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which is now called Eleutheropolis, in the cave which Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite for four hundred drachmas, in the presence of the sons of Heth; from whom the Greeks also confess to have received written contracts. And Isaac, when he was forty years old, took 1.59 Rebecca, daughter of Bethuel, who was the eighth and last son of Nahor; for he had eight children by Milcah. And Nahor, the father of Bethuel, was Abraham's brother. His last son, Bethuel, was the father of Rebecca and Laban, Jacob's father-in-law. He pastured his sheep for twenty whole years. But Rebecca, being barren, after twenty years gave birth to two sons at the same time, Jacob and Esau, in the 60th year of Isaac. And it was the year of the world #223472. That Rebecca, having made a poultice, gave it to Jacob, and he brought it in with other gifts through Isaac to Abraham; whom holding in his bosom, blessing him in many ways, Abraham died, falling asleep, in the 15th year of Jacob's life. And in the 45th year of Jacob's life, Esau, being of the same age as him, took two wives, Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hivite. But Jacob, being sixty-three years old, had not known a woman at all, as he himself told his mother Rebecca. And in his 73rd year, and in the year of the world #223545 according to the accurate account, Jacob fled from the face of his brother Esau, and having served 7 years he took Leah, and after another seven he took Rachel. So from Leah he begot Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun and Dinah, and from Rachel, Joseph, and from the handmaid Bilhah, Dan and 1.60 Naphtali, and from Zilpah, Gad and Asher. Therefore, having spent a twentieth year with Laban, he fled from him, when Joseph was three years old. And crossing the Jordan he was blessed and was renamed Israel. And Jacob, remembering the vision he had seen on his arrival in Mesopotamia, goes up to Bethel. There, having fallen asleep, he saw the vision. And having tithed all that he possessed, lastly he submitted his children to the lot, and dedicates Levi to God, being 18 years old, and appoints him high priest, being the tenth from the last according to astrology. For Reuben, because of his father's concubine, was deprived of both the kingship and the priesthood, though he was the firstborn. And when Jacob came near Shechem to the city of Salem, Dinah suffers violence from Shechem; and vengeance is taken by Simeon and Levi, who in every way destroyed those around Shechem. And Rachel still bore Benjamin to Jacob, and having died is buried in Ephrath, where Bethlehem is now; for between Bethlehem and Jerusalem, at the hippodrome, is