I That is, The heap of witness. Chald. That is, The heap of witness. Heb. u Joshi. 24. 27. Judg. 11. 29. 46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap: and they did eat there upon the heap. 47 And Laban called it JegarSahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed. 48 And Laban said, "This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed, 49 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent watchtower. One from another. 1 Sam. 7. 5. That is, A beacon, or, Y ch. 16. 5. Z ch. 21. 23. a ver. 42. Or, killed beasts. bch. 28. 1. ch. 18. 33. & 30. 23. a Ps. 91. 11. Heb. 1. 14. b Josh. 5. 14. Ps. 103. 21. & 148. 2. Luke 2. 13. 50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee. 51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee; 52 This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. 53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by athe fear of his father Isaac. 54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount. 55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and b blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place. CHAPTER XXXII. 1 Jacob's vision at Mahanaim. 3 His message to Esau. 6 He is afraid of Esau's coming. 9 He prayeth for deliverance. 13 He sendeth a present to Esau. 24 He wrestleth with an angel at Peniel, where he is called Israel. 31 He halteth. Jacob's message to Esau. cunto the land of Seir, the + country of Edom. 4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: Before CHRIST 1739. c ch. 33. 14, 16. deh. 36. 6, Deut. 2. 5. † Heb. field. • Prov. 15. 1. f ch. 30. 43. 5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find ch. 33. 8, 15. grace in thy sight. 6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also hhe cometh to meet thee, heh. 33. 1. and four hundred men with him. 7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided ich. 35. 3. the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; 8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. 9 And Jacob said, 'O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD m which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: n 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. Ps. 50. 15. ch. 28. 13. meh. 31. 3, 13. Heb., I am less than all, &c. "ch. 24. 27. Job 8. 7. 11 P Deliver me, I pray thee, PPs. 59. 1, 2. from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and a the mother twith the children. 12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. Hos. 10. 14. + Heb. upon. ch. 28. 13,14, 15. 13 ¶ And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand sa pres-sh. 43. 11. AND Jacob went on his way; ent for Esau his brother; him. and a the angels of God met 2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place li Mahanaim. 3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother 14 Two hundred goats and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, 15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty she asses and ten foals. 16 And he delivered them into Prov. 18. 16. Jacob's name is changed. Before 1739. GENESIS. the hand of his servants, every CHRIST drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over be fore me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. 17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee? 18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us. 19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him. 20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. Prov. 21. 14. For he said, I will tappease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept t of me. ↑ Heb. my face. Job 42. 8, 9. 21 So went the present over before him; and himself lodged that night in the company. 22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his "Deut. 3. 16. eleven sons, "and passed over the ford Jabbok. † Heb. caused to pass. 23 And he took them, and tsent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. 24 And Jacob was left alone; Hos. 12.3.4. and there xwrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. Epl. 6. 12. † Heb. ascending of the morning. y See Matt. 26.41. 2 Cor. 12. 7. z See Luke 24. 28. a Hos. 12. 4. bch. 35. 10. 2 Kings 17. 25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and y the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, aI will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said, b Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and d with men, Hos. 12. 3,4 and hast prevailed. 34. I That is, A prince of God. d ch. 25. 31. & 27, 33. 29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy Judg. 13. 18. name. And he said, e Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. Esau's kindness to Jacob. 30 And Jacob called the name Before of the place Peniel: for I have CHRIST seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. 1739. That is, The face of God. 31 And as he passed over Penuel fch. 16. 13. the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. 32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank. CHAPTER XXXIII. 1 The kindness of Jacob and Esau at their meeting. 17 Jacob cometh to Succoth. 18 At Shalem he buyeth a field, and buildeth an altar called El-Elohe-Israel. AND Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Jacob buildeth an altar. Before CHRIST 1739. i Judg. 1. 15. † Heb. all † Heb. ac- 1 ch. 32. 3. ml. 34, 11. n Josh. 13.27. Judg. 8. 5. Ps. 60. 6. That is, Booths. • John 3. 23. ICalled, Acts 7. 16, P Josh. 24. 1. 9 Josh. 24. 32. Called, Acts 7. 16, Emmor. Or, lambs. * ch. 35. 7. That is. God the God of Israel. about 1732. a ch. 30. 21. b Tit. 2. 5. GENESIS. though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. 11 Take, I pray thee, imy blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have tenough. And he urged him, and he took it. 12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. 13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me; and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. 14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant; and I will lead on softly, taccording as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord 'unto Seir. 15 And Esau said, Let me now † leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, + What needeth it? mlet me find grace in the sight of my lord. 16 So Esau returned that on his way unto Seir. day 17 And Jacob journeyed to n Succoth, and built him a house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. 