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Genesis

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Introduction to Genesis:
Author: Moses, the author of the five books of the Law (Deut. 31:9, 24; Luke 24:27, 44; John 1:45; 5:46; Acts 28:23; 2 Cor. 3:15).Time of Writing: Probably about 1490 B.C., when Exodus was written (see introductory material in Exodus).Place of Writing: In the wilderness east of Egypt.Time Period Covered: From the beginning of creation (1:1) until approximately 1653 B.C., the death of Joseph (50:26).

Subject of Genesis:
God Created, Satan Corrupted, Man Fell,
and Jehovah Promised to Save

Genesis

Chapter 1 of 50

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I.  God's creation — 1:1-2:25

A.  God's desire and purpose — 1:1-2:3
1.  God's original creation — 1:1
Gen 1:1 - 1aIn the 2beginning 3God 4bcreated the 5heavens and the earth.
2.  Judgment and corruption — 1:2a
Gen 1:2a - 1But the earth became 2awaste and emptiness, and 2darkness was on the surface of the 3deep, 4
3.  God's restoration and further creation — 1:2b-2:3
a.  The Spirit, the word, and the light coming, the first day — 1:2b-5
Gen 1:2b - and the 5bSpirit of God was brooding upon the surface of the waters.
Gen 1:3 - And God 1asaid, Let there be 1blight; and there was light.
Gen 1:4 - And God saw that the light was agood, and God 1bseparated the light from the darkness.
Gen 1:5 - And God called the light aDay, and the darkness He called Night. And bthere was evening and there was morning, one day.
b.  The waters under the expanse separated from the waters above the expanse, the second day — 1:6-8
Gen 1:6 - And God asaid, Let there be an 1expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it 2bseparate the waters from the waters.
Gen 1:7 - And God made the expanse and separated the waters which were under the expanse from the awaters which were above the expanse, and it was so.
Gen 1:8 - And God called the expanse Heaven. And athere was evening and there was morning, a second day.1
c.  The earth separated from the seas and the plant life generated, the third day — 1:9-13
Gen 1:9 - And God asaid, Let the waters under the heavens be bgathered together into one place, and let the 1cdry land appear; and it was so.
Gen 1:10 - And God called the dry land 1Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called 1Seas; and God saw that it was agood.
Gen 1:11 - And God asaid, Let the earth bsprout 1grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit caccording to their kind with their seed in them upon the earth; and it was so.
Gen 1:12 - And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed aaccording to their kind, and trees bearing fruit with their seed in them aaccording to their kind; and God saw that it was bgood.
Gen 1:13 - And athere was evening and there was morning, a third day.
d.  The light-bearers appearing, the fourth day — 1:14-19
Gen 1:14 - And God asaid, Let there be 1blight-bearers in the expanse of heaven to separate the day from the night, and let them be for 2csigns and for seasons and for days and years;
Gen 1:15 - And let them be light-bearers in the expanse of heaven to give light on the earth; and it was so.
Gen 1:16 - And God 1amade the two great light-bearers, the 2greater light-bearer to rule the day and the 3lesser light-bearer to rule the night, and the 4bstars.
Gen 1:17 - And God aset them in the expanse of heaven to give light on the earth
Gen 1:18 - And to 1rule over the day and over the night and to 1separate the light from the darkness, and God saw that it was agood.
Gen 1:19 - And athere was evening and there was morning, a fourth day.
e.  The living creatures in the water and in the air generated, the fifth day — 1:20-23
Gen 1:20 - And God asaid, Let the waters swarm with swarms of 1bliving animals, and let 2birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of heaven.
Gen 1:21 - And God created the agreat sea creatures and every living animal that moves, with which the waters swarmed, according to their kind, and every winged bird baccording to its kind; and God saw that it was cgood.
Gen 1:22 - And God ablessed them, saying, Be bfruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.
Gen 1:23 - And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.
f.  The living creatures on the earth generated, the sixth day — 1:24-31(1)  The animals of the earth — vv. 24-25
Gen 1:24 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth aliving animals baccording to their kind, 1cattle and 2creeping things and 1animals of the earth baccording to their kind; and it was so.
Gen 1:25 - And God made the animals of the earth aaccording to their kind and the cattle according to their kind and everything that creeps on the ground aaccording to its kind, and God saw that it was bgood.
(2)  Man — vv. 26-28(a)  The conference of the Godhead — v. 26
Gen 1:26 - And God said, 1Let aUs make 2bman cin Our 3dimage, according to Our 3elikeness; and let 4them have 5fdominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of heaven and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every 6creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.
(b)  Created by God male and female — v. 27
Gen 1:27 - And God created man ain His own image; in the image of God He created him; bmale and female He ccreated them.
(c)  Blessed by God to be fruitful — v. 28
Gen 1:28 - And God ablessed them; and God said to them, Be bfruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and 1subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of heaven and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.
(3)  Man and all other living creatures satisfied by God's provision — vv. 29-30
Gen 1:29 - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb that produces seed that is on the surface of all the earth and every tree 1which has fruit that produces seed; they shall be for you as 2afood.
Gen 1:30 - And to every animal of the earth and to every bird of heaven and to everything that creeps upon the earth, in which is a living soul, I have given every green herb for food; and it was so.
(4)  Everything being very good to God — v. 31
Gen 1:31 - And God saw everything that He had made, and indeed, it was 1very agood. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Genesis

Chapter 2 of 50

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g.  God resting in satisfaction, the seventh day — 2:1-3
Gen 2:1 - Thus the heavens and the earth and all their host were finished.
Gen 2:2 - And on the aseventh day God finished His work which He had done, and He 1brested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.
Gen 2:3 - And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it because in it He rested from all His work which God had 1created and made.
B.  God's procedures to fulfill His purpose — 2:4-25
1.  The background—no rain from heaven, no man on the ground, no life in the field, only a mist from the earth — vv. 4-6
Gen 2:4 - 1These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were 2created. 3When 4Jehovah God 2made earth and heaven,
Gen 2:5 - And no aplant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up—for Jehovah God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to 1bwork the ground,
Gen 2:6 - But a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground—
2.  The first step—creating man as a vessel to contain God as life — v. 7
Gen 2:7 - Jehovah God 1formed 2man from the 3adust of the 4ground and breathed into his nostrils the 5bbreath of life, and man became a living 6csoul.
3.  The second step—having man receive God as life — vv. 8-17
a.  Placing man in front of the tree of life — vv. 8-9
Gen 2:8 - And Jehovah God planted a agarden in 1Eden, in the east; and there He put the man whom He had formed.
Gen 2:9 - And out of the ground Jehovah God caused to grow every tree that is 1pleasant to the sight and good for food, as well as the 2atree of life in the middle of the garden and the 3btree of the knowledge of good and evil.
b.  Putting man in the garden with its river — vv. 10-15
Gen 2:10 - And a 1ariver went 2forth from Eden to water the garden, and from there it divided and became 3four 4branches.
Gen 2:11 - The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one that goes around the whole land of aHavilah, where there is gold.
Gen 2:12 - And the 1gold of that land is good; 1abdellium and 1bonyx stone are there.
Gen 2:13 - And the name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one that goes around the whole land of Cush.
Gen 2:14 - And the name of the third river is aHiddekel; it is the one that goes east of Asshur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
Gen 2:15 - And Jehovah God took the man and 1put him in the garden of Eden to 2work it and to 3keep it.
c.  Allowing man to have free choice — vv. 16-17
Gen 2:16 - And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, aOf every tree of the garden you may eat freely,
Gen 2:17 - But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, of it you shall 1anot eat; for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely 2bdie.
4.  The third step—working God into man as life to be His complement — vv. 18-25
a.  Man, typifying God, needing to have a complement — vv. 18-20
Gen 2:18 - And Jehovah God said, It is not agood for the 1man to be alone; I will make him a bhelper as his 2counterpart.
Gen 2:19 - Now Jehovah God had formed afrom the ground every animal of the field and every bird of heaven. And He brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called any living animal, that was its name.
Gen 2:20 - And the man gave names to all cattle and to the birds of heaven and to every animal of the field, but for Adam there was 1not found a helper as his counterpart.
b.  Man gaining a complement in and by life — vv. 21-25
Gen 2:21 - And Jehovah God caused a 1adeep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and He took one of his 2ribs and closed up the flesh in its place.
Gen 2:22 - And Jehovah God 1abuilt the rib, which He had taken from the man, into a 2woman and 3brought her to the man.
Gen 2:23 - And the man said,This time this is abone of my bonesAnd flesh of my flesh;This one shall be called 1WomanBecause bout of 2Man this one was taken.
Gen 2:24 - Therefore a aman shall leave his father and his mother and shall cleave to his wife, and bthey shall become one 1flesh.
Gen 2:25 - 1And both the man and his wife were anaked and were not ashamed before each other.

Genesis

Chapter 3 of 50

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II.  Man's fall through Satan's corruption — 3:1-11:32

A.  The first fall—from God's presence to man's conscience — 3:1-24
1.  The serpent's (Satan's) temptation and man's first fall — vv. 1-7
Gen 3:1 - Now the 1aserpent was more crafty than any other animal of the field that Jehovah God had made. And he said to the 2woman, 3Did God really say, bYou shall not eat of any tree of the garden?
Gen 3:2 - And the woman 1said to the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat;
Gen 3:3 - But of the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, aYou shall not eat of it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.
Gen 3:4 - And the serpent said to the woman, aYou shall not surely die!
Gen 3:5 - 1For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will become alike 2God, knowing good and evil.
Gen 3:6 - And when the awoman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was a bdelight to the eyes and that the tree was to be desired to make oneself wise, she 1took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband with her, and he cate.
Gen 3:7 - 1And the eyes of both of them were aopened, and they 2knew that they were naked; and they sewed 3fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.
2.  God dealing with man's first fall — vv. 8-24
a.  Seeking man — vv. 8-13
Gen 3:8 - And they heard the 1sound of Jehovah God walking about in the garden in the 2cool of the day, and the man and his wife ahid themselves from the presence of Jehovah God among the trees of the garden.
Gen 3:9 - And 1Jehovah God called to the man and said to him, 2Where are you?
Gen 3:10 - And he said, I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I am anaked; so I hid myself.
Gen 3:11 - And He said, 1Who told you that you are naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?
Gen 3:12 - And the man said, The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate.
Gen 3:13 - And Jehovah God said to the woman, What is this that you have done? And the woman said, The aserpent deceived me, and I ate.
b.  Judging the serpent — v. 14
Gen 3:14 - And Jehovah God said to the serpent,Because you have done this,You are 1cursed more than all the cattleAnd more than all the animals of the field:Upon your 2stomach you will go,And adust you will eatAll the days of your life.
c.  The promise regarding the seed of the woman — v. 15
Gen 3:15 - And I will put enmityBetween you and the 1womanAnd between your 2seed and her 3seed;He will 4abruise you on the head,But you will 4bruise him on the heel.
d.  Disciplining man through suffering — 16-19
Gen 3:16 - To the woman He said,I will greatly multiplyYour pain in your 1achildbearing;In pain you will bring forth children.And your desire will be to your husband,And he will 1brule over you.Gen 3:17 - And to Adam He said, Because you listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree concerning which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it;aCursed is the ground because of you;In 1btoil will you eat of itAll the days of your life.Gen 3:18 - And athorns and thistles will it bring forth for you,And you will eat the herb of the field;Gen 3:19 - By the sweat of your faceYou will eat breadUntil you return to the ground,Because from it you were taken;For adust you are,And bto dust you shall return.
e.  Redemption anticipated — vv. 20-21
Gen 3:20 - And the man called his wife’s name 1Eve, because she was the mother of aall living.
Gen 3:21 - And Jehovah God made coats of 1skin for Adam and for his wife and 2aclothed them.
f.  Closing the way to the tree of life — vv. 22-24
Gen 3:22 - And Jehovah God said, Behold, the man has become like one of aUs, knowing good and evil; and now, 1lest he put forth his hand and take also from the btree of life and eat and live forever—
Gen 3:23 - Then Jehovah God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to work the aground from which he was taken.
Gen 3:24 - So He drove the man out, and at the east of the garden of Eden He placed the 1acherubim and a 1flaming sword which turned in every direction to guard the way to the btree of life.

Genesis

Chapter 4 of 50

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B.  The second fall—from man's conscience to others' control — 4:1-26
1.  The background — vv. 1-2
Gen 4:1 - And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to 1Cain and said, I have aacquired a man, 2Jehovah.
Gen 4:2 - And again she gave birth, to his brother 1Abel. And Abel was a 2atender of sheep, but Cain was a 3btiller of the ground.
2.  Man's presumption, anger, murder, lying, and arrogance — vv. 3-9
Gen 4:3 - And in the course of time Cain brought an 1offering to Jehovah from the fruit of the ground.
Gen 4:4 - And Abel also brought an 1offering, from the afirstlings of his flock, that is, from their fat portions. And Jehovah had regard for Abel and for his offering.
Gen 4:5 - But for aCain and for his offering He had 1no regard. And Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
Gen 4:6 - And Jehovah said to Cain, Why are you angry, and why has your countenance fallen?
Gen 4:7 - If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not do well, 1sin is crouching at the door; and his desire is for you, but you must rule over him.
Gen 4:8 - And Cain said to Abel his brother, 1Let us go into the field. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel his brother and 2aslew him.
Gen 4:9 - Then Jehovah said to Cain, Where is Abel your brother? And he said, 1I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?
3.  God's dealing with man's second fall—cursing man and making him a fugitive and a wanderer — vv. 10-15
Gen 4:10 - And He said, What have you done? The voice of your brother’s 1ablood is crying out to Me from the ground.
Gen 4:11 - And now you are acursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s bblood from your hand.
Gen 4:12 - When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you. You will be a fugitive and a awanderer on the earth.
Gen 4:13 - And Cain said to Jehovah, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Gen 4:14 - Now You have driven me out this day from the face of the ground, and from Your aface I will be hidden; and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will bkill me.
Gen 4:15 - And Jehovah said to him, Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold. And Jehovah put a mark on Cain, so that anyone who found him would not strike him.
4.  Man producing a culture without God — vv. 16-24
Gen 4:16 - And Cain went forth from the presence of Jehovah and dwelt in the land of 1Nod, east of Eden.
Gen 4:17 - And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to 1Enoch; and he built a 2acity and called the name of the city after the name of his son Enoch.
Gen 4:18 - And Irad was born to Enoch, and Irad begot Mehujael, and Mehujael begot Methushael, and Methushael begot Lamech.
Gen 4:19 - And Lamech took two wives for himself: The name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second Zillah.
Gen 4:20 - And Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise cattle.
Gen 4:21 - And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.
Gen 4:22 - And Zillah also gave birth to Tubal-cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of bronze and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
Gen 4:23 - And Lamech said to his wives,Adah and Zillah, listen to my voice;O wives of Lamech, hearken to my speech;For I have slain a man for wounding me,Even a young man for striking me.
Gen 4:24 - If Cain is avenged asevenfold,Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.
5.  The way to escape man's second fall—man realizing his fragility and calling on the name of Jehovah — vv. 25-26
Gen 4:25 - And Adam knew his wife again. And she gave birth to a son and called his name 1aSeth, for, she said, God has appointed me another seed instead of Abel, because Cain slew him.
Gen 4:26 - And to Seth also a son was born, and he called his name 1aEnosh. At that time men began to 2bcall upon the name of Jehovah.

Genesis

Chapter 5 of 50

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C.  The generations of the saved revealing the ultimate issue of man's fall and the way to escape it — 5:1-32
1.  The ultimate issue of man's fall—death — vv. 1-21, 25-27
Gen 5:1 - This is the book of the 1agenerations of Adam. 2When God bcreated Adam, He made him in the 3likeness of God.
Gen 5:2 - Male and female He created them, and He ablessed them and called 1their name Adam, on the day when they were created.
Gen 5:3 - And Adam 1lived one hundred thirty years and 1begot a son in his likeness according to his image, and he called his name aSeth.
Gen 5:4 - aAnd the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years, and he begot more sons and daughters.
Gen 5:5 - And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred thirty years, and he 1died.
Gen 5:6 - And Seth lived one hundred five years and begot aEnosh.
Gen 5:7 - And Seth lived after he had begotten Enosh eight hundred seven years, and he begot more sons and daughters.
Gen 5:8 - And all the days of Seth were nine hundred twelve years, and he died.
Gen 5:9 - And Enosh lived ninety years and begot Kenan.
Gen 5:10 - And Enosh lived after he had begotten Kenan eight hundred fifteen years, and he begot more sons and daughters.
Gen 5:11 - And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred five years, and he died.
Gen 5:12 - And Kenan lived seventy years and begot Mahalalel.
Gen 5:13 - And Kenan lived after he had begotten Mahalalel eight hundred forty years, and he begot more sons and daughters.
Gen 5:14 - And all the days of Kenan were nine hundred ten years, and he died.
Gen 5:15 - And Mahalalel lived sixty-five years and begot Jared.
Gen 5:16 - And Mahalalel lived after he had begotten Jared eight hundred thirty years, and he begot more sons and daughters.
Gen 5:17 - And all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred ninety-five years, and he died.
Gen 5:18 - And Jared lived a hundred sixty-two years and begot aEnoch.
Gen 5:19 - And Jared lived after he had begotten Enoch eight hundred years, and he begot more sons and daughters.
Gen 5:20 - And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty-two years, and he died.
Gen 5:21 - And Enoch lived sixty-five years and begot 1aMethuselah.
2.  The way to escape death—walking with God — vv. 22-24
Gen 5:22 - And Enoch 1awalked with God after he had begotten Methuselah three hundred years, and he begot more sons and daughters.
Gen 5:23 - And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty-five years.
Gen 5:24 - And Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God 1atook him.
1.  The ultimate issue of man's fall—death (cont'd) — vv. 25-27
Gen 5:25 - And Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years and begot Lamech.
Gen 5:26 - And Methuselah lived after he had begotten Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years, and he begot more sons and daughters.
Gen 5:27 - And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty-nine years, and he died.
3.  The family of salvation finding comfort and rest — vv. 28-32
Gen 5:28 - And Lamech lived a hundred eighty-two years and begot a son.
Gen 5:29 - And he called his name 1Noah, saying, This one will 2give us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands, which come because of the ground which Jehovah has acursed.
Gen 5:30 - And Lamech lived after he had begotten Noah five hundred ninety-five years, and he begot more sons and daughters.
Gen 5:31 - And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years, and he died.
Gen 5:32 - And Noah was five hundred years old. And Noah abegot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis

Chapter 6 of 50

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D.  The third fall—from others' control to human government — 6:1-8:3
1.  The evil spirits mingling with man and man becoming flesh — 6:1-4
Gen 6:1 - And when men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
Gen 6:2 - The 1sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they 2took wives for themselves from all whom they chose.
Gen 6:3 - And Jehovah said, My 1aSpirit will not strive with man forever, for he indeed is 2bflesh; so his days will be cone hundred twenty years.
Gen 6:4 - The 1aNephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; these were the mighty men who were of old the men of renown.
2.  God dealing with man's third fall—blotting out man from the earth — 6:5-7
Gen 6:5 - And Jehovah saw that the awickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every 1imagination of the thoughts of his bheart was only evil continually.
Gen 6:6 - And Jehovah arepented that He had made man on the earth, and it bgrieved Him in His heart.
Gen 6:7 - And Jehovah said, I will ablot out the man whom I have created from the surface of the ground, from man to beast to creeping things to the birds of heaven; for I repent that I have made them.
3.  The way of salvation from the third fall — 6:8-8:3
a.  Walking with God — 6:8-10
Gen 6:8 - 1But Noah afound 2favor in the sight of Jehovah.
Gen 6:9 - These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a arighteous man, blameless in his generations; and Noah 1bwalked with God.
Gen 6:10 - And Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
b.  Building the ark — 6:11-7:16(1)  Receiving the revelation — 6:11-21
Gen 6:11 - And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
Gen 6:12 - And God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.
Gen 6:13 - And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and now I am about to destroy them with the earth.
Gen 6:14 - Make yourself an 1ark of 2gopher wood; you shall make rooms in the ark and shall cover it within and without with 3pitch.
Gen 6:15 - And 1this is how you shall make it: The length of the ark shall be 2three hundred 3cubits, its width 2fifty cubits, and its height 2thirty cubits.
Gen 6:16 - You shall make an 1opening for light for the ark, and you shall finish it up to a cubit from the top; and you shall put the 2entrance of the ark in its side; you shall make it with 3lower, second, and third stories.
Gen 6:17 - And now I am about to bring a aflood of water upon the earth to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die.
Gen 6:18 - But I will establish My 1acovenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.
Gen 6:19 - And of every living thing, of all flesh, two of every kind you shall bring into the ark to preserve them alive with you; they shall be male and female.
Gen 6:20 - Of the birds according to their kind and of the cattle according to their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every kind will come to you in order to preserve them alive.
Gen 6:21 - And for your part, take some of every kind of food that is edible, and gather it to yourself, and it will be for food for you and for them.
(2)  Preparing the ark — 6:22
Gen 6:22 - And aNoah did this; according to all that God bcommanded him, so he did.

