KJV Bible MWP Genesis 39:1 - 41:57

GENESIS Chapters 39 - 41 KJV Bible (1769 Edition) Modern Words Paraphrase (MWP) Copyright (c) 2007 David A. Wagner.

Genesis Chapter 39

(39:1) And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmaelites, which had brought him down there. (39:2) And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. (39:3) And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand. (39:4) And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. (39:5) And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field. (39:6) And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, except the bread that he did eat. And Joseph was a attractive person, and well favored.

(39:7) And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, “Lie with me.” (39:8) But he refused, and said to his master's wife, “See, my master knows not what is with me in the house, and he has committed all that he has to my hand; (39:9) There is none greater in this house than I; neither has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” (39:10) And it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he listened not to her, to have sex with her, or to be with her. (39:11) And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to conduct his business; and there was none of the men of the house there inside. (39:12) And she caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me”: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. (39:13) And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, (39:14) That she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, “See, he has brought in an Hebrew to us to mock us; he came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice”: (39:15) And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out. (39:16) And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came home. (39:17) And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me: (39:18) And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.”

(39:19) And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, “After this manner did your servant to me;” that his anger was encouraged. (39:20) And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison. (39:21) But the Lord was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favor in the sight of the warden of the prison. (39:22) And the warden of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatever they did there, he was the doer of it. (39:23) The warden of the prison looked not to anything that was under his hand; because the Lord was with him, and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper.

Genesis Chapter 40

(40:1) And it came to pass after these things, that the wine steward of the king of Egypt and his chef had offended their lord the king of Egypt. (40:2) And Pharaoh was furious against two of his officers, against the chief of the wine stewards, and against the chief of the chefs. (40:3) And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. (40:4) And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in custody. (40:5) And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the wine steward and the chef of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison. (40:6) And Joseph came in to them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, see, they were sad. (40:7) And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, “Why look you so sadly today?” (40:8) And they said to him, “We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it.” And Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I ask you.”

(40:9) And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, “In my dream, see, a vine was before me; (40:10) And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes: (40:11) And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.” (40:12) And Joseph said to him, “This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days: (40:13) Yet within three days will Pharaoh lift up your head, and restore you to your position: and you will deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when you were his wine steward. (40:14) But think on me when it will be well with you, and show kindness, I ask you, to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: (40:15) For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.”

(40:16) When the chief chef saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, “I also was in my dream, and, see, I had three white baskets on my head: (40:17) And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked goods for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.” (40:18) And Joseph answered and said, “This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days: (40:19) Yet within three days will Pharaoh lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you.” (40:20) And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast to all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief wine steward and of the chief chef among his servants. (40:21) And he restored the chief wine steward to his position again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand: (40:22) But he hanged the chief chef: as Joseph had interpreted to them. (40:23) Yet did not the chief wine steward remember Joseph, but forgot him.

Genesis Chapter 41

(41:1) And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, see, he stood by the river. (41:2) And, see, there came up out of the river seven well favored cows and fat; and they fed in a meadow. (41:3) And, see, seven other cows came up after them out of the river, ill favored and thin; and stood by the other cows upon the bank of the river. (41:4) And the ill favored and thin cows did eat up the seven well favored and fat cows. So Pharaoh awoke. (41:5) And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, see, seven ears of grain came up upon one stalk, healthy and good. (41:6) And, see, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them. (41:7) And the seven thin ears devoured the seven healthy and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, see, it was a dream. (41:8) And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them to Pharaoh.

(41:9) Then spoke the chief wine steward to Pharaoh, saying, “I do remember my faults this day: (41:10) Pharaoh was furious with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief chef: (41:11) And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. (41:12) And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret. (41:13) And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored to my office, and him he hanged.”

(41:14) Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his clothing, and came in to Pharaoh. (41:15) And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have dreamed, and there is none who can interpret the dreams: and I have heard say of you, that you can understand a dream to interpret it.” (41:16) And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It is not in me: God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.” (41:17) And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “In my dream, see, I stood upon the bank of the river: (41:18) And, see, there came up out of the river seven cows, fat and well favored; and they fed in a meadow: (41:19) And, see, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ill favored and thin, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness: (41:20) And the lean and the ill favored cows did eat up the first seven fat cows: (41:21) And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke. (41:22) And I experienced another dream, and, see, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good: (41:23) And, see, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: (41:24) And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this to the magicians; but there was none that could explain it to me.”

(41:25) And Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dream of Pharaoh is one: God has showed Pharaoh what he is about to do. (41:26) The seven good cows are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one. (41:27) And the seven thin and ill favored cows that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind will be seven years of famine. (41:28) This is the thing that I have spoken to Pharaoh: What God is about to do he shows to Pharaoh. (41:29) See, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: (41:30) And there will arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine will consume the land; (41:31) And the plenty will not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it will be very serious. (41:32) And for that the dream was doubled to Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. (41:33) Now therefore let Pharaoh recruit a man discerning and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. (41:34) Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven productive years. (41:35) And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. (41:36) And that food will be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.“

(41:37) And the plan was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. (41:38) And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?” (41:39) And Pharaoh said to Joseph, ”Because God has showed you all this, there is none so discerning and wise as you are: (41:40) You will be over my house, and according to your word will all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than you.” (41:41) And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.” (41:42) And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and dressed him in clothes of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; (41:43) And he made him to ride in the second chariot that he had; and they announced before him, “Bow the knee”: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt. (41:44) And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and without you will no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.” (41:45) And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-Paneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potiphera priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.

