and she say again to me, 'drink thou, and I will also draw water for thy camels,' that same is the wife, whom the LORD hath prepared for my master's son.'

And I asked her, saying, 'whose daughter art thou?' And she answered, 'the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him.' And I put the earring upon her face and the bracelets upon her hands.

And I bowed myself, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham which had brought me the right way, to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son.

Behold Rebekah before thy face: take her and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, even as the LORD hath said."

And Jockshan begat Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim and Leummim.

And the sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.

And unto the sons of his concubines he gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son - while he yet lived - eastward, unto the east country.

And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the double cave in the field of Ephron, son of Zoar the Hittite before Mamre.

Which field Abraham bought of the sons of Heth: There was Abraham buried, and Sara his wife.

And after the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son, which dwelt by the well of the living and seeing.

These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, which Hagar the Egyptian, Sara's handmaid, bare unto Abraham.

And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, with their names in their kindreds. The eldest son of Ishmael, Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, in their towns and castles; twelve princes of nations.

And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac.

And it came to pass that Isaac waxed old and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see. Then called he Esau, his eldest son, and said unto him, "My son." And he said unto him, "Here am I."

But Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And as soon as Esau was gone to the field to catch venison, and to bring it,

she spake unto Jacob her son, saying, "Behold, I have heard thy father talking with Esau thy brother, and saying,

Now therefore, my son, hear my voice in that which I command thee:

And his mother said unto him, "Upon me be thy curse, my son, only hear my voice, and go and fetch me them."

And she went and fetched goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau which she had in the house with her, and put them upon Jacob her youngest son,

And she put the meat and bread which she had made in the hand of her son Jacob.

And he went in to his father saying, "My father." And he answered, "Here am I, who art thou my son?"

And Jacob said unto his father, "I am Esau, thy eldest son. I have done according as thou baddest me: up and sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me."

But Isaac said unto his son, "How cometh it that thou hast found it so quickly my son?" He answered, "The LORD thy God brought it to my hand."

Then said Isaac unto Jacob, "Come near and let me feel thee my son, whether thou be my son Esau or not."

And he asked him, "Art thou my son Esau?" And he said, "That I am."

Then said he, "Bring me and let me eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee." And he brought him, and he ate. And he brought him wine also, and he drank.

And his father Isaac said unto him, "Come near and kiss me my son."

And he went to him and kissed him. And he smelled the savour of his raiment and blessed him, and said, "See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed.

and had made also meat, and brought it in unto his father and said unto him, "Arise my father and eat of thy son's venison, that thy soul may bless me."

Then his father Isaac said unto him, "Who art thou?" He answered, "I am thy eldest son Esau."

Isaac answered and said unto Esau, "Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his mother's children have I made his servants. Moreover, with corn and wine have I established him. What can I do unto thee now my son?"

And these words of Esau her eldest son, were told to Rebekah. And she sent and called Jacob her youngest son, and said unto him, "Behold, thy brother Esau threateneth to kill thee.

Now therefore my son hear my voice, make thee ready, and flee to Laban my brother at Haran:

Then Isaac called Jacob his son and blessed him, and charged him and said unto him, "See thou take not a wife of the daughters of Canaan,

Thus Isaac sent forth Jacob, to go to Mesopotamia unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, and brother to Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

then went he unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth to be his wife.

and came unto a place and tarried there all night, because the son was down. And took a stone of the place, and put it under his head, and laid him down in the same place to sleep.

And he said unto them, "Know ye Laban, the son of Nahor?" And they said, "We know him."

and told her also that he was her father's brother and Rebekah's son. Then Rachel ran and told her father.

When Laban heard tell of Jacob, his sister's son, he ran against him, and embraced him and kissed him and brought him into his house. And then Jacob told Laban all the matter.

And Lea conceived and bare a son, and called his name Reuben, for she said, "The LORD hath looked upon my tribulation. And now my husband will love me."

And she conceived again and bare a son, and said, "The LORD hath heard that I am despised, and hath therefore given me this son also." And she called him Simeon.

