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[edit] Chapter 1

¹In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. ²The earth was chaotic and empty, and darkness covered the face of the depths. God's Spirit hovered^[1] over the waters.

³And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. ⁴God saw that the light was good, and God separated between the light and the darkness. ⁵God called the light "day,"^[2] and He called the darkness "night."^[3] And there was evening and there was morning—one^[4] day.

⁶And God said "Let there be an expanse^[5] to divide water from water."^[6] ⁷And God made the expanse and it separated the water above the expanse from the water below the expanse.^[7] ⁸God called this expanse "sky."^[8] And there was evening and there was morning—a second day.

⁹And God said "Let the water under the sky be together in one place, and let dry ground appear." ¹⁰God called the dry ground "land,"^[9] and the waters "seas."^[10] And God saw that it was good.

¹¹Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation, trees and plants that bear fruits with seeds." ¹²The land produced vegetation, with trees and plants that bore fruits with seeds. And God saw that it was good.¹³ And there was evening and there was morning—a third day.

¹⁴ And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of heaven to divide the day from the night. And let them be for signs, and for seasons,^[11] and for days and years. ¹⁵ And let them be for lights in the expanse of heaven, to give light on the earth." And it was so. ¹⁶ And God made the two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the smaller light to rule the night, and the stars. ¹⁷ And God set them in the expanse of heaven to give light on the earth, ¹⁸ and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. ¹⁹ And there was evening and there was morning—a fourth day.

²⁰ And God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of heaven. ²¹ And God created the great sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. ²² And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth." ²³ And there was evening and there was morning—a fifth day.

²⁴And God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures ^[12] according to their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and living things of the earth according to their kind." And it was so. ²⁵And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kind, and the livestock according to their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

²⁶And God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and let him have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." ²⁷And God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him, male and female he created them. ²⁸And God blessed them. And God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply and fill the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moves on the earth. ²⁹And God said, "See, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed. To you it shall be for food. ³⁰And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creeps upon the earth in which there is life, every green herb [is] for food." And it was so. ³¹And God saw everything that he had made, and see, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning—the sixth day.

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¹ And the heavens and the earth were finished, and everything in them. ² And on the seventh day God had finished his creation; and He rested on the seventh day from all of the work that he had done. ³ And God blessed the seventh day and set it apart from the other days as holy, because it was on that day that he rested from all of his working and creating.

⁴ And that is how the heavens and the earth were created. When the heavens and earth were newly created, ⁵ there was not yet any plant life on the earth, and no crops had grown, since Yahweh God had not yet sent any rain and there was nobody to dig the ground. ⁶ Instead mist came up from the the earth to give water to all of the land. ⁷ And the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man came alive.

⁸ And the LORD God planted a garden toward the east in Eden and placed in it the man whom he had made. ⁹ And the LORD God caused all types of trees to grow out of the ground, trees that were lovely, and provided food. He also placed the Tree of Life and Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in the middle of the garden.

¹⁰ A river ran from out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it split into four separate rivers. ¹¹ The first river is named Pishon and provides water to all of Havilah (where there is gold). ¹² The gold there is good; bdellium and onyx are there as well. ¹³ The second river is named Gihon and provides water to all of Ethiopia. ¹⁴ The third river is named Tigris^[13] and it runs to the east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates^[14].

¹⁵ The LORD God put the man in the garden to tend to it and maintain it. ¹⁶ And the LORD God ordered the man, "You may freely eat from every tree of the garden, ¹⁷ except for the tree of knowledge of good and evil. If you eat from it you will certainly die."

¹⁸ And the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make a helper that is suitable for him." ¹⁹ And from the ground the LORD God formed every animal of the land and bird of the air, and he brought them to Adam so that he could name them. And whatever Adam named them, that was their name. ²⁰ And Adam named all of the cattle, birds of the air, and animals of the land, but he could not find a helper suitable for him. ²¹ And the LORD God caused Adam to fall fast asleep and while Adam slept, he removed one of his ribs and put the flesh back in place there. ²² And the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had removed from the man, and he brought her to the man. ²³ And Adam said, "This is now bone from my bones, and flesh from my flesh. She will be called woman, because she was taken out of a man." ²⁴ Because of this, man will leave his father and mother, and will cling to his wife, and they will become one flesh. ²⁵ And they were both naked, Adam and his wife, but were not ashamed.