(41:46) And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. (41:47) And in the seven productive years the earth brought forth by handfuls. (41:48) And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same. (41:49) And Joseph gathered grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting; for it was without number.

(41:50) And to Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, whom Asenath the daughter of Potiphera priest of On bore to him. (41:51) And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: “For God,” said he, “has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.” (41:52) And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

(41:53) And the seven years of productiveness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended. (41:54) And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the famine was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. (41:55) And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; what he says to you, do.” (41:56) And the famine was over all the surface of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold to the Egyptians; and the famine grew extreme in the land of Egypt. (41:57) And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy grain; because that the famine was so extreme in all lands.

KJV Bible MWP Genesis 36:1 - 38:30

GENESIS Chapters 36 - 38 KJV Bible (1769 Edition) Modern Words Paraphrase (MWP) Copyright (c) 2007 David A. Wagner.

Genesis Chapter 36

(36:1) Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom. (36:2) Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; (36:3) And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth. (36:4) And Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bore Reuel; (36:5) And Aholibamah bore Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

(36:6) And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob. (36:7) For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were visitors could not bear them because of their cattle. (36:8) Thus dwelled Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

(36:9) And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir: (36:10) These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau. (36:11) And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. (36:12) And Timna was mistress to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife. (36:13) And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife. (36:14) And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bore to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.

(36:15) These were chiefs of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz, (36:16) Chief Korah, chief Gatam, and chief Amalek: these are the chiefs that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah. (36:17) And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah: these are the chiefs that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife. (36:18) And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; chief Jeush, chief Jaalam, chief Korah: these were the chiefs that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. (36:19) These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their chiefs.

(36:20) These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, (36:21) And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the chiefs of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. (36:22) And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna. (36:23) And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. (36:24) And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the donkeys of Zibeon his father. (36:25) And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah. (36:26) And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. (36:27) The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. (36:28) The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran. (36:29) These are the chiefs that came of the Horites; chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah, (36:30) Chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan: these are the chiefs that came of Hori, among their chiefs in the land of Seir.

(36:31) And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel. (36:32) And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah. (36:33) And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place. (36:34) And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his place. (36:35) And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who struck Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place: and the name of his city was Avith. (36:36) And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. (36:37) And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his place. (36:38) And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place. (36:39) And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his place: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

(36:40) And these are the names of the chiefs that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; chief Timnah, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth, (36:41) Chief Aholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon, (36:42) Chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar, (36:43) Chief Magdiel, chief Iram: these be the chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.

Genesis Chapter 37

(37:1) And Jacob dwelled in the land wherein his father was a visitor, in the land of Canaan. (37:2) These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought to his father their evil report. (37:3) Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors. (37:4) And when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.

(37:5) And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brothers: and they hated him yet the more. (37:6) And he said to them, “Hear, I ask you, this dream that I have dreamed: (37:7) For, see, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, look, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, see, your sheaves stood round about, and bowed to my sheaf.” (37:8) And his brothers said to him, “Will you indeed reign over us? or will you indeed have dominion over us?” And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. (37:9) And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brothers, and said, “See, I have dreamed a dream more; and, see, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars bowed to me. (37:10) And he told it to his father, and to his brothers: and his father rebuked him, and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow down ourselves to you to the earth?” (37:11) And his brothers envied him; but his father observed the saying.

(37:12) And his brothers went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. (37:13) And Israel said to Joseph, “Do not your brothers feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send you to them.” And he said to him, “Here am I.” (37:14) And he said to him, “Go, I pray you, see whether it be well with your brothers, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again.” So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. (37:15) And a certain man found him, and, see, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, “What seek you?” (37:16) And he said, “I seek my brothers: tell me, I ask you, where they feed their flocks.” (37:17) And the man said, “They are departed here; for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” And Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan. (37:18) And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him. (37:19) And they said one to another, “See, this dreamer comes. (37:20) Come now therefore, and let us kill him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, ‘Some evil animal has devoured him’: and we will see what will become of his dreams.” (37:21) And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, “Let us not kill him.” (37:22) And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him;” that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. (37:23) And it came to pass, when Joseph was come to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colors that was on him; (37:24) And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

(37:25) And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, see, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. (37:26) And Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother, and conceal his blood? (37:27) 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 were content. (37:28) Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

(37:29) And Reuben returned to the pit; and, see, Joseph was not in the pit; and he tore his clothes. (37:30) And he returned to his brothers, and said, “The child is not; and I, where will I go?” (37:31) And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; (37:32) And they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father; and said, “This have we found: know now whether it be your son's coat or no.” (37:33) And he knew it, and said, “It is my son's coat; an evil animal has devoured him; Joseph is no doubt tore in pieces.” (37:34) And Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. (37:35) And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, “For I will go down into the grave to my son mourning.” Thus his father wept for him. (37:36) And the Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.

