Genesis 36–38

Chapter 36

And these are the generations of Esau, the same is Edom.

²Esau took wives of the daughters of Chanaan: Ada the daughter of Elon the Hethite, and Oolibama the daughter of Ana, the daughter of Sebeon the Hevite:

³And Basemath, the daughter of Ismael, sister of Nabajoth.

⁴And Ada bore Eliphaz: Basemath bore Rahuel.

⁵Oolibama bore Jehus, and Ihelon, and Core. These are the sons of Esau, that were born to him in the land of Chanaan.

⁶And Esau took his wives, and his sons and daughters, and every soul of his house, and his substance, and cattle, and all that he was able to acquire in the land of Chanaan: and went into another country, and departed from his brother Jacob.

⁷For they were exceeding rich, and could not dwell together: neither was the land in which they sojourned able to bear them, for the multitude of their flocks.

⁸And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: he is Edom.

⁹And these are the generations of Esau, the father of Edom, in mount Seir.

¹⁰And these the names of his sons: Eliphaz the son of Ada, the wife of Esau: and Rahuel, the son of Basemath, his wife.

¹¹And Eliphaz had sons: Theman, Omar, Sepho, and Gatham and Cenez.

¹²And Thamna was the concubine of Eliphaz, the son of Esau: and she bore him Amalech. These are the sons of Ada, the wife of Esau.

¹³And the sons of Rahuel were Nahath and Zara, Samma and Meza. These were the sons of Basemath, the wife of Esau.

¹⁴And these were the sons of Oolibama, the daughter of Ana, the daughter of Sebeon, the wife of Esau, whom she bore to him, Jehus, and Ihelon, and Core.

¹⁵These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz, the firstborn of Esau: duke Theman, duke Omar, duke Sepho, duke Cenez,

¹⁶Duke Core, duke Gatham, duke Amalech: these are the sons of Eliphaz, in the land of Edom, and these the sons of Ada.

¹⁷And these were the sons of Rahuel, the son of Esau: duke Nahath, duke Zara, duke Samma, duke Meza. And these are the dukes of Rahuel, in the land of Edom: these the sons of Basemath, the wife of Esau.

¹⁸And these the sons of Oolibama, the wife of Esau: duke Jehus, duke Ihelon, duke Core. These are the dukes of Oolibama, the daughter of Ana, and wife of Esau.

¹⁹These are the sons of Esau, and these the dukes of them: the same is Edom.

²⁰These are the sons of Seir, the Horrite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, and Sobal, and Sebeon, and Ana,

²¹And Dison, and Eser, and Disan. These are dukes of the Horrites, the sons of Seir, in the land of Edom.

²²And Lotan had sons: Hori and Heman. And the sister of Lotan was Thamna.

²³And these the sons of Sobal: Alvan, and Manahat, and Ebal, and Sepho, and Onam.

²⁴And these the sons of Sebeon: Aia and Ana. This is Ana that found the hot waters in the wilderness, when he fed the asses of Sebeon, his father:

²⁵And he had a son Dison, and a daughter Oolibama.

²⁶And these were the sons of Dison: Hamdan, and Eseban, and Jethram, and Charan.

²⁷These also were the sons of Eser: Balaan, and Zavan, and Acan.

²⁸And Dison had sons: Hus and Aram.

²⁹These were dukes of the Horrites: duke Lotan, duke Sobal, duke Sebeon, duke Ana,

³⁰Duke Dison, duke Eser, duke Disan: these were dukes of the Horrites that ruled in the land of Seir.

³¹And the kings that ruled in the land of Edom, before the children of Israel had a king, were these:

³²Bela the son of Beor, and the name of his city Denaba.

³³And Bela died, and Jobab, the son of Zara, of Bosra, reigned in his stead.

³⁴And when Jobab was dead, Husam, of the land of the Themanites, reigned in his stead.

³⁵And after his death, Adad, the son of Badad, reigned in his stead, who defeated the Madianites in the country of Boab; and the name of his city was Avith.

³⁶And when Adad was dead, there reigned in his stead, Semla, of Masreca.

³⁷And he being dead, Saul, of the river Rohoboth, reigned in his stead.

³⁸And when he also was dead, Balanan, the son of Achobor, succeeded to the kingdom.

³⁹This man also being dead, Adar reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Phau: and his wife was called Meetabel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezaab.

⁴⁰And these are the names of the dukes of Esau in their kindreds, and places, and callings: duke Thamna, duke Alva, duke Jetheth,

⁴¹Duke Oolibama, duke Ela, duke Phinon,

⁴²Duke Cenez, duke Theman, duke Mabsar,

⁴³Duke Magdiel, duke Hiram: these are the dukes of Edom dwelling in the land of their government; the same is Esau, the father of the Edomites.

Chapter 37

And Jacob dwelt in the land of Chanaan, wherein his father sojourned.

