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¶ And the house of Ioseph, they also went vp against Bethel: and the LORD was with them.

And the house of Ioseph sent to descrie Bethel (now the name of the citie before was Luz)

1611 marginal noteGen. 28.19.

But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aiialon, & in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Ioseph preuailed, so that they became tributaries.

1611 marginal noteHebr. was heauy.

Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet, to the tent of Iael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace betweene Iabin the king of Hazor, and the house of Heber the Kenite.

That the LORD sent a Prophet vnto the children of Israel, which said vnto them; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you vp from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage,

1611 marginal noteHebr. a man, a Prophet.

And hee said vnto him, Oh my lord, wherewith shall I saue Israel? behold, my family is poore in Manasseh, and I am the least in my fathers house.

1611 marginal noteOr, my thousand is the meanest.

And Gideon made an Ephod thereof, and put it in his citie, euen in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it; which thing became a snare vnto Gideon, and to his house.

¶ And Ierubbaal the sonne of Ioash went & dwelt in his owne house.

Neither shewed they kindnesse to the house of Ierubbaal, namely Gideon, according to all the goodnesse which he had shewed vnto Israel.

¶ And Abimelech the sonne of Ierubbaal went to Shechem, vnto his mothers brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mothers father, saying;