Genesis

Chapter 7 of 50

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(3)  Entering the ark and being shut in the ark by Jehovah — 7:1-16
Gen 7:1 - Then Jehovah said to Noah, Come into the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be arighteous before Me in this generation.
Gen 7:2 - Of every aclean animal you shall take with you seven pairs, a male and its female; and of the animals that are not clean two, a male and its female;
Gen 7:3 - Also of the birds of heaven, seven pairs, male and female; to 1preserve their offspring alive on the surface of all the earth.
Gen 7:4 - For in seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth 1aforty days and forty nights, and every living being that I have made I will blot out from the surface of the ground.
Gen 7:5 - And Noah did according to all that Jehovah commanded him.
Gen 7:6 - And Noah was 1six hundred years old when the aflood of waters came upon the earth.
Gen 7:7 - And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him awent into the ark because of the waters of the flood.
Gen 7:8 - Of clean animals and of animals that are not clean and of birds and of everything that creeps upon the ground,
Gen 7:9 - Two by two they came into the ark to Noah, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.
Gen 7:10 - And after the seven days the waters of the flood came upon the earth.
Gen 7:11 - In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that very day all the asprings of the great deep burst open, and the bwindows of heaven were opened.
Gen 7:12 - And the rain fell upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Gen 7:13 - On that very same day Noah and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them entered the ark,
Gen 7:14 - They and every animal according to its kind and all the cattle according to their kind and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth according to its kind and every bird according to its kind—every bird, every winged creature.
Gen 7:15 - And they went into the ark to Noah, atwo by two of all flesh in which was the breath of life.
Gen 7:16 - And those who went in, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and Jehovah 1shut the door behind him.
c.  Saved through water — 7:17-8:3
Gen 7:17 - And the flood was on the earth aforty days; and the 1waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
Gen 7:18 - And the waters prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark went about on the surface of the waters.
Gen 7:19 - And when the waters had prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, all the high mountains that were under the entire heaven were acovered.
Gen 7:20 - The waters prevailed fifteen cubits higher, once the mountains were covered.
Gen 7:21 - And all aflesh that moved upon the earth expired: birds and cattle and animals and every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth and all mankind.
Gen 7:22 - Everything in whose nostrils was the abreath of the spirit of life, of all that was on the dry land, died.
Gen 7:23 - Thus He blotted out every living being that was upon the surface of the ground, from man to beast to creeping things to the birds of heaven; and they were blotted out from the earth. And only aNoah was left, and those who were with him in the ark.
Gen 7:24 - And the waters prevailed upon the earth one hundred fifty days.

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Chapter 8 of 50

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Gen 8:1 - And God aremembered Noah and all the animals and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God made a bwind pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.
Gen 8:2 - The asprings of the deep and the windows of heaven were also stopped, and the rain from the heavens was restrained.
Gen 8:3 - And the waters receded steadily from upon the earth. So at the end of aone hundred fifty days the waters began to diminish.
E.  Life in resurrection — 8:4-10:32
1.  The ark resting upon the mountains, signifying resurrection with Christ — 8:4-5
Gen 8:4 - And the ark came to 1rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
Gen 8:5 - And the waters diminished steadily until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.
2.  The raven being sent forth, signifying the fleshly ones going back to the world judged by God — 8:6-7
Gen 8:6 - And at the end of forty days Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.
Gen 8:7 - And he sent out the 1raven; and it went out, going to and fro until the waters had dried up from the earth.
3.  The dove being sent forth, signifying the spiritual ones staying with the church and caring for life in the Spirit — 8:8-12
Gen 8:8 - And he sent out the adove from him to see if the waters had abated from the surface of the ground.
Gen 8:9 - But the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, so she returned to him to the ark, for the waters were on the surface of the whole earth. And he put out his hand and took her and brought her to himself into the ark.
Gen 8:10 - And he waited yet another seven days, and again he sent out the dove from the ark.
Gen 8:11 - And the dove came to him toward evening time, and there in her beak was a freshly plucked 1aolive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had abated from the earth.
Gen 8:12 - And he waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove, and she did not return to him again.
4.  Going forth from the ark in resurrection — 8:13-19
Gen 8:13 - And in the six hundred first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the water was dried up from the earth. And Noah removed the covering of the ark and saw that now the surface of the ground was dry.
Gen 8:14 - And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
Gen 8:15 - And God spoke to Noah, saying,
Gen 8:16 - Go forth from the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons’ wives with you;
Gen 8:17 - Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh—birds and cattle and every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth—that they may swarm on the earth and be afruitful and multiply upon the earth.
Gen 8:18 - So Noah 1went forth, as well as his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him.
Gen 8:19 - Every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves upon the earth, went forth from the ark according to their families.
5.  Making burnt offerings to Jehovah on an altar, signifying the offering of Christ to God through the cross — 8:20-22
Gen 8:20 - And Noah built an 1aaltar to Jehovah and took of every bclean beast and of every clean bird and 1offered 2burnt offerings on the altar.
Gen 8:21 - And Jehovah smelled the 1asatisfying fragrance; and Jehovah said in His heart, I will never again 2bcurse the ground on account of man, for the imagination of man’s cheart is evil from his youth; dnor will I ever again smite everything living as I have done.
Gen 8:22 - Throughout all the days that earth remains,1Seed time and harvest, and cold and heat,And summer and winter, and aday and nightShall not cease.

Genesis

Chapter 9 of 50

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6.  Fulfilling God's purpose to express and represent Him — 9:1-7
Gen 9:1 - And God ablessed Noah and his sons and said to them, 1Be bfruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
Gen 9:2 - And the afear of you and the terror of you shall be upon every animal of the earth and upon every bird of heaven, on everything that creeps on the ground and on all the fish of the sea; into your hand they are delivered.
Gen 9:3 - Every moving thing that lives shall be 1afood for you; just as I gave you the green bherb, so I have given you everything.
Gen 9:4 - But flesh with its life, that is, its ablood, you shall not eat.
Gen 9:5 - And indeed your lifeblood I will require; from every aanimal I will require it. And from every man, from every man’s brother, I will brequire the life of man.
Gen 9:6 - 1Whoever sheds man’s blood,By man shall his blood be shed,For in the 2aimage of GodHe made man.Gen 9:7 - And you, be afruitful and multiply;Abound on the earth and multiply in it.
7.  Living under God's covenant — 9:8-17
a.  No more judgment through death's waters — vv. 8-11
Gen 9:8 - Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,
Gen 9:9 - And I Myself now establish My 1acovenant with you and with your seed after you
Gen 9:10 - And with every living animal that is with you: the birds, the cattle, and every animal of the earth with you, of all that came out of the ark, every animal of the earth.
Gen 9:11 - And I establish My covenant with you, that never again will all flesh be cut off by the awaters of the flood, and never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.
b.  The rainbow as the sign of God's faithfulness in keeping His covenant — vv. 12-17
Gen 9:12 - And God said, This is the asign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living animal that is with you, for perpetual generations:
Gen 9:13 - I set My 1abow in the clouds, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth.
Gen 9:14 - And when I bring clouds over the earth, and the bow is seen in the clouds,
Gen 9:15 - I will aremember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living animal of all flesh, and never again will the bwaters become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Gen 9:16 - And the bow will be in the clouds, and I will look upon it to remember the aeverlasting covenant between God and every living animal of all flesh that is upon the earth.
Gen 9:17 - And God said to Noah, This is the asign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
8.  The failure of the leader and deputy authority — 9:18-29
a.  Caused by the success of his work — vv. 18-21
Gen 9:18 - Now the sons of Noah who came forth from the ark were Shem and Ham and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.
Gen 9:19 - These three were the sons of Noah, and afrom these the whole earth was spread over.
Gen 9:20 - And Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.
Gen 9:21 - And he drank of the wine and became drunk. And he 1uncovered himself inside his tent.
b.  Ham exposing the failure, and Shem and Japheth covering the failure — vv. 22-24
Gen 9:22 - And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the anakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside.
Gen 9:23 - And Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders, and they walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father. And their faces were turned backward, so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.
Gen 9:24 - And Noah awoke from his wine and learned what his youngest son had done to him.
c.  Ham's son receiving the curse, and Shem and Japheth receiving the blessing — vv. 25-29
Gen 9:25 - And he said,1Cursed be Canaan:A servant of servantsShall he be to his brothers.Gen 9:26 - And he said,Blessed be Jehovah,The God of 1Shem;And let Canaan be his servant.Gen 9:27 - May God enlarge Japheth,And let him dwell in the 1tents of Shem,And let Canaan be his servant.
Gen 9:28 - And Noah lived after the flood three hundred fifty years.
Gen 9:29 - And all the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, and he died.

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Chapter 10 of 50

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9.  The nations issuing forth with Babel as the consummation — 10:1-32
Gen 10:1 - Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, of Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and sons were born to them after the flood.
Gen 10:2 - The sons of aJapheth: Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras.
Gen 10:3 - And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah.
Gen 10:4 - And the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and 1Rodanim.
Gen 10:5 - From these the islands and coastal regions of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to his tongue, according to their families, in their nations.
Gen 10:6 - And the sons of aHam: Cush and 1Mizraim and Put and Canaan.
Gen 10:7 - And the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
Gen 10:8 - And Cush begot 1Nimrod: He began to be a mighty one on the earth.
Gen 10:9 - He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah; therefore it is said, Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Jehovah.
Gen 10:10 - And the beginning of his kingdom was aBabel and Erech and Akkad and Calneh, in the land of bShinar.
Gen 10:11 - From that land he went into Assyria and built Nineveh and Rehoboth-ir and Calah
Gen 10:12 - And Resen between Nineveh and Calah, that is, the great city.
Gen 10:13 - And Mizraim begot the Ludim and the Anamim and the Lehabim and the Naphtuhim
Gen 10:14 - And the Pathrusim and the Casluhim, from which came the Philistines, and the Caphtorim.
Gen 10:15 - And Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn and Heth
Gen 10:16 - And the Jebusites and the Amorites and the Girgashites
Gen 10:17 - And the Hivites and the Arkites and the Sinites
Gen 10:18 - And the Arvadites and the Zemarites and the Hamathites, and afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread out.
Gen 10:19 - And the territory of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza, and as you go toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
Gen 10:20 - These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.
Gen 10:21 - And also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the eldest brother of Japheth, children were born.
Gen 10:22 - The sons of aShem: Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram.
Gen 10:23 - And the sons of Aram: Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash.
Gen 10:24 - And Arpachshad begot Shelah, and Shelah begot Eber.
Gen 10:25 - And to aEber were born two sons: The name of the one was 1Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
Gen 10:26 - And Joktan begot Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah
Gen 10:27 - And Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah
Gen 10:28 - And Obal and Abimael and Sheba
Gen 10:29 - And Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
Gen 10:30 - And their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the hill country of the east.
Gen 10:31 - These are the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their tongues, in their lands, according to their nations.
Gen 10:32 - These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations; and from these the nations were separated on the earth after the flood.

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Chapter 11 of 50

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F.  The fourth fall—from human government to rebellion under Satan's instigation — 11:1-9
1.  Building a city and a tower to rebel against God, to renounce God, and to make a name for themselves — vv. 1-4
Gen 11:1 - And the whole earth had one language and the same speech.
Gen 11:2 - And as they journeyed east, they found a plain in the land of 1aShinar; and they dwelt there.
Gen 11:3 - And they said to one another, Come, let us amake 1bricks and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and they had tar for mortar.
Gen 11:4 - And they said, Come, let us build ourselves a 1acity and a 2tower whose top is in the bheavens; and let us make a 2name for ourselves, lest we be cscattered over the surface of the whole earth.
2.  God dealing with man's fourth fall—scattering them in living and confounding them in language — vv. 5-9
Gen 11:5 - And Jehovah came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men had built.
Gen 11:6 - And Jehovah said, Behold, they are one people, and they all have one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do; and now nothing which they purpose to do will be kept from them.
Gen 11:7 - Come, let 1aUs go down and there 2confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
Gen 11:8 - So Jehovah ascattered them from there over the surface of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.
Gen 11:9 - Therefore its name was called 1aBabel, because there Jehovah confounded the language of all the earth, and from there Jehovah scattered them over the surface of all the earth.
G.  The generations from man's salvation through water to Jehovah's calling — 11:10-32
Gen 11:10 - These are the agenerations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old when he begot Arpachshad, two years after the flood.
Gen 11:11 - And Shem lived after he had begotten Arpachshad five hundred years, and he begot more sons and daughters.
Gen 11:12 - And Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and begot Shelah.
Gen 11:13 - And Arpachshad lived after he had begotten Shelah four hundred three years, and he begot more sons and daughters.
Gen 11:14 - And Shelah lived thirty years and begot Eber.
Gen 11:15 - And Shelah lived after he had begotten Eber four hundred three years, and he begot more sons and daughters.
Gen 11:16 - And Eber lived thirty-four years and begot Peleg.
Gen 11:17 - And Eber lived after he had begotten Peleg four hundred thirty years, and he begot more sons and daughters.
Gen 11:18 - And Peleg lived thirty years and begot Reu.
Gen 11:19 - And Peleg lived after he had begotten Reu two hundred nine years, and he begot more sons and daughters.
Gen 11:20 - And Reu lived thirty-two years and begot Serug.
Gen 11:21 - And Reu lived after he had begotten Serug two hundred seven years, and he begot more sons and daughters.
Gen 11:22 - And Serug lived thirty years and begot Nahor.
Gen 11:23 - And Serug lived after he had begotten Nahor two hundred years, and he begot more sons and daughters.
Gen 11:24 - And Nahor lived twenty-nine years and begot Terah.
Gen 11:25 - And Nahor lived after he had begotten Terah one hundred nineteen years, and he begot more sons and daughters.
Gen 11:26 - And aTerah lived seventy years and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Gen 11:27 - Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran begot aLot.
Gen 11:28 - And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in 1aUr of the 2Chaldeans.
Gen 11:29 - And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves: The name of Abram’s wife was 1aSarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and the father of Iscah.
Gen 11:30 - And Sarai was abarren; she had no child.
Gen 11:31 - And 1Terah took Abram his son and aLot the son of Haran, his son’s son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram’s wife; and they went out together from bUr of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan, but when they came to 2Haran they settled there.
Gen 11:32 - And the days of Terah were two hundred five years, and Terah died in Haran.

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Chapter 12 of 50

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III.  Jehovah's calling — 12:1-50:26

A.  The first aspect—the experience of Abraham — 12:1-25:18
1.  God's calling — 12:1-7a
Gen 12:1 - 1Now Jehovah 2said to Abram,aGo from your landAnd from your relativesAnd from your 3father’s houseTo the land that I will show you;
Gen 12:2 - 1And I will make of you a 2agreat nation,And I will bless youAnd make your name great;And you shall be a bblessing.Gen 12:3 - And I will bless those who abless you,And him who 1curses you I will curse;And in you 2ball the families of the earth will be 3blessed.
Gen 12:4 - So Abram awent as Jehovah had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he went out of Haran.
Gen 12:5 - And Abram took Sarai his wife and aLot his brother’s son and all their possessions that they had gathered and the souls that they had acquired in Haran, and they 1went out to go to the bland of Canaan. And they 2came to the land of 3Canaan.
Gen 12:6 - And Abram passed through the land to the place of aShechem, to the oak of Moreh. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.
Gen 12:7a - And Jehovah 1appeared to Abram and said, To your 2aseed I will give this 2land.
2.  Living by faith — 12:7b-14:24
a.  A life of the altar and the tent — 12:7b-8
Gen 12:7b - And there he built an 3baltar to Jehovah who had appeared to him.
Gen 12:8 - And he proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of 1aBethel and pitched his 2btent, with Bethel on the west and 1Ai on the east; and there he built an caltar to Jehovah and 3dcalled upon the name of Jehovah.
b.  The trial of the called — 12:9-13:18(1)  Famine — 12:9-13:4
Gen 12:9 - And Abram journeyed onward, journeying toward the 1Negev.
Gen 12:10 - And there was a 1afamine in the land; and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.
Gen 12:11 - And when he was about to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, I know indeed that you are a beautiful woman to look at;
Gen 12:12 - And when the Egyptians see you, they will say, This is his wife, and they will kill me; but they will keep you alive.
Gen 12:13 - Now say you are my asister, that it may be well with me on account of you and 1I may live because of you.
Gen 12:14 - And it came about that when Abram came to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
Gen 12:15 - And Pharaoh’s officials saw her and praised her before Pharaoh, and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
Gen 12:16 - And he treated Abram well on account of her, and there were given to him sheep and oxen and donkeys and male servants and female servants and female donkeys and camels.
Gen 12:17 - And Jehovah struck aPharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.
Gen 12:18 - And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?
Gen 12:19 - Why did you say, She is my sister, so that I took her to be my wife? Now then here is your wife; take her and go.
Gen 12:20 - And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him, and they sent him away 1with his wife and all that he had.

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Chapter 13 of 50

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Gen 13:1 - And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and aLot with him, into the Negev.
Gen 13:2 - And Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver and in gold.
Gen 13:3 - And he continued on his journey from the Negev as far as 1aBethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
Gen 13:4 - To the place of the aaltar, which he had made there formerly; and there Abram bcalled on the name of Jehovah.
(2)  The brother's striving — 13:5-18
Gen 13:5 - And aLot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.
Gen 13:6 - And the land could not support them that they might dwell together, for their apossessions were so great that they could not dwell together.
Gen 13:7 - And there was 1strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. And at that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites dwelt in the land.
Gen 13:8 - And Abram said to Lot, Let there please be no strife between me and you and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers.
Gen 13:9 - Is not the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right, then I will go to the left.
Gen 13:10 - And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw the entire plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere—this was before Jehovah had destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah—like the agarden of Jehovah, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar.
Gen 13:11 - So Lot chose for himself the entire plain of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed east; and they separated themselves from each other.
Gen 13:12 - Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain and moved his tent aas far as Sodom.
Gen 13:13 - Now the men of aSodom were very wicked and sinful toward Jehovah.
Gen 13:14 - And 1Jehovah said to Abram after Lot had separated from him, Now lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward;
Gen 13:15 - For all the land that you see I will give to you and to your aseed forever.
Gen 13:16 - And I will make your seed as the 1adust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed can also be numbered.
Gen 13:17 - Rise up; walk through the land according to its length and its breadth, for I will give it to you.
Gen 13:18 - And Abram moved his 1atent and came and dwelt by the oaks of 2Mamre, which are in 3bHebron, and there he built an caltar to Jehovah.

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Chapter 14 of 50

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c.  The victory of the called — 14:1-24(1)  The brother being captured — vv. 1-12
Gen 14:1 - And in the days of Amraphel the king of Shinar, Arioch the king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and Tidal the king of Goiim,
Gen 14:2 - These kings made war with Bera the king of Sodom and with Birsha the king of Gomorrah, Shinab the king of Admah, and Shemeber the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
Gen 14:3 - All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (that is, the 1Salt Sea).
Gen 14:4 - Twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
Gen 14:5 - And in the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and struck the aRephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim and the Zuzim in Ham and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim
Gen 14:6 - And the Horites in Mount Seir as far as El-paran, which is by the wilderness.
Gen 14:7 - And they turned back and came to En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites and also the Amorites who dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.
Gen 14:8 - And the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went forth and set the battle in array against them in the valley of Siddim,
Gen 14:9 - Against Chedorlaomer the king of Elam and Tidal the king of Goiim and Amraphel the king of Shinar and Arioch the king of Ellasar, four kings against the five.
Gen 14:10 - Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled and fell there; but those who survived fled to the ahill country.
Gen 14:11 - And they took all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food and went away.
Gen 14:12 - And they took aLot, Abram’s brother’s son, and his possessions and departed, for he was dwelling in bSodom.
(2)  Fighting for the brother — vv. 13-17
Gen 14:13 - And one who had escaped came and told Abram the 1aHebrew. Now he was dwelling by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and the brother of Aner; and these were allies of Abram.
Gen 14:14 - And when Abram heard that his abrother had been taken captive, he led out his trained men, bborn in his house, three hundred eighteen of them, and pursued as far as Dan.
Gen 14:15 - And he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them and pursued them to Hobah, which is north of Damascus.
Gen 14:16 - And he brought back all the possessions and also brought back Lot his brother and his possessions as well as the women and the people.
Gen 14:17 - And after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).
(3)  Ministered to by Melchizedek — vv. 18-20
Gen 14:18 - And 1aMelchizedek the king of 2bSalem brought out bread and wine. Now he was 3cpriest of dGod the Most High.
Gen 14:19 - And he 1ablessed him and said,Blessed be Abram of God the Most High,2bPossessor of heaven and earth;
Gen 14:20 - And blessed be God the Most High,Who has delivered your enemies into your hand.And 1Abram gave him a atenth of all.
(4)  Overcoming the temptation of earthly substance — vv. 21-24
Gen 14:21 - And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the people, and take the possessions for yourself.
Gen 14:22 - But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have alifted up my hand to Jehovah, God the Most High, bPossessor of heaven and earth,
Gen 14:23 - That I will 1not take a thread or a sandal thong or anything that is yours, lest you say, I have made Abram rich;
Gen 14:24 - Except only that which the young men have eaten and the portion of the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.

