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, andcaptain of
the guard.
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 wasHirah.
2 And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name wasShuah; 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 wasTamar.
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 iton 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.
13 And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his
sheep.
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 isby 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 bean 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 washis 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 theea kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give mea 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 isin thine hand. And he gave ither, 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 hispledge from
the woman's hand: but he found her not.
21 Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where isthe harlot, that wasopenly 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 itto 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 iswith child by whoredom. And
Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
25 When she wasbrought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these
are, amI with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose arethese, 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 werein her womb.
28 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the oneput out hishand: 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? thisbreach beupon 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.
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 waswith 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 thathe had he put into his hand.
5 And it came to pass from the time thathe 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 agoodly 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 iswith
me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
9 There isnone greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but
thee, because thou arthis 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, orto be with her.
11 And it came to pass about this time, that Josephwent into the house to do his business; and
there wasnone 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 werebound: 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 werein 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 wasunder his hand; because the LORD
was with him, and thatwhich he did, the LORD made itto prosper.
1 And it came to pass after these things, thatthe butler of the king of Egypt and hisbaker had
offended their lord the king of Egypt.
2 And Pharaoh was wroth against two ofhis 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 wasbound.
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 werewith him in the ward of his lord's house, saying,
Wherefore look ye sosadly to day?
8 And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there isno interpreter of it. And
Joseph said unto them, Donot interpretations belongto 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
wasbefore me;
10 And in the vine werethree branches: and it wasas though it budded, andher blossoms shot
forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
11 And Pharaoh's cup wasin 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 isthe interpretation of it: The three branches arethree 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.