by Septuagint
[22] And the sons of Jacob were twelve. [23] The sons of Lea, the first-born of Jacob; Ruben, Symeon, Levi, Judas, Issachar, Zabulon. [24] And the sons of Rachel; Joseph and Benjamin. [25] And the sons of Balla, the hand-maid of Rachel; Dan and Nephthalim. [26] And the sons of Zelpha, the hand-maid of Lea; Gad and Aser. These are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Mesopotamia of Syria. [27] And Jacob came to Isaac his father to Mambre, to a city of the plain; this is Chebron in the land of Chanaan, where Abraam and Isaac sojourned. [28] And the days of Isaac which he lived were an hundred and eighty years. [29] And Isaac gave up the ghost and died, and was laid to his family, old and full of days; and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.
Chapter 36
[1] And these are the generations of Esau; this is Edom. [2] And Esau took to himself wives of the daughters of the Chananites; Ada, the daughter of Ælom the Chettite; and Olibema, daughter of Ana the son of Sebegon, the Evite; [3] and Basemath, daughter of Ismael, sister of Nabaioth. [4] And Ada bore to him Eliphas; and Basemath bore Raguel. [5] And Olibema bore Jeus, and Jeglom, and Core; these are the sons of Esau, which were born to him in the land of Chanaan. [6] And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and all his possessions, and all his cattle, and all that he had got, and all things whatsoever he had acquired in the land of Chanaan; and Esau went forth from the land of Chanaan, from the face of his brother Jacob. [7] For their substance was too great for them to dwell together; and the land of their sojourning could not bear them, because of the abundance of their possessions. [8] And Esau dwelt in mount Seir; Esau, he is Edom. [9] And these are the generations of Esau, the father of Edom in the mount Seir. [10] And these are the names of the sons of Esau. Eliphas, the son of Ada, the wife of Esau; and Raguel, the son of Basemath, wife of Esau. [11] And the sons of Eliphas were Thaeman, Omar, Sophar, Gothom, and Kenez. [12] And Thamna was a concubine of Eliphaz, the son of Esau; and she bore Amalec to Eliphas. These are the sons of Ada, the wife of Esau. [13] And these are the sons of Raguel; Nachoth, Zare, Some, and Moze. These were the sons of Basemath, wife of Esau. [14] And these are the sons of Olibema, the daughter of Ana, the son of Sebegon, the wife of Esau; and she bore to Esau, Jeus, and Jeglom, and Core. [15] These are the chiefs of the son of Esau, even the sons of Eliphas, the first-born of Esau; chief Thaeman, chief Omar, chief Sophar, chief Kenez, [16] chief Core, chief Gothom, chief Amalec. These are the chiefs of Eliphas, in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Ada. [17] And these are the sons of Raguel, the son of Esau; chief Nachoth, chief Zare, chief Some, chief Moze. These are the chiefs of Raguel, in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, wife of Esau. [18] And these are the sons of Olibema, wife of Esau; chief Jeus, chief Jeglom, chief Core. These are the chiefs of Olibema, daughter of Ana, wife of Esau. [19] These are the sons of Esau, and these are the chiefs; these are the sons of Edom. [20] And these are the sons of Seir, the Chorrhite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, Sobal, Sebegon, Ana, [21] and Deson, and Asar, and Rison. These are the chiefs of the Chorrhite, the son of Seir, in the land of Edom. [22] And the sons of Lotan were Chorrhi and Haeman; and the sister of Lotan, Thamna. [23] And these are the sons of Sobal; Golam, and Manachath, and Gaebel, and Sophar, and Omar. [24] And these are the sons of Sebegon; Aie, and Ana; this is the Ana who found Jamin in the wilderness, when he tended the beasts of his father Sebegon. [25] And these are the sons of Ana; Deson — and Olibema was daughter of Ana. [26] And these are the sons of Deson; Amada, and Asban, and Ithran, and Charrhan. [27] And these are the sons of Asar; Balaam, and Zucam, and Jucam. [28] And these are the sons of Rison; Hos, and Aran. [29] And these are the chiefs of Chorri; chief Lotan, chief Sobal, chief Sebegon, chief Ana, [30] chief Deson, chief Asar, chief Rison. These are the chiefs of Chorri, in their principalities in the land of Edom.
[31] these are the kings which reigned in Edom, before a king reigned in Israel. [32] And Balac, son of Beor, reigned in Edom; and the name of his city was Dennaba. [33] And Balac died; and Jobab, son of Zara, from Bosorrha reigned in his stead. [34] And Jobab died; and Asom, from the land of the Thaemanites, reigned in his stead. [35] And Asom died; and Adad son of Barad, who cut off Madiam in the plain of Moab, ruled in his stead; and the name of his city was Getthaim. [36] And Adad died; and Samada of Massecca reigned in his stead. [37] Samada died; and Saul of Rhooboth by the river reigned in his stead. [38] And Saul died; and Ballenon the son of Achobor reigned in his stead. [39] And Ballenon the son of Achobor died; and Arad the son of Barad reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Phogor; and the name of his wife was Metebeel, daughter of Matraith, son of Maizoob. [40] These are the names of the chiefs of Esau, in their tribes, according to their place, in their countries, and in their nations; chief Thamna, chief Gola, chief Jether, [41] chief Olibema, chief Helas, chief Phinon, [42] chief Kenez, chief Thaeman, chief Mazar, [43] chief Magediel, chief Zaphoin. These are the chiefs of Edom in their dwelling-places in the land of their possession; this is Esau, the father of Edom.
