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And when Jacob saw what they had done to the city and the spoil they had made, Jacob was ‎very angry at them, and he said unto them: What is it that ye have done unto me? Behold I ‎have found rest among the inhabitants of the land of the Canaanites, and no one of them ever ‎said a word unto me. And now you have caused me to be in bad order with the inhabitants of ‎the land of the Canaanites, and the Perizzites; and I, being few in numbers, they shall gather ‎themselves together against me and slay me when they hear what you have done unto their ‎brethren, and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. And Simeon and Levi, and their brothers, ‎answered their father, saying: Behold, we are yet alive in the earth, and shall we suffer ‎Shechem to do this to our sister? Why art thou silent at all that Shechem hath done, shall our ‎sister be treated like a harlot of the street? And the number of the women captured by ‎Simeon and Levi in the city of Shechem, outside of those they had slain, was eighty-five, of ‎such as never knew a man. And amongst those captives was a young maiden of comely ‎appearance, and her name was Bunah, and Simeon took her to wife. And the number of male ‎persons which they captured and did not slay, was forty-seven men, and the rest they slew. ‎And all the youths and women that Simeon and Levi had made captives from the city of ‎Shechem became servants to the sons of Jacob and their children, even unto the day that the ‎children of Jacob went forth from the land of Egypt. And when Simeon and Levi left the city ‎the two young men that escaped death by concealing themselves in the city, arose and went ‎about in the city, and they found the city destroyed and not a single man in it, only women ‎crying and weeping. And these young men exclaimed: Behold, the evil which the sons of ‎Jacob, the Hebrew, have brought over this city, in hav ing this day devastated one of the cities ‎of Canaan without fear of their lives of all the inhabitants of Canaan' And these men went ‎forth from the city and went into the city of Tapuah; and arriving there they said unto the ‎inhabitants of Tapuah all that had occurred, and all that the sons of Jacob had done unto the ‎city of Shechem. And when the news hath been imparted to Jashub the king of Tapuah, he ‎dispatched messengers to the city of Shechem in order to see concerning what these two ‎young men had said. For the king could not believe the statement of those men, saying: How ‎can it be that two men could destroy a large city like Shechem. And Jashub’s messengers ‎returned and spoke unto him saying: Behold we have come unto the city and it is completely ‎destroyed, and we found not a single man in the entire city, only a few weeping women. And ‎there is not one sheep nor any cattle there, for everything was taken away from the city by ‎the sons of Jacob. And Jashub was astonished at that, saying: How could two men do such a ‎thing as to destroy such a large city, and not even one of the inhabitants could stand against ‎them. For such a thing hath never occurred since the days of Nimrod, nor in any of the former ‎days hath such a thing come to pass.‎

And when Jacob saw what they had done to the city and the spoil they had made, Jacob was ‎very angry at them, and he said unto them: What is it that ye have done unto me? Behold I ‎have found rest among the inhabitants of the land of the Canaanites, and no one of them ever ‎said a word unto me. And now you have caused me to be in bad order with the inhabitants of ‎the land of the Canaanites, and the Perizzites; and I, being few in numbers, they shall gather ‎themselves together against me and slay me when they hear what you have done unto their ‎brethren, and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. And Simeon and Levi, and their brothers, ‎answered their father, saying: Behold, we are yet alive in the earth, and shall we suffer ‎Shechem to do this to our sister? Why art thou silent at all that Shechem hath done, shall our ‎sister be treated like a harlot of the street? And the number of the women captured by ‎Simeon and Levi in the city of Shechem, outside of those they had slain, was eighty-five, of ‎such as never knew a man. And amongst those captives was a young maiden of comely ‎appearance, and her name was Bunah, and Simeon took her to wife. And the number of male ‎persons which they captured and did not slay, was forty-seven men, and the rest they slew. ‎And all the youths and women that Simeon and Levi had made captives from the city of ‎Shechem became servants to the sons of Jacob and their children, even unto the day that the ‎children of Jacob went forth from the land of Egypt. And when Simeon and Levi left the city ‎the two young men that escaped death by concealing themselves in the city, arose and went ‎about in the city, and they found the city destroyed and not a single man in it, only women ‎crying and weeping. And these young men exclaimed: Behold, the evil which the sons of ‎Jacob, the Hebrew, have brought over this city, in hav ing this day devastated one of the cities ‎of Canaan without fear of their lives of all the inhabitants of Canaan' And these men went ‎forth from the city and went into the city of Tapuah; and arriving there they said unto the ‎inhabitants of Tapuah all that had occurred, and all that the sons of Jacob had done unto the ‎city of Shechem. And when the news hath been imparted to Jashub the king of Tapuah, he ‎dispatched messengers to the city of Shechem in order to see concerning what these two ‎young men had said. For the king could not believe the statement of those men, saying: How ‎can it be that two men could destroy a large city like Shechem. And Jashub’s messengers ‎returned and spoke unto him saying: Behold we have come unto the city and it is completely ‎destroyed, and we found not a single man in the entire city, only a few weeping women. And ‎there is not one sheep nor any cattle there, for everything was taken away from the city by ‎the sons of Jacob. And Jashub was astonished at that, saying: How could two men do such a ‎thing as to destroy such a large city, and not even one of the inhabitants could stand against ‎them. For such a thing hath never occurred since the days of Nimrod, nor in any of the former ‎days hath such a thing come to pass. And Jashub, king of Tapuah, said unto all his people: ‎Strengthen yourselves and we will go forth to fight against those Hebrews, and we will do unto ‎them as they did unto the people of that city, and we will avenge on them the cause of all the ‎people of the city. And Jashub, king of Tapuah, consulted with his counselors concerning this ‎matter, and they said unto him: Thou alone canst not succeed against those Hebrews for they ‎must have a peculiar power being able to do such work with the whole city. If two of them ‎could destroy the whole city without one man being able to stand against them, then surely, if ‎we go against them, they will all rise and exterminate us likewise. But send thou to all the kings ‎around us and let them assemble, and with them we will go to fight against the sons of Jacob, ‎and then wilt thou prevail against them. And when Jashub heard the words of his advisers, ‎their words seemed good in his eyes and in the eyes of the people, and he did so. And Jashub ‎sent to all the kings of the Amorites around Shechem and Tapuah, saying: Send me your help ‎and come up with me to smite Jacob the Hebrew and his sons, and to exterminate them from ‎the earth, for thus did they do to the city of Shechem and ye do not even know of it. And ‎when the kings of the Amorites heard of the evil which the sons of Jacob had done to the city ‎of Shechem, they were greatly astonished. And all of them assembled, the seven kings of the ‎Amorites with their armies, altogether about ten thousand men drawing the sword, and they ‎came to wage war against the sons of Jacob. And when Jacob heard that the kings of the ‎Amorites came to fight against his sons, Jacob was in great fear and distress. And Jacob ‎rebuked Simeon and Levi, saying: What is it that ye have done unto me? why have ye done ‎unto me the evil to summon against me all the children of Canaan, to exterminate me and my ‎household? For I was in rest, I as well as my house hold, ere you have done this thing to unite ‎against me all the inhabitants of the land, by your actions. And Judah replied unto his father, ‎saying: And have my brothers Simeon and Levi slain all the inhabitants of Shechem without any ‎cause? verily they did it because Shechem had defiled our sister, transgressing the ‎commandments of God to Noah and his children, for Shechem hath both robbed us of our ‎sister and defiled her. And Shechem committed that great evil, but none of the inhabitants of ‎his city spoke unto him a word, saying: Why dost thou do this? Is it not for this reason that my ‎brothers went out and smote the city? And the Lord gave them into their hands, because all ‎her in habitants have transgressed the commandments of our God. Have, then, my brothers ‎acted without any just cause? And now why fearest thou, and wherefore art thou distressed, ‎and what causeth thy heart to think evil of my brothers and thy wrath to kindle against them? ‎And verily our God, who hath delivered into their hands the city of Shechem and its ‎inhabitants, will deliver into our hands likewise all the kings of the Canaanites that are now ‎advancing against us, and we will do unto them as my brothers have done unto Shechem. And ‎now be thou quiet concerning them, and abandon thy fears, but trust in God and pray unto ‎him in our behalf to help us and deliver us, and to give our enemies into our hands.

