Then came all his sons and all his daughters to comfort him. And he would not be comforted, but said, "I will go down into the grave unto my son, mourning." And thus his father wept for him.

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

And she conceived again and bare a son and called him Onan.

And she conceived the third time and bare a son, whom she called Shelah: and he was at Chezib when she bare him.

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.

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 feared lest he should have died also, as his brethren did. Thus went Tamar and dwelt in her father's house.

And Judah knew them, saying, "She is more righteous than I, because I gave her not to Shelah my son." But he lay with her no more.

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 he called the name of the first son Manasseh, "For God," said he, "hath made me forget all my labour and all my father's household."

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

And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among other that came, for there was dearth also in the land of Canaan.

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

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."

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

Reuben answered his father, saying, "Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee again. Deliver him therefore to my hand, and I will bring him to thee again."

And he said, "My son shall not go down with you. For his brother is dead, and he is left alone. Moreover, some misfortune might happen upon him by the way which ye go. And so should ye bring my gray head with sorrow unto the grave."

And he lift up his eyes and beheld his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, "Is this your youngest brother of whom ye said unto me?" And said, "God be merciful unto thee my son."

Then said thy servant our father unto us, 'Ye know that my wife bare me two sons.

Haste you and go to my father and tell him, 'This sayeth thy son Joseph: God hath made me lord over all Egypt. Come down unto me and tarry not.

And Israel said, "I have enough, if Joseph my son be yet alive: I will go and see him, yer that I die."

And Jacob rose up from Beersheba. And the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their children and their wives in the chariots which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

his sons and his sons' sons with him, his daughters and his sons daughters and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.

These are the names of the children of Israel which came into Egypt, both Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's first son.

The children of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.

These be the children of Lea which she bare unto Jacob in Mesopotamia with his daughter Dina. All these souls of his sons and daughters make thirty and six.

These are the sons of Bilhah which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob, altogether seven souls.

All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt which came out of his loins - beside his son's wives - were all together sixty and six souls.

And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt were: two souls. So that all the souls of the house of Jacob which came into Egypt are seventy.

When the time drew nigh that Israel must die, he sent for his son Joseph and said unto him, "If I have found grace in thy sight, put thy hand under my thigh and deal mercifully and truly with me, that thou bury me not in Egypt:

after these deeds, tidings were brought unto Joseph, that his father was sick. And he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

Then was it said unto Jacob, "Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee." And Israel took his strength unto him, and sat up on the bed,

Now therefore thy two sons Manasseh and Ephraim which were born unto thee before I came to thee, into Egypt, shall be mine: even as Reuben and Simeon shall they be unto me.

And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, "What are these?"

And Joseph said unto his father, "They are my sons, which God hath given me here." And he said, "Bring them to me, and let me bless them."

And his father would not, but said, "I know it well my son, I know it well. He shall be also a people and shall be great. But of a truth his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall be full of people."

And Jacob called for his sons and said, "Come together, that I may tell you what shall happen you in the last days.

Gather you together and hear ye sons of Jacob, and hearken unto Israel your father.

"Reuben, thou art mine eldest son, my might and the beginning of my strength, chief in receiving and chief in power.

Judah is a lion's whelp. From spoil, my son, thou art come on high: he laid him down and couched himself as a lion, and as a lioness. Who dare stir him up?

When Jacob had commanded all that he would unto his sons, he plucked up his feet upon the bed and died, and was put unto his people.

And his sons did unto him according as he had commanded them.

And his sons carried him into the land of Canaan and buried him in the double cave which Abraham had bought with the field to be a place to bury in, of Ephron the Hittite before Mamre.

And Joseph saw Ephraim's children, even unto the third generation. And unto Machir the son of Manasseh were children born, and sat on Joseph's knees.

And the wife conceived and bare a son. And when she saw that it was a proper child, she hid him three months long.

And when the child was grown, she brought it unto Pharaoh's daughter, and it was made her son, and she called it Moses, "Because," said she, "I took him out of the water."

And Moses was content to dwell with the man. And he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter which bare a son,

and he called him Gershom: for he said, "I have been a stranger in a strange land." And she bare yet another son, whom he called Eliezer saying, "The God of my father is mine helper, and hath rid me out of the hands of Pharaoh."

but every wife shall borrow of her neighboress and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver and of gold and raiment. And ye shall put them on your sons and daughters, and shall rob the Egyptians."

And Moses took his wife and his sons and put them on an ass, and went again to Egypt, and took the rod of God in his hand.

And tell Pharaoh, 'Thus sayeth the LORD: Israel is mine eldest son,

and therefore sayeth unto thee: let my son go, that he may serve me. If thou wilt not let him go: behold, I will slay thine eldest son.'"

Then Zipporah took a stone and circumcised her son, and fell at his feet, and said, "A bloody husband art thou unto me."

These be the heads of their father's houses. The children of Reuben the eldest son of Israel are these: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, Carmi, these be the householders of Reuben.

