Zilpah given to Jacob.

B. C. about 1751.

That is, Hearing. about 1750. That is, Joined. See Num. 18. 2,

4.

is,

about 1749. * Matt. 1. 2. That Praise. ↑ Heb. stood from bearing.

this son also: and she called his name "Sim

eon.

34 And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have borne 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.

CHAPTER XXX. Rachel giveth Bilhah her maid unto Jacob. 5 She beareth Dan and Naphtali 9 Leah giveth Zilpah her maid, who beareth Gad and Asher. 14 Leah beareth Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah. 22 Rachel beareth Joseph, 25 Jacob desireth to depart. 27 Laban stayeth him on a new covenant. 37 Jacob's policy, whereby he became rich.

about 1749. Abo children, Rachel & envied her sisND when Rachel saw that "she bare Jater; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

a eh. 29. 31. beh. 37. 11. c Job 5. 2. deh. 16. 2. 1 Sam. 1. 5.

é ch. 16. 2. feh. 50. 23. Job 3. 12. 7 ch. 16. 2.

t Heb. be built by her.

A eh. 16. 3. & 35. 22. about 1748. iPs. 35. 24. &

is,

43. 1. Lam. 3. 59. I That Judging. about 1747.

2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel; and he said, d 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; fand she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.

4 And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid Ato wife: and Jacob went in unto her.

5 And Bilbah conceived, and bare Jacob a

son.

Rachel beareth Joseph.

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 borne him six sons: and she called his name "PZebulun. 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 borne 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.

B. C. about 1747. about 1746.

That Dwelling.

is,

p Matt. 4. 13. about 1745. That Judgment.

is,

9 ch. 8. 1. 1 Sam. 1. 19. eh. 29. 31. 1 Sam. 1. 6. Is. 4. 1. Luke 1. 25. That Adding.

t ch. 35. 17.

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 they 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.

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 That is. A husband: and she called his name Issakire. Lohar.

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.

is,

ch. 24. 54,

56.

ch. 18. 33. & 31. 55.

eh. 29.20.30.

ch. 39. 3, 5.

z See ch. 26. 24.

a ch. 29. 15.

bch. 31. 6, 38, 39, 40. Matt, 24. 45. Tit. 2. 10.

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 d of such shall bed ch. 31. 8. my hire.

33 So shall my righteousness answer for me tin 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 f Jacob took him rods of green fSes ch. 31.9poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut 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 ring. I

Jacob departeth from Laban.

streaked, 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.

CHAPTER XXXI.

Jacob departeth secretly from Laban. 19 Rachel stealeth her father's images. 22 Laban pursueth after Jacob, 26 and complaineth of the wrong 34 Rachel's policy to hide the images. 36 Jacob's complaint of Laban. 43 The covenant of Laban and Jacob at Galeed.

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 tas before.

3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, dReturn 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 ƒhath 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 kchanged my wages iten times; but God ksuffered him not to burt 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.

Laban's charge against Jacob.

18 And he carried away all his cattle, and | B. C. 1739. 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 hear 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.

t ch. 35. 2. + Heb.

tera

phim Judg. 17. 5. 1 Sam. 19.13. Hos. 3. 4.

the

+ Heb. heart of Laban.

u ch. 46. 28. 2 Kings 12. 17.

Luke 9. 51, 53.

ch. 13. 8.

y ch. 20. 3.

Job 33. 15.
Matt. 1. 20.

25 Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Ja-z ch. 24. 50. cob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Heb. from Laban with his brethren pitched in the good to bad. 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 daugh- a 1 Sam. 30, 2. ters, 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 b 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.

+ Heb. hast stolen me.

bver. 55. Kuth 1.9.14. 1 Kin. 19. 20. Acts 20. 37.

e 1 Sam. 13.13. 2 Chr. 16, 9.

d ver. 53. ch. 28. 13.

30 And now, though thou wouldest needs ever. 24. be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou

n ch, 48, 16.

o Ex. 3. 7.

rch, 2, 24.

ch. 29, 15,27.

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 grizzled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

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.

f ver. 19. Judg. 18, 24.

32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, 9 let him not live: before our brethren dis-g See ch. 44. 9. cern 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

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;

upon them. And Laban searched all the Heb. felt. tent, but found them not.

Lev. 19. 32.

35 And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up be- Ex. 20. 12. fore thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.

36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode 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 Heb. felt. stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren

Their covenant at Galeed.

B. C. 1739.

Ex. 22. 10, &e. kEx. 22. 12.

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 1 ch. 29. 27,28. house: I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle; and thou hast changed my wages ten

m ver. 7.

Ps. 124. 1. 2. • ver. 53. Is. 8. 13.

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 affiction and the labour of my hands, and 91 Chr. 12.17. rebuked thee yesternight.

p ch. 29. 32. Ex. 3. 7.

Jude 9.

r ch. 26, 28. Josh. 24. 27, t ch. 28. 18.

That is, The heap of wit. new. Chald. That is, The heap of witness. Heb. Josh. 24. 27.

That is, A beacon. or, watchtower. z Judg. 11.29. 1 Sam. 7. 5.

y ch. 16. 5. 1 ch. 21. 23. a ver. 42. 1 Or, beasts.

killed

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 borne?

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 a heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.

47 And Laban called it "Jegar-sahadutha: 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 b ch. 28. 1. blessed them: and Laban departed, and ech. 18. 33, &returned unto his place. 30, 25.

o P. 91. 11. Heb. 1. 14.