And Judah called one of his father's servants, saying: Go and see where the kings, that come ‎against us, are stationed with their armies. And the servant went and looked from the ‎distance, ascending opposite Mount Sihon, and he saw all the armies of the kings standing in ‎the field. And he returned unto Judah and said: Behold the kings are stationed in the field with ‎all their armies, a people of great multitude, even like the sand on the sea shore. And Judah ‎said unto Simeon and Levi and unto all his brothers: Strengthen yourselves and be brave men, ‎for the Lord our God is with us; fear them not! Stand up and arm yourselves with all the ‎utensils of war, with bow and sword, and let us go to fight against those uncircumcised ones. ‎The Lord our God he will save us! And they arose and put on their weapons great and small, ‎eleven sons of Jacob and their servants with them. And all the servants of Isaac, that were in ‎Hebron with Isaac, came to them likewise, girt with all the instruments of war. And the sons of ‎Jacob with their servants marched against the kings, one hundred and twelve men in all and ‎Jacob went along with them. And they sent unto Isaac the son of Abraham to Hebron, to ‎Kirjath-arba, saying: Pray thou for us unto the Lord our God, to deliver us from the hands of ‎the Canaanites, that are coming against us, and to give them into our hands. And Isaac the son ‎of Abraham prayed unto the Lord in behalf of his children, saying: Oh Lord God, thou who hast ‎assured my father Abraham, saying, I will multiply thy seed like the stars of heaven, and then ‎didst promise unto me likewise and thou hast fulfilled thy word, now behold the kings of ‎Canaan are all united, coming to make war against my children on whose hands there is no ‎violence. And now, oh Lord God, the God of all the earth, pervert thou the counsel of these ‎kings, so that they do not fight against my children. And wilt thou let the fear of my children ‎enter the hearts of all these kings and of all their people, and humble their pride, that they ‎may turn away from my children, and deliver my children and their servants with thy strong ‎hand and outstretched arm, for in thine hands are power and strength to do all these things. ‎And Jacob and his sons with all their servants went forth against the kings, trusting in the Lord ‎their God. And as they went on, Jacob their father also prayed un to the Lord saying: Oh Lord, ‎thou sublime and fearful God, who hast ruled from the earliest days even to this day and who ‎will rule forever, thou who provokest war and who causeth it to cease and in whose hands are ‎power and might to lift up and to cast down to the very ground, may my prayer be accepted ‎unto thee that thou turn unto me in thy mercy, to put the fear of my sons into the hearts of ‎the kings and their people, to terrify them and their armies, and to deliver by thy great mercy ‎all those that trust in thee. For it is thou who subduest peoples under us and nations under our ‎hands! And all the kings of the Amorites came and posted themselves in the field, in order to ‎consult with their counselors what to do unto the sons of Jacob; for they were still afraid of ‎them, saying: Two of them have slain the whole city of Shechem.‎

And the Lord had hearkened unto the prayers of Isaac and Jacob and he put great fear and ‎terror into the hearts of all the advisers of these kings, and they said all, like with one mouth: ‎Are you all foolish to-day and is there no reason within you to fight against the Hebrews, or do ‎you de sire the death of all of you this very day? Behold two of them came unto the city of ‎Shechem, without fear or terror, and slew all the inhabitants of the city, so that no man could ‎stand against them, and how can ye undertake to fight against all of them? And do ye not ‎know that their God hath great delight in them, performing wonderful things in their behalf, ‎such as have not come to pass since the remotest days and the like of which none of the gods ‎of other nations can bring about? Behold he delivered Abraham the Hebrew, their father, ‎from the hands of Nimrod and all his people, who sought to slay him time and again; and from ‎the fire, whereunto Nimrod had him cast, his God hath delivered him, and who is he that can ‎do such things? And the very same Abraham hath slain the five kings of Elam, when they ‎touched his relative who was dwelling in Sodom in those days. And he took his servant, the ‎most faithful in his house and a few of his men and pursued the kings of Elam in one night and ‎slew them all, and he recovered all the property of his relative which they took away from him. ‎And surely you know that the God of these Hebrews takes great pleasure in them, and they ‎take great pleasure in him, knowing that he hath delivered them from the hands of all their ‎enemies. And through love to their God, Abraham took his only beloved son and was ready to ‎offer him up as a burnt offering to his God. And were it not for God who prevented him from ‎doing it, he should surely have done it through his love to God. And when the Lord saw his ‎behavior he swore unto him, and he promised to deliver his sons and all his seed from all ‎trouble that might befall them, because he hath done this thing, to stifle the compassion for ‎his child through the love of God. And have you not heard what their God hath done unto ‎Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and unto Abimelech, king of Gerar, when they took away Sarah, ‎Abraham's wife, though he proclaimed her to be his sister for fear that they might kill him on ‎her account; and though they had the intention of taking her to wife. God hath done unto ‎them and their people all that you have heard of And behold, we ourselves have seen it with ‎our eyes, that Esau, the brother of Jacob, came against him with four hundred men, resolved ‎to slay him, when he recalled how Jacob had taken away from him his father's blessing. And he ‎went to meet Jacob when he came from Padan-Aram, to smite the mother with the children, ‎and who hath saved him from his hands? Verily, only this God in whom he trusted. He ‎delivered him from the hands of his brother, and can he not deliver him now from the hands ‎of his enemies? ‎

