Genesis 30 Cross References - ACV

¹ And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no sons, Rachel envied her sister, and she said to Jacob, Give me sons, or else I die. ² And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in God's stead, who has withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? ³ And she said, Behold, my maid Bilhah, go in to her, that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may obtain sons by her. ⁴ And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife, and Jacob went in to her. ⁵ And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son. ⁶ And Rachel said, God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son. Therefore she called his name Dan. ⁷ And Bilhah Rachel's handmaid conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son. ⁸ And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed. And she called his name Naphtali. ⁹ When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife. ¹⁰ And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a son. ¹¹ And Leah said, Fortunate! And she called his name Gad. ¹² And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a second son. ¹³ And Leah said, Happy am I! For the daughters will call me happy. And she called his name Asher. ¹⁴ And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. ¹⁵ And she said to her, Is it a small matter that thou have taken away my husband? And would thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee tonight for thy son's mandrakes. ¹⁶ And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in to me, for I have surely hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night. ¹⁷ And God hearkened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son. ¹⁸ And Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband. And she called his name Issachar. ¹⁹ And Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob. ²⁰ And Leah said, God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons. And she called his name Zebulun. ²¹ And afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah. ²² And God remembered Rachel. And God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. ²³ And she conceived, and bore a son, and said, God has taken away my reproach. ²⁴ And she called his name Joseph, saying, LORD adds another son to me. ²⁵ And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country. ²⁶ Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go, for thou know my service with which I have served thee. ²⁷ And Laban said to him, If now I have found favor in thine eyes, tarry, for I have learned by experience that LORD has blessed me for thy sake. ²⁸ And he said, Appoint for me thy wages, and I will give it. ²⁹ And he said to him, Thou know how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me. ³⁰ For it was little which thou had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude, and LORD has blessed thee wherever I turned. And now when shall I provide for my own house also? ³¹ And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shall not give me anything. If thou will do this thing for me, I will again feed thy flock and keep it. ³² I will pass through all thy flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats, and of such shall be my hire. ³³ So shall my righteousness answer for me after this, when thou shall come concerning my hire that is before thee. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that is with me, shall be considered stolen. ³⁴ And Laban said, Behold, O that it might be according to thy word. ³⁵ And he removed that day the he-goats that were ringstreaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons. ³⁶ And he set three days' journey between himself and Jacob. And Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. ³⁷ And Jacob took for him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane tree, and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white which was in the rods appear. ³⁸ And he set the rods which he had peeled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. And they conceived when they came to drink. ³⁹ And the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted. ⁴⁰ And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstreaked and all the black in the flock of Laban. And he put his own herds apart, and did not put them near Laban's flock. ⁴¹ And it came to pass, whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods, ⁴² but when the flock were weak, he did not put them in. So the weaker were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. ⁴³ And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and donkeys.

³¹ And LORD saw that Leah was regarded inferior, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.

¹⁶ And they journeyed from Bethel. And there was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor. ¹⁷ And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, Fear not, for now thou shall have another son. ¹⁸ And it came to pass, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-oni, but his father called him Benjamin. ¹⁹ And Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem).

¹¹ And his brothers envied him, but his father kept the saying in mind.

¹⁵ And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in thy sight, and let me not see my wretchedness.

²⁹ And Moses said to him, Are thou jealous for my sake? Would that all of LORD's people were prophets, that LORD would put his spirit upon them!

⁴ And when the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions, ⁵ but to Hannah he gave a double portion, for he loved Hannah, but LORD had shut up her womb. ⁶ And her rival provoked her greatly, to make her fret, because LORD had shut up her womb. ⁷ And as he did so year by year when she went up to the house of LORD, so she provoked her. Therefore she wept, and did not eat. ⁸ And Elkanah her husband said to her, Hannah, why do thou weep? And why do thou not eat? And why is thy heart grieved? Am not I better to thee than ten sons?

⁴ But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree. And he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough, now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.

¹ After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day. ² And Job answered and said, ³ Let the day perish in which I was born, and the night which said, There is a man-child conceived.

¹¹ Why did I not die from the womb? Why did I not give up the spirit when my mother bore me?

²⁰ Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul, ²¹ who long for death, but it comes not, and dig for it more than for hid treasures, ²² who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad when they can find the grave?

