_________________________________________________________________ Title: The Holy Bible: Young's Literal Translation Creator(s): Anonymous Rights: Public Domain CCEL Subjects: All; Bible; Old Testament; New Testament LC Call no: BS195 .Y6 LC Subjects: The Bible Modern texts and versions English _________________________________________________________________ Holy Bible Young's Literal Translation _________________________________________________________________ Old Testament _________________________________________________________________ Genesis _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 1 ^1In the beginning of God`s preparing the heavens and the earth -- ^2the earth hath existed waste and void, and darkness [is] on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God fluttering on the face of the waters, ^3and God saith, `Let light be;` and light is. ^4And God seeth the light that [it is] good, and God separateth between the light and the darkness, ^5and God calleth to the light `Day,` and to the darkness He hath called `Night;` and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day one. ^6And God saith, `Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.` ^7And God maketh the expanse, and it separateth between the waters which [are] under the expanse, and the waters which [are] above the expanse: and it is so. ^8And God calleth to the expanse `Heavens;` and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day second. ^9And God saith, `Let the waters under the heavens be collected unto one place, and let the dry land be seen:` and it is so. ^10And God calleth to the dry land `Earth,` and to the collection of the waters He hath called `Seas;` and God seeth that [it is] good. ^11And God saith, `Let the earth yield tender grass, herb sowing seed, fruit-tree (whose seed [is] in itself) making fruit after its kind, on the earth:` and it is so. ^12And the earth bringeth forth tender grass, herb sowing seed after its kind, and tree making fruit (whose seed [is] in itself) after its kind; and God seeth that [it is] good; ^13and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day third. ^14And God saith, `Let luminaries be in the expanse of the heavens, to make a separation between the day and the night, then they have been for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years, ^15and they have been for luminaries in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth:` and it is so. ^16And God maketh the two great luminaries, the great luminary for the rule of the day, and the small luminary -- and the stars -- for the rule of the night; ^17and God giveth them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth, ^18and to rule over day and over night, and to make a separation between the light and the darkness; and God seeth that [it is] good; ^19and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day fourth. ^20And God saith, `Let the waters teem with the teeming living creature, and fowl let fly on the earth on the face of the expanse of the heavens.` ^21And God prepareth the great monsters, and every living creature that is creeping, which the waters have teemed with, after their kind, and every fowl with wing, after its kind, and God seeth that [it is] good. ^22And God blesseth them, saying, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and the fowl let multiply in the earth:` ^23and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day fifth. ^24And God saith, `Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind:` and it is so. ^25And God maketh the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, and God seeth that [it is] good. ^26And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.` ^27And God prepareth the man in His image; in the image of God He prepared him, a male and a female He prepared them. ^28And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.` ^29And God saith, `Lo, I have given to you every herb sowing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in which [is] the fruit of a tree sowing seed, to you it is for food; ^30and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heavens, and to every creeping thing on the earth, in which [is] breath of life, every green herb [is] for food:` and it is so. ^31And God seeth all that He hath done, and lo, very good; and there is an evening, and there is a morning -- day the sixth. _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 2 ^1And the heavens and the earth are completed, and all their host; ^2and God completeth by the seventh day His work which He hath made, and ceaseth by the seventh day from all His work which He hath made. ^3And God blesseth the seventh day, and sanctifieth it, for in it He hath ceased from all His work which God had prepared for making. ^4These [are] births of the heavens and of the earth in their being prepared, in the day of Jehovah God`s making earth and heavens; ^5and no shrub of the field is yet in the earth, and no herb of the field yet sprouteth, for Jehovah God hath not rained upon the earth, and a man there is not to serve the ground, ^6and a mist goeth up from the earth, and hath watered the whole face of the ground. ^7And Jehovah God formeth the man -- dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature. ^8And Jehovah God planteth a garden in Eden, at the east, and He setteth there the man whom He hath formed; ^9and Jehovah God causeth to sprout from the ground every tree desirable for appearance, and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. ^10And a river is going out from Eden to water the garden, and from thence it is parted, and hath become four chief [rivers]; ^11the name of the one [is] Pison, it [is] that which is surrounding the whole land of the Havilah where the gold [is], ^12and the gold of that land [is] good, there [is] the bdolach and the shoham stone; ^13and the name of the second river [is] Gibon, it [is] that which is surrounding the whole land of Cush; ^14and the name of the third river [is] Hiddekel, it [is] that which is going east of Asshur; and the fourth river is Phrat. ^15And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it. ^16And Jehovah God layeth a charge on the man, saying, `Of every tree of the garden eating thou dost eat; ^17and of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou dost not eat of it, for in the day of thine eating of it -- dying thou dost die.` ^18And Jehovah God saith, `Not good for the man to be alone, I do make to him an helper -- as his counterpart.` ^19And Jehovah God formeth from the ground every beast of the field, and every fowl of the heavens, and bringeth in unto the man, to see what he doth call it; and whatever the man calleth a living creature, that [is] its name. ^20And the man calleth names to all the cattle, and to fowl of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; and to man hath not been found an helper -- as his counterpart. ^21And Jehovah God causeth a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he sleepeth, and He taketh one of his ribs, and closeth up flesh in its stead. ^22And Jehovah God buildeth up the rib which He hath taken out of the man into a woman, and bringeth her in unto the man; ^23and the man saith, `This [is] the [proper] step! bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!` for this it is called Woman, for from a man hath this been taken; ^24therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and hath cleaved unto his wife, and they have become one flesh. ^25And they are both of them naked, the man and his wife, and they are not ashamed of themselves. _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 3 ^1And the serpent hath been subtile above every beast of the field which Jehovah God hath made, and he saith unto the woman, `Is it true that God hath said, Ye do not eat of every tree of the garden?` ^2And the woman saith unto the serpent, `Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we do eat, ^3and of the fruit of the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden God hath said, Ye do not eat of it, nor touch it, lest ye die.` ^4And the serpent saith unto the woman, `Dying, ye do not die, ^5for God doth know that in the day of your eating of it -- your eyes have been opened, and ye have been as God, knowing good and evil.` ^6And the woman seeth that the tree [is] good for food, and that it [is] pleasant to the eyes, and the tree is desirable to make [one] wise, and she taketh of its fruit and eateth, and giveth also to her husband with her, and he doth eat; ^7and the eyes of them both are opened, and they know that they [are] naked, and they sew fig-leaves, and make to themselves girdles. ^8And they hear the sound of Jehovah God walking up and down in the garden at the breeze of the day, and the man and his wife hide themselves from the face of Jehovah God in the midst of the trees of the garden. ^9And Jehovah God calleth unto the man, and saith to him, `Where [art] thou?` ^10and he saith, `Thy sound I have heard in the garden, and I am afraid, for I am naked, and I hide myself.` ^11And He saith, `Who hath declared to thee that thou [art] naked? of the tree of which I have commanded thee not to eat, hast thou eaten?` ^12and the man saith, `The woman whom Thou didst place with me -- she hath given to me of the tree -- and I do eat.` ^13And Jehovah God saith to the woman, `What [is] this thou hast done?` and the woman saith, `The serpent hath caused me to forget -- and I do eat.` ^14And Jehovah God saith unto the serpent, `Because thou hast done this, cursed [art] thou above all the cattle, and above every beast of the field: on thy belly dost thou go, and dust thou dost eat, all days of thy life; ^15and enmity I put between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he doth bruise thee -- the head, and thou dost bruise him -- the heel.` ^16Unto the woman He said, `Multiplying I multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow dost thou bear children, and toward thy husband [is] thy desire, and he doth rule over thee.` ^17And to the man He said, `Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and dost eat of the tree concerning which I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed [is] the ground on thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life, ^18and thorn and bramble it doth bring forth to thee, and thou hast eaten the herb of the field; ^19by the sweat of thy face thou dost eat bread till thy return unto the ground, for out of it hast thou been taken, for dust thou [art], and unto dust thou turnest back.` ^20And the man calleth his wife`s name Eve: for she hath been mother of all living. ^21And Jehovah God doth make to the man and to his wife coats of skin, and doth clothe them. ^22And Jehovah God saith, `Lo, the man was as one of Us, as to the knowledge of good and evil; and now, lest he send forth his hand, and have taken also of the tree of life, and eaten, and lived to the age,` -- ^23Jehovah God sendeth him forth from the garden of Eden to serve the ground from which he hath been taken; ^24yea, he casteth out the man, and causeth to dwell at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubs and the flame of the sword which is turning itself round to guard the way of the tree of life. _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 4 ^1And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, `I have gotten a man by Jehovah;` ^2and she addeth to bear his brother, even Abel. And Abel is feeding a flock, and Cain hath been servant of the ground. ^3And it cometh to pass at the end of days that Cain bringeth from the fruit of the ground a present to Jehovah; ^4and Abel, he hath brought, he also, from the female firstlings of his flock, even from their fat ones; and Jehovah looketh unto Abel and unto his present, ^5and unto Cain and unto his present He hath not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance is fallen. ^6And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Why hast thou displeasure? and why hath thy countenance fallen? ^7Is there not, if thou dost well, acceptance? and if thou dost not well, at the opening a sin-offering is crouching, and unto thee its desire, and thou rulest over it.` ^8And Cain saith unto Abel his brother, [`Let us go into the field;`] and it cometh to pass in their being in the field, that Cain riseth up against Abel his brother, and slayeth him. ^9And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Where [is] Abel thy brother?` and he saith, `I have not known; my brother`s keeper -- I?` ^10And He saith, `What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother`s blood is crying unto Me from the ground; ^11and now, cursed [art] thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand; ^12when thou tillest the ground, it doth not add to give its strength to thee -- a wanderer, even a trembling one, thou art in the earth.` ^13And Cain saith unto Jehovah, `Greater is my punishment than to be borne; ^14lo, Thou hast driven me to-day from off the face of the ground, and from Thy face I am hid; and I have been a wanderer, even a trembling one, in the earth, and it hath been -- every one finding me doth slay me.` ^15And Jehovah saith to him, `Therefore -- of any slayer of Cain sevenfold it is required;` and Jehovah setteth to Cain a token that none finding him doth slay him. ^16And Cain goeth out from before Jehovah, and dwelleth in the land, moving about east of Eden; ^17and Cain knoweth his wife, and she conceiveth, and beareth Enoch; and he is building a city, and he calleth the name of the city, according to the name of his son -- Enoch. ^18And born to Enoch is Irad; and Irad hath begotten Mehujael; and Mehujael hath begotten Methusael; and Methusael hath begotten Lamech. ^19And Lamech taketh to himself two wives, the name of the one Adah, and the name of the second Zillah. ^20And Adah beareth Jabal, he hath been father of those inhabiting tents and purchased possessions; ^21and the name of his brother [is] Jubal, he hath been father of every one handling harp and organ. ^22And Zillah she also bare Tubal-Cain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron; and a sister of Tubal-Cain [is] Naamah. ^23And Lamech saith to his wives: -- `Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Wives of Lamech, give ear [to] my saying: For a man I have slain for my wound, Even a young man for my hurt; ^24For sevenfold is required for Cain, And for Lamech seventy and sevenfold.