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         <div class="label">35</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jacob Returns to Bethel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.35.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then God said to Jacob, &#8220;Go up to Bethel and settle there, and build an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.35.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.35.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, &#8220;Get rid of the foreign gods you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.35.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.35.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had and the rings in their ears, and Jacob buried them under the oak at Shechem. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.35.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then they set out, and the terror of God fell on the towns all around them so that no one pursued them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.35.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.35.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Jacob and all the people with him came to Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.35.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">There he built an altar, and he called the place El Bethel,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:7 </span><span class="fq">El Bethel </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">God of Bethel.</span></span></span><span class="content"> because it was there that God revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.35.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.35.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Now Deborah, Rebekah&#8217;s nurse, died and was buried under the oak outside Bethel. So it was named Allon Bakuth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:8 </span><span class="fq">Allon Bakuth </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">oak of weeping.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.35.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.35.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:9 </span><span class="ft">That is, Northwest Mesopotamia; also in verse 26</span></span></span><span class="content"> God appeared to him again and blessed him. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.35.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">God said to him, &#8220;Your name is Jacob,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:10 </span><span class="fq">Jacob </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">he grasps the heel, </span><span class="ft">a Hebrew idiom for </span><span class="fqa">he deceives.</span></span></span><span class="content"> but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:10 </span><span class="fq">Israel </span><span class="ft">probably means </span><span class="fqa">he struggles with God.</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221; So he named him Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.35.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.35.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">And God said to him, &#8220;I am God Almighty</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:11 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew <span class="tl">El-Shaddai</span></span></span></span><span class="content">; be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.35.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I also give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.35.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then God went up from him at the place where he had talked with him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.35.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.35.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Jacob set up a stone pillar at the place where God had talked with him, and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil on it. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.35.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Jacob called the place where God had talked with him Bethel.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:15 </span><span class="fq">Bethel </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">house of God.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Deaths of Rachel and Isaac</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.35.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.35.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.35.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, &#8220;Don&#8217;t despair, for you have another son.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.35.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">As she breathed her last&#8212;for she was dying&#8212;she named her son Ben-Oni.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:18 </span><span class="fq">Ben-Oni </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">son of my trouble.</span></span></span><span class="content"> But his father named him Benjamin.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">35:18 </span><span class="fq">Benjamin </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">son of my right hand.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.35.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.35.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.35.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Over her tomb Jacob set up a pillar, and to this day that pillar marks Rachel&#8217;s tomb.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.35.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.35.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Israel moved on again and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.35.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father&#8217;s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard of it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.35.22"><span class="content">Jacob had twelve sons:</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.35.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.35.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The sons of Leah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.35.23"><span class="content">Reuben the firstborn of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.35.23"><span class="content">Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.35.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.35.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The sons of Rachel:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.35.24"><span class="content">Joseph and Benjamin.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.35.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.35.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The sons of Rachel&#8217;s servant Bilhah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.35.25"><span class="content">Dan and Naphtali.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.35.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.35.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The sons of Leah&#8217;s servant Zilpah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.35.26"><span class="content">Gad and Asher.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.35.26"><span class="content">These were the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.35.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.35.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Jacob came home to his father Isaac in Mamre, near Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.35.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Isaac lived a hundred and eighty years. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.35.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">36</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Esau&#8217;s Descendants</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.36.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is the account of the family line of Esau (that is, Edom).</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.36.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.36.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Esau took his wives from the women of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.36.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">also Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.36.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.36.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.36.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam and Korah. These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in Canaan.</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.36.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.36.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the members of his household, as well as his livestock and all his other animals and all the goods he had acquired in Canaan, and moved to a land some distance from his brother Jacob. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.36.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Their possessions were too great for them to remain together; the land where they were staying could not support them both because of their livestock. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.36.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.36.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.36.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">This is the account of the family line of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.36.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.36.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">These are the names of Esau&#8217;s sons:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.36.10"><span class="content">Eliphaz, the son of Esau&#8217;s wife Adah, and Reuel, the son of Esau&#8217;s wife Basemath.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.36.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.36.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The sons of Eliphaz:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.36.11"><span class="content">Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam and Kenaz.</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.36.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.36.