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Chapter 15 of 50

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3.  Knowing grace for the fulfillment of God's purpose — 15:1-17:27
a.  God's covenant with Abraham — 15:1-21(1)  Concerning the seed — vv. 1-6
Gen 15:1 - 1After these things the word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision, saying, Do not be afraid, Abram; I am your 2ashield and your exceedingly great 2reward.
Gen 15:2 - And Abram said, O Lord Jehovah, what will You give me, for I go achildless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?
Gen 15:3 - And Abram said, Since You have given me no 1aseed, therefore, a 2servant in my house is my heir.
Gen 15:4 - But then the word of Jehovah came to him, saying, This man shall not be your heir, but he who will come out from your own 1body shall be your heir.
Gen 15:5 - And He brought him outside and said, Look now toward the heavens, and count the 1astars, if you are able to count them. And He said to him, bSo shall your seed be.
Gen 15:6 - And he 1abelieved Jehovah, and He accounted it to him as righteousness.
(2)  Concerning the land — vv. 7-21
Gen 15:7 - Then He said to him, I am Jehovah who brought you out of aUr of the Chaldeans to give you this land to inherit it.
Gen 15:8 - And he said, O Lord Jehovah, 1how will I know that I will inherit it?
Gen 15:9 - And He said to him, Bring Me a three-year-old 1heifer and a three-year-old female goat and a three-year-old ram and a turtledove and a young pigeon.
Gen 15:10 - And he 1brought Him all these and acut them in two in the middle and laid the half of each opposite the other, but the bbirds he did not cut in two.
Gen 15:11 - And the 1abirds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
Gen 15:12 - And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, behold, a terror and great darkness fell upon him.
Gen 15:13 - And He said to Abram, Know assuredly that your seed will be asojourners in a land that is not theirs, and they will serve them; and they will 1bafflict them 2cfour hundred years.
Gen 15:14 - But I will also ajudge that nation, whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out with great bpossessions.
Gen 15:15 - But as for you, you will go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried in a good aold age.
Gen 15:16 - And in the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the aAmorites is not yet complete.
Gen 15:17 - And when the sun went down and it was dark, there came a smoking 1furnace and a 1torch of fire which passed between these pieces.
Gen 15:18 - On that day Jehovah made a acovenant with Abram, saying,To your bseed do I give this land,From the 1river of Egypt to the great criver, the river Euphrates:
Gen 15:19 - The land of the Kenites and the Kenizzites and the Kadmonites
Gen 15:20 - And the Hittites and the Perizzites and the 1Rephaim
Gen 15:21 - And the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Girgashites and the Jebusites.

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Chapter 16 of 50

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b.  The two women—an allegory — 16:1-16
Gen 16:1 - Now 1Sarai, Abram’s wife, abore him no children; and she had an Egyptian female servant, whose name was 1bHagar.
Gen 16:2 - And Sarai said to Abram, Because aJehovah has prevented me from bearing, please go in to my female servant; perhaps I will 1have children through her. And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
Gen 16:3 - So after Abram had dwelt aten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her female servant, and gave her to Abram her husband to be a wife.
Gen 16:4 - And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
Gen 16:5 - And Sarai said to Abram, May the wrong done to me be upon you. I gave my female servant into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. May Jehovah judge between me and you.
Gen 16:6 - And Abram said to Sarai, Your female servant is now in your hand; do to her what is good in your eyes. So Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from before her.
Gen 16:7 - And the 1aAngel of Jehovah found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur.
Gen 16:8 - And He said, Hagar, Sarai’s female servant, where did you come from and where are you going? And she said, I am fleeing from before my mistress Sarai.
Gen 16:9 - And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.
Gen 16:10 - And the Angel of Jehovah said to her, I will greatly amultiply your seed, so that it will not be counted for multitude.
Gen 16:11 - And the Angel of Jehovah said to her,You have now conceivedAnd will bear a son,And you shall call his name 1Ishmael,Because Jehovah has heard of your affliction.
Gen 16:12 - And he will be a wild ass of a man;His hand will be against everyone,And everyone’s hand, against him;And he will settle down opposite all his brothers.Gen 16:13 - And she called the name of Jehovah who spoke to her, 1You are a 2God who reveals Himself, for she said, 3Do I even remain here after He has revealed Himself to me?
Gen 16:14 - Therefore the well was called 1Beer-lahai-roi; there it is, between Kadesh and Bered.
Gen 16:15 - And aHagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, 1Ishmael.
Gen 16:16 - And Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

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Chapter 17 of 50

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c.  God's covenant confirmed with circumcision — 17:1-14
Gen 17:1 - And when Abram was 1ninety-nine years old, Jehovah appeared to Abram and said to him,I am the 2aAll-sufficient God;3Walk before Me, and be 3perfect.
Gen 17:2 - And I will make My acovenant between Me and you,And I will bmultiply you exceedingly.Gen 17:3 - And Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying,
Gen 17:4 - As for Me, this is My acovenant with you,And you shall become the bfather of a multitude of 1nations.Gen 17:5 - Your name shall no longer be called 1Abram,But your name shall be 2aAbraham;For I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
Gen 17:6 - And I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make anations of you, and bkings will come forth from you.
Gen 17:7 - And I will establish My acovenant between Me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be bGod to you and to your seed after you.
Gen 17:8 - And I will give to you and to your aseed after you the land of your bsojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be ctheir God.
Gen 17:9 - And God said to Abraham, And as for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.
Gen 17:10 - This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your seed after you: Every male among you shall be 1acircumcised.
Gen 17:11 - And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be a 1asign of a covenant between Me and you.
Gen 17:12 - And he who is 1eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house or bought with money from any aforeigner who is not of your seed.
Gen 17:13 - He who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised; thus My acovenant shall be in your flesh for an beverlasting covenant.
Gen 17:14 - But as for the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be 1cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.
d.  The birth of Isaac promised — 17:15-27
Gen 17:15 - And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name 1Sarai, but her name shall be 2Sarah.
Gen 17:16 - And I will bless her, and I will also give you a ason 1by her. Indeed, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of bnations; kings of peoples will come forth from her.
Gen 17:17 - Then Abraham fell upon his face and alaughed and said in his heart, Will a child be born to a man who is a bhundred years old? And will Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?
Gen 17:18 - And Abraham said to God, Oh that Ishmael might live before You!
Gen 17:19 - But God said, No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a ason, and you shall call his name 1bIsaac; and I will 2establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
Gen 17:20 - And as for Ishmael, I have heard you; indeed, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and will amultiply him exceedingly. bTwelve princes will he beget, and I will make him a cgreat nation.
Gen 17:21 - But My covenant I will aestablish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this 1bappointed time next year.
Gen 17:22 - And when He finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.
Gen 17:23 - And Abraham took Ishmael his son and all who were born in his house and all who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and acircumcised the flesh of their foreskin on the very same day, as God had said to him.
Gen 17:24 - And Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Gen 17:25 - And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Gen 17:26 - On the very same day Abraham was circumcised as well as Ishmael his son.
Gen 17:27 - And all the men of his house, those born in the house and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

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Chapter 18 of 50

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4.  Living in fellowship with God — 18:1-24:67
a.  Communion with God on the human level — 18:1-22
Gen 18:1 - And Jehovah appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre as he was sitting at the entrance of his atent in the heat of the day.
Gen 18:2 - And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and there were three 1men standing opposite him. And when he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to ameet them. And he bowed down to the earth
Gen 18:3 - And said, My Lord, if I have found favor in Your sight, please do not pass on from Your servant.
Gen 18:4 - Please let a little water be fetched, and do awash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
Gen 18:5 - And let me afetch a morsel of bread that you may sustain yourselves. After that you may pass on, since you have come to your servant. So they said, Do as you have said.
Gen 18:6 - And Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, Quickly prepare athree 1measures of fine flour, knead it, and make 2cakes.
Gen 18:7 - And Abraham ran to the herd and took a acalf, tender and good, and gave it to the servant, and he hurried to prepare it.
Gen 18:8 - And he took curds and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set them before them; and he stood by them under the tree while they ate.
Gen 18:9 - And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, There, in the tent.
Gen 18:10 - And He said, I will certainly return to you according to the atime of life, and then Sarah your wife shall have a bson. And Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent, which was behind Him.
Gen 18:11 - Now Abraham and Sarah were aold and advanced in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah according to the manner of women.
Gen 18:12 - And Sarah alaughed within herself, saying, After I have become old, shall I have pleasure, my blord being old also?
Gen 18:13 - And Jehovah said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I indeed bear a child when I am old?
Gen 18:14 - aIs anything too marvelous for Jehovah? At the 1bappointed time I will return to you, according to the ctime of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
Gen 18:15 - Then Sarah denied it, saying, I did not laugh; for she was afraid. And He said, No, but you did laugh.
Gen 18:16 - And the men rose up from there and looked down upon Sodom. And Abraham walked with them to send them away.
Gen 18:17 - And Jehovah said, 1Shall I ahide from Abraham what I am about to do,
Gen 18:18 - Since Abraham will indeed become a great and mighty nation, and aall the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?
Gen 18:19 - For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of Jehovah by doing righteousness and justice, that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken concerning him.
Gen 18:20 - And Jehovah said, The cry of aSodom and Gomorrah, how great it is; and their sin, how very heavy it is!
Gen 18:21 - I shall go down and see whether they have done altogether according to its outcry, which has come to Me; and if not, I will know.
Gen 18:22 - And the men turned from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham 1remained astanding before Jehovah.
b.  A glorious intercession — 18:23-33
Gen 18:23 - And Abraham came near and said, Will You indeed destroy the 1righteous with the wicked?
Gen 18:24 - Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will You indeed destroy and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it?
Gen 18:25 - 1Far be it from You to do such a thing, to put to death the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked. Far be it from You! Shall the aJudge of all the earth not do justly?
Gen 18:26 - And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake.
Gen 18:27 - And Abraham answered and said, Now behold, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord, though I am but dust and ashes.
Gen 18:28 - Suppose the fifty righteous are lacking five, will You destroy the whole city because of five? And He said, I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.
Gen 18:29 - And he spoke to Him yet again and said, Suppose forty are found there? And He said, I will not do it, because of the forty.
Gen 18:30 - And he said, Oh may the Lord not be angry if I speak. Suppose thirty are found there? And He said, I will not do it if I find thirty there.
Gen 18:31 - And he said, Now behold, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there? And He said, I will not destroy it, because of the twenty.
Gen 18:32 - And he said, Oh let the Lord not be angry if I speak yet once more. Suppose ten are found there? And He said, I will not destroy it, because of the ten.
Gen 18:33 - And Jehovah went away as soon as He had finished 1speaking with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.

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Chapter 19 of 50

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c.  The negative record of Lot — 19:1-38(1)  A defeated righteous man and a pillar of salt — vv. 1-29
Gen 19:1 - aAnd the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and bLot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. And when 1Lot saw them, he rose up to meet them and bowed with his face to the ground.
Gen 19:2 - And he said, Now, my lords, please turn aside here to your servant’s house, and spend the night, and awash your feet; then you can rise up early and go on your way. But they said, No; we will spend the night in the square.
Gen 19:3 - But he urged them strongly, and they turned aside to him and entered his house. And he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
Gen 19:4 - But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of aSodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter;
Gen 19:5 - And they called to Lot and said to him, Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may 1know them.
Gen 19:6 - And Lot went out to them at the entrance and shut the door behind him.
Gen 19:7 - And he said, Please, my brothers, do not act so wickedly.
Gen 19:8 - I have here two 1daughters who have not known a man. Please, let me bring them out to you, and do to them as is fitting in your eyes; only do not do anything to these men, inasmuch as they have come under the shelter of my roof.
Gen 19:9 - But they said, Stand aside. Then they said, This one came here to asojourn, and already he is acting like a judge. Now we will treat you worse than we would have them. And they pressed hard against the man, against Lot, and came near in order to break down the door.
Gen 19:10 - But the men stretched out their hand and brought Lot into the house to them and shut the door.
Gen 19:11 - And they struck the men who were at the entrance of the house with 1blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the entrance.
Gen 19:12 - And the men said to Lot, Whom else do you have here? A son-in-law or your sons and your daughters or anyone you have in the city—bring them out of the place.
Gen 19:13 - For we are about to destroy this place, because their outcry has become so great before Jehovah that Jehovah has sent us to destroy it.
Gen 19:14 - And Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, and said, Rise up; ago forth from this place, for Jehovah will destroy the city. But it seemed to his sons-in-law as though he were joking.
Gen 19:15 - And when the morning dawned, the angels urged aLot, saying, Rise up; take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be destroyed in the iniquity of the city.
Gen 19:16 - But he 1lingered; so the men seized his hand and the hand of his wife and the hand of his two daughters, Jehovah being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.
Gen 19:17 - And when they had brought them outside, He said, Escape for your life. Do not look abehind you, neither stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the hills, lest you be destroyed.
Gen 19:18 - And Lot said to them, May it not be so, Lord;
Gen 19:19 - Even though Your servant has found favor in Your sight, and You have magnified Your lovingkindness, which You have showed to me in preserving my life; I cannot escape to the mountain, lest the disaster overtake me and I die.
Gen 19:20 - Here, this city is nearby to flee to, and it is a little one. Please let me escape there—is it not a little one?—and 1I shall live.
Gen 19:21 - And He said to him, I now grant you this request also, that I will not overthrow the city concerning which you have spoken.
Gen 19:22 - Hurry, escape there; for I cannot do anything until you arrive there. Therefore the name of the city was called 1Zoar.
Gen 19:23 - The sun had risen over the earth when Lot came to Zoar.
Gen 19:24 - Then Jehovah rained upon aSodom and upon Gomorrah bbrimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven.
Gen 19:25 - And He overthrew those cities and all the plain and all the inhabitants of the cities and what grew on the ground.
Gen 19:26 - But his awife looked back from behind him, and she became a 1bpillar of salt.
Gen 19:27 - And Abraham rose up early in the morning and went to the place where he had astood before Jehovah.
Gen 19:28 - And he looked down upon Sodom and Gomorrah and upon all the land of the plain. And as he looked, there it was: the smoke of the land was going up like the asmoke of a furnace.
Gen 19:29 - And when God destroyed the cities of the plain, God aremembered Abraham and sent Lot out from the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities among which Lot dwelt.
(2)  The seed by incest — vv. 30-38
Gen 19:30 - Then Lot went up out of Zoar and dwelt in the mountains, and his two daughters with him, for he was afraid to dwell in Zoar. And he and his two daughters dwelt in a cave.
Gen 19:31 - And the firstborn said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man on the earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth.
Gen 19:32 - Come, let us make our father drink wine; and let us lie with him, that we may preserve alive 1seed from our father.
Gen 19:33 - And they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.
Gen 19:34 - And the next day the firstborn said to the younger, I have now lain with my father last night. Let us make him drink wine tonight also; and you go in, and lie with him, that we may preserve alive seed from our father.
Gen 19:35 - And they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger one arose and lay with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.
Gen 19:36 - Thus both the daughters of Lot became pregnant by their father.
Gen 19:37 - And the firstborn bore a son and called his name 1aMoab; he is the father of the 2bMoabites to this day.
Gen 19:38 - And the younger, she also bore a son and called his name 1Ben-ammi; he is the father of the children of aAmmon to this day.

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Chapter 20 of 50

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d.  A hidden weakness and a shameful intercession — 20:1-18
Gen 20:1 - And Abraham journeyed from 1there toward the region of the Negev and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; then he sojourned in Gerar.
Gen 20:2 - And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, 1She is my asister. And Abimelech the king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
Gen 20:3 - But God came to Abimelech in a adream by night and said to him, You are now about to die because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a man’s wife.
Gen 20:4 - But Abimelech had not come near her, so he said, Lord, will You slay even a righteous nation?
Gen 20:5 - Did he himself not say to me, She is my sister? And even she herself said, He is my brother. In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands I have done this.
Gen 20:6 - And God said to him in the dream, Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also prevented you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.
Gen 20:7 - Now therefore return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; and he will apray for you, and you will live. But if you do not return her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours.
Gen 20:8 - And Abimelech rose early in the morning and called all his servants and spoke all these things in their hearing. And the men were very afraid.
Gen 20:9 - Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, What have you done to us? And how have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me things that ought not to be done.
Gen 20:10 - And Abimelech said to Abraham, 1What were you thinking, that you have done this thing?
Gen 20:11 - And Abraham said, Because I 1thought, Surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will aslay me because of my wife.
Gen 20:12 - But she is also truly my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
Gen 20:13 - And 1when aGod caused me to wander from my father’s house, I said to her, This is your kindness which you must do to me: At every place where we go, say of me, He is my brother.
Gen 20:14 - Then Abimelech took sheep and oxen and male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham; and he 1returned Sarah his wife to him.
Gen 20:15 - And Abimelech said, My land is now before you; dwell wherever it pleases you.
Gen 20:16 - And to Sarah he said, I have now given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is now your 1vindication in the eyes of all who are with you. And in every respect you have been cleared.
Gen 20:17 - And Abraham 1aprayed to God; and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his female servants, so that they bore children.
Gen 20:18 - For Jehovah had completely shut up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s awife.

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Chapter 21 of 50

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e.  The birth and growth of Isaac — 21:1-8
Gen 21:1 - 1And Jehovah 2avisited Sarah as He had said, and Jehovah did to Sarah as He had bpromised.
Gen 21:2 - And aSarah conceived and 1bore Abraham a bson in his old age, at the cappointed time of which God had spoken to him.
Gen 21:3 - And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, 1aIsaac.
Gen 21:4 - And Abraham 1acircumcised Isaac his son when he was 2eight days old, as God had commanded him.
Gen 21:5 - And Abraham was a ahundred years old when Isaac his son was born to him.
Gen 21:6 - And Sarah said, God has made me alaugh; everyone who hears will laugh with me.
Gen 21:7 - And she said, Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.
Gen 21:8 - And the child 1grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
f.  Hagar and Ishmael cast out — 21:9-14
Gen 21:9 - And Sarah saw the ason of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, 1bmocking.
Gen 21:10 - So she said to Abraham, 1aCast out this maidservant and her son, for the son of this maidservant shall bnot inherit with my son Isaac.
Gen 21:11 - And the matter displeased Abraham greatly on account of his son.
Gen 21:12 - And God said to Abraham, Do not be displeased on account of the boy and on account of your maidservant. Whatever Sarah says to you, listen to her voice, for in aIsaac shall your bseed be called.
Gen 21:13 - And of the son of the maidservant I will also make a anation, because he is your seed.
Gen 21:14 - And Abraham rose up early in the morning and took bread and a waterskin full of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and gave her the child and sent her away. And she departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
g.  Two wells—two sources of living — 21:15-34
Gen 21:15 - When the water in the waterskin was finished, she cast the child under one of the bushes.
Gen 21:16 - And she went and sat herself down opposite him, a fair distance away, about a bowshot away, for she said, Do not let me look upon the death of the child. And as she sat opposite him, she lifted up her voice and wept.
Gen 21:17 - And God heard the voice of the boy. And the aAngel of God called to Hagar out of heaven and said to her, What troubles you, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.
Gen 21:18 - Rise up; lift up the boy, and hold him with your hand, for I will make him a great nation.
Gen 21:19 - And God opened her eyes, and she saw a 1well of water. And she went and filled the waterskin with water and gave the boy a drink.
Gen 21:20 - And God was with the boy, and he grew. And he dwelt in the wilderness and became an archer.
Gen 21:21 - And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
Gen 21:22 - And at that time Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with you in all that you do.
Gen 21:23 - Now therefore aswear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity. According to the kindness that I have shown to you, you shall do to me and to the land in which you have sojourned.
Gen 21:24 - And Abraham said, I swear it.
Gen 21:25 - And Abraham confronted Abimelech concerning the 1awell of water which Abimelech’s servants had taken by force.
Gen 21:26 - And Abimelech said, I do not know who has done this thing; and you did not tell me about it, nor have I even heard of it until today.
Gen 21:27 - And Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech. And the two of them made a covenant.
Gen 21:28 - And Abraham set 1seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
Gen 21:29 - And Abimelech said to Abraham, What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?
Gen 21:30 - And he said, These seven ewe lambs you shall take from my hand, that it may be a witness for me that I dug this well.
Gen 21:31 - Therefore he called that place 1aBeer-sheba, because there the two of them swore an oath.
Gen 21:32 - So they made a 1covenant at Beer-sheba; and Abimelech rose up with Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the 2Philistines.
Gen 21:33 - And 1Abraham planted a 2tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and there he acalled on the name of Jehovah, the 3bEternal God.
Gen 21:34 - And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days.

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Chapter 22 of 50

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h.  The offering up of Isaac — 22:1-24
Gen 22:1 - Now after these things God atested Abraham and said to him, Abraham. And he said, Here I am.
Gen 22:2 - And He said, Take now your son, your 1only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of 2aMoriah, and 3offer him there as a 4burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.
Gen 22:3 - And Abraham 1rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son. And he split the wood for the burnt offering and rose up and went to the place of which God had told him.
Gen 22:4 - On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar.
Gen 22:5 - And Abraham said to his young men, Stay here with the donkey; and I and the boy will go over there, and we will worship, and then we will return to you.
Gen 22:6 - And Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it upon Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. And the two of them walked together.
Gen 22:7 - And Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, My father! And he said, Here I am, my son. And he said, The fire and the wood are here, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Gen 22:8 - And Abraham said, God Himself will aprovide the blamb for a burnt offering, my son. So the two of them walked on together.
Gen 22:9 - And they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound aIsaac his son and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.
Gen 22:10 - And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.
Gen 22:11 - And the 1aAngel of Jehovah called to him from the heavens and said, Abraham, Abraham. And he said, Here I am.
Gen 22:12 - And He said, Do not stretch out your hand upon the boy, nor do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.
Gen 22:13 - And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a 1ram, caught in the 2thicket by its horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering in place of his son.
Gen 22:14 - And Abraham called the name of that place 1Jehovah-jireh, as it is said to this day, On the amount of Jehovah 2it will be bprovided.
Gen 22:15 - And the aAngel of Jehovah called to Abraham a second time from the heavens
Gen 22:16 - And said, By Myself I have asworn, declares Jehovah: Because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son,
Gen 22:17 - aI will surely bless you and will greatly multiply your seed like the 1bstars of the heavens and like the 1csand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the dgate of his enemies.
Gen 22:18 - And in your 1seed aall the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have bobeyed My voice.
Gen 22:19 - So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham dwelt in Beer-sheba.
Gen 22:20 - And after these things it was told Abraham, saying, Milcah has now also borne children to your brother Nahor:
Gen 22:21 - Uz his firstborn and Buz his brother and Kemuel the father of Aram
Gen 22:22 - And Chesed and Hazo and Pildash and Jidlaph and Bethuel;
Gen 22:23 - And Bethuel begot 1Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
Gen 22:24 - And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah.