And she conceived yet, and bare a son, and said, "Now this once will my husband keep me company, because I have borne him three sons." And therefore she called his name Levi.

And she conceived yet again, and bare a son, saying, "Now will I praise the LORD!" Therefore she called his name Judah, and left bearing.

And Bilhah conceived and bare Jacob a son.

Then said Rachel, "God hath given sentence on my side, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son." Therefore called she him Dan.

And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again; and bare Jacob another son.

And Zilpah Lea's maid bare Jacob a son.

And Zilpah, Lea's maid, bare Jacob another son.

And Reuben went out in the wheat harvest and found mandragoras in the fields, and brought them unto his mother Lea. Then said Rachel to Lea, "Give me of thy son's mandragoras."

And Lea answered, "Is it not enough, that thou hast taken away my husband, but wouldest take away my son's mandragoras also?" Then said Rachel, "Well, let him sleep with thee this night, for thy son's mandragoras."

And when Jacob came from the fields at even, Lea went out to meet him, and said, "Come in to me, for I have bought thee with my son's mandragoras." And he slept with her that night.

And God heard Lea, that she conceived and bare unto Jacob the fifth son.

And Lea conceived yet again and bare Jacob the sixth son.

Then said she, "God hath endued me with a good dowry. Now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons." And called his name Zebulon.

so that she conceived and bare a son, and said, "God hath taken away my rebuke."

And she called his name Joseph, saying, "The LORD give me yet another son."

And he took out that same day the he-goats that were party and of divers colours, and all the goats that were spotted and party coloured, and all that had white in them, and all the black among the lambs: and put them in the keeping of his sons,

And Jacob heard the words of Laban's sons, how they said, "Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's, and of our father's goods, hath he gotten all this honour."

Then Jacob rose up and set his sons and wives up upon camels,

and rose up the same night and took his two wives and his two maidens and his eleven sons, and went over the ford Jabbok.

And Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, lord of the country, saw her, and took her, and lay with her, and forced her:

And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dina, his daughter, but his sons were with the cattle in the field: and therefore he held his peace, until they were come.

And the sons of Jacob came out of the field as soon as they heard it, for it grieved them, and they were not a little wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel, in that he had lain with Jacob's daughter, which thing ought not to be done.

And Hamor communed with them, saying, "The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: give her him to wife,

Then the sons of Jacob answered to Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, because he had defiled Dina their sister.

And their words pleased Hamor and Shechem his son.

And unto Hamor and Shechem his son hearkened all that went out at the gate of his city. And all the men children were circumcised, whatsoever went out at the gates of his city.

And the third day, when it was painful to them, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dina's brethren, took either of them his sword and went into the city boldly, and slew all that was male;

and slew also Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dina their sister out of Shechem's house, and went their way.

Then came the sons of Jacob upon the deed, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister:

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 as she was in pains of her labour, the midwife said unto her, "Fear not, for thou shalt have this son also."

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 Lea: Reuben, Jacob's eldest son, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulon.

The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan and Naphtali.

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

and then fell he sick and died, and was put unto his people being old and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan: Adah, the daughter of Elon an Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, which Anah was the son of Zibeon an Hivite;

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

And Esau took his wives, his sons and daughters and all the souls of his house; his goods and all his cattle and all his substance which he had got in the land of Canaan, and went into a country away from his brother Jacob.

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 Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Esau's son, and bare unto Eliphaz, Amalek. And these be the sons of Adah, Esau's wife.

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.

Bela the son of Beor reigned in Idumaea, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

And when Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah out of Bozrah, reigned in his stead.

And after the death of Husham, Hadad the son of Bedad, which slew the Midianites in the field of the Moabites, reigned in his stead, and the name of his city was Avith.

When Saul was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

And after the death of Baalhanan the son of Achbor, Hadad reigned in his stead, and the name of his city was Pau. And his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred the daughter of Mezahab.

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.

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 he knew it, saying, "It is my son's coat: a wicked beast hath devoured him, and Joseph is rent in pieces."

And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth about his loins, and sorrowed for his son a long season.