Genesis 35
35Then God said to Jacob, "Get ready and move to Bethel and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother, Esau."H430H559H3290H6965H5927H1008H3427H6213H4196H410H7200H1272H6440H6215H2512So Jacob told everyone in his household, "Get rid of all your pagan idols, purify yourselves, and put on clean clothing.H3290H559H1004H5493H5236H430H8432H2891H2498H80713We are now going to Bethel, where I will build an altar to the God who answered my prayers when I was in distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone."H6965H5927H1008H6213H4196H410H6030H3117H6869H1870H19804So they gave Jacob all their pagan idols and earrings, and he buried them under the great tree near Shechem.H5414H3290H5236H430H3027H5141H241H3290H2934H424H79275As they set out, a terror from God spread over the people in all the towns of that area, so no one attacked Jacob's family.H5265H2847H430H5892H5439H7291H310H1121H32906Eventually, Jacob and his household arrived at Luz (also called Bethel) in Canaan.H3290H935H3870H776H3667H1008H59717Jacob built an altar there and named the place El-bethel (which means "God of Bethel"), because God had appeared to him there when he was fleeing from his brother, Esau.H1129H4196H7121H4725H416H430H1540H1272H6440H2518Soon after this, Rebekah's old nurse, Deborah, died. She was buried beneath the oak tree in the valley below Bethel. Ever since, the tree has been called Allon-bacuth (which means "oak of weeping").H1683H7259H3243H4191H6912H1008H437H8034H7121H4399Now that Jacob had returned from Paddan-aram, God appeared to him again at Bethel. God blessed him,H430H7200H3290H935H6307H128810saying, "Your name is Jacob, but you will not be called Jacob any longer. From now on your name will be Israel." So God renamed him Israel.H430H559H8034H3290H8034H7121H3290H3478H8034H7121H8034H347811Then God said, "I am El-Shaddai—'God Almighty.' Be fruitful and multiply. You will become a great nation, even many nations. Kings will be among your descendants!H430H559H410H7706H6509H7235H1471H6951H1471H4428H3318H250412And I will give you the land I once gave to Abraham and Isaac. Yes, I will give it to you and your descendants after you."H776H5414H85H3327H5414H2233H310H5414H77613Then God went up from the place where he had spoken to Jacob.H430H5927H4725H169614Jacob set up a stone pillar to mark the place where God had spoken to him. Then he poured wine over it as an offering to God and anointed the pillar with olive oil.H3290H5324H4676H4725H1696H4678H68H5258H5262H3332H808115And Jacob named the place Bethel (which means "house of God"), because God had spoken to him there.H3290H7121H8034H4725H430H1696H100816Leaving Bethel, Jacob and his clan moved on toward Ephrath. But Rachel went into labor while they were still some distance away. Her labor pains were intense.H5265H1008H5750H3530H776H935H672H7354H3205H7185H320517After a very hard delivery, the midwife finally exclaimed, "Don't be afraid—you have another son!"H7185H3205H3205H559H3372H112118Rachel was about to die, but with her last breath she named the baby Ben-oni (which means "son of my sorrow"). The baby's father, however, called him Benjamin (which means "son of my right hand").H5315H3318H4191H7121H8034H1126H1H7121H114419So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).H7354H4191H6912H1870H672H103520Jacob set up a stone monument over Rachel's grave, and it can be seen there to this day.H3290H5324H4676H6900H4678H7354H6900H311721Then Jacob traveled on and camped beyond Migdal-eder.H3478H5265H5186H168H1973H4026H402922While he was living there, Reuben had intercourse with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Jacob soon heard about it. These are the names of the twelve sons of Jacob.H3478H7931H776H7205H3212H7901H1090H1H6370H3478H8085H1121H3290H8147H624023The sons of Leah were Reuben (Jacob's oldest son), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.H1121H3812H7205H3290H1060H8095H3878H3063H3485H207424The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.H1121H7354H3130H114425The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant, were Dan and Naphtali.H1121H1090H7354H8198H1835H532126The sons of Zilpah, Leah's servant, were Gad and Asher. These are the names of the sons who were born to Jacob at Paddan-aram.H1121H2153H3812H8198H1410H836H1121H3290H3205H630727So Jacob returned to his father, Isaac, in Mamre, which is near Kiriath-arba (now called Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had both lived as foreigners.H3290H935H3327H1H4471H7153H2275H85H3327H148128Isaac lived for 180 years.H3117H3327H3967H8141H8084H814129Then he breathed his last and died at a ripe old age, joining his ancestors in death. And his sons, Esau and Jacob, buried him.H3327H1478H4191H622H5971H2205H7649H3117H1121H6215H3290H6912
Genesis 36
