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Genesis:
1 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in
age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
2And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his
house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my
thigh:
3 And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God
of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son
of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:
4 But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my
kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac.
5 And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the
woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy
son again unto the land from whence thou camest?
6 And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou
bring not my son thither again.
7 The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my
father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and
that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send
his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow
thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither
again.
9 And the servant put his hand under the thigh of
Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
10 And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his
master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he
arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
11 And he made his camels to kneel down without the city
by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out
to draw water.
12 And he said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray
thee, send me good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham.
13 Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the
daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:
14 And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I
shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall
say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou
hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast
showed kindness unto my master.
15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking,
that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife
of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin,
neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her
pitcher, and came up.
17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I
pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let
down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
19 And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I
will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
20 And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the
trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
21 And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit
whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.
22 And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking,
that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets
for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
23 And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray
thee: is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in?
24 And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel
the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
25 She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and
provender enough, and room to lodge in.
26 And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the
LORD.
27 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master
Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I
being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.
28 And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's
house these things.
29 And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban:
and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
30 And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and
bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his
sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and,
behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD;
wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the
camels.
32 And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his
camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet,
and the men's feet that were with him.
33 And there was set meat before him to eat: but he
said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
34 And he said, I am Abraham's servant.
35 And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he
is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold,
and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
36 And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master
when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.
37 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not
take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
38 But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my
kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
39 And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman
will not follow me.
40 And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk,
will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife
for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house:
41 Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou
comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my
oath.
42 And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD
God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:
43 Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall
come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her,
Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
44 And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also
draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out
for my master's son.
45 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold,
Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the
well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.
46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her
shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank,
and she made the camels drink also.
47 And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou?
And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him:
and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
48 And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD,
and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way
to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son.
49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my
master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to
the left.
50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing
proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and
let her be thy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken.
52 And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant
heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.
53 And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and
jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her
brother and to her mother precious things.
54 And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were
with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said,
Send me away unto my master.
55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel
abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go. 56
And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way;
send me away that I may go to my master.
57 And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire
at her mouth.
58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou
go with this man? And she said, I will go.
59 And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her
nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.
60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art
our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed
possess the gate of those which hate them.
61 And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode
upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went
his way.
62 And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for
he dwelt in the south country.
63 And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the
eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were
coming.
64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw
Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
65 For she had said unto the servant, What man is this
that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master:
therefore she took a veil, and covered herself.
66 And the servant told Isaac all things that he had
done.
67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent,
and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was
comforted after his mother's death.
1 Then again Abraham took a wife, and her
name was Keturah.
2 And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan,
and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons
of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
4the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch,
and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.
5And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.
6But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham
had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet
lived, eastward, unto the east country.
7And these are the days of the years of Abraham's
life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.
8Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good
old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
9And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the
cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is
before Mamre;
10The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of
Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. 11And
it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and
Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi. 12Now these are
the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's
handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
13And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael,
by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael,
Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
14And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
15Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
16These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are
their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to
their nations. 17And these are the years of the
life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost
and died; and was gathered unto his people. 18And
they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward
Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren. 19And
these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:
20And Isaac was forty years old when he took
Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to
Laban the Syrian.
21And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she
was barren: and the LORD was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
22And the children struggled together within her; and
she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the LORD.
23And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy
womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one
people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the
younger.
24And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled,
behold, there were twins in her womb.
25And the first came out red, all over like an hairy
garment; and they called his name Esau.
26And after that came his brother out, and his hand took
hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore
years old when she bare them.
27And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a
man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
28And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his
venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
29And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field,
and he was faint:
30And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with
that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
31And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
32And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and
what profit shall this birthright do to me?
33And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware
unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
34Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles;
and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his
birthright.
1 And there was a famine in the land, beside
the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech
king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
2 And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not
down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee,
and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these
countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars
of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed
shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my
charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife;
and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said
he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to
look upon.
8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a
long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and
saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of
a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said
unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto
us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest
have brought guiltiness upon us.
11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that
toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the
same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew
until he became very great:
14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of
herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
15 For all the wells which his father's servants had
digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and
filled them with earth.
16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou
art much mightier than we.
17 And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in
the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
18 And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they
had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped
them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by
which his father had called them.
20 And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's
herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek;
because they strove with him.
21 And they digged another well, and strove for that
also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.
22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well;
and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he
said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the
land.
23 And he went up from thence to Beersheba.
24 And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and
said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will
bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake.
25 And he builded an altar there, and called upon the
name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged
a well.
26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath
one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
27 And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me,
seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
28 And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was
with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and
thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched
thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in
peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.