` ^25And Adam again knoweth his wife, and she beareth a son, and calleth his name Seth, `for God hath appointed for me another seed instead of Abel:` for Cain had slain him. ^26And to Seth, to him also a son hath been born, and he calleth his name Enos; then a beginning was made of preaching in the name of Jehovah. _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 5 ^1This [is] an account of the births of Adam: In the day of God`s preparing man, in the likeness of God He hath made him; ^2a male and a female He hath prepared them, and He blesseth them, and calleth their name Man, in the day of their being prepared. ^3And Adam liveth an hundred and thirty years, and begetteth [a son] in his likeness, according to his image, and calleth his name Seth. ^4And the days of Adam after his begetting Seth are eight hundred years, and he begetteth sons and daughters. ^5And all the days of Adam which he lived are nine hundred and thirty years, and he dieth. ^6And Seth liveth an hundred and five years, and begetteth Enos. ^7And Seth liveth after his begetting Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ^8And all the days of Seth are nine hundred and twelve years, and he dieth. ^9And Enos liveth ninety years, and begetteth Cainan. ^10And Enos liveth after his begetting Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ^11And all the days of Enos are nine hundred and five years, and he dieth. ^12And Cainan liveth seventy years, and begetteth Mahalaleel. ^13And Cainan liveth after his begetting Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ^14And all the days of Cainan are nine hundred and ten years, and he dieth. ^15And Mahalaleel liveth five and sixty years, and begetteth Jared. ^16And Mahalaleel liveth after his begetting Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ^17And all the days of Mahalaleel are eight hundred and ninety and five years, and he dieth. ^18And Jared liveth an hundred and sixty and two years, and begetteth Enoch. ^19And Jared liveth after his begetting Enoch eight hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ^20And all the days of Jared are nine hundred and sixty and two years, and he dieth. ^21And Enoch liveth five and sixty years, and begetteth Methuselah. ^22And Enoch walketh habitually with God after his begetting Methuselah three hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ^23And all the days of Enoch are three hundred and sixty and five years. ^24And Enoch walketh habitually with God, and he is not, for God hath taken him. ^25And Methuselah liveth an hundred and eighty and seven years, and begetteth Lamech. ^26And Methuselah liveth after his begetting Lamech seven hundred and eighty and two years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ^27And all the days of Methuselah are nine hundred and sixty and nine years, and he dieth. ^28And Lamech liveth an hundred and eighty and two years, and begetteth a son, ^29and calleth his name Noah, saying, `This [one] doth comfort us concerning our work, and concerning the labour of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.` ^30And Lamech liveth after his begetting Noah five hundred and ninety and five years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ^31And all the days of Lamech are seven hundred and seventy and seven years, and he dieth. ^32And Noah is a son of five hundred years, and Noah begetteth Shem, Ham, and Japheth. _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 6 ^1And it cometh to pass that mankind have begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them, ^2and sons of God see the daughters of men that they [are] fair, and they take to themselves women of all whom they have chosen. ^3And Jehovah saith, `My Spirit doth not strive in man -- to the age; in their erring they [are] flesh:` and his days have been an hundred and twenty years. ^4The fallen ones were in the earth in those days, and even afterwards when sons of God come in unto daughters of men, and they have borne to them -- they [are] the heroes, who, from of old, [are] the men of name. ^5And Jehovah seeth that abundant [is] the wickedness of man in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the day; ^6and Jehovah repenteth that He hath made man in the earth, and He grieveth Himself -- unto His heart. ^7And Jehovah saith, `I wipe away man whom I have prepared from off the face of the ground, from man unto beast, unto creeping thing, and unto fowl of the heavens, for I have repented that I have made them.` ^8And Noah found grace in the eyes of Jehovah. ^9These [are] births of Noah: Noah [is] a righteous man; perfect he hath been among his generations; with God hath Noah walked habitually. ^10And Noah begetteth three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. ^11And the earth is corrupt before God, and the earth is filled [with] violence. ^12And God seeth the earth, and lo, it hath been corrupted, for all flesh hath corrupted its way on the earth. ^13And God said to Noah, `An end of all flesh hath come before Me, for the earth hath been full of violence from their presence; and lo, I am destroying them with the earth. ^14`Make for thyself an ark of gopher-wood; rooms dost thou make with the ark, and thou hast covered it within and without with cypress; ^15and this [is] that which thou dost with it: three hundred cubits [is] the length of the ark, fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height; ^16a window dost thou make for the ark, and unto a cubit thou dost restrain it from above; and the opening of the ark thou dost put in its side, -- lower, second, and third [stories] dost thou make it. ^17`And I, lo, I am bringing in the deluge of waters on the earth to destroy all flesh, in which [is] a living spirit, from under the heavens; all that [is] in the earth doth expire. ^18`And I have established My covenant with thee, and thou hast come in unto the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy son`s wives with thee; ^19and of all that liveth, of all flesh, two of every [sort] thou dost bring in unto the ark, to keep alive with thee; male and female are they. ^20Of the fowl after its kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every [sort] they come in unto thee, to keep alive. ^21`And thou, take to thyself of all food that is eaten; and thou hast gathered unto thyself, and it hath been to thee and to them for food.` ^22And Noah doth according to all that God hath commanded him; so hath he done. _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 7 ^1And Jehovah saith to Noah, `Come in, thou and all thy house, unto the ark, for thee I have seen righteous before Me in this generation; ^2of all the clean beasts thou dost take to thee seven pairs, a male and its female; and of the beasts which are not clean two, a male and its female; ^3also, of fowl of the heavens seven pairs, a male and a female, to keep alive seed on the face of all the earth; ^4for after other seven days I am sending rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and have wiped away all the substance that I have made from off the face of the ground.` ^5And Noah doth according to all that Jehovah hath commanded him: ^6and Noah [is] a son of six hundred years, and the deluge of waters hath been upon the earth. ^7And Noah goeth in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons` wives with him, unto the ark, from the presence of the waters of the deluge; ^8of the clean beasts and of the beasts that [are] not clean, and of the fowl, and of every thing that is creeping upon the ground, ^9two by two they have come in unto Noah, unto the ark, a male and a female, as God hath commanded Noah. ^10And it cometh to pass, after the seventh of the days, that waters of the deluge have been on the earth. ^11In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, in the seventeenth day of the month, in this day have been broken up all fountains of the great deep, and the net-work of the heavens hath been opened, ^12and the shower is on the earth forty days and forty nights. ^13In this self-same day went in Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, sons of Noah, and Noah`s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, unto the ark; ^14they, and every living creature after its kind, and every beast after its kind, and every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth after its kind, and every fowl after its kind, every bird -- every wing. ^15And they come in unto Noah, unto the ark, two by two of all the flesh in which [is] a living spirit; ^16and they that are coming in, male and female of all flesh, have come in as God hath commanded him, and Jehovah doth close [it] for him. ^17And the deluge is forty days on the earth, and the waters multiply, and lift up the ark, and it is raised up from off the earth; ^18and the waters are mighty, and multiply exceedingly upon the earth; and the ark goeth on the face of the waters. ^19And the waters have been very very mighty on the earth, and covered are all the high mountains which [are] under the whole heavens; ^20fifteen cubits upwards have the waters become mighty, and the mountains are covered; ^21and expire doth all flesh that is moving on the earth, among fowl, and among cattle, and among beasts, and among all the teeming things which are teeming on the earth, and all mankind; ^22all in whose nostrils [is] breath of a living spirit -- of all that [is] in the dry land -- have died. ^23And wiped away is all the substance that is on the face of the ground, from man unto beast, unto creeping thing, and unto fowl of the heavens; yea, they are wiped away from the earth, and only Noah is left, and those who [are] with him in the ark; ^24and the waters are mighty on the earth a hundred and fifty days. _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 8 ^1And God remembereth Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle which [are] with him in the ark, and God causeth a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters subside, ^2and closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the shower from the heavens. ^3And turn back do the waters from off the earth, going on and returning; and the waters are lacking at the end of a hundred and fifty days. ^4And the ark resteth, in the seventh month, in the seventeenth day of the month, on mountains of Ararat; ^5and the waters have been going and becoming lacking till the tenth month; in the tenth [month], on the first of the month, appeared the heads of the mountains. ^6And it cometh to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah openeth the window of the ark which he made, ^7and he sendeth forth the raven, and it goeth out, going out and turning back till the drying of the waters from off the earth. ^8And he sendeth forth the dove from him to see whether the waters have been lightened from off the face of the ground, ^9and the dove hath not found rest for the sole of her foot, and she turneth back unto him, unto the ark, for waters [are] on the face of all the earth, and he putteth out his hand, and taketh her, and bringeth her in unto him, unto the ark. ^10And he stayeth yet other seven days, and addeth to send forth the dove from the ark; ^11and the dove cometh in unto him at even-time, and lo, an olive leaf torn off in her mouth; and Noah knoweth that the waters have been lightened from off the earth. ^12And he stayeth yet other seven days, and sendeth forth the dove, and it added not to turn back unto him any more. ^13And it cometh to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first [month], in the first of the month, the waters have been dried from off the earth; and Noah turneth aside the covering of the ark, and looketh, and lo, the face of the ground hath been dried. ^14And in the second month, in the seven and twentieth day of the month, the earth hath become dry. ^15And God speaketh unto Noah, saying, `Go out from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons` wives with thee; ^16every living thing that [is] with thee, of all flesh, among fowl, and among cattle, and among every creeping thing which is creeping on the earth, bring out with thee; ^17and they have teemed in the earth, and been fruitful, and have multiplied on the earth.` ^18And Noah goeth out, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons` wives with him; ^19every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl; every creeping thing on the earth, after their families, have gone out from the ark. ^20And Noah buildeth an altar to Jehovah, and taketh of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and causeth burnt-offerings to ascend on the altar; ^21and Jehovah smelleth the sweet fragrance, and Jehovah saith unto His heart, `I continue not to disesteem any more the ground because of man, though the imagination of the heart of man [is] evil from his youth; and I continue not to smite any more all living, as I have done; ^22during all days of the earth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, do not cease.` _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 9 ^1And God blesseth Noah, and his sons, and saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth; ^2and your fear and your dread is on every beast of the earth, and on every fowl of the heavens, on all that creepeth on the ground, and on all fishes of the sea -- into your hand they have been given. ^3Every creeping thing that is alive, to you it is for food; as the green herb I have given to you the whole; ^4only flesh in its life -- its blood -- ye do not eat. ^5`And only your blood for your lives do I require; from the hand of every living thing I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of every man`s brother I require the life of man; ^6whoso sheddeth man`s blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man. ^7And ye, be fruitful and multiply, teem in the earth, and multiply in it.` ^8And God speaketh unto Noah, and unto his sons with him, saying, ^9`And I, lo, I am establishing My covenant with you, and with your seed after you, ^10and with every living creature which [is] with you, among fowl, among cattle, and among every beast of the earth with you, from all who are going out of the ark -- to every beast of the earth. ^11And I have established My covenant with you, and all flesh is not any more cut off by waters of a deluge, and there is not any more a deluge to destroy the earth.` ^12And God saith, `This is a token of the covenant which I am giving between Me and you, and every living creature that [is] with you, to generations age-during; ^13My bow I have given in the cloud, and it hath been for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth; ^14and it hath come to pass (in My sending a cloud over the earth) that the bow hath been seen in the cloud, ^15and I have remembered My covenant which is between Me and you, and every living creature among all flesh, and the waters become no more a deluge to destroy all flesh; ^16and the bow hath been in the cloud, and I have seen it -- to remember the covenant age-during between God and every living creature among all flesh which [is] on the earth.` ^17And God saith unto Noah, `This [is] a token of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that [is] upon the earth.` ^18And the sons of Noah who are going out of the ark are Shem, and Ham, and Japheth; and Ham is father of Canaan. ^19These three [are] sons of Noah, and from these hath all the earth been overspread. ^20And Noah remaineth a man of the ground, and planteth a vineyard, ^21and drinketh of the wine, and is drunken, and uncovereth himself in the midst of the tent. ^22And Ham, father of Canaan, seeth the nakedness of his father, and declareth to his two brethren without. ^23And Shem taketh -- Japheth also -- the garment, and they place on the shoulder of them both, and go backward, and cover the nakedness of their father; and their faces [are] backward, and their father`s nakedness they have not seen. ^24And Noah awaketh from his wine, and knoweth that which his young son hath done to him, ^25and saith: `Cursed [is] Canaan, Servant of servants he is to his brethren.