Day 13 of 364

^36:1Now this is the history of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom). ^36:2Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon, the Hittite; and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, the Hivite; ^36:3and Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebaioth. ^36:4Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz. Basemath bore Reuel. ^36:5Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau, who were born to him in the land of Canaan. ^36:6Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, with his livestock, all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan, and went into a land away from his brother Jacob. ^36:7For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their travels couldn’t bear them because of their livestock. ^36:8Esau lived in the hill country of Seir. Esau is Edom. ^36:9This is the history of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir: ^36:10these are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz, the son of Adah, the wife of Esau; and Reuel, the son of Basemath, the wife of Esau. ^36:11The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. ^36:12Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Esau’s son; and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek. These are the descendants of Adah, Esau’s wife. ^36:13These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the descendants of Basemath, Esau’s wife. ^36:14These were the sons of Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: she bore to Esau Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. ^36:15These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz, ^36:16chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek. These are the chiefs who came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Adah. ^36:17These are the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah. These are the chiefs who came of Reuel in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife. ^36:18These are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau’s wife: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah. These are the chiefs who came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife. ^36:19These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these are their chiefs. ^36:20These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, ^36:21Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These are the chiefs who came of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. ^36:22The children of Lotan were Hori and Heman. Lotan’s sister was Timna. ^36:23These are the children of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. ^36:24These are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. This is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed the donkeys of Zibeon his father. ^36:25These are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah. ^36:26These are the children of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. ^36:27These are the children of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. ^36:28These are the children of Dishan: Uz and Aran. ^36:29These are the chiefs who came of the Horites: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah, ^36:30chief Dishon, chief Ezer, and chief Dishan. These are the chiefs who came of the Horites, according to their chiefs in the land of Seir. ^36:31These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom, before any king reigned over the children of Israel. ^36:32Bela, the son of Beor, reigned in Edom. The name of his city was Dinhabah. ^36:33Bela died, and Jobab, the son of Zerah of Bozrah, reigned in his place. ^36:34Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place. ^36:35Husham died, and Hadad, the son of Bedad, who struck Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place. The name of his city was Avith. ^36:36Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. ^36:37Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the river, reigned in his place. ^36:38Shaul died, and Baal Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place. ^36:39Baal Hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his place. The name of his city was Pau. His wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. ^36:40These are the names of the chiefs who came from Esau, according to their families, after their places, and by their names: chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth, ^36:41chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon, ^36:42chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar, ^36:43chief Magdiel, and chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession. This is Esau, the father of the Edomites. ^37:1Jacob lived in the land of his father’s travels, in the land of Canaan. ^37:2This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father. ^37:3Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a tunic of many colors. ^37:4His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn’t speak peaceably to him. ^37:5Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more. ^37:6He said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed: ^37:7for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and behold, your sheaves came around, and bowed down to my sheaf.” ^37:8His brothers asked him, “Will you indeed reign over us? Will you indeed have dominion over us?” They hated him all the more for his dreams and for his words. ^37:9He dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers, and said, “Behold, I have dreamed yet another dream: and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars bowed down to me.” ^37:10He told it to his father and to his brothers. His father rebuked him, and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves down to the earth before you?” ^37:11His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind. ^37:12His brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem. ^37:13Israel said to Joseph, “Aren’t your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” He said to him, “Here I am.” ^37:14He said to him, “Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again.” So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. ^37:15A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, “What are you looking for?” ^37:16He said, “I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock.” ^37:17The man said, “They have left here, for I heard them say, ‘Let’s go to Dothan.’” Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan. ^37:18They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him. ^37:19They said to one another, “Behold, this dreamer comes. ^37:20Come now therefore, and let’s kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, ‘An evil animal has devoured him.’ We will see what will become of his dreams.” ^37:21Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand, and said, “Let’s not take his life.” ^37:22Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand on him”—that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father. ^37:23When Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him; ^37:24and they took him, and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty. There was no water in it. ^37:25They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. ^37:26Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? ^37:27Come, and let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, and not let our hand be on him; for he is our brother, our flesh.” His brothers listened to him. ^37:28Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The merchants brought Joseph into Egypt. ^37:29Reuben returned to the pit, and saw that Joseph wasn’t in the pit; and he tore his clothes. ^37:30He returned to his brothers, and said, “The child is no more; and I, where will I go?” ^37:31They took Joseph’s tunic, and killed a male goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood. ^37:32They took the tunic of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, “We have found this. Examine it, now, and see if it is your son’s tunic or not.” ^37:33He recognized it, and said, “It is my son’s tunic. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces.” ^37:34Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days. ^37:35All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” His father wept for him. ^37:36The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard.