Chapter 64

Zepho Leads a Great Army of Chittimites, Edomites, and Ishmaelites

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Zepho Leads a Great Army of Chittimites, Edomites, and Ishmaelites
1And Balaam the son of Beor was at that time with Angeas in the battle, and
2And Zepho and the children of Chittim received him with great honor, for
3And when Zepho had returned from the war, he commanded all the children of
4And Zepho rejoiced at this thing, and he renewed his kingdom, and he made a
5But Zepho remembered not the Lord and considered not that the Lord had
6And Zepho reigned over all the children of Chittim securely, but knew not
7At that time when Zepho had returned from the war, and when Zepho had seen
8For Zepho heard that the mighty men of Egypt were dead and that Joseph and
9And Zepho considered to go to fight against them and all Egypt, to avenge
10And Zepho sent messengers to Hadad, son of Bedad, king of Edom, and to all
11Did you not say that you would not fight against the king of Africa for he
12Now therefore I have resolved to fight against Egypt and the children of
13Now then if you are willing to come to me to assist me in fighting against
14And the children of Esau hearkened to the words of Zepho, and the children
15And Zepho sent to all the children of the east and to all the children of
16And all these kings, the king of Edom and the children of the east, and
17And the camp was very heavy, extending in length a distance of three days'
18And all these kings and their hosts went down and came against all Egypt
19And all Egypt heard their report, and they also gathered themselves
20And the men of Egypt sent also to the children of Israel who were in those
21And the men of Israel assembled and were about one hundred and fifty men,
22And the men of Israel and of Egypt went forth, about three hundred
23And the Egyptians believed not in Israel to go with them in their camps
24And all the Egyptians said unto the children of Israel, Remain you here
25And Zepho the son of Eliphaz the son of Esau king of Chittim, and Hadad
26And Balaam the son of Beor the Syrian was there in the camp of Zepho, for
27And Zepho said unto Balaam, Try by divination for us that we may know who
28And Balaam rose up and tried the art of divination, and he was skillful in
29And he tried it again but it did not succeed, and Balaam despaired of it
30And Zepho and Hadad put their forces in battle array, and all the
31And all the Egyptians fought with these kings opposite Pathros and
32And the kings were stronger than the Egyptians in that battle, and about
33And all the Egyptians cried unto the children of Israel, saying, Hasten to
34And the hundred and fifty men of the children of Israel ran from their
35And the Lord hearkened to Israel, and the Lord gave all the men of the
36And the Lord threw a great consternation in the camp of the kings, so that
37And all the hosts of the kings fled from before the children of Israel and
38And the children of Israel slew of them in the road yet two thousand men,
39And when the Egyptians saw that the children of Israel had fought with
40All the Egyptians were greatly afraid of their lives on account of the
41And the children of Israel inflicted a terrible blow upon the kings' men,
42And all Israel knew the thing which the men of Egypt had done to them,
43So the children o Israel also acted with cunning, and as the children of
44And whilst they slew them, they said unto them these words:
45Wherefore did you go from us and leave us, being a few people, to fight
46And of some which the Israelites met on the road, they the children of
47And the children of Israel did these things cunningly against the
48And the children of Israel slew of the men of Egypt in the road in this
49And all the men of Egypt saw the evil which the children of Israel had
50So all the children of Israel returned with joy on their road to Goshen,

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