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spotted and speckled among the
goats: and of such shall be my
hire.

ban: 19 Rachel stealeth away her
father's images. 22 Laban pur-
sueth Jacob: 44 their covenant at
Galeed.

Laban's sons, saying, Ja- ch.24.29, Laban, v.26.

ND he heard the words of p.p.Jb.5.2; 31.31.

cob hath taken away all that 1 S.1.14, False Accusations. 1 K.15.14, Righteousness (3). 33 So shall my righteousness was our father's; and of that ch.4.5, Envy (2). answer for me in time to come, which was our father's hath he p.p.Ps.49.16.

ch.21.27, Covenant (4).

p.p.ch.31.9.

ch.3.1, Craftiness.

ch.24.29, Laban.

ch.39.3, Prosperity (4).

ch.13.2, Riches (4), ch.32.5.

ch.12.16, Camels, Le.11.4.

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is not speckled and spotted tenance of La'ban, and, behold,

among the goats, and brown it was not toward him as before. p.p.De.28.54.
among the sheep, that shall be 3 And the LORD said unto Ja'- ch.25.26, Jacob, ch.32.9.
counted stolen with me.
cob, Return unto the land of thy ch.12.1, Divine Direction,
34 And La'ban said, Behold, I fathers, and to thy kindred; and
would it might be according to I will be with thee.
ch.28.15, Divine Presence,
thy word.
4 And Jacob sent and called ch.29.6, Rachel.
35 And he removed that day Rachel and Lē ́ah to the field ch.29.25, Leah, ch.33.2.
the he goats that were ring- unto his flock,

straked and spotted, and all the 5 And said unto them, I see

she goats that were speckled your father's countenance, that

and spotted, and every one that it is not toward me as before;

[Ex.3.10.

[Ex.3.12.

had some white in it, and all but the God of my father hath Ex.19.3, Divine Fellowship.
the brown among the sheep, and been with me.

gave them into the hand of his 6 And ye know that with all my ch.39.6, Fidelity (1).
power I have served your father. See Servants' Duty, Ep.6.5.
7 And your father hath de-

sons.

36 And he set three days' jour-
ney betwixt himself and Ja'cob:
and Ja'cob fed the rest of La'-
ban's flocks.
37 ¶And Jacob took him rods 8 If he said thus, The speckled
of green poplar, and of the hazel shall be thy wages; then all the
and chesnut tree; and pilled cattle bare speckled: and if he
white strakes in them, and made said thus, The ringstraked shall
the white appear which was in be thy hire; then bare all the
the rods.
cattle ringstraked.

ceived me, and changed my v.41, Covetousness (2), )
wages ten times; but God suf- Ps.115.12, Divine Care.
fered him not to hurt me.

ch.15.1, God a Shield.

[Ex.19.5.

38 And he set the rods which 9 Thus God hath taken away See Divine Ownership (1),
he had pilled before the flocks the cattle of your father, and
in the gutters in the watering given them to me.
troughs when the flocks came to 10 And it came to pass at the
drink, that they should conceive time that the cattle conceived,
when they came to drink. that I lifted up mine eyes, and

39 And the flocks conceived saw in a dream, and, behold, the
before the rods, and brought rams which leaped upon the cat-
forth cattle ringstraked, spec- tle were ringstraked, speckled,
kled, and spotted.

and grisled.

40 And Ja'cob did separate the 11 And the angel of God spake ch.32.1, Angels Appear.
lambs, and set the faces of the unto me in a dream, saying, Nu.12.6, Dreams.
flocks toward the ringstraked, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
and all the brown in the flock 12 And he said, Lift up now
of La'ban; and he put his thine eyes, and see, all the rams
own flocks by themselves, and which leap upon the cattle are
put them not unto La'ban's ringstraked, speckled, and gris-
cattle.

led: for I have seen all that La'- 1 S.2.3, God's Knowledge.