` ^26And he saith: `Blessed of Jehovah my God [is] Shem, And Canaan is servant to him. ^27God doth give beauty to Japheth, And he dwelleth in tents of Shem, And Canaan is servant to him.` ^28And Noah liveth after the deluge three hundred and fifty years; ^29and all the days of Noah are nine hundred and fifty years, and he dieth. _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 10 ^1And these [are] births of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and born to them are sons after the deluge. ^2`Sons of Japheth [are] Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. ^3And sons of Gomer [are] Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. ^4And sons of Javan [are] Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. ^5By these have the isles of the nations been parted in their lands, each by his tongue, by their families, in their nations. ^6And sons of Ham [are] Cush, and Mitzraim, and Phut, and Canaan. ^7And sons of Cush [are] Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah; and sons of Raamah [are] Sheba and Dedan. ^8And Cush hath begotten Nimrod; ^9he hath begun to be a hero in the land; he hath been a hero in hunting before Jehovah; therefore it is said, `As Nimrod the hero [in] hunting before Jehovah.` ^10And the first part of his kingdom is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar; ^11from that land he hath gone out to Asshur, and buildeth Nineveh, even the broad places of the city, and Calah, ^12and Resen, between Nineveh and Calah; it [is] the great city. ^13And Mitzraim hath begotten the Ludim, and the Anamim, and the Lehabim, and the Naphtuhim, ^14and the Pathrusim, and the Casluhim, (whence have come out Philistim,) and the Caphtorim. ^15And Canaan hath begotten Sidon his first-born, and Heth, ^16and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, ^17and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, ^18and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and afterwards have the families of the Canaanite been scattered. ^19And the border of the Canaanite is from Sidon, [in] thy coming towards Gerar, unto Gaza; [in] thy coming towards Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, unto Lasha. ^20These [are] sons of Ham, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, in their nations. ^21As to Shem, father of all sons of Eber, brother of Japheth the elder, he hath also begotten: ^22Sons of Shem [are] Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. ^23And sons of Aram [are] Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. ^24And Arphaxad hath begotten Salah, and Salah hath begotten Eber. ^25And to Eber have two sons been born; the name of the one [is] Peleg (for in his days hath the earth been divided,) and his brother`s name [is] Joktan. ^26And Joktan hath begotten Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, ^27and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, ^28and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, ^29and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these [are] sons of Joktan; ^30and their dwelling is from Mesha, [in] thy coming towards Sephar, a mount of the east. ^31These [are] sons of Shem, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, by their nations. ^32These [are] families of the sons of Noah, by their births, in their nations, and by these have the nations been parted in the earth after the deluge. _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 11 ^1And the whole earth is of one pronunciation, and of the same words, ^2and it cometh to pass, in their journeying from the east, that they find a valley in the land of Shinar, and dwell there; ^3and they say each one to his neighbour, `Give help, let us make bricks, and burn [them] thoroughly:` and the brick is to them for stone, and the bitumen hath been to them for mortar. ^4And they say, `Give help, let us build for ourselves a city and tower, and its head in the heavens, and make for ourselves a name, lest we be scattered over the face of all the earth.` ^5And Jehovah cometh down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have builded; ^6and Jehovah saith, `Lo, the people [is] one, and one pronunciation [is] to them all, and this it hath dreamed of doing; and now, nothing is restrained from them of that which they have purposed to do. ^7Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.` ^8And Jehovah doth scatter them from thence over the face of all the earth, and they cease to build the city; ^9therefore hath [one] called its name Babel, for there hath Jehovah mingled the pronunciation of all the earth, and from thence hath Jehovah scattered them over the face of all the earth. ^10These [are] births of Shem: Shem [is] a son of an hundred years, and begetteth Arphaxad two years after the deluge. ^11And Shem liveth after his begetting Arphaxad five hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ^12And Arphaxad hath lived five and thirty years, and begetteth Salah. ^13And Arphaxad liveth after his begetting Salah four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ^14And Salah hath lived thirty years, and begetteth Eber. ^15And Salah liveth after his begetting Eber four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ^16And Eber liveth four and thirty years, and begetteth Peleg. ^17And Eber liveth after his begetting Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ^18And Peleg liveth thirty years, and begetteth Reu. ^19And Peleg liveth after his begetting Reu two hundred and nine years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ^20And Reu liveth two and thirty years, and begetteth Serug. ^21And Reu liveth after his begetting Serug two hundred and seven years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ^22And Serug liveth thirty years, and begetteth Nahor. ^23And Serug liveth after his begetting Nahor two hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ^24And Nahor liveth nine and twenty years, and begetteth Terah. ^25And Nahor liveth after his begetting Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begetteth sons and daughters. ^26And Terah liveth seventy years, and begetteth Abram, Nahor, and Haran. ^27And these [are] births of Terah: Terah hath begotten Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran hath begotten Lot; ^28and Haran dieth in the presence of Terah his father, in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees. ^29And Abram and Nahor take to themselves wives; the name of Abram`s wife [is] Sarai, and the name of Nahor`s wife [is] Milcah, daughter of Haran, father of Milcah, and father of Iscah. ^30And Sarai is barren -- she hath no child. ^31And Terah taketh Abram his son, and Lot, son of Haran, his son`s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come unto Charan, and dwell there. ^32And the days of Terah are two hundred and five years, and Terah dieth in Charan. _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 12 ^1And Jehovah saith unto Abram, `Go for thyself, from thy land, and from thy kindred, and from the house of thy father, unto the land which I shew thee. ^2And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing. ^3And I bless those blessing thee, and him who is disesteeming thee I curse, and blessed in thee have been all families of the ground.` ^4And Abram goeth on, as Jehovah hath spoken unto him, and Lot goeth with him, and Abram [is] a son of five and seventy years in his going out from Charan. ^5And Abram taketh Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother`s son, and all their substance that they have gained, and the persons that they have obtained in Charan; and they go out to go towards the land of Canaan; and they come in to the land of Canaan. ^6And Abram passeth over into the land, unto the place Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh; and the Canaanite [is] then in the land. ^7And Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith, `To thy seed I give this land;` and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, who hath appeared unto him. ^8And he removeth from thence towards a mountain at the east of Beth-El, and stretcheth out the tent (Beth-El at the west, and Hai at the east), and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and preacheth in the name of Jehovah. ^9And Abram journeyeth, going on and journeying towards the south. ^10And there is a famine in the land, and Abram goeth down towards Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine [is] grievous in the land; ^11and it cometh to pass as he hath drawn near to enter Egypt, that he saith unto Sarai his wife, `Lo, I pray thee, I have known that thou [art] a woman of beautiful appearance; ^12and it hath come to pass that the Egyptians see thee, and they have said, `This [is] his wife,` and they have slain me, and thee they keep alive: ^13say, I pray thee, thou [art] my sister, so that it is well with me because of thee, and my soul hath lived for thy sake.` ^14And it cometh to pass, at the entering of Abram into Egypt, that the Egyptians see the woman that she [is] exceeding fair; ^15and princes of Pharaoh see her, and praise her unto Pharaoh, and the woman is taken [to] Pharaoh`s house; ^16and to Abram he hath done good because of her, and he hath sheep and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and handmaids, and she-asses, and camels. ^17And Jehovah plagueth Pharaoh and his house -- great plagues -- for the matter of Sarai, Abram`s wife. ^18And Pharaoh calleth for Abram, and saith, `What [is] this thou hast done to me? why hast thou not declared to me that she [is] thy wife? ^19Why hast thou said, She [is] my sister, and I take her to myself for a wife? and now, lo, thy wife, take and go.` ^20And Pharaoh chargeth men concerning him, and they send him away, and his wife, an all that he hath. _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 13 ^1And Abram goeth up from Egypt (he and his wife, and all that he hath, and Lot with him) towards the south; ^2and Abram [is] exceedingly wealthy in cattle, in silver, and in gold. ^3And he goeth on his journeyings from the south, even unto Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the commencement, between Bethel and Hai -- ^4unto the place of the altar which he made there at the first, and there doth Abram preach in the name of Jehovah. ^5And also to Lot, who is going with Abram, there hath been sheep and oxen and tents; ^6and the land hath not suffered them to dwell together, for their substance hath been much, and they have not been able to dwell together; ^7and there is a strife between those feeding Abram`s cattle and those feeding Lot`s cattle; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite [are] then dwelling in the land. ^8And Abram saith unto Lot, `Let there not, I pray thee, be strife between me and thee, and between my shepherds and thy shepherds, for we [are] men -- brethren. ^9Is not all the land before thee? be parted, I pray thee, from me; if to the left, then I to the right; and if to the right, then I to the left.` ^10And Lot lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the whole circuit of the Jordan that it [is] all a watered country (before Jehovah`s destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, as Jehovah`s garden, as the land of Egypt,) in thy coming toward Zoar, ^11and Lot chooseth for himself the whole circuit of the Jordan; and Lot journeyeth from the east, and they are parted -- a man from his companion; ^12Abram hath dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot hath dwelt in the cities of the circuit, and tenteth unto Sodom; ^13and the men of Sodom [are] evil, and sinners before Jehovah exceedingly. ^14And Jehovah said unto Abram, after Lot`s being parted from him, `Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and look from the place where thou [art], northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward; ^15for the whole of the land which thou are seeing, to thee I give it, and to thy seed -- to the age. ^16And I have set thy seed as dust of the earth, so that, if one is able to number the dust of the earth, even thy seed is numbered; ^17rise, go up and down through the land, to its length, and to its breadth, for to thee I give it.` ^18And Abram tenteth, and cometh, and dwelleth among the oaks of Mamre, which [are] in Hebron, and buildeth there an altar to Jehovah. _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 14 ^1And it cometh to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goyim, ^2they have made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which [is] Zoar. ^3All these have been joined together unto the valley of Siddim, which [is] the Salt Sea; ^4twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and the thirteenth year they rebelled. ^5And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings who [are] with him, and they smite the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim, ^6and the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-Paran, which [is] by the wilderness; ^7and they turn back and come in unto En-Mishpat, which [is] Kadesh, and smite the whole field of the Amalekite, and also the Amorite who is dwelling in Hazezon-Tamar. ^8And the king of Sodom goeth out, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which [is] Zoar; and they set the battle in array with them in the valley of Siddim, ^9with Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goyim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with the five. ^10And the valley of Siddim [is] full of bitumen-pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah flee, and fall there, and those left have fled to the mountain. ^11And they take the whole substance of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the whole of their food, and go away; ^12and they take Lot, Abram`s brother`s son (seeing he is dwelling in Sodom), and his substance, and go away. ^13And one who is escaping cometh and declareth to Abram the Hebrew, and he is dwelling among the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner, and they [are] Abram`s allies. ^14And Abram heareth that his brother hath been taken captive, and he draweth out his trained domestics, three hundred and eighteen, and pursueth unto Dan. ^15And he divideth himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smiteth them, and pursueth them unto Hobah, which [is] at the left of Damascus; ^16and he bringeth back the whole of the substance, and also Lot his brother and his substance hath he brought back, and also the women and the people. ^17And the king of Sodom goeth out to meet him (after his turning back from the smiting of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings who [are] with him), unto the valley of Shaveh, which [is] the king`s valley. ^18And Melchizedek king of Salem hath brought out bread and wine, and he [is] priest of God Most High; ^19and he blesseth him, and saith, `Blessed [is] Abram to God Most High, possessing heaven and earth; ^20and blessed [is] God Most High, who hath delivered thine adversaries into thy hand;` and he giveth to him a tenth of all. ^21And the king of Sodom saith unto Abram, `Give to me the persons, and the substance take to thyself,` ^22and Abram saith unto the king of Sodom, `I have lifted up my hand unto Jehovah, God Most High, possessing heaven and earth -- ^23from a thread even unto a shoe-latchet I take not of anything which thou hast, that thou say not, I -- I have made Abram rich; ^24save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who have gone with me -- Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre -- they take their portion.