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Esau&#8217;s son Eliphaz also had a concubine named Timna, who bore him Amalek. These were grandsons of Esau&#8217;s wife Adah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.36.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.36.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The sons of Reuel:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.36.13"><span class="content">Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were grandsons of Esau&#8217;s wife Basemath.</span></span></div><div class="li4"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.36.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.36.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The sons of Esau&#8217;s wife Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon, whom she bore to Esau:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.36.14"><span class="content">Jeush, Jalam and Korah.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.36.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.36.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">These were the chiefs among Esau&#8217;s descendants:</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.36.15"><span class="content">The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.36.15"><span class="content">Chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.36.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Korah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:16 </span><span class="ft">Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch (also verse 11 and 1 Chron. 1:36) does not have </span><span class="fq">Korah</span><span class="ft">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> Gatam and Amalek. These were the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in Edom; they were grandsons of Adah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.36.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.36.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The sons of Esau&#8217;s son Reuel:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.36.17"><span class="content">Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were the chiefs descended from Reuel in Edom; they were grandsons of Esau&#8217;s wife Basemath.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.36.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.36.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The sons of Esau&#8217;s wife Oholibamah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.36.18"><span class="content">Chiefs Jeush, Jalam and Korah. These were the chiefs descended from Esau&#8217;s wife Oholibamah daughter of Anah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.36.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.36.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">These were the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these were their chiefs.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.36.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.36.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">These were the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the region:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.36.20"><span class="content">Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.36.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These sons of Seir in Edom were Horite chiefs.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.36.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.36.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The sons of Lotan:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.36.22"><span class="content">Hori and Homam.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:22 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Hemam, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Homam </span><span class="ft">(see 1 Chron. 1:39)</span></span></span><span class="content"> Timna was Lotan&#8217;s sister.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.36.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.36.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The sons of Shobal:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.36.23"><span class="content">Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho and Onam.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.36.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.36.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The sons of Zibeon:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.36.24"><span class="content">Aiah and Anah. This is the Anah who discovered the hot springs</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:24 </span><span class="ft">Vulgate; Syriac </span><span class="fqa">discovered water; </span><span class="ft">the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> in the desert while he was grazing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.36.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.36.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">The children of Anah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.36.25"><span class="content">Dishon and Oholibamah daughter of Anah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.36.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.36.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The sons of Dishon</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:26 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Dishan, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Dishon</span></span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.36.26"><span class="content">Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran and Keran.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.36.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.36.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The sons of Ezer:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.36.27"><span class="content">Bilhan, Zaavan and Akan.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.36.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.36.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The sons of Dishan:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.36.28"><span class="content">Uz and Aran.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.36.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.36.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">These were the Horite chiefs:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.36.29"><span class="content">Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.36.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These were the Horite chiefs, according to their divisions, in the land of Seir.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Rulers of Edom</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.36.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.36.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">These were the kings who reigned in Edom before any Israelite king reigned:</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.36.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.36.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Bela son of Beor became king of Edom. His city was named Dinhabah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.36.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.36.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah succeeded him as king.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.36.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.36.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites succeeded him as king.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.36.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="GEN.36.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, succeeded him as king. His city was named Avith.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="GEN.36.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="GEN.36.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah succeeded him as king.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="GEN.36.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="GEN.36.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the river succeeded him as king.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="GEN.36.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="GEN.36.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan son of Akbor succeeded him as king.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="GEN.36.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="GEN.36.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">When Baal-Hanan son of Akbor died, Hadad</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">36:39 </span><span class="ft">Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 1:50); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">Hadar</span></span></span><span class="content"> succeeded him as king. His city was named Pau, and his wife&#8217;s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-Zahab.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="GEN.36.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="GEN.36.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">These were the chiefs descended from Esau, by name, according to their clans and regions:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="GEN.36.40"><span class="content">Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="GEN.36.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="GEN.36.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="GEN.36.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Magdiel and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their settlements in the land they occupied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="GEN.36.43"><span class="content">This is the family line of Esau, the father of the Edomites.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">37</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Joseph&#8217;s Dreams</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.37.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.37.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.37.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">This is the account of Jacob&#8217;s family line.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.37.2"><span class="content">Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father&#8217;s wives, and he brought their father a bad report about them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.37.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.37.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">37:3 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verses 23 and 32.