9And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan- aram, and blessed him. IOAnd God said unto him: 'Thy name is Jacob; thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name7; and He called his name Israel. "And God said unto him: 'I am God Al- mighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; ^and the land which I gave unto Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.' 13And God went up from him in the place where He spoke with him. 14And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where He spoke with him, a pillar of stone, and he poured out a drink-offering thereon, id poured oil thereon. ^And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Beth-el. 16And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some way to come to Ephrath; and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. 17And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her: ' Fear not; for this also is a son for thee.' 18And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing — for she died — that she called his name °Ben-oni; but his Father called him dBenjamin. 19And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath — the same is Beth- iehem. 20And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave; the same is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. 21And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond Migdal-eder. ^And it came to pass, while Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and ay with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heard of it.
Now twelve: the sons of Jacob were sons of Leah: Reuben, a That is, The God of Beth-el. b That is, The oak of weeping. * That is, The eon of my sorrow. A That is, The son of the right hand.
43 GENESIS and for his words. 9And lie dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brethren, and said: 'Behold, I have dreamed yet a dream: and, behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.' 10And he told it to his father, and to his breth- ren; 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 to thee to the earth?' uAnd his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying in mind.
12 And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. 13And Israel said unto Joseph: 'Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them/ And he said to him: ' Here am I.' 14Andhesaidtohim: 'Go now, see whether it is well with thy brethren, and well with the flock; and bring me back word.7 So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. 15And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field. And the man asked him, saying: 'What seekest thou?' 16And he said: 'I seek my brethren. Tell me, I pray thee, where they are feed- ing the flock.' 17And 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. 18And they saw him afar off, and before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. 19And they said one to another: 'Behold, this dreamer cometh. 20Come now there- fore, and let us slay him., and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say: An evil beast hath devoured him; and we shall see what will be- come of his dreams.' ^And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand; and said: ' Let us not take his life.' ^And Reuben said unto them:. 'Shed no blood; cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him' — that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father. ^And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colours that was on him; ^and they took him, and cast him into the pit — and the pit was empty, there was no water in it. ^And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and ladanum, going to carry it down to Egypt. ^And Judah said unto his brethren: 'What pr,ofit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood? 27Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh.' And his brethren hearkened unto him. 28And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt. 29And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes. 30And he returned unto his brethren, and said: 'The child is not; and as for me, whith- er shall I go?' 31And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a he-goat, and dipped the coat in the blood; 82and they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said: 'This have we found. Know now whether it is thy son's coat or not.' S3And he knew it, and said: 'It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath GENESIS devoured him; Joseph is without doubt die, like his brethren.' And Tamar torn in pieces.' ^And Jacob rent his went and dwelt in her father's house.
garments, and put sackcloth upon his 12And in process of time Shua's daughloins, and mourned for his son many ter, the wife of Judah, died; and days. 35And all his sons and all his Judah was comforted, and went up daughters rose up to comfort him; but unto his sheep-shearers to Timnah, tie refused to be comforted; and he he and his friend Hirah the Adullamsaid: 'Nay, but I will go down to ite 13And it vi as told Tamar, saythe grave to my son mourning/ ing: 'Behold, thy father-in-law goeth And his father wept for him. ^And up to Timnah to shear his sheep.'
the aMidianites sold him into Egypt 14And she put off from her the garunto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, ments of her widowhood, and covered the captain of the guard.
herself with her veil, and wrapped OQ And it came to pass at that herself, and sat in the entrance of uo time, that Judah went down from Enaim, which is by the way to Timlis brethren, and turned in to a certain nah; for she saw that Shelah was Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
grown up, and she was not given unto 2And Judah saw there a daughter of a him to wife. 15When Judah saw her, certain Canaamte whose name was he thought her to be a harlot; for she 3hua; and he took her, and went in had covered her face. 16And he turned unto her. 8And she conceived, and unto her by the way, and said: ' Come, I jore a son; and he called his name Er.
pray thee, let me come in unto thee'; *And she conceived again, and bore for he knew not that she was his a son; and she called his name Onan.
