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Genesis 36:1

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Esau's Descendants^(a)^(b)

This is the account of the family line of Esau (that is, Edom).

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Genesis 36:2

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Esau 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—

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Genesis 36:3

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also Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.

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Genesis 36:4

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Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel,

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Genesis 36:5

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and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam and Korah. These were the sons of Esau, who were born to him in Canaan.

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Genesis 36:6

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Esau 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.

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Genesis 36:7

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Their possessions were too great for them to remain together; the land where they were staying could not support them both because of their livestock.

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Genesis 36:8

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So Esau (that is, Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.

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Genesis 36:9

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This is the account of the family line of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir.

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Genesis 36:10

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These are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz, the son of Esau's wife Adah, and Reuel, the son of Esau's wife Basemath.

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Genesis 36:11

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The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam and Kenaz.

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Genesis 36:12

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Esau's son Eliphaz also had a concubine named Timna, who bore him Amalek. These were grandsons of Esau's wife Adah.

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Genesis 36:13

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The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were grandsons of Esau's wife Basemath.

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Genesis 36:14

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The sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon, whom she bore to Esau: Jeush, Jalam and Korah.

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Genesis 36:15

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These were the chiefs among Esau's descendants: The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: Chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,

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Genesis 36:16

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Korah, Gatam and Amalek. These were the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in Edom; they were grandsons of Adah.

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Genesis 36:17

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The 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.

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Genesis 36:18

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The sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah: Chiefs Jeush, Jalam and Korah. These were the chiefs descended from Esau's wife Oholibamah daughter of Anah.

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Genesis 36:19

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These were the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these were their chiefs.

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Genesis 36:20

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These were the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the region: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

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Genesis 36:21

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Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These sons of Seir in Edom were Horite chiefs.

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Genesis 36:22

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The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam. Timna was Lotan's sister.

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Genesis 36:23

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The sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho and Onam.

Genesis 36:24

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The 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.

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Genesis 36:25

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The children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah daughter of Anah.

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Genesis 36:26

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The sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran and Keran.

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Genesis 36:27

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The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan and Akan.

Genesis 36:28

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The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

Genesis 36:29

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These were the Horite chiefs: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

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Genesis 36:30

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Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. These were the Horite chiefs, according to their divisions, in the land of Seir.

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Genesis 36:31

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These were the kings who reigned in Edom before any Israelite king reigned:

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Genesis 36:32

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Bela son of Beor became king of Edom. His city was named Dinhabah.

Genesis 36:33

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When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah succeeded him as king.

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Genesis 36:34

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When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites succeeded him as king.

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Genesis 36:35

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When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, succeeded him as king. His city was named Avith.

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Genesis 36:36

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When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah succeeded him as king.

Genesis 36:37

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When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the river succeeded him as king.

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Genesis 36:38

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When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan son of Akbor succeeded him as king.

Genesis 36:39

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When 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.

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Genesis 36:40

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These were the chiefs descended from Esau, by name, according to their clans and regions: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,

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Genesis 36:41

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Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,

Genesis 36:42

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Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,

Genesis 36:43

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Magdiel 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.

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Genesis 37:1

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Joseph's Dreams

Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, the land of Canaan.

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Genesis 37:2

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This 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.

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Genesis 37:3

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Now 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.

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Genesis 37:4

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When 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.

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Genesis 37:5

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Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.

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Genesis 37:6

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He said to them, "Listen to this dream I had:

Genesis 37:7

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We 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."

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Genesis 37:8

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His 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.

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Genesis 37:9

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Then 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."

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Genesis 37:10

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When 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?"

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Genesis 37:11

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His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.

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Genesis 37:12

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Now his brothers had gone to graze their father's flocks near Shechem,

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Genesis 37:13

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and 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.

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Genesis 37:14

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So 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,

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Genesis 37:15

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a man found him wandering around in the fields and asked him, "What are you looking for?"

Genesis 37:16

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He replied, "I'm looking for my brothers. Can you tell me where they are grazing their flocks?"

Genesis 37:17

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"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.

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Genesis 37:18

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But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.

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Genesis 37:19

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"Here comes that dreamer!" they said to each other.

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Genesis 37:20

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"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."

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Genesis 37:21

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When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue him from their hands. "Let's not take his life," he said.

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Genesis 37:22

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"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.

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Genesis 37:23

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So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the ornate robe he was wearing—

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Genesis 37:24

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and they took him and threw him into the cistern. The cistern was empty; there was no water in it.

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Genesis 37:25

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As 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.

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Genesis 37:26

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Judah said to his brothers, "What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

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Genesis 37:27

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Come, 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.

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Genesis 37:28

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So 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.

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Genesis 37:29

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When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.

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Genesis 37:30

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He went back to his brothers and said, "The boy isn't there! Where can I turn now?"

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Genesis 37:31

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Then they got Joseph's robe, slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood.

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Genesis 37:32

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They took the ornate robe back to their father and said, "We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son's robe."

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Genesis 37:33

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He recognized it and said, "It is my son's robe! Some ferocious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces."

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Genesis 37:34

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Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days.

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Genesis 37:35

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All 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.

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Genesis 37:36

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Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh's officials, the captain of the guard.

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Genesis 38:1

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Judah and Tamar

At that time, Judah left his brothers and went down to stay with a man of Adullam named Hirah.