36This is the account of the descendants of Esau (also known as Edom).H8435H6215H1232Esau married two young women from Canaan: Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite; and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite.H6215H3947H802H1323H3667H5711H1323H356H2850H173H1323H6034H1323H6649H23403He also married his cousin Basemath, who was the daughter of Ishmael and the sister of Nebaioth.H1315H3458H1323H269H50324Adah gave birth to a son named Eliphaz for Esau. Basemath gave birth to a son named Reuel.H5711H3205H6215H464H1315H3205H74675Oholibamah gave birth to sons named Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. All these sons were born to Esau in the land of Canaan.H173H3205H3274H3281H7141H1121H6215H3205H776H36676Esau took his wives, his children, and his entire household, along with his livestock and cattle—all the wealth he had acquired in the land of Canaan—and moved away from his brother, Jacob.H6215H3947H802H1121H1323H5315H1004H4735H929H7075H7408H776H3667H3212H776H6440H251H32907There was not enough land to support them both because of all the livestock and possessions they had acquired.H7399H7227H3427H3162H776H4033H3201H5375H6440H47358So Esau (also known as Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.H3427H6215H2022H8165H6215H1239This is the account of Esau's descendants, the Edomites, who lived in the hill country of Seir.H8435H6215H1H123H2022H816510These are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz, the son of Esau's wife Adah; and Reuel, the son of Esau's wife Basemath.H8034H6215H1121H464H1121H5711H802H6215H7467H1121H1315H802H621511The descendants of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.H1121H464H8487H201H6825H1609H707312Timna, the concubine of Esau's son Eliphaz, gave birth to a son named Amalek. These are the descendants of Esau's wife Adah.H8555H6370H464H6215H1121H3205H464H6002H1121H5711H6215H80213The descendants of Reuel were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are the descendants of Esau's wife Basemath.H1121H7467H5184H2226H8048H4199H1121H1315H6215H80214Esau also had sons through Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon. Their names were Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.H1121H173H1323H6034H1323H6649H6215H802H3205H6215H3274H3281H714115These are the descendants of Esau who became the leaders of various clans: The descendants of Esau's oldest son, Eliphaz, became the leaders of the clans of Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,H441H1121H6215H1121H464H1060H6215H441H8487H441H201H441H6825H441H707316Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These are the clan leaders in the land of Edom who descended from Eliphaz. All these were descendants of Esau's wife Adah.H441H7141H441H1609H441H6002H441H464H776H123H1121H571117The descendants of Esau's son Reuel became the leaders of the clans of Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are the clan leaders in the land of Edom who descended from Reuel. All these were descendants of Esau's wife Basemath.H1121H7467H6215H1121H441H5184H441H2226H441H8048H441H4199H441H7467H776H123H1121H1315H6215H80218The descendants of Esau and his wife Oholibamah became the leaders of the clans of Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the clan leaders who descended from Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.H1121H173H6215H802H441H3266H441H3281H441H7141H441H173H1323H6034H6215H80219These are the clans descended from Esau (also known as Edom), identified by their clan leaders.H1121H6215H123H44120These are the names of the tribes that descended from Seir the Horite. They lived in the land of Edom: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,H1121H8165H2752H3427H776H3877H7732H6649H603421Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These were the Horite clan leaders, the descendants of Seir, who lived in the land of Edom.H1787H687H1789H441H2752H1121H8165H776H12322The descendants of Lotan were Hori and Hemam. Lotan뭩 sister was named Timna.H1121H3877H2753H1967H3877H269H855523The descendants of Shobal were Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.H1121H7732H5935H4506H5858H8195H20824The descendants of Zibeon were Aiah and Anah. (This is the Anah who discovered the hot springs in the wilderness while he was grazing his father's donkeys.)H1121H6649H345H6034H6034H4672H3222H4057H7462H2543H6649H125The descendants of Anah were his son, Dishon, and his daughter, Oholibamah.H1121H6034H1787H173H1323H603426The descendants of Dishon were Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran.H1121H1787H2533H790H3506H376327The descendants of Ezer were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.H1121H687H1092H2190H613028The descendants of Dishan were Uz and Aran.H1121H1789H5780H76529So these were the leaders of the Horite clans: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,H441H2752H441H3877H441H7732H441H6649H441H603430Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. The Horite clans are named after their clan leaders, who lived in the land of Seir.H441H1787H441H687H441H1789H441H2753H441H776H816531These