Hi, and welcome back
to His Words Are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and
today we are going to be reading
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in the book of
Genesis, but before we start,
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Let's pray together. Dear God.
thank you so much for your words
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that bless us, and encourage us,
and strengthen us, and draw us
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closer to you which is
where we most want to be.
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Please come and be
with us now, as we read
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and help us to understand,
and help us to not just
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hear the words but to let those
words bear fruit in our lives.
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We love you so much and
thank You for loving us. Amen.
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When we were last reading it was
the story of Jacob and his sons
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and there had been a man of the
people where they were dwelling
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who fell in love
with their sister, Dinah,
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and wanted to marry her. He
had defiled her and his father
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and he had come to
Jacob and his sons and said,
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can we please have Dinah to be
his wife? And the sons of Jacob
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lied to this man and his son,
and told him that they would
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give Dinah to him if they would
all become circumcised. And
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not only they but all
of the men in their city.
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And so they went back and
convinced the men in their city
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to do this and they
thought they were going to be
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striking a
bargain with Jacob's sons.
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We're picking up the
story now in Genesis chapter 34,
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with verse 25. This is
the King James Version.
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And it came to pass on the
3rd day, when they were sore,
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- they were sore
from being circumcised -
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that two of the sons
of Jacob, Simeon and Levi,
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Dinah's brethren,
took each man his sword,
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and came upon the city
boldly, and slew all the males.
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And they slew Hamor and
Shechem his son with the edge
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of the sword, and took Dinah out
of Shechem's house, and went out
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The sons of Jacob came upon
the slain, and spoiled the city,
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because they had defiled their
sister. They took their sheep,
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and their oxen, and their asses,
and that which was in the city,
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and that which was in the
field, and all their wealth,
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and all their little ones, and
their wives took they captive,
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and spoiled even all
that was in the house.
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And Jacob said to Simeon
and Levi, Ye have troubled me
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to make me to stink among
the inhabitants of the land,
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among the
Canaanites and the Perizzites:
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and I being few in number, they
shall gather themselves against
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me, and slay me; and I shall
be destroyed, I and my house.
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And they said, Should
he deal with our sister
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as with a harlot? - We're
continuing now in chapter 35.
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And God said unto
Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel,
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and dwell there: and make there
an altar unto God, that appeared
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unto thee when thou
fleddest from the face of Esau,
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thy brother. Then Jacob said
unto his household, and to all
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that were with him, Put away the
strange gods that are among you,
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and be clean, and change
your garments: And let us arise,
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and go up to Bethel; and I will
make there an altar unto God,
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who answered me in the day of my
distress, and was with me in the
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way which I went. And they gave
unto Jacob all the strange gods
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which were in their
hand, and all their earrings
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which were in their ears;
and Jacob hid them under the oak
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which was by Shechem. And they
journeyed: and the terror of God
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was upon the cities
that were round about them,
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and they did not pursue
after the sons of Jacob.
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So Jacob came to Luz, which is
in the land of Canaan, that is,
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Bethel, he and all the
people that were with him.
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And he built there an altar,
and called the place Elbethel:
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because there God appeared unto
him, when he fled from the face
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of his brother. But
Deborah, Rebekah's nurse died,
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and she was buried
beneath Bethel under an oak:
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and the name of it
was called Allonbachuth.
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And God appeared unto
Jacob again, when he came out of
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Padanaram, and blessed
him. And God said unto him,
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Thy name is Jacob: thy name
shall not be called any more
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Jacob, but Israel shall be
thy name: and he called his name
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Israel. And God said unto him,
I am God Almighty: be fruitful
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and multiply; a nation
and a company of nations
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shall be of thee, and kings
shall come out of thy loins;
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And the land which I gave
Abraham and Isaac, to thee
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I will give it, and to thy seed
after thee will I give the land.
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And God went up from him in the
place where he talked with him.
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And Jacob set up a pillar in the
place where he talked with him,
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even a pillar of stone: and he
poured a drink offering thereon,
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and he poured oil thereon.
And Jacob called the name
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of the place where God
spake with him, Bethel.