41 And it came to pass, when- ban doeth unto thee.
soever the stronger cattle did 13 I am the God of Beth -el, ch.28.19, Beth-el, ch.35.6.
conceive, that Ja'cob laid the where thou anointedst the pil- ch.28.18, Pillars.
rods before the eyes of the lar, and where thou vowedst a ch.28.20, Vows Made.
cattle in the gutters, that vow unto me: now arise, get ch.12.1, Divine Direction.
they might conceive among the thee out from this land, and re-

rods.

turn unto the land of thy kin

42 But when the cattle were dred.

feeble, he put them not in: so 14 And Ra'chel and Le'ah

the feebler were La'ban's, and answered and said unto him, Is See Wives' Duty, Est.1.20.
the stronger Ja'cob's.
there yet any portion or inheri-
43 And the man increased ex- tance for us in our father's
ceedingly, and had much cattle,
and maidservants, and menserv- 15 Are we not counted of him
ants, and camels, and asses. strangers? for he hath sold us,

house?

Laban pursueth Jacob.

ch.21.25, Dishonesty (2).

De.8 18, Riches (1).

Ex.18.19, Wise Council. ch.6.22, Obedience (2).

ch.12.16, Camels.

ch.14.16, Goods, Nu.31.9. ch.1.25, Cattle, Ex.9.4.

ch.17.19, Isaac. ch.11.31, Canaan.

Stealing, v.30.

Teraphim, v.34.

1 Chr. 16.26, False Gods.

Nu.12.6, Dreams. ch.35.5, Divine Protec

GENESIS, 31

Jacob rebuketh Laban. and hath quite devoured also thou sore longedst after thy Love of Home, Nu.10.30. our money. father's house, yet wherefore 16 For all the riches which hast thou stolen my gods? God hath taken from our father, 31 And Ja'cob answered and that is our's, and our children's: said to La'ban, Because I was now then, whatsoever God hath afraid: for I said, Peradventure De.1.17, Fear of Man. said unto thee, do. thou wouldest take by force thy

v.19, Stealing, Jos.7.21.

17 ¶Then Ja'cob rose up, and daughters from me.
set his sons and his wives upon 32 With whomsoever thou
camels;
findest thy gods, let him not p.p.ch.44.9.
18 And he carried away all his live: before our brethren dis-
cattle, and all his goods which cern thou what is thine with
he had gotten, the cattle of his me, and take it to thee. For
getting, which he had gotten Ja'cob knew not that Ra'chel
in Pa'dan-a'ram, for to go to had stolen them.
I'şaac his father in the land of 33 And La'ban went into Ja'-
Ca'nǎan.
cob's tent, and into Le'ah's tent,
19 And La'ban went to shear and into the two maidservants'
his sheep: and Ra'chel had tents; but he found them not.
stolen the images that were Then went he out of Le'ah's
her father's.
tent, and entered into Ra'chel's

20 And Ja'cob stole away un- tent.

awares to La'ban the Syr'i-an, in 34 Now Ra'chel had taken the

that he told him not that he fled. images, and put them in the v.19, Teraphim, Jud.17.5.
21 So he fled with all that he camel's furniture, and sat upon

had; and he rose up, and passed them. And La'ban searched all
over the river, and set his face the tent, but found them not.
toward the mount Gil'e-ăd.

35 And she said to her father,

22 And it was told La'ban on Let it not displease my lord that ch.12.13, Deception.
the third day that Ja'cob was I cannot rise up before thee;
for the custom of women is up-

fled.
23 And he took his brethren on me. And he searched, but

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seven days' journey; and they 36 ¶And Ja'cob was wroth, and ch.4.5, Man's Wrath.
overtook him in the mount Gil'- chode with La'ban: and Ja'cob
e-ăd.
answered and said to La'ban,

24 And God came to La'ban What is my trespass? what is
the Syri-an in a dream by night, my sin, that thou hast so hotly
and said unto him, Take heed pursued after me?

[tion (2). that thou speak not to Ja'cob 37 Whereas thou hast searched

ch.13.18, Tents, Jos.7.22.

ch.24.29, Laban, v.51.