[edit] Chapter 3

¹And the serpent was more subtle than any of the beasts of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman: 'Now, did God say: You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?' ²And the woman replied to the serpent: 'We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden; ³but of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God said: You shall not eat any of it, you shall not even touch it, in case you die.' ⁴And the serpent said to the woman: 'You surely will not die; ⁵for God knows that on the day you eat some of it, then your eyes will be opened, and you shall be like God, knowing good and evil.' ⁶And when the woman saw that the tree produced good food, and that it was beautiful, and that the tree was desirable because it made you wise, she took some of its fruit, and ate it; and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

⁷And their eyes were opened, and they realised that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves loin-cloths. ⁸And they heard the voice of the LORD God as He walked in the garden in the cool of the day; and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. ⁹And the LORD God called to the man, and said to him: 'Where are you?' ¹⁰And he said: 'I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was ashamed, because I was naked; and I hid myself.' ¹¹And He said: 'Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree from which I commanded you that you should not eat?' ¹²And the man said: 'The woman whom You gave to be with me gave me some fruit of the tree, and I ate it.' ¹³And the LORD God said to the woman: 'What is this that you have done?' And the woman said: 'The serpent tricked me, and I ate.'

¹⁴And the LORD God said to the serpent: 'Because you have done this, you are cursed above all cattle, and above all beasts of the field; you shall crawl on your belly, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life. ¹⁵And I will cause hatred between you and the woman, and between your descendants and hers; they shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise their heel.' ¹⁶And he said to the woman: 'I will greatly increase your pain and suffering; you shall bear children in pain; and you will desire your husband, and he shall rule over you.' ¹⁷And He said to Adam: 'Because you listened to what your wife said, and ate of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying: You shall not eat of it; the ground is cursed for your sake; you will get food from it with hard work all the days of your life. ¹⁸Also, it will produce brambles and thorns for you, and you shall eat the vegetables of the field. ¹⁹Only with much sweat from your face you will eat bread, until you return to the ground; for you were taken out of it; for you are dust, and will return to dust.' ²⁰And the man gave his wife the name of Eve; because she was the mother of all humankind. ²¹And the LORD God made clothes of animal skin for Adam and for his wife, and He dressed them.

²²And the LORD God said: 'Look! The man has become like one of us, for he knows good and evil. Now, in case he reaches out, and also takes some of the Tree of Life, and eats, and will live for ever.' ²³So the LORD God drove him out of the Garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. ²⁴So He expelled the man; and He put cherubim at the eastern end of the garden of Eden, and He put a spinning flaming sword, to guard the way to the Tree of Life.

[edit] Chapter 4

¹And the man knew his wife Eve; and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and said: 'I have given birth to a man with the help of the LORD.' ²And again she gave birth to his brother Abel. And Abel was a shepherd, but Cain grew crops.

³And in due course it came to pass that Cain brought some of the crops of the ground an offering for the LORD. ⁴And Abel also brought some of the first-born of his flock and some of the fattest ones. And the LORD respected Abel and his offering; ⁵but for Cain and his offering He had no respect. And Cain was very angry, and was crestfallen. ⁶And the LORD said unto Cain: 'Why are you angry and crestfallen? ⁷If you do well, you can hold up your head, and if you do not do well, sin lurks at the door; and it desires to control you, but you can rule over it.'

