Monthly Archives: July 2017

Jacob Leaves Secretly for Canaan 1 Now Jacob heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s, and from what belonged to our father he has made all this wealth.” 2 Jacob saw theattitude of Laban, and behold, it was notfriendlytoward him as formerly. 3 Then the Lordsaid […]

Jacob’s Fear of Esau 1 Now as Jacob went on his way, the angels of God met him. 2 Jacob said when he saw them, “This is God’scamp.” So he named that placeMahanaim. 3 Then Jacob sent messengers before him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom. 4 He […]

Jacob Meets Esau 1 Then Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two maids. 2 He put the maids and their children in front, and Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph […]

The Treachery of Jacob’s Sons 1 Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land. 2 When Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force. 3 He was […]

Jacob Moves to Bethel 1 Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and live there, and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.” 2 So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods […]

Esau Moves 1 Now these arethe records ofthe generations of Esau (that is, Edom). 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; 3 also Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter, the sister of Nebaioth. 4 Adah […]

Joseph’s Dream 1 Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had sojourned, in the land of Canaan. 2 These arethe records ofthe generations of Jacob. Joseph, when seventeen years of age, was pasturing the flock with his brothers while he wasstilla youth, along with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, […]

Judah and Tamar 1 And it came about at that time, that Judah departed from his brothers and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 2 Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua; and he took her and went in to her. 3 So she conceived and bore […]

Joseph’s Success in Egypt 1 Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyptian officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the bodyguard, bought him from the Ishmaelites, who had taken him down there. 2 The Lordwas with Joseph, so he became a successful man. And he was in the house of his […]

Joseph Interprets a Dream 1 Then it came about after these things, the cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt offended their lord, the king of Egypt. 2 Pharaoh was furious with his two officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker. 3 So he put them in confinement in the house of […]