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Esau, and that he should take a wife from there. So Jacob set out for Haran of Mesopotamia, leaving his father Isaac 9.21.3 one hundred and thirty-seven years old, while he himself was seventy-seven years old. Having stayed there for seven years, he married the two daughters of Laban his maternal uncle, Leah and Rachel, being eighty-four years old; and in another seven years twelve children were born to him; in the eighth year in the tenth month, Reuben; and in the ninth year in the eighth month, Simeon; and in the tenth year in the sixth month, Levi; and in the eleventh year in the fourth month, Judah. Rachel, not bearing children, was jealous of her sister and had her own handmaid Zilpah sleep with Jacob, at the same time that Bilhah also conceived Naphtali, in the eleventh year in the fifth month, and she bore a son in the twelfth year in the second month, who was named Gad by Leah; and from the same woman in the same year and the twelfth month 9.21.4 she bore another, who was also named Asher by Leah. And Leah again, in exchange for the mandrake apples which Reuben brought from Rachel, conceived and her handmaid Zilpah at the same time, in the twelfth year in the third month, and in the twelfth month of the same year bore a son and gave him the name 9.21.5 Issachar. And again Leah in the thirteenth year in the tenth month bore another son, whose name was Zebulun, and the same woman in the fourteenth year in the eighth month bore a son named Dan. At which time Rachel also conceived, at the same time that Leah also bore a daughter, Dinah, and in the fourteenth year in the eighth month she bore a son who was named Joseph, so that in the seven years 9.21.6 with Laban twelve children had been born. And when Jacob wanted to go away to his father in Canaan, he was asked by Laban to remain another six years, so that in all 9.21.7 he remained in Haran with Laban for twenty years. And as he was journeying to Canaan, an angel of God wrestled with him and touched the broad part of Jacob's thigh, and having grown numb, he limped; whence the sinew which is in the thighs of cattle is not eaten. And the angel said to him that from now on he would be called not Jacob, 9.21.8 but Israel. And he came to another city of the land of Canaan, Shechem, having children: Reuben, twelve years and two months old; Simeon, eleven years and four months; Levi, ten years and six months; Judah, nine years and eight months; Naphtali, eight years and ten months; Gad, eight years and ten months; Asher, eight years; Issachar, eight years; Zebulun, seven years and two months; 9.21.9 Dinah, six years and four months; Joseph, six years