Genesis 29 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Then Jacob lifted up his feet,––and went his way towards the land of the sons of the East. ² And he looked, and lo! a well, in the field, and lo! there, three flocks of sheep, lying down near it, for, out of that well, do they water the flocks,––but, the stone, is great, on the mouth of the well: ³ so they gather together thither all the flocks, and roll away the stone from off the mouth of the well, and water the sheep,––and put back the stone upon the mouth of the well, to its place. ⁴ And Jacob said to them, My brethren, whence are ye? And they said: From Haran, are we. ⁵ And he said to them, Know ye Laban, son of Nahor? And they said, We know [him]. ⁶ And he said to them, Is it well with him? And they said, Well, but lo! Rachel his daughter, coming in with the sheep. ⁷ And he said––Lo! the day is yet high, it is not time for gathering together the cattle,––water the sheep, and go feed. ⁸ And they said, We cannot, until that all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll away the stone, from off the mouth of the well,––and then can we water the sheep.
⁹ While yet he was speaking with them, Rachel, had come in with the sheep which belonged to her father, for, a shepherdess, was she. ¹⁰ And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel, daughter of Laban, his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled away the stone from off the mouth of the well, and watered the sheep of Laban, his mother’s brother. ¹¹ And Jacob kissed Rachel,––and lifted up his voice, and wept. ¹² And, when Jacob told Rachel, that he was, her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son, then ran she, and told her father. ¹³ And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fondly kissed him, and brought him into his house,––when he recounted to Laban all these things. ¹⁴ And Laban said to him, Surely, my bone and my flesh, art thou. So he abode with him a month of days.
¹⁵ Then said Laban to Jacob, Is it because, my brother, thou art, that thou shouldst serve me for naught? Come, tell me! What shall be thy wages? ¹⁶ Now, Laban, had two daughters,––the name of the elder, Leah, and the name of the younger, Rachel. ¹⁷ But, the eyes of Leah, were weak,––whereas, Rachel, was comely in form, and comely in countenance. ¹⁸ So Jacob loved Rachel,––and he said, I will serve thee seven years, for Rachel thy younger daughter. ¹⁹ And Laban said, Better, that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man,––Abide with me! ²⁰ So Jacob served for Rachel––seven years,––and they became, in his eyes, as single days, for his love to her. ²¹ Then said Jacob unto Laban: Come give me my wife, for fulfilled are my days,––that I may go in unto her. ²² So Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a banquet. ²³ And it came to pass, in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her in unto him,––and he went in unto her. ²⁴ And Laban gave her Zilpah, his handmaid, unto Leah his daughter, as handmaid. ²⁵ And it came to pass, in the morning, that lo! it was Leah,––and he said unto Laban, What is this thou hast done to me? Was it not, for Rachel, I served with thee? Wherefore, then, hast thou deceived me? ²⁶ And Laban said, It must not be done so, in our place,––to give the later–born before the firstborn. ²⁷ Fulfill the week of this one,––then must we give thee, the other one also, for the service wherewith thou shalt serve with me, yet seven years more. ²⁸ And Jacob did so, and fulfilled the week of this one,––and he gave him Rachel his daughter––to him to wife. ²⁹ And Laban gave, to Rachel his daughter Bilhah, his handmaid,––to be hers, as a handmaid. ³⁰ So he went in, unto Rachel also, and loved, Rachel also, more than Leah,––and he served with him, yet seven years more.
³¹ And, when Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, he granted her to bear children,––whereas, Rachel, was barren. ³² So Leah conceived, and bare a son, and called his name, Reuben,––for she said, Because Yahweh hath looked upon my humiliation, For, now, will my husband love me. ³³ And she conceived again, and bare a son, and said, Because Yahweh heard that, I, was, hated, he gave me, this one also. So she called his name, Simeon. ³⁴ And she conceived again, and bare a son, and said, Now––this time, will my husband be bound unto me, For I have borne him three sons,––For this cause, called she his name, Levi. ³⁵ And she conceived again, and bare a son, and said, This time, will I praise Yahweh, For which cause, she called his name, Judah. And she left off bearing.

² Thus God finished, on the seventh day, his work which he had made, and rested, on the seventh day, from all his work which he had made. ³ And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it,––because, therein, rested he from all his work which God, by creating, had made.

²³ And the man said, This, one, now, is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh! This, one shall be called Woman, for, out of a man, hath this one been taken.

¹ Now, the man, having come to know Eve his wife,––she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a Man, even Yahweh!

¹⁰ Then stayed he yet seven days more,––and, again, sent forth the dove, out of the ark. ¹¹ And the dove came in unto him at eventide, and lo! a newly sprouted olive–leaf, in her mouth,––so Noah knew that the waters had abated from off the earth. ¹² And he stayed yet seven days more,––and sent forth the dove, but she returned not again unto him any more.

³¹ And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter–in–law, wife of Abram his son,––and came forth with them out of Ur of the Chaldees, that they might go their way towards the land of Canaan, and they came in as far as Haran, and dwelt there.

¹¹ And it came to pass, when he had come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife: Behold! I beseech thee, I know that, a woman fair to look on, thou art:

¹⁸ And Pharaoh called out to Abram, and said, What is this, thou hast done to me? Wherefore didst thou not tell me, that she was, thy wife?

⁸ So then Abram said unto Lot, Pray let not cause of strife arise betwixt me and thee, or betwixt my herdmen and thy herdmen; for, brethren, are we.

¹⁴ So Abram, hearing that his brother had been taken captive, drew forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan. ¹⁵ And he divided himself against them by night, he, and his servants, and smote them,––and pursued them as far as Hobah, which was on the left of Damascus. ¹⁶ So he brought back all the goods,––yea, Lot also his brother, with his goods, did he bring back, and the women also, and the people.

¹ But, Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children,––she had, however, an Egyptian handmaid, whose name was Hagar.

¹¹ And the messenger of Yahweh said to her, Behold thee! with child, and about bearing a son––and thou shalt call his name Ishmael[=" God hearkeneth"], for Yahweh hath hearkened unto thy humiliation.

¹⁸ For Yahweh, had restrained from bearing, every female of the house of Abimelech,––because of Sarah, wife of Abraham.

²⁰ And it came to pass, after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying,––Behold! Milcah––she also, hath borne sons, to Nahor thy brother: ²¹ Uz his firstborn, and Buz his brother,––and Kemuel, father of Aram–– ²² and Chesed and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph,––and Bethuel; ²³ And, Bethuel, hath begotten Rebekah,––These eight, hath Milcah borne to Nahor, brother of Abraham.