And who knoweth it not that it was their God who hath given such valor to the sons of Jacob, ‎to do unto the city of Shechem all the evil you have heard of? Could two men, with their own ‎strength, smite a city large as Shechem was it not for their God in whom they trusted? Verily it ‎is he by whose instrumentality they were enabled to slay all the inhabitants of that city. And ‎now, albeit that you are all here united and have left your cities to make war against them, ‎think ye to prevail over all of them, even if there came to your assistance thousand times as ‎many as there are of you. For you must know and understand that it is not with them you have ‎come to fight, but with their God who hath chosen them, you come to make war, and you will ‎come to destruction this very day. Now therefore refrain from the evil which you are about to ‎summon upon yourselves, and it will be better for you not to engage in a battle with them, ‎though they be few in numbers; for their God is with them. And the kings of the Amorites on ‎hearing the words of their counselors had their hearts filled with terror and they were afraid of ‎Jacob’s sons, and they resolved not to fight against them. And unto the words of their advisers ‎they inclined their ears and hearkened unto their voice, and their words found favor in the ‎eyes of the kings and they concluded to do accordingly. And the kings returned and abstained ‎from the sons of Jacob, being afraid to approach them and to make war against them for their ‎hearts melted within them for fear, and this fear from the Lord came upon them, for he ‎listened unto the prayers of Isaac and Jacob, and their trusting in him. And all these kings ‎returned on that day with their armies, each one to his own city, without fighting against the ‎sons of Jacob on that day. And the sons of Jacob maintained their position till the evening of ‎that day, opposite Mount Sihon, and when they saw that the kings did not advance to fight ‎with them the sons of Jacob returned to their dwelling place. At that time the Lord appeared ‎unto Jacob, saying: Go unto Beth-el and remain there and erect there an altar to the Lord who ‎appeared unto thee and who delivered thee, and all thy sons, from trouble. And Jacob arose ‎with his sons and all belonging to him, and they went up and came to Beth-el according to the ‎word of the Lord; ‎

And all those kings assembled and they came with their armies, a people very numerous, even ‎like the sand on the sea shore, and they gathered themselves together before Tapuah.‎‏ ‏And ‎Jashub king of Tapuah went forth with all his armies to meet them and they en camped ‎outside of Tapuah.‎‏ ‏And all of those kings divided themselves into seven bands to go with ‎seven ar mies against the sons of Jacob.‎‏ ‏And they sent a writ ing to Jacob and his sons saying: ‎Come ye forth one and all that we face each other in the plain, for we de sire to take revenge ‎on you for the people of Shechem whom you have slain, since you have returned once more ‎to the city of Shechem to dwell therein and to slay its inhabitants as heretofore.‎‏ ‏And when the ‎sons of Jacob heard this their anger was kindled at the words of those kings.‎‏ ‏And ten of ‎Jacob's sons arose and each of them put on his instruments of war, and with them one ‎hundred and two of their servants all armed, and ready for the fight.‎‏ ‏And all these men, the ‎sons of Jacob and their servants went to meet those kings.‎‏ ‏And Jacob their father was with ‎them, and they posted themselves upon the hill of Shechem.‎‏ ‏And Jacob prayed to the Lord in ‎behalf of his sons, and, lifting up his hands unto the Lord, he said: Oh Lord, thou art the ‎Almighty God and our father, thou hast formed us and we are thy handiwork. I pray unto thee ‎to deliver my sons through thy great mercy from the hands of their enemies, who have come ‎this day to make battle with them, for in thy hands are power and might to deliver the few ‎from the many.‎‏ ‏And give thou, oh Lord, to thy servant my sons, courage and strength to fight ‎with their enemies and to overpower them and let their enemies fall down before them, so ‎that my sons and their servants may not perish by the hands of the sons of Canaan.‎‏ ‏And if it ‎pleaseth thee to take the lives of my sons and their servants, then let it be done in thy great ‎mercy, through the hands of thy angels, but let them not die by the hands of the kings of the ‎Amorites.‎‏ ‏And when Jacob had finished his prayer, the earth was shaken from its place, and ‎the sun was darkened, and all these kings were frightened and great terror came over them. ‎For the Lord listened to Jacob’s prayer, and the Lord put the fear and terror of the sons of ‎Jacob into the hearts of all the kings and their armies.‎‏ ‏And the Lord caused them to hear the ‎noise of mighty chariots and horses and the war cry of a great army coming with the sons of ‎Jacob.‎‏ ‏And great consternation seized those kings and while they kept their position the sons ‎of Jacob approached them with an hundred and two men amidst terrible shouting.‎‏ ‏

And when these kings saw the sons of Jacob advancing upon them, their hearts were filled ‎with additional fear, and they thought of returning as heretofore, without fighting against the ‎sons of Jacob. But they did not turn back, saying: It would be a great shame for us to retreat ‎for the second time.‎‏ ‏And when the sons of Jacob came quite near to these kings and their ‎armies, they saw a great multitude even like the sand of the sea.‎‏ ‏And the sons of Jacob called ‎upon the Lord, saying: Oh Lord help us and answer us for in thee alone do we trust, and let us ‎not perish by the hands of these uncircumcised ones who have come upon us this day. And ‎the sons of Jacob armed themselves with their instruments of war, and each man took in his ‎hand shield and lance and they approached to fight. And Judah with ten of his men | ran first ‎before his brothers and he went to meet these kings. And Jashub king of Tapuah, went forth ‎first with his army against Judah. And when Judah saw Jashub with his army coming against ‎him, Judah’s wrath was kindled and his anger was burning within him, and he advanced to ‎fight, ready to give up his soul to die. And Jashub with all his army approached against Judah. ‎And Judah was riding upon a mighty powerful horse. And Jashub was a very heroic man, and ‎he was covered from head to foot with iron and with copper, and he shot arrows, with both ‎his hands, forwards and backwards whilst sitting upon his horse, according to his manner in all ‎his battles, and his arrows never missed the point he was aiming at. And when Jashub ‎advanced against Judah, sending forth his ar rows against Judah the Lord bound Jashub’s ‎hands, so that the arrows bounded upon his own men.