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And they journeyed from Bethel;
and there was but a little way
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to come to Ephrath:
and Rachel travailed,
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and she had hard
labour. And it came to pass,
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when she was in hard labour,
that the midwife said unto her,
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Fear not; thou
shalt have this son also.
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And it came to pass, as her soul
was in departing, for she died -
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that she called his name Benoni:
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but his father
called him Benjamin.
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And Rachel died, and was
buried in the way to Ephrath,
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which is Bethlehem. And Jacob
set a pillar upon her grave:
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that is the pillar of
Rachel's grave unto this day.
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And Israel journeyed, and
spread his tent beyond the tower
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of Edar. And it came to pass,
when Israel dwelt in that land,
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that Reuben went and lay with
Bilhah, his father's concubine:
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and Israel heard it. Now
the sons of Jacob were twelve.
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The sons of Leah; Reuben,
Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon,
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and Levi, and Judah,
and Issachar. and Zebulun:
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The sons of Rachel;
Joseph, and Benjamin.
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And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's
handmaid; Dan and Naphtali.
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and the sons of Zilpah,
Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher:
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these are the sons of
Jacob, which were born to him
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in Padanaram. And Jacob
came unto Isaac his father
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unto Mamre, unto the city
of Arbah, which is Hebron,
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where Abraham
and Isaac sojourned.
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And the days of Isaac were
an hundred and fourscore years.
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And Isaac gave up the ghost,
and died, and was gathered
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unto his people,
being old and full of days;
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and his sons Esau
and Jacob buried him.
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As I'm looking here at chapter
36, I see that we have a lot
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more of the genealogy, so
why don't we skip through,
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and pick it up on chapter 37.
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This is the King James Version.
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And Jacob dwelt in the
land wherein his father
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was a stranger, in
the land of Canaan.
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These are the generations of
Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen
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years old, was feeding the flock
with his brethren; and the lad
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was with the sons of Bilhah,
and with the sons of Zilpah,
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his father's wives: and
Joseph brought unto his father
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their evil report. Now Israel
loved Joseph more than all
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his children, because he
was the son of his old age:
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and he made him a coat of many
colours. And when his brethren
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saw that their father loved
him more than all his brethren,
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they hated him, and could
not speak peaceably unto him.
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And Joseph dreamed a dream,
and he told it his brethren:
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and they hated him yet the
more. and he said unto them,
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Hear, I pray you, this
dream which I have dreamed:
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For, behold, we were binding
sheaves in the field, and lo,
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my sheaf arose, and also
stood upright; and behold,
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your sheaves stood round about,
and made obeisance to my sheaf.
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And his brethren said to him,
Shalt thou indeed reign over us?
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or shalt thou indeed
have dominion over us?
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And they hated him yet
the more for his dreams,
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and for his words. And he
dreamed yet another dream,
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and told it his brethren,
and said, Behold, I have dreamed
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a dream more: and behold, the
sun and the moon and the eleven
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stars made obeisance to me.
And he told it to his father,
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and to his brethren: and
his father rebuked him, and said
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unto him, What is this
dream that thou hast dreamed?
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Shall I and thy mother
and thy brethren indeed come
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to bow down
ourselves to thee to the earth?
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And his brethren envied him; but
his father observed the saying.
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And his brethren went to feed
their father's flock in Shechem.
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And Israel said unto Joseph, Do
not thy brethren feed the flock
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in Shechem? come, and I
will I send thee unto them.
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And he said to him, Here
am I. And he said to him,
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Go, I pray thee, see whether
it be well with thy brethren,
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and well with the
flocks; and bring me word again.
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So he sent him out
of the vale of Hebron,
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and he came to Shechem. And
a certain man found him, and,
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behold, ye was wandering in the
field: and the man asked him,
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saying, What seekest thou?
And he said, I seek my brethren:
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tell me, I pray thee,
where they feed their flocks.
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And the man said,
They are departed hence;
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For I heard them
say, Let us go to Dothan,
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And Joseph went after
his brethren and found them
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in Dothan. And when
they saw him afar off,
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even before he
came near unto them,
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they conspired
against him to slay him.
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And they said one to another,
Behold, this dreamer cometh.
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Come now therefore,
and let us slay him,
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and cast him into some pit, and
we will say some evil beast hath
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devoured him and we
shall see what shall become
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of his dreams. And
Reuben heard it he delivered him
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out of their hands and
said, Let us not kill him.
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And Reuben said
unto them, Shed no blood,
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but cast him into this
pit that is in the wilderness,
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and lay no hand upon
him; that he might rid him out
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of their hands, to
deliver him to his father again.
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And it came to pass, when Joseph
was come unto his brethren,
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that they stripped
Joseph out of his coat,
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his coat of many
colours that was on him;
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And they took him,
and cast him into a pit:
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and the pit was empty,
there was no water in it.
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And they sat down to eat bread:
and they lifted up their eyes
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and looked, and, behold, a
company of Ishmeelites came
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from Gilead with their
camels bearing spicery and balm
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and myrrh, going to
carry it down to Egypt.
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And Judah said unto his
brethren, What profit is it
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if we slay our
brother, and conceal his blood?
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Come, and let us sell
him to the Ishmeelites,
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and let not our hand be
upon him; for he is our brother
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and our flesh. And
his brethren were content.
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Then there passed by
Midianites merchantmen:
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and they drew and lifted
up Joseph out of the pit,
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and sold Joseph to the
Ishmeelites for 20 pieces
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of silver: and they
brought Joseph into Egypt.
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And Reuben returned
unto the pit and behold,
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Joseph was not in the
pit; and he rent his clothes.
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and he returned unto his
brethren, and said, the child
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is not; and I, whither shall
I go? And they took Joseph's
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coat, and killed a kid of
the goats, and dipped the coat
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in the blood; And they
sent the coat of many colours
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and brought it to their father;
and said, This have we found:
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know now whether it be thy
son's coat or no. And he knew it
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and said, It is my son's coat;
and evil beast hath devoured
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him; Joseph is
without doubt rent in pieces.
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And Jacob rent his clothes, and
put sackcloth upon his loins,
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and mourned for
his son many days.
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And all his sons and all
his daughters rose up to comfort
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him; but he
refused to be comforted;
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And he said, For I will go
down into the grave unto my son
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mourning. Thus his
father wept for him.
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And the Midianites sold him into
Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer
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of Pharaoh's, and
captain of the guard.
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We're reading now
in Genesis, chapter 38,
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This is the King James Version.
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And it came to pass at
that time that Judah went down
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from his brethren, and turned
in to a certain Adullamite,
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whose name was Hirah. And
Judah saw there a daughter
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of a certain
Canaanite whose name was Shuah;
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and he took her,
and went in unto her.
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and she conceived, and bare a
son; and he called his name Er.
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And she conceived
again, and bare a son;
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and she called his name Onan.
And she yet again conceived,
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and bare a son; and
called his name Shelah:
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And he was at
Chezib, when she bare him.
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And Judah took a wife
for Er, his firstborn,
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whose name was Tamar. And
Er Judah's firstborn was wicked
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in the sight of the
Lord; and the Lord slew him.
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And Judah said unto Onan,
Go in unto thy brother's wife,
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and marry her and
raise up seed to thy brother.
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And Onan knew that the
seed should not be his;
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and it came to pass, when he
went in unto his brother's wife,
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that he spilled it on the ground
lest that he should give seed
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to his brother. And the thing
which he did displeased the Lord
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wherefore he slew him
also. Then said Judah to Tamar
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his daughter in law, Remain
a widow at thy father's house,
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till Shelah my son be grown:
for he said, Lest peradventure
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he die also, as his
brethren did. And Tamar went and
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dwelt in her father's house.
And in the process of time
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the daughter of
Shuah, Judah's wife died;
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and Judah was comforted, and
went up unto his sheep shearers
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to Timnath, he and his
friend, Hirah the Adullamite.
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And it was told Tamar,
saying, Behold thy father in law
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goeth up to
Timnath to shear his sheep.
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And she put her widow's garments
off from her, and covered her
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with a veil, and wrapped herself
and sat in an open place,
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which is by the way to
Timnath; for she saw that Shelah
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was grown, and she was
not given unto him to wife.
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When Judah saw her, he
thought her to be an harlot;
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because she had
covered her face.
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Please join me again as we
continue the story next time.
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Thank you and God bless you.
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