⁸And Cain made a rendez-vous^[15] with Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. ⁹And the LORD said to Cain: 'Where is your brother Abel?' And he said: 'I don’t know; am I my brother's keeper?' ¹⁰And He said: 'What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to Me from the ground. ¹¹And now you are cursed from the ground, whose mouth is open to receive your brother's blood from your hand. ¹²When you dig the ground, it will no longer yield a harvest for you; you shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.' ¹³And Cain said to the LORD: 'My punishment is greater than I can bear. ¹⁴Look, today You have banished me from the face of the land, and I am hidden from Your presence. I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it will come to pass, that whoever finds me will slay me.' ¹⁴And the LORD said to him: 'No, whoever slays Cain, there will be sevenfold vengeance on him.' And the LORD put a mark on Cain, in case anyone finding him should attack him. ¹⁶And Cain left the presence of the LORD, and lived in the Land of Nod, to the east of Eden.

¹⁷And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and gave birth to Enoch; and he built a city, and named the city after his son Enoch. ¹⁸And Enoch’s son was Irad; and Irad’s son was Mehujael; and Mehujael’s son was Methushael; and Methushael’s son was Lamech. ¹⁹And Lamech married two wives; the name of one was Adah, and the name of the other was Zillah. ²⁰And Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have cattle. ²¹And his brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the harp and pipe. ²²And Zillah, she also gave birth, to Tubal-cain, the maker of every sharp instrument of brass and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. ²³And Lamech said to his wives: 'Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; you wives of Lamech, listen to my speech; for I slayed a man for wounding me, and a young man for bruising me; ²⁴If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, surely Lamech seventy and sevenfold.'

²⁵And Adam knew his wife again; and she gave birth to a son, and called him Seth: 'for God has given me another child instead of Abel; for Cain slew him.' ²⁶And Seth also had a son; and he called him Enosh. Then men began to call on the name of the LORD.

[edit] Chapter 5

¹This is the book of the descendants of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God; ²He created male and female, and blessed them, and called them humans, in the day when they were created. ³ And Adam was a hundred and thirty years old, and had a son in his own likeness, resembling himself, and called him Seth. ⁴ And after he had Seth, Adam lived eight hundred years, and he had sons and daughters. ⁵ And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.

⁶ And Seth was a hundred and five years old, and had Enosh. ⁷ And after he had Enosh, Seth lived eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters. ⁸ And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years; and he died. ⁹ And Enosh was ninety years old, and had Kenan. ¹⁰ And after he had Kenan, Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and had sons and daughters. ¹¹ And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years; and he died.

¹² And Kenan was seventy years old, and had Mahalalel. ¹³ And after he had Mahalalel, Kenan lived eight hundred and forty years, and had sons and daughters. ¹⁴ And all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years; and he died. ¹⁵ And Mahalalel was sixty-five years old, and had Jared. ¹⁶ And after he had Jared, Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters. ¹⁷ And all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years; and he died.

¹⁸ And Jared was a hundred and sixty-two years old, and had Enoch. ¹⁹ And after he had Enoch, Jared lived eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters. ²⁰ And all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty two years; and he died. ²¹ And Enoch was sixty-five years old, and had Methuselah. ²² And Enoch walked with God, after he had Methuselah, for three hundred years, and had sons and daughters. ²³ And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. ²⁴ And Enoch walked with God, and he was not; for God took him.

²⁵ And Methuselah was a hundred and eighty-seven years old, and had Lamech. ²⁶ And after he had Lamech, Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had sons and daughters. ²⁷ And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty- nine years; and he died. ²⁸ And Lamech was lived a hundred and eighty-two years old, and he had a son. ²⁹ And he gave him the name Noah, saying: 'This boy shall console us in our work and in our manual labour, which is caused by the ground which the LORD has cursed.' ³⁰ And after he had Noah, Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years, and had sons and daughters. ³⁰ And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years; and he died. ³¹ And Noah was five hundred years old; and Noah had Shem, Ham and Japheth.

[edit] Chapter 6

¹And it was, when men became numerous on the face of the Earth, and daughters were born to them, ²that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were good, and they took wives for themselves, from all that they wanted. ³And the Lord said, "My spirit will not stay in man forever, because he is mortal. Therefore he is allowed 120 years."