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Genesis 38:2

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There Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. He married her and made love to her;

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Genesis 38:3

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she became pregnant and gave birth to a son, who was named Er.

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Genesis 38:4

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She conceived again and gave birth to a son and named him Onan.

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Genesis 38:5

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She gave birth to still another son and named him Shelah. It was at Kezib that she gave birth to him.

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Genesis 38:6

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Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

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Genesis 38:7

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But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the Lord 's sight; so the Lord put him to death.

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Genesis 38:8

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Then Judah said to Onan, "Sleep with your brother's wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to raise up offspring for your brother."

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Genesis 38:9

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But Onan knew that the child would not be his; so whenever he slept with his brother's wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to keep from providing offspring for his brother.

Genesis 38:10

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What he did was wicked in the Lord 's sight; so the Lord put him to death also.

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Genesis 38:11

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Judah then said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, "Live as a widow in your father's household until my son Shelah grows up." For he thought, "He may die too, just like his brothers." So Tamar went to live in her father's household.

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Genesis 38:12

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After a long time Judah's wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had recovered from his grief, he went up to Timnah, to the men who were shearing his sheep, and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went with him.

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Genesis 38:13

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When Tamar was told, "Your father-in-law is on his way to Timnah to shear his sheep,"

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Genesis 38:14

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she took off her widow's clothes, covered herself with a veil to disguise herself, and then sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. For she saw that, though Shelah had now grown up, she had not been given to him as his wife.

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Genesis 38:15

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When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

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Genesis 38:16

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Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her by the roadside and said, "Come now, let me sleep with you." "And what will you give me to sleep with you?" she asked.

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Genesis 38:17

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"I'll send you a young goat from my flock," he said. "Will you give me something as a pledge until you send it?" she asked.

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Genesis 38:18

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He said, "What pledge should I give you?" "Your seal and its cord, and the staff in your hand," she answered. So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.

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Genesis 38:19

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After she left, she took off her veil and put on her widow's clothes again.

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Genesis 38:20

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Meanwhile Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite in order to get his pledge back from the woman, but he did not find her.

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Genesis 38:21

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He asked the men who lived there, "Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?" "There hasn't been any shrine prostitute here," they said.

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Genesis 38:22

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So he went back to Judah and said, "I didn't find her. Besides, the men who lived there said, ‘There hasn't been any shrine prostitute here.'"

Genesis 38:23

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Then Judah said, "Let her keep what she has, or we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you didn't find her."

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Genesis 38:24

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About three months later Judah was told, "Your daughter-in-law Tamar is guilty of prostitution, and as a result she is now pregnant." Judah said, "Bring her out and have her burned to death!"

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Genesis 38:25

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As she was being brought out, she sent a message to her father-in-law. "I am pregnant by the man who owns these," she said. And she added, "See if you recognize whose seal and cord and staff these are."

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Genesis 38:26

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Judah recognized them and said, "She is more righteous than I, since I wouldn't give her to my son Shelah." And he did not sleep with her again.

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Genesis 38:27

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When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb.

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Genesis 38:28

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As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand; so the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his wrist and said, "This one came out first."

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Genesis 38:29

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But when he drew back his hand, his brother came out, and she said, "So this is how you have broken out!" And he was named Perez.

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Genesis 38:30

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Then his brother, who had the scarlet thread on his wrist, came out. And he was named Zerah.

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Genesis 39:1

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Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. Potiphar, an Egyptian who was one of Pharaoh's officials, the captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.

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Genesis 39:2

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The Lord was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master.

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Genesis 39:3

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When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord gave him success in everything he did,

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Genesis 39:4

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Joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household, and he entrusted to his care everything he owned.

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Genesis 39:5

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From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph. The blessing of the Lord was on everything Potiphar had, both in the house and in the field.

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Genesis 39:6

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So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph's care; with Joseph in charge, he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,

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Genesis 39:7

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and after a while his master's wife took notice of Joseph and said, "Come to bed with me!"

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Genesis 39:8

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But he refused. "With me in charge," he told her, "my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; everything he owns he has entrusted to my care.

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Genesis 39:9

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No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?"

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Genesis 39:10

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And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be with her.

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Genesis 39:11

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One day he went into the house to attend to his duties, and none of the household servants was inside.

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Genesis 39:12

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She caught him by his cloak and said, "Come to bed with me!" But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house.

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Genesis 39:13

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When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,

Genesis 39:14

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she called her household servants. "Look," she said to them, "this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us! He came in here to sleep with me, but I screamed.

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Genesis 39:15

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When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house."

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Genesis 39:16

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She kept his cloak beside her until his master came home.

Genesis 39:17

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Then she told him this story: "That Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me.

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Genesis 39:18

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But as soon as I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house."

Genesis 39:19

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When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, "This is how your slave treated me," he burned with anger.

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Genesis 39:20

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Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined. But while Joseph was there in the prison,

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Genesis 39:21

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the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.

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Genesis 39:22

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So the warden put Joseph in charge of all those held in the prison, and he was made responsible for all that was done there.

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Genesis 39:23

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The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph's care, because the Lord was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.

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Passage Lookup: Genesis 36-39

Esau's Descendants^(a)^(b)

Joseph's Dreams

Judah and Tamar

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

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General Bible Search

Passage Lookup: Genesis 36-39

Esau's Descendants(a)(b)

Joseph's Dreams

Judah and Tamar

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

Esau's Descendants^(a)^(b)