²And these are his generations: Joseph, when he was sixteen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren, being but a boy: and he was with the sons of Bala and of Zelpha his father’s wives: and he accused his brethren to his father of a most wicked crime.

³Now Israel loved Joseph above all his sons, because he had him in his old age: and he made him a coat of divers colours.

⁴And his brethren seeing that he was loved by his father, more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.

⁵Now it fell out also that he told his brethren a dream, that he had dreamed: which occasioned them to hate him the more.

⁶And he said to them: Hear my dream which I dreamed.

⁷I thought we were binding sheaves in the field: and my sheaf arose as it were, and stood, and your sheaves standing about bowed down before my sheaf.

⁸His brethren answered: Shalt thou be our king? or shall we be subject to thy dominion? Therefore this matter of his dreams and words ministered nourishment to their envy and hatred.

⁹He dreamed also another dream, which he told his brethren, saying: I saw in a dream, as it were the sun, and the moon, and eleven stars worshipping me.

¹⁰And when he had told this to his father, and brethren, his father rebuked him and said: What meaneth this dream that thou hast dreamed? shall I and thy mother, and thy brethren worship thee upon the earth?

¹¹His brethren therefore envied him: but his father considered the thing with himself.

¹²And when his brethren abode in Sichem, feeding their father’s flocks,

¹³Israel said to him: Thy brethren feed the sheep in Sichem: come, I will send thee to them. And when he answered:

¹⁴I am ready: he said to him: Go, and see if all things be well with thy brethren, and the cattle: and bring me word again what is doing. So being sent from the vale of Hebron, he came to Sichem:

¹⁵And a man found him there wandering in the field, and asked what he sought.

¹⁶But he answered: I seek my brethren, tell me where they feed the flocks.

¹⁷And the man said to him: They are departed from this place: for I heard them say: Let us go to Dothain. And Joseph went forward after his brethren, and found them in Dothain.

¹⁸And when they saw him afar off, before he came nigh them, they thought to kill him:

¹⁹And said one to another: Behold the dreamer cometh.

²⁰Come, let us kill him, and cast him into some old pit: and we will say: Some evil beast hath devoured him: and then it shall appear what his dreams avail him:

²¹And Ruben hearing this, endeavoured to deliver him out of their hands, and said:

²²Do not take away his life, nor shed his blood: but cast him into this pit, that is in the wilderness, and keep your hands harmless: now he said this, being desirous to deliver him out of their hands and to restore him to his father.

²³And as soon as he came to his brethren, they forthwith stript him of his outside coat, that was of divers colours:

²⁴And cast him into an old pit where there was not water.

²⁵And sitting down to eat bread, they saw some Ismaelites on their way coming from Galaad, with their camels, carrying spices, and balm, and myrrh to Egypt.

²⁶And Juda said to his brethren: What will it profit us to kill our brother, and conceal his blood?

²⁷It is better that he be sold to the Ismaelites, and that our hands be not defiled: for he is our brother and our flesh. His brethren agreed to his words.

²⁸And when the Madianite merchants passed by, they drew him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ismaelites, for twenty pieces of silver: and they led him into Egypt.

²⁹And Ruben returning to the pit, found not the boy:

³⁰And rending his garments he went to his brethren, and said: The boy doth not appear, and whither shall I go?

³¹And they took his coat, and dipped it in the blood of a kid, which they had killed:

³²Sending some to carry it to their father, and to say: This we have found: see whether it be thy son’s coat, or not.

³³And the father acknowledging it, said: It is my son’s coat, an evil wild beast hath eaten him, a beast hath devoured Joseph.

³⁴And tearing his garments, he put on sackcloth, mourning for his son a long time.

³⁵And all his children being gathered together to comfort their father in his sorrow, he would not receive comfort, but said: I will go down to my son into hell, mourning. And whilst he continued weeping,

³⁶The Madianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Putiphar, an eunuch of Pharao, captain of the soldiers.

Chapter 38

At that time Juda went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Odollamite, named Hiras.

²And he saw there the daughter of a man of Chanaan, called Sue: and taking her to wife, he went in unto her.

³And she conceived, and bore a son, and called his name Her.

⁴And conceiving again, she bore a son, and called him Onan.

⁵She bore also a third: whom she called Sela. After whose birth, she ceased to bear any more.

⁶And Juda took a wife for Her, his first born, whose name was Thamar.

⁷And Her, the first born of Juda, was wicked in the sight of the Lord: and was slain by him.

⁸Juda, therefore, said to Onan his son: Go in to thy brother’s wife and marry her, that thou mayst raise seed to thy brother.

⁹He knowing that the children should not be his, when he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled his seed upon the ground, lest children should be born in his brother’s name.

¹⁰And therefore the Lord slew him, because he did a detestable thing:

¹¹Wherefore Juda…