` _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 15 ^1After these things hath the word of Jehovah been unto Abram in a vision, saying, `Fear not, Abram, I [am] a shield to thee, thy reward [is] exceeding great.` ^2And Abram saith, `Lord Jehovah, what dost Thou give to me, and I am going childless? and an acquired son in my house is Demmesek Eliezer.` ^3And Abram saith, `Lo, to me Thou hast not given seed, and lo, a domestic doth heir me.` ^4And lo, the word of Jehovah [is] unto him, saying, `This [one] doth not heir thee; but he who cometh out from thy bowels, he doth heir thee;` ^5and He bringeth him out without, and saith, `Look attentively, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and count the stars, if thou art able to count them;` and He saith to him, `Thus is thy seed.` ^6And he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him -- righteousness. ^7And He saith unto him, `I [am] Jehovah who brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give to thee this land to possess it;` ^8and he saith, `Lord Jehovah, whereby do I know that I possess it?` ^9And He saith unto him, `Take for Me a heifer of three years, and a she-goat of three years, and a ram of three years, and a turtle-dove, and a young bird;` ^10and he taketh to him all these, and separateth them in the midst, and putteth each piece over against its fellow, but the bird he hath not divided; ^11and the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back. ^12And the sun is about to go in, and deep sleep hath fallen upon Abram, and lo, a terror of great darkness is falling upon him; ^13and He saith to Abram, `knowing -- know that thy seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they have served them, and they have afflicted them four hundred years, ^14and the nation also whom they serve I judge, and after this they go out with great substance; ^15and thou -- thou comest in unto thy fathers in peace; thou art buried in a good old age; ^16and the fourth generation doth turn back hither, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.` ^17And it cometh to pass -- the sun hath gone in, and thick darkness hath been -- and lo, a furnace of smoke, and a lamp of fire, which hath passed over between those pieces. ^18In that day hath Jehovah made with Abram a covenant, saying, `To thy seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Phrat, ^19with the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite, ^20and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim, ^21and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.` _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 16 ^1And Sarai, Abram`s wife, hath not borne to him, and she hath an handmaid, an Egyptian, and her name [is] Hagar; ^2and Sarai saith unto Abram, `Lo, I pray thee, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing, go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; perhaps I am built up from her;` and Abram hearkeneth to the voice of Sarai. ^3And Sarai, Abram`s wife, taketh Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, at the end of the tenth year of Abram`s dwelling in the land of Canaan, and giveth her to Abram her husband, to him for a wife, ^4and he goeth in unto Hagar, and she conceiveth, and she seeth that she hath conceived, and her mistress is lightly esteemed in her eyes. ^5And Sarai saith unto Abram, `My violence [is] for thee; I -- I have given mine handmaid into thy bosom, and she seeth that she hath conceived, and I am lightly esteemed in her eyes; Jehovah doth judge between me and thee.` ^6And Abram saith unto Sarai, `Lo, thine handmaid [is] in thine hand, do to her that which is good in thine eyes;` and Sarai afflicted her, and she fleeth from her presence. ^7And a messenger of Jehovah findeth her by the fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way [to] Shur, ^8and he saith, `Hagar, Sarai`s handmaid, whence hast thou come, and whither dost thou go?` and she saith, `From the presence of Sarai, my mistress, I am fleeing.` ^9And the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, `Turn back unto thy mistress, and humble thyself under her hands;` ^10and the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, `Multiplying I multiply thy seed, and it is not numbered from multitude;` ^11and the messenger of Jehovah saith to her, `Behold thou [art] conceiving, and bearing a son, and hast called his name Ishmael, for Jehovah hath hearkened unto thine affliction; ^12and he is a wild-ass man, his hand against every one, and every one`s hand against him -- and before the face of all his brethren he dwelleth.` ^13And she calleth the name of Jehovah who is speaking unto her, `Thou [art], O God, my beholder;` for she said, `Even here have I looked behind my beholder?` ^14therefore hath one called the well, `The well of the Living One, my beholder;` lo, between Kadesh and Bered. ^15And Hagar beareth to Abram a son; and Abram calleth the name of his son, whom Hagar hath borne, Ishmael; ^16and Abram [is] a son of eighty and six years in Hagar`s bearing Ishmael to Abram. _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 17 ^1And Abram is a son of ninety and nine years, and Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith unto him, `I [am] God Almighty, walk habitually before Me, and be thou perfect; ^2and I give My covenant between Me and thee, and multiply thee very exceedingly.` ^3And Abram falleth upon his face, and God speaketh with him, saying, ^4`I -- lo, My covenant [is] with thee, and thou hast become father of a multitude of nations; ^5and thy name is no more called Abram, but thy name hath been Abraham, for father of a multitude of nations have I made thee; ^6and I have made thee exceeding fruitful, and made thee become nations, and kings go out from thee. ^7`And I have established My covenant between Me and thee, and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for a covenant age-during, to become God to thee, and to thy seed after thee; ^8and I have given to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, the whole land of Canaan, for a possession age-during, and I have become their God.` ^9And God saith unto Abraham, `And thou dost keep My covenant, thou and thy seed after thee, to their generations; ^10this [is] My covenant which ye keep between Me and you, and thy seed after thee: Every male of you [is] to be circumcised; ^11and ye have circumcised the flesh of your foreskin, and it hath become a token of a covenant between Me and you. ^12`And a son of eight days is circumcised by you; every male to your generations, born in the house, or bought with money from any son of a stranger, who is not of thy seed; ^13he is certainly circumcised who [is] born in thine house, or bought with thy money; and My covenant hath become in your flesh a covenant age-during; ^14and an uncircumcised one, a male, the flesh of whose foreskin is not circumcised, even that person hath been cut off from his people; My covenant he hath broken.` ^15And God saith unto Abraham, `Sarai thy wife -- thou dost not call her name Sarai, for Sarah [is] her name; ^16and I have blessed her, and have also given to thee a son from her; and I have blessed her, and she hath become nations -- kings of peoples are from her.` ^17And Abraham falleth upon his face, and laugheth, and saith in his heart, `To the son of an hundred years is one born? or doth Sarah -- daughter of ninety years -- bear?` ^18And Abraham saith unto God, `O that Ishmael may live before Thee;` ^19and God saith, `Sarah thy wife is certainly bearing a son to thee, and thou hast called his name Isaac, and I have established My covenant with him, for a covenant age-during, to his seed after him. ^20As to Ishmael, I have heard thee; lo, I have blessed him, and made him fruitful, and multiplied him, very exceedingly; twelve princes doth he beget, and I have made him become a great nation; ^21and My covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah doth bear to thee at this appointed time in the next year;` ^22and He finisheth speaking with him, and God goeth up from Abraham. ^23And Abraham taketh Ishmael his son, and all those born in his house, and all those bought with his money -- every male among the men of Abraham`s house -- and circumciseth the flesh of their foreskin, in this self-same day, as God hath spoken with him. ^24And Abraham [is] a son of ninety and nine years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised; ^25and Ishmael his son [is] a son of thirteen years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised; ^26in this self-same day hath Abraham been circumcised, and Ishmael his son; ^27and all the men of his house -- born in the house, and bought with money from the son of a stranger -- have been circumcised with him. _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 18 ^1And Jehovah appeareth unto him among the oaks of Mamre, and he is sitting at the opening of the tent, about the heat of the day; ^2and he lifteth up his eyes and looketh, and lo, three men standing by him, and he seeth, and runneth to meet them from the opening of the tent, and boweth himself towards the earth, ^3And he saith, `My Lord, if, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes, do not, I pray thee, pass on from thy servant; ^4let, I pray thee, a little water be accepted, and wash your feet, and recline under the tree; ^5and I bring a piece of bread, and support ye your heart; afterwards pass on, for therefore have ye passed over unto your servant;` and they say, `So mayest thou do as thou has spoken.` ^6And Abraham hasteth towards the tent, unto Sarah, and saith, `Hasten three measures of flour-meal, knead, and make cakes;` ^7and Abraham ran unto the herd, and taketh a son of the herd, tender and good, and giveth unto the young man, and he hasteth to prepare it; ^8and he taketh butter and milk, and the son of the herd which he hath prepared, and setteth before them; and he is standing by them under the tree, and they do eat. ^9And they say unto him, `Where [is] Sarah thy wife?` and he saith, `Lo -- in the tent;` ^10and he saith, `returning I return unto thee, about the time of life, and lo, to Sarah thy wife a son.` ^11And Sarah is hearkening at the opening of the tent, which is behind him; ^12and Abraham and Sarah [are] aged, entering into days -- the way of women hath ceased to be to Sarah; ^13and Sarah laugheth in her heart, saying, `After I have waxed old I have had pleasure! -- my lord also [is] old!` ^14And Jehovah saith unto Abraham, `Why [is] this? Sarah hath laughed, saying, Is it true really -- I bear -- and I am aged? Is any thing too wonderful for Jehovah? at the appointed time I return unto thee, about the time of life, and Sarah hath a son.` ^15And Sarah denieth, saying, `I did not laugh;` for she hath been afraid; and He saith, `Nay, but thou didst laugh.` ^16And the men rise from thence, and look on the face of Sodom, and Abraham is going with them to send them away; ^17and Jehovah said, `Am I concealing from Abraham that which I am doing, ^18and Abraham certainly becometh a nation great and mighty, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth? ^19for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.` ^20And Jehovah saith, `The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah -- because great; and their sin -- because exceeding grievous: ^21I go down now, and see whether according to its cry which is coming unto Me they have done completely -- and if not -- I know;` ^22and the men turn from thence, and go towards Sodom; and Abraham is yet standing before Jehovah. ^23And Abraham draweth nigh and saith, `Dost Thou also consume righteous with wicked? ^24peradventure there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city; dost Thou also consume, and not bear with the place for the sake of the fifty -- the righteous who [are] in its midst? ^25Far be it from Thee to do according to this thing, to put to death the righteous with the wicked; that it hath been -- as the righteous so the wicked -- far be it from Thee; doth the Judge of all the earth not do justice?` ^26And Jehovah saith, `If I find in Sodom fifty righteous in the midst of the city, then have I borne with all the place for their sake.` ^27And Abraham answereth and saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord, and I -- dust and ashes; ^28peradventure there are lacking five of the fifty righteous -- dost Thou destroy for five the whole of the city?` and He saith, `I destroy [it] not, if I find there forty and five.` ^29And he addeth again to speak unto Him and saith, `Peradventure there are found there forty?` and He saith, `I do [it] not, because of the forty.` ^30And he saith, `Let it not be, I Pray thee, displeasing to the Lord, and I speak: peradventure there are found there thirty?` and He saith, `I do [it] not, if I find there thirty.` ^31And he saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have willed to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there are found there twenty?` and He saith, `I do not destroy [it], because of the twenty.` ^32And he saith, `Let it not be, I pray Thee, displeasing to the Lord, and I speak only this time: peradventure there are found there ten?` and He saith, `I do not destroy [it], because of the ten.` ^33And Jehovah goeth on, when He hath finished speaking unto Abraham, and Abraham hath turned back to his place. _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 19 ^1And two of the messengers come towards Sodom at even, and Lot is sitting at the gate of Sodom, and Lot seeth, and riseth to meet them, and boweth himself -- face to the earth, ^2and he saith, `Lo, I pray you, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, unto the house of your servant, and lodge, and wash your feet -- then ye have risen early and gone on your way;` and they say, `Nay, but in the broad place we do lodge.` ^3And he presseth on them greatly, and they turn aside unto him, and come in unto his house; and he maketh for them a banquet, and hath baked unleavened things; and they do eat. ^4Before they lie down, the men of the city -- men of Sodom -- have come round about against the house, from young even unto aged, all the people from the extremity; ^5and they call unto Lot and say to him, `Where [are] the men who have come in unto thee to-night? bring them out unto us, and we know them.` ^6And Lot goeth out unto them, to the opening, and the door hath shut behind him, ^7and saith, `Do not, I pray you, my brethren, do evil; ^8lo, I pray you, I have two daughters, who have not known any one; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do to them as [is] good in your eyes; only to these men do not anything, for therefore have they come in within the shadow of my roof.