</span></span></span><span class="content"> robe for him. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.37.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.37.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.37.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.37.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He said to them, &#8220;Listen to this dream I had: </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.37.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.37.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.37.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">His brothers said to him, &#8220;Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?&#8221; And they hated him all the more because of his dream and what he had said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.37.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.37.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. &#8220;Listen,&#8221; he said, &#8220;I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.37.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.37.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, &#8220;What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.37.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Joseph Sold by His Brothers</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.37.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.37.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Now his brothers had gone to graze their father&#8217;s flocks near Shechem, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.37.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">and Israel said to Joseph, &#8220;As you know, your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I am going to send you to them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.37.13"><span class="content">&#8220;Very well,&#8221; he replied.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.37.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.37.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So he said to him, &#8220;Go and see if all is well with your brothers and with the flocks, and bring word back to me.&#8221; Then he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.37.14"><span class="content">When Joseph arrived at Shechem, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.37.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">a man found him wandering around in the fields and asked him, &#8220;What are you looking for?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.37.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.37.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;I&#8217;m looking for my brothers. Can you tell me where they are grazing their flocks?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.37.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.37.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;They have moved on from here,&#8221; the man answered. &#8220;I heard them say, &#8216;Let&#8217;s go to Dothan.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.37.17"><span class="content">So Joseph went after his brothers and found them near Dothan. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.37.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.37.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.37.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Here comes that dreamer!&#8221; they said to each other. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.37.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Come now, let&#8217;s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we&#8217;ll see what comes of his dreams.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.37.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.37.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. &#8220;Let&#8217;s not take his life,&#8221; he said. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.37.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern here in the wilderness, but don&#8217;t lay a hand on him.&#8221; Reuben said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.37.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.37.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe&#8212;the ornate robe he was wearing&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.37.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">and they took him and threw him into the cistern. The cistern was empty; there was no water in it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.37.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.37.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with spices, balm and myrrh, and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.37.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.37.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Judah said to his brothers, &#8220;What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood? </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.37.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Come, let&#8217;s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood.&#8221; His brothers agreed.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.37.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.37.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">So when the Midianite merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for twenty shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">37:28 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams</span></span></span><span class="content"> of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.37.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.37.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.37.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">He went back to his brothers and said, &#8220;The boy isn&#8217;t there! Where can I turn now?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.37.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.37.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Then they got Joseph&#8217;s robe, slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.37.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">They took the ornate robe back to their father and said, &#8220;We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son&#8217;s robe.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.37.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.37.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">He recognized it and said, &#8220;It is my son&#8217;s robe! Some ferocious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.37.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.37.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="GEN.37.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. &#8220;No,&#8221; he said, &#8220;I will continue to mourn until I join my son in the grave.&#8221; So his father wept for him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="GEN.37.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="GEN.37.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Meanwhile, the Midianites</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">37:36 </span><span class="ft">Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac (see also verse 28); Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">Medanites</span></span></span><span class="content"> sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh&#8217;s officials, the captain of the guard.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">12</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 12</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 12:1-8 is numbered 12:2-9.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. According to </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">sheminith.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Help, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for no one is faithful anymore;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.12.1"><span class="content">those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.12.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Everyone lies to their neighbor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.12.2"><span class="content">they flatter with their lips</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.12.2"><span class="content">but harbor deception in their hearts.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.12.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">May the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> silence all flattering lips</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.12.3"><span class="content">and every boastful tongue&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.12.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">those who say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.12.4"><span class="content">&#8220;By our tongues we will prevail;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.12.4"><span class="content">our own lips will defend us&#8212;who is lord over us?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.12.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.12.5"><span class="content">I will now arise,&#8221; says the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.12.5"><span class="content">&#8220;I will protect them from those who malign them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.12.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And the words of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> are flawless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.12.6"><span class="content">like silver purified in a crucible,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.12.6"><span class="content">like gold</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:6 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">earth</span></span></span><span class="content"> refined seven times.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.12.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, will keep the needy safe</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.12.7"><span class="content">and will protect us forever from the wicked,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.12.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">who freely strut about</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.12.8"><span class="content">when what is vile is honored by the human race.</span></span></div>
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