Bible in a Year – New International Version – Day 11 (Genesis 33 – 37)
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1Jacob looked up and there was Esau, coming with his four hundred men; so he divided the children among Leah, Rachel and the two female servants.2He put the female servants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph in the rear.3He himself went on ahead and bowed down to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.4But Esau ran to meet Jacob and embraced him; he threw his arms around his neck and kissed him. And they wept.5Then Esau looked up and saw the women and children. “Who are these with you?” he asked. Jacob answered, “They are the children God has graciously given your servant.”6Then the female servants and their children approached and bowed down.7Next, Leah and her children came and bowed down. Last of all came Joseph and Rachel, and they too bowed down.8Esau asked, “What’s the meaning of all these flocks and herds I met?” “To find favor in your eyes, my lord,” he said.9But Esau said, “I already have plenty, my brother. Keep what you have for yourself.”10“No, please!” said Jacob. “If I have found favor in your eyes, accept this gift from me. For to see your face is like seeing the face of God, now that you have received me favorably.11Please accept the present that was brought to you, for God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” And because Jacob insisted, Esau accepted it.12Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way; I’ll accompany you.”13But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard just one day, all the animals will die.14So let my lord go on ahead of his servant, while I move along slowly at the pace of the flocks and herds before me and the pace of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir.”15Esau said, “Then let me leave some of my men with you.” “But why do that?” Jacob asked. “Just let me find favor in the eyes of my lord.”16So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir.17Jacob, however, went to Sukkoth, where he built a place for himself and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place is called Sukkoth.18After Jacob came from Paddan Aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in Canaan and camped within sight of the city.19For a hundred pieces of silver, he bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, the plot of ground where he pitched his tent.20There he set up an altar and called it El Elohe Israel.
1Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land.2When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that area, saw her, he took her and raped her.3His heart was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.4And Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as my wife.”5When Jacob heard that his daughter Dinah had been defiled, his sons were in the fields with his livestock; so he did nothing about it until they came home.6Then Shechem’s father Hamor went out to talk with Jacob.7Meanwhile, Jacob’s sons had come in from the fields as soon as they heard what had happened. They were shocked and furious, because Shechem had done an outrageous thing in Israel by sleeping with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.8But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.9Intermarry with us; give us your daughters and take our daughters for yourselves.10You can settle among us; the land is open to you. Live in it, trade in it, and acquire property in it.”11Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and I will give you whatever you ask.12Make the price for the bride and the gift I am to bring as great as you like, and I’ll pay whatever you ask me. Only give me the young woman as my wife.”13Because their sister Dinah had been defiled, Jacob’s sons replied deceitfully as they spoke to Shechem and his father Hamor.14They said to them, “We can’t do such a thing; we can’t give our sister to a man who is not circumcised. That would be a disgrace to us.15We will enter into an agreement with you on one condition only: that you become like us by circumcising all your males.16Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We’ll settle among you and become one people with you.17But if you will not agree to be circumcised, we’ll take our sister and go.”18Their proposal seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.19The young man, who was the most honored of all his father’s family, lost no time in doing what they said, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.20So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city to speak to the men of their city.21“These men are friendly toward us,” they said. “Let them live in our land and trade in it; the land has plenty of room for them. We can marry their daughters and they can marry ours.22But the men will agree to live with us as one people only on the condition that our males be circumcised, as they themselves are.23Won’t their livestock, their property and all their other animals become ours? So let us agree to their terms, and they will settle among us.”24All the men who went out of the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male in the city was circumcised.25Three days later, while all of them were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and attacked the unsuspecting city, killing every male.26They put Hamor and his son Shechem to the sword and took Dinah from Shechem’s house and left.27The sons of Jacob came upon the dead bodies and looted the city where their sister had been defiled.28They seized their flocks and herds and donkeys and everything else of theirs in the city and out in the fields.29They carried off all their wealth and all their women and children, taking as plunder everything in the houses.30Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me obnoxious to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people living in this land. We are few in number, and if they join forces against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”31But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”
1Then God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel and settle there, and build an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.”2So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes.3Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone.”4So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had and the rings in their ears, and Jacob buried them under the oak at Shechem.5Then they set out, and the terror of God fell on the towns all around them so that no one pursued them.6Jacob and all the people with him came to Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.7There he built an altar, and he called the place El Bethel, because it was there that God revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother.8Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak outside Bethel. So it was named Allon Bakuth.9After Jacob returned from Paddan Aram, God appeared to him again and blessed him.10God said to him, “Your name is Jacob, but you will no longer be called Jacob; your name will be Israel. ” So he named him Israel.11And God said to him, “I am God Almighty ; be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.12The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I also give to you, and I will give this land to your descendants after you.”13Then God went up from him at the place where he had talked with him.14Jacob set up a stone pillar at the place where God had talked with him, and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil on it.15Jacob called the place where God had talked with him Bethel.16Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty.17And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, “Don’t despair, for you have another son.”18As she breathed her last—for she was dying—she named her son Ben-Oni. But his father named him Benjamin.19So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).20Over her tomb Jacob set up a pillar, and to this day that pillar marks Rachel’s tomb.21Israel moved on again and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder.22While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard of it. Jacob had twelve sons:23The sons of Leah: Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun.24The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.25The sons of Rachel’s servant Bilhah: Dan and Naphtali.26The sons of Leah’s servant Zilpah: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.27Jacob came home to his father Isaac in Mamre, near Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.28Isaac lived a hundred and eighty years.29Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
