BOOK OF BIBLICAL ANTIQUITIES

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...Esau and Jacob. But Esau took for himself wives: Iudin the daughter of Bereu, and Bassemech the daughter of Elon, and Elibemam the daughter of Anan, and Manem the daughter of Samaël, and she bore him Adeliphan. And the sons of Adeliphan were Temar, Omar, Sephor, Getan, Tenaz, Amalech. And Iudin bore Tenacis, Ieruebemas, Bassemen, Rugil. And the sons of Rugil were Naizar, Samaza. And Elibeema bore Auz, Ioollam, Coro. Manem bore Tenetde, Thenatela. But Jacob took for himself wives, the daughters of Laban Astiri: Lia and Rachel, and two concubines, Balla and Zelpha. And Lia bore him Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Juda, Isachar, Zabulon, and Dinam their sister. But Rachel brought forth Joseph and Beniamin. Balla bore Dan and Neptalim. And Zelpha bore Gad and Asser. These are the twelve sons of Jacob, and one daughter. And Jacob dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Sycem, the son of Emor the Corrite, kidnapped Dinam his daughter and humiliated her. And the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, entered and killed their entire city by the edge of the sword, and they took their sister Dinam and went out from there. And afterward Job took her as his wife, and she bore to him fourteen children: seven sons and three daughters before he was afflicted, and three sons and three daughters in his suffering, and afterward seven sons and three daughters when he was made whole. And these are the names of his six daughters: Eliphac, Ermoë, Diasat, Philias, Diffar, Zellud, Thelon. And his daughters: Meru, Litaz, Zeli. And as were the names of the former, so also were those of the latter. But Jacob and his twelve sons dwelt in the land of Canaan, and they hated their brother Joseph, whom they also betrayed into Egypt to Petephre, the prince of the cooks of Pharaoh, and he spent fourteen years with him. And it happened afterward that the king of Egypt saw a dream, and they announced to him about Joseph, and he solved his dreams for him. And it happened after he solved his dreams for him, Pharaoh made him prince over all the land of Egypt. In that time there was a famine over all the land,
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as Joseph had judged. And his brothers went down to buy food in Egypt, because only in Egypt was there food. And Joseph recognized his brothers, and he was recognized by them, and he did not act maliciously toward them. And he sent and called his father from the land of Canaan, and he went down to him. And these are the names of the sons of Israel who went down into Egypt with Jacob, each in his own house: The sons of Ruben: Enoc, Phallut, Asrom, and Carmin. But the sons of Simeon: Namuel, Ianunetdot, Iacim, and Efaul the son of Canatidis. But the sons of Levi: Gerson, Caat, and Merari. Now the sons of Juda: Auna, Selon, Phares, Zarami. But the sons of Isachar: Tola, Phua, Iob, and Sobran. But the sons of Zabulon: Sarelon and Iaillil. And Dina their sister bore fourteen sons and six daughters. And these are the generations of the sons which Jacob bore. All the souls of the sons and daughters were seventy-two. But the sons of Dan: Vsina. The sons of Neptalim: Betaal, Neemmu, Surem, Optisarielet. These are the generations of Balla, which she bore to Jacob. All the souls were eight. Now the sons of Gad: Sariel, Sua, Visui, Mophar, and Sar. Their sister, the daughter of Seriebel: Melchiel. These are the generations of Zelpha, the wife of Jacob, which she bore to him. And all the souls of the sons and daughters numbered ten. And the sons of Joseph: Ephraim and Manassen. But Beniamin fathered Gela, Esbel, Nanubal, Abocinephec, Vtundeus. And these are the souls which Rachel bore to Jacob: fourteen. And they went down into Egypt, and dwelt there for two hundred and ten years. And it happened after the passing of Joseph, the sons of Israel multiplied and grew greatly. And another king arose in Egypt who did not know Joseph, and he said to his people: "Behold, this people has multiplied more than we. Come, let us have a plan against them, so that they may not multiply." And the king of Egypt commanded all his people, saying: "Every son who will be born to the Hebrews, throw into the river, but keep the females alive." And the Egyptians answered their king, saying: