Esau's generations.

BEFORE CHRIST

about

1729.

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spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

22 And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel 1 Chron. 5.1. heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

e Mic. 4. 8. fch. 49. 4.

See 2 Sam.

16. 22. &

20. 3.

1 Cor. 5. 1.

6 ch. 46. 8. Exod. 1. 2.

ch. 13. 18. & Josh. 14. 15.

23. 2, 19.

& 15. 13.

1716.

23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:

25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali :

26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.

27 ¶ And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

28 And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years. 29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, ch. 15. 15. & and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

25. 8.

1 So ch. 25.9. & 49. 31.

CHAPTER XXXVI.

1 Esau's three wives. 6 His removing to mount Seir. 9 His sons. 15 The dukes which descended of his sons. 20 The sons and dukes of Seir. 24 Anah findeth mules. 31 The kings of Edom. 40 The dukes that descended of Esau.

He removeth to mount Seir.

BEFORE CHRIST about

1740.

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 beasts, and all his substance, which he had got 2 Heb. souls. in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.

7 For their riches were more than ch. 13. 6, 11 that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.

14.

Numb.24.20. 1 Sam. 15. 2, 3, &c.

about

1715.

The sons and dukes of Seir.

BEFORE CHRIST

about

1715.

about 1840.

18 And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.

19 These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes. 20 ¶These are the sons of Seir " the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and ZiDeut. 2. 12, beon, and Anah,

m1 Chron.1.38.

" ch. 14. 6.

22.

? Or, Homam, 1 Chron. 1.39.

3 Or, Alian,

1 Chron. 1.40.

Or, Shephi,

1 Chron. 1.40.

• See Lev. 19. 19.

5 Or, Amram, 1Chron. 1.41.

6 Or, Jakan, 1Chron. 1.42.

about 1780.

P 1Chron. 1.43.

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21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.

22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and 2 Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.

3

23 And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.

4

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 asses of Zibeon his father.

25 And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.

26 And these are the children of Dishon; "Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.

27 The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. 28 The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.

29 These are the dukes that came

The kings of Edom.

34 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.

35 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.

36 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. 37 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.

38 And Saul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,

30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.

31 ¶ And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.

32 And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

2 Or, Aliah.

3 Heb. Edom.

ND Jacob dwelt in the land 4 a wherein his father was stranger, in the land of Canaan. 2 These are the generations of ch. 17. 8. & Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, of Zilpah, his father's

23. 4. & 28.4 & 36. 7. Hebr. 11.9.

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wives and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.

3 Now Israel loved Joseph more 1 Sam. 2. 22, than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

23, 24.

с ch. 44. 20.

Or, pieces,
Judg. 5. 30.

2 Sam. 13. 18.
ch. 27. 41. &

49. 23.

ch. 42. 6, 9. &

14.

с

4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. 5 ¶ And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren and they hated him yet the more. 6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

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7 For, behold, we were binding 43. 26. & 44. sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

'ch. 46. 29.

• ch. 27. 29.

h Acts 7. 9.

I Dan. 7. 28. Luke 2.19,51. about 1729.

3 Heb. see the

8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

9 ¶ And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

14 And he said to him, Go, I pray peace of thy thee, see whether it be well with brethren, &c. thy brethren, and well with the

ch. 29. 6.

BEFORE CHRIST

about

1729.

flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 15 ¶And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering inch. 35. 27. the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

16 And he said, I seek my brethren: 'tell me, I pray thee, where' Cant. 1. 7. they feed their flocks.

17 And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in " Dothan.

20 °Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams. 21 And Reuben heard it, and hech. 42. 22. delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

22 And Reuben said unto 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.

23 ¶ And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that Or, pieces. was on him;

24 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it. 25 And they sat down to eat Prov. 30. 20. bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to Jer. 8. 22. carry it down to Egypt.

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26 And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? 27 Come, and let us sell him to

See ver. 28,

36.

tch. 4. 10. ver. 20.

Job 16. 18.

*

b

And his

28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver and they brought they brought Joseph into Egypt.

29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes. 30 And he returned unto his brech. 42. 13, 36. thren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?

Jer. 31. 15.

ver. 23.

ver. 20.

ch. 44. 28.

& ver. 29.

h

2 Sam. 3. 31.

2 Sam. 12.17. ch. 42. 38. &

44. 29, 31. *ch. 39. 1.

3 Heb. eunuch:

doth signify

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31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;

32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.

33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an 'evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.

34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

35 And all his sons and all his But the word daughters rose up to comfort him; not only eu- but he refused to be comforted; and also chamber-he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

nuchs, but

lains, courtiers, and officers. Esth. 1. 10.

36 And the Midianites sold him the slaughter into Egypt unto Potiphar, an 'officer of Pharaoh's, and 45 captain of the guard.

men, or, executioners.

5 Or, chief

marshal.

9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be 'his; and it came to 'Deut. 25. 6. pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.

10 And the thing which he did 2 displeased the LORD: wherefore Heb. was evil he slew him also.

11 Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, "Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.

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in the eyes of the LORD.

m ch. 46. 12. Numb. 26. 19.

Ruth 1. 13.

• Lev. 22. 13.

12 ¶ And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wifeplied. died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.

14 And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her

Josh. 15. 10,

57.

Judg. 14. 1.

with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which Prov. 7. 12. is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.

S

+ Heb. the door of eyes, or, of Enajim.

' ver. 11, 26.

15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.

16 And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest

come in unto me?

17 And he said, I will send thee 2 a 2 Heb. a kid of kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?

ver. 20.

* ver. 25.

y ver. 14.

u

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18 And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.

19 And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.

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.

21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot,

Or,in Enajim. that was openly by the way side And they said, There was no harlot in this place.

22 And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.

23 And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.

28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. 29 And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out and she said, 2 How 2 Or, Wherehast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called 3 Pharez.

30 And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah.

CHAPTER XXXIX.

1 Joseph advanced in Potiphar's house. 7 He resisteth his mistress's temptation. 13 He is falsely accused. 20 He is cast in prison. 21 God is with him there.

a

fore hast thou made this breach against thee?

3 That is, A breach.

h ch. 46. 12. Numb. 26.20. 1 Chron. 2. 4. Matt. 1. 3.

1729.

a ch. 37. 36.

Ps. 105. 17.

AND Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of ch. 37. 28. the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.

2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

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.

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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.

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

b

с

ver. 21.

e

f

ch. 21. 22. & 26. 24, 28. & 28. 15.

1 Sam. 16. 18. & 18. 14, 28. Acts 7. 9.

Ps. 1. 3.

ch. 18.3. &

19. 19. ver. 21.

ch. 24. 2.

* ch. 30. 27.