¹⁰ Then took the servant ten camels, from among the camels of his lord, and went his way,––all the goods of his master, being in his hand,––so be mounted, and went his way unto Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. ¹¹ And he made the camels kneel down outside the city, against the well of water,––at the time of evening, at the time of the coming forth of the women that drew water.

¹³ Here am, I, stationed by the fountain of water,––and, the daughters of the men of the city, are coming forth to draw water:

¹⁵ And it came to pass, ere yet, he, had done speaking, that lo! Rebekah, was coming forth, who had been born to Bethuel son of Milcah, wife of Nahor, brother of Abraham,––with her pitcher upon her shoulder. ¹⁶ Now, the young woman, was of very pleasing appearance, a virgin whom, no man, had known,––and she went down unto the fountain, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

²⁴ And she said unto him, Daughter of Bethuel, am, I,––[Bethuel] son of Milcah, whom she bare to Nahor.

²⁸ And the young woman ran, and told the household of her mother,––according to these words.
²⁹ Now, Rebekah, had a brother, whose name, was Laban,––so Laban ran unto the man, outside, unto the fountain.

⁵⁹ So they let go Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham’s servant, and his men.

⁶⁵ and said unto the servant, Who, is this man that is walking in the field, to meet us? And the servant said, That, is my lord. So she took the veil, and covered herself.

⁶⁷ And Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother; thus he took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her,––and Isaac consoled himself, for the loss of his mother.

²⁰ and it came to pass, that, Isaac, was forty years old, when he took Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Syrian, of the Plain of Syria,––sister of Laban the Syrian, to himself to wife. ²¹ So then Isaac made entreaty unto Yahweh, in behalf of his wife, for she was, barren,––and Yahweh suffered himself to be entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

²⁶ Then Isaac his father said unto him,––Come thou near, I pray thee, and kiss me, my son.

³⁵ Then he said, Thy brother came in, with deceit,––and took away thy blessing. ³⁶ And he said, Is it because, his name, is called, Jacob, that he hath tricked me, now twice? My birthright, he took away, And lo! now, he hath taken away, my blessing! And he said, Hast thou not reserved, for me, a blessing?

⁴¹ And Esau lay in wait for Jacob, on account of the blessing wherewith his father had blessed him,––and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father draw near, when I can slay Jacob my brother.

⁴³ Now, therefore, my son, hearken to my voice,––and rise, flee thou to Laban my brother, to Haran;

⁵ So Isaac sent away Jacob, and he took his journey to Padan–aram,––unto Laban son of Bethuel, the Syrian, brother of Rebekah, mother of Jacob and Esau.
⁶ And Esau beheld that Isaac, when he blessed Jacob, and sent him to Padan–aram, to take to himself from thence, a wife, that, in blessing him, he laid command upon him, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; ⁷ And that Jacob hearkened unto his father, and unto his mother,––and took his journey to Padan–aram.

¹⁰ So Jacob went forth, from Beer–sheba,––and journeyed towards Haran.

³ so they gather together thither all the flocks, and roll away the stone from off the mouth of the well, and water the sheep,––and put back the stone upon the mouth of the well, to its place.

⁶ And he said to them, Is it well with him? And they said, Well, but lo! Rachel his daughter, coming in with the sheep. ⁷ And he said––Lo! the day is yet high, it is not time for gathering together the cattle,––water the sheep, and go feed. ⁸ And they said, We cannot, until that all the flocks are gathered together, and they roll away the stone, from off the mouth of the well,––and then can we water the sheep.
⁹ While yet he was speaking with them, Rachel, had come in with the sheep which belonged to her father, for, a shepherdess, was she. ¹⁰ And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel, daughter of Laban, his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban, his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled away the stone from off the mouth of the well, and watered the sheep of Laban, his mother’s brother. ¹¹ And Jacob kissed Rachel,––and lifted up his voice, and wept. ¹² And, when Jacob told Rachel, that he was, her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son, then ran she, and told her father.

¹² And, when Jacob told Rachel, that he was, her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son, then ran she, and told her father. ¹³ And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fondly kissed him, and brought him into his house,––when he recounted to Laban all these things.

¹⁵ Then said Laban to Jacob, Is it because, my brother, thou art, that thou shouldst serve me for naught? Come, tell me! What shall be thy wages?

¹⁷ But, the eyes of Leah, were weak,––whereas, Rachel, was comely in form, and comely in countenance. ¹⁸ So Jacob loved Rachel,––and he said, I will serve thee seven years, for Rachel thy younger daughter.

²⁰ So Jacob served for Rachel––seven years,––and they became, in his eyes, as single days, for his love to her.

²⁴ And Laban gave her Zilpah, his handmaid, unto Leah his daughter, as handmaid. ²⁵ And it came to pass, in the morning, that lo! it was Leah,––and he said unto Laban, What is this thou hast done to me? Was it not, for Rachel, I served with thee? Wherefore, then, hast thou deceived me? ²⁶ And Laban said, It must not be done so, in our place,––to give the later–born before the firstborn. ²⁷ Fulfill the week of this one,––then must we give thee, the other one also, for the service wherewith thou shalt serve with me, yet seven years more. ²⁸ And Jacob did so, and fulfilled the week of this one,––and he gave him Rachel his daughter––to him to wife. ²⁹ And Laban gave, to Rachel his daughter Bilhah, his handmaid,––to be hers, as a handmaid. ³⁰ So he went in, unto Rachel also, and loved, Rachel also, more than Leah,––and he served with him, yet seven years more.

³⁰ So he went in, unto Rachel also, and loved, Rachel also, more than Leah,––and he served with him, yet seven years more.
³¹ And, when Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, he granted her to bear children,––whereas, Rachel, was barren.

³¹ And, when Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, he granted her to bear children,––whereas, Rachel, was barren. ³² So Leah conceived, and bare a son, and called his name, Reuben,––for she said, Because Yahweh hath looked upon my humiliation, For, now, will my husband love me.

¹ And Rachel saw she had borne no children unto Jacob, so Rachel became envious of her sister,––and said unto Jacob, Come! give me children, or else, I die. ² Then kindled the anger of Jacob with Rachel,––and he said, Am I, in the place of God, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? ³ And she said, Lo! my handmaid, Bilhah, Go in unto her,––that she may bear upon my knees, so that, I also, may be builded up by her! ⁴ And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid, to wife,––and Jacob went in unto her; ⁵ and Bilhah conceived, and bare unto Jacob a son; ⁶ and Rachel said, God hath vindicated me. Moreover also he hath hearkened unto my voice, and hath given me a son. For this cause, called she his name, Dan.