² For vexation kills the foolish man, and jealousy slays the silly one.

¹⁹ Who is he who will contend with me? For then I would keep silent and give up the spirit.

¹⁶ They also envied Moses in the camp, and Aaron the sanctified of LORD.

³⁰ A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh, but envy is the rottenness of the bones.

⁴ Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

¹⁴ Cursed be the day in which I was born. Let not the day in which my mother bore me be blessed. ¹⁵ Cursed be the man who brought news to my father, saying, A man-child is born to thee, making him very glad. ¹⁶ And let that man be as the cities which LORD overthrew, and did not relent. And let him hear a cry in the morning, and shouting at noontime, ¹⁷ because he did not kill me from the womb, and so my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great. ¹⁸ Why did I come forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

³ he left Judea, and departed into Galilee.

⁸ For his disciples had gone away into the city so that they might buy food.

³ for ye are still carnal. For whereas among you is envy and strife and divisions, are ye not carnal and walk according to man?

¹⁰ For sorrow toward God works repentance for salvation without regret, but the sorrow of the world works death.

²¹ envyings, murders, intoxications, revelings, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, as I also did forewarn, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

³ For we also were formerly foolish, disobedient, being led astray, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in evil and envy, hateful, hating each other.

¹⁴ But if ye have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast, and do not lie against the truth.

⁵ Or think ye that the scripture says vainly, The Spirit that he caused to dwell in us yearns with jealousy?

² And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, LORD has restrained me from bearing. Go in, I pray thee, to my handmaid. It may be that I will obtain sons by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

¹⁸ For LORD had closed up fast all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

²¹ And Isaac entreated LORD for his wife, because she was barren. And LORD was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

³⁶ And Jacob was angry, and chided with Laban. And Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? What is my sin that thou have hotly pursued after me?

¹⁹ And Joseph said to them, Fear not, for am I in the place of God?

¹⁹ And it came to pass, as soon as he came near to the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing. And Moses' anger grew hot, and he cast the tablets out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mount.

¹³ And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee. He will also bless the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground, thy grain and thy new wine and thine oil, the increase of thy cattle and the young of thy flock, in the land which he swore to thy fathers to give thee. ¹⁴ Thou shall be blessed above all peoples. There shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

⁵ but to Hannah he gave a double portion, for he loved Hannah, but LORD had shut up her womb.

⁵ Those who were full have hired out themselves for bread, and those who were hungry have ceased to hunger. Yea, the barren has borne seven, and she who has many sons languishes. ⁶ LORD kills, and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol, and brings up.

⁷ And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he tore his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to heal a man of his leprosy? But consider, I pray you, and see how he seeks a quarrel against me.

⁹ He makes the barren woman to keep house, a joyful mother of sons. Praise ye LORD.

³ Lo, sons are a heritage of LORD, and the fruit of the womb is a reward.

²² But I say to you, that every man who is angry at his brother without cause will be liable to the judgment, and whoever speaks an insult to his brother will be liable to the council, and whoever says, Foolish man, will be liable to the hell of fire.

⁵ And having looked around on them with anger, being grieved at the callousness of their heart, he says to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as the other.

⁴² and she exclaimed in a great voice, and said, Blessed are thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy belly.

²⁶ Be ye angry, and sin not. Let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

² And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, LORD has restrained me from bearing. Go in, I pray thee, to my handmaid. It may be that I will obtain sons by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. ³ And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.

⁹ When Leah saw that she had left off bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife.

²³ And Joseph saw Ephraim's sons of the third generation. Also the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph's knees.

¹¹ And all the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. LORD make the woman that has come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel, and do thou worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.

¹² Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should suck?

³ And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife. ⁴ And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

¹⁰ Therefore she said to Abraham, Cast out this handmaid and her son. For the son of this handmaid shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

²⁴ And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.

¹ And Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah.

⁶ But to the sons of the concubines, that Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts. And he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, to the east country.

² And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindmost.

²² And it came to pass, while Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

¹¹ Thus says LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house. And I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them to thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

³² And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben. For she said, Because LORD has looked upon my affliction, for now my husband will love me. ³³ And she conceived again, and bore a son, and said, Because LORD has heard that I am regarded inferior, he has therefore given me this son also. And she called his name Simeon. ³⁴ And she conceived again, and bore a son, and said, Now this time my husband will be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons. Therefore his name was called Levi. ³⁵ And she conceived again, and bore a son. And she said, This time I will praise LORD. Therefore she called his name Judah. And she left off bearing.

