Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?

The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.

And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.

And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.

Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David’s place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?

And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth–lehem:

The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.

And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father’s house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.

And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.

There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.

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.

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.

And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.

Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.

Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:

And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,

I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father’s house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons.

And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.

And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.

Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.

And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.

And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:

Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the Lord do sanctify him.

And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal–hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.

And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.

And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father’s household, home unto thee.

We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

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.

Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.

A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;

Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.

And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.

And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.

Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,

Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.

He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.

Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.

And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.

And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.

And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there.

And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.

I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high.

And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.

And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.

And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,

Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.

And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.

And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.

Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:

When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan–aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;

And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.

The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five.

Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.

When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padan–aram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan;

And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.

But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.

Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.

And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.

So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.

And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.

And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.

And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:

And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.

And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.

And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.

And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.

And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.

And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.

And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,

And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them.

In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.

Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel’s father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.

And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.

And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:

Amon his son, Josiah his son.

Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the Lord, and with your children’s children will I plead.

And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the Lord thy God: for in the month of Abib the Lord thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.

From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.

And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.

And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?

He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.

Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.

And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there.

And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.

And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.

I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the Lord.

A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?

And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s fury turn away;

And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan–aram;

And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.

Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.

And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.

And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.

And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:

And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.

My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.

Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.

And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.

And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,

And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.

And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.

And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field.

So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.

And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.

And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.

And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.

And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,

And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.

Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,

Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.

Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.

And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.

And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:

His sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.

And Saul’s uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.

And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:

And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.

And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.

Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.

Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.

Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.

And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s fury turn away;

And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan–aram;

I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.

Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:

And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master’s son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master’s son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.