Tanakh, Bible & Qu'ran: The Pillars of Three Faiths. Various Authors

Heb. jireh; that is see for Himself.

      22. That is, The Lord seeth.

      23. That is, Mesopotamia.

      24. That is, One that takes by the heel, or, supplants.

      25. That is, Red.

      26. That is, Contention.

      27. that is, Enmity.

      27. That is, Room.

      29. That is, The house of God.

      30. Heb. raah beonji.

      31. Heb. shama.

      32. Heb. Shimeon.

      33. From the Heb. root lavah.

      34. From the Heb. hodah.

      35. Heb. Jehudah.

      36. Heb. dan, be judged.

      37. Heb. niphtal, he wrestled.

      38. That is, Fortune.

      39. That is, Happy.

      40. Heb. sachar.

      41. Heb. zabal, he dwelt.

      42. Heb. asaph.

      43. Heb. joseph.

      44. That is, the Euphrates.

      45. That is, The heap of witness, in Aramaic.

      46. That is, The heap of witness, in Hebrew.

      47. That is, The watch-post.

      48. That is, Two camps.

      49. That is, He who striveth with God.

      50. That is, The face of God.

      51. Heb. Penuel.

      52. That is, Booths.

      53. That is, God, the God of Israel.

      54. That is, The God of Beth-el.

      55. That is, The oak of weeping.

      56. That is, The son of my sorrow.

      57. That is, The son of the right hand.

      58. Heb. Edom.

      59. Heb. Dishan.

      60. Heb. Medanites.

      61. That is, A breach.

      62. That is, the Nile.

      63. That is, Making to forget.

      64. From a Hebrew word signifying to be fruitful.

      65. Heb. schechem, shoulder.

66. Heb. gedud.

67. From the Heb. root gadad.

      68. Heb. ebel.

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      EXODUS (Shemot)

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      1Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt with Jacob; every man came with his household: ²Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; ³Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin; ⁴Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. ⁵And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls; and Joseph was in Egypt already. ⁶And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. ⁷And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.

      ⁸Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph. ⁹And he said unto his people: 'Behold, the people of the children of Israel are too many and too mighty for us; ¹⁰come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there befalleth us any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land.' ¹¹Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store-cities, Pithom and Raamses. ¹²But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they were adread because of the children of Israel. ¹³And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour. ¹⁴And they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field; in all