Jacob Leaves Secretly for Canaan 1 Now Jacob heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s, and from what belonged to our…

Jacob’s Fear of Esau 1 Now as Jacob went on his way, the angels of God met him. 2 Jacob said when he saw them, “This is God’scamp.” So he…

Jacob Meets Esau 1 Then Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and…

The Treachery of Jacob’s Sons 1 Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land. 2 When Shechem…

Jacob Moves to Bethel 1 Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and live there, and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when…

Esau Moves 1 Now these arethe records ofthe generations of Esau (that is, Edom). 2 Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the…

Joseph’s Dream 1 Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had sojourned, in the land of Canaan. 2 These arethe records ofthe generations of Jacob. Joseph, when seventeen…

Judah and Tamar 1 And it came about at that time, that Judah departed from his brothers and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 2 Judah saw there…

Joseph’s Success in Egypt 1 Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyptian officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the bodyguard, bought him from the Ishmaelites,…

Joseph Interprets a Dream 1 Then it came about after these things, the cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt offended their lord, the king of Egypt. 2…