Genesis 35-37New King James Version (NKJV)
Jacob’s Return to Bethel
35 Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to
Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you
when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”
2 And Jacob said to his household and
to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods
that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your
garments.3 Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I
will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and
has been with me in the way which I have gone.” 4 So
they gave Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their
hands, and the earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob
hid them under the terebinth tree which was by Shechem.
5 And they journeyed, and the terror
of God was upon the cities that were all around them, and they
did not pursue the sons of Jacob. 6 So Jacob came
to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the
land of Canaan, he and all the people who werewith him. 7 And
he built an altar there and called the place El Bethel,[a] because there God
appeared to him when he fled from the face of his brother.
8 Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died,
and she was buried below Bethel under the terebinth tree. So the name of it was
called Allon Bachuth.[b]
9 Then God appeared to Jacob again,
when he came from Padan Aram, and blessed him. 10 And
God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; your name shall not be called
Jacob anymore, but Israel shall be your name.” So He called his name
Israel. 11 Also God said to him: “I am God
Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall
proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body. 12 The
land which I gave Abraham and Isaac I give to you; and to your descendants
after you I give this land.” 13 Then God went up
from him in the place where He talked with him. 14 So
Jacob set up a pillar in the place where He talked with him, a pillar of stone;
and he poured a drink offering on it, and he poured oil on it. 15 And
Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel.
Death of Rachel
16 Then they journeyed from Bethel.
And when there was but a little distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel labored in
childbirth, and she had hard labor. 17 Now
it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, “Do
not fear; you will have this son also.” 18 And so
it was, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name
Ben-Oni;[c] but his father called
him Benjamin.[d] 19 So
Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). 20 And
Jacob set a pillar on her grave, which is the pillar of
Rachel’s grave to this day.
21 Then Israel journeyed and pitched
his tent beyond the tower of Eder. 22 And it
happened, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah
his father’s concubine; and Israel heard about it.
Jacob’s Twelve Sons
Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 23 the
sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, Levi,
Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun; 24 the sons of
Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin; 25 the
sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s maidservant, were Dan and
Naphtali; 26 and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s
maidservant, were Gad and Asher. These were the
sons of Jacob who were born to him in Padan Aram.
Death of Isaac
27 Then Jacob came to his father
Isaac at Mamre, or Kirjath Arba[e] (that is,Hebron),
where Abraham and Isaac had dwelt. 28 Now the days
of Isaac were one hundred and eighty years. 29 So
Isaac breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people, being old
and full of days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
The Family of Esau
36 Now this is the genealogy of
Esau, who is Edom. 2 Esau took his wives from the
daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite; Aholibamah the
daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; 3 and
Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebajoth. 4 Now
Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, and Basemath bore Reuel. 5 And
Aholibamah bore Jeush, Jaalam, and Korah. These were the sons
of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
6 Then Esau took his wives, his sons,
his daughters, and all the persons of his household, his cattle and all his
animals, and all his goods which he had gained in the land of Canaan, and went
to a country away from the presence of his brother Jacob. 7 For
their possessions were too great for them to dwell together, and the land where
they were strangers could not support them because of their livestock.8 So
Esau dwelt in Mount Seir. Esau is Edom.
9 And this is the
genealogy of Esau the father of the Edomites in Mount Seir.10 These were the
names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, and Reuel the
son of Basemath the wife of Esau. 11 And the sons
of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho,[f] Gatam, and Kenaz.
12 Now Timna was the concubine of
Eliphaz, Esau’s son, and she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These were the
sons of Adah, Esau’s wife.
13 These were the
sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the sons of
Basemath, Esau’s wife.
14 These were the sons of Aholibamah,
Esau’s wife, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon. And she bore to
Esau: Jeush, Jaalam, and Korah.
The Chiefs of Edom
15 These were the
chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz, the firstborn sonof
Esau, were Chief Teman, Chief Omar, Chief Zepho, Chief Kenaz, 16 Chief
Korah,[g] Chief Gatam, and Chief
Amalek. These were the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom.
They were the sons of Adah.
17 These were the
sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: Chief Nahath, Chief Zerah, Chief Shammah, and Chief
Mizzah. These were the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom.
These were the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.
18 And these were the
sons of Aholibamah, Esau’s wife: Chief Jeush, Chief Jaalam, and Chief Korah.
These were the chiefs who descended from
Aholibamah, Esau’s wife, the daughter of Anah. 19 These were the
sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these were their chiefs.
The Sons of Seir
20 These were the
sons of Seir the Horite who inhabited the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon,
Anah, 21 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These were the
chiefs of the Horites, the sons of Seir, in the land of Edom.
22 And the sons of Lotan were Hori
and Hemam.[h] Lotan’s sister was Timna.
24 These were the
sons of Zibeon: both Ajah and Anah. This was the Anah who
found the water[k] in the wilderness as
he pastured the donkeys of his father Zibeon. 25 These were the
children of Anah: Dishon and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.