30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
31 And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware
one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
32 And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's
servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said
unto him, We have found water.
33 And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the
city is Beersheba unto this day.
34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife
Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the
Hittite:
35 Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah
1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was
old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest
son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the
day of my death:
3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy
quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and
bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his
son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying,
Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that
I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.
8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to
that which I command thee.
9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two
good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such
as he loveth:
10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may
eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my
brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
12 My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem
to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse,
my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his
mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved.
15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son
Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:
16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon
his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:
17 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which
she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
18 And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and
he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?
19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy
firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and
eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast
found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to
me.
21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee,
that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.
22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he
felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of
Esau.
23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were
hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.
24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said,
I am.
25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of
my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him,
and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank.
26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now,
and kiss me, my son.
27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the
smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as
the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the
fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:
29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee:
be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be
every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end
of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac
his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it
unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his
son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.
32 And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And
he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who?
where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all
before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.
34 And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried
with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even
me also, O my father.
35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtlety, and hath
taken away thy blessing.
36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he
hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now
he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing
for me?
37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have
made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and
with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my
son?
38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one
blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his
voice, and wept.
39 And Isaac his father answered and said unto him,
Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven
from above;
40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy
brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou
shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing
wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of
mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to
Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him,
Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to
kill thee.
43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee
thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's
fury turn away;
45 Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he
forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from
thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life
because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth,
such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do
me?
1 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him,
and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters
of Canaan.
2 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel
thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban
thy mother's brother.
3 And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee
fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee,
and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a
stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.
5 And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to
Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's
and Esau's mother.
6 When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and
sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he
blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the
daughters of Canaan;
7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother,
and was gone to Padanaram;
8 And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan
pleased not Isaac his father;
9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the
wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of
Nebajoth, to be his wife.
10 And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward
Haran.
11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried
there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that
place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the
earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God
ascending and descending on it.
13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am
the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou
liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and
thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to
the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be
blessed.
15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in
all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I
will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said,
Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this
place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the
stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured
oil upon the top of it.
19 And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the
name of that city was called Luz at the first.
20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with
me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and
raiment to put on,
21 So that I come again to my father's house in peace;
then shall the LORD be my God:
22 And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall
be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth
unto thee.
1 Then Jacob went on his journey, and came
into the land of the people of the east.
2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field,
and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they
watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.
3 And thither were all the flocks gathered: and
they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the
stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.
4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be
ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of
Nahor? And they said, We know him.
6 And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said,
He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is
it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go
and feed them.
8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be
gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we
water the sheep.
9 And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came
with her father's sheep: for she kept them.
10 And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the
daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's
brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and
watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and
wept.
12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's
brother, and that he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father.
13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of
Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed
him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my
flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my
brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy
wages be?
16 And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder
was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
17 Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and
well favoured.
18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee
seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
19 And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee,
than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
20 And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they
seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my
days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place,
and made a feast.
23 And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah
his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
24 And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid
for an handmaid.
25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it
was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I
serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
26 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our
country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for
the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave
him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his
handmaid to be her maid.
30 And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also
Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened
her womb: but Rachel was barren.
32 And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called
his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction;
now therefore my husband will love me.
33 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said,
Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this
son also: and she called his name Simeon.
34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said,
Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three
sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
35 And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she
said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left
bearing.
1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no
children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or
else I die.
2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and
he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
3 And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto
her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and
Jacob went in unto her.
5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
6 And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath
also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and
bare Jacob a second son.
8 And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I
wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.
9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took
Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.
11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his
name Gad.
12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will
call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and
found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel
said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou
hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And
Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.
16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and
Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I
have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and
bare Jacob the fifth son.
18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I
have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth
son.
20 And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry;
now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she
called his name Zebulun.
21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her
name Dinah.
22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her,
and opened her womb.
23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath
taken away my reproach:
24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD
shall add to me another son.
25 And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph,
that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and
to my country.
26 Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have
served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.
27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found
favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath
blessed me for thy sake.
28 And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give
it.
29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served
thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
30 For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and
it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my
coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
31 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said,
Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will
again feed and keep thy flock.
32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing
from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among
the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my
hire.
33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to
come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not
speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be
counted stolen with me.
34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according
to thy word.
35 And he removed that day the he goats that were
ringstreaked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted,
and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and
gave them into the hand of his sons.
36 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and
Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
37 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the
hazel and chestnut tree; and pilled white streaks in them, and made the white
appear which was in the rods.
38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the
flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink,
that they should conceive when they came to drink.
39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought
forth cattle ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted.