` ^9And they say, `Come nigh hither;` they say also, `This one hath come in to sojourn, and he certainly judgeth! now, we do evil to thee more than [to] them;` and they press against the man, against Lot greatly, and come nigh to break the door. ^10And the men put forth their hand, and bring in Lot unto them, into the house, and have shut the door; ^11and the men who [are] at the opening of the house they have smitten with blindness, from small even unto great, and they weary themselves to find the opening. ^12And the men say unto Lot, `Whom hast thou here still? son-in-law, thy sons also, and thy daughters, and all whom thou hast in the city, bring out from this place; ^13for we are destroying this place, for their cry hath been great [before] the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth send us to destroy it.` ^14And Lot goeth out, and speaketh unto his sons-in-law, those taking his daughters, and saith, `Rise, go out from this place, for Jehovah is destroying the city;` and he is as [one] mocking in the eyes of his sons-in-law. ^15And when the dawn hath ascended, then the messengers press upon Lot, saying, `Rise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters who are found present, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.` ^16And he lingereth, and the men lay hold on his hand, and on the hand of his wife, and on the hand of his two daughters, through the mercy of Jehovah unto him, and they bring him out, and cause him to rest without the city. ^17And it cometh to pass when he hath brought them out without, that he saith, `Escape for thy life; look not expectingly behind thee, nor stand thou in all the circuit; to the mountain escape, lest thou be consumed.` ^18And Lot saith unto them, `Not [so], I pray thee, my lord; ^19lo, I pray thee, thy servant hath found grace in thine eyes, and thou dost make great thy kindness which thou hast done with me by saving my life, and I am unable to escape to the mountain, lest the evil cleave [to] me, and I have died; ^20lo, I pray thee, this city [is] near to flee thither, and it [is] little; let me escape, I pray thee, thither, (is it not little?) and my soul doth live.` ^21And he saith unto him, `Lo, I have accepted thy face also for this thing, without overthrowing the city [for] which thou hast spoken; ^22haste, escape thither, for I am not able to do anything till thine entering thither;` therefore hath he calleth the name of the city Zoar. ^23The sun hath gone out on the earth, and Lot hath entered into Zoar, ^24and Jehovah hath rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah, from the heavens; ^25and He overthroweth these cities, and all the circuit, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which is shooting up from the ground. ^26And his wife looketh expectingly from behind him, and she is -- a pillar of salt! ^27And Abraham riseth early in the morning, unto the place where he hath stood [before] the face of Jehovah; ^28and he looketh on the face of Sodom and Gomorrah, and on all the face of the land of the circuit, and seeth, and lo, the smoke of the land went up as smoke of the furnace. ^29And it cometh to pass, in God`s destroying the cities of the circuit, that God remembereth Abraham, and sendeth Lot out of the midst of the overthrow in the overthrowing of the cities in which Lot dwelt. ^30And Lot goeth up out of Zoar, and dwelleth in the mountain, and his two daughters with him, for he hath been afraid of dwelling in Zoar, and he dwelleth in a cave, he and his two daughters. ^31And the first-born saith unto the younger, `Our father [is] old, and a man there is not in the earth to come in unto us, as [is] the way of all the earth; ^32come, we cause our father to drink wine, and lie with him, and preserve from our father -- a seed.` ^33And they cause their father to drink wine on that night; and the first-born goeth in, and lieth with her father, and he hath not known in her lying down, or in her rising up. ^34And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that the first-born saith unto the younger, `Lo, I have lain yesterday-night with my father: we cause him to drink wine also to-night, and go thou in, lie with him, and we preserve from our father -- a seed.` ^35And they cause their father to drink wine on that night also, and the younger riseth and lieth with him, and he hath not known in her lying down, or in her rising up. ^36And the two daughters of Lot conceive from their father, ^37and the first-born beareth a son, and calleth his name Moab; he [is] father of Moab unto this day; ^38as to the younger, she also hath born a son, and calleth his name Ben-Ammi: he [is] father of the Beni-Ammon unto this day. _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 20 ^1And Abraham journeyeth from thence toward the land of the south, and dwelleth between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourneth in Gerar; ^2and Abraham saith concerning Sarah his wife, `She is my sister;` and Abimelech king of Gerar sendeth and taketh Sarah. ^3And God cometh in unto Abimelech in a dream of the night, and saith to him, `Lo, thou [art] a dead man, because of the woman whom thou hast taken -- and she married to a husband.` ^4And Abimelech hath not drawn near unto her, and he saith, `Lord, also a righteous nation dost thou slay? ^5hath not he himself said to me, She [is] my sister! and she, even she herself, said, He [is] my brother; in the integrity of my heart, and in the innocency of my hands, I have done this.` ^6And God saith unto him in the dream, `Yea, I -- I have known that in the integrity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I withhold thee, even I, from sinning against Me, therefore I have not suffered thee to come against her; ^7and now send back the man`s wife, for he [is] inspired, and he doth pray for thee, and live thou; and if thou do not send back, know that dying thou dost die, thou, and all that thou hast.` ^8And Abimelech riseth early in the morning, and calleth for all his servants, and speaketh all these words in their ears; and the men fear exceedingly; ^9and Abimelech calleth for Abraham, and saith to him, `What hast thou done to us? and what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought upon me, and upon my kingdom, a great sin? works which are not done thou hast done with me.` ^10Abimelech also saith unto Abraham, `What hast thou seen that thou hast done this thing?` ^11And Abraham saith, `Because I said, `Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they have slain me for the sake of my wife; ^12and also, truly she is my sister, daughter of my father, only not daughter of my mother, and she becometh my wife; ^13and it cometh to pass, when God hath caused me to wander from my father`s house, that I say to her, This [is] thy kindness which thou dost with me: at every place whither we come, say of me, He [is] my brother.` ^14And Abimelech taketh sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and giveth to Abraham, and sendeth back to him Sarah his wife; ^15and Abimelech saith, `Lo, my land [is] before thee, where it is good in thine eyes, dwell;` ^16and to Sarah he hath said, `Lo, I have given a thousand silverlings to thy brother; lo, it is to thee a covering of eyes, to all who are with thee;` and by all this she is reasoned with. ^17And Abraham prayeth unto God, and God healeth Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bear: ^18for Jehovah restraining had restrained every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham`s wife. _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 21 ^1And Jehovah hath looked after Sarah as He hath said, and Jehovah doth to Sarah as He hath spoken; ^2and Sarah conceiveth, and beareth a son to Abraham, to his old age, at the appointed time that God hath spoken of with him; ^3and Abraham calleth the name of his son who is born to him, whom Sarah hath born to him -- Isaac; ^4and Abraham circumciseth Isaac his son, [being] a son of eight days, as God hath commanded him. ^5And Abraham [is] a son of a hundred years in Isaac his son being born to him, ^6and Sarah saith, `God hath made laughter for me; every one who is hearing laugheth for me.` ^7She saith also, `Who hath said to Abraham, Sarah hath suckled sons, that I have born a son for his old age?` ^8And the lad groweth, and is weaned, and Abraham maketh a great banquet in the day of Isaac`s being weaned; ^9and Sarah seeth the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she hath borne to Abraham, mocking, ^10and she saith to Abraham, `Cast out this handmaid and her son; for the son of this handmaid hath no possession with my son -- with Isaac.` ^11And the thing is very wrong in the eyes of Abraham, for his son`s sake; ^12and God saith unto Abraham, `Let it not be wrong in thine eyes because of the youth, and because of thy handmaid: all that Sarah saith unto thee -- hearken to her voice, for in Isaac is a seed called to thee. ^13As to the son of the handmaid also, for a nation I set him, because he [is] thy seed.` ^14And Abraham riseth early in the morning, and taketh bread, and a bottle of water, and giveth unto Hagar (placing [it] on her shoulder), also the lad, and sendeth her out; and she goeth on, and goeth astray in the wilderness of Beer-Sheba; ^15and the water is consumed from the bottle, and she placeth the lad under one of the shrubs. ^16And she goeth and sitteth by herself over-against, afar off, about a bow-shot, for she said, `Let me not look on the death of the lad;` and she sitteth over-against, and lifteth up her voice, and weepeth. ^17And God heareth the voice of the youth; and the messenger of God calleth unto Hagar from the heavens, and saith to her, `What to thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath hearkened unto the voice of the youth where he [is]; ^18rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with thy hand, for for a great nation I set him.` ^19And God openeth her eyes, and she seeth a well of water, and she goeth and filleth the bottle [with] water, and causeth the youth to drink; ^20and God is with the youth, and he groweth, and dwelleth in the wilderness, and is an archer; ^21and he dwelleth in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother taketh for him a wife from the land of Egypt. ^22And it cometh to pass at that time that Abimelech speaketh -- Phichol also, head of his host -- unto Abraham, saying, `God [is] with thee in all that thou art doing; ^23and now, swear to me by God here: thou dost not lie to me, or to my continuator, or to my successor; according to the kindness which I have done with thee thou dost with me, and with the land in which thou hast sojourned.` ^24And Abraham saith, `I -- I do swear.` ^25And Abraham reasoned with Abimelech concerning the matter of a well of water which Abimelech`s servants have taken violently away, ^26and Abimelech saith, `I have not known who hath done this thing, and even thou didst not declare to me, and I also, I have not heard save to-day.` ^27And Abraham taketh sheep and oxen, and giveth to Abimelech, and they make, both of them, a covenant; ^28and Abraham setteth seven Lambs of the flock by themselves. ^29And Abimelech saith unto Abraham, `What [are] they -- these seven lambs which thou hast set by themselves?` ^30And he saith, `For -- the seven lambs thou dost accept from my hand, so that it becometh a witness for me that I have digged this well;` ^31therefore hath he called that place `Beer-Sheba,` for there have both of them sworn. ^32And they make a covenant in Beer-Sheba, and Abimelech riseth -- Phichol also, head of his host -- and they turn back unto the land of the Philistines; ^33and [Abraham] planteth a tamarask in Beer-Sheba, and preacheth there in the name of Jehovah, God age-during; ^34and Abraham sojourneth in the land of the Philistines many days. _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 22 ^1And it cometh to pass after these things that God hath tried Abraham, and saith unto him, `Abraham;` and he saith, `Here [am] I.` ^2And He saith, `Take, I pray thee, thy son, thine only one, whom thou hast loved, even Isaac, and go for thyself unto the land of Moriah, and cause him to ascend there for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains of which I speak unto thee.` ^3And Abraham riseth early in the morning, and saddleth his ass, and taketh two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and he cleaveth the wood of the burnt-offering, and riseth and goeth unto the place of which God hath spoken to him. ^4On the third day -- Abraham lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the place from afar; ^5and Abraham saith unto his young men, `Remain by yourselves here with the ass, and I and the youth go yonder and worship, and turn back unto you.` ^6And Abraham taketh the wood of the burnt-offering, and placeth on Isaac his son, and he taketh in his hand the fire, and the knife; and they go on both of them together. ^7And Isaac speaketh unto Abraham his father, and saith, `My father,` and he saith, `Here [am] I, my son.` And he saith, `Lo, the fire and the wood, and where the lamb for a burnt-offering?` ^8and Abraham saith, `God doth provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son;` and they go on both of them together. ^9And they come in unto the place of which God hath spoken to him, and there Abraham buildeth the altar, and arrangeth the wood, and bindeth Isaac his son, and placeth him upon the altar above the wood; ^10and Abraham putteth forth his hand, and taketh the knife -- to slaughter his son. ^11And the messenger of Jehovah calleth unto him from the heavens, and saith, `Abraham, Abraham;` and he saith, `Here [am] I;` ^12and He saith, `Put not forth thine hand unto the youth, nor do anything to him, for now I have known that thou art fearing God, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, from Me.` ^13And Abraham lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, a ram behind, seized in a thicket by its horns; and Abraham goeth, and taketh the ram, and causeth it to ascend for a burnt-offering instead of his son; ^14and Abraham calleth the name of that place `Jehovah-Jireh,` because it is said this day in the mount, `Jehovah doth provide.` ^15And the messenger of Jehovah calleth unto Abraham a second time from the heavens, ^16and saith, `By Myself I have sworn -- the affirmation of Jehovah -- that because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one -- ^17that blessing I bless thee, and multiplying I multiply thy seed as stars of the heavens, and as sand which [is] on the sea-shore; and thy seed doth possess the gate of his enemies; ^18and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth, because that thou hast hearkened to My voice.` ^19And Abraham turneth back unto his young men, and they rise and go together unto Beer-Sheba; and Abraham dwelleth in Beer-Sheba. ^20And it cometh to pass after these things that it is declared to Abraham, saying, `Lo, Milcah hath borne, even she, sons to Nahor thy brother: ^21Huz his first-born, and Buz his brother; and Kemuel father of Aram, ^22and Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel; ^23and Bethuel hath begotten Rebekah;` these eight hath Milcah borne to Nahor, Abraham`s brother; ^24and his concubine, whose name [is] Reumah, she also hath borne Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maachah. _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 23 ^1And the life of Sarah is a hundred and twenty and seven years -- years of the life of Sarah; ^2and Sarah dieth in Kirjath-Arba, which [is] Hebron, in the land of Caanan, and Abraham goeth in to mourn for Sarah, and to bewail her. ^3And Abraham riseth up from the presence of his dead, and speaketh unto the sons of Heth, saying, ^4`A sojourner and a settler I [am] with you; give to me a possession of a burying-place with you, and I bury my dead from before me.