But Jashub continued advancing against Judah to slay him with his arrows, and there was ‎between them only the distance of thirty cubits. And when Judah saw Jashub darting his ‎arrows against him, Judah ran against him with all his wrath and might. And Judah took up from ‎the ground a large stone weighing about sixty shekels, and he ran at Jashub and struck him on ‎his shield with the stone. And Jashub was stunned by the blow and he fell from his horse to ‎the ground. And the shield was torn off from Jashub’s hand and it sprang away by the severity ‎of the blow to the distance of fifteen cubits, so that the shield fell before the second camp. ‎And when the kings that came with Jashub saw from the distance the strength of Judah, ‎Jacob’s son, and what he had done unto Jashub, they were greatly afraid of Judah. And they ‎gathered around Jashub’s army, to terrify him, but Judah drew his sword and slew forty-two ‎men of Jashub’s camp. And the whole camp of Jashub re treated before Judah and no man ‎dared to stand against him, and they fled leaving Jashub prostrate upon the ground. And when ‎Jashub saw himself deserted by all his men, he rose up in his terror and faced Judah in single ‎combat, and they struck shield against shield. And Jashub took the spear into his hand to strike ‎Judah upon his head, but Judah placed the shield quickly over his head so that his shield ‎received the blow from Jashub’s spear, which cut the shield asunder. And when Judah saw ‎that his shield was broken, he quickly drew his sword and struck Jashub on his ankles and he ‎cut off both his feet, and Jashub fell upon the ground, and the spear fell from his hand. And ‎Judah hastened and picked up Jashub’s spear, and he cut off therewith Jashub's head, and he ‎cast it next to his feet. And when the sons of Jacob saw what Judah had done unto Jashub ‎they ran all into the ranks of the other kings and they $ought with all the armies of Jashub and ‎of the other kings. And the sons of Jacob slew of them fifteen thousand men, smiting them as ‎if they were pomp kins, and the rest ran for their lives. And Judah was still standing over ‎Jashub's body stripping him of his armor and of the iron and copper that was on him, when ‎behold, nine of Jashub’s princes came to fight with Judah. And Judah took quickly a stone from ‎the ground and he smote one of them upon the head, and his skull was fractured and his body ‎also fell from the horse to the ground. And the remaining eight princes, seeing Judah’s ‎strength, were greatly terrified and fled, but Judah with his ten men pursued them, and they ‎overtook them and slew them. And meanwhile the sons of Jacob were still smiting the armies ‎of the kings killing many of them, for there were some of the kings very bold and courageous, ‎and they would not retreat from their places. And they cheered those of the armies that fled ‎before the sons of Jacob, but none of them would listen unto their words, | for they were ‎afraid of their lives, lest they die. And after having completely routed the armies of the kings, ‎the sons of Jacob returned and came unto Judah; and Judah was still slaying the eight princes ‎of Jashub and stripping them of their garments. And Levi saw Elon, king of Gaash, advancing ‎against him with fourteen of his princes. And he came to smite Levi, but Levi knew it not. And ‎when Elon came near Levi looked around himself, and behold he was to be attacked from the ‎rear. And Levi ran with twelve of his servants and slew Elon and his princes with the edge of ‎the sword.

And Ihuri, king of Shiloh, came to Elon’s assistance, and when he approached Jacob, Jacob took ‎the bow which was in his hand and struck Ihuri with an arrow and killed him. And when Ihuri ‎king of Shiloh was dead the other four kings retreated from their positions with the remainder ‎of their princes, and they fled, saying: There is not strength in us to fight against the Hebrews ‎after they have slain those three kings and their princes, so much more powerful than we are. ‎And when the sons of Jacob saw the remaining kings retreating from their positions, they ‎went in pursuit of them. And Jacob came likewise from his station on the hill of Shechem and ‎went after them. And when the kings and their princes, with the remnants of their armies saw ‎the sons of Jacob approaching, they were afraid of their lives, and they fled until they reached ‎the city of Hazar. And the sons of Jacob pursued them to the very gates of the city, slaying of ‎the kings and their armies about four thousand men, and while they were engaged in smiting ‎the armies, Jacob with his bow aimed at the kings and slew them all. And he slew Parathon, ‎the king of Hazar at the gates of Hazar, and afterwards also Susi king of Sarton, and Laban king ‎of Beth-horin, and Shabir king of Machnaimah. And he slew them all with his arrows, only one ‎arrow to each of them, and they died. And when the sons of Jacob saw that all the kings were ‎dead and their armies routed, they still fought with the remaining men before the gates of ‎Hazar killing of them over four hundred. And three men fell in that battle from the servants of ‎Jacob. And when Jacob saw that three of his men were slain he was greatly grieved, and his ‎wrath burnt within him against the Amorites. And all the men that were left of the armies of ‎the kings were exceedingly afraid of their lives, and they ran and broke open the gates of the ‎city, and they all entered the city to save themselves. And they kept themselves hidden in the ‎city of Hazar for the city was very large and spacious. And when all of the armies had entered ‎the city, the sons of Jacob followed them. But four powerful men, heroes skilled in warfare, ‎came from the city and posted themselves at the entrance of the city with swords drawn and ‎with spears in their hands, and they took their stand against the sons of Jacob and would not ‎permit them to enter the city. And Naphtali ran against them and came between them and he ‎slew two of them with his sword and he cut off their heads with one blow. And when he ‎turned to the remaining men, and behold they had fled, he ran after them and overtook them ‎and he slew them.‎

And then the sons of Jacob came into the city, and they found that the city had another wall ‎around it. And they searched for the gate of that wall but they could not find it. And Judah ‎jumped upon the top of the wall followed by Simeon and Levi, and all three descended from ‎the wall into the city. And Simeon and Levi slew all the men that had escaped into the city for ‎safety, and the inhabitants of the place with their women and children they slew likewise with ‎the edge of the sword, so that the cries of the city reached the very heavens. And | Dan and ‎Naphtali sprang upon the wall to see what caused such great crying, for they were in fears ‎concerning their brothers, and they heard the inhabitants of the city crying and entreating: Oh, ‎take all there is in the city and go away, only do not slay us! And when Judah and Simeon and ‎Levi had finished smiting the inhabitants of the city, they scaled the wall and they called Dan ‎and Naphtali that were on the wall, and the rest of their brothers, and Simeon and Levi ‎informed them concerning the gates of the city, and all the sons of Jacob came to take the ‎spoil. And the sons of Jacob took all the spoil of the city of Hazar, the flocks and the herds and ‎all its wealth, and after taking captive all remaining therein, they went away from the city on ‎that day. And on the second day the sons of Jacob went to Sarton, for they have heard that ‎the men remaining in Sarton were assembling to battle with them because they had slain their ‎king. And Sarton was a very high city and well fortified, and it had a deep rampart around the ‎city and the depth of the rampart was about fifty cubits and its breadth forty cubits, and there ‎was no place for a man to enter the city on account of the rampart. And when the sons of ‎Jacob saw the rampart of the city they searched for an entrance into it, but they could not find ‎it, for the entrance of the city was at the rear. And whosoever wished to enter the city had to ‎come by that road and then go around the whole city in order to enter it. And when the sons ‎of Jacob saw that they could not find an entrance to the city they were exceedingly wroth. ‎And the inhabitants of the city were in great fear of the sons of Jacob, for they had heard of ‎what was done by them to the city of Hazar. And the people of Sarton, could not go out to ‎fight against the sons of Jacob even after they had assembled for that purpose, for fearth: ‎while going out, the sons of Jacob might enter the city. So they hastily removed the bridge ‎from the road to the city and brought it into the city before the sons of Jacob came. And when ‎the inhabitants of the city went up to the top of the wall, and behold, the sons of Jacob were ‎seeking the entrance, they taunted and cursed the sons of Jacob from the top of the wall.‎

And the sons of Jacob hearing their words, were greatly provoked, and they arose and jumped ‎over the rampart in the force of their strength and they cleared the forty cubit breadth of the ‎rampart. And passing the rampart, they stood under the wall of the city and all the entrances ‎were closed by iron gates. And the sons of Jacob approached to break the doors open, but the ‎inhabitants of the city kept them away, casting upon them stones and arrows from the top of ‎the wall, and the number of people upon the wall was about four hundred. And when the ‎sons of Jacob saw that the inhabitants of the city would not suffer them to open the gates ‎they sprang and scaled the walls and Judah ascended first to the east of the city. And Gad and ‎Asher followed him to the corner westward, and Simeon and Levi to the north and Dan and ‎Reuben to the south. And when the inhabitants of the city that were upon the wall, saw the ‎sons of Jacob coming up to them they fled, and descended the wall and concealed themselves ‎in the city. And Issachar and Naphtali who had remained under the wall approached and broke ‎into the city and kindled a fire at the gates thereof, and the iron melted, and the sons of Jacob ‎with all their servants entered; and they fought with the inhabitants of Sarton and smote them ‎with the edge of the sword; not one man could stand against them. And about two hundred ‎men escaped and hid themselves in a tower which was in the city. And Judah followed them ‎up and he destroyed the tower and the tower fell upon them and they all died. And the sons ‎of Jacob ascended the way to the roof of that tower, and behold there was another tower at a ‎distance in the city, high and strong and its top reaching into heaven. And the sons of Jacob ‎descended hastily and went to that tower with all their men, and they found it filled with ‎about three hundred men women and children. And the sons of Jacob smote those men in ‎the tower in a fearful manner, and they ran away and fled from before them. And Simeon and ‎Levi went in pursuit of them, when lo and behold, twelve powerful and heroic men came ‎suddenly over them from the place where they had concealed themselves. And the twelve ‎men kept up a strong assault upon Simeon and Levi and Simeon and Levi could not prevail ‎against them. And those heroes shattered the shields of Simeon and Levi, and one of them ‎struck Levi’s head with his sword. And Levi placed his hand quickly to his head, for he was ‎afraid of the sword, and the sword struck Levi's hand and his hand was nearly cut off. And Levi ‎seized upon the sword and took it from the man by force, and then he struck with it the head ‎of the powerful man and severed it from the body.‎

And the eleven remaining men approached to fight against Levi when they saw that one of ‎them was slain, and the sons of Jacob struggled but they could not prevail over those powerful ‎men. And when the sons of Jacob saw this, Simeon uttered a powerful and tremendous shout ‎and the eleven men were stunned on hearing that terrible shrieking of Simeon. And Judah, ‎though at a distance, recognized the shouting of Simeon’s voice, and Naphtali and Judah ran ‎with their shields to Simeon and Levi and they found them struggling with those powerful ‎men, unable to prevail against them, for their shields were broken. And Naphtali seeing this ‎took two shields from his servants, and brought them to Simeon and Levi. And Simeon and ‎Levi and Judah, all three, fought on that day against the eleven mighty men, until sunset, but ‎they could not prevail over them. And when this was told unto Jacob he was greatly grieved ‎and he prayed unto the Lord, and he with his son Naphtali went against those powerful men. ‎And Jacob came near them and he drew his bow and slew three of those men with his arrows, ‎and the eight remaining ones turned backwards, and beheld that they were attacked in the ‎front and in the rear, and they were in great fear of their lives, and seeing that they could not ‎stand against the sons of Jacob they fled from before them. And in their flight they were met ‎by Dan and Asher who fell upon them suddenly slaying two of them, and Judah and his ‎brethren pursued the remainder and slew them. And the sons of Jacob slew all the inhabitants ‎of the city of Sarton save the women and little ones. And all the inhabitants of Sarton were ‎powerful men, one of them would pursue a thousand, and two of them would not flee before ‎ten thousand of ordinary men. And the sons of Jacob took all the spoil of the city according to ‎their desire, and they took flocks and herds and all the property of the city. And the sons of ‎Jacob did unto Sarton and its inhabitants as they had done to Hazar and its people, and then ‎they went their way.‎