CHAPTER XXXII. Jacob's vision at Mahanaim. 3 His message to

Esau 6 He is afraid of Esau's coming. 9 He prayeth for deliverance. 13 He sendeth a present to Esau. 24 He wrestleth at Peniel, and is called larael. 31 He halteth upon his thigh.

AND Jacob went on his way, and "the an

gels of God met him.

Jacob's message to Esau.

2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's bhost: 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 ƒI have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and women servants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.

dred men with him.

7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and idistressed: 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.

9And 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 t I am not worthy of the least of all the " mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.

h ch. 33. 1.

ich. 35. 3.

& Pa. 50. 15. ch. 28. 13.

m ch. 31. 3,13.

t Heb. I am less than all, fc.

n ch. 24. 27. o Job 8. 7.

11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand p Ps. 59. 1, 2. 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 serv ant 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.

Jacob departeth from Laban.

streaked, 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.

ND he heard the words of Laban's sons,

A saying, Jacob bath 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, dReturn 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 A changed my wages iten times; but God ksuffered 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.

Laban's charge against Jacob.

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 hear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.

20 And Jacob stole away tunawares 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.

B. C. 1739.

tera

t ch. 35. 2. + Heb. phim, Judg. 17. 5. 1 Sam. 19.13. Hos. 3. 4.

+ Heb. the heart of Laban.

uch. 46. 28. 2 Kings 12. 17.

Luke 9. 51. 53.

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 inch. 13. 8. a dream by night, and said unto him, Take y ch. 20. 3. heed that thou speak not to Jacob either

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.

Job 33, 15.
Matt. 1. 20.

ch. 24. 50. Heb. from good to bad,

26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and "carried away my daugh- a 1 San. 30, 2. ters, 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 b 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

n ch, 48. 16.

r ch. 2. 24.

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.

+ Heb. hast stolen me.

b ver. 55.

Ruth 1. 9,14.

1 Kin. 19. 20. Acts 20. 37.

1 Sam.13.13. 2 Chr. 16, 9.

ver. 53.

ch. 28. 13.

ever. 24.

f ver. 19. Judg. 18. 24.

12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

13 I am the God of Beth-el, P where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now farise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.

cern 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 Heb. felt. tent, but found them not.

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;

36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode 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 + Heb. felt. stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren

The Shechemites slain.

B. C. about 1732.

eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.

12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, Ex. 22. 16, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

17. Deut. 22. 29. 1 Sam. 18.25. . See 2 Sam. 13. 24, &c.

p Josh, 5. 9.

91 Chr. 4. 9.

r ch. 23. 10.

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 Pthat 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 ch. 49. 5,6,7. of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the

↑ Heb. mouth.

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, fch. 49. 6. Ye have "troubled me to make me to stink Josh. 7. 25. among the inhabitants of the land, among * Ex. 5. 21. the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I 1 Sam. 13. 4. being few in number, they shall gather themy Deut, 4. 27. selves together against me, and slay me; P. 105. 12. and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. 31 And they said, Should he deal with our

sister as with a harlot ?

Jacob sent to Beth-el.

CHAPTER XXXV.

God sendeth Jacob to Beth-el. 2 He putteth away the strange gods from his household. 6 He buildeth an altar at Beth-el. 8 Deborah dieth. 9 God blesseth Jacob at Beth-el. 16 Rachel travaileth with Benjamin, and dieth in the way to Beth-lehem. 23 The sons of Jacob. 27 Jacob cometh to Isaac at Hebron. 28 The age, death, and burial of Isaac.

AND God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to a Beth-el, and dwell there and make there an altar unto God, 6 that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest, from the face of Esau thy brother.

2 Then Jacob said unto his dhousehold, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: 3 And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, hand was with me in the way which I went. 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

B. C. about 1782.

a ch. 28. 19.

& ch. 28. 13. e ch. 27. 43.

deh. 18. 19. Josh. 24. 15. ch. 31. 19,34. Josh. 24. 2, 23.

1 Sam. 7. 3.

Ex. 19. 10.

g ch. 32. 7, 24 Ps. 107. 6. ch. 28. 20. &

31. 3, 42.

Hos. 2. 13.

k Josh. 24. 26. Judg. 9. 6.

5 And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round (Ex. 15. 16. & 23. 27. & 34. about them, and they did not pursue after 24. the sons of Jacob.

6 Só Jacob came to Luz which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el, he and all the people that were with him.

Deut. 11. 25. Josh, 2. 9. & 5. 1.

1 Sam. 14.15. 2 Chr. 14. 14.

7 And he "built there an altar, and called the place "El-beth-el; because there God ch. 28. 19, appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called " Allonbachuth.

9 And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and bless. ed him.

10 And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: "thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name; and he called his name Israel.

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n Ecc. 5. 4. That is, The God of Beth

el.

och. 28. 13. p ch. 24. 59. That is, The oak of weeping.

7 Hos. 12. 4.

r ch. 17. 5.
8 ch. 32. 28.
ch.17.1.&48.

3. 4.
Ex. 6. 3.

11 And God said unto him, tI am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; "a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; uch. 17. 5, 6, 12 And the land which I gave Abraham and 16. & 28. 3. & 48. 4. Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed wch. 12. 7. & after thee will I give the land.

13 And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.

14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.

16 And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, *Beth-el.

16 And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but ta little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.

17 And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; "thou shalt have this son also. 18 And 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 "Benjamin.