` ^5And the sons of Heth answer Abraham, saying to him, ^6`Hear us, my lord; a prince of God [art] thou in our midst; in the choice of our burying-places bury thy dead: none of us his burying-place doth withhold from thee, from burying thy dead.` ^7And Abraham riseth and boweth himself to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth, ^8and he speaketh with them, saying, `If it is your desire to bury my dead from before me, hear me, and meet for me with Ephron, son of Zoar; ^9and he giveth to me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which [is] in the extremity of his field; for full money doth he give it to me, in your midst, for a possession of a burying-place.` ^10And Ephron is sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth, and Ephron the Hittite answereth Abraham in the ears of the sons of Heth, of all those entering the gate of his city, saying, ^11`Nay, my lord, hear me: the field I have given to thee, and the cave that [is] in it, to thee I have given it; before the eyes of the sons of my people I have given it to thee -- bury thy dead.` ^12And Abraham boweth himself before the people of the land, ^13and speaketh unto Ephron in the ears of the people of the land, saying, `Only -- if thou wouldst hear me -- I have given the money of the field -- accept from me, and I bury my dead there.` ^14And Ephron answereth Abraham, saying to him, ^15`My lord, hear me: the land -- four hundred shekels of silver; between me and thee, what [is] it? -- thy dead bury.` ^16And Abraham hearkeneth unto Ephron, and Abraham weigheth to Ephron the silver which he hath spoken of in the ears of the sons of Heth, four hundred silver shekels, passing with the merchant. ^17And established are the field of Ephron, which [is] in Machpelah, which [is] before Mamre, the field and the cave which [is] in it, and all the trees which [are] in the field, which [are] in all its border round about, ^18to Abraham by purchase, before the eyes of the sons of Heth, among all entering the gate of his city. ^19And after this hath Abraham buried Sarah his wife at the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (which [is] Hebron), in the land of Canaan; ^20and established are the field, and the cave which [is] in it, to Abraham for a possession of a burying-place, from the sons of Heth. _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 24 ^1And Abraham [is] old, he hath entered into days, and Jehovah hath blessed Abraham in all [things]; ^2and Abraham saith unto his servant, the eldest of his house, who is ruling over all that he hath, `Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, ^3and I cause thee to swear by Jehovah, God of the heavens, and God of the earth, that thou dost not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in the midst of whom I am dwelling; ^4but unto my land and unto my kindred dost thou go, and hast taken a wife for my son, for Isaac.` ^5And the servant saith unto him, `It may be the woman is not willing to come after me unto this land; do I at all cause thy son to turn back unto the land from whence thou camest out?` ^6And Abraham saith unto him, `Take heed to thyself, lest thou cause my son to turn back thither; ^7Jehovah, God of the heavens, who hath taken me from the house of my father, and from the land of my birth, and who hath spoken to me, and who hath sworn to me, saying, To thy seed I give this land, He doth send His messenger before thee, and thou hast taken a wife for my son from thence; ^8and if the woman be not willing to come after thee, then thou hast been acquitted from this mine oath: only my son thou dost not cause to turn back thither.` ^9And the servant putteth his hand under the thigh of Abraham his lord, and sweareth to him concerning this matter. ^10And the servant taketh ten camels of the camels of his lord and goeth, also of all the goods of his lord in his hand, and he riseth, and goeth unto Aram-Naharaim, unto the city of Nahor; ^11and he causeth the camels to kneel at the outside of the city, at the well of water, at even-time, at the time of the coming out of the women who draw water. ^12And he saith, `Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, cause to meet, I pray Thee, before me this day -- (and do kindness with my lord Abraham; ^13lo, I am standing by the fountain of water, and daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water; ^14and it hath been, the young person unto whom I say, Incline, I pray thee, thy pitcher, and I drink, and she hath said, Drink, and I water also thy camels) -- her Thou hast decided for Thy servant, for Isaac; and by it I know that Thou hast done kindness with my lord.` ^15And it cometh to pass, before he hath finished speaking, that lo, Rebekah (who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, wife of Nahor, brother of Abraham) is coming out, and her pitcher on her shoulder, ^16and the young person [is] of very good appearance, a virgin, and a man hath not known her; and she goeth down to the fountain, and filleth her pitcher, and cometh up. ^17And the servant runneth to meet her, and saith, `Let me swallow, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher;` ^18and she saith, `Drink, my lord;` and she hasteth, and letteth down her pitcher upon her hand, and giveth him drink. ^19And she finisheth giving him drink, and saith, `Also for thy camels I draw till they have finished drinking;` ^20and she hasteth, and emptieth her pitcher into the drinking-trough, and runneth again unto the well to draw, and draweth for all his camels. ^21And the man, wondering at her, remaineth silent, to know whether Jehovah hath made his way prosperous or not. ^22And it cometh to pass when the camels have finished drinking, that the man taketh a golden ring (whose weight [is] a bekah), and two bracelets for her hands (whose weight [is] ten [bekahs] of gold), ^23and saith, `Whose daughter [art] thou? declare to me, I pray thee, is the house of thy father a place for us to lodge in?` ^24And she saith unto him, `I [am] daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, whom she hath borne to Nahor.` ^25She saith also unto him, `Both straw and provender [are] abundant with us, also a place to lodge in.` ^26And the man boweth, and doth obeisance to Jehovah, ^27and saith, `Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, who hath not left off His kindness and His truth with my lord; -- I [being] in the way, Jehovah hath led me to the house of my lord`s brethren.` ^28And the young person runneth, and declareth to the house of her mother according to these words. ^29And Rebekah hath a brother, and his name [is] Laban, and Laban runneth unto the man who [is] without, unto the fountain; ^30yea, it cometh to pass, when he seeth the ring, and the bracelets on the hands of his sister, and when he heareth the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, `Thus hath the man spoken unto me,` that he cometh in unto the man, and lo, he is standing by the camels by the fountain. ^31And he saith, `Come in, O blessed one of Jehovah, why standest thou without, and I -- I have prepared the house and place for the camels!` ^32And he bringeth in the man into the house, and looseth the camels, and giveth straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the feet of the men who [are] with him: ^33and setteth before him to eat; but he saith, `I do not eat till I have spoken my word;` and he saith, `Speak.` ^34And he saith, `I [am] Abraham`s servant; ^35and Jehovah hath blessed my lord exceedingly, and he is great; and He giveth to him flock, and herd, and silver, and gold, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and camels, and asses; ^36and Sarah, my lord`s wife, beareth a son to my lord, after she hath been aged, and he giveth to him all that he hath. ^37`And my lord causeth me to swear, saying, Thou dost not take a wife to my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in whose land I am dwelling. ^38If not -- unto the house of my father thou dost go, and unto my family, and thou hast taken a wife for my son. ^39`And I say unto my lord, It may be the woman doth not come after me; ^40and he saith unto me, Jehovah, before whom I have walked habitually, doth send His messenger with thee, and hath prospered thy way, and thou hast taken a wife for my son from my family, and from the house of my father; ^41then art thou acquitted from my oath, when thou comest unto my family, and if they give not [one] to thee; then thou hast been acquitted from my oath. ^42`And I come to-day unto the fountain, and I say, Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, if Thou art, I pray Thee, making prosperous my way in which I am going -- ^43(lo, I am standing by the fountain of water), then the virgin who is coming out to draw, and I have said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher, ^44and she hath said unto me, Both drink thou, and also for thy camels I draw -- she is the woman whom Jehovah hath decided for my lord`s son. ^45`Before I finish speaking unto my heart, then lo, Rebekah is coming out, and her pitcher on her shoulder, and she goeth down to the fountain, and draweth; and I say unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee, ^46and she hasteth and letteth down her pitcher from off her and saith, Drink, and thy camels also I water; and I drink, and the camels also she hath watered. ^47`And I ask her, and say, Whose daughter [art] thou? and she saith, Daughter of Bethuel, son of Nahor, whom Milcah hath borne to him, and I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands, ^48and I bow, and do obeisance before Jehovah, and I bless Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, who hath led me in the true way to receive the daughter of my lord`s brother for his son. ^49`And now, if ye are dealing kindly and truly with my lord, declare to me; and if not, declare to me; and I turn unto the right or unto the left.` ^50And Laban answereth -- Bethuel also -- and they say, `The thing hath gone out from Jehovah; we are not able to speak unto thee bad or good; ^51lo, Rebekah [is] before thee, take and go, and she is a wife to thy lord`s son, as Jehovah hath spoken.` ^52And it cometh to pass, when the servant of Abraham hath heard their words, that he boweth himself towards the earth before Jehovah; ^53and the servant taketh out vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and giveth to Rebekah; precious things also he hath given to her brother and to her mother. ^54And they eat and drink, he and the men who [are] with him, and lodge all night; and they rise in the morning, and he saith, `Send me to my lord;` ^55and her brother saith -- her mother also -- `Let the young person abide with us a week or ten days, afterwards doth she go.` ^56And he saith unto them, `Do not delay me, seeing Jehovah hath prospered my way; send me away, and I go to my lord;` ^57and they say, `Let us call for the young person, and ask at her mouth;` ^58and they call for Rebekah, and say unto her, `Dost thou go with this man?` and she saith, `I go.` ^59And they send away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham`s servant, and his men; ^60and they bless Rebekah, and say to her, `Thou [art] our sister; become thou thousands of myriads, and thy seed doth possess the gate of those hating it.` ^61And Rebekah and her young women arise, and ride on the camels, and go after the man; and the servant taketh Rebekah and goeth. ^62And Isaac hath come in from the entrance of the Well of the Living One, my Beholder; and he is dwelling in the land of the south, ^63and Isaac goeth out to meditate in the field, at the turning of the evening, and he lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, camels are coming. ^64And Rebekah lifteth up her eyes, and seeth Isaac, and alighteth from off the camel; ^65and she saith unto the servant, `Who [is] this man who is walking in the field to meet us?` and the servant saith, `It [is] my lord;` and she taketh the veil, and covereth herself. ^66And the servant recounteth to Isaac all the things that he hath done, ^67and Isaac bringeth her in unto the tent of Sarah his mother, and he taketh Rebekah, and she becometh his wife, and he loveth her, and Isaac is comforted after [the death of] his mother. _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 25 ^1And Abraham addeth and taketh a wife, and her name [is] Keturah; ^2and she beareth to him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. ^3And Jokshan hath begotten Sheba and Dedan; and the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim; ^4and the sons of Midian [are] Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah: all these [are] sons of Keturah. ^5And Abraham giveth all that he hath to Isaac; ^6and to the sons of the concubines whom Abraham hath, Abraham hath given gifts, and sendeth them away from Isaac his son (in his being yet alive) eastward, unto the east country. ^7And these [are] the days of the years of the life of Abraham, which he lived, a hundred and seventy and five years; ^8and Abraham expireth, and dieth in a good old age, aged and satisfied, and is gathered unto his people. ^9And Isaac and Ishmael his sons bury him at the cave of Machpelah, at the field of Ephron, son of Zoar the Hittite, which [is] before Mamre -- ^10the field which Abraham bought from the sons of Heth -- there hath Abraham been buried, and Sarah his wife. ^11And it cometh to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blesseth Isaac his son; and Isaac dwelleth by the Well of the Living One, my Beholder. ^12And these [are] births of Ishmael, Abraham`s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah`s handmaid, hath borne to Abraham; ^13and these [are] the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their births: first-born of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, ^14and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, ^15Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: ^16these are sons of Ishmael, and these their names, by their villages, and by their towers; twelve princes according to their peoples. ^17And these [are] the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty and seven years; and he expireth, and dieth, and is gathered unto his people; ^18and they tabernacle from Havilah unto Shur, which [is] before Egypt, in [thy] going towards Asshur; in the presence of all his brethren hath he fallen. ^19And these [are] births of Isaac, Abraham`s son: Abraham hath begotten Isaac; ^20and Isaac is a son of forty years in his taking Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean, from Padan-Aram, sister of Laban the Aramaean, to him for a wife. ^21And Isaac maketh entreaty to Jehovah before his wife, for she [is] barren: and Jehovah is entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceiveth, ^22and the children struggle together within her, and she saith, `If [it is] right -- why [am] I thus?