Genesis Chapter 38

(38:1) And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brothers, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. (38:2) And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in to her. (38:3) And she conceived, and bore a son; and he called his name Er. (38:4) And she conceived again, and bore a son; and she called his name Onan. (38:5) And she yet again conceived, and bore a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bore him. (38:6) And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar. (38:7) And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord killed him. (38:8) And Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up descendants to your brother. (38:9) And Onan knew that the heir would not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled semen on the ground, knowing that he should give an heir to his brother. (38:10) And the thing that he did displeased the Lord: therefore he killed him also. (38:11) Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, “Remain a widow at your father's house, until Shelah my son be grown: for he said, “Should maybe he die also, as his brothers did. And Tamar went and dwelled in her father's house.”

(38:12) And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. (38:13) And it was told Tamar, saying, “See your father in law goes up to Timnath to shear his sheep.” (38:14) And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given to him to wife. (38:15) When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a prostitute; because she had covered her face. (38:16) And he turned to her by the way, and said, “Go to, I ask you, let me come in to you;” (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?” (38:17) And he said, “I will send you a kid from the flock.” And she said, “Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?” (38:18) And he said, “What pledge will I give you?” And she said, “Your signet, and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” And he gave it her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him. (38:19) And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. (38:20) And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not. (38:21) Then he asked the men of that place, saying, “Where is the prostitute, that was openly by the way side?” And they said, “There was no prostitute in this place.” (38:22) And he returned to Judah, and said, “I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no prostitute in this place.” (38:23) And Judah said, “Let her keep it, should we be shamed: see, I sent this kid, and you have not found her.”

(38:24) And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, “Tamar your daughter in law has played the prostitute; and also, see, she is with child by prostitution.” And Judah said, “Bring her forth, and let her be burned.” (38:25) When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, “By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I ask you, whose are these, the signet, and cord, and staff.” (38:26) And Judah acknowledged them, and said, “She has been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son.” And he had sex with her again no more.

(38:27) And it came to pass in the time of her pregnancy, that, see, twins were in her womb. (38:28) And it came to pass, when she gave birth, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, “This came out first.” (38:29) And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, see, his brother came out: and she said, “How have you broken forth? this breach be upon you”: therefore his name was called Perez. (38:30) And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.

KJV Bible MWP Genesis 33:1 - 35:29

GENESIS Chapters 33 - 35 KJV Bible (1769 Edition) Modern Words Paraphrase (MWP) Copyright (c) 2007 David A. Wagner.

Genesis Chapter 33

(33:1) And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, see, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children to Leah, and to Rachel, and to the two female servants. (33:2) And he put the female servants and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph last. (33:3) And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

(33:4) And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. (33:5) And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, “Who are those with you?” And he said, “The children that God has graciously given your servant.” (33:6) Then the female servants came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. (33:7) And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. (33:8) And he said, “What mean you by all these groups that I met?” And he said, “These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.” (33:9) And Esau said, “I have enough, my brother; keep that you have to yourself.” (33:10) And Jacob said, “No, I ask you, if now I have found grace in your sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen your face, as though I had seen the face of God, and you were pleased with me. (33:11) Take, I ask you, my blessing that is brought to you; because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” And he urged him, and he took it.

(33:12) And he said, “Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before you.” (33:13) And he said to him, “My lord knows that the children are weak, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. (33:14) Let my lord, I ask you, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the herd that goes before me and the children be able to endure, until I come to my lord to Seir. “

(33:15) And Esau said, “Let me now leave with you some of the people that are with me.”And he said, “What need is there? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.” (33:16) So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir. (33:17) And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

(33:18) And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city. (33:19) And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money. (33:20) And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel.

Genesis Chapter 34

(34:1) And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. (34:2) And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. (34:3) And his soul bonded to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl, and spoke kindly to the girl. (34:4) And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this girl to marry.” (34:5) And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his herds in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come. (34:6) And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to commune with him. (34:7) And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very furious, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; that thing ought not to be done.

(34:8) And Hamor communed with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter: I ask you give her him to marry. (34:9) And make you marriages with us, and give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to you. (34:10) And you will dwell with us: and the land will be before you; dwell and trade you therein, and get you possessions therein.” (34:11) And Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find grace in your eyes, and what you will say to me I will give. (34:12) Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as you will say to me: but give me the girl to marry.”

(34:13) And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister: (34:14) And they said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach to us: (34:15) But in this will we consent to you: If you will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised; (34:16) Then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people. (34:17) But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.“

(34:18) And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. (34:19) And the young man delayed not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honorable than all the house of his father. (34:20) And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, (34:21) “These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, see, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters. (34:22) Only herein will the men consent to us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised. (34:23) Will not their herds and their substance and every animal of theirs be ours? only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.” (34:24) And to Hamor and to Shechem his son convinced all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.

(34:25) And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and killed all the males. (34:26) And they killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out. (34:27) The sons of Jacob came upon the dead, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. (34:28) They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their donkeys, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field, (34:29) And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house. (34:30) And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me, and kill me; and I will be destroyed, I and my house.” (34:31) And they said, “Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?”

Genesis Chapter 35

(35:1) And God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar to God, that appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.” (35:2) Then Jacob said to his household, and to all that were with him, “Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: (35:3) And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way that I went.” (35:4) And they gave to Jacob all the strange gods that were in their hand, and all their earrings that were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak that was by Shechem.

(35:5) And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. (35:6) So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him. (35:7) And he built there an altar, and called the place El Bethel: because there God appeared to him, when he fled from the face of his brother. (35:8) But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon Bachuth.