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Chapter 23 of 50

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i.  The death and burial of Sarah — 23:1-20
Gen 23:1 - And the life of Sarah was one hundred twenty-seven years. These were the years of the life of Sarah.
Gen 23:2 - And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, 1aHebron) in the land of Canaan. And Abraham proceeded to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
Gen 23:3 - Then Abraham rose up from before his dead wife and spoke to the 1children of Heth, saying,
Gen 23:4 - I am a stranger and a asojourner among you. Give me the possession of a burial place among you that I may bury my dead wife out of my sight.
Gen 23:5 - And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him,
Gen 23:6 - Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God in our midst. In the 1choicest of our burial places bury your dead wife. None of us will withhold from you his burial place for burying your dead wife.
Gen 23:7 - And Abraham rose up and bowed down to the people of the land, to the children of Heth.
Gen 23:8 - And he spoke with them, saying, If it is your desire that I should bury my dead wife out of my sight, hear me, and entreat Ephron the son of Zohar for me,
Gen 23:9 - That he would give me the cave of 1aMachpelah, which is his and which is at the end of his 2field. For the full price let him give it to me in your midst for the possession of a burial place.
Gen 23:10 - Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the children of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, in the hearing of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,
Gen 23:11 - No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field and the cave that is in it; to you I give it. In the presence of the children of my people I give it to you; bury your dead wife.
Gen 23:12 - And Abraham bowed down before the people of the land.
Gen 23:13 - And he spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, But if you will, please hear me; I will give the price of the field. Take it from me, that I may bury my dead wife there.
Gen 23:14 - And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,
Gen 23:15 - My lord, listen to me. A piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and you? Therefore bury your dead wife.
Gen 23:16 - And Abraham listened to Ephron, and Abraham weighed out to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current with the merchant.
Gen 23:17 - So the field of Ephron, which was in aMachpelah and which was before Mamre, the field and the cave which was in it and all the trees that were in the field, which were in all its territory, were assured
Gen 23:18 - To Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, in the presence of all who went in at the gate of his city.
Gen 23:19 - And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
Gen 23:20 - And the field and the cave that is in it were assured to Abraham for the possession of a burial place from the children of Heth.

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Chapter 24 of 50

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j.  The marriage of Isaac — 24:1-67
Gen 24:1 - And Abraham was old and advanced in age. And Jehovah had ablessed Abraham in all things.
Gen 24:2 - 1And Abraham said to his 2aservant, the oldest of his house, who ruled over all that he had, Put your hand under my thigh;
Gen 24:3 - And I will make you swear by Jehovah, the aGod of heaven and the God of earth, that you will 1not take a wife for my son from the bdaughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am dwelling.
Gen 24:4 - But you shall go to my country and to my 1relatives, and take a awife for my son Isaac.
Gen 24:5 - And the servant said to him, Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I then take your son back to the land from where you came?
Gen 24:6 - And Abraham said to him, 1Be certain not to take my son back there.
Gen 24:7 - Jehovah, the aGod of heaven, who btook me from my father’s house and from the land of my birth, and who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, To your cseed I will give this land, He will send His angel before you; and you shall take a wife for my son from there.
Gen 24:8 - And if the woman is not willing to follow you, you shall be free from this oath of mine; only you shall not take my son back there.
Gen 24:9 - So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning this matter.
Gen 24:10 - And the servant took ten camels from the camels of his master and departed, having all kinds of his master’s good things in his hand. And he rose up and went to 1aAram-naharaim, to the city of Nahor.
Gen 24:11 - And he made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, at the time when women go out to draw water.
Gen 24:12 - And he said, O Jehovah, the God of my master aAbraham, 1please grant me success today, and show lovingkindness to my master Abraham.
Gen 24:13 - aI am standing here by the spring of water as the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
Gen 24:14 - And may it be that the girl to whom I say, Please let down your pitcher that I may drink, and who says, Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink, may she be the one whom You have appointed for Your servant, for Isaac; and in this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.
Gen 24:15 - But before he had finished speaking, there was Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, coming out with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
Gen 24:16 - And the girl was very beautiful in appearance, a 1virgin, and no man had known her. And she went down to the spring and filled her pitcher and came up.
Gen 24:17 - And the servant ran to meet her and said, Please let me sip a little water from your pitcher.
Gen 24:18 - And she said, Drink, my lord. And she hurried and lowered her pitcher on her hand and gave him a drink.
Gen 24:19 - And when she had finished giving him a drink, she said, I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.
Gen 24:20 - And she hurried and emptied her pitcher into the trough and ran again to the well to draw water, and she drew it for all his camels.
Gen 24:21 - And the man gazed fixedly upon her in silence to know whether Jehovah had made his journey prosperous or not.
Gen 24:22 - And when the camels had finished drinking, the man took a golden 1anose-ring weighing 2half a shekel and two 1bracelets for her hands weighing 2ten gold shekels,
Gen 24:23 - And said, Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to lodge in?
Gen 24:24 - And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor.
Gen 24:25 - She also said to him, We have plenty of straw and fodder and also a place to lodge.
Gen 24:26 - And the man bowed and aworshipped Jehovah.
Gen 24:27 - And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of my master aAbraham, who has not forsaken His lovingkindness and His faithfulness toward my master. As for me, Jehovah has led me in the way to the house of my master’s brothers.
Gen 24:28 - And the girl ran and told her mother’s house about these things.
Gen 24:29 - And Rebekah had a brother whose name was aLaban, and Laban ran out to the man, to the spring.
Gen 24:30 - As soon as he had seen the nose-ring and the bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and had heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, This is what the man spoke to me, he went to the man. And there he was, standing by the camels at the spring.
Gen 24:31 - And he said, Come in, O ablessed of Jehovah! Why do you stand outside when I have prepared the house and a place for the camels?
Gen 24:32 - And the man came into the house, and 1Laban unloaded the camels. And he gave straw and fodder to the camels and water to awash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.
Gen 24:33 - And food was set before him to eat. But he said, I will not eat until I have stated my business. And he said, Speak on.
Gen 24:34 - And he said, I am Abraham’s servant.
Gen 24:35 - And Jehovah has ablessed 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.
Gen 24:36 - And Sarah my master’s wife bore a ason to my master after she had become old. And he has given ball that he has to him.
Gen 24:37 - And my master made me aswear, saying, You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell.
Gen 24:38 - But you shall go to my father’s house and to my family, and take a wife for my son.
Gen 24:39 - And I said to my master, Perhaps the woman will not follow me.
Gen 24:40 - And he said to me, Jehovah, before whom I walk, will send His aangel with you and make your journey prosperous. And you shall take a wife for my son from my family, even from my father’s house.
Gen 24:41 - Then you will be free from my oath, when you come to my family and if they do not give her to you; you will be free from my oath.
Gen 24:42 - And I came today to the spring and said, O Jehovah, the God of my master aAbraham, if now You will only make my journey on which I go prosperous!
Gen 24:43 - aI am standing here by the spring of water, and may it be that the maiden who comes out to draw water, to whom I will say, Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,
Gen 24:44 - And she will say to me, aDrink, and I will also draw water for your camels, may she be the woman whom Jehovah has appointed for my master’s son.
Gen 24:45 - Before I had finished speaking in my heart, there came Rebekah, and her pitcher was on her shoulder. And she went down to the spring and drew water. And I said to her, Please let me drink.
Gen 24:46 - And she hurried and let down her pitcher from her shoulder and said, Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink. So I drank, and she also gave the camels a drink.
Gen 24:47 - 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 anose-ring upon her nose and the bracelets upon her hands.
Gen 24:48 - And I bowed and aworshipped Jehovah and blessed Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take the daughter of my master’s bbrother for his son.
Gen 24:49 - And now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me so; but if not, tell me so, that I may turn to the right hand or to the left.
Gen 24:50 - Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The matter comes from Jehovah; we cannot speak to you bad or good.
Gen 24:51 - Here is Rebekah before you: Take her, and go; and let her be the wife of your master’s son, as Jehovah has spoken.
Gen 24:52 - And when Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the earth to Jehovah.
Gen 24:53 - And the servant brought forth 1silver jewelry and gold jewelry and clothing and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother.
Gen 24:54 - And they ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and spent the night. And they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away to my master.
Gen 24:55 - And her brother and her mother said, Let the girl stay with us a few days, ten or so; after that she may go.
Gen 24:56 - And he said to them, Do not delay me, since Jehovah has made my journey prosperous. Send me away that I may go to my master.
Gen 24:57 - And they said, Let us call the girl and ask 1her.
Gen 24:58 - And they called Rebekah and said to her, Will you go with this man? And she said, I will go.
Gen 24:59 - So they sent away Rebekah their sister and her anurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.
Gen 24:60 - And they blessed Rebekah and said to her,May you, our sister, becomeaThousands of ten thousands,And may your seed possessThe bgate of those who hate 1them.
Gen 24:61 - And Rebekah arose with her maids, and they rode on the camels and followed the man. And the servant took Rebekah and went away.
Gen 24:62 - Now Isaac had come from going to 1aBeer-lahai-roi, for he was dwelling in the region of the Negev.
Gen 24:63 - And Isaac went out to meditate in the field toward evening. And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, camels were coming.
Gen 24:64 - And Rebekah lifted up her eyes; and when she saw Isaac, she sprang off the camel.
Gen 24:65 - And she said to the servant, Who is this man who is walking in the field to meet us? And the servant said, It is my master. And she took her aveil and covered herself.
Gen 24:66 - And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.
Gen 24:67 - And Isaac 1brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother. And he took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. And Isaac was comforted after the death of his mother.

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Chapter 25 of 50

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5.  Having no maturity in life — 25:1-18
Gen 25:1 - And Abraham took 1another wife, whose name was aKeturah.
Gen 25:2 - And she bore him Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and aMidian and Ishbak and Shuah.
Gen 25:3 - And Jokshan begot Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurim and the Letushim and the Leummim.
Gen 25:4 - And the sons of Midian: Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.
Gen 25:5 - And Abraham gave 1aall that he had to 2Isaac.
Gen 25:6 - But to the sons of the concubines that Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts. And he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he was still living, eastward to the east country.
Gen 25:7 - And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, one hundred seventy-five years.
Gen 25:8 - And Abraham expired and died in a good old age, an old man and full of days, and he was gathered to his people.
Gen 25:9 - And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of 1aMachpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which faces Mamre,
Gen 25:10 - The field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth; there aAbraham was buried with Sarah his wife.
Gen 25:11 - And after the death of Abraham, God 1blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac dwelt by aBeer-lahai-roi.
Gen 25:12 - Now these are the generations of aIshmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s female servant, bore to Abraham.
Gen 25:13 - And these are the names of the asons of Ishmael, by their names according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam
Gen 25:14 - And Mishma and Dumah and Massa;
Gen 25:15 - Hadad and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
Gen 25:16 - These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names by their villages and by their encampments, twelve princes according to their peoples.
Gen 25:17 - And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, one hundred thirty-seven years. And he expired and died and was gathered to his people.
Gen 25:18 - And they dwelt from Havilah to Shur, which faces Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He settled down opposite all his brothers.
B.  The second aspect—the experience of Isaac — 25:19-21, 27-28; 26:1-27:4, 27b-41; 28:6-9
1.  Gaining twin sons — 25:19-21
Gen 25:19 - And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son. Abraham begot aIsaac.
Gen 25:20 - And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramaean, to be his wife.
Gen 25:21 - And Isaac 1entreated Jehovah for his wife because she was barren. And Jehovah was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife aconceived.
C.  The third aspect—the experience of Jacob (with Joseph) — 25:22-26, 29-34; 27:5-27a; 27:42-28:5; 28:10-50:26
1.  Being dealt with — 25:22-26, 29-34; 27:5-27a; 27:42-28:5; 28:10-32:21
a.  Being chosen to be born second — 25:22-26
Gen 25:22 - And the children struggled with each other within her. And she said, If it is so, why am I like this? And she went to inquire of Jehovah.
Gen 25:23 - And Jehovah said to her,1aTwo nations are in your womb,And two peoples shall be separated from your bowels.And the one people shall be bstronger than the other people.And the older shall cserve the 2younger.
Gen 25:24 - And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
Gen 25:25 - And the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment; and they called his name 1Esau.
Gen 25:26 - And after that his brother came forth, and his hand was 1aholding on to Esau’s heel, so his name was called 2bJacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.
(B.  The experience of Isaac—cont'd)
2.  Living in the natural life like Jacob — 25:27-28; 28:6-9
Gen 25:27 - And when the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in atents.
Gen 25:28 - Now Isaac loved Esau because 1he had a taste for game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.
(C.  The experience of Jacob—cont'd)
(1.  Being dealt with—cont'd)
b.  Being forced to leave the loving mother and the father's home — 25:29-34; 27:5-27a; 27:42-28:5(1)  Supplanting the birthright — 25:29-34
Gen 25:29 - And Jacob cooked a stew. And Esau came in from the field, and he was faint.
Gen 25:30 - And Esau said to Jacob, Let me swallow down some of the red stew, that red stew there, for I am faint. Therefore his name was called 1aEdom.
Gen 25:31 - And Jacob said, 1First sell me your birthright.
Gen 25:32 - And Esau said, I am now about to die. Of what use then is this birthright to me?
Gen 25:33 - And Jacob said, First swear to me. And he swore to him and sold his abirthright to Jacob.
Gen 25:34 - And Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose up and went away. Thus Esau 1despised his birthright.

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Chapter 26 of 50

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(B.  The experience of Isaac—cont'd)
3.  Inheriting the promise given to his father — 26:1-5
Gen 26:1 - And there was a famine in the land, besides the former afamine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Abimelech the king of the Philistines at Gerar.
Gen 26:2 - And Jehovah appeared to him and said, Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I will tell you.
Gen 26:3 - aSojourn in this land, and I will be bwith you and will 1bless you; for to you and to your cseed I will give all these lands, and I will destablish the eoath which I swore to Abraham your father.
Gen 26:4 - And I will multiply your seed as the astars of heaven and will give to your seed all these lands; and in your seed ball the nations of the earth will be blessed,
Gen 26:5 - Because Abraham aobeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.
(B.  The experience of Isaac—cont'd)
4.  Having natural weakness like Abraham — 26:6-11
Gen 26:6 - So Isaac dwelt in Gerar.
Gen 26:7 - And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, 1She is my asister, for he was afraid to say, My wife, thinking, The men of this place might slay me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful in appearance.
Gen 26:8 - And when he had been there a long time, Abimelech the king of the Philistines looked out through his window and saw, and there was Isaac playfully caressing Rebekah his wife.
Gen 26:9 - And Abimelech called Isaac and said, So she is indeed your wife. How then did you say, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, Because I thought I might die on account of her.
Gen 26:10 - And Abimelech said, What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.
Gen 26:11 - And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He who touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
(B.  The experience of Isaac—cont'd)
5.  Reaping a hundredfold and becoming great — 26:12-14
Gen 26:12 - And Isaac sowed in that land and gained in the same year a ahundredfold. And Jehovah bblessed him,
Gen 26:13 - And the man became 1rich and continued to grow 1richer until he became very 1rich.
Gen 26:14 - And he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great 1household, so that the Philistines envied him.
(B.  The experience of Isaac—cont'd)
6.  Finding wells in many places — 26:15-22
Gen 26:15 - Now all the wells which his father’s servants had adug in the days of Abraham his father the Philistines had stopped up and filled with earth.
Gen 26:16 - And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.
Gen 26:17 - So Isaac went away from there and camped in the valley of Gerar and dwelt there.
Gen 26:18 - And Isaac dug again the wells of water which had been dug in the days of Abraham his father and which the Philistines had stopped up after the death of Abraham; and he called them by the same anames which his father had given them.
Gen 26:19 - And Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of 1springing water.
Gen 26:20 - And the shepherds of Gerar strove with Isaac’s shepherds, saying, The water is ours. So he called the name of the well 1Esek, because they contended with him.
Gen 26:21 - And they dug another well; and they strove over that also, so he called the name of it 1Sitnah.
Gen 26:22 - And he moved away from there and dug another well, but they did not strive over it, so he called the name of it 1Rehoboth; and he said, Now Jehovah has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.
(B.  The experience of Isaac—cont'd)
7.  God confirming His promise to him at Beer-sheba, the unique place of God's appearing for the fulfillment of His purpose — 26:23-35
Gen 26:23 - And he went up from there to Beer-sheba.
Gen 26:24 - And Jehovah 1appeared to him the same night and said, I am the aGod of Abraham your father. Do not be afraid, for I am bwith you, and I will bless you and multiply your seed for My servant Abraham’s sake.
Gen 26:25 - And he built an aaltar there and bcalled upon the name of Jehovah and pitched his ctent there. And there Isaac’s servants dug a well.
Gen 26:26 - And Abimelech came to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath his 1adviser and Phicol the captain of his army.
Gen 26:27 - And Isaac said to them, Why have you come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?
Gen 26:28 - And they said, We see plainly that Jehovah is with you; so we say, Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you,
Gen 26:29 - That you will not do us any harm, just as we have not touched you, and just as we have done to you nothing but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the ablessed of Jehovah.
Gen 26:30 - And he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.
Gen 26:31 - And they rose up early in the morning and aswore to one another. And Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
Gen 26:32 - And the same day Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well which they had dug and said to him, We have found water.
Gen 26:33 - And he called it 1Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is 2aBeer-sheba to this day.
Gen 26:34 - Now when Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith the adaughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.
Gen 26:35 - And they caused abitterness of spirit to Isaac and to Rebekah.

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Chapter 27 of 50

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(B.  The experience of Isaac—cont'd)
8.  Not having much maturity in life — 27:1-4, 27b-41
Gen 27:1 - Now when Isaac was old, and his eyes had become so adim that he could not see, he called Esau his older son and said to him, My son. And he said to him, Here I am.
Gen 27:2 - And he said, Behold now, I am old, and I do not know the day of my death.
Gen 27:3 - Now then, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and ahunt game for me,
Gen 27:4 - And prepare for me a tasty meal, such as I love, and bring it to me to eat, so that 1I may 2abless you before I die.
(C.  The experience of Jacob—cont'd)
(1.  Being dealt with—cont'd)
(b.  Being forced to leave home—cont'd)(2)  Supplanting the father's blessing — 27:5-27a
Gen 27:5 - Now Rebekah had been listening when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game to bring it home,
Gen 27:6 - Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, I just heard your father speaking to Esau your brother, saying,
Gen 27:7 - Bring me game, and prepare for me a tasty meal so that I may eat it and bless you before Jehovah before my death.
Gen 27:8 - Now therefore, my son, aobey my voice according to that which I command you.
Gen 27:9 - Go now to the flock, and take two choice kids for me from there, and I will prepare them as a tasty meal for your father, such as he loves.
Gen 27:10 - Then you shall bring it to your father to eat, so that he may abless you before his death.
Gen 27:11 - And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a ahairy man, and I am a smooth man.
Gen 27:12 - Perhaps my father will feel me, and I will be as a 1deceiver in his sight, and I will bring upon myself a acurse and not a blessing.
Gen 27:13 - And his mother said to him, Your curse be aon me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get them for me.
Gen 27:14 - And he went and got them and brought them to his mother; and his mother prepared a tasty meal, such as his father loved.
Gen 27:15 - And Rebekah took the best aclothes of Esau her older son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son.
Gen 27:16 - And she put the skins of the kids on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.
Gen 27:17 - And she put the tasty meal and the bread that she had prepared into the hand of Jacob her son.
Gen 27:18 - And he came to his father and said, My father. And he said, Here I am. Who are you, my son?
Gen 27:19 - And Jacob said to his father, I am Esau your firstborn; I have done as you told me. Now rise up; sit up and eat some of my game, so that 1you may bless me.
Gen 27:20 - And Isaac said to his son, How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because Jehovah your God put it in my way.
Gen 27:21 - And Isaac said to Jacob, Please come near that I may feel you, my son, to know whether you are really my son Esau or not.
Gen 27:22 - And Jacob came near to Isaac his father. And he felt him and said, The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are Esau’s hands.
Gen 27:23 - And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.
Gen 27:24 - And he said, Are you really my son Esau? And he said, I am.
Gen 27:25 - And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son’s game, that 1I may abless you. So he brought it near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank.
Gen 27:26 - Then his father Isaac said to him, Please come near and kiss me, my son.
Gen 27:27a - So he came near and kissed him;
(B.  The experience of Isaac—cont'd)
8.  Not having much maturity in life (cont'd) — 27:27b-41
Gen 27:27b - and when 1Isaac smelled the smell of his garments, he 2ablessed him and said,See, the smell of my son—Like the smell of a fieldWhich Jehovah has blessed.Gen 27:28 - And may God give youOf the adew of heaven and of the fatness of the earth,And an abundance of bgrain and new wine.
Gen 27:29 - Let peoples serve you,And nations bow down to you.Be lord over your brothers,And let your mother’s asons bow down to you.Cursed be those who curse you,And bblessed be those who bless you.Gen 27:30 - And as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, when Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
Gen 27:31 - And he also had prepared a tasty meal and brought it to his father. And he said to his father, Let my father rise up, and eat some of his son’s game, that 1you may bless me.
Gen 27:32 - And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.
Gen 27:33 - And Isaac trembled very greatly and said, Who was it then who hunted game and brought it to me, so that I ate of it all before you came and blessed him? And blessed will he be.
Gen 27:34 - When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a very great and abitter cry and said to his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
Gen 27:35 - And he said, Your brother came deceitfully and has taken away your blessing.
Gen 27:36 - And 1Esau said, Is he not rightly named aJacob, for he has supplanted me these two times? He took away my bbirthright, and behold now he has taken away my blessing. Then he said, Have you not reserved a blessing for me?
Gen 27:37 - And Isaac answered and said to Esau, I have already made him your alord, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants; and with bgrain and new wine I have sustained him. And what then shall I do for you, my son?
Gen 27:38 - And Esau said to his father, Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.
Gen 27:39 - And Isaac his father answered and asaid to him,Behold, 1of the bfatness of the earth shall your dwelling be,And 1of the cdew of heaven from above.
Gen 27:40 - Yet by your sword shall you live,And you shall aserve your brother.And when you 1become restless,You shall bbreak his yoke from off your neck.Gen 27:41 - And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will slay my abrother Jacob.
(C.  The experience of Jacob—cont'd)
(1.  Being dealt with—cont'd)
(b.  Being forced to leave home—cont'd)(3)  Being instructed by his mother to go away — 27:42-46
Gen 27:42 - And the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah, so she sent and called Jacob her younger son and said to him, Now your brother Esau is consoling himself concerning you by planning to kill you.
Gen 27:43 - Therefore, my son, obey my voice now, and rise up; flee to Laban my brother at Haran,
Gen 27:44 - And stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury turns away,
Gen 27:45 - Until your brother’s anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him; then I will send word and bring you back from there. Why should I be bereaved of both of you in one day?
Gen 27:46 - And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am aweary of my life because of the 1daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth like these, from the bdaughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?