[44] And Jacob dwelt in the land where his father sojourned, in the land of Chanaan.
Chapter 37
1 And these are the generations of Jacob. And Joseph was seventeen years old, feeding the sheep of his father with his brethren, being young; with the sons of Balla, and with the sons of Zelpha, the wives of his father; and Joseph brought to Israel their father their evil reproach. [3] And Jacob loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was to him the son of old age; and he made for him a coat of many colours. [4] And his brethren having seen that his father loved him more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak anything peaceable to him. [5] And Joseph dreamed a dream, and reported it to his brethren. [6] And he said to them, Hear this dream which I have dreamed. [7] I thought ye were binding sheaves in the middle of the field, and my sheaf stood up and was erected, and your sheaves turned round, and did obeisance to my sheaf. [8] And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us, or shalt thou indeed be lord over us? And they hated him still more for his dreams and for his words. [9] And he dreamed another dream, and related it to his father, and to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed another dream: as it were the sun, and the moon, and the eleven stars did me reverence. [10] And his father rebuked him, and said to him, What is this dream which thou hast dreamed? shall indeed both I and thy mother and thy brethren come and bow before thee to the earth? [11] And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying. [12] And his brethren went to feed the sheep of their father to Sychem. [13] And Israel said to Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed their flock in Sychem? Come, I will send thee to them; and he said to him, Behold, I am here. [14] And Israel said to him, Go and see if thy brethren and the sheep are well, and bring me word; and he sent him out of the valley of Chebron, and he came to Sychem. [15] And a man found him wandering in the field; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? [16] And he said, I am seeking my brethren; tell me where they feed their flocks. [17] And the man said to him, They have departed hence, for I heard them saying, Let us go to Dothaim; and Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothaim.
[18] And they spied him from a distance before he drew nigh to them, and they wickedly took counsel to slay him. [19] And each said to his brother, Behold, that dreamer comes. [20] Now then come, let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits; and we will say, An evil wild beast has devoured him; and we shall see what his dreams will be. [21] And Ruben having heard it, rescued him out of their hands, and said, Let us not kill him. [22] And Ruben said to them, Shed not blood; cast him into one of these pits in the wilderness, but do not lay your hands upon him; that he might rescue him out of their hands, and restore him to his father. [23] And it came to pass, when Joseph came to his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his many-coloured coat that was upon him. [24] And they took him and cast him into the pit; and the pit was empty, it had not water. [25] And they sat down to eat bread; and having lifted up their eyes they beheld, and lo, Ismaeliti
sh travellers came from Galaad, and their camels were heavily loaded with spices, and resin, and myrrh; and they went to bring them to Egypt.
[26] And Judas said to his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? [27] Come, let us sell him to these Ismaelites, but let not our hands be upon him, because he is our brother and our flesh; and his brethren hearkened. [28] And the men, the merchants of Madian, went by, and they drew and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ismaelites for twenty pieces of gold; and they brought Joseph down into Egypt. [29] And Ruben returned to the pit, and sees not Joseph in the pit; and he rent his garments. [30] And he returned to his brethren and said, The boy is not; and I, whither am I yet to go? [31] And having taken the coat of Joseph, they slew a kid of the goats, and stained the coat with the blood. [32] And they sent the coat of many colours; and they brought it to their father, and said, This have we found; know if it be thy son’s coat or no. And he recognised it, and said, It is my son’s coat, an evil wild beast has devoured him; a wild beast has carried off Joseph. [33] And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days. [34] And all his sons and his daughters gathered themselves together, and came to comfort him; but he would not be comforted, saying, I will go down to my son mourning to Hades; and his father wept for him. [35] And the Madianites sold Joseph into Egypt; to Petephres, the eunuch of Pharao, captain of the guard.
Chapter 38
[1] And it came to pass at that time that Judas went down from his brethren, and came as far as to a certain man of Odollam, whose name was Iras. [2] And Judas saw there the daughter of a Chananitish man, whose name was Sava; and he took her, and went in to her. [3] And she conceived and bore a son, and called his name, Er. [4] And she conceived and bore a son again; and called his name, Aunan. [5] And she again bore a son; and called his name, Selom: and she was in Chasbi when she bore them. [6] And Judas took a wife for Er his first-born, whose name was Thamar. [7] And Er, the first-born of Judas, was wicked before the Lord; and God killed him. [8] And Judas said to Aunan, Go in to thy brother’s wife, and marry her as her brother-in-law, and raise up seed to thy brother. [9] And Aunan, knowing that the seed should not be his — it came to pass when he went in to his brother’s wife, that he spilled it upon the ground, so that he should not give seed to his brother’s wife. [10] And his doing this appeared evil before God; and he slew him also.
