1And when the sons of Jacob went from the city of Sarton, they had gone

2So all that remained in the city of Tapnach came out to fight with the sons

3And the rest of the men of Tapnach fought with the sons of Jacob in that

4And the sons of Jacob returned and came to Tapnach, to take away the spoil

5And the men of Arbelan went out with their wives to fight with the sons of

6And all the sons of Jacob shouted with a loud voice, and they all ran

7And the inhabitants of Arbelan heard the noise of the shouting of the sons

8And fear and terror possessed their hearts on account of the sons of Jacob,

9And the sons of Jacob fought with them in the city, and all their women

10And the sons of Jacob could not prevail over them, and the sons of Jacob

11And also the remainder of the people who had fled from Sarton, the sons of

12And the sons of Jacob hastened and came into the city and seized all the

13And the sons of Jacob did unto Machnaymah as they had done to Tapnach, to

14And on the fifth day the sons of Jacob heard that the people of Gaash had

15And the sons of Jacob that day girt on their weapons of war, and they

16And the sons of Jacob came to Gaash and they found the gates of the city

17And the sons of Jacob approached to open the gates of the city, and whilst

18And the sons of Jacob were enclosed between the people of Gaash, and the

19And Judah, seeing that the men of Gaash were getting too heavy for them,

20And the sons of Jacob still came nigh to break the doors of the city, when

21And the sons of Jacob returned against the men of Gaash who were with them

22And the sons of Jacob slew all those men who were from without the city,

23And the sons of Jacob came nigh to one corner to fight under the wall, the

24And the people of Gaash who were upon the wall, seeing that the sons of

25What is the matter with you in the battle that you cannot prevail? can you

26And will you now then able to fight in this place? Surely here you will

27And the inhabitants of Gaash greatly reproached the sons of Jacob and

28And Judah and his brothers heard the words of the inhabitants of Gaash and

29And he ran at a distance with all his might, with his drawn sword in his

30And Judah shouted upon the wall, and all the men that were upon the wall

31And some were emboldened to fight with Judah upon the wall, and they came

32And Jacob and his sons drew the bow from under the wall, and smote three

33And after this cry he again repeated to shout, and all the men who

34And Judah took the swords which had fallen from their hands, and Judah

35And about eighty men and women still ascended the wall from the city and

36And Jacob and all who were with him drew the bow from under the wall, and

37And the people upon the wall seeing that twenty of their men had fallen,

38And one of their mighty men whose name was Arud approached to strike Judah

39And this mighty man after he had struck Judah ran for his life, at the

40And Judah's head pained him from the blow of the powerful man, and Judah

41And Judah cried out upon the wall owing to the pain produced by the blow,

42And when Dan came upon the wall near unto Judah all the men upon the wall

43And the arrows and stones struck Dan and Judah, and they had nearly been

44And Jacob and his sons were still at the entrance of the city below the

45And Dan and Judah when they could no longer bear the stones and arrows

46And Jacob and his sons heard the noise of the shouting from the people of

47And Naphtali went up with his wrath-excited might and sprang upon the

48And Naphtali leaped from the first wall to the second, and came to assist

49And Judah and Dan and Naphtali descended from the wall into the city and

50And the inhabitants of the city had all descended into the city, and the

51And the blood flowed plentifully in the city, and it was like a brook of

52And the people of Bethchorin saw at a distance the blood flowing from the

53And they followed the track of the blood and came to the wall of the city

54And all the sons of Jacob were still smiting the inhabitants of Gaash, and

55And those people hastened and ran to Bethchorin, and each took his weapons

56And when the sons of Jacob had done smiting the inhabitants of Gaash, they

57And the sons of Jacob came up to the place where they were, and the

58And Jacob ran to him with his sword and Jacob smote him below his loins

59And the second one approached and seized Jacob to fell him to the ground,

60And the powerful man rose up from the ground with wrath-excited might, and

61And the third powerful man, seeing that his companions were killed, ran

62And the powerful man ran to Judah to strike him upon the head with the

63And Simeon and Levi ran upon the powerful man with their swords and struck

64And the sons of Jacob smote the three mighty men at that time, together

65And the sons of Jacob walked about Gaash and took all the spoil of the

Chapter 39

The Sons of Jacob Destroy many Cities of Canaan and all their