are the kings who ruled in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites.H4428H4427H776H123H6440H4427H4428H1121H347832Bela son of Beor, who ruled in Edom from his city of Dinhabah.H1106H1121H1160H4427H123H8034H5892H183833When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah became king in his place.H1106H4191H3103H1121H2226H1224H442734When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites became king in his place.H3103H4191H2367H776H8489H442735When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad became king in his place and ruled from the city of Avith. He was the one who defeated the Midianites in the land of Moab.H2367H4191H1908H1121H911H5221H4080H7704H4124H4427H8034H5892H576236When Hadad died, Samlah from the city of Masrekah became king in his place.H1908H4191H8072H4957H442737When Samlah died, Shaul from the city of Rehoboth-on-the-River became king in his place.H8072H4191H7586H7344H5104H442738When Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of Acbor became king in his place.H7586H4191H1177H1121H5907H442739When Baal-hanan son of Acbor died, Hadad became king in his place and ruled from the city of Pau. His wife was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred and granddaughter of Me-zahab.H1177H1121H5907H4191H1924H4427H8034H5892H6464H802H8034H4105H1323H4308H1323H431440These are the names of the leaders of the clans descended from Esau, who lived in the places named for them: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,H8034H441H6215H4940H4725H8034H441H8555H441H5933H441H350941Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,H441H173H441H425H441H637342Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,H441H7073H441H8487H441H401443Magdiel, and Iram. These are the leaders of the clans of Edom, listed according to their settlements in the land they occupied. They all descended from Esau, the ancestor of the Edomites.H441H4025H441H5902H441H123H4186H776H272H6215H1H123
Genesis 37
37So Jacob settled again in the land of Canaan, where his father had lived as a foreigner.H3290H3427H776H1H4033H776H36672This is the account of Jacob and his family. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he often tended his father's flocks. He worked for his half brothers, the sons of his father's wives Bilhah and Zilpah. But Joseph reported to his father some of the bad things his brothers were doing.H8435H3290H3130H6240H7651H8141H1121H7462H6629H251H5288H1121H1090H1121H2153H1H802H3130H935H1H7451H16813Jacob loved Joseph more than any of his other children because Joseph had been born to him in his old age. So one day Jacob had a special gift made for Joseph—a beautiful robe.H3478H157H3130H1121H1121H2208H6213H3801H64464But his brothers hated Joseph because their father loved him more than the rest of them. They couldn't say a kind word to him.H251H7200H1H157H251H8130H3201H1696H79655One night Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him more than ever.H3130H2492H2472H5046H251H8130H32546"Listen to this dream," he said.H559H8085H2472H24927"We were out in the field, tying up bundles of grain. Suddenly my bundle stood up, and your bundles all gathered around and bowed low before mine!"H481H8432H485H7704H485H6965H5324H485H5437H7812H4858His brothers responded, "So you think you will be our king, do you? Do you actually think you will reign over us?" And they hated him all the more because of his dreams and the way he talked about them.H251H559H4427H4427H4910H4910H8130H3254H2472H16979Soon Joseph had another dream, and again he told his brothers about it. "Listen, I have had another dream," he said. "The sun, moon, and eleven stars bowed low before me!"H2492H312H2472H5608H251H559H2492H2472H8121H3394H6240H259H3556H781210This time he told the dream to his father as well as to his brothers, but his father scolded him. "What kind of dream is that?" he asked. "Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow to the ground before you?"H5608H1H251H1H1605H559H2472H2492H517H251H935H935H7812H77611But while his brothers were jealous of Joseph, his father wondered what the dreams meant.H251H7065H1H8104H169712Soon after this, Joseph's brothers went to pasture their father's flocks at Shechem.H251H3212H7462H1H6629H792713When they had been gone for some time, Jacob said to Joseph, "Your brothers are pasturing the sheep at Shechem. Get ready, and I will send you to them." "I'm ready to go," Joseph replied.H3478H559H3130H251H7462H7927H3212H7971H55914"Go and see how your brothers and the flocks are getting along," Jacob said. "Then come back and bring me a report." So Jacob sent him on his way, and Joseph traveled to Shechem from their home in the valley of Hebron.H559H3212H7200H7965H251H7965H6629H7725H1697H7725H7971H6010H2275H935H792715When he arrived there, a man from the area noticed him wandering around the countryside. "What are you looking for?" he asked.H376H4672H8582H7704H376H7592H559H124516"I'm