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circa 1900–1700 BC

Jacob, Joseph & Egypt

Jacob wrestles with God and becomes Israel; Joseph is sold into slavery yet rises to save the world from famine.

840 verses · 1 book covered

Verses from This Period

  1. And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

  2. And Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried below Beth-el under the oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth.

  3. And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.

  4. 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.

  5. 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;

  6. and the land which I gave unto Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.

  7. And God went up from him in the place where he spake with him.

  8. And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spake with him, a pillar of stone: and he poured out a drink-offering thereon, and poured oil thereon.

  9. And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el.

  10. And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was still some distance to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.

  11. And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; for now thou shalt have another son.

  12. Genesis 35:18c. 1729 BC

    And it came to pass, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin.

  13. Genesis 35:19c. 1729 BC

    And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem).

  14. Genesis 35:20c. 1729 BC

    And Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave: the same is the Pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.

  15. Genesis 35:21c. 1729 BC

    And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

  16. Genesis 35:22c. 1729 BC

    And it came to pass, while Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

  17. Genesis 35:23c. 1729 BC

    the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob’s first-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun;

  18. Genesis 35:24c. 1729 BC

    the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;

  19. Genesis 35:25c. 1729 BC

    and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid: Dan and Naphtali;

  20. Genesis 35:26c. 1729 BC

    and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid: Gad and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, that were born to him in Paddan-aram.

  21. Genesis 35:27c. 1729 BC

    And Jacob came unto Isaac his father to Mamre, to Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

  22. Genesis 35:28c. 1729 BC

    And the days of Isaac were a hundred and fourscore years.

  23. Genesis 35:29c. 1716 BC

    And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, old and full of days: and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him.

  24. Genesis 36:1c. 1796 BC

    Now these are the generations of Esau (the same is Edom).

  25. Genesis 36:2c. 1796 BC

    Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite,