children of Lotan were Hori and Heman. And Lotan's sister was called Timna.

The children of Shobal were these: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho and Onam.

These were the children of Zibeon: Aia and Anah; this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed his father Zibeon's asses.

The children of Anah were these: Dishon and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.

These are the children of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.

The children of Ezer were these: Bilhan, Zaavan and Akan.

The children of Dishan were: Uz and Aran.

These are the dukes that came of Hori: duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,

These are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king among the children of Israel.

These are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, in their kindreds, places and names: Duke Timna, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,

And these are the generations of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he kept sheep with his brethren, and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and of Zilpah his father's wives. And he brought unto their father an evil saying that was of them.

Behold, we were making sheaves in the field: and lo, my sheaf arose and stood upright, and yours stood round about and made obeisance to my sheaf."

Then said his brethren unto him, "What, shalt thou be our king or shalt thou reign over us?" And they hated him yet the more, because of his dream and of his words.

And he answered, "I seek my brethren, tell me, I pray thee, where they keep sheep."

And the man said, "They are departed hence, for I heard them say, 'Let us go unto Dothan.'" Thus went Joseph after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.

And they sat them down to eat bread. And as they lift up their eyes and looked about, there came a company of Ishmaelites from Gilead, and their camels laden with spicery, balm, and myrrh, and were going down into Egypt.

Then said Judah to his brethren, "What availeth it that we slay our brother, and keep his blood secret?

Come on, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hands be defiled upon him: for he is our brother and our flesh." And his brethren were content.

And they sent that gay coat and caused it to be brought unto their father and said, "This have we found: see, whether it be thy son's coat or no."

And she conceived and bare a son and called his name Er.

And Judah gave Er, his eldest son, a wife whose name was Tamar.

But this Er, Judah's eldest son, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; wherefore the LORD slew him.

When Judah saw her, he thought it had been an whore, because she had covered her face.

Then asked he the men of the same place saying, "Where is the whore that sat at Enaim in the way?" And they said, "There was no whore here."

And he came to Judah again, saying, "I cannot find her, and also the men of the place said that there was no whore there."

And it came to pass that after three months, one told Judah, saying, "Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the whore, and with playing the whore is become great with child." And Judah said, "Bring her forth and let her be burnt."

And when they brought her forth, she sent to her father-in-law saying, "By the man unto whom these things pertain, am I with child." And said also, "Look whose are this seal, necklace, and staff."

And after this manner spake she to Joseph day by day; but he hearkened not unto her, to sleep near her or to be in her company.

And he took Joseph and put him in prison: even in the place where the king's prisoners lay bound. And there continued he in prison,

which committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison house. And whatsoever was done there, that did he.

even in the prison where Joseph was bound.

And they dreamed, either of them, in one night: both the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt which were bound in the prison house, either of them his dream, and each man's dream of a sundry interpretation.

When Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them: behold, they were sad.

and in the vine were three branches, and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth: and the grapes thereof waxed ripe.

The three branches are three days: for within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thine office again, and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the old manner, even as thou didst when thou wast his butler.

Joseph answered, and said, "This is the interpretation thereof. The three baskets are three days,

And there was with us a young man, an Hebrew-born servant unto the chief marshal. And we told him, and he declared our dreams to us according to either of our dreams.

And when they had eaten them up, a man could not perceive that they had eaten them: for they were still as evil favored as they were at the beginning. And I awoke.

Then Joseph said unto Pharaoh, "Both Pharaoh's dreams are one. And God doth show Pharaoh what he is about to do.

The seven good cows are seven years: and the seven good ears are seven years also, and is but one dream.

Likewise, the seven thin and evil favored cows that came out after them, are seven years: and the seven empty and blasted ears shall be seven years of hunger.

Then said Pharaoh unto his servants, "Where shall we find such a man as this is, that hath the spirit of God in him?"

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, "I am Pharaoh; without thy will, shall no man lift up either his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt."

and gathered up all the food of the seven plenteous years which were in the land of Egypt and put it into the cities. And he put the food of the fields that grew round about every city, even in the same.

And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of hunger came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, bare unto him.

And when the seven years of plenteousness that was in the land of Egypt were ended,

When Jacob saw that there was corn to be sold in Egypt, he said unto his sons, "Why are ye negligent?

And Joseph remembered his dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, "Ye are spies, and to see where the land is weak is your coming."

And they said unto him, "Nay, my lord: but to buy victuals thy servants are come.

We are all one man's sons, and mean truly, and thy servants are no spies."

And he said unto them, "Nay, verily, but even to see where the land is weak is your coming."

And they said, "We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is yet with our father, and one no man knoweth where he is."

Joseph said unto them, "That is it that I said unto you, that ye are surely spies.

Hereby ye shall be proved. For by the life of Pharaoh, ye shall not go hence, until your youngest brother be come hither.

Send therefore one of you and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be in prison in the mean season. And thereby shall your words be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh, ye are but spies."

If ye mean no hurt, let one of your brethren be bound in the prison, and go ye and bring the necessary food unto your households,

and bring your youngest brother unto me: that your words may be believed, and that ye die not." And they did so.

Then they said one to another, "We have verily sinned against our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul when he besought us, and would not hear him: therefore is this trouble come upon us."

They were not aware that Joseph understood them, for he spake unto them by an interpreter.

And he said unto his brethren, "My money is restored me again, and is even in my sack's mouth." Then their hearts failed them, and were astonished and said one to another, "How cometh it that God dealeth thus with us?"

And we said unto him, 'We mean truly and are no spies.

We be twelve brethren sons of our father, one is away, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.'

And the lord of the country said unto us, 'Hereby shall I know if ye mean truly: leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food necessary for your households and get you away,

and bring your youngest brother unto me; And thereby shall I know that ye are no spies, but mean truly: So will I deliver you your brother again, and ye shall occupy in the land.'"

And as they emptied their sacks, behold: every man's bundle of money was in his sack. And when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

Then said Judah unto him, "The man did testify unto us saying, 'Look that ye see not my face except your brother be with you.'

Therefore if thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go and buy the food.

But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go: for the man said unto us, 'Look that ye see not my face, except your brother be with you.'"

And they said, "The man asked us of our kindred saying, 'Is your father yet alive? Have ye not another brother?' And we told him according to these words. How could we know that he would bid us bring our brother down with us?"

Then said Judah unto Israel his father, "Send the lad with me, and we will rise and go, that we may live and not die: both we, thou and also our children.

Then their father Israel said unto them, "If it must needs be so now: then do thus, take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels, and bring the man a present, a courtesy balm, and a courtesy of honey, spices and myrrh, dates and almonds.

And take as much money more with you. And the money that was brought again in your sacks, take it again with you in your hands, peradventure it was some oversight.

Take also your brother with you, and arise and go again to the man.

And God almighty give you mercy in the sight of the man and send you your other brother and also Benjamin, and I will be as a man robbed of his children."

When they were brought to Joseph's house, they were afraid, and said, "Because of the money that came in our sacks' mouths at the first time, are we brought, to pick a quarrel with us and to lay something to our charge: to bring us in bondage and our asses also."