Gen 35:2 So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods which are among you, and purify yourselves and change your garments;

Gen 35:3 and 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 wherever I have gone."

Gen 35:4 So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which they had and the rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the oak which was near Shechem.

Gen 35:5 As they journeyed, there was a great terror upon the cities which were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

Gen 35:6 So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.

Gen 35:7 He built an altar there, and called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed Himself to him when he fled from his brother.

Gen 35:8 Now Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; it was named Allon-bacuth.

Gen 35:9 Then God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram, and He blessed him.

Gen 35:10 God said to him, "Your name is Jacob; You shall no longer be called Jacob, But Israel shall be your name." Thus He called him Israel.

Gen 35:11 God also said to him, "I am God Almighty; Be fruitful and multiply; A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, And kings shall come forth from you.

Gen 35:12 "The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, And I will give the land to your descendants after you."

Gen 35:13 Then God went up from him in the place where He had spoken with him.

Gen 35:14 Jacob set up a pillar in the place where He had spoken with him, a pillar of stone, and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil on it.

Gen 35:15 So Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel.

Gen 35:16 Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and she suffered severe labor.

Gen 35:17 When she was in severe labor the midwife said to her, "Do not fear, for now you have another son."

Gen 35:18 It came about as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.

Gen 35:19 So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

Gen 35:20 Jacob set up a pillar over her grave; that is the pillar of Rachel's grave to this day.

Gen 35:21 Then Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

Gen 35:22 It came about while Israel was dwelling in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. The Sons of Israel Now there were twelve sons of Jacob"

Gen 35:23 the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, then Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun;

Gen 35:24 the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;

Gen 35:25 and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan and Naphtali;

Gen 35:26 and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.

Gen 35:27 Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre of Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.

Gen 35:28 Now the days of Isaac were one hundred and eighty years.

Gen 35:29 Isaac breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, an old man of ripe age; and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

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Gen 36:1 Now these are the records of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom).

Gen 36:2 Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah and the granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite;

Gen 36:3 also Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, the sister of Nebaioth.

Gen 36:4 Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, and Basemath bore Reuel,

Gen 36:5 and Oholibamah bore Jeush and Jalam and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.

Gen 36:6 Then Esau took his wives and his sons and his daughters and all his household, and his livestock and all his cattle and all his goods which he had acquired in the land of Canaan, and went to another land away from his brother Jacob.

Gen 36:7 For their property had become too great for them to live together, and the land where they sojourned could not sustain them because of their livestock.

Gen 36:8 So Esau lived in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom.

Gen 36:9 These then are the records of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

Gen 36:10 These are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz the son of Esau's wife Adah, Reuel the son of Esau's wife Basemath.

Gen 36:11 The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho and Gatam and Kenaz.

Gen 36:12 Timna was a concubine of Esau's son Eliphaz and she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These are the sons of Esau's wife Adah.

Gen 36:13 These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath and Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were the sons of Esau's wife Basemath.

Gen 36:14 These were the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and the granddaughter of Zibeon: she bore to Esau, Jeush and Jalam and Korah.

Gen 36:15 These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz, the firstborn of Esau, are chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz,

Gen 36:16 chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek. These are the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.

Gen 36:17 These are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah. These are the chiefs descended from Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Esau's wife Basemath.

Gen 36:18 These are the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah. These are the chiefs descended from Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.

Gen 36:19 These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these are their chiefs.

Gen 36:20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah,

Gen 36:21 and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan. These are the chiefs descended from the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom.

Gen 36:22 The sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.

Gen 36:23 These are the sons of Shobal: Alvan and Manahath and Ebal, Shepho and Onam.

Gen 36:24 These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah"he is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness when he was pasturing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.

Gen 36:25 These are the children of Anah: Dishon, and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.

Gen 36:26 These are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran.

Gen 36:27 These are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan and Zaavan and Akan.

Gen 36:28 These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

Gen 36:29 These are the chiefs descended from the Horites: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah,

Gen 36:30 chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan. These are the chiefs descended from the Horites, according to their various chiefs in the land of Seir.

