Genesis 34

• 1. One day Dinah, Leah's daughter, went to visit some of the young women who lived in the area.
• 2. But when the local prince, Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, saw her, he took her and raped her.
• 3. But Shechem's love for Dinah was strong, and he tried to win her affection.
• 4. He even spoke to his father about it. "Get this girl for me," he demanded. "I want to marry her."
• 5. Word soon reached Jacob that his daughter had been defiled, but his sons were out in the fields herding cattle so he did nothing until they returned.
• 6. Meanwhile, Hamor, Shechem's father, came out to discuss the matter with Jacob.
• 7. He arrived just as Jacob's sons were coming in from the fields. They were shocked and furious that their sister had been raped. Shechem had done a disgraceful thing against Jacob's family, a thing that should never have been done.
• 8. Hamor told Jacob and his sons, "My son Shechem is truly in love with your daughter, and he longs for her to be his wife. Please let him marry her.
• 9. We invite you to let your daughters marry our sons, and we will give our daughters as wives for your young men.
• 10. And you may live among us; the land is open to you! Settle here and trade with us. You are free to acquire property among us."
• 11. Then Shechem addressed Dinah's father and brothers. "Please be kind to me, and let me have her as my wife," he begged. "I will give whatever you require.
• 12. No matter what dowry or gift you demand, I will pay it--only give me the girl as my wife."
• 13. But Dinah's brothers deceived Shechem and Hamor because of what Shechem had done to their sister.
• 14. They said to them, "We couldn't possibly allow this, because you aren't circumcised. It would be a disgrace for her to marry a man like you!
• 15. But here is a solution. If every man among you will be circumcised like we are,
• 16. we will intermarry with you and live here and unite with you to become one people.
• 17. Otherwise we will take her and be on our way."
• 18. Hamor and Shechem gladly agreed,
• 19. and Shechem lost no time in acting on this request, for he wanted Dinah desperately. Shechem was a highly respected member of his family,
• 20. and he appeared with his father before the town leaders to present this proposal.
• 21. "Those men are our friends," they said. "Let's invite them to live here among us and ply their trade. For the land is large enough to hold them, and we can intermarry with them.
• 22. But they will consider staying here only on one condition. Every one of us men must be circumcised, just as they are.
• 23. But if we do this, all their flocks and possessions will become ours. Come, let's agree to this so they will settle here among us."
• 24. So all the men agreed and were circumcised.
• 25. But three days later, when their wounds were still sore, two of Dinah's brothers, Simeon and Levi, took their swords, entered the town without opposition, and slaughtered every man there,
• 26. including Hamor and Shechem. They rescued Dinah from Shechem's house and returned to their camp.
• 27. Then all of Jacob's sons plundered the town because their sister had been defiled there.
• 28. They seized all the flocks and herds and donkeys--everything they could lay their hands on, both inside the town and outside in the fields.
• 29. They also took all the women and children and wealth of every kind.
• 30. Afterward Jacob said to Levi and Simeon, "You have made me stink among all the people of this land--among all the Canaanites and Perizzites. We are so few that they will come and crush us. We will all be killed!"
• 31. "Should he treat our sister like a prostitute?" they retorted angrily.

Genesis 35

• 1. God said to Jacob, "Now move on to Bethel and settle there. Build an altar there to worship me--the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother, Esau."
• 2. So Jacob told everyone in his household, "Destroy your idols, wash yourselves, and put on clean clothing.
• 3. We are now going to Bethel, where I will build an altar to the God who answered my prayers when I was in distress. He has stayed with me wherever I have gone."
• 4. So they gave Jacob all their idols and their earrings, and he buried them beneath the tree near Shechem.
• 5. When they set out again, terror from God came over the people in all the towns of that area, and no one attacked them.
• 6. Finally, they arrived at Luz (now called Bethel) in Canaan.
• 7. Jacob built an altar there and named it El-bethel, because God had appeared to him there at Bethel when he was fleeing from Esau.
• 8. Soon after this, Rebekah's old nurse, Deborah, died. She was buried beneath the oak tree in the valley below Bethel. Ever since, the tree has been called the "Oak of Weeping."
• 9. God appeared to Jacob once again when he arrived at Bethel after traveling from Paddan-aram. God blessed him
• 10. and said, "Your name is no longer Jacob; you will now be called Israel."
• 11. Then God said, "I am God Almighty. Multiply and fill the earth! Become a great nation, even many nations. Kings will be among your descendants!
• 12. And I will pass on to you the land I gave to Abraham and Isaac. Yes, I will give it to you and your descendants."
• 13. Then God went up from the place where he had spoken to Jacob.
• 14. Jacob set up a stone pillar to mark the place where God had spoken to him. He then poured wine over it as an offering to God and anointed the pillar with olive oil.
• 15. Jacob called the place Bethel--"house of God"--because God had spoken to him there.
• 16. Leaving Bethel, they traveled on toward Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). But Rachel's pains of childbirth began while they were still some distance away.
• 17. After a very hard delivery, the midwife finally exclaimed, "Don't be afraid--you have another son!"
• 18. Rachel was about to die, but with her last breath she named him Ben-oni; the baby's father, however, called him Benjamin.
• 19. So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
• 20. Jacob set up a stone monument over her grave, and it can be seen there to this day.
• 21. Jacob then traveled on and camped beyond the tower of Eder.
• 22. While he was there, Reuben slept with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and someone told Jacob about it. These are the names of the twelve sons of Jacob:
• 23. The sons of Leah were Reuben (Jacob's oldest son), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
• 24. The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
• 25. The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant, were Dan and Naphtali.
• 26. The sons of Zilpah, Leah's servant, were Gad and Asher. These were the sons born to Jacob at Paddan-aram.
• 27. So Jacob came home to his father Isaac in Mamre, which is near Kiriath-arba (now called Hebron), where Abraham had also lived.
• 28. Isaac lived for 180 years,
• 29. and he died at a ripe old age, joining his ancestors in death. Then his sons, Esau and Jacob, buried him.