See Mirth, Ne.8.12.
Tabrets, 1 S.10.5.

either good or bad.

ch.39.6, Fidelity (1).

all my stuff, what hast thou 25 ¶Then La'ban overtook Ja'- found of all thy household cob. Now Jacob had pitched his stuff? set it here before my tent in the mount: and La'ban brethren and thy brethren, that with his brethren pitched in they may judge betwixt us both. the mount of Gil ́e-ăd. 38 This twenty years have I 26 And La'ban said to Ja'cob, been with thee; thy ewes and What hast thou done, that thou thy she goats have not cast hast stolen away unawares to their young, and the rams of me, and carried away my daugh- thy flock have I not eaten. ters, as captives taken with the 39 That which was torn of sword? beasts I brought not unto thee; 27 Wherefore didst thou flee I bare the loss of it; of my hand away secretly, and steal away didst thou require it, whether Nu.16.15, Integrity (2). from me; and didst not tell me, stolen by day, or stolen by night. that I might have sent thee 40 Thus I was; in the day the away with mirth, and with drought consumed me, and the songs, with tabret, and with frost by night; and my sleep harp? departed from mine eyes. [ments. 28 And hast not suffered me 41 Thus have I been twenty to kiss my sons and my daugh- years in thy house; I served p.p.ch.29.27. ters? thou hast now done fool- thee fourteen years for thy two ishly in so doing. daughters, and six years for thy ch.21.25, Dishonesty (2), 29 It is in the power of my cattle: and thou hast changed [Jos.7.11. hand to do you hurt: but the my wages ten times. Covetousness (2), Jos.7.21. God of your father spake unto 42 Except the God of my 2 K.18.5, Trust (3). me yesternight, saying, Take father, the God of Abra-hăm, ch.28.15, Divine Presence. thou heed that thou speak not and the fear of I'şaac, had been ch.15.1, God a Shield. to Ja'cob either good or bad. with me, surely thou hadst sent

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wouldest needs be gone, because seen mine affliction and the Ex.3.7, Divine Compassion.

The covenant at Mizpah.

Ps.9.5, Divine Reproof.

p.p.v.1.

ch.21.27, Covenant (4).

ch.28.18, Pillars, ch.35.14.

p.p.1 S.7.5.

Mizpah (1), Jud.10.17.

See Polygamy, ch.4.19. Appeal to God, De.30.19. ch.24.29, Laban.

ch.11.27, Nahor (b).

ch. 18.25, God a Judge.

ch.26.31, Oaths (3), ch.47.31.
ch.46.1, Sacrifices (1).
ch.22.2, High Places (3),
[Jud.6.26.

ch.27.27, Kiss (1).
v.28, Paternal Love.
ch.27.27, Blessings (5).

B.C.1739.

GENESIS, 32

ND Ja'cob went on his way,

Jacob's fear of Esau.

labour of my hands, and rebuked and the angels of God met Angels Appear, Nu.22.31. thee yesternight.,

43 And La'ban answered and him.

said unto Ja'cob, These daugh- 2 And when Ja'cob saw them,

ters are my daughters, and these he said, This is God's host: and See Heavenly Host, Ne.9.6. children are my children, and he called the name of that

these cattle are my cattle, and place Ma-ha-nā ́im.

all that thou seest is mine: and 3 And Ja'cob sent messengers

what can I do this day unto before him to E'sau his brother ch.25.25, Esau.
these my daughters, or unto their unto the land of Se'ir, the coun-
children which they have born? try of E'dom.

44 Now therefore come thou, 4 And he commanded them,
let us make a covenant, I and saying, Thus shall ye speak
thou; and let it be for a wit- unto my lord E'sau; Thy serv-
ness between me and thee. ant Jacob saith thus, I have
45 And Ja'cob took a stone, sojourned with La'ban, and
and set it up for a pillar. stayed there until now:

46 And Ja'cob said unto his 5 And I have oxen, and asses,

brethren, Gather stones; and flocks, and menservants, and ch.13.2, Riches (4), ch.36.7.
they took stones, and made an womenservants: and I have

heap: and they did eat there sent to tell my lord, that I may
upon the heap.
find grace in thy sight.
47 And La'ban called it Je'gar- 6 And the messengers re-
sa-ha-dū ́thà: but Ja'cob called turned to Jacob, saying, We
it Găl'e-ěd.
came to thy brother E'sau, and

48 And La'ban said, This heap also he cometh to meet thee,
is a witness between me and and four hundred men with p.p.ch.33.1.

thee this day. Therefore was him.

the name of it called Găl'e-ed; 7 Then Jacob was greatly

49 And Mizpah; for he said, afraid and distressed: and he De.1.17, Fear of Man.
The LORD watch between me divided the people that was ch.41.39, Discretion.
and thee, when we are absent with him, and the flocks, and
one from another.

herds, and the camels, into two

50 If thou shalt afflict my bands;
daughters, or,if thou shalt take 8 And said, If E'sau come to
other wives beside my daugh- the one company, and smite it,
ters, no man is with us; see, God then the other company which
is witness betwixt me and thee. is left shall escape.

