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Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom. And the name of his city was Dinhabah.

And Bela died, and Jobab, the son of Zerah from Bozrah, reigned in his place.

And Jobab died, and Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.

And Husham died, and Hadad, son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the field of Moab reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith.

And Hadad died, and Samlah from Masrekah reigned in his place.

And Samlah died, and Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates reigned in his place.

And Shaul died, and Baal-Hanan, the son of Acbor, reigned in his place.

And Baal-Hanan the son of Acbor died, and Hadar reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Pau, and the name of his wife was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezahab.

And Jacob settled in the land of the sojourning of his father, in the land of Canaan.

These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was shepherding the flock with his brothers. Now he was a helper with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, the wives of his father. And Joseph brought a bad report of them to his father.

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, for he was a son of his old age. And he made a robe with long sleeves for him.

When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and were not able to speak peaceably to him.

And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers. And they hated him even more.

Then his brothers said to him, "Will you really rule over us?" And they hated him even more on account of his dream and because of his words.

Then he dreamed yet another dream and told it to his brothers. And he said, "Behold, I dreamed a dream again, and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me."

And he told it to his father and to his brothers. And his father rebuked him and said to him, "What is this dream that you have dreamed? Will I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow down to the ground to you?"

And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.

Now his brothers went to pasture the flock of their father in Shechem.

And the man said, "They have moved on from here, for I heard them saying, ‘Let us go to Dothan.'" Then Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.

And each said to his brothers, "Look, this master of dreams is coming.