26 These were the
sons of Dishon:[l]Hemdan,[m] Eshban, Ithran, and
Cheran.27 These were the sons of Ezer:
Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.[n] 28 These were the
sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.
29 These were the
chiefs of the Horites: Chief Lotan, Chief Shobal, Chief Zibeon, Chief
Anah, 30 Chief Dishon, Chief Ezer, and Chief
Dishan. These were the chiefs of the Horites, according to
their chiefs in the land of Seir.
The Kings of Edom
31 Now these were the
kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children
of Israel: 32 Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom,
and the name of his city was Dinhabah. 33 And
when Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place. 34 When
Jobab died, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place. 35 And
when Husham died, Hadad the son of Bedad, who attacked Midian in the field of
Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith. 36 When
Hadad died, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. 37 And
when Samlah died, Saul of Rehoboth-by-the-River reigned in his
place. 38 When Saul died, Baal-Hanan the son of
Achbor reigned in his place.39 And when Baal-Hanan the
son of Achbor died, Hadar[o] reigned in his place;
and the name of his city was Pau.[p] His wife’s name was Mehetabel,
the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
The Chiefs of Esau
40 And these were the
names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their families and their places, by
their names: Chief Timnah, Chief Alvah,[q] Chief Jetheth, 41 Chief
Aholibamah, Chief Elah, Chief Pinon, 42 Chief
Kenaz, Chief Teman, Chief Mibzar,43 Chief Magdiel, and
Chief Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their
dwelling places in the land of their possession. Esau was the
father of the Edomites.
Joseph Dreams of Greatness
37 Now Jacob dwelt in the land where his father
was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. 2 This is the
history of Jacob.
Joseph, being seventeen years old, was
feeding the flock with his brothers. And the lad was with the
sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought a
bad report of them to his father.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than
all his children, because he was the son of his old age. Also
he made him a tunic of many colors. 4 But
when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers,
they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.
5 Now Joseph had a dream, and he
told it to his brothers; and they hated him even more. 6 So
he said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed: 7 There
we were, binding sheaves in the field. Then behold, my sheaf arose and also
stood upright; and indeed your sheaves stood all around and bowed down to my
sheaf.”
8 And his brothers said to him,
“Shall you indeed reign over us? Or shall you indeed have dominion over us?” So
they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.
9 Then he dreamed still another dream
and told it to his brothers, and said, “Look, I have dreamed another dream. And
this time, the sun, the moon, and the eleven stars bowed down to me.”
10 So he told it to
his father and his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him,
“What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall your mother
and I and your brothers indeed come to bow down to the earth before you?” 11 And
his brothers envied him, but his father kept the matter in mind.
Joseph Sold by His Brothers
12 Then his brothers went to feed
their father’s flock in Shechem. 13 And Israel said
to Joseph, “Are not your brothers feeding the flock in
Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.”
So he said to him, “Here I am.”
14 Then he said to him, “Please go
and see if it is well with your brothers and well with the flocks, and bring
back word to me.” So he sent him out of the Valley of Hebron, and he went to
Shechem.
15 Now a certain man found him, and
there he was, wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying, “What are
you seeking?”
16 So he said, “I am seeking my
brothers. Please tell me where they are feeding their flocks.”
17 And the man said, “They have
departed from here, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph
went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.
18 Now when they saw him afar off,
even before he came near them, they conspired against him to kill him. 19 Then
they said to one another, “Look, this dreamer is coming! 20 Come
therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say,
‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’ We shall see what will become of his
dreams!”
21 But Reuben heard it, and
he delivered him out of their hands, and said, “Let us not kill him.” 22 And
Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood, but cast him into this
pit which is in the wilderness, and do not lay a hand on
him”—that he might deliver him out of their hands, and bring him back to his
father.
23 So it came to pass, when Joseph
had come to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his
tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on
him. 24 Then they took him and cast him into a pit.
And the pit was empty; there was no water in
it.
25 And they sat down to eat a meal.
Then they lifted their eyes and looked, and there was a company of Ishmaelites,
coming from Gilead with their camels, bearing spices, balm, and myrrh, on their
way to carry them down to Egypt. 26 So
Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill
our brother and conceal his blood? 27 Come and let
us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our
brother and our flesh.” And his brothers listened. 28 Then
Midianite traders passed by; so the brothers pulled Joseph up
and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of
silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.
29 Then Reuben returned to the pit,
and indeed Joseph was not in the pit; and he tore his
clothes. 30 And he returned to his brothers and
said, “The lad is no more;and I, where shall I
go?”
31 So they took Joseph’s tunic,
killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the tunic in the blood. 32 Then
they sent the tunic of many colors, and they brought it to
their father and said, “We have found this. Do you know whether it is your
son’s tunic or not?”
33 And he recognized it and said, “It
is my son’s tunic. A wild beast has devoured him. Without doubt Joseph
is torn to pieces.” 34 Then Jacob tore his clothes,
put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days. 35 And
all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him; but he refused to be
comforted, and he said, “For I shall go down into the grave to my son in
mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.
36 Now the Midianites[r] had sold him in Egypt
to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.
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