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Chapter 28 of 50

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(4)  Being blessed and sent away by his father — 28:1-5
Gen 28:1 - And Isaac called Jacob and ablessed him; and he charged him and said to him, You shall not take a wife from the bdaughters of Canaan.
Gen 28:2 - Rise up, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and take from there a wife from the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother.
Gen 28:3 - And may the 1aAll-sufficient God bless you and make you bfruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples.
Gen 28:4 - And may He give you the ablessing of Abraham, to you and to your seed with you, that you may possess this land of your bsojournings, which God gave to Abraham.
Gen 28:5 - And Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban the son of Bethuel the Aramaean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.
(B.  The experience of Isaac—cont'd)
2.  Living in the natural life like Jacob (cont'd) — 28:6-9
Gen 28:6 - Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and had sent him away to Paddan-aram to take a wife from there, and that when he blessed him, he charged him, saying, You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan,
Gen 28:7 - And that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Paddan-aram.
Gen 28:8 - So Esau saw that the adaughters of Canaan displeased Isaac his father.
Gen 28:9 - Then Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, and the sister of Nebaioth to be his wife, in addition to the wives that he had.
(C.  The experience of Jacob—cont'd)
(1.  Being dealt with—cont'd)
c.  The dream at Bethel — 28:10-22
Gen 28:10 - And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba and went toward aHaran.
Gen 28:11 - And he came to a certain place and spent the night there, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of the place and 1put it under his head, and he lay down in that place.
Gen 28:12 - And he 1adreamed that there was a 2ladder set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the 3bangels of God were ascending and descending on it.
Gen 28:13 - And there was Jehovah, standing above it; and He said, I am Jehovah, the 1aGod of Abraham your father and the 1God of Isaac. The 2land on which you lie, I will give to you and to your 2bseed.
Gen 28:14 - And your seed will be as the adust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you and in your seed will ball the families of the earth be blessed.
Gen 28:15 - And, behold, I am awith you and will keep you wherever you go and will cause you to return to this land, for I will not bleave you until I have done what I have promised you.
Gen 28:16 - And Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, Surely Jehovah is in this place, and I did not know it.
Gen 28:17 - And he was afraid and said, How awesome is this place! This is none other than the ahouse of God, and this is the 1gate of heaven.
Gen 28:18 - And Jacob rose up early in the morning and took the astone that he had put under his head, and he set it up as a pillar and poured boil on top of it.
Gen 28:19 - And he called the name of that place 1aBethel, but the name of the city was bLuz previously.
Gen 28:20 - And Jacob avowed 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 garments to put on,
Gen 28:21 - So that I return to my father’s house in peace, then Jehovah will be amy God,
Gen 28:22 - And this astone, which I have set up as a pillar, will be God’s house; and of all that You give me I will surely give one btenth to You.

Genesis

Chapter 29 of 50

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d.  Being led in God's sovereignty to meet Rachel and Laban — 29:1-14
Gen 29:1 - Then Jacob 1went on his journey and came to the land of the children of the east.
Gen 29:2 - And he looked, and there in the field was a well, and there three flocks of sheep were lying beside it; for from that well they watered the flocks. And the stone on the mouth of the well was large.
Gen 29:3 - And when all the flocks would gather there, they would roll the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep; then they would put the stone back on the mouth of the well in its place.
Gen 29:4 - And Jacob said to them, My brothers, where are you from? And they said, We are from Haran.
Gen 29:5 - And he said to them, Do you know Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We do know him.
Gen 29:6 - And he said to them, Is it well with him? And they said, It is well, and here is his daughter Rachel, coming with the sheep.
Gen 29:7 - And he said, Look, it is still full day; and it is not time for the livestock to be gathered together. Water the sheep, and go feed them.
Gen 29:8 - And they said, We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together and they roll the stone from the mouth of the well; then we water the sheep.
Gen 29:9 - While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with the sheep which belonged to her father, for she was a shepherdess.
Gen 29:10 - Now when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, Jacob drew near and rolled the stone from the mouth of the well, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.
Gen 29:11 - Then Jacob kissed Rachel and lifted up his voice and wept.
Gen 29:12 - And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s 1arelative and that he was Rebekah’s son. And she ran and btold her father.
Gen 29:13 - And when Laban heard the news of Jacob his sister’s son, he ran to meet him. And he embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his house. Then 1Jacob related to Laban all these things.
Gen 29:14 - And Laban said to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh. And he stayed with him a month.
e.  Being cheated by Laban to marry Laban's two daughters — 29:15-30
Gen 29:15 - And Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?
Gen 29:16 - Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
Gen 29:17 - And Leah’s eyes were 1dull, but Rachel was beautiful in form and beautiful in appearance.
Gen 29:18 - And Jacob loved Rachel. And he said, I will aserve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.
Gen 29:19 - And Laban said, It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to another man; stay with me.
Gen 29:20 - And Jacob served seven years for Rachel, but they seemed to him only a few days because of the love he had for her.
Gen 29:21 - Then Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife that I may go in to her, for my time is completed.
Gen 29:22 - And Laban gathered together all the men of the place and made a feast.
Gen 29:23 - But in the evening he took Leah his daughter and brought her to him, and he went in to her.
Gen 29:24 - And Laban gave aZilpah his female servant to his daughter Leah to be her female servant.
Gen 29:25 - And in the morning there she was, 1Leah! And he said to Laban, What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?
Gen 29:26 - And Laban said, It is not done in this way in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.
Gen 29:27 - Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me for another seven years.
Gen 29:28 - And Jacob did so and completed her week, and he gave him Rachel his daughter as a wife.
Gen 29:29 - And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter aBilhah his female servant to be her female servant.
Gen 29:30 - And he went in also to Rachel, and he also loved Rachel, more than Leah. And he aserved with 1Laban for another seven years.
f.  The competition, envy, and wrestling between Jacob's wives in bearing children — 29:31-30:24
Gen 29:31 - Now when Jehovah saw that Leah was ahated, He opened her womb; but Rachel was bbarren.
Gen 29:32 - And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name 1aReuben, for she said, Because Jehovah has looked upon my affliction, surely now my husband will love me.
Gen 29:33 - And she conceived again and bore a son and said, Because Jehovah has heard that I am hated, He has therefore given me this son also; so she called his name 1aSimeon.
Gen 29:34 - And she conceived again and bore a son and said, Now this time my husband will be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons. Therefore his name was called 1aLevi.
Gen 29:35 - And she conceived again and bore a son and said, This time I will praise Jehovah. Therefore she called his name 1aJudah. Then she ceased bearing.

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Chapter 30 of 50

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Gen 30:1 - And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no achildren, Rachel envied her sister and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
Gen 30:2 - And Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, Am I in the place of God, who has awithheld from you the fruit of the womb?
Gen 30:3 - And she said, Here is my servant aBilhah; go in to her, that she may bear upon my knees and that I also may 1bhave children through her.
Gen 30:4 - And she gave him Bilhah her female servant as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.
Gen 30:5 - And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.
Gen 30:6 - And Rachel said, God has judged me, and has also heard my voice and given me a son; therefore she called his name 1aDan.
Gen 30:7 - And Bilhah Rachel’s female servant conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.
Gen 30:8 - And Rachel said, 1In wrestling with God, I have wrestled with my sister and have prevailed; so she called his name 2aNaphtali.
Gen 30:9 - Now when Leah saw that she ceased bearing, she took aZilpah her female servant and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
Gen 30:10 - And Zilpah Leah’s female servant bore Jacob a son.
Gen 30:11 - And Leah said, How fortunate! So she called his name 1aGad.
Gen 30:12 - And Zilpah Leah’s female servant bore Jacob a second son.
Gen 30:13 - And Leah said, 1Happy am I! For the daughters will call me 1ablessed; so she called his name 2bAsher.
Gen 30:14 - And Reuben went out in the days of wheat harvest and found amandrakes in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.
Gen 30:15 - And she said to her, Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? And would you take away my son’s mandrakes also? So Rachel said, Then he may lie with you tonight in return for your son’s mandrakes.
Gen 30:16 - And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him and said, You must come in to me, for I have surely hired you with my son’s mandrakes. So he lay with her that night.
Gen 30:17 - And God gave heed to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.
Gen 30:18 - And Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I gave my female servant to my husband; so she called his name 1aIssachar.
Gen 30:19 - And Leah conceived again and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
Gen 30:20 - And Leah said, God has endowed me with a good dowry; now my husband will 1dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons; so she called his name 2aZebulun.
Gen 30:21 - And afterward she bore a daughter and called her name Dinah.
Gen 30:22 - Then God aremembered Rachel, and God gave heed to her and bopened her womb.
Gen 30:23 - And she conceived and bore a son and said, God has taken away my areproach.
g.  Being squeezed by Laban and tricking him, but being blessed by God — 30:25-31:16
Gen 30:24 - And she called his name 1aJoseph, saying, May Jehovah add to me banother son.
Gen 30:25 - And when Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my own place and to my own country.
Gen 30:26 - Give me my wives and my children for whom I have aserved you, that I may go; for you indeed know my service by which I have served you.
Gen 30:27 - And Laban said to him, If you please, I have divined that Jehovah has blessed me on account of you.
Gen 30:28 - And he said, Name me your wages, and I will give it.
Gen 30:29 - And 1Jacob said to him, You indeed know how I have served you, and how your livestock have fared with me.
Gen 30:30 - For you had little before I came, and it has spread into a multitude, and Jehovah has blessed you wherever I turned. But now when shall I provide for my own house also?
Gen 30:31 - And he said, What shall I give you? And Jacob said, You shall not give me anything. Just do this one thing for me: Let me again feed your flock and keep it.
Gen 30:32 - Let me pass through all your flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted animal, that is, every black animal among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and such will be my wages.
Gen 30:33 - So my righteousness will testify for me later, when you come concerning my wages, by what is before you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and black among the sheep, if found with me, will be counted stolen.
Gen 30:34 - And Laban said, Fine; let it be according to your word.
Gen 30:35 - But on that day 1Laban removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the care of his sons.
Gen 30:36 - And he set a distance of a three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
Gen 30:37 - And Jacob took rods of fresh poplar and almond and plane trees and peeled white stripes in them, exposing the white which was in the rods.
Gen 30:38 - And he set the rods which he had peeled in front of the flocks in the troughs, that is, in the watering places where the flocks came to drink; and they bred when they came to drink.
Gen 30:39 - And the flocks bred before the rods; and the flocks brought forth young that were streaked, speckled, and spotted.
Gen 30:40 - And Jacob separated the lambs and set the faces of the flock toward the streaked and all the black in the flock of Laban, and he put his own herds apart and did not put them with Laban’s flock.
Gen 30:41 - And whenever the stronger of the flock were breeding, Jacob placed the rods before the eyes of the flock in the troughs so that they might breed among the rods;
Gen 30:42 - But when the flock was feebler, he did not put them in; so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
Gen 30:43 - And the man became spread out exceedingly, and had large aflocks, and female servants and male servants, and camels and donkeys.

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Chapter 31 of 50

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Gen 31:1 - Now 1Jacob heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob has taken away all that belonged to our father; and from what belonged to our father he has made all this 2wealth.
Gen 31:2 - And Jacob saw Laban’s countenance, and now it was not favorable toward him as previously.
Gen 31:3 - And Jehovah said to Jacob, aReturn to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, and I will be bwith you.
Gen 31:4 - So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to his flock in the field,
Gen 31:5 - And he said to them, I see that your father’s countenance is not favorable toward me as previously, but the God of my father has been with me.
Gen 31:6 - And you yourselves know that with all my strength I have aserved your father.
Gen 31:7 - And your father has cheated me and changed my wages aten times, but God did not allow him to harm me.
Gen 31:8 - If he spoke in this way, The speckled shall be your awages, then all the flock bore speckled; and if he spoke in this way, The streaked shall be your wages, then all the flock bore streaked.
Gen 31:9 - Thus God has 1ataken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.
Gen 31:10 - And at the time the flock was breeding, I lifted up my eyes and saw in a dream; and there were the male goats, leaping upon the flock—streaked, speckled, and spotted.
Gen 31:11 - And the 1aAngel of God said to me in the dream, Jacob; and I said, Here I am.
Gen 31:12 - And He said, Lift up your eyes now, and see that all the male goats which leap upon the flock are streaked, speckled, and spotted; for 1I have aseen all that Laban is doing to you.
Gen 31:13 - I am the 1God of aBethel, where you banointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to Me. Rise up now; go out from this land, and creturn to the land of your birth.
Gen 31:14 - And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father’s house?
Gen 31:15 - Are we not regarded by him as foreigners? For he has sold us and has even entirely used up the money given for us.
Gen 31:16 - Surely all the wealth which God has taken away from our father is ours and our children’s. So do now whatever God has said to you.
h.  Fleeing from Laban and being pursued by him — 31:17-55
Gen 31:17 - Then Jacob rose up and set his sons and his wives upon the camels;
Gen 31:18 - And he drove away all his livestock and all his property which he had acquired, the livestock in his possession which he had acquired in Paddan-aram, in order to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
Gen 31:19 - Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole the 1ateraphim that were her father’s.
Gen 31:20 - And Jacob deceived Laban the Aramaean by not telling him that he was fleeing.
Gen 31:21 - So he fled with all that he had, and he rose up and crossed over the 1River and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead.
Gen 31:22 - And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled.
Gen 31:23 - And he took his brothers with him and pursued after him the distance of a seven days’ journey; and he overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.
Gen 31:24 - And 1God came to Laban the Aramaean in a adream of the night and said to him, Be careful that you do not speak to Jacob either good or bad.
Gen 31:25 - And Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had apitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban with his brothers also pitched tents in the hill country of Gilead.
Gen 31:26 - And Laban said to Jacob, What are you doing adeceiving me and carrying away my daughters like captives of the sword?
Gen 31:27 - Why did you flee secretly and steal away from me and not tell me, when I might have sent you away with joy and with songs, with tambourine and with lyre?
Gen 31:28 - And you did not allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters. Now you have acted foolishly.
Gen 31:29 - It is in my power to do you harm, but the aGod of your father spoke to me last night, saying, Be careful that you do not speak to Jacob either good or bad.
Gen 31:30 - And now, though you had to go because you longed greatly for your father’s house, why did you steal my gods?
Gen 31:31 - And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid, for I 1thought that you might take your daughters from me by force.
Gen 31:32 - The aone with whom you find your gods shall not live. In the presence of our brothers indicate what there is with me that is yours, and take it. Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.
Gen 31:33 - And Laban went into Jacob’s tent and into Leah’s tent and into the two female servants’ tent, but he did not find them. Then he went from Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.
Gen 31:34 - Now Rachel had taken the teraphim and put them in the camel’s saddle, and she sat upon them. And Laban rummaged through all the tent but did not find them.
Gen 31:35 - And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before you, for the manner of women is upon me. So he searched but did not find the teraphim.
Gen 31:36 - And Jacob became angry and contended with Laban; and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my transgression? What is my sin, that you have so hotly pursued me?
Gen 31:37 - Although you have rummaged through all my possessions, what have you found of all your household goods? Set it here before my brothers and your brothers, that they may decide between the two of us.
Gen 31:38 - These twenty years have I been with you; your ewes and your female goats have not miscarried, and I have not eaten the rams of your flocks.
Gen 31:39 - That which was torn by beasts I did not bring to you; I abore the loss of it myself. Of my hand you required it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night.
Gen 31:40 - Thus I was: By day the dry heat consumed me, and the frost by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.
Gen 31:41 - These twenty years have I been in your house; I aserved you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages bten times.
Gen 31:42 - If the aGod of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Dread of Isaac, had not been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands and rebuked you last night.
Gen 31:43 - And Laban answered and said to Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine. But what can I do this day to these my daughters or to their children whom they have borne?
Gen 31:44 - So come now; let us amake a covenant, I and you; and let it be a witness between me and you.
Gen 31:45 - So Jacob took a astone and set it up as a pillar.
Gen 31:46 - And Jacob said to his brothers, Gather stones. So they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap.
Gen 31:47 - And aLaban called it 1Jegar-sahadutha, but Jacob called it 2Galeed.
Gen 31:48 - And Laban said, This heap is a awitness between me and you today. Therefore its name was called Galeed
Gen 31:49 - And 1Mizpah, because he said, Jehovah watch between me and you when we are absent from one another.
Gen 31:50 - If you afflict my daughters, and if you take wives besides my daughters—even though no man is with us—see, God is awitness between me and you.
Gen 31:51 - And Laban said to Jacob, Here is this aheap, and here is the pillar which I have set between me and you.
Gen 31:52 - This heap is a witness, and the pillar is a 1witness, that I will not pass beyond this heap to you and that you will not pass beyond this heap and this pillar to me, for harm.
Gen 31:53 - The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the aGod of their father, judge between us. And Jacob swore by the Dread of his father Isaac.
Gen 31:54 - And Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and called his brothers to eat a meal, and they ate a meal and spent the night in the mountain.
Gen 31:55 - And early in the morning Laban rose up and kissed his sons and his daughters and blessed them, and Laban departed and returned to his place.

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i.  Fearing Esau — 32:1-21(C.  The experience of Jacob—cont'd)
Gen 32:1 - And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
Gen 32:2 - And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God’s acamp. So he called the name of that place 1bMahanaim.
Gen 32:3 - And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, into the land of aSeir, the field of Edom.
Gen 32:4 - And he commanded them, saying, Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: Thus says your servant Jacob, I have sojourned with Laban and stayed until now;
Gen 32:5 - And I have oxen and donkeys and flocks, and male servants and female servants; and I have sent to tell my lord this, that I may afind favor in your sight.
Gen 32:6 - And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to your brother Esau, and he also is coming to meet you; and afour hundred men are with him.
Gen 32:7 - Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people who were with him and the flocks and the herds and the camels into atwo camps;
Gen 32:8 - And he said, If Esau comes to the one camp and attacks it, then the camp which is left will escape.
Gen 32:9 - Then Jacob said, O aGod of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O Jehovah, who said to me, bReturn to your country and to your relatives, and I will do you good,
Gen 32:10 - I am not worthy of all the lovingkindnesses and all the faithfulness which You have shown to Your servant; for with my staff only I crossed over this Jordan, and now I have become atwo camps.
Gen 32:11 - Deliver me, please, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I fear him, lest he come and attack me and the mother with the children.
Gen 32:12 - But You have said, I will surely do you good and make your seed like the asand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
Gen 32:13 - And he spent that night there. Then from what he had with him he took a 1apresent for Esau his brother:
Gen 32:14 - Two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
Gen 32:15 - Thirty nursing camels and their young, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.
Gen 32:16 - And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants, Cross over before me, and put a space between each drove.
Gen 32:17 - And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meets you and asks you, saying, To whom do you belong? And where are you going? And whose animals are these before you?
Gen 32:18 - Then you will say, Your servant Jacob’s; it is a present sent to my lord Esau; and now he also is behind us.
Gen 32:19 - And he commanded also the second and the third, and all who followed the droves, saying, In this way you shall speak to Esau when you find him,
Gen 32:20 - And you shall also say, Your servant Jacob is right behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.
Gen 32:21 - So the present crossed over before him, and he himself spent that night in the camp.
2.  Being broken — 32:22-34:31
a.  Wrestling with God — 32:22-32
Gen 32:22 - And he rose up that night and took his two wives and his two female servants and his eleven children and crossed over the ford of the Jabbok.
Gen 32:23 - And he took them and sent them over the stream and sent over what he had.
Gen 32:24 - And Jacob was left alone, and a 1man awrestled with him until the break of dawn.
Gen 32:25 - And when 1the man saw that He did not prevail against him, He 2touched the socket of his hip; and the socket of Jacob’s hip was dislocated as he wrestled with Him.
Gen 32:26 - And the 1man said, Let Me go, for the dawn is breaking. But 2Jacob said, I will anot let You go unless You bless me.
Gen 32:27 - And He said to him, 1What is your name? And he said, Jacob.
Gen 32:28 - And He said, Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but 1aIsrael; for you have bstruggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.
Gen 32:29 - And Jacob asked Him and said, Please atell me Your name. But He said, Why is it that you ask My name? And He blessed him there1.
Gen 32:30 - And Jacob called the name of the place 1Peniel, for, he said, I have aseen God face to face, and yet my life has been preserved.
Gen 32:31 - And the 1sun rose upon him as he crossed over Penuel, and he limped because of his hip.
Gen 32:32 - Therefore the children of Israel do not eat the thigh muscle, which is upon the socket of the hip, to this day, because He touched the socket of Jacob’s hip at the thigh muscle.

