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.