Gen 36:31 Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the sons of Israel.

Gen 36:32 Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

Gen 36:33 Then Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah became king in his place.

Gen 36:34 Then Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites became king in his place.

Gen 36:35 Then Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the field of Moab, became king in his place; and the name of his city was Avith.

Gen 36:36 Then Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah became king in his place.

Gen 36:37 Then Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth on the Euphrates River became king in his place.

Gen 36:38 Then Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor became king in his place.

Gen 36:39 Then Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar became king in his place; and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezahab.

Gen 36:40 Now these are the names of the chiefs descended from Esau, according to their families and their localities, by their names: chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth,

Gen 36:41 chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,

Gen 36:42 chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,

Gen 36:43 chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom (that is, Esau, the father of the Edomites), according to their habitations in the land of their possession.

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Gen 37:1 Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had sojourned, in the land of Canaan.

Gen 37:2 These are the records of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, when seventeen years of age, was pasturing the flock with his brothers while he was still a youth, along with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father.

Gen 37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a varicolored tunic.

Gen 37:4 His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers; and so they hated him and could not speak to him on friendly terms.

Gen 37:5 Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.

Gen 37:6 He said to them, "Please listen to this dream which I have had;

Gen 37:7 for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf rose up and also stood erect; and behold, your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to my sheaf."

Gen 37:8 Then his brothers said to him, "Are you actually going to reign over us? Or are you really going to rule over us?" So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.

Gen 37:9 Now he had still another dream, and related it to his brothers, and said, "Lo, I have had still another dream; and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me."

Gen 37:10 He related it to his father and to his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, "What is this dream that you have had? Shall I and your mother and your brothers actually come to bow ourselves down before you to the ground?"

Gen 37:11 His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.

Gen 37:12 Then his brothers went to pasture their father's flock in Shechem.

Gen 37:13 Israel said to Joseph, "Are not your brothers pasturing the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them. "And he said to him, "I will go."

Gen 37:14 Then he said to him, "Go now and see about the welfare of your brothers and the welfare of the flock, and bring word back to me." So he sent him from the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

Gen 37:15 A man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, "What are you looking for?"

Gen 37:16 He said, "I am looking for my brothers; please tell me where they are pasturing the flock."

Gen 37:17 Then the man said, "They have moved from here; for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.

Gen 37:18 When they saw him from a distance and before he came close to them, they plotted against him to put him to death.

Gen 37:19 They said to one another, "Here comes this dreamer!

Gen 37:20 Now then, come and let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits; and we will say, 'A wild beast devoured him.' Then let us see what will become of his dreams!"

Gen 37:21 But Reuben heard this and rescued him out of their hands and said, "Let us not take his life."

Gen 37:22 Reuben further said to them, "Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but do not lay hands on him; that he might rescue him out of their hands, to restore him to his father.

Gen 37:23 So it came about, when Joseph reached his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the varicolored tunic that was on him;

Gen 37:24 and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, without any water in it.

Gen 37:25 Then they sat down to eat a meal. And as they raised their eyes and looked, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing aromatic gum and balm and myrrh, on their way to bring them down to Egypt.

Gen 37:26 Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it for us to kill our brother and cover up his blood?

Gen 37:27 Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh." And his brothers listened to him.

Gen 37:28 Then some Midianite traders passed by, so they pulled him up and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. Thus they brought Joseph into Egypt.

Gen 37:29 Now Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; so he tore his garments.

Gen 37:30 He returned to his brothers and said, "The boy is not there; as for me, where am I to go?"

Gen 37:31 So they took Joseph's tunic, and slaughtered a male goat and dipped the tunic in the blood;

Gen 37:32 and they sent the varicolored tunic and brought it to their father and said, "We found this; please examine it to see whether it is your son's tunic or not."

Gen 37:33 Then he examined it and said, "It is my son's tunic. A wild beast has devoured him; Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!"

Gen 37:34 So Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.

Gen 37:35 Then all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, "Surely I will go down to Sheol in mourning for my son." So his father wept for him.

Gen 37:36 Meanwhile, the Midianites sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, Pharaoh's officer, the captain of the bodyguard.