And the sons of Jacob left the city of Sarton, and scarcely had they gone two hundred cubits ‎when they met the inhabitants of Tapuach coming against them, who went forth to fight with ‎them, because they had killed Jashub and all his men, and they were minded to recapture ‎from the sons of Jacob all that they had taken from Hazar and Sarton. And the rest of the men ‎of Tapuach fought with the sons of Jacob in that place and the sons of Jacob vanquished them ‎and they fled from before them and the sons of Jacob pursued them into the city of Arbelan ‎and all of them fell before the sons of Jacob. And the sons of Jacob turned upon Tapuach to ‎take away the spoil of the city, and when they approached the city they heard that the people ‎of Arbelan had gone forth to meet them in order to save the property of their brethren. And ‎the sons of Jacob left ten of their men in Tapuach to plunder the city and they went against ‎the inhabitants of Arbelan. And the men of Arbelan went forth with their wives to battle ‎against the sons of Jacob, for their women were skilled in warfare, and they came out about ‎four hundred men and women. And all the sons of Judah shouted with a terribly loud voice ‎and they ran against the inhabitants of Arbelan with a great uproar. And when the people of ‎Arbelan heard the terrible shouting of the sons of Jacob and their roaring like the voice of lions ‎and the roaring of the sea, fear and terror filled their hearts and they were exceedingly afraid ‎of the sons of Jacob; and they fled before them into the city, but the sons of Jacob pursued ‎them to the gates and came over them even in the city. And the sons of Jacob fought with ‎them in the city, and all the women were slinging stones at them and the combat was very hot ‎between them until the evening of that day. And the sons of Jacob could not prevail, and they ‎almost perished in the struggle when they called upon the Lord. And they soon gained ‎strength and the sons of Jacob smote all the inhabitants of Arbelan with the edge of the ‎sword, men women and children. For when the women saw that all their men were dead they ‎ascended upon the roofs of the city, and cast stones upon the sons of Jacob, thick as rain, and ‎therefore the sons of Jacob hastened and returned into the city, and smote all the women ‎with the edge of the sword, and they took all the spoil, flocks, herds and cattle. And the sons ‎of Jacob did unto Machanaimah even as they had done unto Tapuach, Hazar and Shiloh, and ‎then they turned and went thence on their way.‎

And on the fifth day the sons of Jacob heard that the inhabitants of Gaash had assembled ‎against them to battle, because they had slain their king and their princes. For they had ‎fourteen princes in the city of Gaash, and the sons of Jacob had killed them all in the first ‎encounter. And on that day the sons of Jacob put on their instruments of war, and they ‎advanced to battle against the inhabitants of Gaash. And in Gaash lived a very powerful ‎people, of the sons of the Amorites, and Gaash was a city stronger and more fortified than any ‎of the cities of the Amorites, and it had three walls. And when the sons of Jacob came to ‎Gaash they found the gates of the city locked, and about five hundred men standing upon the ‎outer wall. And a numerous people, even like the sand upon the sea shore, lay in ambush for ‎the sons of Jacob, outside of the city and in its rear. And when the sons of Jacob came near to ‎open the gates of the city, behold, those people that lay in ambush in the rear of the city, ‎came forth from their places and they surrounded the sons of Jacob, so that they were all in ‎the midst of the people of Gaash and they were attacked from either side. And the men that ‎stood upon the wall cast down upon them arrows and stones. And when Judah saw that the ‎people of Gaash were too many for them he uttered a terrible and tremendous shout, and all ‎the men of Gaash were frightened through the noise of Judah’s shrieking, and the strength of ‎his shouting caused many to fall from the wall, and all those that were in the city and those ‎outside thereof were in fear of their lives. And the sons of Jacob once more approached the ‎gates of the city, and the men of Gaash cast upon them stones and arrows from the top of the ‎wall, and made them to flee from the gate. And the sons of Jacob turned against those men of ‎Gaash that were outside of the city and they smote them in a horrible manner, as if they were ‎smiting against pumpkins, and none of them could stand against the sons of Jacob, for they ‎were frightened and terrified by Judah’s shouting. And the sons of Jacob killed all those men ‎that were outside of the city and then they attempted again to enter the city, and to fight ‎under the walls of the city, but they succeeded not. For all the inhabitants of Gaash, that were ‎in the city, had surrounded the walls on either side and the sons of Jacob could not come near ‎the city to fight with them. And as the sons of Jacob approached one corner, to fight under the ‎wall, the people threw upon them arrows and stones like a rain storm, and they fled from ‎under the wall.‎

And when the people of Gaash saw that the sons of Jacob could not prevail, they taunted the ‎sons of Jacob, saying: What hath happened to you in the war that you cannot succeed. Can ‎you do to the mighty city of Gaash as you have done to the other cities of the Amorites which ‎are less powerful? Verily to those feeble ones amongst us you could do those things to slay ‎them in the gates of the city, for they had no strength, when you terrified them with your ‎powerful shrieking, but will you be able to fight in this place? Verily here you must die all of ‎you, and we will avenge on you the cause of the cities which you have destroyed. And the ‎inhabitants of Gaash taunted the sons of Jacob greatly cursing their God, and still casting ‎stones and arrows upon them from the wall. And when Judah and his brothers heard these ‎words, their anger was greatly excited, and Judah became zealous of his God concerning that ‎matter and he called out saying: Oh Lord help us and our brethren. And he ran from the ‎distance, sword in hand, and by reason of his great strength he sprang from the ground and ‎mounted the wall and his sword fell from his hand. And Judah shouted tremendously upon ‎the wall, so that many of the men that were upon the wall were terrified, and fell down from ‎the wall and died, and those remain ing upon the wall, seeing Judah’s strength were greatly ‎afraid of their lives and they fled into the city to save themselves. And some of them, seeing ‎that Judah had no sword, became emboldened and they approached to slay him and to throw ‎him from the wall to his brothers. And twenty men of the city came to their assistance, and ‎they surrounded Judah, shouting at him and coming near him with drawn swords. And Judah ‎became terrified and he cried out to his brothers from the top of the wall. And Jacob and his ‎sons drew the bows from under the wall and slew three men upon the top of the wall. And ‎Judah continued crying, and he exclaimed: Oh Lord help us, oh Lord save us. And his loud ‎crying upon the wall was heard at a great distance. And after thus crying, Judah shouted once ‎more and the men around him were greatly terrified at Judah’s voice, and they threw away ‎the swords from their hands and fled. And Judah seized the swords which they had thrown ‎away and he fought with them and slew twenty of their men that were upon the wall. And ‎about eighty men and women ascended the wall, surrounding Judah; but the Lord filled their ‎hearts with fear of Judah and they dared not approach him.