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[edit] Chapter 7 through 15

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[edit] Chapter 15

¹ After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Don't be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward." ^[16]

² And Abram said, "Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I am going childless, and the heir^[17] in my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"

³ And Abram said, "Look, you have given me no descendant. And see, a servant born in my house will inherit from me."

⁴ And see, the word of Yahweh [came] to him, saying, "This one will not inherit from you, but one who comes out of your own body will inherit from you."

⁵ And he brought him outside and said, "Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you can count them." And he said to him, "So will your descendants be."

⁶ And he believed in Yahweh, and he counted it to him [as] righteousness. ⁷ And he said, "I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to possess it."

⁸ And he said, "Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I possess it?"

⁹ And he said, "Take me a heifer three years old, and a female goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtledove and a young bird." ¹⁰ And he took him all these, and separated them in the middle, and laid each piece over against the other. But he did not divide the birds. ¹¹ And the birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. ¹² And the sun was about to go down, and deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold--a terror of great darkness was falling upon him.

¹³ And he said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years. ¹⁴ And I will also judge the nation that they serve, and after this they will go out with much property. ¹⁵ And [as for] you, you will go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried in a good old age. ¹⁶ And a fourth generation will come back here, for the evilness of the Amorites is not yet full." ¹⁷ And it happened, that the sun went down and there was thick darkness, and behold: a smoking fire-pot and a lamp of fire that passed between the pieces.

¹⁸ In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your posterity I have given this land, from the River of Egypt to the Great River, the River Euphrates: ¹⁹ with the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite, ²⁰ and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim, ²¹ and the Canaanite, and the Girgasite, and the Jebusite.

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[edit] Chapter 24

¹ And Abraham was old, advanced in days, and Yahweh had blessed Abraham in all things. ² And Abraham said to the oldest servant of his house, who ruled over all that he had, "Please, put your hand under my thigh, ³ and I will make you swear by Yahweh, God of the heavens and God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell. ⁴ But you shall go to my land and to my family, and take a wife for my son Isaac."

⁵ And the servant said to him, "Maybe the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Do I then make your son return to the land you came out from?"

⁶ And Abraham said to him, "Beware that you do not make my son go back there. ⁷ Yahweh, God of the heavens, who has taken me from my father's house and from the land of my family, and who spoke to me saying, 'To your seed I will give this land,' he will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife from there. ⁸ And if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be clear form this oath--just do not make my son go back there."

⁹ And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter. ¹⁰ And the servant took ten camels, and went, and all his master's goods were in his hand. And he got up and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.

¹¹ And he made the camels kneel down outside of the city by the well of water, in the evening, at the time when women go out who draw water. ¹² And he said, "O Yhwh, God of my master Abraham, please cause [her] to meet with me today, and do kindness to my master Abraham. ¹³ Look, I am standing by the fountain of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water. ¹⁴ And let it be, that the young woman to whom I say, 'Let down your pitcher, please, that I may drink,' and she says, 'Drink, and I will also water your camels'--[let] her [be the one] you have chosen for your servant, for Isaac. And by it I will know that you have done kindness to my master."

¹⁵ And it happened, before he had finished speaking, that look--Rebekah (who was born to Bethuel, the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother) was coming out, with her pitcher on her shoulder. ¹⁶ And the young woman was very good-looking, a virgin, and no man had known her. And she went down to the fountain, and filled up her pitcher, and came up. ¹⁷ And the servant ran to meet her, and said, "Please let me drink a little water from your pitcher."

¹⁸ And she said, "Drink, my master." And she quickly let down her pitcher in her hand, and gave him a drink. ¹⁹ And she finished giving him a drink, and said, "I will draw [water] for your camels too, until they've finished drinking." ²⁰ And she quickly emptied her pitcher into the drinking-trough, and ran back to the well to draw [water], and drew [water] for all his camels. ²¹ And the man, watching her thoughtfully, kept silent, to know whether Yahweh had made his trip successful or not.