⁶ and Rachel said, God hath vindicated me. Moreover also he hath hearkened unto my voice, and hath given me a son. For this cause, called she his name, Dan. ⁷ And Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid, conceived again, and bare a second son to Jacob. ⁸ Then said Rachel, With wrestlings of God, have I wrestled with my sister, Yea I have prevailed. So she called his name, Naphtali.

⁸ Then said Rachel, With wrestlings of God, have I wrestled with my sister, Yea I have prevailed. So she called his name, Naphtali. ⁹ Then saw Leah, that she had left off bearing,––so she took Zilpah, her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob, to wife. ¹⁰ And Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, bare to Jacob a son: ¹¹ and Leah said, Victory hath come! So she called his name, Gad. ¹² And Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, bare a second son to Jacob;

¹⁸ Then said Leah, God hath given my hire, in that I gave my handmaid to my husband. So she called his name, Issachar. ¹⁹ And Leah conceived again, and bare a sixth son to Jacob. ²⁰ Then said Leah, God hath dowered me, even me, with a handsome dowry, Now, will my husband dwell with me, for I have borne him six sons. So she called his name, Zebulon.

²² Then God remembered Rachel,––and God hearkened unto her, and granted her to bear.

²⁵ And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph,––that Jacob said unto Laban, Let me go, that I may take my journey, unto my place, and to my land. ²⁶ Come, give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me take my journey,––for, thou, knowest my service, wherewith I have served thee.

²⁶ Come, give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me take my journey,––for, thou, knowest my service, wherewith I have served thee.

²⁸ And he said,––Come, fix thy wages for me, that I may give it!

⁴ So Jacob sent, and called for Rachel and for Leah,––to the field, unto his flock;

⁷ But, your father, hath deceived me, and hath changed my wages ten times,––yet God hath not suffered him to deal harmfully with me.

¹⁵ Are we not accounted, aliens, to him, seeing that, having sold us, he hath then gone on, devouring, our silver?

⁴¹ This, hath been my lot twenty years, in thy house,––I served thee fourteen years, for thy two daughters, And six years, for thy sheep––And thou didst change my wages ten times:–– ⁴² But that the God of my father––The God of Abraham, and the Dread of Isaac––Proved to be mine, Surely, even now, empty, hadst thou let me go? My humiliation and the wearying toil of my hands, God had seen, And therefore gave sentence last night!

⁵³ The Gods of Abraham and the Gods of Nahor judge betwixt us––the Gods of their fathers. And Jacob sware by the Dread of his father Isaac;

² and put the handmaids and their children first,––and Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph next;

⁴ Then ran Esau to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck,––and they wept.

¹² Heap on me, exceedingly, dowry and gift, and I will give, just as ye may say unto me,––but give me the young woman, to wife.

¹⁴ and said unto them––We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to a man that is uncircumcised,––for, a reproach, it would be to us.

²⁵ And it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took each man his sword, and came in upon the city, boldly,––and slew every male;

³⁰ Then said Jacob unto Simeon and unto Levi––Ye have troubled me, by making me odious among them that dwell in the land, among the Canaanites, and among the Perizzites,––I, having only men that may be counted, they will gather themselves together against me, and smite me,––and I shall be destroyed, both I, and my house.

¹⁹ So Rachel died,––and was buried on the way to Ephrath, the same, is Bethlehem. ²⁰ And Jacob set up a pillar, over her grave,––the same, is––The Pillar of the Grave of Rachel, until this day.

²² And it came to pass, while Israel inhabited that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine; and Israel heard of it. And so the Sons of Israel came to be Twelve. ²³ The sons of Leah, The firstborn of Jacob, Reuben,––And Simeon, and Levi and Judah, and Issachar and Zebulon: ²⁴ The sons of Rachel, Joseph, and Benjamin: ²⁵ And the sons of Bilhah, handmaid of Rachel, Dan, and Naphtali: ²⁶ And the sons of Zilpah, handmaid of Leah, Gad and Asher: These, are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him, in Padan–aram.

² These, are the generations of Jacob––Joseph, when seventeen years old, was shepherding with his brethren among the flocks, and, he, being, a youth, was with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah, wives of his father,––so then Joseph brought in the talk about them––something bad, unto their father.

¹⁴ So he said to him––Go, I pray thee, look after the welfare of thy brethren, and the welfare of the flock, and bring me back, word. And he sent him from the vale of Hebron, and he came in towards Shechem.

²¹ And Reuben heard it, and rescued him out of their hand,––and said––Let us not smite him, so as to take his life! ²² And Reuben said unto them––Do not shed blood! Cast him into this pit, which is in the wilderness, but put not forth, a hand, against him! that he might rescue him out of their hand, to restore him unto his father.

²⁹ And Reuben returned unto the pit, and lo! Joseph was not in the pit,––so he rent his clothes;

¹ And it came to pass, at that time, that Judah went down, away from his brethren,––and turned aside unto a certain Adullamite, whose, name, was Hirah. ² And Judah saw there, a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose, name, was Shua,––and he took her, and went in unto her; ³ and she conceived, and bare a son,––and he called his name, Er. ⁴ And she conceived again, and bare a son,––and she called his name Onan. ⁵ And she, yet again, bare a son, and called his name, Shelah,––and, she, was at Chezib, when she bare him. ⁶ And Judah took a wife, for Er his firstborn,––and, her name, was Tamar. ⁷ And it came to pass that Er, Judah’s firstborn, was displeasing in the eyes of Yahweh,––so Yahweh put him to death. ⁸ Then said Judah to Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and fulfill the duty of a brother–in–law unto her,––and raise up seed, to thy brother. ⁹ And Onan knew that the seed would not be his,––and so, although he did go in unto his brother’s wife, yet made he waste upon the ground, so as not to give seed to his brother. ¹⁰ And it was displeasing in the eyes of Yahweh, what he had done,––so he put, him also, to death. ¹¹ Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter–in–law––Remain a widow in the house of thy father, until Shelah my son grow up. For he said, Lest, he also, die, like his brethren. So Tamar went her way, and remained in the house of her father.
¹² And, when the days were multiplied, then died Shua’s daughter, Judah’s wife,––and Judah consoled himself, and went up unto his sheepshearers, he, and Hirah his friend the Adullamite, towards Timnah. ¹³ And it was told Tamar, saying,––Lo! thy father–in–law, is going up towards Timnah, to the shearing of his sheep. ¹⁴ So she put off from her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself up, and sat down in the entrance of, Enaim, which is by the way towards Timnah,––for she saw that Shelah had grown up, and, she, had not been given him to wife.

