1And in the one hundred and fifth year of the life of Jacob, that is the

2And in those days Jacob journeyed with his children from Hebron, and they

3And Jacob and his children and all belonging to him dwelt in the part of

4And all those kings of the Canaanites and Amorites that surrounded the city

5And they said, Shall the sons of Jacob the Hebrew again come to the city

6And all the kings of Canaan again assembled, and they came together to make

7And Jashub king of Tapnach sent also to all his neighboring kings, to Elan

8Come up to me and assist me, and let us smite Jacob the Hebrew and his

9And all these kings assembled together and came with all their camps, a

10And Jashub king of Tapnach went forth to them with all his army, and he

11And they sent a declaration to Jacob and his son, saying, Come you all

12And the sons of Jacob heard this and their anger was kindled exceedingly

13And all these men, the sons of Jacob with their servants, went toward

14And Jacob prayed to the Lord for his sons, and he spread forth his hands

15And give unto my sons, thy servants, strength of heart and might to fight

16But if it seemeth good in thine eyes to take away the lives of my sons and

17And when Jacob ceased praying to the Lord the earth shook from its place,

18And the Lord hearkened to the prayer of Jacob, and the Lord impressed the

19For the Lord caused them to hear the voice of chariots, and the voice of

20And these kings were seized with great terror at the sons of Jacob, and

21And when the kings saw the sons of Jacob advancing toward them, they were

22But they did not retreat, saying, It would be a disgrace to us thus twice

23And the sons of Jacob came near and advanced against all these kings and

24And the sons of Jacob called unto the Lord and said, Help us O Lord, help

25And the sons of Jacob girt on their weapons of war, and they took in their

26And Judah, the son of Jacob, ran first before his brethren, and ten of his

27And Jashub, king of Tapnach, also came forth first with his army before

28And Jashub and all his army were advancing toward Judah, and he was riding

29And whilst he was upon the horse, he shot arrows with both hands from

30And when Jashub came to fight with Judah, and was darting many arrows

31And notwithstanding this, Jashub kept advancing toward Judah, to challenge

32And Judah took up a large stone from the ground, and its weight was sixty

33And the shield burst asunder out of the hand of Jashub, and through the

34And the kings that came with Jashub saw at a distance the strength of

35And they assembled near Jashub's camp, seeing his confusion, and Judah

36And Jashub seeing that all the men of his camp had fled from him, hastened

37And Jashub had a single combat with Judah, placing shield toward shield,

38And Jashub took his spear in his hand to strike Judah upon his head, but

39And when Judah saw that his shield was split, he hastily drew his sword

40And Judah hastily picked up Jashub's spear, with which he severed his head

41And when the sons of Jacob saw what Judah had done to Jashub, they all ran

42And the sons of Jacob caused fifteen thousand of their men to fall, and

43And Judah was still standing by the body of Jashub, and stripped Jashub of

44And Judah also took off the iron and brass that was about Jashub, and

45And Judah hastened and took up a stone from the ground, and with it smote

46And the eight captains that remained, seeing the strength of Judah, were

47And the sons of Jacob were still smiting the armies of the kings, and they

48And all the sons of Jacob, after having smitten the armies of the kings,

49And Levi saw Elon, king of Gaash, advancing toward him, with his fourteen

50And Elon with his captains approached nearer, and Levi looked back and saw

Chapter 37

Jacob Returns to Shechem. The Kings of Canaan again assemble