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Today's Bible Reading :: Genesis 35 - 37 (KJV)

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Genesis 35

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:1 - And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:2 - Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:3 - And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:4 - And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:5 - And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:6 - So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:7 - And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:8 - But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.

Jacob Is Named Israel

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:9 - And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:10 - And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:11 - And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:12 - And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:13 - And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:14 - And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:15 - And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:16 - And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:17 - And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:18 - And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:19 - And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:20 - And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:21 - And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:22 - And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

The Sons of Israel

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:23 - The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:24 - The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:25 - And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:26 - And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:27 - And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:28 - And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:29 - And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Genesis 36

Esau Moves

(1Ch 1:35–42 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:1 - Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:2 - Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:3 - And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:4 - And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:5 - And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:6 - And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:7 - For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:8 - Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.

Descendants of Esau

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:9 - And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:10 - These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:11 - And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:12 - And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:13 - And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:14 - And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:15 - These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:16 - Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:17 - And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:18 - And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:19 - These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:20 - These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:21 - And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:22 - And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:23 - And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:24 - And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:25 - And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:26 - And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:27 - The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:28 - The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:29 - These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:30 - Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:31 - And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:32 - And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:33 - And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:34 - And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:35 - And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:36 - And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:37 - And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:38 - And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:39 - And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:40 - And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:41 - Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:42 - Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:43 - Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.

Genesis 37

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:1 - And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2 - These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:3 - Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:4 - And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:5 - And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:6 - And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:7 - For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:8 - And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:9 - And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:10 - And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:11 - And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:12 - And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:13 - And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:14 - And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:15 - And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:16 - And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:17 - And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.

The Plot against Joseph

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:18 - And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:19 - And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:20 - Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:21 - And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:22 - And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:23 - And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:24 - And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:25 - And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:26 - And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:27 - Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:28 - Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:29 - And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:30 - And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:31 - And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:32 - And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:33 - And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:34 - And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:35 - And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:36 - And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard.
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