¹⁴ So she put off from her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself up, and sat down in the entrance of, Enaim, which is by the way towards Timnah,––for she saw that Shelah had grown up, and, she, had not been given him to wife. ¹⁵ And Judah, seeing her, reckoned her to be an unchaste woman,––for she had covered her face.

¹⁵ And Judah, seeing her, reckoned her to be an unchaste woman,––for she had covered her face. ¹⁶ So he turned aside unto her, by the way, and said, Grant it! I pray thee, let me come in unto thee! For he knew not that she, was, his daughter–in–law. And she said, What wilt thou give me, if thou shouldst come in unto me?

¹⁶ So he turned aside unto her, by the way, and said, Grant it! I pray thee, let me come in unto thee! For he knew not that she, was, his daughter–in–law. And she said, What wilt thou give me, if thou shouldst come in unto me? ¹⁷ And he said, I, will send a kid of the goats, from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give a pledge, until thou send it? ¹⁸ And he said––What is the pledge that I shall give thee? And she said––Thy signet–ring, and thy guard, and thy staff that is in thy hand. So he gave them to her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. ¹⁹ Then she arose and went her way, and put off her veil from her,––and put on the garments of her widowhood. ²⁰ And Judah sent the kid of the goats, by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge, at the hand of the woman,––but he found her not. ²¹ So he asked the men of her place, saying, Where is the devotee, she, that was in Enaim, by the way? And they said,––There hath been, here, no devotee. ²² Then returned he unto Judah, and said––I found her not,––moreover, also, the men of the place, said, There hath been, here, no devotee. ²³ And Judah said: Thou must take it to her, lest we become a contempt,––lo! I sent this kid, and, thou, hast not found her.
²⁴ And it came to pass that, about three months after, it was told Judah, saying––Tamar thy daughter–in–law hath been guilty of unchastity, moreover, also lo! she hath conceived by unchastity. Then said Judah, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. ²⁵ When, she, was about to be brought forth, then, she herself, sent unto her father–in–law, saying, By the man to whom these belong, have, I, conceived! And she said––Examine, I pray thee, to whom belong the signet–ring, and the guard, and the staff––these! ²⁶ So Judah examined them and said––More righteous than I! forasmuch, as I had not given her to Shelah my son. And he knew her again, no more. ²⁷ And it came to pass, at the time of her travail, that lo! twins, were in her womb. ²⁸ And it came to pass, when she was in travail, that one put forth a hand,––so the midwife took and bound upon his hand a crimson thread, saying––This, came first! ²⁹ And so it was that, no sooner had he withdrawn his hand, than lo! his brother had come. And she said, Wherefore hast thou made for thyself a breach? So his name was called Perez. ³⁰ And, afterwards, came his brother, on whose hand, was the crimson thread,––so his name was called Zerah.

⁶ so that he left all that he had in the hand of Joseph, and took note with him, of nothing, save only the bread which, he himself, was eating. And so it was, that Joseph was comely in form and comely in countenance.

²² And Reuben responded to them, saying––Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child! And ye hearkened not? His very blood, therefore, lo! it is required.

²⁴ So he turned away from them, and wept,––then came back unto them, and spake unto them, and took away from them, Simeon, and bound him prisoner before their eyes.

²⁷ And the first opened his sack, to give fodder to his ass, at the inn,––and beheld his silver, yea, there, it was, in the mouth of his sack!

⁸ Then said Judah unto Israel his father––Come! send thou down the young man with me, that we may arise and go our way,––and live and not die, both, we and thou, and our little ones. ⁹ I, will be surety for him, at my hand, shalt thou require him,––as surely as I bring him not in unto thee, and set him down before thee, so surely will I be counted a sinner against thee, all the days,

²⁷ Then asked he after their welfare, and said––Is it well with your aged father, of whom ye spake? Is he yet, alive?

³⁰ And Joseph made haste, for his compassions towards his brother, were pent up, and he sought to weep,––so he went into the inner chamber, and wept there.

³² So they set on, for him––by himself, and for them––by themselves,––and for the Egyptians that were eating with him––by themselves, for the Egyptians might not eat, bread, with the Hebrews, for, an abomination, had that been to Egyptians.

¹⁸ Then Judah drew near unto him, and said––Pardon, my lord! Pray let thy servant speak a word in the ears of my lord, and do not let thine anger be kindled against thy servant,––for, thus, art, thou, as Pharaoh! ¹⁹ It was, my lord, who asked his servants, saying,––Have, ye a father, or a brother? ²⁰ So we said unto my lord, We have, an aged father, and the child of his old age, a youth,––his brother, being dead, he alone, is left of his mother, and, his father, loveth him.

²⁰ So we said unto my lord, We have, an aged father, and the child of his old age, a youth,––his brother, being dead, he alone, is left of his mother, and, his father, loveth him. ²¹ So then thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me,––that I may set mine eyes upon him. ²² And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father,––as surely as he leaveth his father, so surely will he, die. ²³ And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother do come down with you, ye shall not again behold my face. ²⁴ So it came to pass, when we had gone up unto thy servant, my father, that we told him the words of my lord. ²⁵ Then said our father,––Go again, buy us a little food. ²⁶ And we said, We cannot go down,––If our youngest brother be, with us, then, will we go down, for we cannot see the face of the man, if, our youngest brother, is not, with us. ²⁷ Then said thy servant my father, unto us,––Ye yourselves, know, that, two, did my wife bear to me,

²⁷ Then said thy servant my father, unto us,––Ye yourselves, know, that, two, did my wife bear to me, ²⁸ and the one went forth from me, and I said––Certainly he hath been, torn in pieces,––And I have never seen him since. ²⁹ As surely as ye take, this one also, away from before my face, and there befall him any mischief, so surely shall ye bring down my grey hairs, with misfortune, to hades. ³⁰ Now, therefore, as surely as I go in unto thy servant my father, and, the lad, is not, with us,––seeing that his soul is bound up with [the lad’s] soul, ³¹ so surely shall it come to pass that, when he seeth that the lad is not, with us, then will he die. So shall thy servants bring down the grey hairs of thy servant our father, with sorrow, to hades. ³² For, thy servant, became surety for the lad, while away from my father, saying,––If I bring him not unto thee, then will I count myself a sinner against my father all the days. ³³ Now, therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant remain instead of the lad, as servant to my lord,––but, as for the lad, let him go up with his brethren. ³⁴ For how can I go up unto my father, should, the lad, not, be with me? lest I look on the calamity, that shall find out my father.

² Then gave he forth his voice, in weeping,––and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.

¹⁴ Then fell he upon the neck of Benjamin his brother, and wept,––and, Benjamin, wept on his, neck. ¹⁵ Then kissed he all his brethren, and wept upon them,––and, thereafter, his brethren spake with him.