daughter-in-law. And she said. 'What 'And she yet again bore a son, and called wilt thou give me, that thou mayest us name Shelah; and he was at come in unto me?' 17And he said- Chezib, when she bore him. 6And 'I will send thee a kid of the goats Judah took a wife for Er his first-born, from the flock.' And she said: 'Wilt and her name was Tamar. 7And Er, thou give me a pledge, till thou send Judah's first-born, was wicked in the it?' "And he said: 'What pledge sight of the LORD; and the LORD shall I give thee?' And she said: slew him. 8And Judah said unto 'Thy signet and thy cord, and thy Onan: ' Go in unto thy brother's wife, staff that is in thy hand.' And he and perform the duty of a husband's gave them to her, and came in unto Brother unto her, and raise up seed her, and she conceived by him. 19And :o thy brother.' 9And Onan knew she arose, and went away, and put :hat the seed would not be his; and off her veil from her, and put on the it camfe to pass, when he went in garments of her widowhood. 20And unto his brother's wife, that he spilled Judah sent the kid of the goats by the it on the ground, lest he should give hand of his friend the Adullamite, to seed to his brother. 10And the thing receive the pledge from the woman's which he did was evil in the sight of hand; but he found her not. aThen ihe LORD: and He slew him also. uThen said Judah to Tamar his daughhe asked the men of her place, saying: 'Where is the harlot, that was at ber-in-law: 'Remain a widow in thy Enaim by the wayside?' And they father's house, till Shelah my son be said: 'There hath been no harlot grown up'; for he said: 'Lest he also here.' ^And he returned to Judah, * Heb. Medamtea. 47 GENESIS and said* 'I have not found her: and also the men of the place said: There hath been no harlot here.' ^And Judah said: 'Let her take it, lest we be put to shame; behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.' 24And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying: 'Tamar thy daughter- in-law hath played the harlot; and moreover, behold, she is with child by harlotry.' And Judah said: ' Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.' 25When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying. 'By the man, whose these are, am I with child'; and she said: 'Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, 'the signet, and the cords, and the staff/ 26And Judah ac- knowledged them, and said: 'She is more righteous than I; forasmuch as I gave her not to Shelah my son.' And he knew her again no more. ^And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. ^And it came to pass, when she travailed, that one put out a hand; and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying 'This came out first.' 29And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out; and she said. 'Wherefore hast thou made a breach for thyself9' There- fore his name was called aPerez. 30And afterward canae out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand; and his name was called Zerah. QO And Joseph was brought down ^ to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites, that had brought him down thither. 2And the LOED was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
• That is, 3And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand. 4And Joseph found favour in his sight, and he ministered unto him. And he appointed him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. 5And it came to pass from the time that he appointed 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 bless- ing of the LORD was upon all that he had, in the house and in the field. 6And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and, having him, he knew not aught save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was of beautiful form, and fair to look upon, 7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said: 'Lie with me.' 8But he refused, and said unto his master's wife: 'Behold, my master, having me, knoweth not what is in the house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand; 9he is not greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife. How then can I do this great wicked- ness, and sin against God?' l°And it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. uAnd it came to pass on a certain day, when he went into the house to .do his work, and there was none of the men of the house there within, ^that she caught him by his garment, saying: 'Lie with me.' And he left his gar- ment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. ^And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, 14that she called unto the men of her house, and spoke unto them, saying: 'See, A breach.
48 GENESIS he hath brought in a Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice. 15And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled, and got him out.' 16And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came home. 17And she spoke unto him according to these words, saying: 'The Hebrew servant, whom thou bast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me. 18And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled out.' 19And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke unto him, say- ing: 'After this manner did thy servant to me'; that his wrath was kindled. 20And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound; and he was there in the prison. ^But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed kindness unto him, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison. ^And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it. ^The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand, because the LORD was with him; and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper. AC\ And it came to pass after ^^ these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offend- ed their lord the king of Egypt.^ 2And Pharaoh was wroth against his two officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of, the bakers. 3And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. 4And the captain of the guard charged Joseph to be with them, and he ministered unto them; and they continued a season in ward. 6And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpreta- tion of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the prison. 6And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and saw them, and, behold, they were sad. 7And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his master's house, saying: ' Wherefore look ye so sad to-day?' 8And they said unto him: 'We have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it.' And Joseph said unto them: 'Do not interpretations belong to God? tell it me, I pray you.' 9And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him: 'In my dream, behold, a vine was before me; 10and in the vine were three branches; and as it was budding, its blossoms shot forth, and the clus- ters thereof brought forth ripe grapes; uand Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.' ^And Joseph said unto him: 'This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days; ^within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head, and restore thee unto thine office; and thou shalt give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler. 14But have me in thy remembrance when it shall be well with thee, and show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house. 15For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews; and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into 49 GENESIS the dungeon.' 16When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph: 'I also saw in my dream, and, behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head; 17and in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked food for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.' 18And Joseph answered and said: 'This is the interpretation thereof* the three baskets are three days; "within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.' 20And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants; and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and the head of the chief baker among his servants. 21And he restored the chief butler back unto his butler- ship; and he gave the cup into Pha- raoh's hand. ^But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them. ^Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgot him.