18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of PShechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan-aram; and pitched his tent before the city. 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 a hundred pieces of money. 20 And he erected there an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel. CHAPTER XXXIV. 1 Dinah is ravished by Shechem. 4 He sueth to marry her. 13 The sons of Jacob offer the condition of circumcision to the Shechemites. 20 Hamor and Shechem persuale them to accept it. 25 The sons of Jacob upon that advantage slay them, 27 and spoil their city. 30 Jacob reproveth Simeon and Leri. Dinah ravished by Shechem. Before about 1732. of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he dtook CHRIST her, and lay with her, and defiled her. c ch. 6. 2. Judg. 14. 1. Di-dcl. 20. 2. Heb. humDeut. 22. 29. 3 And his soul clave unto nah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. 4 And Shechem espake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. bled her, † Heb. to the heart of the damsel: See Is. 40. 2. Hos. 2. 14. e Judg. 14. 2. 27. 5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob fheld his f1 Sam. 10. peace until they were come. 6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. 2 Sam. 13.22. 7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, be-ch. 49. 7. cause he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought i Deut. 23.17. not to be done. 8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife. 9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. 1 Dinah the daughter roach unto us Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, bwent out to see the daughters of the land. 2 And when Shechem the son 15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised; The Shechemites are slain. GENESIS. 16 Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people. 17 But if ye will not hearken 18 And their words pleased Ha- 21 These men are peaceable 22 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised. 23 Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us. 24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened 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. 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 brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. S 26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. 28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field, God sendeth Jacob to Beth-el. 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. Before CHRIST about 1732. tch. 49. 6. * Ex. 5. 21. 30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: y and I being few in Deut. 4. 27. number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. 31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot ? CHAPTER XXXV. God sendeth Jacob to Beth-el. 2 He purg Ps. 105. 12. eth his house of idols. 6 He buildeth an altar at Beth-el. 8 Deborah dieth at Allonbachuth. 9 God blesseth Jacob at Beth-el. 16 Rachel travaileth of Benjamin, and dieth in the way to Edar. 22 Reuben lieth with Bilhah. 23 The sons of Jacob. 27 Jacob cometh to Isaac at Hebron. 28 The age, death, and burial of Isaac. ND God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to a Beth-el, ch. 28. 19. and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appear- bch. 28. 13. ed unto thee when thou fled-cl. 27. 43. dest from the face of Esau thy brother. A Josh.24. 15. ch.31. 19,34. Josh. 24. 2, 2 Then Jacob said unto his dhousehold, and to all that were à ch. 18. 19. with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: 3 And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, hand was with me in the way which I went. 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their i earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. 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. i 23. 1 Sam. 7. 3. f Ex. 19. 10. 8 ch. 32. 7, 24. Ps. 107. 6. h ch. 28. 20. & 31. 3, 42. Hos. 2. 13. k Josh. 24, 26. Judg. 9. 6. 1Ex. 15. 16. & 23. 27. & 1 Sam. 14. 15. 2 Chr. 14. 14. 22. 6 So Jacob came to m Luz, m ch. 28. 19, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el, he and all the people that were with him. 7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. "Ecc. 5. 4. The God of ch. 28. 13. Rachel dieth in travail. Before CHRIST about 1732. P ch. 24. 59. That is, The ouk of weeping. 9 Hos. 12. 4. ch. 17. 5. ch. 32. 28. t ch. 17. 1. & 48.3, 4. Ex. 6. 3. uch. 17.5, 6, 16. & 28, 3. & 48. 4. wch. 12. 7. & 13. 15. & 26. 3,4. & 28. 13. ch. 17. 22. Y ch. 28. 18. ch. 28. 19. † Heb. a little piece of ground, about 1729. 8 But Deborah Rebekah's | Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, Before Il Allon-bachuth. 9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him. 10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: rthy name shall not be called any more Jacob, s but Israel shall be thy name; and he called his name Israel. 11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; "a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; 12 And the land wwhich I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. 13 And God went up from him 14 And Jacob y set up a pillar in 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. Esau's three wires. 6 His removing to mount Seir. 9 His sons. 15 The dukes Ow these are the genera of the place where God make Notions of eat, a who with him, z Beth-el. 16 T And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but ta little way to come to Ephrath: 2 Kings 5. 19. and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. Edom. is 25.8. 18o ch. 25.9. & 49.31. about 1796. ach. 25. 30. 6 And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, Heb. souls. and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob. 22 And it came to pass, when 7 For their riches were more Israel dwelt in that land, that than that they might dwell toReuben went and flay with Bil-gether; and the land wherein hah his father's concubine: and they were strangers could not Israel heard it. Now the sons bear them because of their cattle. of Jacob were twelve: 8 Thus dwelt Esau in hmount 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Seir: Esau is Edom. |