The children of Simeon are these: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Saul the son of a Canaanitish wife: these are the kindreds of Simeon.

The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei in their kindreds.

And Eleazar, Aaron's son, took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife: which bare him Phinehas: these be the principal fathers of the Levites in their kindreds.

and that thou tell in the audience of thy son and of thy son's son, the pageants which I have played in Egypt, and the miracles which I have done among them: that ye may know how that I am the LORD."

And Moses answered, "We must go with young and old: yea and with our sons and with our daughters, and with our sheep and oxen must we go. For we must hold a feast unto the LORD."

Therefore see that thou observe this thing, that it be an ordinance to thee, and thy sons forever.

And thou shalt show thy son at that time, saying, 'This is done, because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came out of Egypt.'

And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, 'What is this?' Thou shalt say unto him, 'With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song unto the LORD, and said, "Let us sing unto the LORD, for he is become glorious, the horse and him that rode upon him hath he overthrown in the sea!

The LORD is my strength and my song, and is become my salvation. He is my God, and I will glorify him! He is my father's God, and I will lift him up on high!

and her two sons, of which the one was called Gershom - for he said, "I have been an alien in a strange land" -

And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his two sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness: where he had pitched his tent by the mount of God.

And he sent word to Moses, "I, thy father-in-law Jethro, am come to thee; and thy wife also, and her two sons with her."

but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD thy God, in it thou shalt do no manner work: neither thou nor thy son, nor thy daughter, neither thy manservant nor thy maidservant, neither thy cattle neither yet the stranger that is within thy gates.

And if his master have given him a wife and she have borne him sons or daughters: then the wife and her children shall be her master's and he shall go out alone.

If he have promised her unto his son to wife, he shall deal with her as men do with their daughters.

And whether he hath gored a son or a daughter, he shall be served after the same manner.

Thy fruits, whether they be dry or moist, see thou keep not back. Thy firstborn son thou shalt give me:

Six days thou shalt do thy work and the seventh day thou shalt keep holy day, that thine ox and thine ass may rest and the son of thy maid and the stranger may be refreshed.

In the tabernacle of witness without the veil which is before the witness, shall Aaron and his sons dress it both even and morning before the LORD: And it shall be a duty for ever unto your generations after you: to be given of the children of Israel."

And take thou unto thee, Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me: both Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

"These are the garments which they shall make: a breastlap, ephod, a tunicle, a strait coat, a mitre and a girdle. And they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother and his sons, that he may minister unto me.

And thou shalt make for Aaron's sons also coats, girdles and bonnets; honorable and glorious,

and thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother and on his sons with him and shalt anoint them and fill their hands and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me.

And they shall be upon Aaron and his sons, when they go into the tabernacle of witness, or when they go unto the altar to minister in holiness, that they bear no sin and so die. And it shall be a law for ever unto Aaron and his seed after him."

And bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of witness, and wash them with water,

And bring his sons and put albes upon them,

and girth them with girdles: as well Aaron as his sons. And put the bonnets on them that the priest's office may be theirs for a perpetual law. And fill the hands of Aaron and of his sons,

and bring the ox before the tabernacle of witness. And let Aaron and his sons put their hands upon his head

"Then take one of the rams, and let Aaron and his sons put their hands upon the head of the ram,

And take the other ram and let Aaron and his sons put their hands upon his head and let him then be killed.

And take of his blood and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron and of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hands, and upon the great toe of their right feet and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

Then take of the blood that is upon the altar and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron and his vestments, and upon his sons and upon their garments also. Then is he and his clothes holy and his sons and their clothes holy also.

and put all upon the hands of Aaron and on the hands of his sons: and wave them in and out, a wave offering unto the LORD.

And sanctify the breast of the wave offering and the shoulder of the heave offering which is waved and heaved up of the ram which is the full offering of Aaron and of his sons.

And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' duty forever, of the children of Israel, for it is a heave offering. And the heave offering shall be the LORD's duty of the children of Israel: even of the sacrifice of their peace offerings which they heave unto the LORD.

"And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to anoint them therein, and to fill their hands therein.

And that son that is priest in his stead after him, shall put them on seven days: that he go into the tabernacle of witness, to minister in the holy place.

And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of him, and the bread that is in the basket: even in the door of the tabernacle of witness.

And see thou do unto Aaron and his sons, even so in all things as I have commanded thee: that thou fill their hands seven days

And I will sanctify the tabernacle of witness and the altar: and I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons to be my priests.

that Aaron and his sons may wash both their hands and their feet thereout,

And anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them to minister unto me.

"Behold, I have called by name, Bezalel the son of Uri son to Hur of the tribe of Judah.

And behold, I have given him, to be his companion, Ohaliab the son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan, and in the hearts of all that are wise-hearted I have put wisdom to make all that I have commanded thee:

and the vestments to minister in, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons to minister in,