1And the sons of Jacob led away all the spoil of Gaash, and went out of the

2They were going out marching toward the castle of Bethchorin, and the

3And all the inhabitants of Bethchorin were mighty men, one of them would

4And all the sons of Jacob were afraid of those men, as they were not

5And the Lord hearkened to the voice of the sons of Jacob, and the Lord

6And the sons of Jacob, knowing that the Lord had brought a spirit of

7And the people of Bethchorin fought the whole night, one man with his

8And all the inhabitants of the cities of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the

9And they said, Surely these are the battles of the Hebrews who are fighting

10And all the inhabitants of the cities of the Canaanites, and all those who

11And the cries of the Chorinites were very great on that night, and

12And the morning appeared, and all the sons of Jacob rose up at daybreak

13And the sixth day appeared, and all the inhabitants of Canaan saw at a

14And the sons of Jacob led all the spoil which they had captured from Gaash

15And the sons of Jacob did unto Bethchorin as they had done to Gaash and

16And the sons of Jacob took with them the spoil of Bethchorin and all the

17And the sons of Jacob came home to the, city of Shechem, and they remained

18And all their servants together with all the spoil that they had taken

19And Jacob and his sons and their servants remained on that night and the

20And all the booty which the sons of Jacob had captured, was in the portion

21And the inhabitants of the land observed them from afar, and all the

22And the seven kings of the Canaanites resolved to make peace with the sons

23And on that day, being the seventh day, Japhia king of Hebron sent

24Go up with me, and come to me that we may go to the sons of Jacob, and I

25And when you come to me, do not come with many men, but let every king

26And come all of you to Hebron, and we will go together to the sons of

27And all those kings did as the king of Hebron had sent to them, for they

28And the sons of Jacob returned and remained in the portion of the field

29And when the sons of Jacob saw that there was no appearance of war, they

30And at the expiration of forty days, all the kings of the Amorites

31And the number of kings that came to Hebron, to make peace with the sons

32And the king of Hebron went out with his three captains and nine men, and

33And they said unto the king of Hebron, Go thou before us with thy men, and

34And the sons of Jacob heard that all the kings of Canaan had gathered

35And the servants of Jacob went secretly to these kings, and did as the

36And the sons of Jacob said, They are but few in number, therefore we will

37And the sons of Jacob went with their servants to the gate of Shechem,

38And when they had come forth, behold, the king of Hebron and his three

39And the king of Hebron continued to advance, he and his captains, until he

40And the sons of Jacob said unto him, What has befallen thee, O king of

41And the sons of Jacob heard the words of the king of Hebron, and they

42And the king of Hebron knew from the words of the sons of Jacob, that they

43And the sons of Jacob answered the king of Hebron, saying, Send thou to

44And Japhia, king of Hebron, sent one of his men to the kings, and they all

45We have heard all that you did unto the kings of the Amorites with your

46So we have come unto you to form a treaty of peace between us, and now

47And the sons of Jacob knew that they had really come to seek peace from

48And the sons of Jacob swore unto them that they would not meddle with

49And after this all the captains of these kings came with their men before

50And these kings then urged the sons of Jacob and begged of them to return

51And all these kings again bowed down to the sons of Jacob, and they sent

52And there was peace from that day forward between the sons of Jacob and

Chapter 40

The Remaining Twenty-one Kings of Canaan, fearing the Sons of