And then Judah spoke to Jacob his father, and said to him, Draw your bow, father, and send forth your arrow, and pierce the enemy and slay the foe; and may you have the strength, for we will not slay your brother, for he is near to you, and in our esteem he is held equal with you in honour.
And [paragraph continues ] Judah went forth in front, and Naphtali and Gad with him and fifty servants with him on the south side of the tower, and they slew all they found before them, and not one individual of them escaped.
And Reuben and Issachar and Zebulon went forth on the north side of the tower, and fifty men with them, and they slew the fighting men of the Philistines.
And Simeon and Benjamin and Enoch, Reuben's son, went forth on the west side of the tower, and fifty (men) with them, and they slew of Edom and of the Horites four hundred men, stout warriors; and six hundred fled, and four of the sons of Esau fled with them, and left their father lying slain, as he had fallen on the hill which is in ’Adûrâm.
And the sons of Jacob pursued after them to the mountains of Seir. And Jacob buried his brother on the hill which is in ’Adûrâm, and he returned to his house.
And the sons of Jacob pressed hard upon the sons of Esau in the mountains of Seir, and bowed their necks so that they became servants of the sons of Jacob.
And Jacob sent word to his sons that they should make peace, and they made peace with them, and placed the yoke of servitude upon them, so that they paid tribute to Jacob and to his sons always.
And Jobab died, and ’Asâm, 4 of the land of Têmân, reigned in his stead. 16. And ’Asâm died, and ’Adâth, 5 the son of Barad, 6 who slew Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead, and the name of his city was Avith.