1This is the account of the family line of Esau (that is, Edom).2Esau took his wives from the women of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite—3also Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.4Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel,5and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam and Korah. These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in Canaan.6Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the members of his household, as well as his livestock and all his other animals and all the goods he had acquired in Canaan, and moved to a land some distance from his brother Jacob.7Their possessions were too great for them to remain together; the land where they were staying could not support them both because of their livestock.8So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.9This is the account of the family line of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.10These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz, the son of Esau’s wife Adah, and Reuel, the son of Esau’s wife Basemath.11The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam and Kenaz.12Esau’s son Eliphaz also had a concubine named Timna, who bore him Amalek. These were grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.13The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.14The sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon, whom she bore to Esau: Jeush, Jalam and Korah.15These were the chiefs among Esau’s descendants: The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: Chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,16Korah, Gatam and Amalek. These were the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in Edom; they were grandsons of Adah.17The sons of Esau’s son Reuel: Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were the chiefs descended from Reuel in Edom; they were grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.18The sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah: Chiefs Jeush, Jalam and Korah. These were the chiefs descended from Esau’s wife Oholibamah daughter of Anah.19These were the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these were their chiefs.20These were the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the region: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,21Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These sons of Seir in Edom were Horite chiefs.22The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam. Timna was Lotan’s sister.23The sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho and Onam.24The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. This is the Anah who discovered the hot springs in the desert while he was grazing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.25The children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah daughter of Anah.26The sons of Dishon : Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran and Keran.27The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan and Akan.28The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.29These were the Horite chiefs: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,30Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These were the Horite chiefs, according to their divisions, in the land of Seir.31These were the kings who reigned in Edom before any Israelite king reigned:32Bela son of Beor became king of Edom. His city was named Dinhabah.33When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah succeeded him as king.34When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites succeeded him as king.35When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, succeeded him as king. His city was named Avith.36When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah succeeded him as king.37When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the river succeeded him as king.38When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan son of Akbor succeeded him as king.39When Baal-Hanan son of Akbor died, Hadad succeeded him as king. His city was named Pau, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-Zahab.40These were the chiefs descended from Esau, by name, according to their clans and regions: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,41Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,42Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,43Magdiel and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their settlements in the land they occupied. This is the family line of Esau, the father of the Edomites.
1Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan.2This is the account of Jacob’s family line. Joseph, a young man of seventeen, was tending the flocks with his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives, and he brought their father a bad report about them.3Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate robe for him.4When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.5Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.6He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:7We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.”8His brothers said to him, “Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?” And they hated him all the more because of his dream and what he had said.9Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. “Listen,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”10When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, “What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?”11His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.12Now his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem,13and Israel said to Joseph, “As you know, your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I am going to send you to them.” “Very well,” he replied.14So he said to him, “Go and see if all is well with your brothers and with the flocks, and bring word back to me.” Then he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. When Joseph arrived at Shechem,15a man found him wandering around in the fields and asked him, “What are you looking for?”16He replied, “I’m looking for my brothers. Can you tell me where they are grazing their flocks?”17“They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’ ” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them near Dothan.18But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.19“Here comes that dreamer!” they said to each other.20“Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of these cisterns and say that a ferocious animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what comes of his dreams.”21When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. “Let’s not take his life,” he said.22“Don’t shed any blood. Throw him into this cistern here in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this to rescue him from them and take him back to his father.23So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the ornate robe he was wearing—24and they took him and threw him into the cistern. The cistern was empty; there was no water in it.25As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with spices, balm and myrrh, and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt.26Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?27Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood.” His brothers agreed.28So when the Midianite merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.29When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.30He went back to his brothers and said, “The boy isn’t there! Where can I turn now?”31Then they got Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood.32They took the ornate robe back to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe.”33He recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! Some ferocious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces.”34Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days.35All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said, “I will continue to mourn until I join my son in the grave.” So his father wept for him.36Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials, the captain of the guard.