(35:9) And God appeared to Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him. (35:10) And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob: your name will not be called anymore Jacob, but Israel will be your name”: and he called his name Israel. (35:11) And God said to him, “I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations will be of you, and kings will come out of your loins; (35:12) And the land that I gave Abraham and Isaac, to you I will give it, and to your heirs after you will I give the land.” (35:13) And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him. (35:14) And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. (35:15) And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel.

(35:16) And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel started childbirth, and she had hard labor. (35:17) And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, “Fear not; you will have this son also.” (35:18) And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin. (35:19) And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. (35:20) And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave to this day. (35:21) And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

(35:22) And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's mistress: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

(35:23) The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: (35:24) The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: (35:25) And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's female servant; Dan, and Naphtali: (35:26) And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's female servant; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Padanaram.

(35:27) And Jacob came to Isaac his father to Mamre, to the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac visited. (35:28) And the days of Isaac were an hundred and eighty years. (35:29) And Isaac gave up the spirit, and died, and was gathered to his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

KJV Bible MWP Genesis 31:1 - 32:32

GENESIS Chapters 31 - 32 KJV Bible (1769 Edition) Modern Words Paraphrase (MWP) Copyright (c) 2007 David A. Wagner.

Genesis Chapter 31

(31:1) And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob has taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's has he received all this glory. (31:2) And Jacob saw the disposition of Laban, and, see, it was not toward him as before. (31:3) And the Lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers, and to your relatives; and I will be with you.” (31:4) And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock, (31:5) And said to them, “I see your father's disposition, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me. (31:6) And you know that with all my power I have served your father. (31:7) And your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. (31:8) If he said thus, ‘The speckled will be your wages; then all the cattle bore speckled’: and if he said thus, ‘The ringstraked will be your hire; then bore all the cattle ringstraked.’ (31:9) Thus God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. (31:10) And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and, see, the rams that leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled. (31:11) And the angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, Jacob: ‘And I said, Here am I.’ (31:12) And he said, ‘Lift up now your eyes, and see, all the rams that leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban does to you. (31:13) I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar, and where you vowed a vow to me: now arise, get you out from this land, and return to the land of your relatives.’” (31:14) And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, “Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? (31:15) Are we not counted of him visitors? for he has sold us, and has quite devoured also our money. (31:16) For all the riches that God has taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatever God has said to you, do.”

(31:17) Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; (31:18) And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods that he had acquired, the cattle of his breeding, that he had acquired in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. (31:19) And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the idols that were her father's. (31:20) And Jacob slipped away unawares to Laban the Aramean, in that he told him not that he fled. (31:21) So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead. (31:22) And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. (31:23) And he took his relatives with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. (31:24) And God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream by night, and said to him, “Take heed that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad.”

(31:25) Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brothers pitched in the mount of Gilead. (31:26) And Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done, that you have slipped away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword? (31:27) Therefore did you flee away secretly, and slip away from me; and did not tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth, and with songs, with tambourine, and with harp? (31:28) And have not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? you have now done foolishly in so doing. (31:29) It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, Take you heed that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad. (31:30) And now, though you would then be gone, because you extremely longed after your father's house, yet therefore have you stolen my gods?” (31:31) And Jacob answered and said to Laban, “Because I was afraid: for I said, ‘Maybe you would take by force your daughters from me.’ (31:32) With whomever you find your gods, let him not live: before our brothers determine you what is yours with me, and take it to you.” For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.

(31:33) And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two female servants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent. (31:34) Now Rachel had taken the idols, and put them in the camel's saddle, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not. (31:35) And she said to her father, “Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before you; for the period of women is upon me.” And he searched, but found not the idols.

(31:36) And Jacob was furious, and argued with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, “What is my trespass? what is my sin, that you have so hotly pursued after me? (31:37) Whereas you have searched all my stuff, what have you found of all your household stuff? set it here before my brothers and your brothers, that they may judge between us both. (31:38) This twenty years have I been with you; your ewes and your she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of your flock have I not eaten. (31:39) That that was torn of animals I brought not to you; I bore the loss of it; of my hand did you require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night. (31:40) Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from my eyes. (31:41) Thus have I been twenty years in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your cattle: and you have changed my wages ten times. (31:42) Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely you had sent me away now empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night.”

(31:43) And Laban answered and said to Jacob, “These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that you see is mine: and what can I do this day to these my daughters, or to their children that they have born? (31:44) Now therefore come you, let us make a covenant, me and you; and let it be for a witness between me and you.” (31:45) And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. (31:46) And Jacob said to his relatives, “Gather stones;” and they took stones, and made a pile: and they did eat there upon the pile. (31:47) And Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed. (31:48) And Laban said, “This pile is a witness between me and you this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; (31:49) And Mizpah; for he said, “The Lord watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another. (31:50) If you will afflict my daughters, or if you will take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness between me and you.”

(31:51) And Laban said to Jacob, “See this pile, and see this pillar, which I have cast between me and you; (31:52) This pile be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this pile to you, and that you will not pass over this pile and this pillar to me, for harm. (31:53) The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac. (31:54) Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his relatives to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and stayed all night in the mount.

(31:55) And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned to his place.

Genesis Chapter 32

(32:1) And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. (32:2) And when Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.”