the tomb of Rachel, lying above the ground. And since the lineage from Levi runs down to Aaron and Moses, of whom one serves as priest and the other leads the people as general, it is fitting that the genealogy from Jacob is taken from them. And Rebecca, as Josephus says in the Antiquities, asked Isaac to bring Esau and Jacob and recon 1.61 cile them. Which indeed he did, and having exhorted them together, and having made them swear to keep peace with one another and to embrace the disposition of spiritual kinship, he foretold to Esau that if you rise up against Jacob, you will fall into his hands. After the death of Isaac, the sons of Esau provoked their father against Jacob and his sons. And having armed himself with nations, he came to war. But Jacob, having shut the gates of the city, urged Esau to remember the commands and exhortations of their ancestors. But when he would not endure it but rather grew more insolent, at the urging of Judah, Jacob drew his bow, and striking Esau on the right breast, he cast him down; and when he died, the sons of Jacob went out of the city and killed almost all of them. And first Rebecca died, and not long after Isaac also, to Jacob of the birthright

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ἥτις νῦν Ἐλευθερόπολις καλεῖται, ἐν τῷ σπηλαίῳ ὃ ὠνήσατο ὁ Ἀβραὰμ παρὰ Ἐφρὼν τοῦ Χετταίου τετρακοσίων δραχμῶν, ἐπὶ μαρτυρίᾳ τῶν υἱῶν Χέτ· ἀφ' οὗ καὶ τὰ διὰ γραμμάτων συμβόλαια οἱ Ἕλληνες ὁμολογοῦσι παρειληφέναι. Ἰσαὰκ δὲ τεσσαράκοντα ἐτῶν γενόμενος ἔλαβε 1.59 τὴν Ῥεβέκκαν, θυγατέρα Βαθουήλ, ὃς υἱὸς Ναχὼρ ἦν ὄγδοος καὶ τελευταῖος· ὀκτὼ γὰρ ἦσαν ἀπὸ Μελχᾶς αὐτῷ παῖδες. Να χὼρ δὲ ὁ πατὴρ Βαθουὴλ ἦν ἀδελφὸς Ἀβραάμ. τούτου ἔσχατος υἱὸς Βαθουὴλ πατὴρ ἦν Ῥεβέκκας καὶ Λάβαν τοῦ πενθεροῦ Ἰακώβ. τούτου νέμει τὰ πρόβατα ἐφ' ὅλοις ἔτεσιν εἴκοσι. Ῥεβέκκα δὲ στεῖρα οὖσα μετὰ εἴκοσιν ἔτη ἐγέννησε δύο ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ υἱούς, τὸν Ἰακὼβ καὶ τὸν Ἠσαῦ, ἐν τῷ ξʹ ἔτει Ἰσαάκ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμουἦν ἔτος #22γυοβʹ. Ὅτι κολλυρίδα ποιήσασα Ῥεβέκκα δέδωκε τῷ Ἰακώβ, καὶ εἰσήγαγε μεθ' ἑτέρων δώρων διὰ Ἰσαὰκ πρὸς Ἀβραάμ· ὃν κατέχων ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ αὐτοῦ, εὐλογῶν πολυτρόπως, ἐτελεύτησεν ἀφυ πνώσας ὁ Ἀβραάμ, τῷ ιεʹ ἔτει τῆς ζωῆς Ἰακώβ. Τῷ δὲ μεʹ ἔτει τῆς ζωῆς Ἰακὼβ ὁ Ἠσαῦ καὶ αὐτὸς ὁμόχρονος ὢν αὐτῷ ἔλαβε δύο γυναῖκας, Ἰουδὶθ τὴν θυγατέρα Βεὴρ τοῦ Χετταίου καὶ τὴν Μασεμὰθ θυγατέρα Ἐλὼν Ἐβαίου. Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἐτῶν ὑπάρχων ἑξήκοντα τριῶν οὐκ ἔγνω ὅλως γυναῖκα, ὡς αὐτὸς ἐξεῖπε τῇ μητρὶ Ῥεβέκκᾳ. τῷ δὲ ογʹ ἔτει αὐτοῦ, τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἔτει #22γφμεʹ κατὰ τὸν ἀκριβῆ λόγον, ἀπέδρασεν Ἰακὼβ ἀπὸ προσώπου Ἠσαῦ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ δουλεύσας ἔτη ζʹ ἔλαβε τὴν Λεῖαν, καὶ μετὰ ἕτερα ἑπτὰ ἔλαβε τὴν Ῥαχήλ. ἐκ μὲν οὖν τῆς Λείας ἐγέννησε τὸν Ῥουβείμ, τὸν Συμεών, τὸν Λευί, τὸν Ἰούδαν, τὸν Ἰσσαχάρ, τὸν Ζαβουλὼν καὶ τὴν ∆ίναν, ἐκ δὲ τῆς Ῥαχὴλ τὸν Ἰωσήφ, ἐκ δὲ τῆς παιδίσκης Βάλας τὸν ∆ὰν καὶ 1.60 τὸν Νεφθαλίμ, ἐκ δὲ τῆς ∆ελφᾶς τὸν Γὰδ καὶ τὸν Ἀσήρ. εἰκο στὸν τοίνυν ἔτος διατρίψας μετὰ τοῦ Λαβὰν ἀπέδρα ἐξ αὐτοῦ, ὄντος τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ χρόνων τριῶν. διαβαίνων δὲ τὸν Ἰορδάνην ἐπευλογήθη καὶ μετεκλήθη Ἰσραήλ. ὁ δὲ Ἰακὼβ τῆς ὁράσεως ὑπομνησθεὶς ἣν ἐθεάσατο κατὰ τὴν ἄφιξιν τὴν εἰς Μεσοποταμίαν, ἀνέρχεται εἰς Βαιθήλ. ἔνθα κατακοιμηθεὶς εἶδε τὸ ὅραμα. καὶ πάντα ἀποδεκατώσας ἃ ἐκέκτητο, τελευταῖον ὑποβάλλει κλήρῳ τοὺς παῖδας, καὶ τὸν Λευὶ τῷ θεῷ ἀφιεροῖ, ἐτῶν ὑπάρχοντα ιηʹ, καὶ ἀρχιερέα ἀναδείκνυσι, δέκατον ὄντα ἀπὸ ἐσχάτου κατὰ τὸν τῆς ἀστρολογίας. Ῥουβεὶμ γὰρ διὰ τὴν παλλακὴν τοῦ πατρὸς ἐστερήθη τῆς τε βασιλείας καὶ τῆς ἱερωσύνης, πρωτότοκος ὤν. ἐλθόντος δὲ τοῦ Ἰακὼβ πλησίον Σικίμων εἰς πόλιν Σαλήμ, ὑφί σταται ὑπὸ Σιχὲμ τὴν βίαν ἡ ∆ίνα· καὶ ἐκδικεῖται παρὰ Συμεὼν καὶ Λευί, παντὶ τρόπῳ διαχρησαμένων τοὺς περὶ τὸν Σιχέμ. ἔτι δὲ τίκτει ἡ Ῥαχὴλ τῷ Ἰακὼβ τὸν Βενιαμίν, καὶ τελευτήσασα θάπτεται ἐν τῷ Εὐφρανθᾷ, ἔνθα νῦν ἐστὶν ἡ Βηθλεέμ· μεταξὺ γὰρ τῆς Βηθλεὲμ καὶ τῆς Ἱερουσαλήμ, εἰς τὸν ἱππόδρομον, ἡ λάρναξ ἐστὶ τῆς Ῥαχήλ, ὑπερκειμένη τῆς γῆς. καὶ ἐπειδὴ τὸ ἐκ Λευὶ γένος ἐπὶ Ἀαρὼν κατατρέχει καὶ Μωϋσῆν, ὧν ὁ μὲν ἱερατεύει ὁ δὲ στρατηγεῖ τῷ λαῷ, εἰκότως ἐξ αὐτῶν λαμβάνεται ἡ ἐκ τοῦ Ἰακὼβ γενεαλογία. Ῥεβέκκα δέ, ὥς φησιν Ἰώσηπος ἐν τῇ ἀρχαιολογίᾳ, ἠξίωσε τὸν Ἰσαὰκ ἀγαγεῖν Ἠσαῦ καὶ Ἰακὼβ καὶ διαλ 1.61 λάξαι αὐτούς. ὃ δὴ καὶ ποιήσας, καὶ παρακαλέσας αὐτοὺς ἅμα, καὶ ἐνορκίσας εἰρήνην ἄγειν πρὸς ἀλλήλους καὶ τῆς πνευματικῆς οἰκειότητος ἀσπάζεσθαι τὴν διάθεσιν, προεῖπε τῷ Ἠσαῦ ὅτι ἐὰν ἐπαναστῇς τῷ Ἰακώβ, ἐμπεσῇ εἰς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ. Μετὰ τὴν τελευτὴν Ἰσαὰκ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἠσαῦ παρώξυναν τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν κατὰ Ἰακὼβ καὶ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ. καὶ καθοπλι σθεὶς μετὰ ἐθνῶν ἦλθε πρὸς πόλεμον. Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἀποκλείσας τῆς πόλεως τὰς πύλας παρεκάλει τὸν Ἠσαῦ μνησθῆναι τῶν προγονι κῶν ἐντολῶν καὶ παραινέσεων. τοῦ δὲ μὴ ἀνεχομένου ἀλλὰ καὶ μᾶλλον ὑβρίζοντος, τοῦ Ἰούδα παρακαλέσαντος ἐνέτεινε τὸ τόξον Ἰακώβ, καὶ πλήξας κατὰ τοῦ δεξιοῦ μαζοῦ τὸν Ἠσαῦ κατέβαλε· καὶ τούτου τελευτήσαντος ἐξῆλθον τῆς πόλεως οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰακώβ, καὶ πάντας σχεδὸν ἀνεῖλον. τελευτῶσι δὲ πρότερον μὲν ἡ Ῥεβέκκα, μετ' οὐ πολὺ δὲ καὶ ὁ Ἰσαάκ, τῷ Ἰακὼβ τῆς πρωτοτοκίας