and four months. And Israel sojourned with Hamor for ten years, and Israel's daughter Dinah was defiled by Shechem the son of Hamor, being sixteen years and four months old. And the sons of Israel, being enraged, Simeon being twenty-one years and four months old, and Levi twenty years and six months, killed both Hamor and Shechem his son and all the males because of the defilement of Dinah; 9.21.10 and Jacob at that time was one hundred and seven years old. And so when he came to Luz of Bethel, God said that he should no longer be called Jacob, but Israel. And from there he came to Chaphratha, from where he arrived at Ephrath, which is Bethlehem, and there he begot Benjamin, and Rachel died, having given birth to Benja9.21.11 min, and Jacob had lived with her for twenty-three years. And from there Jacob came to Mamre of Hebron to Isaac his father. And at that time Joseph was seventeen years old, and he was sold into Egypt and remained in prison for thirteen years, so that he was thirty years old, and Jacob one hundred and twenty, at which time Isaac had also died one year before, being one hundred and 9.21.12 eighty years old. And Joseph, having interpreted the dreams for the king, ruled Egypt for seven years, during which he also married Asenath, the daughter of Pentephres the priest of Heliopolis, and begot Manasseh and Ephraim; and the famine occurred for years 9.21.13

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Ἡσαῦ, καὶ ὅπως λάβῃ ἐκεῖθεν γυναῖκα. ἀφορμῆσαι οὖν τὸν Ἰακὼβ εἰς Χαρρὰν τῆς Μεσοποταμίας, τὸν μὲν πατέρα καταλιπόντα Ἰσαὰκ 9.21.3 ἐτῶν ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα ἑπτά, αὐτὸν δὲ ὄντα ἐτῶν ἑβδομήκοντα ἑπτά. διατρίψαντα οὖν αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ ἑπτὰ ἔτη Λάβαν τοῦ μητρῴου δύο θυγατέρας γῆμαι, Λείαν καὶ Ῥαχήλ, ὄντα ἐτῶν ὀγδοήκοντα τεσσάρων· καὶ γενέσθαι ἐν ἑπτὰ ἔτεσιν ἄλλοις αὐτῷ παιδία ιβʹ· ὀγδόῳ μὲν ἔτει μηνὶ δεκάτῳ Ῥουβίν· καὶ τῷ ἔτει δὲ τῷ ἐνάτῳ μηνὶ ὀγδόῳ Συμεών· καὶ τῷ ἔτει δὲ τῷ δεκάτῳ μηνὶ ἕκτῳ Λευίν· τῷ δὲ ἑνδεκάτῳ ἔτει μηνὶ τετάρτῳ Ἰούδαν. Ῥαχήλ τε μὴ τίκτουσανζηλῶσαι τὴν ἀδελφὴν καὶ παρακοιμίσαι τῷ Ἰακὼβ τὴν ἑαυτῆς παιδίσκην Ζελφάν, τῷ αὐτῷ χρόνῳ ᾧ καὶ Βάλλαν συλλαβεῖν τὸν Νεφθαλείμ, τῷ ἑνδεκάτῳ ἔτει μηνὶ πέμπτῳ, καὶ τεκεῖν τῷ δωδεκάτῳ ἔτει μηνὶ δευτέρῳ υἱόν, ὃν ὑπὸ Λείας Γὰδ ὀνομασθῆναι· καὶ ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔτους καὶ μηνὸς δωδεκάτου 9.21.4 ἕτερον τεκεῖν, ὃν καὶ αὐτὸν προσαγορευθῆναι ὑπὸ Λείας Ἀσήρ. καὶ Λείαν πάλιν ἀντὶ τῶν μήλων τῶν μανδραγόρου, ἃ Ῥουβὴλ εἰσενεγκεῖν παρὰ Ῥαχήλ, συλλαβεῖν καὶ τὴν παιδίσκην Ζελφὰν τῷ αὐτῷ χρόνῳ, τῷ δωδεκάτῳ ἔτει μηνὶ τρίτῳ, καὶ τεκεῖν τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔτους μηνὸς δωδεκάτου υἱὸν καὶ ὄνομα αὐτῷ θέσθαι 9.21.5 Ἰσσάχαρ. καὶ πάλιν Λείαν τῷ τρισκαιδεκάτῳ ἔτει μηνὶ δεκάτῳ υἱὸν ἄλλον τεκεῖν, ᾧ ὄνομα Ζαβουλών, καὶ τὴν αὐτὴν τῷ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῳ ἔτει μηνὶ ὀγδόῳ τεκεῖν υἱὸν ὄνομα ∆άν. ἐν ᾧ καὶ Ῥαχὴλ λαβεῖν ἐν γαστρὶ τῷ αὐτῷ χρόνῳ, ᾧ καὶ Λείαν τεκεῖν θυγατέρα ∆είναν, καὶ τεκεῖν τῷ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῳ ἔτει μηνὶ ὀγδόῳ υἱόν, ὃν ὀνομασθῆναι Ἰωσήφ, ὥστε γεγονέναι ἐν τοῖς ἑπτὰ ἔτεσι 9.21.6 τοῖς παρὰ Λάβαν δώδεκα παιδία. θέλοντα δὲ τὸν Ἰακὼβ πρὸς τὸν πατέρα εἰς Χαναὰν ἀπιέναι, ἀξιωθέντα ὑπὸ Λάβαν ἄλλα ἔτη ἓξ μεῖναι, ὥστε τὰ πάντα 9.21.7 αὐτὸν μεῖναι ἐν Χαρρὰν παρὰ Λάβαν ἔτη εἴκοσι. πορευομένῳ δ' αὐτῷ εἰς Χαναὰν ἄγγελον τοῦ θεοῦ παλαῖσαι καὶ ἅψασθαι τοῦ πλάτους τοῦ μηροῦ τοῦ Ἰακώβ, τὸν δὲ ναρκήσαντα ἐπισκάζειν· ὅθεν οὐκ ἐσθίεσθαι τῶν κτηνῶν τὸ ἐν τοῖς μηροῖς νεῦρον. καὶ φάναι αὐτῷ τὸν ἄγγελον ἀπὸ τοῦδε μηκέτι Ἰακώβ, 9.21.8 ἀλλ' Ἰσραὴλ ὀνομασθήσεσθαι. καὶ ἐλθεῖν αὐτὸν τῆς Χαναὰν γῆς εἰς ἑτέραν πόλιν Σικίμων, ἔχοντα παιδία Ῥουβὶμ ἐτῶν δώδεκα μηνῶν δυοῖν, Συμεῶνα ἐτῶν ἕνδεκα μηνῶν τεσσάρων, Λευὶν ἐτῶν δέκα μηνῶν ἕξ, Ἰούδαν ἐτῶν ἐννέα μηνῶν ὀκτώ, Νεφθαλεὶμ ἐτῶν ὀκτὼ μηνῶν δέκα, Γὰδ ἐτῶν ὀκτὼ μηνῶν δέκα, Ἀσὴρ ἐτῶν ὀκτώ, Ἰσσάχαρ ἐτῶν ὀκτώ, Ζαβουλὼν ἐτῶν ἑπτὰ μηνῶν δυοῖν, 9.21.9 ∆είναν ἐτῶν ἓξ μηνῶν τεσσάρων, Ἰωσὴφ ἐτῶν ἓξ μηνῶν τεσσάρων. παροικῆσαι δὲ Ἰσραὴλ παρὰ Ἐμμὼρ ἔτη δέκα, καὶ φθαρῆναι τὴν Ἰσραὴλ θυγατέρα ∆είναν ὑπὸ Συχὲμ τοῦ Ἐμμὼρ υἱοῦ, ἐτῶν οὖσαν δεκαὲξ μηνῶν τεσσά ρων. ἐξαλλομένους δὲ τοὺς Ἰσραὴλ υἱούς, Συμεῶνα μὲν ὄντα ἐτῶν εἰκοσιενὸς μηνῶν τεσσάρων, Λευὶν δὲ ἐτῶν εἴκοσι μηνῶν ἕξ, ἀποκτεῖναι τόν τε Ἐμμὼρ καὶ Συχὲμ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἄρσενας διὰ τὴν ∆είνας φθοράν· 9.21.10 Ἰακὼβ δὲ τότε εἶναι ἐτῶν ἑκατὸν ἑπτά. ἐλθόντα τε οὖν αὐτὸν εἰς Λουζὰ τῆς Βαιθήλ, φάναι τὸν θεὸν μηκέτι Ἰακώβ, ἀλλ' Ἰσραὴλ ὀνομάζεσθαι. ἐκεῖθεν δὲ ἐλθεῖν εἰς Χαφραθά, ἔνθεν παραγενέσθαι εἰς Ἐφραθά, ἣν εἶναι Βηθλεέμ, καὶ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ Βενιαμίν, καὶ τελευτῆσαι Ῥαχήλ, τεκοῦσαν τὸν Βενια9.21.11 μίν, συμβιῶσαι δ' αὐτῇ τὸν Ἰακὼβ ἔτη εἴκοσι τρία. αὐτόθεν δὲ ἐλθεῖν τὸν Ἰακὼβ εἰς Μαμβρὶ τῆς Χεβρὼν πρὸς Ἰσαὰκ τὸν πατέρα. εἶναι δὲ τότε Ἰωσὴφἐτῶν δεκαεπτά, καὶ πραθῆναι αὐτὸν εἰς Αἴγυπτον καὶ ἐν τῷ δεσμωτηρίῳ μεῖναι ἔτη δεκατρία, ὥστ' εἶναι αὐτὸν ἐτῶν τριάκοντα, Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἐτῶν ἑκατὸν εἴκοσιν, ἐν ᾧ καὶ τελευτῆσαι τὸν Ἰσαὰκ ἔτει ἑνὶ ἔμπροσθεν, ἐτῶν ὄντα ἑκατὸν 9.21.12 ὀγδοήκοντα. κρίναντα δὲ τῷ βασιλεῖ τὸν Ἰωσὴφ τὰ ἐνύπνια ἄρξαι Αἰγύπτου ἔτη ἑπτά, ἐν οἷς καὶ συνοικῆσαι Ἀσενέθ, Πεντεφρῆ τοῦ Ἡλιουπόλεως ἱερέως θυγατρί, καὶ γεννῆσαι Μανασσῆν καὶ Ἐφραΐμ· καὶ τοῦ λιμοῦ ἐπιγενέσθαι ἔτη 9.21.13