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b.  Being welcomed by Esau — 33:1-16
Gen 33:1 - And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked, and there was Esau coming, and afour hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and among Rachel and among the two female servants.
Gen 33:2 - And he put the female servants and their children in front, and Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last.
Gen 33:3 - And he himself passed on before them and bowed down to the ground seven times until he came near to his brother.
Gen 33:4 - And Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck and 1kissed him, and they wept.
Gen 33:5 - And he lifted up his eyes and saw the women and the children and said, Who are these with you? And he said, The children whom God has agraciously given your servant.
Gen 33:6 - Then the female servants came near, they and their children, and they bowed down.
Gen 33:7 - And Leah also came near with her children, and they bowed down; and afterward Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed down.
Gen 33:8 - And 1Esau said, What do you mean by all this acamp which I met? And he said, To find bfavor in the sight of my lord.
Gen 33:9 - And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; let what you have be yours.
Gen 33:10 - And Jacob said, No, please, if now I have found favor in your sight, then take my present from my hand; for I see your face as one sees the face of God, and you have received me favorably.
Gen 33:11 - Please take my ablessing which has been brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have all that I need. So he urged him, and he took it.
Gen 33:12 - Then 1Esau said, Let us take our journey and go, and I will go before you.
Gen 33:13 - And he said to him, My lord knows that the children are frail and that the nursing flocks and herds are a concern to me; and if they overdrive them for one day, all the flock will die.
Gen 33:14 - Let my lord please pass on before his servant, and I will lead on slowly according to the pace of the cattle which are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord at Seir.
Gen 33:15 - So Esau said, Let me please leave with you some of the people who are with me. And he said, What need is there? Let me afind favor in the sight of my lord.
Gen 33:16 - So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.
c.  Returning to Canaan but only to Shechem — 33:17-20
Gen 33:17 - And Jacob journeyed to Succoth and 1built a house for himself and made booths for his livestock; therefore the name of the place is called 2Succoth.
Gen 33:18 - And Jacob came 1safely to the city of 2Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram; and he camped before the city.
Gen 33:19 - And he abought the piece of land, where he had pitched his btent, from the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of money.
Gen 33:20 - And there he erected an 1aaltar and called it 2El-Elohe-Israel.

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d.  Still needing the dealing in his circumstances — 34:1-31
Gen 34:1 - And aDinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
Gen 34:2 - And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he took her and lay with her and humbled her.
Gen 34:3 - And his soul clung to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke 1affectionately to the girl.
Gen 34:4 - And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this young girl as a awife.
Gen 34:5 - Now when Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter, his sons were with his livestock in the field; so Jacob kept silent until they came in.
Gen 34:6 - And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.
Gen 34:7 - And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard of it. And the men were grieved and became very angry, because he had committed folly in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, for such a thing ought not to be done.
Gen 34:8 - And Hamor spoke with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; please give her to him as a wife.
Gen 34:9 - And make marriages with us: Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.
Gen 34:10 - And you shall dwell with us, and the land will be before you; dwell and 1trade in it, and acquire holdings in it.
Gen 34:11 - And Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, Let me find favor in your sight, and whatever you say to me I will give.
Gen 34:12 - Impose upon me a very large bridal price and gift, and I will give whatever you say to me; but give me the girl as a wife.
Gen 34:13 - Then the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully; and because he had defiled Dinah their sister, they spoke
Gen 34:14 - And said to them, We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a reproach to us.
Gen 34:15 - Only on this condition will we consent to you: If you become like us, and every male among you is circumcised,
Gen 34:16 - Then we will give our daughters to you and will take your daughters for ourselves; and we will dwell with you and become one people.
Gen 34:17 - But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go.
Gen 34:18 - And their words seemed good to Hamor and Shechem, Hamor’s son.
Gen 34:19 - And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob’s daughter. Now he was honored above all the house of his father.
Gen 34:20 - And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city and spoke with the men of their city, saying,
Gen 34:21 - These men are with us peacefully; therefore let them dwell in the land and trade in it, for here the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters for ourselves as wives, and let us give them our daughters.
Gen 34:22 - Only on this condition will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to become one people: that every male among us be circumcised as they are circumcised.
Gen 34:23 - Will not their livestock and their property and all their animals be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.
Gen 34:24 - And all who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and to Shechem his son; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.
Gen 34:25 - Then on the third day, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, aSimeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and came upon the city 1unawares, and slew every male.
Gen 34:26 - And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and they took Dinah out of Shechem’s house and went away.
Gen 34:27 - The sons of Jacob came upon the slain and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
Gen 34:28 - They took their flocks and their herds and their donkeys and whatever was in the city and whatever was in the field;
Gen 34:29 - And they took captive and plundered all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives, and even all that was in the houses.
Gen 34:30 - And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have 1brought trouble upon me by making me odious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and I am afew in number, and they will gather themselves together against me and strike me; and I will be destroyed, I and my house.
Gen 34:31 - And they said, Should he treat our sister like a harlot?

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(C.  The experience of Jacob—cont'd)
3.  Being transformed — 35:1-29
a.  Being reminded by God at Bethel — vv. 1-15
Gen 35:1 - And God said to Jacob, Rise up, go up to 1aBethel, and dwell there; and make an baltar there to the God who appeared to you when you cfled from your brother Esau.
Gen 35:2 - Then Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, 1Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and 1change your garments.
Gen 35:3 - And let us rise up and go up to Bethel, that I may make an altar there to the God who aanswered me in the day of my distress and has been bwith me wherever I have gone.
Gen 35:4 - So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hand and the 1rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the oak that was near Shechem.
Gen 35:5 - And as they journeyed, the aterror of God was upon the cities that were around them, so they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
Gen 35:6 - And Jacob came to Luz (that is, aBethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.
Gen 35:7 - And he built an 1aaltar there and called the place 2El-bethel, because there God had revealed Himself to him when he fled from his bbrother.
Gen 35:8 - And aDeborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; so its name was called 1Allon-bacuth.
Gen 35:9 - And God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram and blessed him.
Gen 35:10 - And God said to him,Your name is Jacob;Your name shall ano longer be called Jacob,But 1bIsrael shall be your name.Thus He called his name Israel.
Gen 35:11 - And God said to him,I am the 1aAll-sufficient God:Be bfruitful and multiply;A 2cnation and a company of nations shall come from you,And kings shall come forth from your loins.
Gen 35:12 - And the land which I gave to Abraham and to Isaac,I will give to you;And I will give the land to your aseed after you.
Gen 35:13 - Then God went up from him in the place where He had spoken with him.
Gen 35:14 - And Jacob set up a 1pillar in the place where He had spoken with him, a apillar of stone; and he poured out a 2drink offering on it and poured oil on it.
Gen 35:15 - And Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him aBethel.
b.  Deeper and more personal dealings — vv. 16-26(1)  The death of Rachel — vv. 16-20
Gen 35:16 - And they journeyed from Bethel. And while there was still some distance to come to Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth; and she had hard labor.
Gen 35:17 - And while she was in hardest labor, the midwife said to her, Do not be afraid, for now you have another ason.
Gen 35:18 - And as her soul was departing (for she 1died), she called his name 2Ben-oni; but his father called him 3aBenjamin.
Gen 35:19 - So Rachel adied and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, bBethlehem).
Gen 35:20 - And Jacob set up a 1pillar on her grave; that is the apillar of Rachel’s grave, which is there to this day.
(2)  The birthright being changed through the defilement of Jacob's concubine — vv. 21-26
Gen 35:21 - And 1Israel journeyed and pitched his atent beyond the tower of Eder.
Gen 35:22 - And while Israel dwelt in that land, Reuben went and 1alay with Bilhah his father’s concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were btwelve:
Gen 35:23 - The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun.
Gen 35:24 - The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
Gen 35:25 - And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s female servant: Dan and Naphtali.
Gen 35:26 - And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s female servant: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
c.  Entering into full fellowship — v. 27
Gen 35:27 - And Jacob came to Isaac his father at Mamre, at Kiriath-arba (that is, 1aHebron), where Abraham and Isaac had bsojourned.
d.  Released from the tie with his father — vv. 28-29
Gen 35:28 - And the days of Isaac were a hundred and eighty years.
Gen 35:29 - And Isaac expired and died and was gathered to his people, an old man and full of days; and Esau and Jacob his sons 1aburied him.

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(The descendents of Esau — 36:1-43)
Gen 36:1 - Now these are the generations of Esau (that is, aEdom).
Gen 36:2 - Esau took his wives from the adaughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite; and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
Gen 36:3 - And Basemath Ishmael’s daughter, the sister of Nebaioth.
Gen 36:4 - And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, and Basemath bore Reuel,
Gen 36:5 - And Oholibamah bore Jeush and Jalam and Korah. These are the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
Gen 36:6 - And Esau took his wives and his sons and his daughters and all his household and his livestock and all his cattle and all his possessions which he had acquired in the land of Canaan, and he went into a land away from his brother Jacob.
Gen 36:7 - For their aproperty was too great for them to dwell together, and the land where they sojourned could not sustain them because of their livestock.
Gen 36:8 - And Esau dwelt in Mount Seir; Esau is Edom.
Gen 36:9 - And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in Mount Seir:
Gen 36:10 - These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz the son of Esau’s wife Adah, Reuel the son of Esau’s wife Basemath.
Gen 36:11 - And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam and Kenaz.
Gen 36:12 - And Timna was a concubine to Eliphaz, Esau’s son, and she bore aAmalek to Eliphaz. These are the sons of Esau’s wife Adah.
Gen 36:13 - And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath and Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were the sons of Esau’s wife Basemath.
Gen 36:14 - And these were the sons of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: And she bore to Esau Jeush and Jalam and Korah.
Gen 36:15 - These are the 1clans of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: Clan Teman, Clan Omar, Clan Zepho, Clan Kenaz,
Gen 36:16 - Clan Korah, Clan Gatam, Clan Amalek; these are the clans of Eliphaz in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Adah.
Gen 36:17 - And these are the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: Clan Nahath, Clan Zerah, Clan Shammah, Clan Mizzah; these are the clans of Reuel in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.
Gen 36:18 - And these are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau’s wife: Clan Jeush, Clan Jalam, Clan Korah. These are the clans of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife.
Gen 36:19 - These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these are their clans.
Gen 36:20 - These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah
Gen 36:21 - And Dishon and Ezer and Dishan; these are the clans of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
Gen 36:22 - And the sons of Lotan were Hori and Heman; and Lotan’s sister was Timna.
Gen 36:23 - And these are the sons of Shobal: Alvan and Manahath and Ebal, Shepho and Onam.
Gen 36:24 - And these are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. This is the Anah who found the 1hot springs in the wilderness as he fed the donkeys of Zibeon his father.
Gen 36:25 - And these are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah.
Gen 36:26 - And these are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran.
Gen 36:27 - These are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan and Zaavan and Akan.
Gen 36:28 - These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.
Gen 36:29 - These are the clans of the Horites: Clan Lotan, Clan Shobal, Clan Zibeon, Clan Anah,
Gen 36:30 - Clan Dishon, Clan Ezer, Clan Dishan. These are the clans of the Horites, according to their clans in the land of Seir.
Gen 36:31 - And these are the kings who areigned in the land of Edom before a king of the children of Israel reigned:
Gen 36:32 - Now Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
Gen 36:33 - And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place.
Gen 36:34 - And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
Gen 36:35 - And Husham died; and Hadad the son of Bedad, who struck Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Avith.
Gen 36:36 - And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place.
Gen 36:37 - And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the 1River reigned in his place.
Gen 36:38 - And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place.
Gen 36:39 - And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Pau; and his wife’s name was Mehetabel the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
Gen 36:40 - And these are the names of the clans of Esau, according to their families, according to their places, by their names: Clan Timna, Clan Alvah, Clan Jetheth,
Gen 36:41 - Clan Oholibamah, Clan Elah, Clan Pinon,
Gen 36:42 - Clan Kenaz, Clan Teman, Clan Mibzar,
Gen 36:43 - Clan Magdiel, Clan Iram. These are the clans of Edom according to their habitations in the land of their possession. This is Esau the father of the aEdomites.

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Chapter 37 of 50

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(C.  The experience of Jacob—cont'd)
4.  Being matured — 37:1-2a, 32-36; 42:1-5; 42:29-43:14; 45:25-47:10; 47:28-50:13
a.  The process of maturity—dealings in the last stage — 37:1-2a, 32-36; 42:1-5; 42:29-43:14(1)  Being robbed of the treasure of his heart (Joseph) under God's sovereign hand — 37:1-2a, 32-36
Gen 37:1 - And 1Jacob dwelt in the land where his father had asojourned, in the land of Canaan.
Gen 37:2a - These are the generations of Jacob.1
(C.  The experience of Jacob—cont'd)
5.  The reigning aspect of the matured Israel as seen in Joseph — 37:2b-31; 38:1-41:57; 42:6-28; 43:15-45:24; 47:11-27; 50:14-26
a.  Being a shepherd and the father's beloved — 37:2b-4
Gen 37:2b - Joseph, when he was seventeen years old, was 2shepherding the flock with his brothers while he was still a youth, with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.
Gen 37:3 - Now Israel loved Joseph 1more than all his sons because he was the son of his aold age, and he had made him a bcoat of many colors.
Gen 37:4 - And when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.
b.  Viewing his people as sheaves of life and as the sun, the moon, and the stars of light — 37:5-11
Gen 37:5 - Then Joseph had a 1adream; and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
Gen 37:6 - And he said to them, Listen to this dream which I have had:
Gen 37:7 - There we were, binding sheaves in the field, when suddenly my sheaf rose up and remained standing; and then your sheaves gathered around and abowed down to my sheaf.
Gen 37:8 - And his brothers said to him, Will you indeed reign over us and actually be a ruler among us? So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.
Gen 37:9 - And he had still another dream and told it to his brothers and said, Now I have had another dream: There were the asun and the moon and eleven stars, bbowing down to me.
Gen 37:10 - And he told it to his father and to his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, What is this dream that you have had? Shall I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow down to the ground to you?
Gen 37:11 - And his brothers were ajealous of him, but his father bkept the saying in his heart.
c.  Ministering to his brothers according to the father's will — 37:12-17
Gen 37:12 - Then his brothers went to shepherd their father’s flock in Shechem.
Gen 37:13 - And Israel said to Joseph, Your brothers are now shepherding the flock in Shechem. Come, and I will 1send you to them. And he said to him, Here I am.
Gen 37:14 - And he said to him, Go now, see if it is well with your brothers and well with the flock, and bring word back to me. So he sent him from the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
Gen 37:15 - And a man found him; and there he was, wandering in the field, and the man asked him, saying, What are you seeking?
Gen 37:16 - And he said, I am seeking my brothers. Please tell me where they are shepherding the flock.
Gen 37:17 - And the man said, They have moved on from here; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.
d.  Living as a sheaf of life — 37:18-31
Gen 37:18 - And when they saw him from a distance and before he came near to them, they 1conspired against him to put him to death.
Gen 37:19 - And they said one to another, Here comes this master of dreams.
Gen 37:20 - Now then, come and let us aslay him and throw him into one of the pits; and we will say, A wild beast has devoured him; then we will see what will become of his dreams.
Gen 37:21 - But when Reuben heard it, he tried to deliver him out of their hand and said, aLet us not take his life.
Gen 37:22 - And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood; throw him into this apit that is in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him—that he might deliver him out of their hand to restore him to his father.
Gen 37:23 - And when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph of his coat, the acoat of many colors that was on him;
Gen 37:24 - And they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty; there was no water in it.
Gen 37:25 - Then they sat down to eat food; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and there was a acaravan of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing aromatic gum and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
Gen 37:26 - Then Judah said to his brothers, What gain is there if we aslay our brother and conceal his blood?
Gen 37:27 - Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let our hand not be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers listened to him.
Gen 37:28 - So when some 1Midianite traders passed by, they pulled Joseph up, lifting him out of the pit, and they asold Joseph to the 1Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And these brought Joseph into Egypt.
Gen 37:29 - And when Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he tore his clothes.
Gen 37:30 - And he returned to his brothers and said, The boy is not there; so as for me, what shall I do?
Gen 37:31 - Then they took Joseph’s acoat and slaughtered a male goat and dipped the coat in the blood.
(C.  The experience of Jacob - cont'd)
(4.  Being matured—cont'd)
(a.  The process of maturity—cont'd)(1)  Being robbed of the treasure of his heart (Joseph) under God's sovereign hand — 37:32-36
Gen 37:32 - And they sent the coat of many colors and had it brought to their father and said, We found this; please examine it, and see whether it is your son’s coat or not.
Gen 37:33 - And he recognized it and said, It is my son’s coat. A awild beast has devoured him; Joseph is without doubt btorn to pieces.
Gen 37:34 - And Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth upon his loins and mourned for his son many days.
Gen 37:35 - And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted and said, Surely I will go down to 1aSheol to my son, mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
Gen 37:36 - Meanwhile the Midianites had 1sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an official of Pharaoh, the acaptain of the guard.

Genesis

Chapter 38 of 50

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(C.  The experience of Jacob—cont'd)
(5.  The reigning aspect of the matured Israel as seen in Joseph—cont'd)
e.  Living as a star of light — 38:1-39:12(1)  His brother Judah indulging in lust — 38:1-30
Gen 38:1 - Now at that time Judah went down from his brothers and pitched his tent near a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
Gen 38:2 - And Judah saw there the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was aShua. And he took her and went in to her.
Gen 38:3 - And she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name aEr.
Gen 38:4 - And she conceived again and bore a son, and she called his name Onan.
Gen 38:5 - And yet again she bore a son and called his name Shelah, and 1she was in Chezib when she bore him.
Gen 38:6 - And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was 1Tamar.
Gen 38:7 - And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was awicked in the sight of Jehovah. And Jehovah put him to death.
Gen 38:8 - And Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother’s awife, and perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her, and raise up seed to your brother.
Gen 38:9 - But since Onan knew that the seed would not be his, whenever he went in to his brother’s wife, he spilled it on the ground, so that he would not give seed to his brother.
Gen 38:10 - But what he did was evil in the sight of Jehovah, so He put him to death also.
Gen 38:11 - Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow in your father’s house until Shelah my son grows up. For he 1thought, He also may die, like his brothers. So Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.
Gen 38:12 - And in process of time Shua’s daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted and went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
Gen 38:13 - And it was told to Tamar, saying, Your father-in-law is now going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.
Gen 38:14 - And she removed from herself her widow’s garments and covered herself with a veil and wrapped herself and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah; for she saw that aShelah had grown up, and she had not been given to him as his wife.
Gen 38:15 - And when 1Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot, for she had covered her face.
Gen 38:16 - And he turned aside to her by the way and said, Come now, let me come in to you; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me, that you may come in to me?
Gen 38:17 - And he said, I will send you a kid from the flock. And she said, Only if you give me a pledge until you send it.
Gen 38:18 - And he said, What pledge shall I give you? And she said, Your aseal and your cord and your staff that is in your hand. And he gave them to her and went in to her, and she conceived by him.
Gen 38:19 - And she arose and went away, and removed her veil from herself and put on her widow’s garments.
Gen 38:20 - And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman’s hand; but he did not find her.
Gen 38:21 - Then he asked the men of her place, saying, Where is the prostitute who was by the road at Enaim? And they said, There has been no prostitute here.
Gen 38:22 - And he returned to Judah and said, I did not find her; and also the men of the place said, There has been no prostitute here.
Gen 38:23 - And Judah said, Let her keep the things for herself, lest we become a laughing stock; you see, I sent her this kid, but you did not find her.
Gen 38:24 - And about three months later it was told Judah, saying, Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the harlot; moreover, now she is pregnant by harlotry. And Judah said, Bring her out, and let her be burned.
Gen 38:25 - As she was being brought out, she sent word to her father-in-law, saying, I am pregnant by the man to whom these belong. And she said, Please note whose these are, the aseal and the cords and the staff.
Gen 38:26 - And Judah took note of them and said, She is more righteous than I, because I did not give her to my son aShelah. And he did not know her again anymore.
Gen 38:27 - And at the time of her delivery, there were twins in her womb.
Gen 38:28 - And while she was giving birth, one put out a hand; and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, This one came out first.
Gen 38:29 - But when he drew back his hand, his brother suddenly came out; and she said, What a breach you have made for yourself! Therefore his name was called 1aPerez.
Gen 38:30 - And afterward his brother came out, who had the scarlet thread on his hand; and his name was called 1Zerah.

Genesis

Chapter 39 of 50

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(2)  Overcoming lust and shining in darkness — 39:1-12
Gen 39:1 - Now Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an official of Pharaoh, the acaptain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the bIshmaelites who had brought him down there.
Gen 39:2 - And Jehovah was 1awith Joseph, and he became a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian.
Gen 39:3 - And his master saw that Jehovah was with him and that Jehovah caused all that he did to aprosper in his hand.
Gen 39:4 - And Joseph afound favor in his sight, and he ministered to him; and he made him overseer of his house and put all that he had in his 1bcharge.
Gen 39:5 - And from the time he made him overseer in his house and put him over all that he had, Jehovah blessed the Egyptian’s house on account of Joseph; and the ablessing of Jehovah was upon all that he had, in the house and in the field.
Gen 39:6 - And he left all that he had in Joseph’s charge; and with him there, he was not concerned about anything except the food that he ate. And Joseph was handsome in form and handsome in appearance.
Gen 39:7 - Now after these things his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, Lie with me.
Gen 39:8 - But he refused and said to his master’s wife, Behold, with me here, my master is not concerned about anything in the house, and he has put everything he has in my acharge.
Gen 39:9 - There is no one greater in this house than I, and he has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great evil, and asin against God?
Gen 39:10 - And although she spoke to Joseph day after day, he would not listen to her to lie beside her or be with her.
Gen 39:11 - And one such day he went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the house were there in the house.
Gen 39:12 - And she grabbed him by his garment, saying, Lie with me! But he left his garment in her hand, and 1afled and went outside.
f.  Being delivered into the prison of death — 39:13-41:13
Gen 39:13 - And when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled outside,
Gen 39:14 - She called to the men of her house and spoke to them, saying, See, he has brought in a Hebrew man to us to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I called out with a loud voice;
Gen 39:15 - And when he heard that I lifted up my voice and called out, he left his garment beside me, and fled and went outside.
Gen 39:16 - And she placed his garment beside her until his master came home.
Gen 39:17 - And she spoke to him with these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me.
Gen 39:18 - And when I lifted up my voice and called out, he left his garment beside me and fled outside.
Gen 39:19 - And when his master heard the words of his wife that she had spoken to him, saying, This is the way your servant treated me; his anger burned.
Gen 39:20 - And Joseph’s master took him and put him into the 1aprison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined. But while he was there in the prison,
Gen 39:21 - Jehovah was awith Joseph; and He extended kindness to him and gave him favor in the sight of the chief jailer.
Gen 39:22 - And the chief jailer put in Joseph’s acharge all the prisoners who were in the prison; and whatever was done there, he was the one to do it.
Gen 39:23 - The chief jailer did not supervise anything that was in his charge, because Jehovah was awith him; and whatever he did, Jehovah caused it to bprosper.

Genesis

Chapter 40 of 50

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Gen 40:1 - And after these things, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their lord, the king of Egypt.
Gen 40:2 - And Pharaoh was angry with his two officials, the chief of the cupbearers and the chief of the bakers.
Gen 40:3 - And he put them in custody at the house of the acaptain of the guard, in the prison, the place where Joseph was bconfined.
Gen 40:4 - And the captain of the guard put Joseph in charge of them, and he ministered to them; and they were in custody for some time.
Gen 40:5 - And the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, both of them had a dream, each man with his own dream in one night, and each dream with its own interpretation.
Gen 40:6 - And Joseph came to them in the morning and looked at them, and they were troubled.
Gen 40:7 - And he asked Pharaoh’s officials, who were with him in custody in his master’s house, saying, Why are your faces so sad today?
Gen 40:8 - And they said to him, We have had a adream, and there is no one to interpret it. And Joseph said to them, 1Do not interpretations belong to bGod? Please tell it to me.
Gen 40:9 - And the chief of the cupbearers told his dream to Joseph and said to him, In my dream there was a vine before me,
Gen 40:10 - And on the vine were three branches. And as soon as it budded, its blossoms came out, and its clusters ripened into grapes.
Gen 40:11 - And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes and squeezed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I put the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.
Gen 40:12 - And Joseph said to him, This is its ainterpretation: The three branches are three days.
Gen 40:13 - Within three more days Pharaoh will alift up your head and restore you to your office, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup into his hand according to your former custom when you were his cupbearer.
Gen 40:14 - But remember my being with you when it is well with you, and please do me a kindness and make mention of me to Pharaoh and so have me brought out of this house.
Gen 40:15 - For I was actually akidnapped out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have not done anything that they should put me into the bdungeon.
Gen 40:16 - Now when the chief of the bakers saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, I also saw this in my dream: There were three baskets of white bread on my head.
Gen 40:17 - And in the uppermost basket there were all sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.
Gen 40:18 - And Joseph answered and said, This is its ainterpretation: The three baskets are bthree days.
Gen 40:19 - Within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head from you and will ahang you on a tree, and the birds will eat your flesh from you.
Gen 40:20 - And on the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he made a feast for all his servants; and he alifted up the head of the chief of the cupbearers and the head of the chief of the bakers among his servants.
Gen 40:21 - And he arestored the chief of the cupbearers to his cupbearing, and he put the cup into Pharaoh’s hand;
Gen 40:22 - But the chief of the bakers he ahanged, just as Joseph had interpreted to them.
Gen 40:23 - Yet the chief of the cupbearers did not aremember Joseph, but forgot him.

Genesis

Chapter 41 of 50

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Gen 41:1 - And at the end of 1two full years Pharaoh had a dream, and athere he was, standing by the 2River.
Gen 41:2 - And there came up out of the River seven cows, fine-looking and fat-fleshed; and they grazed in the reed grass.
Gen 41:3 - Then there came up after them seven other cows out of the River, ugly-looking and thin-fleshed; and they stood beside the other cows on the bank of the River.
Gen 41:4 - And the ugly-looking and thin-fleshed cows ate up the seven fine-looking and fat cows. Then Pharaoh awoke.
Gen 41:5 - And he slept and dreamed a second time. And there were seven ears of grain, coming up on one stalk, fat and good.
Gen 41:6 - Then there were seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, that sprouted after them.
Gen 41:7 - And the thin ears swallowed up the seven fat and full ears. Then Pharaoh awoke, and it was a dream.
Gen 41:8 - And in the morning his aspirit was troubled, so he sent and called for all the bmagicians of Egypt and all its wise men; and Pharaoh told them his dream, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.
Gen 41:9 - Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my sins today.
Gen 41:10 - Pharaoh was aangry with his servants, and he put me in custody at the house of the bcaptain of the guard, both me and the chief baker.
Gen 41:11 - And we both had a adream in one night, I and he; each of us had a dream with its own interpretation.
Gen 41:12 - And a young Hebrew man was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. And we told him our dreams, and he ainterpreted them for us; to each one he interpreted according to his dream.
Gen 41:13 - And as he interpreted to us, so it happened; 1Pharaoh arestored me to my office, and he hanged the 2baker.
g.  Being resurrected from the prison of death — 41:14-39
Gen 41:14 - Then Pharaoh sent and called for Joseph, and they brought him hastily aout of the 1dungeon; and he had shaved himself and changed his garments, and he came to Pharaoh.
Gen 41:15 - And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have had a dream, but there is no one who can ainterpret it; and I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.
Gen 41:16 - And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not of ame; bGod 1will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.
Gen 41:17 - And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, In my dream, athere I was, standing on the bank of the River.
Gen 41:18 - And there came up out of the River seven cows, fat-fleshed and fine-looking; and they grazed in the reed grass.
Gen 41:19 - Then there came up after them seven other cows, poor and very ugly-looking and thin-fleshed; I had never seen such in all the land of Egypt for ugliness.
Gen 41:20 - And the thin and ugly-looking cows ate up the first seven fat cows.
Gen 41:21 - And when they had swallowed them, no one would have known that they had swallowed them, for they were still as ugly-looking as at the beginning. Then I awoke.
Gen 41:22 - And I saw this in my dream: There were seven ears of grain, coming up on one stalk, full and good.
Gen 41:23 - Then there were seven ears, withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind, that sprouted after them.
Gen 41:24 - And the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears. And I told it to the amagicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me.
Gen 41:25 - Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, Pharaoh’s dream is one dream; awhat God is about to do He has told Pharaoh.
Gen 41:26 - The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears are seven years; the dream is one.
Gen 41:27 - And the seven thin and ugly-looking cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven empty ears scorched by the east wind; they will be seven years of famine.
Gen 41:28 - This matter is just as I have spoken to Pharaoh; awhat God is about to do He has shown to Pharaoh.
Gen 41:29 - Seven years of great aabundance are now about to come throughout all the land of Egypt.
Gen 41:30 - Then seven years of afamine will arise after them, and all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will consume the land.
Gen 41:31 - And the abundance will be unknown in the land because of that famine which follows, for it will be very severe.
Gen 41:32 - And as for the repeating of the dream to Pharaoh twice, it means that the matter is determined by God, and God will quickly bring it about.
Gen 41:33 - Now therefore let Pharaoh look out for a discerning and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.
Gen 41:34 - Let Pharaoh take action to appoint overseers over the land and take a fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt in the seven years of abundance.
Gen 41:35 - And let them agather all the food of these coming good years and lay up grain under Pharaoh’s authority for food in the cities, and let them keep it.
Gen 41:36 - And let the food become a reserve for the land against the seven years of famine that will be in the land of Egypt, so that the land does not perish in the famine.
Gen 41:37 - And the word seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants.
Gen 41:38 - And Pharaoh said to his servants, Can we find such a man like this, in whom the aSpirit of God is?
Gen 41:39 - And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Since God let you know all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
h.  Being enthroned with authority and receiving glory and gifts — 41:40-44
Gen 41:40 - You shall be 1aover my household, and according to your word all my people shall be ruled; only in the throne will I be greater than you.
Gen 41:41 - Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set you aover all the land of Egypt.
Gen 41:42 - And Pharaoh took off his 1signet ring from his hand and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and clothed him in 1garments of fine linen, and put a 1gold chain around his neck.
Gen 41:43 - And he made him ride in the chariot of his second-in-command, and they cried out before him, Bow the knee! And he set him over all the land of Egypt.
Gen 41:44 - And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh, yet without your consent no man will lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.
i.  Becoming the savior of the world, the sustainer of life (the revealer of secrets) — 41:45-46
Gen 41:45 - And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name 1Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him 2Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, as his wife. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
Gen 41:46 - Now Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and passed through all the land of Egypt.
j.  Supplying people with food — 41:47-57
Gen 41:47 - And in the seven years of abundance the earth produced copiously.
Gen 41:48 - And he gathered up all the food of the seven years which came upon the land of Egypt and put the food in the cities; he placed the food from the surrounding fields within each city.
Gen 41:49 - And Joseph stored grain in great abundance like the sand of the sea until he stopped measuring it; for it was beyond measure.
Gen 41:50 - And before the year of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.
Gen 41:51 - And Joseph called the name of the firstborn 1aManasseh, for, he said, God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s house.
Gen 41:52 - And he called the name of the second 1Ephraim, for, he said, God has made me afruitful in the land of my affliction.
Gen 41:53 - And the seven years of plenty that came upon the land of Egypt came to an end.
Gen 41:54 - And the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph had said. And there was afamine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
Gen 41:55 - So when aall the land of Egypt became hungry, the people cried out to Pharaoh for bread. And Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph; whatever he says to you, you shall do.
Gen 41:56 - And when the famine was over 1all the face of the earth, Joseph opened 2all the storehouses of grain and asold grain to the Egyptians; and the famine became severe in the land of Egypt.
Gen 41:57 - And all the earth came to Joseph in Egypt to abuy grain, because the bfamine was severe in all the earth.

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Chapter 42 of 50

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(C.  The experience of Jacob—cont'd)
(4.  Being matured—cont'd)
(a.  The process of maturity—cont'd)(2)  Being stricken with famine and forced to send his sons to Egypt to buy grain — 42:1-5
Gen 42:1 - Now when Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, Why do you keep looking at one another?
Gen 42:2 - And he said, I have now heard that there is grain in Egypt; 1ago down there, and buy grain for us from there, that we may live and not bdie.
Gen 42:3 - So Joseph’s ten 1brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
Gen 42:4 - But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother aBenjamin with his brothers, for he said, Perhaps bharm may befall him.
Gen 42:5 - And the sons of Israel came to buy grain among the others who came, for the afamine was in the land of Canaan.
(C.  The experience of Jacob—cont'd)
(5.  The reigning aspect as seen in Joseph—cont'd)
k.  Being recognized by the children of Israel — 42:6-28; 43:15-45:24(1)  Being wise in dealing with his brothers and showing them love — 42:6-28
Gen 42:6 - Now Joseph was the governor aover the land; it was he who sold grain to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bbowed down to him with their faces to the ground.
Gen 42:7 - And Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he disguised himself to them and spoke aharshly with them. And he said to them, Where have you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food.
Gen 42:8 - And Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.
Gen 42:9 - And Joseph remembered the adreams that he had dreamed about them, and he 1said to them, You are bspies; you have come to see the nakedness of the land.
Gen 42:10 - And they said to him, No, my lord; rather your servants have come to buy grain for food.
Gen 42:11 - We are all sons of one man. We are honest men; your servants have never been spies.
Gen 42:12 - And he said to them, No; but you have come to see the nakedness of the land.
Gen 42:13 - And they said, We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and at this moment the youngest is with our father today, and one is ano more.
Gen 42:14 - But Joseph said to them, It is just as I spoke to you, saying, You are spies.
Gen 42:15 - By this you shall be tested: As Pharaoh lives, you shall not go away from this place unless your ayoungest brother comes here.
Gen 42:16 - Send one of you to get your brother while you remain bound, that your words may be tested whether there is truth in you. And if not, as Pharaoh lives, surely you are spies.
Gen 42:17 - And he put them all together in 1custody three days.
Gen 42:18 - And Joseph said to them on the third day, Do this and live, for I fear God.
Gen 42:19 - If you are ahonest men, let one of your brothers remain bound in your place of custody; and the rest of you go, carry grain for the famine of your households.
Gen 42:20 - And bring your youngest brother to me, that your words may be verified; and you will not die. And they did so.
Gen 42:21 - And they said one to another, We are indeed aguilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul when he pleaded with us, yet we would not listen; therefore this distress has come to us.
Gen 42:22 - And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not asin against the child? But you would not listen. So now also his bblood is required.
Gen 42:23 - And they did not know that Joseph understood, for there was an interpreter between them.
Gen 42:24 - And he turned away from them and awept. Then he returned to them and spoke to them. And he took 1Simeon from among them and bound him before their eyes.
Gen 42:25 - Then Joseph gave orders to afill their bags with grain and to restore every man’s silver pieces to his sack and to give them provisions for the way. And thus was it done for them.
Gen 42:26 - And they loaded their grain upon their donkeys and departed from there.
Gen 42:27 - And one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, and he saw his silver; there it was in the mouth of his asack.
Gen 42:28 - And he said to his brothers, My silver has been returned; and here it is in my sack! And their heart stopped, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, What is this that God has done to us?
(C.  The experience of Jacob—cont'd)
(4.  Being matured—cont'd)
(a.  The process of maturity—cont'd)(3)  Having his second son, Simeon, detained in Egypt — 42:29-38
Gen 42:29 - And they came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan and told him all that had happened to them, saying,
Gen 42:30 - The man, the lord of the land, spoke aharshly to us and took us for spies on the land.
Gen 42:31 - But we said to him, We are honest men; we have never been aspies.
Gen 42:32 - We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; the one is ano more, and the youngest is with our father today in the land of Canaan.
Gen 42:33 - And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, By this will I know that you are ahonest men: Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your households, and go.
Gen 42:34 - And bring your ayoungest brother to me that I may know that you are not spies but honest men. I will give you your brother, and you may btrade in the land.
Gen 42:35 - And when they emptied their sacks, there was each man’s bundle of silver pieces, in his asack. And when they and their father saw their bundles of silver, they were afraid.
Gen 42:36 - And Jacob their father said to them, You have abereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you would take Benjamin; all these things are against me.
Gen 42:37 - And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, You may put to death my two sons if I do not bring him to you. Put him in my hand, and I will return him to you.
Gen 42:38 - But he said, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. And if aharm should befall him on the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs in bsorrow to Sheol.

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Chapter 43 of 50

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(4)  Being stricken with severe famine and sending his youngest son, Benjamin — 43:1-14
Gen 43:1 - Now the afamine was severe in the land.
Gen 43:2 - And when they had completely consumed the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, aGo back; buy us a little food.
Gen 43:3 - But Judah spoke to him, saying, The man solemnly warned us, saying, You shall not see my face unless your abrother is with you.
Gen 43:4 - If you are willing to send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you grain for food;
Gen 43:5 - But if you are not willing to send him, we will not go down; for the man said to us, You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.
Gen 43:6 - And Israel said, Why did you treat me so badly as to tell the man that you had another brother?
Gen 43:7 - And they said, The man asked very carefully about us and about our relatives, saying, Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother? So we told him about these things. Could we possibly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
Gen 43:8 - And Judah said to Israel his father, Send the boy with me, and we will rise up and go, that we may live and not adie, we and you and our little ones.
Gen 43:9 - I myself will be surety for him; of my hand you may require him. If I do not abring him to you and set him before you, then I shall bear the blame of sinning before you forever.
Gen 43:10 - For if we had not delayed, by now we could have returned twice.
Gen 43:11 - And their father Israel said to them, If it must be so, then do this: Take some of the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry a present down to the man—a little balm and a little honey, aromatic gum and myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds.
Gen 43:12 - And take double the silver in your hand, and carry back in your hand the silver that was returned in the mouth of your asacks; perhaps it was a mistake.
Gen 43:13 - Take your brother also, and rise up; return to the man.
Gen 43:14 - And may the 1aAll-sufficient God grant you 2mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. And as for me, if I am to be bbereaved of my children, I shall be bereaved.
(C.  The experience of Jacob—cont'd)
(5.  The reigning aspect as seen in Joseph—cont'd)
(k.  Being recognized—cont'd)(2)  Testing his brothers further — 43:15-44:34
Gen 43:15 - So the men took this present, and they took double the silver in their hand and Benjamin; and they rose up and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.
Gen 43:16 - And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to him who was over his house, Bring the men into the house, and slaughter an 1animal, and prepare it; for the men will eat with me at noon.
Gen 43:17 - And the man did as Joseph said, and the man brought the men into Joseph’s house.
Gen 43:18 - And the men were afraid because they were brought to Joseph’s house; and they said, It is because of the silver that was returned in our sacks the first time, that we are being brought in, that he may come out against us and fall upon us and take us as slaves with our donkeys.
Gen 43:19 - And they came near to the man who was over Joseph’s house and spoke to him at the door of the house,
Gen 43:20 - And said, Please, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to abuy grain for food;
Gen 43:21 - And when we came to the lodging place, we opened our sacks, and there was each man’s silver, in the mouth of his asack, our silver in full weight. So we have brought it back in our hand.
Gen 43:22 - And we have also brought down extra silver in our hand to buy grain for food. We do not know who put our silver in our sacks.
Gen 43:23 - And he said, Be at peace; do not fear. Your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks; your silver came to me. Then he brought Simeon out to them.
Gen 43:24 - And the man brought the men into Joseph’s house and gave them water, and they washed their afeet; and he gave their donkeys fodder.
Gen 43:25 - And they prepared the apresent for Joseph’s coming at noon, for they had heard that they would eat a meal there.
Gen 43:26 - And when Joseph came into the house, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house and abowed down to the ground to him.
Gen 43:27 - And he asked them about their welfare and said, Is your afather well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?
Gen 43:28 - And they said, Your servant our father is well; he is still alive. And they bowed and paid him homage.
Gen 43:29 - And he lifted up his eyes and saw his brother aBenjamin, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me? And he said, God be gracious to you, my son.
Gen 43:30 - And Joseph hurried—for his ainward parts burned for his brother—and sought a place to bweep. So he entered into his chamber and wept there.
Gen 43:31 - Then he washed his face and came out, and he controlled himself and said, Serve the meal.
Gen 43:32 - And they served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because the Egyptians could not eat a meal with the Hebrews, for that is an aabomination to the Egyptians.
Gen 43:33 - And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.
Gen 43:34 - And he had portions brought to them from before him; however Benjamin’s portion was afive times as much as any of theirs. And they drank and were merry with him.

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Chapter 44 of 50

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Gen 44:1 - And he commanded him who was over his house, saying, aFill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s silver in the mouth of his sack.
Gen 44:2 - And put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest with his silver for the grain. And he did so, according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
Gen 44:3 - As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.
Gen 44:4 - When they had just gone out of the city and were not yet far off, Joseph said to ahim who was over his house, Rise up, follow after the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you repaid evil for good?
Gen 44:5 - Is not this that from which my lord drinks, and which he indeed uses for divining? You have done wrong in so doing.
Gen 44:6 - And he overtook them and spoke these words to them.
Gen 44:7 - And they said to him, Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing.
Gen 44:8 - See how we brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver which we found in the mouth of our asacks. How then could we steal silver or gold out of your lord’s house?
Gen 44:9 - With awhomever of your servants it is found, let him die; and we ourselves will become my lord’s slaves.
Gen 44:10 - And he said, Now also let it be according to your words: He with whom it is found will be my slave, and the rest of you will be blameless.
Gen 44:11 - Then each man hurried and lowered his sack to the ground, and each man opened his sack.
Gen 44:12 - And he searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
Gen 44:13 - Then they tore their garments, and each man loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city.
Gen 44:14 - And aJudah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, and he was still there; and they bfell to the ground before him.
Gen 44:15 - And Joseph said to them, What deed is this that you have done? Do you not know that such a man as I can indeed divine?
Gen 44:16 - And Judah said, What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? And how can we justify ourselves? God has found out the ainiquity of your servants. Here we are, my lord’s slaves, both we and the one in whose hand the cup has been found.
Gen 44:17 - But he said, Far be it from me to do this. The man in whose hand the cup has been afound, he will be my slave; but as for the rest of you, go up in peace to your father.
Gen 44:18 - Then Judah came near to him and said, Please, my lord, let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.
Gen 44:19 - My lord asked his servants, saying, Do you have a father or a brother?
Gen 44:20 - And we said to my lord, We have an old father and a young child of his aold age; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.
Gen 44:21 - And you said to your servants, aBring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.
Gen 44:22 - And we said to my lord, The boy cannot leave his father; for if he should leave his father, his father would adie.
Gen 44:23 - And you said to your servants, Unless your ayoungest brother comes down with you, you shall see my face no more.
Gen 44:24 - And when we went up to your servant my father, we told him my lord’s words.
Gen 44:25 - And our father said, Return, abuy us a little food.
Gen 44:26 - But we said, We cannot go down. If our youngest brother is with us, we will go down; for we cannot see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.
Gen 44:27 - And your servant my father said to us, You know that my wife bore me two asons;
Gen 44:28 - And the one went away from me, and I said, Surely he has been atorn to pieces; and I have not seen him to this day.
Gen 44:29 - And if you take this one also from me and harm befalls him, you will bring down my gray hairs in misery to aSheol.
Gen 44:30 - Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us, then, his life being bound up in the boy’s life,
Gen 44:31 - When he sees that the boy is not with us, he will die; and your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father in sorrow to Sheol.
Gen 44:32 - For your servant became asurety for the lad to my father, saying, If I do not bring him to you, then I shall bear the blame of sinning before my father forever.
Gen 44:33 - Now therefore, please let your servant remain as a slave to my lord instead of the boy, and let the boy go up with his brothers.
Gen 44:34 - For how shall I go up to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear to see the evil that would come on my father.