51 And La'ban said to Ja'cob, 9 ¶And Ja'cob said, O God of ch.25.26, Jacob, v.30.
Behold this heap, and behold my father A'bră-hăm, and God Ps.5.3, Prayerfulness.
this pillar, which I have cast of my father I'şaac, the LORD Ex.2.23, Crying to God.
betwixt me and thee;
which saidst unto me, Return

52 This heap be witness, and unto thy country, and to thy
this pillar be witness, that I kindred, and I will deal well

will not pass over this heap to with thee:

thee, and that thou shalt not 10 I am not worthy of the Humility (3), 1 S.9.21.
pass over this heap and this least of all the mercies, and of
pillar unto me, for harm.

all the truth, which thou hast Ps.68.19, Thankfulness (2).
53 The God of A'bră-hăm, and shewed unto thy servant; for
the God of Na'hôr, the God of with my staff I passed over this Staff, Ex.12.11.
their father, judge betwixt us. Jôr'dan; and now I am become Jordan, Nu.32.32.
And Ja'cob sware by the fear two bands.
of his father I'şaac.

[Sought.

ch.39.3, Prosperity (4).
11 Deliver me, I pray thee, Ps.25.20, Deliverance
54 Then Ja'cob offered sacri- from the hand of my brother,
fice upon the mount, and called from the hand of E'sau: for I
his brethren to eat bread: and fear him, lest he will come and
they did eat bread, and tarried smite me, and the mother with See Conjugal Love, ch.24.67.
all night in the mount.
the children.
See Paternal Love, ch.31.28.

55 And early in the morning 12 And thou saidst, I will
La'ban rose up, and kissed his surely do thee good, and make 2 K.18.5, Trust (3).
sons and his daughters, and thy seed as the sand of the Ps.25.13, Seed of the Right-
[cous.
blessed them: and La'ban de- sea, which cannot be numbered
parted, and returned unto his for multitude.
place.

CHAPTER 32

Jacob's vision at Mahanaim: 3 his
message to Esau. 6 He is afraid
of Esau's coming; and prayeth
for deliverance: 13 he sendeth a

present to Esau: 24 he wrestleth
with an angel at Peniel, and is
called Israel. 31 He halteth.

13 ¶And he lodged there that
same night; and took of that
which came to his hand a pres- ch.24.53, Presents.
ent for E'sau his brother;

14 Two hundred she goats, and
twenty he goats, two hundred ch.15.9, Goats.
ewes, and twenty rams,
ch.4.4, Sheep.
15 Thirty milch camels with ch.12.16, Camels.

Jacob wrestleth with an angel.

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ch.25.26, Jacob.

ch.17.5, Names Changed,

Israel (1), ch.35.10.

GENESIS, 33

He meeteth Esau.
their colts, forty kine, and ten my name? And he blessed him ch.1.28, Blessings (4),
bulls, twenty she asses, and ten there.
[Lu.1.2
foals.
30 And Ja'cob called the name ch.25.26, Jacob, ch.33.10.
16 And he delivered them of the place Pê-ni'el: for I have Seeing God, Ex.24.10.
into the hand of his servants, seen God face to face, and my 2 K.6.17, Spir. Vision.
every drove by themselves; and life is preserved.
De.6.24, Preservation.

said unto his servants, Pass over 31 And as he passed over
before me, and put a space be- Pê-nu ́el the sun rose upon him,
twixt drove and drove.
and he halted upon his thigh. p.p.2 Co. 12.9.
17 And he commanded the 32 Therefore the children of
foremost, saying, When E'sau Is'ra-el eat not of the sinew
my brother meeteth thee, and which shrank, which is upon
asketh thee, saying, Whose art the hollow of the thigh, unto
thou? and whither goest thou? this day: because he touched
and whose are these before the hollow of Ja'cob's thigh in
thee?
the sinew that shrank.