²² And it happened when the camels had finished drinking, that the man took a golden ring weighing one bekah, and two bracelets for her hands weighing ten [shekels] of gold, ²³ and said, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to lodge in?"

²⁴ And she said to him, "I am a daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor." ²⁵ She said to him also, "We have much, both straw and feed, and room to lodge in."

²⁶ And the man bowed, and worshiped Yahweh. ²⁷ And he said, "Blessed [be] Yahweh, God of my master Abraham, who has not withdrawn his mercy and faithfulness from my master. [As for] me, Yahweh has led me on the way to the house of my master's brothers."

²⁸ And the young woman ran and told these things to her mother's household. ²⁹ And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. And Laban ran to the man who was outside, to the fountain. ³⁰ And it happened, when he saw the nose-ring, and the bracelets on his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister saying, "The man spoke to me like this...", that he came to the man, and look--he was standing by the camels at the well.

³¹ And he said, "Come in, you blessed of Yahweh. Why are you standing outside? For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels." ³² And the man came into the house, and he untied the camels. And he gave straw and feed for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.

³³ And food was set before him to eat, but he said, "I won't eat until I've told my errand."

And he said, "Speak on." ³⁴ And he said:

I am Abraham's servant. ³⁵ And Yahweh has blessed my master greatly, and he has become great. And he has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and male servants and female servants, and camels and donkeys. ³⁶ And Sarah my master's wife bore a son to my master when she was old, and he has given him all that he has. ³⁷ And my master made me swear, saying, "You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell, ³⁸ but you shall go to my father's house, and to my relative, and take a wife for my son."

³⁹ And I said to my master, "Maybe the young woman won't follow me."

⁴⁰ And he said to me, "Yahweh, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way. And you shall take a wife for my son from my relatives, and from my father's household. ⁴¹ Then you will be clear of my oath, when you come to my relatives. And if they do not give her to you, you will be clear from my oath."

⁴² And today I came to the fountain, and said, "O Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, if you are now prospering my way which I go, ⁴³ see, I am standing by the fountain of water, and let it be, that the young woman who comes to draw water, to whom I will say, 'Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,' ⁴⁴ and she will say to me, 'Drink, both you and I will also draw water for your camels'--let that one be the woman that Yahweh has appointed for my master's son." ⁴⁵ And before I was done speaking in my heart, look--Rebekah came out with her pitcher on her shoulder! And she went down to the fountain, and drew water. And I said to her, "Let me drink, please."

⁴⁶ And she quickly let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, "Drink, and I will give your camels a drink also." So I drank, and she made the camels drink also.

⁴⁷ And I asked her, and said, "Whose daughter are you?"

And she said, "The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him." And I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands. ⁴⁸ And I bowed my head, and worshipped Yahweh, and blessed Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his son. ⁴⁹ And now if you will deal kindly and truly with me, tell me. And if not, tell me, so I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.

⁵⁰ Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, "This thing comes from Yahweh. We cannot speak to you bad or good. ⁵¹ Look: Rebekah is in front of you, take her and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as Yahweh has spoken." ⁵² And it happened, that when Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth to Yahweh. ⁵³ And the servant brought out jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious things to her brother and mother.

⁵⁴ And they ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and stayed all night. And they got up in the morning, and he said, "Send me away to my master."

⁵⁵ And her brother and her mother said, "Let the young woman stay with us some days, at the least ten. After that she will go."

⁵⁶ And he said to them, "Do not hinder me, since Yahweh has prospered my way. Send me away to go to my master."

⁵⁷ And they said, "We will call the young woman, and ask her personally." ⁵⁸ And they called Rebekah, and said to her, "Will you go with this man?"

And she said, "I'll go." ⁵⁹ And they sent Rebekah their sister away, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men.

⁶⁰ And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, "Our sister, be [the mother] of thousands of ten thousands, and let your descendants possess the gate of those who hate them."