¹⁵ Then kissed he all his brethren, and wept upon them,––and, thereafter, his brethren spake with him.

⁸ Now, these, are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt––Jacob and his sons,––The firstborn of Jacob, Reuben: ⁹ And, the sons of Reuben,––Hanoch and Pallu, and Hezron and Carmi;

¹¹ And, the sons of Levi,––Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; ¹² And, the sons of Judah,––Er and Onan and Shelah, and Perez and Zerah,––but Er and Onan died, in the land of Canaan, and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul;

¹⁵ These, are the sons of Leah, whom she bare to Jacob, in Padan–aram, with Dinah also his daughter,––All the souls of his sons and of his daughters, were thirty–three.

¹⁸ These, are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter,––so she bare these to Jacob,––sixteen souls. ¹⁹ The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife,––Joseph, and Benjamin; ²⁰ And, there were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt, whom Asenath daughter of Poti–phera, priest of On, bare to him, Manasseh, and Ephraim; ²¹ And, the sons of Benjamin––Bela and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, Ehi and Rosh,––Muppim and Huppim, and Ard. ²² These, are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob,––all the souls, were fourteen.

⁷ But, as for me, when I came in from Padan, Rachel died by me, in the land of Canaan, in the way, while yet there was a stretch of country to come into Ephrath,––so I buried her there, in the way to Ephrath, the same, is Bethlehem.

³ Reuben, my first–born, thou, My vigour, and the firstfruit of my strength,––Preeminence of elevation, and preeminence of power: ⁴ Boiling over like water, thou mayest not have preeminence, Because thou didst mount the bed of thy father,––Then, wast thou profane––My marriage–bed, he mounted!
⁵ Simeon and Levi, are brethren,––Instruments of violence, are their agreements:

⁵ Simeon and Levi, are brethren,––Instruments of violence, are their agreements: ⁶ Into their circle, do not thou enter, my soul! In their convocation, do not thou join, mine honour! For, in their anger, they slew brave men, And, in their wantonness, they hamstrung oxen.

⁶ Into their circle, do not thou enter, my soul! In their convocation, do not thou join, mine honour! For, in their anger, they slew brave men, And, in their wantonness, they hamstrung oxen. ⁷ Accursed, be their anger, because fierce, And their wrath, because cruel,––I divide them in Jacob, And I disperse them in Israel.
⁸ Judah, as for thee, thy brethren shall praise thee [when], thy hand, is on the neck of thy foes,––The sons of thy father, shall bow themselves down to thee: ⁹ A lion’s whelp, is Judah, From the prey, my son, hast thou come up! He hath stooped––hath crouched, As a lion––or as a lioness, Who shall rouse him? ¹⁰ The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the commander’s staff from between his feet,––Until that he come in as a Shiloh, And, his, be the obedience of the peoples: ¹¹ Binding, to the vine, his ass, And, to the choice vine, his ass’s colt, He hath washed, in wine, his raiment, And, in the blood of grapes, his mantle: ¹² Darker––his eyes, than wine,––Whiter––his teeth, than milk!

³¹ There, buried they Abraham, and Sarah his wife, There, buried they Isaac, and Rebekah his wife,––And, there, buried I Leah:––

¹ And there went a man of the house of Levi,––and took a daughter of Levi.

¹⁵ So Pharaoh heard this thing, and sought to slay Moses,––and Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian, and sat down by the well.
¹⁶ Now, the priest of Midian, had seven daughters,––and they came and drew, and filled the troughs, to water their fathers flock. ¹⁷ Then came the shepherds, and drave them away,––so Moses rose up, and succoured them, and watered their flock.

²¹ And Moses was well–pleased to dwell with the man,––and he gave Zipporah his daughter, to Moses.

⁷ Then said Yahweh, I have, seen, the humiliation of my people, who are in Egypt,––and, their outcry, have I heard, by reason of their task–masters, for I know their pains;

²⁷ And Yahweh said unto Aaron, Go thy way to meet Moses, towards the desert. So he went his way, and fell in with him in the mountain of God, and kissed him.

³¹ And the people believed,––and, when they heard that Yahweh had concerned himself for the sons of Israel, and that he had looked upon their humiliation, then bent they their heads and bowed themselves down.

⁷ So Moses went forth to meet his father–in–law, and bowed himself down to him, and kissed him, and they asked each other of their welfare,––and came into the tent.

¹⁶ And, when a man enticeth a virgin who is not betrothed, and lieth with her, he shall, surely pay a purchase–price, that she may be his wife. ¹⁷ If her father, utterly refuse, to give her to him, silver, shall he weigh out, according to the purchase–price of virgins.

²⁶ So Moses took his stand in the gate of the camp, and said––Who is for Yahweh? . . . To me! Then gathered unto him all the sons of Levi. ²⁷ And he said to them––Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh,––pass through and return, from gate to gate, in the camp, and slay ye every man his brother, and every man his friend, and every man his neighbour. ²⁸ So the sons of Levi did, according to the word of Moses,––and there fell, from among the people, on that day, about three thousand men. ²⁹ And Moses said––Install yourselves, today, unto Yahweh, yea every man for his son, and for his brother,––so will he bestow upon you, today, a blessing.

¹⁸ And, a woman unto her sister, shalt thou not take,––to cause rivalry, by uncovering her shame, besides her own, while she is living.

² Therefore also, thy brethren of the tribe of Levi, the stem of thy father, bring thou near with thee, and let them be joined unto thee, and let them wait upon thee,––both on thee and on thy sons with thee, before the tent of the testimony. ³ So shall they keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tent,––only, unto the vessels of the sanctuary, and unto the altar, shall they not come near, lest they die––both they, and ye. ⁴ So shall they be joined unto thee, and shall keep the charge of the tent of meeting, as to all the laborious work of the tent,––but, a stranger, shall not come near unto you.

⁷ So he took up his parable and said,––From Aram, doth Balak conduct me, The king of Moab, from the mountains of the East, Come thou! curse me Jacob, Yea, come thou! rage on Israel.