And when the people upon the ‎wall saw that twenty of their men were dead, they rushed all toward Judah with their drawn ‎swords, but they could not approach him for fear of his great strength. And one of the most ‎powerful men, by the name of Arud came near striking with his sword at Judah’s head, but ‎Judah placed his shield quickly against his head and the sword struck the shield and flew in ‎twain. And the powerful man, after having struck Judah, ran for his life, and he slipped and fell ‎from the wall amongst the sons of Jacob under the wall, and the sons of Jacob smote him and ‎killed him. And Judah’s head pained him from the blow of that heroic man, and he was nearly ‎dead from that blow. And Judah cried out in the agony of his pain, and when Dan heard him his ‎anger kindled within him. And Dan also took a run from the distance and sprang from the ‎ground upon the wall with his great strength and burning wrath. And when Dan mounted the ‎wall all the men upon it that surrounded Judah fled hastily, and ascended the second wall, ‎throwing stones and arrows at Judah and Dan from the second wall, in order to drive them ‎away. And the arrows and stones struck Dan and Judah, and they were almost slain upon the ‎wall, and whithersoever they turned they were attacked by stones and arrows from the ‎second wall. And Jacob and his sons were still at the entrance of the city, under the first wall, ‎but they could not use their bows against the people of the city, for they could not be seen by ‎them from the second wall. And when Dan and Judah saw that they could no longer stand the ‎attack of the stones and arrows from the second wall, they both jumped over to the top of the ‎second wall. And when the people of the city, upon the second wall, saw that Dan and Judah ‎were amongst them they cried out in their fear and descended between the walls. And Jacob ‎and his sons heard the shouting from the people of the city, and they were in great anxiety ‎concerning Dan and Judah on they second wall, whom they could not see. And Naphtali went ‎with his strength, excited by wrath, and he jumped upon the first wall, to ascertain the cause ‎of that great shouting heard from the city. And meantime Issachar and Zebulun approached to ‎break the doors of the city, and they opened the gates and entered the city. And Naphtali ‎sprang from the first wall to the second wall and came to his brothers' assistance. And when ‎the people of Gaash, that were upon the second wall, saw that Naphtali was the third one ‎who had come to assist his brothers, they fled and descended into the city,‎

and Jacob with all of his young men came over them in the city. And Judah and Dan and ‎Naphtali also descended from the wall into the city and they pursued the inhabitants of the ‎city. And when the inhabitants of the city had all descended, the sons of Jacob came over ‎them from all sides, and being surrounded and attacked from front and rear, the sons of Jacob ‎smote them terribly, and they killed of them about twenty thousand men and women; not ‎one could stand against the sons of Jacob. And the blood flowed terribly through the city even ‎like a brook of water, and it flowed out of the city reaching the desert of Beth horin. And when ‎the people of Beth-horin saw at the distance the blood flowing from the city of Gaash, seventy ‎of their men ran to see the blood, and they reached the place whence it had come. And they ‎traced the blood to the walls of the city of Gaash, and they saw the blood issuing from the city ‎and they heard the terrible crying from the inhabitants of Gaash which ascended unto heaven, ‎while the blood was always increasing and flowing like a brook of water. And the people said: ‎Verily that is the work of the Hebrews who are still waging war against all the cities of the ‎Amorites. And these men ran back hastily to Beth horin grasping their weapons and crying out ‎to the inhabitants of Beth-horin to girt on their instruments of war and to come and fight ‎against the sons of Jacob. And when the sons of Jacob had finished smiting the people of ‎Gaash, they marched through the city to take spoil from the slain. And when they came into ‎the heart of the city they were met by three mighty men who had no swords in their hands. ‎And one of those three men seized upon Zebulun, whom he saw to be a lad and of small ‎stature, and dashed him against the ground with all his might. And Jacob ran to him with his ‎sword and smote him below the loins cutting him in twain, and the body fell upon Zebulun. ‎And the second of those powerful men approached Jacob to fell him to the ground, but Jacob ‎turned and shouted at him, and Simeon and Levi came and smote him upon the hips with their ‎swords and felled him to the ground.‎‏ ‏And the powerful man rose from the ground with all his ‎might excited by wrath, but ere he stood upon his feet Judah came and struck him with his ‎sword over the head, and his skull was split and he died.‎‏ ‏And when the third powerful man ‎saw that his companions were slain, he ran away from the sons of Jacob.‎‏ ‏And the sons of ‎Jacob pursued him through the city,‎

And the sons of Jacob were greatly afraid of those men, for they had never tried to fight in the ‎dark, and they were greatly terrified.‎‏ ‏And the sons of Jacob cried unto the Lord, saying: Oh ‎Lord grant us thy help and deliverance, that we should not die by the hands of these ‎uncircumcised ones.‎‏ ‏And the Lord heard the prayer of the sons of Jacob, and he caused great ‎terror and confusion to possess the people of Beth-horin, and they fought in the darkness of ‎night one against the other, and they slew one another in great numbers.‎‏ ‏And when the sons ‎of Jacob ascertained that the Lord hath caused a spirit of confusion to come among those men ‎and that they were fighting among themselves, each one against his neighbor, they passed ‎out from among the ranks of the people of Beth-horin, and they descended the heights and ‎marched on even further, and they rested there securely that night with all their young men.‎‏ ‏And the men of Beth-horin kept on fighting all night one against his brother and one against his ‎neighbor, and they were crying aloud all over the height, so that the noise was heard at a ‎distance and the earth shook at their shouting, for they were more powerful than any other ‎people of the earth; and all the inhabitants of the cities of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and ‎the Amorites, and the Hivites, and all the kings of Canaan as well as those dwelling on the ‎other side of the Jordan, heard the terrible shouting on that night, and they said: Verily, those ‎are the battles of the Hebrews which they are fighting with the seven cities that approached ‎them, and who can stand up against these Hebrews? And all the inhabitants of Canaan, and all ‎those dwelling on the other side of the Jordan were greatly afraid of the sons of Jacob,