` and she goeth to seek Jehovah. ^23And Jehovah saith to her, `Two nations [are] in thy womb, and two peoples from thy bowels are parted; and the [one] people than the [other] people is stronger; and the elder doth serve the younger.` ^24And her days to bear are fulfilled, and lo, twins [are] in her womb; ^25and the first cometh out all red as a hairy robe, and they call his name Esau; ^26and afterwards hath his brother come out, and his hand is taking hold on Esau`s heel, and one calleth his name Jacob; and Isaac [is] a son of sixty years in her bearing them. ^27And the youths grew, and Esau is a man acquainted [with] hunting, a man of the field; and Jacob [is] a plain man, inhabiting tents; ^28and Isaac loveth Esau, for [his] hunting [is] in his mouth; and Rebekah is loving Jacob. ^29And Jacob boileth pottage, and Esau cometh in from the field, and he [is] weary; ^30and Esau saith unto Jacob, `Let me eat, I pray thee, some of this red red thing, for I [am] weary;` therefore hath [one] called his name Edom [Red]; ^31and Jacob saith, `Sell to-day thy birthright to me.` ^32And Esau saith, `Lo, I am going to die, and what is this to me -- birthright?` ^33and Jacob saith, `Swear to me to-day:` and he sweareth to him, and selleth his birthright to Jacob; ^34and Jacob hath given to Esau bread and pottage of lentiles, and he eateth, and drinketh, and riseth, and goeth; and Esau despiseth the birthright. _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 26 ^1And there is a famine in the land, besides the first famine which was in the days of Abraham, and Isaac goeth unto Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar. ^2And Jehovah appeareth unto him, and saith, `Go not down towards Egypt, tabernacle in the land concerning which I speak unto thee, ^3sojourn in this land, and I am with thee, and bless thee, for to thee and to thy seed I give all these lands, and I have established the oath which I have sworn to Abraham thy father; ^4and I have multiplied thy seed as stars of the heavens, and I have given to thy seed all these lands; and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth; ^5because that Abraham hath hearkened to My voice, and keepeth My charge, My commands, My statutes, and My laws.` ^6And Isaac dwelleth in Gerar; ^7and men of the place ask him of his wife, and he saith, `She [is] my sister:` for he hath been afraid to say, `My wife -- lest the men of the place kill me for Rebekah, for she [is] of good appearance.` ^8And it cometh to pass, when the days have been prolonged to him there, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looketh through the window, and seeth, and lo, Isaac is playing with Rebekah his wife. ^9And Abimelech calleth for Isaac, and saith, `Lo, she [is] surely thy wife; and how hast thou said, She [is] my sister?` and Isaac saith unto him, `Because I said, Lest I die for her.` ^10And Abimelech saith, `What [is] this thou hast done to us? as a little thing one of the people had lain with thy wife, and thou hadst brought upon us guilt;` ^11and Abimelech commandeth all the people, saying, `He who cometh against this man or against his wife, dying doth die.` ^12And Isaac soweth in that land, and findeth in that year a hundredfold, and Jehovah blesseth him; ^13and the man is great, and goeth on, going on and becoming great, till that he hath been very great, ^14and he hath possession of a flock, and possession of a herd, and an abundant service; and the Philistines envy him, ^15and all the wells which his father`s servants digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines have stopped them, and fill them with dust. ^16And Abimelech saith unto Isaac, `Go from us; for thou hast become much mightier than we;` ^17and Isaac goeth from thence, and encampeth in the valley of Gerar, and dwelleth there; ^18and Isaac turneth back, and diggeth the wells of water which they digged in the days of Abraham his father, which the Philistines do stop after the death of Abraham, and he calleth to them names according to the names which his father called them. ^19And Isaac`s servants dig in the valley, and find there a well of living water, ^20and shepherds of Gerar strive with shepherds of Isaac, saying, `The water [is] ours;` and he calleth the name of the well `Strife,` because they have striven habitually with him; ^21and they dig another well, and they strive also for it, and he calleth its name `Hatred.` ^22And he removeth from thence, and diggeth another well, and they have not striven for it, and he calleth its name Enlargements, and saith, `For -- now hath Jehovah given enlargement to us, and we have been fruitful in the land.` ^23And he goeth up from thence [to] Beer-Sheba, ^24and Jehovah appeareth unto him during that night, and saith, `I [am] the God of Abraham thy father, fear not, for I [am] with thee, and have blessed thee, and have multiplied thy seed, because of Abraham My servant;` ^25and he buildeth there an altar, and preacheth in the name of Jehovah, and stretcheth out there his tent, and there Isaac`s servants dig a well. ^26And Abimelech hath gone unto him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phichol head of his host; ^27and Isaac saith unto them, `Wherefore have ye come unto me, and ye have hated me, and ye send me away from you?` ^28And they say, `We have certainly seen that Jehovah hath been with thee, and we say, `Let there be, we pray thee, an oath between us, between us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee; ^29do not evil with us, as we have not touched thee, and as we have only done good with thee, and send thee away in peace; thou [art] now blessed of Jehovah.` ^30And he maketh for them a banquet, and they eat and drink, ^31and rise early in the morning, and swear one to another, and Isaac sendeth them away, and they go from him in peace. ^32And it cometh to pass during that day that Isaac`s servants come and declare to him concerning the circumstances of the well which they have digged, and say to him, `We have found water;` ^33and he calleth it Shebah, [oath,] therefore the name of the city [is] Beer-Sheba, [well of the oath,] unto this day. ^34And Esau is a son of forty years, and he taketh a wife, Judith, daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath, daughter of Elon the Hittite, ^35and they are a bitterness of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah. _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 27 ^1And it cometh to pass that Isaac [is] aged, and his eyes are too dim for seeing, and he calleth Esau his elder son, and saith unto him, `My son;` and he saith unto him, `Here [am] I.` ^2And he saith, `Lo, I pray thee, I have become aged, I have not known the day of my death; ^3and now, take up, I pray thee, thy instruments, thy quiver, and thy bow, and go out to the field, and hunt for me provision, ^4and make for me tasteful things, [such] as I have loved, and bring in to me, and I do eat, so that my soul doth bless thee before I die.` ^5And Rebekah is hearkening while Isaac is speaking unto Esau his son; and Esau goeth to the field to hunt provision -- to bring in; ^6and Rebekah hath spoken unto Jacob her son, saying, `Lo, I have heard thy father speaking unto Esau thy brother, saying, ^7Bring for me provision, and make for me tasteful things, and I do eat, and bless thee before Jehovah before my death. ^8`And now, my son, hearken to my voice, to that which I am commanding thee: ^9Go, I pray thee, unto the flock, and take for me from thence two good kids of the goats, and I make them tasteful things for thy father, [such] as he hath loved; ^10and thou hast taken in to thy father, and he hath eaten, so that his soul doth bless thee before his death. ^11And Jacob saith unto Rebekah his mother, `Lo, Esau my brother [is] a hairy man, and I a smooth man, ^12it may be my father doth feel me, and I have been in his eyes as a deceiver, and have brought upon me disesteem, and not a blessing;` ^13and his mother saith to him, `On me thy disesteem, my son; only hearken to my voice, and go, take for me.` ^14And he goeth, and taketh, and bringeth to his mother, and his mother maketh tasteful things, [such] as his father hath loved; ^15and Rebekah taketh the desirable garments of Esau her elder son, which [are] with her in the house, and doth put on Jacob her younger son; ^16and the skins of the kids of the goats she hath put on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck, ^17and she giveth the tasteful things, and the bread which she hath made, into the hand of Jacob her son. ^18And he cometh in unto his father, and saith, `My father;` and he saith, `Here [am] I; who [art] thou, my son?` ^19And Jacob saith unto his father, `I [am] Esau thy first-born; I have done as thou hast spoken unto me; rise, I pray thee, sit, and eat of my provision, so that thy soul doth bless me.` ^20And Isaac saith unto his son, `What [is] this thou hast hasted to find, my son?` and he saith, `That which Jehovah thy God hath caused to come before me.` ^21And Isaac saith unto Jacob, `Come nigh, I pray thee, and I feel thee, my son, whether thou [art] he, my son Esau, or not.` ^22And Jacob cometh nigh unto Isaac his father, and he feeleth him, and saith, `The voice [is] the voice of Jacob, and the hands hands of Esau.` ^23And he hath not discerned him, for his hands have been hairy, as the hands of Esau his brother, and he blesseth him, ^24and saith, `Thou art he -- my son Esau?` and he saith, `I [am].` ^25And he saith, `Bring nigh to me, and I do eat of my son`s provision, so that my soul doth bless thee;` and he bringeth nigh to him, and he eateth; and he bringeth to him wine, and he drinketh. ^26And Isaac his father saith to him, `Come nigh, I pray thee, and kiss me, my son;` ^27and he cometh nigh, and kisseth him, and he smelleth the fragrance of his garments, and blesseth him, and saith, `See, the fragrance of my son [is] as the fragrance of a field which Jehovah hath blessed; ^28and God doth give to thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and abundance of corn and wine; ^29peoples serve thee, and nations bow themselves to thee, be thou mighty over thy brethren, and the sons of thy mother bow themselves to thee; those who curse thee [are] cursed, and those who bless thee [are] blessed.` ^30And it cometh to pass, as Isaac hath finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob is only just going out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother hath come in from his hunting; ^31and he also maketh tasteful things, and bringeth to his father, and saith to his father, `Let my father arise, and eat of his son`s provision, so that thy soul doth bless me.` ^32And Isaac his father saith to him, `Who [art] thou?` and he saith, `I [am] thy son, thy first-born, Esau;` ^33and Isaac trembleth a very great trembling, and saith, `Who, now, [is] he who hath provided provision, and bringeth in to me, and I eat of all before thou comest in, and I bless him? -- yea, blessed is he.` ^34When Esau heareth the words of his father, then he crieth a very great and bitter cry, and saith to his father, `Bless me, me also, O my father;` ^35and he saith, `Thy brother hath come with subtilty, and taketh thy blessing.` ^36And he saith, `Is it because [one] called his name Jacob that he doth take me by the heel these two times? my birthright he hath taken; and lo, now, he hath taken my blessing;` he saith also, `Hast thou not kept back a blessing for me?` ^37And Isaac answereth and saith to Esau, `Lo, a mighty one have I set him over thee, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants, and [with] corn and wine have I sustained him; and for thee now, what shall I do, my son?` ^38And Esau saith unto his father, `One blessing hast thou my father? bless me, me also, O my father;` and Esau lifteth up his voice, and weepeth. ^39And Isaac his father answereth and saith unto him, `Lo, of the fatness of the earth is thy dwelling, and of the dew of the heavens from above; ^40and by thy sword dost thou live, and thy brother dost thou serve; and it hath come to pass when thou rulest, that thou hast broken his yoke from off thy neck.` ^41And Esau hateth Jacob, because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau saith in his heart, `The days of mourning [for] my father draw near, and I slay Jacob my brother.` ^42And the words of Esau her elder son are declared to Rebekah, and she sendeth and calleth for Jacob her younger son, and saith unto him, `Lo, Esau thy brother is comforting himself in regard to thee -- to slay thee; ^43and now, my son, hearken to my voice, and rise, flee for thyself unto Laban my brother, to Haran, ^44and thou hast dwelt with him some days, till thy brother`s fury turn back, ^45till thy brother`s anger turn back from thee, and he hath forgotten that which thou hast done to him, and I have sent and taken thee from thence; why am I bereaved even of you both the same day?` ^46And Rebekah saith unto Isaac, `I have been disgusted with my life because of the presence of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, like these -- from the daughters of the land -- why do I live?` _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 28 ^1And Isaac calleth unto Jacob, and blesseth him, and commandeth him, and saith to him, `Thou dost not take a wife of the daughters of Caanan; ^2rise, go to Padan-Aram, to the house of Bethuel, thy mother`s father, and take for thyself from thence a wife, of the daughters of Laban, thy mother`s brother; ^3and God Almighty doth bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and thou hast become an assembly of peoples; ^4and He doth give to thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee and to thy seed with thee, to cause thee to possess the land of thy sojournings, which God gave to Abraham.` ^5And Isaac sendeth away Jacob, and he goeth to Padan-Aram, unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramaean, brother of Rebekah, mother of Jacob and Esau. ^6And Esau seeth that Isaac hath blessed Jacob, and hath sent him to Padan-Aram to take to himself from thence a wife -- in his blessing him that he layeth a charge upon him, saying, Thou dost not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan -- ^7that Jacob hearkeneth unto his father and unto his mother, and goeth to Padan-Aram -- ^8and Esau seeth that the daughters of Canaan are evil in the eyes of Isaac his father, ^9and Esau goeth unto Ishmael, and taketh Mahalath, daughter of Ishmael, Abraham`s son, sister of Nebajoth, unto his wives, to himself, for a wife. ^10And Jacob goeth out from Beer-Sheba, and goeth toward Haran, ^11and he toucheth at a [certain] place, and lodgeth there, for the sun hath gone in, and he taketh of the stones of the place, and maketh [them] his pillows, and lieth down in that place. ^12And he dreameth, and lo, a ladder set up on the earth, and its head is touching the heavens; and lo, messengers of God are going up and coming down by it; ^13and lo, Jehovah is standing upon it, and He saith, `I [am] Jehovah, God of Abraham thy father, and God of Isaac; the land on which thou art lying, to thee I give it, and to thy seed; ^14and thy seed hath been as the dust of the land, and thou hast broken forth westward, and eastward, and northward, and southward, and all families of the ground have been blessed in thee and in thy seed. ^15`And lo, I [am] with thee, and have kept thee whithersoever thou goest, and have caused thee to turn back unto this ground; for I leave thee not till that I have surely done that which I have spoken to thee.