He said, “No, my brothers! Don’t act so wickedly! ¹ 

Joel the brother of Nathan, ¹  Mibhar son of Hagri,

The brother of Micah: Isshiah. Zechariah from the sons of Isshiah.

So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

He put the corpse into his own tomb, and they ¹  mourned over him, saying, “Ah, my brother!”

Ahi son of Abdiel, son of Guni, was the leader of the family. ¹ 

The sons of his brother ¹  Shemer: ²  Rohgah, Hubbah, ³  and Aram.

My brothers ¹  have been as treacherous ²  as a seasonal stream, ³  and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams ⁴  that flow away. ⁵ 

“He has put my relatives ¹  far from me; my acquaintances only ²  turn away from me.

For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors I will say, “May there be peace in you!”

When Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his uncle Laban, ¹  and the sheep of his uncle Laban, he ²  went over ³  and rolled the stone off the mouth of the well and watered the sheep of his uncle Laban. ⁴ 

And sons were also born ¹  to Shem (the older brother of Japheth), ²  the father of all the sons of Eber.

They also took Abram’s nephew ¹  Lot and his possessions when ²  they left, for Lot ³  was living in Sodom. ⁴ 

(Now ¹  Bethuel became the father of Rebekah.) These were the eight sons Milcah bore to Abraham’s brother Nahor.

Now then, my son, do what I say. ¹  Run away immediately ²  to my brother Laban in Haran.

Jacob asked them, “My brothers, where are you from?” They replied, “We’re from Haran.”

Then Laban said to Jacob, “Should you work ¹  for me for nothing because you are my relative? ²  Tell me what your wages should be.”

But Esau said, “I have plenty, my brother. Keep what belongs to you.”

He replied, “I’m looking for my brothers. Please tell ¹  me where they are grazing their flocks.”

You and my brother Benjamin can certainly see with your own eyes that I really am the one who speaks to you. ¹