Bible in one year 4/8/2022 Genesis chapter 36-40
By Rev.Katherine Liu Bruce
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Chapter 36 The Descendants of Esau.
This
chapter lists the wives of Esau (vv.1-3), the sons of Esau (vv.4-5), the
enormous wealth of Esau(vv.6-8); on Edom and the dscendants of Esau and Seir
the Horite, whose families intermarried (vv.9-42)
1 Now these are the
generations of Esau, who is Edom.
2 Esau took his wives
of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah
the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;
3 And Bashemath
Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth.
4 And Adah bare to
Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
5 And Aholibamah bare
Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto
him in the land of Canaan.
6 And Esau took his
wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and
his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the
land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.
7 For their riches
were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were
strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
8 Thus dwelt Esau in
mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
9 And these are the
generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:
10 These are the names
of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of
Bashemath the wife of Esau.
11 And the sons of
Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
12 And Timna was
concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the
sons of Adah Esau's wife.
13 And these are the
sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of
Bashemath Esau's wife.
14 And these were the
sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife:
and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
15 These were dukes of
the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman,
duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,
16 Duke Korah, duke
Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of
Edom; these were the sons of Adah.
17 And these are the
sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah:
these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons
of Bashemath Esau's wife.
18 And these are the
sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were
the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife.
19 These are the sons
of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes.
20 These are the sons
of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and
Anah,
21 And Dishon, and
Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in
the land of Edom.
22 And the children of
Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.
23 And the children of
Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
24 And these are the
children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the
mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
25 And the children of
Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.
26 And these are the children
of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
27 The children of
Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan.
28 The children of
Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran.
29 These are the dukes
that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
30 Duke Dishon, duke
Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in
the land of Seir.
31 And these are the
kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the
children of Israel.
32 And Bela the son of
Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
33 And Bela died, and
Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
34 And Jobab died, and
Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.
35 And Husham died,
and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in
his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
36 And Hadad died, and
Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
37 And Samlah died,
and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
38 And Saul died, and
Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
39 And Baalhanan the
son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city
was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter
of Mezahab.
40 And these are the
names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their
places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,
41 Duke Aholibamah,
duke Elah, duke Pinon,
42 Duke Kenaz, duke
Teman, duke Mibzar,
43 Duke Magdiel, duke
Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of
their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.
Chapter 37 The history of
Joseph; Joseph Sold into Slavery.
The events of this chapter
took place some years prior to Isaac’s death, while Jacob and his family were
living near Hebrom(35:27;37:14). Joseph’s favored position in his father’s
eyes, and made him a richly ornamented robe, a long –sleeved coat and Joseph’s
dream, his brothers hated him and jealous him. They sold Joseph to Ishmaelites and
took him down to Egypt. The price of a mature slave was later set at 30 pieces
of silver (Ex.21:32, but see Lev.27:5)
Reuben was absent at the time of the sale, discovered that he was too
late to rescue Joseph (v.22).
1 And Jacob dwelt in
the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
2 These are the
generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen 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 wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil
report.
3 Now Israel loved
Joseph 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 speak peaceably unto him.
5 And Joseph dreamed a
dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
6 And he said 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 arose, and also stood upright;
and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
8 And his brethren
said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt 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 said, Behold, I have dreamed a
dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made
obeisance to me.
10 And he told it to
his father, and to his brethren: 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 ourselves to thee to the earth?
11 And his brethren
envied him; but his father observed the saying.
12 And his brethren
went to feed their father's flock in Shechem.
13 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.
14 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.
15 And a certain man
found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him,
saying, What seekest thou?
16 And he said, I seek
my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
17 And the man said,
They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph
went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
18 And when they saw
him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to
slay him.
19 And they said one
to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
20 Come now therefore,
and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil
beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
21 And Reuben heard
it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.
22 And Reuben said
unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness,
and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver
him to his father again.
23 And it came to
pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of
his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
24 And they took him,
and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
25 And they sat down
to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company
of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and
myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
26 And Judah said unto
his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
27 Come, and let us
sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our
brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
28 Then there passed
by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit,
and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they
brought Joseph into Egypt.
29 And Reuben returned
unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
30 And he returned
unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?
31 And they took
Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
32 And they sent the
coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have
we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no.
33 And he knew it, and
said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without
doubt rent in pieces.
34 And Jacob rent his
clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
35 And all his sons
and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted;
and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his
father wept for him.
36 And the Midianites
sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the
guard.
Chapter 38 Judah and Tamar
Adullam, a town about 15 miles NW. of Hebron.There Judah married a
Canaanite and there his firstborn was slain by the Lord for acting wickedly
(v.7). Levirate marrage (the marriage of a widow to the brother of her dceased
husband) was widely practiced and later incorporated into the Law of Moses
(Deut.25:5-10). Onan’s refusal to perform this duty stemmed from his desire to
have the inheritance of the firstborn for himself (normally it would have gone
to Tamar’s child, even though fathered by Onan). Tamar pretended as prostitute
to sleep with Judah when Judah on the road to Timnah. Tamar asked for and
received, as pledge of later payment for her services, Judah’s seal, worn on a
cord around his neck, and his staff. Judah was wrong on two counts:refusing to
give Tamar his son for her husband, and committing adultery with her. Tamar was
pregnant and gave twin Perez and Zerah. Although Zerah’s hand appeared first, but
Perez was actually born first and is listed in the generalogy of
Christ.(matt.1:3) Perez means “ Breach or forging through).