²⁵ And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid: Dan and Naphtali.

²³ And the sons of Dan: Hushim.

¹⁶ Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. ¹⁷ Dan shall be a serpent in the way, an adder in the path, that bites the horse's heels, so that his rider falls backward.

²² And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp that leaps forth from Bashan.

²⁴ Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me.

¹ Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against a profane nation. O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

² So I bought a sash according to the word of LORD, and put it upon my loins.

²⁴ Therefore I will scatter them as the stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness.

¹⁴ And I will make them to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou know not. For a fire is kindled in my anger, which shall burn upon you. ¹⁵ O LORD, thou know. Remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors. Take me not away in thy longsuffering. Know that for thy sake I have suffered reproach. ¹⁶ Thy words were found, and I ate them. And thy words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart. For I am called by thy name, O LORD, God of hosts. ¹⁷ I did not sit in the assembly of those who make merry, nor did I rejoice. I sat alone because of thy hand, for thou have filled me with indignation. ¹⁸ Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? Will thou indeed be to me as a deceitful brook, as waters that fail? ¹⁹ Therefore thus says LORD: If thou return, then I will bring thee again that thou may stand before me. And if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shall be as my mouth. They shall return to thee, but thou shall not return to them. ²⁰ And I will make thee to this people a fortified brazen wall. And they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee. For I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, says LORD.

⁵⁹ O LORD, thou have seen my wrong. Judge thou my cause.

⁶ Hear us, my lord. Thou are a prince of God among us. Bury thy dead in our choice sepulchers. None of us shall withhold from thee his sepulcher, but that thou may bury thy dead.

²⁴ And Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. ²⁵ And when he saw that he did not prevail against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh, and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained as he wrestled with him.

²⁴ And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.

²¹ Naphtali is a hind let loose. He gives goodly words.

²⁸ Entreat LORD, for there has been enough of these mighty thunderings and hail, and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

²³ And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, and full with the blessing of LORD, possess thou the west and the south.

¹⁵ And there was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. The garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled. And the earth quaked, so there was an exceedingly great trembling.

¹³ And having left Nazareth behind, after coming, he dwelt in Capernaum by the sea in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali,

³ And Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.

³⁵ And she conceived again, and bore a son. And she said, This time I will praise LORD. Therefore she called his name Judah. And she left off bearing.

⁴ And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife, and Jacob went in to her.

¹⁷ And God hearkened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.

²⁶ And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

¹⁶ And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.

¹⁹ Gad, a troop shall press upon him, but he shall press upon their heel.

²⁰ And of Gad he said, Blessed be he who enlarges Gad. He dwells as a lioness, and tears the arm, yea, the crown of the head. ²¹ And he provided the first part for himself, for there was the lawgiver's portion reserved. And he came with the heads of the people. He executed the righteousness of LORD, and his ordinances with Israel.

¹¹ But ye who forsake LORD, who forget my holy mountain, who prepare a table for Fortune, and who fill up mingled wine to Destiny,

¹⁷ And the sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel.

²⁰ Out of the Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

²⁴ And of Asher he said, Blessed be Asher with sons. Let him be acceptable to his brothers, and let him dip his foot in oil. ²⁵ Thy bars shall be iron and brass, and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.

²⁸ Her sons rise up, and call her blessed. Her husband also, and he praises her.

⁹ My dove, my undefiled, is but one. She is the only one of her mother. She is the choice one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed, yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

⁴⁸ because he has looked upon the lowliness of his bondmaid. For behold, from henceforth all generations will regard me blessed,

³⁰ And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage, for I am faint. Therefore his name was called Edom.

¹³ The mandrakes give forth fragrance. And at our doors are all manner of precious fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

⁹ Is it a small thing to you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them, ¹⁰ and that he has brought thee near, and all thy brothers the sons of Levi with thee? And ye seek the priesthood also?

¹³ Is it a small thing that thou have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must make thyself also a ruler over us?

¹³ And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David. Is it a small thing for you to weary men, that ye will weary my God also?

⁴⁷ Yet thou have not walked in their ways, nor done according to their abominations, but, like it was a very little thing, thou were more corrupt than they in all thy ways.

