And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, Take heed that you do not speak either good or bad to Jacob.

And Laban said to Jacob, What have you done, that you have deceived my heart and carried away my daughters as captives taken with the sword?

And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid, for I said, Perhaps you would take your daughters away from me by force.

And Rachel had taken the images and put them into the camel's saddle, and sat on them. And Laban searched all the tent, but did not find them.

But she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before you. For the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but did not find the images.

And Jacob was angry, and rebuked Laban. And Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? What is my sin, that you have so hotly pursued after me?

For you have searched all my stuff; what have you found of all your household stuff? Set it here before my brothers and your brothers, that they may judge between us both.

And Laban answered and said to Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the sons my sons, and the flocks my flocks. All that you see is mine. And what can I do this day to these my daughters, or to their sons which they have borne?

And Jacob took a stone and set it up as a memorial pillar.

And Jacob said to his brothers, Gather stones. And they took stones and made a heap. And they ate there upon the heap.

And Laban said, This heap is a witness between you and me this day. Therefore the name of it was called Heap of Testimony,

and Watchtower, for he said, Jehovah watch between you and me when we are absent from one another.

And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar which I have set up between you and me.

And when Jacob saw them he said, This is God's camp. And he called the name of that place Two Camps.

And I have oxen and asses, flocks, and menservants, and slave women. And I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in your sight.

And he said, If Esau comes to the one company and strikes it, then the other company which is left shall escape.

And Jacob said, Oh God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, Jehovah, who said to me, Return to your country and to your kindred, and I will deal well with you:

And You said, I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

And he delivered into the hands of his servants, every drove by themselves. And he said to his servants, Pass over in front of me and put a space between drove and drove.

And also you shall say, Behold, your servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.

And He said, Let Me go, for the day breaks. And he said, I will not let You go except You bless me.

And He said to him, What is your name? And he said, Jacob.

And He said, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for like a prince you have power with God and with men, and have prevailed.

And Jacob asked and said, I pray You, reveal Your name. And He said, Why do you ask after My name? And He blessed him there.

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the boys, and said, Who are these with you? And he said, The boys with whom God has favored your servant.

He asked, Whose is all this camp which I met? And he said, To find grace in the sight of my lord.

And Esau said, I have enough, my brother. Keep what you have yourself.

And Jacob said, No, please, if now I have found grace in your sight, then receive my present at my hand. For therefore have I seen your face, as though I had seen the face of God, and you were pleased with me.

And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before you.

And he said to him, My lord knows that the boys are tender, and the flocks and herds with me are suckling. And if the men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.

And Esau said, Let me now leave with you some of the people with me. And he said, Why this? Let me find grace in the sight of my lord.

And Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, Let me find grace in your eyes, and whatever you shall say to me I will give.

And they said to them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised. For it is a reproach to us.

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have troubled me, to make me stink among those who live in the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. And I, being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and kill me. And I shall be destroyed, my house and I.

And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot?

And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. And make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.

Then Jacob said to his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods among you, and be clean, and change your garments.

And God said to him, Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be called Jacob any more, but Israel shall be your name. And He called his name Israel.

And God said to him, I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall be from you, and kings shall come out of your loins.

And the land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you, and to your seed after you I will give the land.

And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where He talked with him, a pillar of stone. And he poured a drink offering on it, and he poured oil on it.

And it happened when she was in hard labor in her bearing, the midwife said to her, Do not fear, you shall have this son also.

And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave. That is the pillar of Rachel's grave to this day.

And he said to them, I pray you, Hear this dream which I have dreamed.

And his brothers said to him, Shall you indeed reign over us? Or shall you indeed have the rule over us? And they hated him still more for his dreams and for his words.

And he dreamed still another dream, and told it to his brothers. And he said, Behold, I have dreamed another dream. And behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars bowed down to me.

And he told it to his father and to his brothers. And his father rebuked him and said to him, What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I, and your mother, and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves to the earth before you?

And Israel said to Joseph, Do not your brothers feed the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here I am.

And he said to him, please go see whether it is well with your brothers and well with the flocks. And bring me word again. And he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

And he said, I am seeking for my brothers. Please tell me where they are feeding.

And the man said, They are gone from here, for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.

And they said to one another, Behold, this dreamer comes.

And Reuben heard, and he delivered him out of their hands and said, Let us not kill him.

And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him (in order to rescue him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again).

And they sat down to eat bread. And they lifted up their eyes, and looked. And behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is it if we should kill our brother and hide his blood?

And he returned to his brothers and said, The child, he is not. And I, where shall I go?

And they sent the tunic reaching to the soles of the feet, and they brought it to their father. And they said, We have found this. Do you know whether it is your son's coat or not?

And he knew it, and said, It is my son's tunic. An evil beast has eaten him. Joseph is without doubt torn in 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 to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.

And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah. And Jehovah killed him.

And Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to your brother.

And Onan knew that the seed would not be his. And it happened when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled on the ground, not giving seed to his brother.

Then said Judah to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow at your father's house until Shelah my son is grown. For he said, Lest perhaps he die also, as his brothers did. And Tamar went and lived in her father's house.

And she put off her widow's clothes, and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself. And she sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnah. For she saw that Shelah was grown and she was not given to him as wife.

And he turned aside to her by the wayside, and said, Come now, let me come in to you. For he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me, so that you may come in to me?

And he said, I will send a kid of the goats from the flock. And she said, Will you give me a pledge until you send it?

And he said, What pledge shall I give you? And she said, Your signet, and your bracelet, and your staff that is in your hand. And he gave to her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him.

Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot who was by the wayside? And they said, There was no harlot here.

And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her. And also the men of the place said, There was no harlot here.

And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be ashamed. Behold, I sent this kid, and you have not found her.

And it happened, about three months afterward, that it was told Judah, saying, Your daughter-in-law Tamar has played the harlot, and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burned.

When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, I am with child by the man whose things these are. And she said, Please observe. Whose things are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff?

And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She has been more righteous than I have, because I did not give her to my son Shelah. And he never knew her again.

And it happened as he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out. And she said, How have you broken a break for yourself? And his name was called Pharez.

And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him. And he made him overseer over his house, and he put into his hand all he had.

And after these things it happened that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph. And she said, Lie with me.

But he refused and said to his master's wife, Behold, my master does not know what is in the house with me, and he has given all that he has into my hand.

But Jehovah was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

And Joseph came in to them in the morning, and looked upon them, and behold, they were sad.

And he asked Pharaoh's eunuchs who were with him under guard in his lord's house, saying, Why are your faces sad today?

And they said to him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, Do not interpretations belong to God? Now tell it to me.

And the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me.

And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it. The three branches are three days.

When the chief baker saw the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, I also saw in my dream, and three baskets of white bread were on my head.

And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation of it. The three baskets are three days.

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and none can interpret it. And I have heard it about you, saying, you can understand a dream to interpret it.

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, In my dream, behold! I stood upon the bank of the river.

And Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one. God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do.

Now therefore let Pharaoh look for a man who is discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.

And Pharaoh said to his servants, Can we find any man like this, in whom the Spirit of God is?

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Since God has shown you all this, no one is as discreet and wise as you.

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without a word from you, no man shall lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.

And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said. And the famine was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. And Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do.

And when Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, Why do you look upon one another?

And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy for us from there, so that we may live and not die.

But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob did not send with his brothers. For he said, Lest perhaps mischief happen to him.

And Joseph saw his brothers, and he knew them, but remained a stranger to them, and spoke roughly to them. And he said to them, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.