Genesis 36

• 1. This is the history of the descendants of Esau (also known as Edom).
• 2. Esau married two young women from Canaan: Adah, the daughter of Elon the Hittite; and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite.
• 3. He also married his cousin Basemath, who was the daughter of Ishmael and the sister of Nebaioth.
• 4. Esau and Adah had a son named Eliphaz. Esau and Basemath had a son named Reuel.
• 5. Esau and Oholibamah had sons named Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. All these sons were born to Esau in the land of Canaan.
• 6. Then Esau took his wives, children, household servants, cattle, and flocks--all the wealth he had gained in the land of Canaan--and moved away from his brother, Jacob.
• 7. There was not enough land to support them both because of all their cattle and livestock.
• 8. So Esau (also known as Edom) settled in the hill country of Seir.
• 9. This is a list of Esau's descendants, the Edomites, who lived in the hill country of Seir.
• 10. Among Esau's sons were Eliphaz, the son of Esau's wife Adah; and Reuel, the son of Esau's wife Basemath.
• 11. The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
• 12. Eliphaz had another son named Amalek, born to Timna, his concubine. These were all grandchildren of Esau's wife Adah.
• 13. The sons of Reuel were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were all grandchildren of Esau's wife Basemath.
• 14. Esau also had sons through Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon. Their names were Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
• 15. Esau's children and grandchildren became the leaders of different clans. The sons of Esau's oldest son, Eliphaz, became the leaders of the clans of Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,
• 16. Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These clans in the land of Edom were descended from Eliphaz, the son of Esau and Adah.
• 17. The sons of Esau's son Reuel became the leaders of the clans of Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These clans in the land of Edom were descended from Reuel, the son of Esau and Basemath.
• 18. The sons of Esau and his wife Oholibamah became the leaders of the clans of Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the clans descended from Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
• 19. These are all the clans descended from Esau (also known as Edom).
• 20. These are the names of the tribes that descended from Seir the Horite, one of the families native to the land of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
• 21. Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These were the Horite clans, the descendants of Seir, who lived in the land of Edom.
• 22. The sons of Lotan were Hori and Heman. Lotan's sister was named Timna.
• 23. The sons of Shobal were Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
• 24. The sons of Zibeon were Aiah and Anah. This is the Anah who discovered the hot springs in the wilderness while he was grazing his father's donkeys.
• 25. The son of Anah was Dishon, and Oholibamah was his daughter.
• 26. The sons of Dishon were Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran.
• 27. The sons of Ezer were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.
• 28. The sons of Dishan were Uz and Aran.
• 29. So the leaders of the Horite clans were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,
• 30. Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. The Horite clans are named after their clan leaders, who lived in the land of Seir.
• 31. These are the kings who ruled in Edom before there were kings in Israel:
• 32. Bela son of Beor, who ruled from his city of Dinhabah.
• 33. When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah became king.
• 34. When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites became king.
• 35. When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad became king and ruled from the city of Avith. He was the one who destroyed the Midianite army in the land of Moab.
• 36. When Hadad died, Samlah from the city of Masrekah became king.
• 37. When Samlah died, Shaul from the city of Rehoboth on the Euphrates River became king.
• 38. When Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of Acbor became king.
• 39. When Baal-hanan died, Hadad became king and ruled from the city of Pau. Hadad's wife was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred and granddaughter of Me-zahab.
• 40. These are the leaders of the clans of Esau, who lived in the places named for them: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,
• 41. Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,
• 42. Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,
• 43. Magdiel, and Iram. These are the names of the clans of Esau, the ancestor of the Edomites, each clan giving its name to the area it occupied.

New Living Translation: 12 of 324 days.