¹⁵ When a man shall have two wives––the one, beloved and, the other, hated, and they have borne him sons, both she that is beloved, and she that is hated,––and it shall be that the firstborn son belongeth to her that is hated,

⁷ so we made outcry unto Yahweh God of our fathers,––and Yahweh hearkened unto our voice, and looked upon our humiliation and our toil, and our oppression;

⁷ And, this, is for Judah, when he said, Hear, O Yahweh, the voice of Judah, That, unto his own people, thou wouldst bring him home,––Let, his own hands, suffice him, And, a helper, from his adversaries, do thou become.
⁸ And, of Levi, he said: Let, thy perfections and thy lights, belong unto thy man of lovingkindness,––Whom thou didst put to the proof at Massah, With whom thou didst contend over the waters of Meribah; ⁹ Who saith, of his father and of his mother, I behold them not, And, his own brethren, regardeth he not, And, his own sons, observeth he not,––Because they watch thy speech, That, thy covenant, they may preserve; ¹⁰ May teach thy regulations unto Jacob, And thy law unto Israel,––May put incense in thy nostrils, And a whole–offering upon thine altar.

⁷ Then said Adoni–bezek––Seventy kings, with their thumbs and great toes cut off, have been picking up crumbs under my table, as I have done, so, hath God requited me. And they brought him into Jerusalem, and he died there.

³ And so it used to be, if Israel had sown, then came up Midian and Amalek and the sons of the east, yea came up against them,

³³ Now, all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the sons of the east, were gathered together,––and they crossed over and pitched in the vale of Jezreel.

¹² Now, the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the sons of the east, were lying along in the vale, like locusts for multitude,––their camels also, were without number, as the sand that is by the sea side, for multitude.

¹⁰ Now, Zebah and Zalmunna, were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand, all that were left out of all the host of the sons of the east,––and, the fallen, were a hundred and twenty thousand men, who had drawn the sword.

² Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the owners of Shechem––Which is better for you, that there should rule over you, seventy men, all sons of Jerubbaal, or that there should rule over you, one man? And remember that, your bone and your flesh, am I.

² And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, and, his name, was Manoah; and, his wife, was barren, and had borne no child. ³ And the messenger of Yahweh appeared unto the woman,––and said unto her––Lo! I pray thee, thou, art barren, and hast borne no child, but thou shalt conceive, and shalt bear a son.

¹⁰ And his father went down unto the woman,––and Samson made there a banquet, for, so, used the young men, to do.

¹⁰ And his father went down unto the woman,––and Samson made there a banquet, for, so, used the young men, to do. ¹¹ And it came to pass, because they feared him, that they took thirty companions, who remained with him. ¹² And Samson said unto them, I pray you let me put you forth a riddle,––if ye, tell, it me, within the seven days of the banquet, and find it out, then will I give you thirty linen wraps and thirty changes of raiment;

¹² And Samson said unto them, I pray you let me put you forth a riddle,––if ye, tell, it me, within the seven days of the banquet, and find it out, then will I give you thirty linen wraps and thirty changes of raiment; ¹³ but, if ye cannot tell me, then shall, ye, give me thirty linen wraps, and thirty changes of raiment. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it. ¹⁴ And he said to them––Out of the eater, came forth food, And, out of the strong, came forth sweetness. But they could not tell the riddle, in three days. ¹⁵ And it came to pass, on the fourth day, that they said to Samson’s wife, Entice thy husband, that he may tell us the riddle, lest we burn thee and the house of thy father, with fire. Was it not, to impoverish us, that ye invited us––was it not? ¹⁶ And the wife of Samson wept upon him, and said––Thou dost, altogether hate me, and dost not love me, a riddle, hast thou put forth to the sons of my people, and, unto me, thou hast not told it! And he said to her, Lo! to my own father and mother, have I not told it, and, to thee, shall I tell it? ¹⁷ So she wept upon him the seven days,––while their banquet lasted,––and it came to pass, on the seventh day, that he told her, because she urged him, and she told the riddle unto the sons of her people. ¹⁸ And the men of the city said to him, on the seventh day––ere yet the sun went in, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion? And he said to them: If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle!

¹ And it came to pass, after a time, in the days of wheat–harvest, that Samson went to visit his wife, with a kid, and he said––I will go in unto my wife, in the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in.

¹⁰ Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, wife of Mahlon, have I taken over, to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off––from among his brethren, and from the gate of his dwelling– place,––Witnesses, are ye today! ¹¹ Then said all the people who were in the gate, and the elders––Witnesses!, ––Yahweh grant the woman who is coming into thy house, to be as Rachel, and as Leah, which two of them did build the house of Israel. Do thou bravely, then, in Ephrathah, and proclaim thou a name in Bethlehem,

¹¹ Then said all the people who were in the gate, and the elders––Witnesses!, ––Yahweh grant the woman who is coming into thy house, to be as Rachel, and as Leah, which two of them did build the house of Israel. Do thou bravely, then, in Ephrathah, and proclaim thou a name in Bethlehem, ¹² And let thy house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bare to Judah,––of the seed which––may Yahweh give thee, of this young woman.
¹³ So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he went in unto her,––and Yahweh granted her conception, and she bare a son.

⁵ and, unto Hannah, used he to give one portion,––howbeit, Hannah, he loved, although, Yahweh, had restrained her from having children.

¹¹ And she vowed a vow, and said––Yahweh of hosts! If thou wilt, look, upon the humiliation of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man–child, then will I give him unto Yahweh, all the days of his life, and no, razor, shall come upon his head.

²⁰ And so it was, when the days had come round during which Hannah was with child, that she bare a son,––and called his name Samuel[=" Heard of God"], Because, of Yahweh, I asked him.

²⁷ For this boy, I prayed,––And Yahweh hath given me my petition which I asked of him.

²¹ And Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bare three sons, and two daughters. Thus did the boy Samuel grow up with Yahweh.

² When thou departest, today, from me, then shalt thou find two men by the grave of Rachel, within the boundary of Benjamin, in Zelzah,––and they will say unto thee, The asses are found, which thou wentest to seek, and lo! thy father hath abandoned caring for the asses, and is concerned for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

²² Then David entrusted the provisions that were upon him to the care of the keeper of the stores, and ran unto the ranks,––and came and asked for the welfare of his brethren.

¹⁷ So then Saul said unto David––Lo! my elder daughter Merab, her, will I give thee to wife, only, approve thyself unto me as a son of valour and fight the battles of Yahweh. Saul, however, had said to himself––Let not, my own hand, be upon him, but let, the hand of the Philistines, be upon him. ¹⁸ And David said unto Saul––Who am, I, or who are my kinsfolk, the family of my father, in Israel,––that I should become son–in–law, to the king? ¹⁹ But it came to pass, within the time for giving Merab daughter of Saul to David, that, she, was given to Adriel the Meholathite, to wife. ²⁰ Then did Michal, Saul’s daughter, love David,––and it was told Saul, and the thing was right in his eyes. ²¹ And Saul said to himself––I will give her unto him, that she may prove to him a snare, and that, the hand of the Philistines, may be upon him. So then Saul said unto David, A second time, mayest thou become my son–in–law today. ²² And Saul commanded his servants––Speak ye unto David quietly saying, Lo! the king delighteth in thee, and, all his servants, love thee,––now, therefore, become thou son–in–law to the king. ²³ And the servants of Saul spake, in the ears of David, these words. And David said––Seemeth it a light thing, in your eyes, to become son–in–law to the king, seeing that, I, am a poor man and lightly esteemed? ²⁴ So the servants of Saul told him, saying,––According to these words, spake David, ²⁵ Then said Saul––Thus, shall ye say unto David––The king hath no delight in purchase–price, but rather in a hundred foreskins of Philistines, by avenging himself on the enemies of the king. But, Saul, thought to let David fall by the hand of the Philistines. ²⁶ So, when his servants told David these words, the thing was right in the eyes of David, to become son–in–law unto the king,––and the days had not expired. ²⁷ Wherefore David arose, and went––he and his men, and smote among the Philistines two hundred men, and David brought in their foreskins, and gave them in full tale unto the king, that he might become son–in–law unto the king, and Saul gave him Michal his daughter, to wife.

⁵ David, therefore, sent ten young men,––and David said unto the young men,––Go up to Carmel, and enter in unto Nabal, and ye shall ask him, in my name, of his welfare;

¹⁴ And David sent messengers unto Ish–bosheth son of Saul, saying,––Give up my wife, Michal, whom I espoused to myself, for a hundred foreskins of Philistines.

¹ Then came all the tribes of Israel unto David, in Hebron,––and spake, saying––Behold us! thy bone and thy flesh, we are.

¹² It may be, that Yahweh will behold with his eye,––and that Yahweh will return me good, for his cursing this day.

¹² Mine own brethren, are ye, my bone and my flesh, are ye,––wherefore then should ye be behindhand in bringing back the king? ¹³ And, unto Amasa, shall ye say, Art not, thou, my bone and my flesh? So, let God do to me, and, so, let him add, if thou become not, prince of the army, before me continually, instead of Joab.

³⁹ And, when all the people had passed over the Jordan, then, the king, passed over, ––and the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him, and he returned unto his own place.

⁹ Then said Joab unto Amasa, Art thou, well, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand, to kiss him.

³⁰ so that, the wisdom of Solomon, excelled, the wisdom of all the sons of the East,––and all the wisdom of the Egyptians,

¹ And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, for, he, was the firstborn, but because he defiled the couch of his father, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel,––and he is not to be enrolled in the place of firstborn, ² for, Judah, prevailed over his brethren, so that, even the prince, is from him,––although, the birthright, pertaineth to Joseph;

² Deception, speak they, every one with his neighbour,––with lips uttering smooth things––with a heart and a heart, do they speak.

² In pastures of tender grass, he maketh me lie down, Unto restful waters, he leadeth me;

¹⁸ Behold my humiliation and my pain, and take away all my sins.

⁴⁴ Then looked he on the distress which befell them,––when he heard their loud cry;

³² The way of thy commandments, will I run, for thou wilt enlarge my heart.

⁶⁰ I have hastened, and not delayed, to keep thy commandments.

³ Lo! an inheritance from Yahweh, are children, A reward, the fruit of the womb:

³¹ Lo! the righteous, in the earth shall be recompensed, how much more the lawless and the sinner.

³⁰ Deceitful is loveliness and vain is beauty, The woman that revereth Yahweh, she, shall be praised:

⁷ Go thy way––eat, with gladness, thy food, and drink, with a happy heart, thy wine,––when already God is well pleased with thy works.

⁶ [SHE] Do not look on me, because, I, am so swarthy, because the sun hath scorched me,––My mother’s sons, were angry with me, they set me to keep the vineyards, Mine own vineyard, have I not kept. . . .
⁷ Tell me, thou loved of my soul! Where wilt thou pasture thy flock? Where wilt thou let them recline at noon? For why should I be as one that wrappeth a veil about her, by the flocks of thy companions?

⁷ Tell me, thou loved of my soul! Where wilt thou pasture thy flock? Where wilt thou let them recline at noon? For why should I be as one that wrappeth a veil about her, by the flocks of thy companions? ⁸ [HE] If thou know not of thyself, most beautiful among women! get thee forth in the footsteps of the flock, and pasture thy kids by the huts of the shepherds. . . .

⁶ [SHE] Set me as a seal, upon thy heart, as a seal upon thine arm, For, mighty as death, is love, Exacting as hades, is jealousy,––The flames thereof, are flames of fire, The flash of Yah! ⁷ Many waters, cannot quench love, nor shall, floods, overwhelm it,––If a man would give all the substance of his house, for love, they would, utterly despise, him. [****]

⁵ Then said I––Woe to me!––for I am undone, Because, a man of unclean lips, am, I, And, in the midst of a people of unclean lips, do, I, dwell,––For, the King, Yahweh of hosts, have mine eyes seen!

¹¹ Then said I––How long, My Lord? And he said––Until the time that, Cities be wasted, through, having no inhabitant, And houses––through having no men, And, the ground, be laid waste unto desolation;

¹⁰ They shall neither hunger, nor thirst, Nor shall smite, them the glowing sand, or the glaring sun,––For, he that hath compassion upon them, will lead them, And, unto springs of water, will he conduct them.

¹⁵ Thus, saith Yahweh––A voice, in Ramah, is heard, Wailing, bitter weeping, Rachel, weeping for her children,––She refuseth to be comforted for her children, For they are, not!

² So I secured her to me, for fifteen pieces of silver,––and a homer of barley, and a half–homer of barley;

¹² When Jacob fled to the country of Syria, then Israel served for a wife, and, for a wife, he watched over a flock.

⁵ Do not trust in a friend, do not put confidence in an associate,––from her that lieth in thy bosom, keep thou the doors of thy mouth;

³ And, Esau, have I hated,–– and made his mountains a desolation, and his inheritance [a dwelling] for the jackals of the wilderness.

¹⁵ Now was it not, One, [who] made [you] who had, the residue of the spirit? What, then, of that One? He was seeking a godly seed. Therefore should ye take heed to your spirit, and, with the wife of thy youth, do not thou deal treacherously.

² Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob, begat Judah and his brethren;

¹⁸ Now the birth, of [Jesus] Christ, was, thus: His mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph,––before they came together, she was found with child by [the] Holy Spirit.

¹⁸ A voice, in Ramah, was heard, weeping and great mourning,––Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted,––because they are not.

²⁴ No one, unto two masters, can be in service; for either, the one, he will hate, and, the other, love, or, one, he will hold to, and, the other, despise: Ye cannot be in service, unto God, and, unto Riches.

