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And Esau toke his wiues sonnes & doughters, and all the soules of his house, his substaunce, and all the catell with all the goodes that he had gotten in the lande of Canaan, and wente in to a countre awaye fro his brother Iacob:

The childre of Zibeo were: Aia & Ana. This is the same Ana yt foude Mules in ye wyldernes, wha he kepte his fathers Zibeons Asses.

Bela ye sonne of Beor was kynge in Edumea, & ye name of his cite was Dinhaba.

And wha Bela died, Iobab ye sonne of Serah of Bosra was kinge in his steade.

When Iobab dyed, Husam out of ye lode of the Themanites was kynge in his steade.

Whan Husam dyed, Hadad ye sonne of Bedad) which slewe ye Madianites in ye Moabites felde) was kinge in his steade, & the name of his cite was Auith.

Whan Hadad dyed, Samla of Masreck was kinge in his steade.

Wha Samla died, Saul of Rehoboth by ye water syde, was kinge in his steade.

Whan Saul dyed, Baal Hana the sonne of Achbor was kynge in his steade.

Wha Baal Hana the sonne of Achbor dyed, Hadad was kinge in his steade, & the name of his cite was Pagu, & his wifes name was Mehet Abeel, the doughter of Matred, the doughter of Mesahab.

Iacob dwelt in ye lande, wherin his father was a straunger, namely in the lade of Canaa.

And these are ye generacios of Iacob. Ioseph was seuetene yeare olde, wha he became a keper of the catell wt his brethren, & the lad was wt the children of Bilha & Silpa his fathers wyues, and tolde their father of ye euell reporte yt was of the.

Israel loued Ioseph more the all his childre because he had begotte him in his olde age, and he made him a cote of many coloures.

Now wha his brethre sawe, yt his father loued him more the all his brethre, they had euell wyll at him, & coude not speake a fredly worde vnto hi.

Ioseph also had once a dreame, and tolde his brethre therof. The hated they him ye more,

Then sayde his brethre vnto him: Shalt thou be or kinge, and haue domynio ouer vs? And they hated him yet ye more, because of his dreame, & his wordes.

And he had yet another dreame, which he tolde his brethre, & saide: Beholde, I had yet another dreame: Me thought ye Sonne & ye Moone & eleuen starres made obeisauce to me.

And wha this was tolde his father and his brethre, his father reproued him, & sayde vnto him: What maner of dreame is this, yt thou hast dreamed? Shall I & thy mother, & thy brethren come & fall before ye vpon the groude?

And his brethre had envie at him. But his father marcked this sayenge.

Now wha his brethren were gone forth to kepe their fathers catell in Siche,