` ^16And Jacob awaketh out of his sleep, and saith, `Surely Jehovah is in this place, and I knew not;` ^17and he feareth, and saith, `How fearful [is] this place; this is nothing but a house of God, and this a gate of the heavens.` ^18And Jacob riseth early in the morning, and taketh the stone which he hath made his pillows, and maketh it a standing pillar, and poureth oil upon its top, ^19and he calleth the name of that place Bethel, [house of God,] and yet, Luz [is] the name of the city at the first. ^20And Jacob voweth a vow, saying, `Seeing God is with me, and hath kept me in this way which I am going, and hath given to me bread to eat, and a garment to put on -- ^21when I have turned back in peace unto the house of my father, and Jehovah hath become my God, ^22then this stone which I have made a standing pillar is a house of God, and all that Thou dost give to me -- tithing I tithe to Thee.` _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 29 ^1And Jacob lifteth up his feet, and goeth towards the land of the sons of the east; ^2and he looketh, and lo, a well in the field, and lo, there three droves of a flock crouching by it, for from that well they water the droves, and the great stone [is] on the mouth of the well. ^3(When thither have all the droves been gathered, and they have rolled the stone from off the mouth of the well, and have watered the flock, then they have turned back the stone on the mouth of the well to its place.) ^4And Jacob saith to them, `My brethren, from whence [are] ye?` and they say, `We [are] from Haran.` ^5And he saith to them, `Have ye known Laban, son of Nahor?` and they say, `We have known.` ^6And he saith to them, `Hath he peace?` and they say, `Peace; and lo, Rachel his daughter is coming with the flock.` ^7And he saith, `Lo, the day [is] still great, [it is] not time for the cattle to be gathered; water ye the flock, and go, delight yourselves.` ^8And they say, `We are not able, till that all the droves be gathered together, and they have rolled away the stone from the mouth of the well, and we have watered the flock.` ^9He is yet speaking with them, and Rachel hath come with the flock which her father hath, for she [is] shepherdess; ^10and it cometh to pass when Jacob hath seen Rachel, daughter of Laban his mother`s brother, and the flock of Laban his mother`s brother, that Jacob cometh nigh and rolleth the stone from off the mouth of the well, and watereth the flock of Laban his mother`s brother. ^11And Jacob kisseth Rachel, and lifteth up his voice, and weepeth, ^12and Jacob declareth to Rachel that he [is] her father`s brother, and that he [is] Rebekah`s son, and she runneth and declareth to her father. ^13And it cometh to pass, when Laban heareth the report of Jacob his sister`s son, that he runneth to meet him, and embraceth him, and kisseth him, and bringeth him in unto his house; and he recounteth to Laban all these things, ^14and Laban saith to him, `Only my bone and my flesh [art] thou;` and he dwelleth with him a month of days. ^15And Laban saith to Jacob, `Is it because thou [art] my brother that thou hast served me for nought? declare to me what [is] thy hire.` ^16And Laban hath two daughters, the name of the elder [is] Leah, and the name of the younger Rachel, ^17and the eyes of Leah [are] tender, and Rachel hath been fair of form and fair of appearance. ^18And Jacob loveth Rachel, and saith, `I serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter:` ^19and Laban saith, `It is better for me to give her to thee than to give her to another man; dwell with me;` ^20and Jacob serveth for Rachel seven years; and they are in his eyes as some days, because of his loving her. ^21And Jacob saith unto Laban, `Give up my wife, for my days have been fulfilled, and I go in unto her;` ^22and Laban gathereth all the men of the place, and maketh a banquet. ^23And it cometh to pass in the evening, that he taketh Leah, his daughter, and bringeth her in unto him, and he goeth in unto her; ^24and Laban giveth to her Zilpah, his maid-servant, to Leah his daughter, a maid-servant. ^25And it cometh to pass in the morning, that lo, it [is] Leah; and he saith unto Laban, `What [is] this thou hast done to me? for Rachel have I not served with thee? and why hast thou deceived me?` ^26And Laban saith, `It is not done so in our place, to give the younger before the first-born; ^27fulfil the week of this one, and we give to thee also this one, for the service which thou dost serve with me yet seven other years.` ^28And Jacob doth so, and fulfilleth the week of this one, and he giveth to him Rachel his daughter, to him for a wife; ^29and Laban giveth to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his maid-servant, for a maid-servant to her. ^30And he goeth in also unto Rachel, and he also loveth Rachel more than Leah; and he serveth with him yet seven other years. ^31And Jehovah seeth that Leah [is] the hated one, and He openeth her womb, and Rachel [is] barren; ^32and Leah conceiveth, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Reuben, for she said, `Because Jehovah hath looked on mine affliction; because now doth my husband love me.` ^33And she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and saith, `Because Jehovah hath heard that I [am] the hated one, He also giveth to me even this [one];` and she calleth his name Simeon. ^34And she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and saith, `Now [is] the time, my husband is joined unto me, because I have born to him three sons,` therefore hath [one] called his name Levi. ^35And she conceiveth again, and beareth a son, and saith this time, `I praise Jehovah;` therefore hath she called his name Judah; and she ceaseth from bearing. _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 30 ^1And Rachel seeth that she hath not borne to Jacob, and Rachel is envious of her sister, and saith unto Jacob, `Give me sons, and if there is none -- I die.` ^2And Jacob`s anger burneth against Rachel, and he saith, `Am I in stead of God who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?` ^3And she saith, `Lo, my handmaid Bilhah, go in unto her, and she doth bear on my knees, and I am built up, even I, from her;` ^4and she giveth to him Bilhah her maid-servant for a wife, and Jacob goeth in unto her; ^5and Bilhah conceiveth, and beareth to Jacob a son, ^6and Rachel saith, `God hath decided for me, and also hath hearkened to my voice, and giveth to me a son;` therefore hath she called his name Dan. ^7And Bilhah, Rachel`s maid-servant, conceiveth again, and beareth a second son to Jacob, ^8and Rachel saith, `With wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, yea, I have prevailed;` and she calleth his name Napthali. ^9And Leah seeth that she hath ceased from bearing, and she taketh Zilpah her maid-servant, and giveth her to Jacob for a wife; ^10and Zilpah, Leah`s maid-servant, beareth to Jacob a son, ^11and Leah saith, `A troop is coming;` and she calleth his name Gad. ^12And Zilpah, Leah`s maid-servant, beareth a second son to Jacob, ^13and Leah saith, `Because of my happiness, for daughters have pronounced me happy;` and she calleth his name Asher. ^14And Reuben goeth in the days of wheat-harvest, and findeth love-apples in the field, and bringeth them in unto Leah, his mother, and Rachel saith unto Leah, `Give to me, I pray thee, of the love-apples of thy son.` ^15And she saith to her, `Is thy taking my husband a little thing, that thou hast taken also the love-apples of my son?` and Rachel saith, `Therefore doth he lie with thee to-night, for thy son`s love-apples.` ^16And Jacob cometh in from the field at evening; and Leah goeth to meet him, and saith, `Unto me dost thou come in, for hiring I have hired thee with my son`s love-apples;` and he lieth with her during that night. ^17And God hearkeneth unto Leah, and she conceiveth, and beareth to Jacob a son, a fifth, ^18and Leah saith, `God hath given my hire, because I have given my maid-servant to my husband;` and she calleth his name Issachar. ^19And conceive again doth Leah, and she beareth a sixth son to Jacob, ^20and Leah saith, `God hath endowed me -- a good dowry; this time doth my husband dwell with me, for I have borne to him six sons;` and she calleth his name Zebulun; ^21and afterwards hath she born a daughter, and calleth her name Dinah. ^22And God remembereth Rachel, and God hearkeneth unto her, and openeth her womb, ^23and she conceiveth and beareth a son, and saith, `God hath gathered up my reproach;` ^24and she calleth his name Joseph, saying, `Jehovah is adding to me another son.` ^25And it cometh to pass, when Rachel hath borne Joseph, that Jacob saith unto Laban, `Send me away, and I go unto my place, and to my land; ^26give up my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and I go; for thou -- thou hast known my service which I have served thee.` ^27And Laban saith unto him, `If, I pray thee, I have found grace in thine eyes -- I have observed diligently that Jehovah doth bless me for thy sake.` ^28He saith also, `Define thy hire to me, and I give.` ^29And he saith unto him, `Thou -- thou hast known that which I have served thee [in], and that which thy substance was with me; ^30for [it is] little which thou hast had at my appearance, and it breaketh forth into a multitude, and Jehovah blesseth thee at my coming; and now, when do I make, I also, for mine own house?` ^31And he saith, `What do I give to thee?` And Jacob saith, `Thou dost not give me anything; if thou do for me this thing, I turn back; I have delight; thy flock I watch; ^32I pass through all thy flock to-day to turn aside from thence every sheep speckled and spotted, and every brown sheep among the lambs, and speckled and spotted among the goats -- and it hath been my hire; ^33and my righteousness hath answered for me in the day to come, when it cometh in for my hire before thy face; -- every one which is not speckled and spotted among [my] goats, and brown among [my] lambs -- it is stolen with me.` ^34And Laban saith, `Lo, O that it were according to thy word;` ^35and he turneth aside during that day the ring-straked and the spotted he-goats, and all the speckled and the spotted she-goats, every one that [hath] white in it, and every brown one among the lambs, and he giveth into the hand of his sons, ^36and setteth a journey of three days between himself and Jacob; and Jacob is feeding the rest of the flock of Laban. ^37And Jacob taketh to himself a rod of fresh poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut, and doth peel in them white peelings, making bare the white that [is] on the rods, ^38and setteth up the rods which he hath peeled in the gutters in the watering troughs (when the flock cometh in to drink), over-against the flock, that they may conceive in their coming in to drink; ^39and the flocks conceive at the rods, and the flock beareth ring-straked, speckled, and spotted ones. ^40And the lambs hath Jacob parted, and he putteth the face of the flock towards the ring-straked, also all the brown in the flock of Laban, and he setteth his own droves by themselves, and hath not set them near Laban`s flock. ^41And it hath come to pass whenever the strong ones of the flock conceive, that Jacob set the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, to cause them to conceive by the rods, ^42and when the flock is feeble, he doth not set [them]; and the feeble ones have been Laban`s, and the strong ones Jacob`s. ^43And the man increaseth very exceedingly, and hath many flocks, and maid-servants, and men-servants, and camels, and asses. _________________________________________________________________ Chapter 31 ^1And he heareth the words of Laban`s sons, saying, `Jacob hath taken all that our father hath; yea, from that which our father hath, he hath made all this honour;` ^2and Jacob seeth the face of Laban, and lo, it is not with him as heretofore. ^3And Jehovah saith unto Jacob, `Turn back unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred, and I am with thee.` ^4And Jacob sendeth and calleth for Rachel and for Leah to the field unto his flock; ^5and saith to them, `I am beholding your father`s face -- that it is not towards me as heretofore, and the God of my father hath been with me, ^6and ye -- ye have known that with all my power I have served your father, ^7and your father hath played upon me, and hath changed my hire ten times; and God hath not suffered him to do evil with me. ^8`If he say thus: The speckled are thy hire, then bare all the flock speckled ones; and if he say thus: The ring-straked are thy hire, then bare all the flock ring-straked; ^9and God taketh away the substance of your father, and doth give to me. ^10`And it cometh to pass at the time of the flock conceiving, that I lift up mine eyes and see in a dream, and lo, the he-goats, which are going up on the flock, [are] ring-straked, speckled, and grisled; ^11and the messenger of God saith unto me in the dream, Jacob, and I say, Here [am] I. ^12`And He saith, Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and see -- all the he-goats which are going up on the flock [are] ring-straked, speckled, and grisled, for I have seen all that Laban is doing to thee; ^13I [am] the God of Bethel where thou hast anointed a standing pillar, where thou hast vowed a vow to me; now, arise, go out from this land, and turn back unto the land of thy birth.` ^14And Rachel answereth -- Leah also -- and saith to him, `Have we yet a portion and inheritance in the house of our father? ^15have we not been reckoned strangers to him? for he hath sold us, and he also utterly consumeth our money; ^16for all the wealth which God hath taken away from our father, it [is] ours, and our children`s; and now, all that God hath said unto thee -- do.` ^17And Jacob riseth, and lifteth up his sons and his wives on the camels, ^18and leadeth all his cattle, and all his substance which he hath acquired, the cattle of his getting, which he hath acquired in Padan-Aram, to go unto Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan. ^19And Laban hath gone to shear his flock, and Rachel stealeth the teraphim which her father hath; ^20and Jacob deceiveth the heart of Laban the Aramaean, because he hath not declared to him that he is fleeing; ^21and he fleeth, he and all that he hath, and riseth, and passeth over the River, and setteth his face [toward] the mount of Gilead. ^22And it is told to Laban on the third day that Jacob hath fled, ^23and he taketh his brethren with him, and pursueth after him a journey of seven days, and overtaketh him in the mount of Gilead. ^24And God cometh in unto Laban the Aramaean in a dream of the night, and saith to him, `Take heed to thyself lest thou speak with Jacob from good unto evil.` ^25And Laban overtaketh Jacob; and Jacob hath fixed his tent in the mount; and Laban with his brethren have fixed [theirs] in the mount of Gilead. ^26And Laban saith to Jacob, `What hast thou done that thou dost deceive my heart, and lead away my daughters as captives of the sword? ^27Why hast thou hidden thyself