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