1 And it came to pass
at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a
certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
2 And Judah saw there
a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and
went in unto her.
3 And she conceived,
and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
4 And she conceived
again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.
5 And she yet again
conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib,
when she bare him.
6 And Judah took a
wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
7 And Er, Judah's firstborn,
was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.
8 And Judah said unto
Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy
brother.
9 And Onan knew that
the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his
brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed
to his brother.
10 And the thing which
he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
11 Then said Judah to
Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my
son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did.
And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.
12 And in process of
time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went
up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
14 And she put her
widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped
herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw
that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
15 When Judah saw her,
he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.
16 And he turned unto
her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he
knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give
me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
17 And he said, I will
send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till
thou send it?
18 And he said, What
pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy
staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she
conceived by him.
19 And she arose, and
went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her
widowhood.
20 And Judah sent the
kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the
woman's hand: but he found her not.
21 Then he asked the
men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way
side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.
22 And he returned to
Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that
there was no harlot in this place.
23 And Judah said, Let
her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast
not found her.
24 And it came to pass
about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in
law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom.
And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
25 When she was
brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these
are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the
signet, and bracelets, and staff.
26 And Judah
acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that
I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
27 And it came to pass
in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.
28 And it came to
pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took
and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.
29 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.
30 And afterward came
out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was
called Zarah.
Chapter 39 Joseph in
Potiphar’s house
Potiphar was commanding officer of Pharaoh’s guard. Officials. Lit.,
eunuch, though not so here, where the term signifies a prominent court
official. Though the reigning Pharaoh is not named, probably he was Sesostris
III, who reigned 1878-1843 B.C. (see 1 Kings 6:1 and Ex.12:40, which place
Joseph’s entrance into Egypt about 1875), In the thirteen or so years since
arriving in Egypt, Joseph had risen to the place of comptroller, in charge of all
the affairs of Potiphar. His master’s wife asked Joseph to sleep with her, but
Joseph refused, rand out of the house, had
left his cloak in her hand (v.13). This was the second time a garment of
Joseph’s was used to perpetrate a lie about him(37:33) and put him in prison.
For added details of Joseph’s imprisonment in Psalm 105:17-18.
1 And Joseph was brought down to
Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian,
bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and
he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
3 And his master saw that the LORD
was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
4 And Joseph found grace in his
sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that
he had he put into his hand.
5 And it came to pass from the time
that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the
LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the
LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.
6 And he left all that he had in
Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat.
And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.
7 And it came to pass after these
things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie
with me.
8 But he refused, and said unto his
master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and
he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
9 There is none greater in this
house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because
thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against
God?
10 And it came to pass, as she spake
to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be
with her.
11 And it came to pass about this
time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of
the men of the house there within.
12 And she caught him by his
garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled,
and got him out.
13 And it came to pass, when she saw
that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth,
14 That she called unto the men of
her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto
us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud
voice:
15 And it came to pass, when he
heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me,
and fled, and got him out.
16 And she laid up his garment by
her, until his lord came home.
17 And she spake unto him according
to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us,
came in unto me to mock me:
18 And it came to pass, as I lifted
up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out.
19 And it came to pass, when his
master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After
this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.
20 And Joseph's master took him, and
put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he
was there in the prison.
21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and
shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
22 And the keeper of the prison
committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and
whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.
23 The keeper of the prison looked
not to any thing that was under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and
that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper.
Chapter 40 Joseph Interprets
and dreams of the Cupbearer and the baker
Cupbearer was an official who
served drink to the king. He and the baker had to be trustworthy individuals,
not involved in the frequent court intrigues. When Joseph was in prison, he
interpreted both Cupbearer’s dream and the baker’s. It became true, in
Pharaoh’s birthday, he gave a feast for all his officials, he lifted up the
heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker in the presence of his officials,
he restored the chief cupbearer to his potion. But he hanged the chief baker, just
as Joseph had said to them in his interpretation.
1 And it came to pass after these
things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their
lord the king of Egypt.
2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two
of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the
bakers.
3 And he put them in ward in the
house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was
bound.
4 And the captain of the guard
charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in
ward.
5 And they dreamed a dream both of
them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation
of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound
in the prison.
6 And Joseph came in unto them in
the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.
7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers
that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye
so sadly to day?
8 And they said unto him, We have
dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them,
Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.
9 And the chief butler told his
dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;
10 And in the vine were three
branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the
clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
11 And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand:
and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup
into Pharaoh's hand.
12 And Joseph said unto him, This is
the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:
13 Yet within three days shall
Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt
deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his
butler.
14 But think on me when it shall be
well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me
unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:
15 For indeed I was stolen away out
of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should
put me into the dungeon.
16 When the chief baker saw that the
interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and,
behold, I had three white baskets on my head:
17 And in the uppermost basket there
was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of
the basket upon my head.
18 And Joseph answered and said,
This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
19 Yet within three days shall
Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the
birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
20 And it came to pass the third
day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants:
and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his
servants.
21 And he restored the chief butler
unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
22 But he hanged the chief baker: as
Joseph had interpreted to them.
23 Yet did not the chief butler
remember Joseph, but forgat him.
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