18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Ja'cob's; it is a

CHAPTER 33

present sent unto my lord The kindness of Jacob and Esau at B.C.1739.

E'sau: and, behold, also he is

behind us.

19 And so commanded he the

their meeting. 17 Jacob cometh to
Succoth. 18 He buyeth a field, and
buildeth an altar.

second, and the third, and all AND Jacob lifted up his eyes,

and looked, and, behold,

that followed the droves, say- E'sau came, and with him four ch.25.25, Esau.
ing, On this manner shall ye hundred men. And he divided
speak unto E'sau, when ye find the children unto Le'ah, and

unto Ra'chel, and unto the two

him.
20 And say ye moreover, Be- handmaids.

hold, thy servant Ja'cob is be- 2 And he put the handmaids ch.29.25, Leah, ch.35.23.
hind us. For he said, I will and their children foremost, and ch.29.6, Rachel, ch.35.19.
appease him with the present Le'ah and her children after, ch.30.24, Joseph, ch.37.2.
that goeth before me, and after- and Ra'chel and Jō'şeph hinder- ch.25.28, Parental Par-
ward I will see his face; per- most.

adventure he will accept of me. 3 And he passed over before

[tiality, ch.37.3.

21 So went the present over them, and bowed himself to the ch.37.7, Obeisance.
before him: and himself lodged ground seven times, until he p.p.ch.27.40.

that night in the company. came near to his brother.

22 And he rose up that night, 4 And E'sau ran to meet him,

and took his two wives, and his and embraced him, and fell on Forgiveness (3), ch.45.15. two womenservants, and his his neck, and kissed him: and Mt.5.24, Reconciliation (2). eleven sons, and passed over the they wept.

ford Jab'bok.

5 And he lifted up his eyes,
23 And he took them, and sent and saw the women and the
them over the brook, and sent children; and said, Who are
over that he had.
those with thee? And he said,

24 ¶And Ja'cob was left alone; The children which God hath Children (1), ch.48.9.
and there wrestled a man with graciously given thy servant.
him until the breaking of the 6 Then the handmaidens came
day.
near, they and their children,
25 And when he saw that he and they bowed themselves.
prevailed not against him, he 7 And Le'ah also with her
touched the hollow of his thigh; children came near, and bowed
and the hollow of Ja'cob's thigh themselves: and after came
was out of joint, as he wrestled Jo'şeph near and Ra'chel, and
with him.
they bowed themselves.
26 And he said, Let me go, for 8 And he said, What meanest
the day breaketh. And he said, thou by all this drove which I
I will not let thee go, except met? And he said, These are p.p.ch.32.5.
thou bless me.
to find grace in the sight of my

27 And he said unto him, What lord.

ch.37.7, Obeisance.

is thy name? And he said, 9 And E'sau said, I have ch.25.25, Esau, ch.36.1.
Ja'cob.
enough, my brother; keep that

28 And he said, Thy name thou hast unto thyself.

[ch.41.45. shall be called no more Jacob, 10 And Ja'cob said, Nay, I pray ch.25.26, Jacob, v.17.
but Iş'ra-el: for as a prince hast thee, if now I have found grace
thou power with God and with in thy sight, then receive my
men, and hast prevailed.

R.V. for thou hast striven
Mi.3.8, Spir. Power.
See Spir. Kings, Lu.22.29.

Ex. 15.25,Prayers Answered.

present at my hand: for there- ch.24.53, Presents.
29 And Ja'cob asked him, and fore I have seen thy face, as
said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy though I had seen the face of

name. And he said, Wherefore God, and thou wast pleased with Ex.3.21, Human Favor.
is it that thou dost ask after me.

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11 Take, I pray thee, my bless- 5 And Ja'cob heard that he ing that is brought to thee; had defiled Di'nah his daughbecause God hath dealt gra- ter: now his sons were with his See Prosperity (4), ch.39.3. ciously with me, and because I cattle in the field: and Jacob have enough. And he urged held his peace until they were him, and he took it.

ch.25.25, Esau.

ch.25.26, Jacob, ch.35.1.