³ But it is a very small thing to me that I might be appraised by you or by a day of mankind. Yet neither do I appraise myself,

⁶ And Rachel said, God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son. Therefore she called his name Dan.

²² And God remembered Rachel. And God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

⁷ And LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.

²⁰ And it came to pass, when the time came about, that Hannah conceived, and bore a son. And she called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of LORD.

²⁶ And she said, Oh, my lord, as thy soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by thee here, praying to LORD. ²⁷ I prayed for this child, and LORD has given me my petition which I asked of him.

¹³ But the agent said to him, Fear not, Zacharias, because thy plea was heard, and thy wife Elizabeth will bear a son for thee. And thou shall call his name John.

²³ The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun.

¹³ And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puvah, and Iob, and Shimron.

¹⁴ Issachar is a strong donkey, couching down between the sheepfolds. ¹⁵ And he saw a resting place that it was good, and the land that it was pleasant. And he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant under task work.

¹⁸ And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out, and, Issachar, in thy tents.

³² And of the sons of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times to know what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred. And all their brothers were at their commandment.

³⁴ And she conceived again, and bore a son, and said, Now this time my husband will be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons. Therefore his name was called Levi.

¹⁵ And she said to her, Is it a small matter that thou have taken away my husband? And would thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee tonight for thy son's mandrakes.

¹⁴ And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.

¹³ Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea, and he shall be for a haven of ships. And his border shall be upon Sidon.

¹⁰ And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh. And there went up ten thousand men at his feet, and Deborah went up with him.

¹⁴ Out of Ephraim, those whose root is in Amalek, after thee, Benjamin, among thy peoples, out of Machir, came down governors, and out of Zebulun those who handle the marshal's staff.

²⁷ There is little Benjamin their ruler, the rulers of Judah and their council, the rulers of Zebulun, the rulers of Naphtali.

¹ And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. ² And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. And he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her. ³ And his soul clung to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke kindly to the damsel.

²⁶ And they killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went forth.

¹⁵ These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah. All the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty-three.

¹ And God remembered Noah, and all the beasts, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.

¹ And LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and LORD did to Sarah as he had spoken. ² And Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

² And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in God's stead, who has withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

¹⁹ And they rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and LORD remembered her. ²⁰ And it came to pass, when the time came about, that Hannah conceived, and bore a son. And she called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of LORD.

⁴² For he remembered his holy word, and Abraham his servant.

⁵ but to Hannah he gave a double portion, for he loved Hannah, but LORD had shut up her womb. ⁶ And her rival provoked her greatly, to make her fret, because LORD had shut up her womb.

¹ And seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel. Only let us be called by thy name; take thou away our reproach.

²¹ And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and they wondered during his delay in the temple.

²⁵ Thus the Lord has done to me during the days in which he looked, to take away my shame among men.

²⁷ to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin's name was Mary.

¹⁷ And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, Fear not, for now thou shall have another son. ¹⁸ And it came to pass, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-oni, but his father called him Benjamin.

²⁴ The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

² These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. And he was a lad with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives, and Joseph brought the evil report of them to their father.

⁴ And his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers. And they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.

¹ And Joseph was brought down to Egypt. And Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites, who had brought him down there. ² And LORD was with Joseph. And he was a man who succeeds. And he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. ³ And his master saw that LORD was with him, and that LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand. ⁴ And Joseph found favor in his sight, and he ministered to him. And he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. ⁵ And it came to pass from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake. And the blessing of LORD was upon all that he had, in the house and in the field. ⁶ And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand, and he knew nothing that was with him, save the bread which he ate. And Joseph was comely, and well-favored. ⁷ And it came to pass, after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph, and she said, Lie with me. ⁸ But he refused, and said to his master's wife, Behold, my master does not know what is with me in the house, and he has put all that he has into my hand. ⁹ He is not greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but thee, because thou are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? ¹⁰ And it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he did not hearken to her, to lie by her, or to be with her. ¹¹ And it came to pass, about this time, that he went into the house to do his work, and there was none of the men of the house there inside. ¹² And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me. And he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got out. ¹³ And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, ¹⁴ that she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, See, he has brought in a Hebrew to us to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice. ¹⁵ And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled, and got out. ¹⁶ And she laid up his garment by her until his master came home. ¹⁷ And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, whom thou have brought to us, came in to me to mock me. ¹⁸ And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled out. ¹⁹ And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me, that his wrath was kindled. ²⁰ And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound. And he was there in the prison. ²¹ But LORD was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. ²² And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners who were in the prison. And whatever they did there, he was the doer of it. ²³ The keeper of the prison did not look to anything that was under his hand, because LORD was with him, and that which he did, LORD made it prosper.