⁶¹ And Rebekah got up, and her young women, and they rode on the camels, and followed the man. And the servant took Rebekah, and went his way. ⁶² And Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi, and he stayed in the land of the South. ⁶³ And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the evening. And he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and behold, there were camels coming. ⁶⁴ And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she got off the camel. ⁶⁵ And she said to the servant, "What man is this who walks in the field to meet us?"

And the servant said, "It is my master." And she took the veil and covered herself. ⁶⁶ And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. ⁶⁷ And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tend, and took Rebekah, and she bacame his wife, and he loved her. And Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.

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[edit] Chapter 43

¹ And the famine was severe in the land. ² And it happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, "Go back, buy us a little food."

³ And Judah spoke to him, saying, "The man solemnly protested to us, saying, 'You won't see my face unless your brother is with you.' ⁴ If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you. ⁵ But if you do not send our brother with us, we will not go down. For the man said to us, 'You won't see my face unless your brother is with you.'"

⁶ And Israel said, "Why did you deal so badly with me, telling the man whether you had a brother?"

⁷ And they said, "The man asked diligently about us, and about our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Do you have a brother?' And we told him according to the speaking of these words. Could we in any way know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down'"?

⁸ And Judah said to Israel his father, "Send the boy with me, and we will get up and go; that we may live, and not die: both we, and you, and also our little ones. ⁹ I will be security for him; from my hand you shall require him. If I do not bring him to you, and put him in front of you, then let me carry the blame forever. ¹⁰ For if we hadn't lingered, surely we would have returned a second time by now."

¹¹ And their father Israel said to them, "If that's how it is, do this: take some of the choice fruits of the land in your containers, and carry a present down to the man: a little balm, and a little honey, spicery and myrrh, nuts and almonds. ¹² And take double money in your hand, and the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks, carry it back in your hand. Maybe it was an oversight. ¹³ Also take your brother, and get up, go back to the man. ¹⁴ And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. And if I am bereaved of my sons, I am bereaved." ¹⁵And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin, and rose up and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

¹⁶ And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, "Bring the men into the house, and kill and prepare, for the man [?] will dine with me at noon." ¹⁷ And the man did as Joseph ordered, and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.

¹⁸ And the men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph's house, and they said, "We are being brought in because of the money that was returned in our sacks the first time, so that he can look for an opportunity against us, and fall upon us and take us for slaves, and our donkeys." ¹⁹ And they approached the steward of Joseph's house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house, ²⁰ and said, "Oh, my lord, truly we came down the first time to buy food. ²¹ And it happened, when we came to the lodging place, that we opened our sacks, and look--every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight. And we have brought it back in our hand. ²² And we have brought down other money down in our hand to buy food. We do not know who put our money in our sacks."

²³ And he said, "Peace be unto you. Do not be afraid. Your God, and the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks. I had your money." And he brought Simeon our to them. ²⁴ And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet. And he gave their donkeys feed. ²⁵ And they prepared the gift for Joseph's arrival at noon, for they heard that they would eat bread there. ²⁶ And when Joseph entered the house, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the ground. ²⁷ And he asked them about [their] welfare, and said, "Is your father well, the old man you spoke about? Is he still alive?"

²⁸ And they said, "Your servant our father is well; he is still alive." And they bowed and prostrated themselves.

²⁹ And he lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin his brother, his mother's son, and said, "Is this your brother that you spoke to me about?" And he said, "God be gracious to you, my son." ³⁰ And Joseph hurried, for his affection boiled up for his brother, and he looked for [a place] to weep, and he went into his chamber, and wept there. ³¹ And he washed his face, and went out. And he restrained himself, and said, "Serve bread." ³² And they [set a] place for him, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves; because the Egyptians cannot eat bread with the Hebrews, for it is an abomination to the Egyptians. ³³ And they sat in front of him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth, and the men marveled at one another. ³⁴ And he gave them gifts from in front of him, and Benjamin's gift was five times more than their gifts. And they drank and got drunk with him.