[11] And Judas said to Thamar, his daughter-in-law, Sit thou a widow in the house of thy father-in-law, until Selom my son be grown; for he said, lest he also die as his brethren; and Thamar departed, and sat in the house of her father. [12] And the days were fulfilled, and Sava the wife of Judas died; and Judas, being comforted, went to them that sheared his sheep, himself and Iras his Shepherd the Odollamite, to Thamna. [13] And it was told Thamar his daughter-in-law, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Thamna, to shear his sheep. [14] And having taken off the garments of her widowhood from her, she put on a veil, and ornamented her face, and sat by the gates of Ænan, which is in the way to Thamna, for she saw that Selom was grown; but he gave her not to him for a wife. [15] And when Judas saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she covered her face, and he knew her not. [16] And he went out of his way to her, and said to her, Let me come in to thee; for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law; and she said, What wilt thou give me if thou shouldest come in to me? [17] And he said, I will send thee a kid of the goats from my flock; and she said, Well, if thou wilt give me an earnest, until thou send it. [18] And he said, What is the earnest that I shall give thee? and she said, Thy ring, and thy bracelet, and the staff in thy hand; and he gave them to her, and went in to her, and she conceived by him. [19] And she arose and departed, and took her veil from off her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. [20] And Judas sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his shepherd the Odollamite, to receive the pledge from the woman; and he found her not. [21] And he asked the men of the place, Where is the harlot who was in Ænan by the way-side? and they said, There was no harlot here. [22] And he returned to Judas, and said, I have not found her; and the men of the place say, There is no harlot here. [23] And Judas said, Let her have them, but let us not be ridiculed; I sent this kid, but thou hast not found her. [24] And it came to pass after three months, that it was told Judas, saying, Thamar thy daughter-in-law has grievously played the harlot, and behold she is with child by whoredom; and Judas said, Bring her out, and let her be burnt. [25] And as they were bringing her, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, I am with child by the man whose these things are; and she said, See whose is this ring and bracelet and staff. [26] And Judas knew them, and said, Thamar is cleared rather than I, forasmuch as I gave her not to Selom my son: and he knew her not again. [27] And it came to pass when she was in labour, that she also had twins in her womb. [28] And it came to pass as she was bringing forth, one thrust forth his hand, and the midwife having taken hold of it, bound upon hid hand a scarlet thread, saying, This one shall come out first. [29] And when he drew back his hand, then immediately came forth his brother; and she said, Why has the barrier been cut through because of thee? and she called his name, Phares. [30] And after this came forth his brother, on whose hand was the scarlet thread; and she called his name, Zara.
Chapter 39
[1] And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Petephres the eunuch of Pharao, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ismaelites, who brought him down thither. [2] And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house with his lord the Egyptian. [3] And his master knew that the Lord was with him, and the Lord prospers in his hands whatsoever he happens to do. [4] And Joseph found grace in the presence of his lord, and was well-pleasing to him; and he set him over his house, and all that he had he gave into the hand of Joseph. [5] And it came to pass after that he was set over his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the house of the Egyptian for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the Lord was on all his possessions in the house, and in his field. [6] And he committed all that he had into the hands of Joseph; and he knew not of anything that belonged to him, save the bread which he himself ate. And Joseph was handsome in form, and exceedingly beautiful in countenance. [7] And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph, and said, Lie with me. [8] But he would not; but said to his master’s wife, If because of me my master knows nothing in his house, and has given into my hands all things that belong to him: [9] and in this house there is nothing above me, nor has anything been kept back from me, but thou, because thou art his wife — how then shall I do this wicked thing, and sin against God? [10] And when she talked with Joseph day by day, and he hearkened not to her to sleep with her, so as to be with her, [11] it came to pass on a certain day, that Joseph went into the house to do his business, and there was no one of the household within. [12] And she caught hold of him by his clothes, and said, Lie with me; and having left his clothes in her hands, he fled, and went forth. [13] And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his clothes in her hands, and fled, and gone forth, [14] that she called those that were in the house, and spoke to them, saying, See, he has brought in to us a Hebrew servant to mock us — he came in to me, saying, Lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice. [15] And when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, having left his clothes with me, he fled, and went forth out. [16] So she leaves the clothes by her, until the master came to his house. [17] And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, whom thou broughtest in to us, came in to me to mock me, and said to me, I will lie with thee. [18] And when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, having left his clothes with me, he fled and departed forth. [19] And it came to pass, when his master heard all the words of his wife, that she spoke to him, saying, Thus did thy servant to me, that he was very angry.
[20] And his master took Joseph, and cast him into the prison, into the place where the k
ing’s prisoners are kept, there in the prison. [21] And the Lord was with Joseph, and poured down mercy upon him; and he gave him favour in the sight of the chief keeper of the prison. [22] And the chief keeper of the prison gave the prison into the hand of Joseph, and all the prisoners as many as were in the prison; and all things whatsoever they do there, he did them. [23] Because of him the chief keeper of the prison knew nothing, for all things were in the hand of Joseph, because the Lord was with him; and whatever things he did, the Lord made them to prosper in his hands.