J. ~| And it came to pass at the end -1* x of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the ariver. 2And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well- favoured and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the reed-grass. 3And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill-favoured and lean-fleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river. 4And the ill- favoured and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. ^6And he slept and dreamed a second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good* 6And, behold, seven ears, thin and blaste< with the east wind, sprung up afte them. 7And the thin ears swallowed uj the seven rank and full ears, An< Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was i dream. 8And it came to pass in th< morning that his spirit was troubled and ^ he sent and called for all th< magicians of Egypt, and all the wis< men thereof' and Pharaoh told then his dream; out there was none tha could interpret them unto Pharaoh 9Then spoke the chief butler untc Pharaoh, saying: 'I make mention o my faults this day: 10Pharaoh wa£ wroth with his servants, and put m* in the ward of the house of the captair of the guard, me and the chief baker, uAnd we dreamed a dream in one night I and he; we dreamed each man ac- cording to the interpretation of his dream. ^And there was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant tc the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret. 13And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was: I was restored unto mine office, and he was hanged.' 14Then Pharaoh sent and called Jo- seph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. And he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. 15And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: 'I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it; and I have heard say of thee, that when thou nearest a dream thou canst interpret it.' 16And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying: 'It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh an 17And Pharaoh 'In my dream, answer spoke unto behold, I stood upon the brink of the river. 18And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed That is, the Nile. 50 GENESIS and well-favoured; and they fed in the reed-grass. 19And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favoured and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness. 20And the lean and ill- favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine. aAnd when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill-favoured as at the be- ginning. So I awoke. ^And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon one stalk, full and good. ^And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them. ^And the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears. And I told it unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.' 25And Joseph said unto Pharaoh. 'The dream of Pharaoh is one; what God is about to do He hath declared unto Pharaoh, ^he seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one. 27And the seven lean and ill-favoured kine that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind; they shall be seven years of famine. 28That is the thing which I spoke unto Pharaoh what God is about to do He hath shown unto Pharaoh. 29Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt. 80And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land; 31and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine which followeth; for it shall be very grievous. ^And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice, it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. ^Now therefore let Pharaoh look put a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. MLet Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in. the seven years of plenty. ^And let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up com under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it. ^And the food shall be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine/ 37And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. 38And Pharaoh said unto his servants: ' Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom the spirit of God is? ' 39And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: 'Forasmuch as God hath shown thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou. 40Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled; only in the throne will I be greater than thou.' ^And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: 'See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt/ ^And Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck. ^And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him: 'Abrech'; and he set him over all the land of Egypt. ^And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: CI am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of rfc/ «And Pharaoh called Jo- 's name Zaphenath-paneah; and he" gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On. And Joseph went out over the land of 51 GENESIS Egypt. — 46And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pha- raoh king of Egypt. — And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt, ,47And in the seven years of plenty the earth brought forth in heaps. ^And he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food^in the cities; the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same. 49And Joseph laid up corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until they left off numbering; for it was with- out number. ^And unto Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera pnest of On bore unto him. 81And Joseph called the name of the first-born aManasseh: 'for God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.' ^And the name of the second called he bEphraim: 'for God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction/ ^And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an end. MAnd the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said; and there was famine in all lands; but ha all the land of Egypt there was bread. ^And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians: 'Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do/ ^And the famine was over all the face of the