Booths, Le.23.42.

Succoth, Jos.13.27.

ch.12.6, Shechem (1),

Hamor, ch.34.6.

.

come.

Dinah defiled.

12 And he said, Let us take 6 ¶And Ha'mor the father of ch.33.19, Hamor, v.20.
our journey, and let us go, and She'chem went out unto Jacob
I will go before thee.

to commune with him.

13 And he said unto him, My 7 And the sons of Ja'cob came
lord knoweth that the children out of the field when they
are tender, and the flocks and heard it: and the men were
herds with young are with me: grieved, and they were very
and if men should overdrive wroth, because he had wrought ch.4.5, Man's Wrath.
them one day, all the flock will folly in Iş'ra-el in lying with
die.
Ja'cob's daughter; which thing
14 Let my lord, I pray thee, ought not to be done.
pass over before his servant: 8 And Ha'mor communed with
and I will lead on softly, accord- them, saying, The soul of my
ing as the cattle that goeth be- son She'chem longeth for your
fore me and the children be daughter: I pray you give her
able to endure, until I come him to wife.

unto my lord unto Se ́ir.

9 And make ye marriages with

15 And E'sau said, Let me now us, and give your daughters See Marriage (3), ch.24.3. leave with thee some of the unto us, and take our daughters

folk that are with me. And he unto you.

said, What needeth it? let me 10 And ye shall dwell with us:

find grace in the sight of my lord. and the land shall be before p.p.ch.13.9.

16 So E'sau returned that you; dwell and trade ye therein, Trading, ch.42.34.

day on his way unto Se'ir. and get you possessions therein.
17 And Jacob journeyed to 11 And She'chem said unto
Suc'coth, and built him an her father and unto her breth-
house, and made booths for his ren, Let me find grace in your
cattle: therefore the name of eyes, and what ye shall say
the place is called Suc'coth. unto me I will give.

18 ¶And Ja'cob came to Sha'- 12 Ask me never so much dow- ch.30.20, Dowry, Ex.22.17.
lem, a city of She'chem, which ry and gift, and I will give ac-

Ich.37.12. is in the land of Ca ́năan, when cording as ye shall say unto me:
he came from Pa'dan-a'ram; but give me the damsel to wife.
and pitched his tent before the 13 And the sons of Ja'cob an-
swered She'chem and Ha'mor

city.

19 And he bought a parcel of his father deceitfully, and said, ch.3.4, Deception (2).
a field, where he had spread his because he had defiled Di'nah
tent, at the hand of the chil- their sister:

dren of Ha'mor, She'chem's fa- 14 And they said unto them,
ther, for an hundred pieces of We cannot do this thing, to

[Ex.12.48.

money. give our sister to one that is un- The Uncircumcised, 20 And he erected there an circumcised; for that were a rech.8.20, Altars (1), ch.35.7. altar, and called it Él-e-lō'he-Iş ́- proach unto us: ra-el. 15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be,

B.C. 1732 (?)

Pr.6.25, Lust.

ch.24.67, Conjugal Love.

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See Marriage (3), ch.24.3.

Dinah defiled. 20 The Shechemites that every male of you be cir- ch.17.10, Circumcision. are circumcised. 25 The sons of cumcised;

Jacob taking advantage thereof

slay them, and spoil their city. 30 16 Then will we give our Le.19.11, Falsehood. Jacob reproveth Simeon and Levi. daughters unto you, and we will

ND Di'nah the daughter of take your daughters to us, and

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Ja'cob, went out to see the will become one people.
daughters of the land.
17 But if ye will not hearken

2 And when She'chem the son unto us, to be circumcised; then
of Ha'mor the Hi'vite, prince of will we take our daughter, and
the country, saw her, he took we will be gone.

her, and lay with her, and de- 18 And their words pleased
filed her.
Ha'mor, and She'chem Ha'mor's

3 And his soul clave unto Di'-son.
nah the daughter of Ja'cob, and 19 And the young man de-
he loved the damsel, and spake ferred not to do the thing, be-
kindly unto the damsel. cause he had delight in Ja'cob's
4 And She'chem spake unto daughter: and he was more
his father Ha'mor, saying, Get honourable than all the house
me this damsel to wife.
of his father.

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