for they said: Behold, as they have done to these cities they may do also unto us, for who can ‎withstand their exceeding strength ? And the great shouting of the Horinites in that night grew always ‎louder, and they smote each other until morning, and a great many of them were slain.‎‏ ‏And in the ‎morning at the dawn of day, the sons of Jacob rose up and ascended the height and they smote the ‎remaining ones of the Horinites in a terrible manner, and they were all killed upon the height.‎‏ ‏And on ‎the sixth day the people of Canaan saw from the distance all the in habitants of Beth-horin slain and ‎scattered about upon the height like so many dead lambs and goats.‎‏ ‏And the sons of Jacob went to ‎Beth-horin and they found the city full of people, even like the sand of the sea, and they fought them, ‎and the sons of Jacob smote them until evening.‎‏ ‏And the sons of Jacob did unto Beth horin as they ‎had done to Tapuach, and to Gaash, and to Hazar and to Sarton and to Shiloh, and they took the spoil ‎of Beth-horin together with the spoils of the other cities, and they went back to their place in ‎Shechem on that day.‎‏ ‏And the sons of Jacob had reached their home in the city of Shechem on the ‎sixth day, and they remained outside of the city, resting themselves from the fight, and they tarried ‎there that night.‎‏ ‏And all their servants, and all the spoils taken from the cities they left outside of ‎Shechem, for they said: Perhaps there are some other ones yet to come and fight against us, to ‎besiege us in Shechem.‎‏ ‏And Jacob with his sons and their servants, remained on that day and on the ‎day following, in the section of the field which Jacob had bought from Hamor for five shekels, and all ‎their spoil was with them, abundant like the sand of the sea shore. And all the inhabitants of the land ‎saw them from the distance, and they were all afraid of the sons of Jacob after they could do these ‎things, the like of which no king had ever done since times of yore. And the seven kings of the ‎Canaanites concluded to make peace with the sons of Jacob, for they were in great fear of their lives. ‎And on the same day, which was the seventh day, Japhia king of Hebron sent secretly his messengers ‎to the king of Ai, and to the king of Gibeon, and to the king of Shalem, and to the king of Adulam, and ‎to the king of Lahush, and to the king of Hazar, and to all the Canaanitish kings that were under their ‎hands, say ing: Come up to me that we go to the sons of Jacob and I will make with them a covenant of ‎peace, lest your lands will be made waste by their swords, as it hath been done with the city of ‎Shechem and the surrounding cities of which you have heard and seen. And if you come to me do not ‎come with many men, but let each of the kings come with three of his chief princes and with every ‎prince three of his servants. And come all of you to Hebron and we will go together to the sons of ‎Jacob, and entreat them to establish with us a covenant of peace. And all these kings did according to ‎the message of the king of Hebron, for they were all subject to his power and order, and all the kings ‎of Canaan assembled to go to the sons of Jacob, and to make peace with them. And the sons of Jacob ‎returned into the section of the field before Shechem, for they did not trust in the words of the kings ‎of the land. And the sons of Jacob tarried ten days in the portion of the field, but no one came to make ‎war against them, and when they saw that there was no probability of war, they assembled and ‎returned into the city of Shechem. And the sons of Jacob dwelt in Shechem. And all the kings of the ‎Amorites assembled at the end of forty days from all their places, and they came to Japhia king of ‎Hebron. And the kings that came to Hebron, to make peace with the sons of Jacob, were twenty-one ‎kings, and the num ber of princes that came with them was sixty-three and their men one hundred ‎and eighty-nine, and all of them camped upon Mount Hebron, and the king of Hebron met them with ‎three princes and nine men, and these kings concluded to go to the sons of Jacob to make peace with ‎them. And they said unto the king of Hebron: Go thou, with thy men before us, and speak in our ‎behalf unto the sons of Jacob, and we will come after wards and submit to thy words. And the king of ‎Hebron did so. And when the sons of Jacob heard that all the kings of Canaan had assembled ‎themselves and camped in Hebron, they sent four of their servants as spies, saying: Go ye and spy ‎those kings and observe and examine their men, whether they be few or many, and if they be few in ‎numbers then count them all and return unto us. And the servants of Jacob went in secrecy unto ‎those kings, and did as they were commanded by the sons of Jacob. And they returned on the same ‎day, saying: We have come unto those kings and they are but few in numbers, and we counted them ‎and there are of them only two hundred and eighty-six, the kings and their men. And the sons of ‎Jacob said: If they are only few in numbers then we will not go out to them all of us. And in the ‎morning the sons of Jacob arose and they selected sixty-two of their men and ten of Jacob’s sons ‎went forth with them. And they girt on their instruments of war, for they said: They are coming to ‎battle with us, as they knew not that they came to sue for peace.‎

And the sons of Jacob with their servants went to the gates of Shechem to meet those kings, ‎and Jacob their father was with them. And when they came forth from the city, behold the ‎king of Hebron with three of his princes and nine men came up the road towards the sons of ‎Jacob; and the sons of Jacob lifted up their eyes and they saw from the distance Japhia, king of ‎Hebron, with his princes coming against them. And the sons of Jacob posted themselves on ‎the place of the gates of Shechem and did not advance. And the king of Hebron continued ‎coming nearer to the sons of Jacob, he and his princes, until they had reached them, and he ‎and his princes bowed down to the ground before the sons of Jacob, and the king of Hebron ‎and his princes seated themselves before Jacob and his sons, and the sons of Jacob said unto ‎him: What hast thou with us, oh king of Hebron; wherefore comest thou unto us to-day, and ‎what desirest thou of us? And the king of Hebron said unto Jacob: I pray thee, my lord, all the ‎kings of the Canaanites have come unto thee to-day to sue for peace. And when the sons of ‎Jacob heard these words they would not incline to them, for they had no faith in his words, for ‎they imagined the king of Hebron spoke unto them with deceit. And the king of Hebron ‎noticed in the words of Jacob's sons that they believed him not and he drew nigh unto Jacob, ‎saying: I pray thee, my lord, but verily these kings came for peace unto you, for they did not ‎come with all their men, nor have they any weapons upon their per sons, as they came to sue ‎for peace of my lord and his sons. And the sons of Jacob replied unto the king of Hebron, ‎saying: Send thou thy messengers that those kings come before us alone and if they appear ‎without instruments of war then we will be convinced that they have come for peace. And ‎Japhia dispatched one of his men, and all the kings came before the sons of Jacob, and they ‎bowed down before the sons of Jacob to the ground and they seated themselves before ‎Jacob and his sons and they spoke unto them, saying: We have heard of all that ye have done ‎unto the kings of the Amorites, with your strong swords and with your powerful arms so that ‎no man could stand against you and we were in great fear of you for our lives lest we fare like ‎unto them, and therefore we have come unto you to establish a covenant of peace between ‎us. And now do grant us such a covenant of peace and of truth that you will not touch us even ‎as we have never touched you. And the sons of Jacob knew now beyond doubt that they ‎came to sue for peace, and the sons of Jacob hearkened unto them and they formed a treaty ‎of peace with them. And all the sons of Jacob swore unto them never to touch them and all ‎the kings swore likewise to the sons of Jacob. And the sons of Jacob made them their subjects ‎from that day on.‎

And afterwards these kings appeared before Jacob with their men, and gifts were in their ‎hands for Jacob and his sons, and they bowed down to the ground before Jacob and his sons. ‎And these kings urged the sons of Jacob and entreated them to restore to the seven cities of ‎the Amorites all the spoil they had taken from them. And Jacob’s sons did so, and they ‎returned all the captives and all the spoil they had taken, and they sent them away and each ‎returned to his city. And the kings bowed down once more before Jacob and his sons and they ‎gave them many more gifts in those days. And the sons of Jacob sent away these kings and ‎their men and they left in peace for their cities, and Jacob and his sons returned likewise unto ‎their place in Shechem. And from that day on there was peace between the sons of Jacob and ‎the kings of the Canaanites, until the children of Israel came into Canaan to inherit it. ‎