40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces
of the flocks toward the ringstreaked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban;
and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.
41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle
did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the
gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in:
so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much
cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons,
saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was
our father's hath he gotten all this glory.
2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and,
behold, it was not toward him as before.
3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the
land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the
field unto his flock,
5 And said unto them, I see your father's
countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath
been with me.
6 And ye know that with all my power I have served
your father.
7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my
wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages;
then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall
be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstreaked.
9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your
father, and given them to me.
10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle
conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams
which leaped upon the cattle were ringstreaked, speckled, and grisled.
11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream,
saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the
rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstreaked, speckled, and grisled: for I
have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the
pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this
land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is
there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
15 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold
us, and hath quite devoured also our money.
16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our
father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said
unto thee, do.
17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives
upon camels;
18 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods
which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram,
for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had
stolen the images that were her father's.
20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in
that he told him not that he fled.
21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and
passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was
fled.
23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after
him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night,
and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his
tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that
thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives
taken with the sword?
27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal
away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with
mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my
daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the
God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou
speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
30 And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because
thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my
gods?
31 And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was
afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from
me.
32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not
live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to
thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.
33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's
tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he
out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the
camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found
them not.
35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my
lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And
he searched, but found not the images.
36 And Jacob was wroth, and chided with Laban: and Jacob
answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast
so hotly pursued after me?
37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast
thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy
brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.
38 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and
thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not
eaten.
39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto
thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by
day, or stolen by night.
40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and
the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served
thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and
thou hast changed my wages ten times.
42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and
the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty.
God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee
yesternight.
43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These
daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle
are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto
these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?
44 Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I
and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee.
45 And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
46 And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and
they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
47 And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called
it Galeed.
48 And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and
thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
49 And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me
and thee, when we are absent one from another.
50 If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt
take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness
betwixt me and thee.
51 And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold
this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;
52 This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness,
that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over
this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of
their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and
called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night
in the mount.
55 And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed
his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned
unto his place.
1 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God
met him.
2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host:
and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
3 And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his
brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto
my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and
stayed there until now:
5 And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants,
and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy
sight.
6 And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came
to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with
him.
7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he
divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels,
into two bands;
8 And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite
it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of
my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to
thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and
of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my staff I
passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.
11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother,
from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the
mother with the children.
12 And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make
thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that
which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two
hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and
ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants,
every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and
put a space betwixt drove and drove.
17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my
brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest
thou? and whose are these before thee?
18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it
is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.
19 And so commanded he the second, and the third, and
all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau,
when ye find him.
20 And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is
behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before
me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
21 So went the present over before him: and himself
lodged that night in the company.
22 And he rose up that night, and took his two wives,
and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
23 And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and
sent over that he had.
24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man
with him until the breaking of the day.
25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he
touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of
joint, as he wrestled with him.
26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he
said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said,
Jacob.
28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob,
but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast
prevailed.
29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee,
thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he
blessed him there.
30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I
have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him,
and he halted upon his thigh.
32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew
which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he
touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked,
and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the
children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
2 And he put the handmaids and their children foremost,
and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
3 And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to
the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on
his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
5 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the
children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God
hath graciously given thy servant.
6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their
children, and they bowed themselves.
7 And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed
themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
8 And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which
I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that
thou hast unto thyself.
10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found
grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have
seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with
me.
11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to
thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And
he urged him, and he took it.
12 And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go,
and I will go before thee.
13 And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the
children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men
should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his
servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me
and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
15 And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the
folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the
sight of my lord.
16 So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
17 And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an
house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called
Succoth.
18 And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is
in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before
the city.
19 And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had
spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an
hundred pieces of money.
20 And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel.
1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare
unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of
the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob,
and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me
this damsel to wife.
5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter:
now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until
they were come.
6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to
commune with him.
7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they
heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had
wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to
be done.
8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my
son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters
unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be
before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
11 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her
brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will
give.
12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give
according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his
father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to
give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be
as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;
16 Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will
take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one
people.
17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be
circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's
son.
19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing,
because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all
the house of his father.
20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of
their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
21 These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them
dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough
for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our
daughters.
22 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell
with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are
circumcised.
23 Shall not their cattle and their substance and every
beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with
us.
24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all
that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that
went out of the gate of his city.
25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were
sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took
each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge
of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled
the city, because they had defiled their sister.
28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their
asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and
their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled
me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites
and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves
together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with
an harlot?
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Our purpose is to promote and support divine and Christian worship as
taught in
the examples and teachings contained in the Holy scriptures of
the Bible excluding additions and subtractions!