(32:3) And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir, the country of Edom. (32:4) And he commanded them, saying, “Thus will you speak to my lord Esau; ‘Your servant Jacob says thus, I have visited with Laban, and stayed there until now: (32:5) And I have oxen, and donkeys, flocks, and male servants, and female servants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in your sight.’”

(32:6) And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, “We came to your brother Esau, and also he comes to meet you, and four hundred men with him.” (32:7) Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two groups; (32:8) And said, “If Esau come to the one company, and attacks it, then the other company that is left will escape.”

(32:9) And Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the Lord that said to me, ‘Return to your country, and to your relatives, and I will deal well with you’: (32:10) I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which you have showed to your servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I have become two groups. (32:11) Deliver me, I pray you, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, should he will come and strike me, and the mothers with the children. (32:12) And you said, ‘I will surely do you good, and make your heir as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’” (32:13) And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; (32:14) Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, (32:15) Thirty milk camels with their colts, forty cows, and ten bulls, twenty she donkeys, and ten foals. (32:16) And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said to his servants, “Pass over before me, and put a distance between drove and drove.” (32:17) And he commanded the foremost, saying, “When Esau my brother meets you, and asks you, saying, ‘Whose are you? and where go you? and whose are these before you?’ (32:18) Then you will say, ‘They are your servant Jacob's; it is a present sent to my lord Esau: and, see, also he is behind us.’” (32:19) And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, “On this manner will you speak to Esau, when you find him. (32:20) And say you moreover, ‘See, your servant Jacob is behind us.’” For he said, “I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face; maybe he will accept of me.” (32:21) So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.

(32:22) And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two female servants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. (32:23) And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. (32:24) And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. (32:25) And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. (32:26) And he said, “Let me go, for the day dawns.” And he said, “I will not let you go, except you bless me.” (32:27) And he said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” (32:28) And he said, “Your name will be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince have you wrestled with God and with men, and have prevailed.” (32:29) And Jacob asked him, and said, “Tell me, I ask you, your name.” And he said, “Why is it that you do ask after my name?” And he blessed him there. (32:30) And Jacob called the name of the place “Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.” (32:31) And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he limped upon his thigh. (32:32) Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the tendon that shrank, which is upon the socket of the thigh, to this day: because he touched the socket of Jacob's thigh in the tendon that shrank.

KJV Bible MWP Genesis 29:1 - 30:43

GENESIS Chapters 29 - 30 KJV Bible (1769 Edition) Modern Words Paraphrase (MWP) Copyright (c) 2007 David A. Wagner.

Genesis Chapter 29

(29:1) Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. (29:2) And he looked, and see a well in the field, and, look, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth. (29:3) And there were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.

(29:4) And Jacob said to them, “My brothers, where do you live?” And they said, “Of Haran are we.” (29:5) And he said to them, “Know you Laban the son of Nahor?” And they said, “We know him.” (29:6) And he said to them, “Is he well?” And they said, “He is well: and, see, Rachel his daughter comes with the sheep.” (29:7) And he said, “Look, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water you the sheep, and go and feed them.” (29:8) And they said, “We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and until they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep.”

(29:9) And while he yet spoke with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them. (29:10) And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. (29:11) And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. (29:12) And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's relative, and that he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father.

(29:13) And it came to pass, when Laban heard the news of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. (29:14) And Laban said to him, “Surely you are my bone and my flesh. And he stayed with him the period of a month.”

(29:15) And Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? tell me, what will your wages be?” (29:16) And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. (29:17) Leah was weak eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favored. (29:18) And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, “I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter. (29:19) And Laban said, It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man: continue with me.” (29:20) And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had to her. (29:21) And Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go sleep with her.” (29:22) And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. (29:23) And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he had sex with her. (29:24) And Laban gave to his daughter Leah Zilpah his servant for an female servant. (29:25) And it came to pass, that in the morning, see, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? did not I serve with you for Rachel? therefore then have you deceived me?” (29:26) And Laban said, “It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.” (29:27) Fulfill her week, and we will give you this daughter also for the service that you will serve with me yet seven other years.” (29:28) And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also. (29:29) And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his female servant to be her servant. (29:30) And he went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

(29:31) And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was sterile. (29:32) And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, “Surely the Lord has looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.” (29:33) And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said, “Because the Lord has heard that I was hated, he has therefore given me this son also”: and she called his name Simeon. (29:34) And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said, “Now this time will my husband be joined to me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.” (29:35) And she conceived again, and bore a son: and she said, “Now will I praise the Lord: therefore she called his name Judah; and ceased childbearing.”

Genesis Chapter 30

(30:1) And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I die.” (30:2) And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, “Am I in God's place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?” (30:3) And she said, “See my servant Bilhah, go in to her; and she will bear upon my lap, that I may also have children by her.” (30:4) And she gave him Bilhah her female servant to wife: and Jacob had sex with her. (30:5) And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son. (30:6) And Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son”: therefore called she his name Dan. (30:7) And Bilhah Rachel's servant conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son. (30:8) And Rachel said, “With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.”