² For, with what judgment ye judge, shall ye be judged,––and, with what measure ye mete, shall it be measured unto you.

¹² Whatsoever things, therefore, ye would, that men be doing unto you, so, be, ye also, doing, unto them,––for, this, is the law and the prophets.

³⁷ He that loveth father or mother above me, is not, worthy, of me,––and, he that loveth son or daughter above me, is not, worthy, of me;

² The kingdom of the heavens hath become like a man, a king,––who made a marriage–feast for his son; ³ And sent his servants, to call the invited into the marriage–feast,––and they would not come. ⁴ Again, sent he other servants, saying––Say to the invited, Lo! my dinner, have I prepared, mine oxen and my fatlings, are slain,––and, all things, are, ready: Come ye into the marriage–feast. ⁵ And, they, slighting it, went off, one, indeed, into his own field, and, another, unto his merchandise,–– ⁶ And, the rest, securing his servants, ill–treated and slew them. ⁷ And, the king, was provoked to anger,––and, sending his armies, destroyed those murderers, and, their city, set on fire. ⁸ Then, saith he unto his servants––The marriage, indeed, is ready,––but, the invited, were not, worthy; ⁹ Be going, therefore, into the crossways of the roads, and, as many as ye shall find, call ye into the marriage–feast. ¹⁰ And those servants, going forth, into the roads, gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good,––and filled was the bride–chamber with guests.

¹ Then, will the kingdom of the heavens become like unto, ten virgins, who, taking their torches, went forth to meet the bridegroom. ² Now, five of them, were foolish, and, five, prudent. ³ For, the foolish––though they took, their torches, took not with them, oil: ⁴ But, the prudent, took oil in their vessels, with their torches. ⁵ Now, the bridegroom, delaying, they all became drowsy, and were sleeping. ⁶ And, at midnight, an outcry hath been made––Lo! the bridegroom! Be going forth to meet him! ⁷ Then, arose all those virgins, and trimmed their torches. ⁸ And, the foolish, unto the prudent, said––Give us of your oil, because, our torches, are going out. ⁹ But the prudent, answered, saying––Lest once, by any means, there be not enough for us and you, be going rather unto them that sell, and buy for yourselves ¹⁰ But, as they were going away to buy, the bridegroom came; and, they who were ready, went in with him, into the marriage–feast, and, the door was locked.

³ And they were saying one to another––Who, shall roll away for us the stone, out of the door of the tomb?

⁷ and they had no child, inasmuch as Elizabeth was barren, and, both, had become, advanced in their days.

²⁵ Thus, for me, hath the Lord wrought,––in the days in which he looked upon me, to take away my reproach among men.

⁴⁵ A kiss, to me, thou didst not give,––but, she, from the time I came in, hath not ceased tenderly kissing my feet.

²⁶ If anyone cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, further also, even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

² And they found the stone, rolled away from the tomb;

¹ And, on the third day, a marriage, took place, in Cana, of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there,–– ² and Jesus also was invited, with his disciples, unto the marriage. ³ And, wine falling short, the mother of Jesus saith unto him––Wine, have they none! ⁴ And Jesus saith unto her––What part can I take with thee, O woman? Not yet, hath come, mine hour. ⁵ His mother saith unto them who are ministering––Whatsoever he may say to you, do! ⁶ Now there were there, six stone water–vessels, placed, according to the purification of the Jews; holding each, two or three measures. ⁷ Jesus saith unto them––Fill the vessels with water. And they filled them up to the brim. ⁸ And he saith unto them––Draw out now, and be bearing unto the master of the feast. And they bare. ⁹ And, when the master of the feast had tasted the water, now made, wine, and knew not whence it was,––though, they who were ministering, knew, even they who had drawn out the water, the master accosteth the bridegroom, ¹⁰ and saith unto him––Every man, first the good wine, setteth out; and, when they had been well–supplied, the inferior:––Thou, hast kept the good wine until, even now.

⁶ Now Jacob’s fountain was there. Jesus, therefore, having become toil–worn with the journey, was sitting thus, upon the fountain. It was about the sixth hour.

¹⁴ But, whosoever shall drink of the water which, I, will give him, in nowise shall thirst, unto times age–abiding,––but, the water which I will give him, shall become, within him, a fountain of water, springing up unto life age–abiding.

²⁵ He that loveth his life, loseth it; but, he that hateth his life, in this world, unto life age–abiding, shall guard it.

¹⁷ He saith unto him, the third time––Simon, son of John! art thou fond of me? Peter was grieved, that he said unto him, the third time, Art thou fond of me? and he said unto him––Lord! all things, thou, knowest: thou perceivest that I am fond of thee. Jesus saith unto him––Be feeding my sheep.

² And, he, said––Brethren and fathers, hearken! The God of Glory, appeared unto our father Abraham, while he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,––

⁴ Then, coming forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Haran; and, from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, in which, ye, now dwell;

³⁷ And they all wept much, and, falling upon Paul’s neck, they were tenderly kissing him;

¹⁶ Salute ye one another, with a holy a kiss. All the assemblies of the Christ salute you.

¹³ Each one’s work, shall be made, manifest; for, the day, will make it plain, because, by fire, is it to be revealed,––and, each one’s work, of what sort it is, the fire itself will prove:––

⁷ All things, covereth, all things, believeth, all things, hopeth, all things, endureth.

¹⁴ For, the love of the Christ, constraineth us; –– Having judged this,––that, one, in behalf of all, died, hence, they all, died;

⁹ And, in doing that which is honourable, let us not be fainthearted; for, in due season, we shall reap, if we faint not. ¹⁰ Hence, then, as we have opportunity, let us be working what is good, towards all,––but, especially, towards the family of the faith.

² And walk in love––even as, the Christ also, loved you, and delivered himself up in your behalf, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for a fragrance of sweet smell.

¹⁶ Buying out for yourselves the opportunity, because, the days, are evil;

³⁰ Because, members, are we of his body; ––

⁵ In wisdom, be walking towards them who are without,––the opportunity, buying out for yourselves,

¹⁰ For, a root of all the vices, is the love of money, which, some, being eager for, have been seduced from the faith, and have pierced, themselves, about with many pangs.

¹⁹ I, as many as I tenderly love, I convict and put under discipline: be zealous, therefore, and repent.

¹⁷ Because, the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne, shall shepherd them, and shall lead them unto life’s fountains of waters; and God shall wipe away every tear out of their eyes.

⁹ And he saith unto me––Write! Happy, they who, unto the marriage supper of the Lamb, have been bidden! And he saith unto me––These words, are, true [words] of God.