a piece of ground of the sons of Hemor the father of Shechem for an hundred pence; and there he pitched his tent.

And there he prepared an altar, and called upon the name of the strong God of Israel.
(Genesis)
Chapter 34
The weakening of Dina causes a bloodbath.

And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

And when Shechem the son of Hemor the Hivite, which was lord of the land, saw them, he took them, and slept with them, and weakened them.

And his heart was set on her, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto her.

And Shechem said unto Hemor his father, Take me the damsel to wife.

And Jacob heard that Dinah his daughter was defiled; and his sons were with the cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they came.

Then went out Hemor the father of Shechem unto Jacob to speak with him.

And the sons of Jacob came out of the field. And when they heard it, the men were grieved, and were very wroth, because he had committed folly against Israel, and had put Jacob’s daughter to sleep: for it was not to be so.

And Hemor spake unto them, saying, My son Shechem’s heart desireth your daughter: rather, give her to him to wife.

Make friends with us; give us your daughters, and take you our daughters.

And dwell with us. The land shall be open unto you: dwell ye therein, and woo, and win.

And Shechem said unto her father and brethren: Let me find grace in your sight: whatsoever ye shall say unto me, that will I give.

Ask ye of me a present and an oblation, and I will give it as ye desire: give me only the damsel to wife.

And Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and Hemor his father deceitfully, because Dinah their sister was defiled,

And they said unto them: We cannot do this, that we should give our sister to an uncircumcised man; for that would be a shame to us.

But then we will be at your command, that ye may be like unto us, and that every male among you may be circumcised.

Then will we give our daughters unto you, and your daughters shall take unto us, and we will dwell with you, and be a nation.

But if ye will not consent to be circumcised, we will take our daughter, and depart.

The speech pleased Hemor and his son well.

And the young man refrained not from doing these things: for he had delight in the daughter of Jacob. And he was magnified above all that were in his father’s house.

And they came, Hemor and Sichern his son, under the gate of the city, and spake unto the inhabitants of the city, saying:

These men are peaceable with us, and will dwell in the land, and court: now therefore the land is wide enough for them: we will take their daughters to us to wife, and give them our daughters.

But then will they be willing to dwell with us, and become one people with us, where we circumcise all the males among us, even as they are circumcised.

Their cattle, and their goods, and all that they have, shall be ours, if we will but that they dwell with us.

And they obeyed Hemor, and Sichern his son, all that went in and out of the gate of his city, and circumcised every male that went in and out of his city.

And it came to pass on the third day, when it pained them, that the two sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took every man his sword, and went into the city in a rage, and slew all the males.

And they slew Hemor also, and Sichern his son, with the edge of the sword: and they took Dinah their sister out of the house of Shechem, and departed.

And the sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister,

And they took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and all that was in the city, and in the field,

And all their goods, and all their children, and their wives, they took captive, and spoiled all that was in the houses.

And Jacob said unto Simeon and Levi, Ye have brought me evil, that I stink before the inhabitants of this land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I am a small company. When they come together against me, they will strike me. And I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

And they answered, Shall they then deal with our sister as with a harlot?
(Genesis)
Chapter 35
Rachel dies in childbirth.

And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go to Bethel, and dwell there; and make there an altar unto God, which appeared unto thee, when thou fledst from thy brother Esau.

And Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him: Put away the strange gods that are among you, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments.

And let us arise, and go to Bethel, that I may make there an altar unto God, which heard me in the time of my affliction, and was with me in the way which I went.

And they gave him all the strange gods that were under their hands, and their earrings; and he buried them under an oak that stood by Shechem.

And they went out. And the fear of God came upon the cities that were round about them, that they pursued not after the sons of Jacob.

So Jacob came to Luz in the land of Canaan, which is called Bethel, and all the people that were with him,

And he built there an altar, and called the name of the place Elbethel: because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from his brother.

And Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and was buried under Bethel, under the oak tree, and was called the Lamentation oak.

And God appeared unto Jacob again after he was come out of Mesopotamia, and blessed him.

And he said unto him, Thou shalt be called Jacob; but thou shalt no more be called Jacob, but Israel shalt thou be called. And so they called him Israel.

And God said unto him, I am the Almighty God: be fruitful, and multiply: nations and
multitudes shall come of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.
12; And the land which I gave unto Abraham and Isaac will I give thee, and will give it unto thy seed after thee.

So God departed from him, from the place where he had spoken with him.

And Jacob set up a stone mark in the place where he had spoken unto him, and poured drink offerings upon it, and poured oil upon it.

And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake unto him Bethel.

And they departed from Bethel. And there was a little way from Ephrath, where Rachel bare.

And she was sore at the birth. And when she was so sore in childbirth, the wailing mother said unto her: Fear not, for this son you shall have also.

And when her soul was gone out to die, she called his name Benoni: but his father called his name Benjamin.

So Rachel died, and was buried by the way of Ephrath, which is now called Bethlehem.

And Jacob set up a mark over her sepulchre: the same is the sepulchre of Rachel unto this day.

And Israel went out, and pitched a tent beyond the tower of Eder.

And it came to pass, while Israel dwelt in the land, that Reuben went and slept with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and it came to pass before Israel. And Jacob had twelve sons.

And the sons of Leah were these: Reuben the firstborn son of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

And the sons of Rachel were: Joseph and Benjamin.

The sons of Bilhah Rachel’s handmaid: Dan and Naphtali.

The sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, which were born unto him in Mesopotamia.

And Jacob came to Isaac his father to Mamre, to the capital which is called Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac were strangers.

And Isaac was an hundred and eighty years old.

And he departed, and died, and was gathered unto his people, old and full of life. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
(Genesis)
Chapter 36
Genealogical register of Esau.

This is the family of Esau, which is called Edom.

And Esau took wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Ahalibamah the daughter of Ana, the nephew of Zibeon the Hivite; 3. And Basmath, Ishmael’s daughter, Nebajoth’s sister.

And Adah bare Eliphaz to Esau; but Basmath bare Reguel.

And Ahalibamah bare Jehus, and Jaelam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan.

And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the souls of his house, and his substance, and all his cattle, with all the goods which he had gotten in the land of Canaan, and went into a land of Jacob his brother.

For their substance was so great, that they could not dwell together: and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them for the multitude of their cattle.

So Esau dwelt in mount Seir. And Esau is the Edom.

This is the family of Esau, from whom the Edomites came, in mount Seir.

And these are the names of the sons of Esau: Eliphaz the son of Adah, Esau’s wife; Reguel the son of Basmath, Esau’s wife.

And the sons of Eliphaz were these: Theman, Omar, Zepho, Gaetham, and Kenaz.

And Timmah was the concubine of Eliphaz the son of Esau, which bare him Amalek. These