(30:9) When Leah saw that she had ceased childbearing, she took Zilpah her servant, and gave her Jacob to wife. (30:10) And Zilpah Leah's servant bore Jacob a son. (30:11) And Leah said, “A troop comes”: and she called his name Gad. (30:12) And Zilpah Leah's servant bore Jacob a second son. (30:13) And Leah said, “Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed”: and she called his name Asher. (30:14) And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Give me, I ask you, of your son's mandrakes.” (30:15) And she said to her, “Is it a small matter that you have taken my husband? and would you take away my son's mandrakes also?” And Rachel said, “Therefore he will sleep with you to night for your son's mandrakes. (30:16) And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, “You must sleep with me; for surely I have hired you with my son's mandrakes.” And he lay with her that night. (30:17) And God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob the fifth son. (30:18) And Leah said, “God has given me my hire, because I have given my servant to my husband”: and she called his name Issachar. (30:19) And Leah conceived again, and bore Jacob the sixth son. (30:20) And Leah said, “God has endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons”: and she called his name Zebulun. (30:21) And afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah. (30:22) And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb. (30:23) And she conceived, and bore a son; and said, “God has taken away my reproach”: (30:24) And she called his name Joseph; and said, “The Lord will add to me another son.”

(30:25) And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country. (30:26) Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served you, and let me go: for you know my service that I have done you.” (30:27) And Laban said to him, “I ask you, if I have found favor in your eyes, stay: for I have learned by experience that the Lord has blessed me for your sake.” (30:28) And he said, “Tell me your wages, and I will give it.” (30:29) And he said to him, “You know how I have served you, and how your cattle was with me. (30:30) For it was little that you had before I came, and it is now increased to a multitude; and the Lord has blessed you since my coming: and now when will I provide for my own house also?” (30:31) And he said, “What will I give you?” And Jacob said, “You will not give me anything: if you will do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep your flock: (30:32) I will pass through all your flock today, removing from there all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such will be my hire. (30:33) So will my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it will come for my hire before your face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that will be counted stolen with me.” (30:34) And Laban said, “See, I would it might be according to your word.” (30:35) And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons. (30:36) And he set three days' journey between himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

(30:37) And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear that was in the rods. (30:38) And he set the rods that he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink. (30:39) And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. (30:40) And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not to Laban's cattle. (30:41) And it came to pass, whenever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods. (30:42) But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. (30:43) And the man increased greatly, and had much cattle, and female servants, and male servants, and camels, and donkeys.

KJV Bible MWP Genesis 26:1 - 28:22

GENESIS Chapters 26 - 28 KJV Bible (1769 Edition) Modern Words Paraphrase (MWP) Copyright (c) 2007 David A. Wagner.

Genesis Chapter 26

(26:1) And there was a famine in the land, after the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines to Gerar. (26:2) And the Lord appeared to him, and said, “Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land that I will tell you of: (26:3) Visit in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you; for to you, and to your heirs, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath that I swore to Abraham your father; (26:4) And I will make your heirs to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give to your heirs all these countries; and in your heir will all the nations of the earth be blessed; (26:5) Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”

(26:6) And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: (26:7) And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, “She is my sister:” for he feared to say, “She is my wife;” should, said he, “the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah;” because she was attractive to look upon. (26:8) And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, see, Isaac was playing with Rebekah his wife. (26:9) And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, “See, of a certainty she is your wife: and how said you, ‘She is my sister?’” And Isaac said to him, “Because I said, ‘Should I die for her.’” (26:10) And Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? one of the people might lightly have had sex with your wife, and you should have brought guiltiness upon us.” (26:11) And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death.

(26:12) Then Isaac sowed grain in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold harvest: and the Lord blessed him. (26:13) And the man grew great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: (26:14) For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. (26:15) Therefore all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. (26:16) And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go from us; for you are much mightier than we.”

(26:17) And Isaac departed there, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. (26:18) And Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. (26:19) And Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. (26:20) And the herdsmen of Gerar did quarrel with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours”: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they quarreled with him. (26:21) And they dug another well, and quarreled for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah. (26:22) And he removed from there, and dug another well; and for that they quarreled not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

(26:23) And he went up from there to Beersheba. (26:24) And the Lord appeared to him the same night, and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father: fear not, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your heirs for my servant Abraham's sake.” (26:25) And he built an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants dug a well.

(26:26) Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phicol the chief captain of his army. (26:27) And Isaac said to them, “Why come you to me, seeing you hate me, and have sent me away from you?” (26:28) And they said, “We saw certainly that the Lord was with you: and we said, “Let there be now an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you; (26:29) That you will do us no hurt, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace: you are now the blessed of the Lord.” (26:30) And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. (26:31) And they rose up early in the morning, and swore one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. (26:32) And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well that they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.” (26:33) And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.

(26:34) And Esau was forty years old when he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: (26:35) That were a grief of mind to Isaac and to Rebekah.

Genesis Chapter 27

(27:1) And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said to him, “My son”: and he said to him, “See, here am I.” (27:2) And he said, “See now, I am old, I know not the day of my death: (27:3) Now therefore take, I ask you, your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and take me some wild game; (27:4) And make me tasty meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless you before I die.”