looking for my brothers," Joseph replied. "Do you know where they are pasturing their sheep?"H559H1245H251H5046H375H746217"Yes," the man told him. "They have moved on from here, but I heard them say, 'Let's go on to Dothan.'" So Joseph followed his brothers to Dothan and found them there.H376H559H5265H2088H8085H559H3212H1886H3130H3212H310H251H4672H188618When Joseph's brothers saw him coming, they recognized him in the distance. As he approached, they made plans to kill him.H7200H7350H7126H5230H419119"Here comes the dreamer!" they said.H559H376H251H1976H1167H2472H93520"Come on, let's kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns. We can tell our father, 'A wild animal has eaten him.' Then we'll see what becomes of his dreams!"H3212H2026H7993H259H953H559H7451H2416H398H7200H247221But when Reuben heard of their scheme, he came to Joseph's rescue. "Let's not kill him," he said.H7205H8085H5337H3027H559H5221H531522"Why should we shed any blood? Let's just throw him into this empty cistern here in the wilderness. Then he'll die without our laying a hand on him." Reuben was secretly planning to rescue Joseph and return him to his father.H7205H559H8210H1818H7993H953H4057H7971H3027H5337H3027H7725H1H772523So when Joseph arrived, his brothers ripped off the beautiful robe he was wearing.H3130H935H251H6584H853H3130H854H3801H3801H644624Then they grabbed him and threw him into the cistern. Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it.H3947H7993H953H953H7386H432525Then, just as they were sitting down to eat, they looked up and saw a caravan of camels in the distance coming toward them. It was a group of Ishmaelite traders taking a load of gum, balm, and aromatic resin from Gilead down to Egypt.H3427H398H3899H5375H5869H7200H736H3459H935H1568H1581H5375H5219H6875H3910H1980H3381H471426Judah said to his brothers, "What will we gain by killing our brother? We'd have to cover up the crime.H3063H559H251H1215H2026H251H3680H181827Instead of hurting him, let's sell him to those Ishmaelite traders. After all, he is our brother—our own flesh and blood!" And his brothers agreed.H3212H4376H3459H3027H251H1320H251H808528So when the Ishmaelites, who were Midianite traders, came by, Joseph's brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to them for twenty pieces of silver. And the traders took him to Egypt.H5674H4084H582H5503H4900H5927H3130H953H4376H3130H3459H6242H3701H935H3130H471429Some time later, Reuben returned to get Joseph out of the cistern. When he discovered that Joseph was missing, he tore his clothes in grief.H7205H7725H953H3130H953H7167H89930Then he went back to his brothers and lamented, "The boy is gone! What will I do now?"H7725H251H559H3206H575H93531Then the brothers killed a young goat and dipped Joseph's robe in its blood.H3947H3130H3801H7819H8163H5795H2881H3801H181832They sent the beautiful robe to their father with this message: "Look at what we found. Doesn't this robe belong to your son?"H7971H3801H6446H935H1H559H4672H5234H1121H380133Their father recognized it immediately. "Yes," he said, "it is my son's robe. A wild animal must have eaten him. Joseph has clearly been torn to pieces!"H5234H559H1121H3801H7451H2416H398H3130H2963H296334Then Jacob tore his clothes and dressed himself in burlap. He mourned deeply for his son for a long time.H3290H7167H8071H7760H8242H4975H56H1121H7227H311735His family all tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. "I will go to my grave mourning for my son," he would say, and then he would weep.H1121H1323H6965H5162H3985H5162H559H3381H7585H1121H57H1H105836Meanwhile, the Midianite traders arrived in Egypt, where they sold Joseph to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Potiphar was captain of the palace guard.H4092H4376H4714H6318H5631H6547H8269H2876
Psalms 11
11[For the choir director: A psalm of David.] I trust in the LORD for protection. So why do you say to me, "Fly like a bird to the mountains for safety!H5329H1732H3068H2620H559H5315H5110H6833H2022 2The wicked are stringing their bows and fitting their arrows on the bowstrings. They shoot from the shadows at those whose hearts are right.H7563H1869H7198H3559H2671H3499H652H1119H3384H3477H3820 3The foundations of law and order have collapsed. What can the righteous do?"H8356H2040H6662H6466 4But the LORD is in his holy Temple; the LORD still rules from heaven. He watches everyone closely, examining every person on earth.H3068H6944H1964H3068H3678H8064H5869H2372H6079H974H1121H120 5The LORD examines both the righteous and the wicked. He hates those who love violence.H3068H974H6662H7563H157H2555H5315H8130 6He will rain down blazing coals and burning sulfur on the wicked, punishing them with scorching winds.H7563H4305H6341H784H1614H2152H7307H4521H3563 7For the righteous LORD loves justice. The virtuous will see his face.H6662H3068H157H6666H6440H2372H3477
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So God renamed him Israel.H430