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Chapter 45 of 50

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(3)  Revealing his exaltation and glory to his repentant brothers — 45:1-15
Gen 45:1 - Then 1Joseph could not acontrol himself before all those who attended him; and he cried out, Have everyone go out from me. So there was no one standing with him when Joseph made himself bknown to his brothers.
Gen 45:2 - And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard it.
Gen 45:3 - And Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph! Is my father still alive? But his brothers could not answer him, so troubled were they at his presence.
Gen 45:4 - And Joseph said to his brothers, Please come closer to me. And they came closer. And he said, I am your brother Joseph, whom you asold into Egypt.
Gen 45:5 - And now do not be 1grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God asent me before you to bpreserve life.
Gen 45:6 - For the famine has been in the midst of the land these two years, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.
Gen 45:7 - And God sent me before you to preserve for you a 1remnant in the earth and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.
Gen 45:8 - So now it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his house and ruler aover all the land of Egypt.
Gen 45:9 - Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt; acome down to me; do not delay.
Gen 45:10 - And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen and be near to me, you and your children and your children’s children and your flocks and your herds and all that you have.
Gen 45:11 - And there I will asustain you—for there are still five years of famine to come—so that you and your household and all that you have do not become impoverished.
Gen 45:12 - And now your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my own mouth that speaks to you.
Gen 45:13 - And you must tell my father of all my glory in Egypt and of all that you have seen, and you must hurry and bring my father down here.
Gen 45:14 - And he afell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck and wept, and Benjamin bwept upon his neck.
Gen 45:15 - And he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them, and after that his brothers talked with him.
(4)  His brothers participating in the enjoyment of his reign — 45:16-24
Gen 45:16 - And when the report was heard in aPharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brothers have come, it was pleasing to Pharaoh and to his servants.
Gen 45:17 - And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Do this: Load your beasts, and depart; go to the land of Canaan;
Gen 45:18 - And take your father and your households, and come to me. And I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the afat of the land.
Gen 45:19 - And you are commanded, Do this: Take awagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives; and bring your father, and come.
Gen 45:20 - And do not be concerned for your possessions, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.
Gen 45:21 - And the sons of Israel did so, and Joseph gave them wagons according to the command of Pharaoh and gave them provisions for the way.
Gen 45:22 - To each of them he gave changes of garments; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and afive changes of garments.
Gen 45:23 - And he sent to his father the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, and bread and provision for his father on the way.
Gen 45:24 - So he sent his brothers away; and as they departed, he said to them, Do not quarrel on the way.
(C.  The experience of Jacob—cont'd)
(4.  Being matured—cont'd)
b.  The manifestation of maturity — 45:25-47:10; 47:28-50:13(1)  Assigning no blame at hearing that Joseph was still alive — 45:25-28
Gen 45:25 - So they went up out of Egypt and came to the land of Canaan to Jacob their father.
Gen 45:26 - And they told him, saying, Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler aover all the land of Egypt. And his heart grew 1numb, for he did not believe them.
Gen 45:27 - And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them; and when he saw the awagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the bspirit of Jacob their father revived.
Gen 45:28 - And Israel said, 1It is enough. Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.

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Chapter 46 of 50

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(2)  Offering sacrifices to God at Beer-sheba — 46:1-4
Gen 46:1 - So Israel set out with all that he had and came to Beer-sheba and 1offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
Gen 46:2 - And God spoke to Israel in the avisions of the night and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here I am.
Gen 46:3 - And He said, I am 1God, the God of your afather; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make of you a bgreat nation there.
Gen 46:4 - I Myself will ago down with you to Egypt, and I Myself will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph’s hand will close your eyes.
(3)  Meeting Joseph again — 46:5-34
Gen 46:5 - And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father and their little ones and their wives in the awagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
Gen 46:6 - And they took their livestock and their possessions, which they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and aJacob and all his offspring with him came to Egypt.
Gen 46:7 - His sons and his grandsons with him, his daughters and his granddaughters, and all his offspring he brought with him to Egypt.
Gen 46:8 - And these are the anames of the children of Israel, who came to Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Jacob’s firstborn, Reuben.
Gen 46:9 - And the sons of aReuben: Hanoch and Pallu and Hezron and Carmi.
Gen 46:10 - And the sons of aSimeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman.
Gen 46:11 - And the sons of aLevi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Gen 46:12 - And the sons of aJudah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
Gen 46:13 - And the sons of aIssachar: Tola and Puvah and Iob and Shimron.
Gen 46:14 - And the sons of aZebulun: Sered and Elon and Jahleel.
Gen 46:15 - These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, along with his daughter aDinah. His sons and his daughters were thirty-three 1persons in all.
Gen 46:16 - And the sons of aGad: Ziphion and Haggi, Shuni and Ezbon, Eri and Arodi and Areli.
Gen 46:17 - And the sons of aAsher: Imnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah, and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
Gen 46:18 - These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah; and she bore these to Jacob, sixteen persons.
Gen 46:19 - The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
Gen 46:20 - And to aJoseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath the daughter of Potiphera priest of On bore to him.
Gen 46:21 - And the sons of aBenjamin: Bela and Becher and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, Ehi and Rosh, Muppim and Huppim and Ard.
Gen 46:22 - These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob, fourteen persons in all.
Gen 46:23 - And the sons of aDan: Hushim.
Gen 46:24 - And the sons of aNaphtali: Jahzeel and Guni and Jezer and Shillem.
Gen 46:25 - These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and she bore these to Jacob, seven persons in all.
Gen 46:26 - All the persons who came with Jacob into Egypt, who came out of his loins, besides the wives of Jacob’s sons, were sixty-six persons in all.
Gen 46:27 - And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob, who came to Egypt, were aseventy.
Gen 46:28 - And he sent Judah before him to Joseph to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came to the land of Goshen.
Gen 46:29 - And Joseph made his chariot ready and went up to Goshen to meet Israel his father. And when he appeared before him, he fell on his aneck and wept on his neck a good while.
Gen 46:30 - And Israel said to Joseph, Let me die now since I have aseen your face and know that you are still alive.
Gen 46:31 - And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, I will go up and atell Pharaoh, and will say to him, My brothers and my father’s household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.
Gen 46:32 - And the men are ashepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock; and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.
Gen 46:33 - And when Pharaoh calls you and says, What is your occupation?
Gen 46:34 - You shall say, Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers; that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an aabomination to the Egyptians.

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Chapter 47 of 50

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(4)  Blessing people all the time — 47:1-10; 47:28-49:28(a)  Blessing Pharaoh — 47:1-10
Gen 47:1 - Then Joseph went in and atold Pharaoh and said, My father and my brothers and their flocks and their herds and all that they have, have come out of the land of Canaan; and now they are in the land of Goshen.
Gen 47:2 - And he took five men from among his brothers and presented them to Pharaoh.
Gen 47:3 - And Pharaoh said to his brothers, aWhat is your occupation? And they said to Pharaoh, Your servants are bshepherds, both we and our fathers.
Gen 47:4 - And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to asojourn in the land because there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
Gen 47:5 - And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, Your father and your brothers have come to you.
Gen 47:6 - The land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the abest of the land; let them dwell in the land of Goshen. And if you know any capable men among them, make them overseers over my livestock.
Gen 47:7 - And Joseph brought in Jacob his father and set him before Pharaoh, and Jacob 1ablessed Pharaoh.
Gen 47:8 - And Pharaoh said to Jacob, How many are the 1years of your life?
Gen 47:9 - And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The years of my asojourning are one hundred thirty years; bfew and evil have been the cyears of my life, and they have not attained to the years of the lives of my fathers during the days of their sojourning.
Gen 47:10 - And Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went forth from Pharaoh’s presence.
(C.  The experience of Jacob—cont'd)
(5.  The reigning aspect as seen in Joseph—cont'd)
l.  Reigning — 47:11-27; 50:14-26
Gen 47:11 - And Joseph settled his father and his brothers and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
Gen 47:12 - And Joseph asustained his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food according to the number of their little ones.
Gen 47:13 - And there was no food in all the land, for the famine was so very severe that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.
Gen 47:14 - And Joseph 1collected all the money that was to be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan for the grain which they abought, and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s house.
Gen 47:15 - And when the money from the land of Egypt and from the land of Canaan had been spent, all the Egyptians came to Joseph saying, Give us food, for why should we die in your presence? For our money is gone.
Gen 47:16 - And Joseph said, Bring your livestock, and I will give you food in exchange for your livestock, if your money is gone.
Gen 47:17 - And they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses and for the flocks of sheep and for the herds of cattle and for the donkeys; and he 1fed them with food in exchange for all their livestock that year.
Gen 47:18 - And when that year had ended, they came to him the second year and said to him, We cannot hide from my lord that our money has been spent, and the herds of cattle are my lord’s. There is nothing left in the sight of my lord except our bodies and our lands.
Gen 47:19 - Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we and our land will become servants to Pharaoh. And give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not be desolate.
Gen 47:20 - So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for every Egyptian sold his field, because the famine was severe upon them; and the land became Pharaoh’s.
Gen 47:21 - And as for the people, he removed them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end.
Gen 47:22 - Only the land of the priests he did not buy, for the priests had an assigned portion from Pharaoh, and they lived off their portion which Pharaoh gave them; therefore they did not sell their land.
Gen 47:23 - Then Joseph said to the people, Now that I have this day bought you and your land for Pharaoh, here is seed for you that you may sow the land.
Gen 47:24 - And when harvest comes, you shall give a afifth to Pharaoh, and four-fifths shall be your own as seed of the field and as food for you and for those of your households and as food for your little ones.
Gen 47:25 - And they said, You have saved our lives. May we find favor in the sight of my lord and be Pharaoh’s servants.
Gen 47:26 - And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt that stands to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; aonly the land of the priests alone did not become Pharaoh’s.
Gen 47:27 - And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of aGoshen; and they acquired possessions in it and were fruitful and multiplied exceedingly.
(C.  The experience of Jacob—cont'd)
(4.  Being matured—cont'd)
(b.  The manifestation of maturity—cont'd)((4)  Blessing people all the time—cont'd)(b)  Blessing Joseph's sons — 47:28-48:22
Gen 47:28 - And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years. Thus the days of Jacob, the ayears of his life, were one hundred forty-seven years.
Gen 47:29 - And the time for Israel to die drew near. And he called his son Joseph and said to him, If now I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my 1athigh and deal with me in kindness and truth. Please do not bury me in Egypt;
Gen 47:30 - But when I 1lie down with my afathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burial place. And he said, I will do as you have said.
Gen 47:31 - And he said, Swear to me; and he swore to him. Then Israel abowed himself 1at the head of his bbed.

Genesis

Chapter 48 of 50

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Gen 48:1 - Now after these things Joseph was told, Your father is sick. So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
Gen 48:2 - And someone told Jacob and said, Your son Joseph is coming to you. So Israel strengthened himself and sat up on his bed.
Gen 48:3 - And Jacob said to Joseph, The 1aAll-sufficient God appeared to me at bLuz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.
Gen 48:4 - And He said to me, Behold, I am going to make you afruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you a company of peoples and will bgive this land to your seed after you for an everlasting possession.
Gen 48:5 - And now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are 1mine; aEphraim and Manasseh will be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are.
Gen 48:6 - And your offspring whom you beget after them will be yours; they will be called by the name of their brothers in their inheritance.
Gen 48:7 - And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel adied 1to my sorrow in the land of Canaan on the way, while there was still some distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
Gen 48:8 - And when Israel saw Joseph’s sons, he said, Who are these?
Gen 48:9 - And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has agiven to me here. And he said, Bring them to me, please, that I may bbless them.
Gen 48:10 - Now the eyes of Israel were adim with age, and he could not see. So 1Joseph brought them near to him, and he kissed them and embraced them.
Gen 48:11 - And Israel said to Joseph, I never expected to see your face, and now God has let me see your seed also.
Gen 48:12 - And Joseph brought them out from between his knees and bowed himself with his face to the ground.
Gen 48:13 - And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel’s left hand and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel’s right hand, and brought them near to him.
Gen 48:14 - But aIsrael stretched out his right hand and laid it upon Ephraim’s head—although he was the younger—and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, 1guiding his hands with insight, even though Manasseh was the firstborn.
Gen 48:15 - And he blessed Joseph and said,The 1God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,The God who has ashepherded me 2all my life to this day,
Gen 48:16 - The aAngel who has bredeemed me from all evil, bless the boys;And may my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;And may they be a teeming cmultitude in the midst of the earth.
Gen 48:17 - And when Joseph saw that his father laid his aright hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him; and he took hold of his father’s hand to remove it from Ephraim’s head onto Manasseh’s head.
Gen 48:18 - And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand upon his head.
Gen 48:19 - But his father refused and said, I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people, and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his seed will become a 1amultitude of nations.
Gen 48:20 - And he blessed them that day, saying,By you Israel will pronounce blessings, saying,God make you like Ephraim and like Manasseh.Thus he set Ephraim before Manasseh.Gen 48:21 - And Israel said to Joseph, Now I am about to die, but God will be awith you and will bring you again to the land of your fathers.
Gen 48:22 - Moreover I have agiven to you one 1portion more than your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

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Chapter 49 of 50

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(c)  Blessing his own sons — 49:1-28
Gen 49:1 - And Jacob called to his sons and said, Gather yourselves together that I may 1tell you what will happen to you in the alast days.
Gen 49:2 - aAssemble yourselves, and listen, O sons of Jacob;Yes, listen to Israel your father.Gen 49:3 - aReuben, you are my firstborn,My might and the bfirstfruits of my vigor,Preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power.
Gen 49:4 - Ebullient as water, you will 1not have the preeminence,Because you went up to your father’s abed;Then you defiled it—he went up to my couch.
Gen 49:5 - 1aSimeon and Levi are brothers;Weapons of violence are their swords.Gen 49:6 - Come not into their council, O my soul;Be not united with their assembly, O my aglory;For in their anger they slew men,And in their self-will they hamstrung oxen.Gen 49:7 - 1Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce;And their wrath, for it is cruel:I will adivide them in Jacob,And scatter them in Israel.Gen 49:8 - 1aJudah, your brothers will praise you;Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies;Your father’s bsons will bow down before you.
Gen 49:9 - Judah is a ayoung 1blion;From the prey, my son, you have gone 2up.He 2couches, he stretches out like a lion,And like a 3lioness; 4who will rouse him up?Gen 49:10 - The 1ascepter will not depart from Judah,Nor the ruler’s staff from 2between his feet,Until 3Shiloh bcomes,And to Him shall be the obedience of the 4peoples.Gen 49:11 - Binding his 1foal to the vine,And his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,He washes his 2garment in wine,And his robe in the blood of grapes.Gen 49:12 - 1Dark are his eyes with wine,And white are his teeth with milk.Gen 49:13 - aZebulun will dwell at the shore of the sea,And he will be a shore for 1ships,And his flank will be toward 2bSidon.
Gen 49:14 - aIssachar is a strong donkey,1Couching between the bsheepfolds.Gen 49:15 - And he saw a resting place that was goodAnd the 1land that was pleasant,And he bowed his shoulder to bear,And became a 2task-worker to bring 3tribute.Gen 49:16 - aDan will judge his people,As one of the 1tribes of Israel.Gen 49:17 - Dan will be a 1serpent in the way,A viper on the path,That bites the horse’s heels,So that his rider falls backward.Gen 49:18 - I have awaited for Your 1bsalvation, O Jehovah.
Gen 49:19 - aGad, raiders will raid him,But he will raid at 1their heel.Gen 49:20 - 1aAsher’s food will be 2rich,And he will yield royal dainties.Gen 49:21 - aNaphtali is a 1hind let loose;He gives beautiful words.Gen 49:22 - aJoseph is a fruitful 1bough,A fruitful bough by a fountain;His branches run over the wall.
Gen 49:23 - The archers bitterly attacked him,And shot at him and harassed him;Gen 49:24 - But his bow remained firm,And the arms of his hands were 1agile,By the hands of the aMighty One of Jacob—From there is the bShepherd, the cstone of Israel—Gen 49:25 - From the aGod of your father, who will help you,And from the 1bAll-sufficient One, who will 2bless youWith cblessings of heaven above,Blessings of the deep that lies beneath,Blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
Gen 49:26 - The blessings of your father surpassThe blessings of my ancestorsTo the utmost bound of the aeverlasting hills.They will be on the head of Joseph,And on the crown of the bhead of the one who was 1separate from hisbrothers.Gen 49:27 - aBenjamin is a 1ravenous wolf,In the morning devouring the preyAnd in the evening dividing the 2spoil.
Gen 49:28 - All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them when he blessed them; he blessed them, each one according to his blessing.
(C.  The experience of Jacob—cont'd)
(4.  Being matured—cont'd)
(b.  The manifestation of maturity—cont'd)(5)  Departing in an excellent way — 49:29-50:13
Gen 49:29 - And he charged them and said to them, I am being gathered to my people. 1Bury me with amy fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,
Gen 49:30 - In the cave that is in the field of aMachpelah, which is before Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field from Ephron the Hittite for the possession of a burial place—
Gen 49:31 - There they aburied Abraham and Sarah his wife, there they bburied Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah—
Gen 49:32 - The field and the cave that is in it, purchased from the children of Heth.
Gen 49:33 - And when Jacob had finished charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed and aexpired, and he was gathered to his people.

Genesis

Chapter 50 of 50

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Gen 50:1 - Then aJoseph fell upon his father’s face and wept over him and kissed him.
Gen 50:2 - And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.
Gen 50:3 - And forty days were spent for this, for this is the time to be spent for embalming. And the Egyptians awept for him seventy days.
Gen 50:4 - And when the days of weeping for him had passed, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, If I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the hearing of Pharaoh, saying,
Gen 50:5 - My father made me swear, saying, Now I am about to die; in my agrave which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me. Now therefore please let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.
Gen 50:6 - And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury your father, as he made you swear.
Gen 50:7 - And Joseph went up to bury his father; and all the servants of Pharaoh went up with him, the elders of his house and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
Gen 50:8 - And all the house of Joseph and his brothers and his father’s household; they left only their little ones and their flocks and their herds in the land of Goshen.
Gen 50:9 - And chariots also went up with him, as well as horsemen; and it was a very great company.
Gen 50:10 - And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and they lamented there with a very great and grievous lamentation; and he observed seven days of amourning for his father.
Gen 50:11 - And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning for the Egyptians. Therefore the name of it was called 1Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
Gen 50:12 - And thus his sons did to him as he commanded them;
Gen 50:13 - For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of aMachpelah before Mamre, which Abraham had bbought with the field for a possession of a burial place from Ephron the Hittite.
(C.  The experience of Jacob—cont'd)
(5.  The reigning aspect as seen in Joseph—cont'd)
l.  Reigning (cont'd) — 50:14-26
Gen 50:14 - And after he had buried his father, Joseph returned into Egypt, he and his brothers and all who went up with him to bury his father.
Gen 50:15 - And when Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, What if Joseph bears a grudge against us and pays us back in full for all the evil which we did to him?
Gen 50:16 - And they sent a message to Joseph, saying, Your father charged before he died, saying,
Gen 50:17 - Thus shall you say to Joseph, Please forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin, for they did you wrong. So now please forgive the transgression of the servants of the aGod of your father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
Gen 50:18 - And his brothers also went and afell down before him and said, We are here as your servants.
Gen 50:19 - And Joseph said to them, 1Do not be afraid, for aam I in the place of God?
Gen 50:20 - Even though you intended evil against me, God intended it for good, to do as it is this day, to apreserve alive a numerous people.
Gen 50:21 - Now therefore do not be afraid; I will asustain you and your little ones. And he comforted them and spoke 1kindly to them.
Gen 50:22 - And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father’s household; and Joseph lived one hundred ten years.
Gen 50:23 - And Joseph saw Ephraim’s achildren of the third generation; the children of bMachir the son of Manasseh were also born on Joseph’s knees.
Gen 50:24 - And aJoseph said to his brothers, I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up out of this land to the bland which He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Gen 50:25 - And Joseph made the children of Israel swear, saying, God will surely visit you, and you shall 1bring my abones up from here.
Gen 50:26 - And Joseph 1adied, being one hundred ten years old; and they bembalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
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