(27:5) And Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for wild game, and to bring it. (27:6) And Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, “See, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying, (27:7) ‘Bring me wild game, and make me tasty meat, that I may eat, and bless you before the Lord before my death.’ (27:8) Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you. (27:9) Go now to the flock, and fetch me from there two good kids of the goats; and I will make them tasty meat for your father, such as he loves: (27:10) And you will bring it to your father, that he may eat, and that he may bless you before his death.” (27:11) And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “See, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: (27:12) My father maybe will feel me, and I will seem to him as a deceiver; and I will bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.” (27:13) And his mother said to him, “Upon me be your curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.” (27:14) And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made tasty meat, such as his father loved. (27:15) And Rebekah took attractive clothing of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son: (27:16) And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck: (27:17) And she gave the tasty meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

(27:18) And he came to his father, and said, “My father”: and he said, “Here am I; who are you, my son?” (27:19) And Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau your firstborn; I have done according as you instructed me: arise, I ask you, sit and eat of my wild game, that your soul may bless me.” (27:20) And Isaac said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” And he said, “Because the Lord your God brought it to me.” (27:21) And Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near, I ask you, that I may feel you, my son, whether you be my very son Esau or not.” (27:22) And Jacob went near to Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, “The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” (27:23) And he recognized him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him. (27:24) And he said, “Are you my very son Esau?” And he said, “I am.” (27:25) And he said, “Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's wild game, that my soul may bless you.” And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank. (27:26) And his father Isaac said to him, “Come near now, and kiss me, my son.” (27:27) And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, “See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed: (27:28) Therefore God give you of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and wine: (27:29) Let people serve you, and nations bow down to you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons bow down to you: cursed be every one that curses you, and blessed be he that blesses you.”

(27:30) And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. (27:31) And he also had made tasty meat, and brought it to his father, and said to his father, “Let my father arise, and eat of his son's wild game, that your soul may bless me.” (27:32) And Isaac his father said to him, “Who are you?” And he said, “I am your son, your firstborn Esau.” (27:33) And Isaac trembled very greatly, and said, “Who? where is he that has taken wild game, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? yes, and he will be blessed.” (27:34) And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and very bitter cry, and said to his father, “Bless me, even me also, O my father.” (27:35) And he said, “Your brother came with subtlety, and has taken away your blessing.” (27:36) And he said, “Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he has supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, see, now he has taken away my blessing.” And he said, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?” (27:37) And Isaac answered and said to Esau, “See, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers have I given to him for servants; and with grain and wine have I sustained him: and what will I do now to you, my son?” (27:38) And Esau said to his father, “Have you but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.” (27:39) And Isaac his father answered and said to him, “See, your dwelling will be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; (27:40) And by your sword will you live, and will serve your brother; and it will come to pass when you will reject the dominion, that you will break his yoke from off your neck.”

(27:41) And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing in which his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I kill my brother Jacob.” (27:42) And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, “See, your brother Esau, as touching you, does comfort himself, purposing to kill you. (27:43) Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee you to Laban my brother to Haran; (27:44) And stay with him a few days, until your brother's fury turn away; (27:45) Until your brother's anger turn away from you, and he forget that which you have done to him: then I will send, and fetch you from there: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?”

(27:46) And Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these that are of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?”

Genesis Chapter 28

(28:1) And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him, “You will not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. (28:2) Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father; and take you a wife from there of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother. (28:3) And God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a multitude of people; (28:4) And give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your heirs with you; that you may inherit the land wherein you are a visitor, which God gave to Abraham.” (28:5) And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.

(28:6) When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from there; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, “You will not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;” (28:7) And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram; (28:8) And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; (28:9) Then went Esau to Ishmael, and took to the wives that he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.

(28:10) And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. (28:11) And he decided upon a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. (28:12) And he dreamed, and see a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and see the angels of God ascending and descending on it. (28:13) And, see, the Lord stood above it, and said, “I am the Lord God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your heirs; (28:14) And your heirs will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in you and in your heir will all the families of the earth be blessed. (28:15) And, see, I am with you, and will keep you in all places where you go, and will bring you again into this land; for I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken to you of.” (28:16) And Jacob awoke out of his sleep, and he said, “Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not.” (28:17) And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

(28:18) And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. (28:19) And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first. (28:20) And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, “If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and clothing to put on, (28:21) So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then will the Lord be my God: (28:22) And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, will be God's house: and of all that you will give me I will surely give a tenth to you.”

KJV Bible MWP Genesis 24:1 - 25:34

GENESIS Chapters 24 - 25 KJV Bible (1769 Edition) Modern Words Paraphrase (MWP) Copyright (c) 2007 David A. Wagner.

Genesis Chapter 24

(24:1) And Abraham was old, and well advanced in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. (24:2) And Abraham said to his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, “Put, I ask you, your hand under my thigh: (24:3) And I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that you will not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: (24:4) But you will go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife to my son Isaac.” (24:5) And the servant said to him, “Maybe the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land: must I then bring your son again to the land from where you came?” (24:6) And Abraham said to him, “Beware you that you bring not my son there again. (24:7) The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my relatives, and who spoke to me, and that swore to me, saying, ‘To your heirs will I give this land;’ he will send his angel before you, and you will take a wife to my son from there. (24:8) And if the woman will not be willing to follow you, then you will be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son there again.” (24:9) And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning that matter.

(24:10) And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor. (24:11) And he made his camels to kneel down outside the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water. (24:12) And he said, “O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray you, send me good speed this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham. (24:13) See, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water: (24:14) And let it come to pass, that the girl to whom I will say, Let down your pitcher, I pray you, that I may drink; and she will say, ‘Drink, and I will give your camels drink also’: let the same be she that you have appointed for your servant Isaac; and thereby will I know that you have shown kindness to my master.”

