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17 And he was AFRAID, and faid, How DREADFUL IS this PLACE! this is none other but the HOUSE of GOD, and this is the GATE of HEA

VEN.

Pfal. cxix. 20 My Flesh TREMBLETH for fear of thee, and I am afraid of thy JUDGMENTS.

Rev. xv. 4 Who fhall not FEAR thee, O LORD, and GLORIFY thy all NATIONS fhall come and WORSHIP NAME? for thou only art HOLY; for before thee; for thy JUDGMENTS are made manifeft.

18 And Jacob rose up early in the Morning, and took the Stone which he had put for his Pillows, and set it for a Pillar, and poured Oyl upon the Top of it.

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CONTENTMENT is great GAIN.

1 Tim. vi. 6 GODLINESS with

19 And he called the Name of that Place Beth-el. 20 b And JACOB Vowed a Vow, faying, If GOD be WITH ME, and will KEEP me in this Way that I go, and will give me BREAD to EAT, and RAIMENT to put

on.

7 For we brought nothing into this World, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

8 And having FOOD and RAIMENT, let us be therewith cONTENT.

21 So that I come again to my Father's House in PEACE: then fhall the LORD be my God.

22 And this Stone which I have fet for a Pillar, fhall be Gop's House and of all that thou shalt give me, I will furely give the Tenth unto thee.

CHAP. XXIX.

1 Jacob cometh to the Well of Haran; 13 is entertained by Laban; 18 covenanteth for Rachel, 23 and is deceived with Leah; but marrieth alfo Rachel.

CHAP.

1 Rachel's Barrenness.

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22 She beareth Jofeph. 27 Jacob's new Covenant with Laban: 37 His Policy to become rich.

CHAP.

XXXI.

Jacob's Departure from Laban. 43 Their Covenant at Gilead.

22 Laban purfueth him.

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CHA P. XXXII.

Jacob's Vifion; 9 his Meffage, 13 and Prefent to Efau : 24 Wrestling with an Angel, he is called Ifrael.

Ver. 1 AND Jacob went on

Heb. i. 7 Of the ANGELS he faith,

Who maketh his ANGELS SPIRITS,

and his Minifters a Fiame of FIRE.

his Way, and the ANGELS of God met him. 14 Are they not all MINISTRING 2 And when JACOB faw SPIRITS, fent forth to MINISTER for them, he said, This is GOD's them who are HEIRS of SALVATION. HOST: and he called the Name of that Place MAHANAIM. 3 And Jacob fent Meffengers before him to Efau his Brother, unto the Land of Seir, the Countrey of Edom.

4 And he commanded them, faying, Thus fhall ye fpeak unto my Lord Efau; Thy Servant Jacob faith thus, I have SOJOURNED with Laban, and stayed there until now.

5 And I have Oxen, and Affes, Flocks, and Men-fervants, and Women-fervants: and I have fent to tell my LORD, that I may find Grace in thy fight.

6 And the Meffengers returned unto Jacob, faying, We came to thy Brother Efau, and alfo he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred Men with him.

7 Then Jacob was greatly AFRAID, and DISTRESSED: and he divided the People that was with him, and the Flocks, and Herds, and the Camels into two Bands;

8 And faid, If Efau come to the one Company and smite it, then the other Company which is left shall escape.

9 And Jacob faid, O GOD of my Father Abraham, and GOD of my Father Ifaac, the LORD which faidft unto me, RETURN unto thy Countrey and to thy Kindred, and I will deal WELL with thee:

10 I am NOT WORTHY of the LEAST of all the MERCIES, and of all the TRUTH, which thou haft SHEWED unto thy Servant; for with my Staff I paffed over this Jordan, and now I am become two BANDS.

11 DELIVER me, I pray thee, from the Hand of my Brother, from the Hand of Efau : for I fear him, left he will come and fmite me, and the Mother with the Children.

12 And thou faidft, I will furely do thee good, and make thy Seed as the Sand of the Sea, which cannot be numbred for Multitude.

13 And he lodged there that fame Night; and took of that which came to his Hand, a Prefent for Efau his Brother;

21 So went the Present over before him: and himself lodged that Night in the Company.

22 And he rose up that Night, and took his two Wives, and his two Women-fervants, and his eleven Sons, and paffed over the Ford Jabbok.

23 And he took them, and fent them over the Brook, and fent over that he had.

24 And Jacob was left alone and there wrestled a Men with him, until the breaking of the Day.

25 And when he faw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the Hollow of his Thigh and the Hollow of Jacob's Thigh was out of joynt, as he wrestled with him.

Hof. xii. 3 He took his Brother by the Heel in the Womb, and by his Strength he had Power with GOD:

4 Yea, he had Power over the ANGEL, and PREVAILED: he WEPT, and made SUPPLICATION unto him: he found him in Beth-el, and there he SPAKE with us.

s Even the LORD GOD of HOSTS, the LORD is his Memorial.