⁶ And Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brothers came, and bowed down themselves to him with their faces to the earth.

¹ And it came to pass after these things, that it was reported to Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick. And he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. ² And it was reported to Jacob, saying, Behold, thy son Joseph comes to thee. And Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. ³ And Jacob said to Joseph, God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, ⁴ and said to me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples, and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession. ⁵ And now thy two sons, who were born to thee in the land of Egypt before I came to thee into Egypt, are mine, Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine. ⁶ And thy issue, which thou beget after them, shall be thine, they shall be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance. ⁷ And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was still some distance to come to Ephrath. And I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem). ⁸ And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these? ⁹ And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, to me, and I will bless them. ¹⁰ Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near to him, and he kissed them, and embraced them. ¹¹ And Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face, and, lo, God has let me see thy seed also. ¹² And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. ¹³ And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near to him. ¹⁴ And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands deliberately, for Manasseh was the firstborn. ¹⁵ And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day, ¹⁶ the agent who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. ¹⁷ And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. And he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head. ¹⁸ And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn, put thy right hand upon his head. ¹⁹ And his father refused, and said, I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. However, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. ²⁰ And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh. And he set Ephraim before Manasseh. ²¹ And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers. ²² Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

²² Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a fountain, his branches run over the wall. ²³ The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and persecute him, ²⁴ but his bow abode in strength. And the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (From there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel), ²⁵ even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee, and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that couches beneath, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb. ²⁶ The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my forefathers to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills. They shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers.

¹³ And of Joseph he said, Blessed of LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that couches beneath, ¹⁴ and for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, and for the precious things of the growth of the moons, ¹⁵ and for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the everlasting hills, ¹⁶ and for the precious things of the earth and the fullness of it, and the good will of him who dwelt in the bush. Let it come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the head of him who was separate from his brothers. ¹⁷ The firstling of his herd, majesty is his. And his horns are the horns of the wild-ox. With them he shall push the peoples, all of them, even the ends of the earth. And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

¹⁶ And thou, son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the sons of Israel his companions. Then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions.

⁹ And the patriarchs, being envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. And God was with him, ¹⁰ and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And he appointed him governor over Egypt and his entire house. ¹¹ Now a famine came on all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers found no sustenance. ¹² But when Jacob heard of grain being in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time. ¹³ And during the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph's race became manifest to Pharaoh. ¹⁴ And Joseph having sent forth, he summoned Jacob his father. And all his kinfolk, in souls, were seventy-five. ¹⁵ And Jacob went down into Egypt, and he perished, he and our fathers.

²¹ By faith Jacob, while dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and bowed in worship upon the top of his staff. ²² By faith Joseph, while perishing, remembered about the exodus of the sons of Israel, and commanded about his bones.

⁸ twelve thousand from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand from the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand from the tribe of Benjamin, were sealed.

³³ And LORD went his way as soon as he had left off conversing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.

⁶ And Abraham said to him, Beware thou that thou not bring my son there again. ⁷ LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my nativity, and who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, To thy seed I will give this land, he will send his agent before thee, and thou shall take a wife for my son from there.

⁵⁴ And they ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and tarried all night. And they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away to my master.

⁵⁶ And he said to them, Do not hinder me, since LORD has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master.

³ Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee. For to thee, and to thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham thy father.

⁴⁴ And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turns away, ⁴⁵ until thy brother's anger turns away from thee, and he forgets that which thou have done to him. Then I will send, and fetch thee from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?

¹³ And, behold, LORD stood above it, and said, I am LORD, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac. The land on which thou lie, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed.

¹⁵ And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee wherever thou go, and will bring thee again into this land. For I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

¹³ I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointed a pillar, where thou vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get thee out from this land, and return to the land of thy nativity.

⁵⁵ And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them. And Laban departed and returned to his place.

⁴ Then after coming out of the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Haran. And from there, after his father died, God resettled him in this land in which ye now dwell. ⁵ And he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a footstep. And he promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, although there was no child by him.

⁹ By faith he lived alien in the land of promise as a foreigner, having dwelt in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the fellow heirs of the same promise.

¹⁵ And if indeed they remembered that from which they came out, they would have had time to return. ¹⁶ But now they aspire for a superior one, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.

¹⁹ And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man. Abide with me. ²⁰ And Jacob served seven years for Rachel. And they seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had for her.

³⁰ And he also went in to Rachel, and also he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

²⁹ And he said to him, Thou know how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me. ³⁰ For it was little which thou had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude, and LORD has blessed thee wherever I turned. And now when shall I provide for my own house also?

⁶ And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

²⁶ And Laban said to Jacob, What have thou done, that thou have slipped away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters as captives of the sword?

³¹ And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid, for I said, Lest thou should take thy daughters from me by force.

³⁸ These twenty years I have been with thee, thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and I have not eaten the rams of thy flocks. ³⁹ I did not bring to thee that which was torn by beasts; I bore the loss of it, of my hand thou required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night. ⁴⁰ Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes. ⁴¹ These twenty years I have been in thy house. I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock. And thou have changed my wages ten times.

¹² And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

³ And I will bless those who bless thee, and he who curses thee I will curse. And in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

³ and said, My lord, if now I have found favor in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant.

²⁴ And LORD appeared to him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father. Fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.

³⁰ For it was little which thou had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude, and LORD has blessed thee wherever I turned. And now when shall I provide for my own house also?

¹⁵ And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folks that are with me. And he said, What need is it? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.

¹¹ And Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, Let me find favor in your eyes, and what ye shall say to me I will give.

² And LORD was with Joseph. And he was a man who succeeds. And he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. ³ And his master saw that LORD was with him, and that LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand. ⁴ And Joseph found favor in his sight, and he ministered to him. And he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. ⁵ And it came to pass from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake. And the blessing of LORD was upon all that he had, in the house and in the field.

²⁵ And they said, Thou have saved our lives. Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

²¹ And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. And it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty.

¹¹ And Moses said to LORD, Why have thou dealt ill with thy servant? And why have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou lay the burden of all this people upon me?

¹³ Then she said, Let me find favor in thy sight, my lord, because thou have comforted me, and because thou have spoken kindly to thy handmaid, though I be not as one of thy handmaidens.

²² And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight.

¹⁹ And Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.

¹¹ O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who delight to fear thy name, and, I pray thee, prosper thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was cupbearer to the king.

⁵ And I said to the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant has found favor in thy sight, that thou would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' sepulchers, that I may build it.

³ And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. And whatever he does shall prosper.

¹³ And if there be yet a tenth in it, it also shall in turn be eaten up. As a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remains when they are felled, so the holy seed is the stock of it.

⁹ And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which LORD has blessed.

⁸ Thus says LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and a man says, Destroy it not, for a blessing is in it, so I will do for my servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all.

⁹ Now God made Daniel find kindness and compassion in the sight of the ruler of the eunuchs.

¹⁰ and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And he appointed him governor over Egypt and his entire house.

¹⁵ And Laban said to Jacob, Because thou are my brother, should thou therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall thy wages be?

¹⁹ And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man. Abide with me.

⁵ And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son.

³⁸ These twenty years I have been with thee, thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and I have not eaten the rams of thy flocks. ³⁹ I did not bring to thee that which was torn by beasts; I bore the loss of it, of my hand thou required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night. ⁴⁰ Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.

⁴⁵ Who then is the faithful and wise bondman, whom his lord appointed over his service, to give them the provision on time?

⁵ Bondmen, be obedient to the masters according to flesh, with fear and trembling, in simplicity of your heart as to the Christ. ⁶ Not according to eye-service, as men-pleasers, but as bondmen of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul, ⁷ bond-serving with goodwill, as to the Lord and not to men. ⁸ Knowing that whatever good thing each may do, he will receive this from the Lord, whether bondman or freeman.

²² Bondmen, obey in all things those masters according to flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God. ²³ And all things, anything whatever ye may do, work from soul as to the Lord and not to men, ²⁴ knowing that from the Lord ye will receive the reward of the inheritance, for ye serve the Lord Christ. ²⁵ And he who does wrong will be recompensed what he did wrong, and there is no partiality.

⁹ Bondmen are to be obedient to their own masters, to be well-pleasing in all things, not speaking contrary, ¹⁰ not pilfering, but demonstrating all good fidelity, so that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.

¹⁵ Because this way is the will of God, doing good to muzzle the ignorance of the foolish men.

¹⁸ Household servants, submitting to the masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wayward.

¹⁰ For the land, where thou go in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from where ye came out, where thou sowed thy seed, and watered it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs,

¹⁴ Behold, a third time I fare readily to come to you, and I will not be burdensome to you, for I seek not the things of you, but you. For the children ought not lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

⁸ But if any man does not provide for his own, and especially those belonging his household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

⁴ And the Gibeonites said to him, It is no matter of silver or gold between us and Saul or his house, neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that I will do for you. ⁵ And they said to the king, The man who consumed us, and who devised against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel, ⁶ let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them up to LORD in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of LORD. And the king said, I will give them.

⁸ It is better to take refuge in LORD than to put confidence in man.

⁵ The Way of life is to be without love of money, being content with the things that are present, for he has said, I will, no, not leave thee, and also, I will, no, not forsake thee.

³⁵ And he removed that day the he-goats that were ringstreaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.

⁸ If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages, then all the flock bore speckled, and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy wages, then all the flock bore ringstreaked.

¹⁰ And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceive, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled.

³⁷ Whereas thou have felt around all my stuff, what have thou found of all thy household stuff? Set it here before my brothers and thy brothers, that they may judge between us two.

¹⁴ And it shall be, when thy son asks thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shall say to him, By strength of hand LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage.

²³ And LORD will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness, inasmuch as LORD delivered thee into my hand today, and I would not put forth my hand against LORD's anointed.

²¹ LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.

⁶ And he will make thy righteousness to go forth as the light, and thy justice as the noon-day.

¹² For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us. For our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them:

²⁹ And Balaam said to the donkey, Because thou have mocked me. I would there were a sword in my hand, for now I would have killed thee.

⁷ For I wish all men to be even as myself. However each man has his own gift from God, one in this way, and another after that.

⁵ Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but more that ye may prophesy. For greater is he who prophesies than he who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the congregation may receive edification.

¹² O that those who trouble you would even cut it all off.

⁹ Thus God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

⁹ Thus God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. ¹⁰ And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceive, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled. ¹¹ And the agent of God said to me in the dream, Jacob. And I said, Here I am. ¹² And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled, for I have seen all that Laban does to thee. ¹³ I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointed a pillar, where thou vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get thee out from this land, and return to the land of thy nativity.

⁸ The cedars in the garden of God could not dim it. The fir trees were not like its boughs, and the plane trees were not as its branches, nor was any tree in the garden of God like it in its beauty. ⁹ Thus God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. ¹⁰ And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceive, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled. ¹¹ And the agent of God said to me in the dream, Jacob. And I said, Here I am. ¹² And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled, for I have seen all that Laban does to thee.

³⁸ These twenty years I have been with thee, thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and I have not eaten the rams of thy flocks.

⁴⁰ Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.

⁴² Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now thou would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee last night.

³⁵ And the sons of Israel did according to the word of Moses, and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment. ³⁶ And LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. And they despoiled the Egyptians.

¹⁶ And he dealt well with Abram for her sake. And he had sheep, and oxen, and he-donkeys, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and she-donkeys, and camels.

² And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

³⁵ And LORD has blessed my master greatly, and he has become great. And he has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and men-servants and maid-servants, and camels and donkeys.

¹³ And the man became great, and grew more and more until he became very great. ¹⁴ And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household. And the Philistines envied him.

⁷ And your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me. ⁸ If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages, then all the flock bore speckled, and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy wages, then all the flock bore ringstreaked.

¹⁰ I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which thou have shown to thy servant, for with my staff I passed over this Jordan, and now I have become two companies.

¹¹ Take, I pray thee, my gift that is brought to thee, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.

⁷ For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their sojourning could not bear them because of their cattle.

⁷ I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem.

¹⁰ so that they shall take no wood out of the field, nor cut down any out of the forests, for they shall make fires of the weapons. And they shall plunder those who plundered them, and rob those who robbed them, says the lord LORD.