(24:15) And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, see, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. (24:16) And the girl was very attractive to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man had sex with her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. (24:17) And the servant ran to meet her, and said, “Let me, I ask you, drink a little water of your pitcher.” (24:18) And she said, “Drink, my lord: and she hurried, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him a drink.” (24:19) And when she had finished giving him drink, she said, “I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.” (24:20) And she hurried, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels. (24:21) And the man wondering at her held his peace, to know whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not.

(24:22) And it came to pass, as the camels had finished drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; (24:23) And said, “Whose daughter are you? tell me, I ask you: is there room in your father's house for us to lodge in?” (24:24) And she said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.” (24:25) She said moreover to him, “We have both straw and feed enough, and room to lodge in.” (24:26) And the man bowed down his head, and worshiped the Lord. (24:27) And he said, “Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who has not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master's brothers.”

(24:28) And the girl ran, and told them of her mother's house these things. (24:29) And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out to the man, to the well. (24:30) And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, “Thus spoke the man to me;” that he came to the man; and, see, he stood by the camels at the well. (24:31) And he said, “Come in, you blessed of the Lord; therefore stand you outside? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels. (24:32) And the man came into the house: and he unsaddled his camels, and gave straw and feed for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him. (24:33) And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told my errand. And he said, Speak on.

(24:34) And he said, “I am Abraham's servant. (24:35) And the Lord has blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he has given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and male servants, and female servants, and camels, and donkeys. (24:36) And Sarah my master's wife bore a son to my master when she was old: and to him has he given all that he has. (24:37) And my master made me swear, saying, ‘You will not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell: (24:38) But you will go to my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife to my son.’ (24:39) And I said to my master, ‘Maybe the woman will not follow me.’ (24:40) And he said to me, ‘The Lord, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way; and you will take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house: (24:41) Then will you be clear from this my oath, when you come to my kindred; and if they give not you one, you will be clear from my oath.’

(24:42) And I came this day to the well, and said, ‘O Lord God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way that I go: (24:43) See, I stand by the well of water; and it will come to pass, that when the virgin comes forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray you, a little water of your pitcher to drink;’ (24:44) And she say to me, Both drink you, and I will also draw for your camels: let the same be the woman whom the Lord has appointed out for my master's son.’

(24:45) And before I had finished speaking in my heart, see, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down to the well, and drew water: and I said to her, ‘Let me drink, I pray you.’ (24:46) And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, ‘Drink, and I will give your camels drink also’: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also. (24:47) And I asked her, and said, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ And she said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him’: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands. (24:48) And I bowed down my head, and worshiped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter to his son. (24:49) And now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.”

(24:50) Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceeds from the Lord: we cannot speak to you bad or good. (24:51) “See, Rebekah is before you, take her, and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as the Lord has spoken.”

(24:52) And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he worshiped the Lord, bowing himself to the earth. (24:53) And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things. (24:54) And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and stayed all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, “Send me away to my master. (24:55) And her brother and her mother said, Let the girl stay with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she will go.” (24:56) And he said to them, “Hinder me not, seeing the Lord has prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.” (24:57) And they said, “We will call the girl, and inquire of her wishes. (24:58) And they called Rebekah, and said to her, Will you go with this man? And she said, “I will go.” (24:59) And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men. (24:60) And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, “You are our sister, be you the mother of thousands of millions, and let your heirs possess the gate of those who hate them.” (24:61) And Rebekah arose, and her girls, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.

(24:62) And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country. (24:63) And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the evening: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, see, the camels were coming. (24:64) And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she left the camel. (24:65) For she had said to the servant, “What man is this that walks in the field to meet us?” And the servant had said, “It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.” (24:66) And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done. (24:67) And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

Genesis Chapter 25

(25:1) Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. (25:2) And she bore him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. (25:3) And Jokshan fathered Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. (25:4) And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. (25:5) And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac. (25:6) But to the sons of the mistresses, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, to the east country.

(25:7) And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life that he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years. (25:8) Then Abraham gave up the spirit, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people. (25:9) And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre; (25:10) The field that Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. (25:11) And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.

(25:12) Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's female servant, bore to Abraham: (25:13) And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, (25:14) And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, (25:15) Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: (25:16) These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations. (25:17) And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the spirit and died; and was gathered to his people. (25:18) And they dwelt from Havilah to Shur, that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brothers.

(25:19) And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham fathered Isaac: (25:20) And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian. (25:21) And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was sterile: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. (25:22) And the children struggled together within her; and she said, “If it be so, why am I thus?” And she went to inquire of the Lord. (25:23) And the Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two manner of people will be separated from your insides; and the one people will be stronger than the other people; and the elder will serve the younger.” (25:24) And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, see, there were twins in her womb. (25:25) And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. (25:26) And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bore them.

(25:27) And the boys grew: and Esau was a excellent hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. (25:28) And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. (25:29) And Jacob made stew: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: (25:30) And Esau said to Jacob, “Feed me, I ask you, with that same red stew; for I am starving”: therefore was his name called Edom. (25:31) And Jacob said, “Sell me this day your birthright.” (25:32) And Esau said, “See, I am at the point to die: and what profit will this birthright do to me?” (25:33) And Jacob said, “Swear to me this day;” and he swore to him: and he sold his birthright to Jacob. (25:34) Then Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.