6 Therefore turn thou to thy GOD: keep MERCY and JUDGMENT, and WAIT on thy God continually.

James v. 16 The EFFECTUAL FERVENT PRAYER of a righteousMan availeth much.

26 And he faid, Let me go, for the Day breaketh and he faid, I will not let thee go, except thou blefs me.

27 And he said unto him, What is thy Name? And he faid, Jacob.

28 And he faid, Thy Name fhall be called no more Ja cob, but * ISRAEL: for as a Prince haft thou Power with GOD and with Men, and haft prevailed.

29 And Jacob, afked him, and faid, Tell me, I pray thee, thy Name: And he faid, Wherefore is it, that thou doft afk after my Name? and he bleffed him there.

30 And Jacob called the Name of that Place Peniel: for I have feen GOD Face to Face, and my Life is preserved. 31 And as he paffed over Penuel, the Sun rofe upon him, and he halted upon his Thigh.

32 Therefore the Children of Ifrael eat not of the Sinew which fhrank, which is upon the Hollow of the Thigh, unto this Day: because he touched the Hollow of Jacob's Thigh, in the Sinew that fhrank.

ISRAEL, that is, one that hath Princely Power with GOD.

CHAP.

CHA P. XXXIII.

I The Kindness of Jacob and Efau at their meeting. 17 Jacob cometh to Succoth; 18 at Salem he buyeth a Field, and buildeth an Altar, called Eloi-Ifrael.

CHA P. XXXIV.

1 Dinah is ravished by Shechem; 4 be fueth to marry her. 13 The Sons of Jacob offer the Conditions of Circumcifion to the Shechemites. 20 Hamor and Shechem perfwade them to accept it. 25 The Sons of Jacob, upon that Advantage, flay them, 27 and spoil their City. 30 Jacob reproveth Simeon and Levi.

CHA P. XXXV.

IGOD fendeth Jacob to Beth-el: 2 He purgeth his House of Idols: 6 He buildeth an Altar at Beth-el. 8 Deborah dieth at Allon-bacchuth. 9 GOD blefleth Jacob at Beth-el. 16 Rachel travaileth of Benjamin, and dieth in the Way to Edar. 23 The Sons of Jacob. 27 Jacob cometh to Ifaac at Hebron. The Age, Death, and Burial of Ifaac.

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1 Efau's three Wives: 6 His removing to Mount Seir: 9 His
Sons: 15 The Dukes which defcended of his Sons.
Sons and Dukes of Seir. 24 Anah findeth Mules.
Dukes that defcended of Efau.

CHA P. XXXVII.

20 The

40 The

2 Jofeph is hated of his Brethren: 5 His two Dreams: 18 His Brethren confpire his Death: 36 He is fold to Potiphar in Egypt.

Ver. 1

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ND Jacob dwelt in the Land wherein his Father was a Stranger, in the Land of Canaan.

2 These are the Generations of Jacob; Jofeph being feventeen Years old, was feeding the Flock with his Brethren, and the Lad was with the Sons of Bilhah, and with the

Sons of Zilpah, his Father's Wive's: and Jofeph brought unto his Father their evil Report.

3 Now Ifrael loved Jofeph more than all his Children, because he was the Son of his old Age: and he made him a Coat of many Colours.

4 And when his Brethren saw that their Father loved him more than all his Brethren, they hated him, and could not fpeak peaceably unto him.

5 And Jofeph dreamed a Dream, and he told it his Brethren and they hated him yet the more.

6 And he faid unto them, Hear, I pray you, this Dream which I have dreamed.

7 For behold, we were binding Sheaves in the Field, and lo, my Sheaf arofe, and alfo ftood upright; and behold, your Sheaves flood round about, and made Obeifance to my Sheave.

8 And his Brethren faid unto him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or fhalt thou indeed have Dominion over us? and they hated him yet the more for his Dreams, and for his Words.

9 And he dreamed yet another Dream, and told it his Brethren, and faid, Behold, I have dreamed a Dream more, and behold, the Sun and the Moon, and the eleven Stars made Obeifance to me.

10 And he told it to his Father and his Father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this Dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy Mother and thy Brethren indeed come to bow down our felves to thee to the Earth?

11 And his Brethren envied him: but his Father obferved the faying,

12 And his Brethren went to feed their Father's Flock in Shechem.

13 And Ifrael faid unto Jofeph, Do not thy Brethren feed the Flock in Shechem? Come, and I will fend thee unto them. And he faid unto him, Here am I.

14 And he faid to him, Go, I pray thee, fee whether it be well with thy Brethren, and well with the Flocks; and bring me word again. So he fent him out of the Vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

15 And a certain Man found him, and behold, he was wandring in the Field: and the Man afked him, faying, What feekft thou?

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