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GENESIS, XLI.

Joseph's advice to Pharaoh. ill-favoured and lean-fleshed, such| as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:

20 And the lean and the ill-favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:

21 And when they had 4 eaten them up, it could not be known

B. C. 1718.

4 come to the inward parts of them.

5 or, small.

1 ver.8. Dan.4.7.

He is appointed governor.

of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land 9 perish not through the famine.

37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, u and in the eyes of all his servants.

38 And Pharaoh said unto his ser

vants, Can we find such a one as this

that they had eaten them; but they m Dan.2.29. is, a man in whom v the Spirit of were still ill-favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.

Rev.4.1.

n 2 Ki.8.1.

o ver.47. p ver.54. 4 ch.47.13.

22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good: 23 And, behold, seven ears, 5 with-heavy. ered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:

ch.37.7,9. 7 or, prepared of God.

$ Num.23.19. Is.46.10.

24 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. And I told this unto the magicians; but there was! none that could declare it to me. 25 And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: t Pr.6.6-8. God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about m to do.

8 or, overseers.

22.3.

26 The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are 9 be not cut seven years: the dream is one.

off.

Nu.27.18. Job 32.8. Pr.2.6.

27 And the seven thin and ill-u Acts 7.10. favoured kine, that came up after them, are seven years; and the seven empty ears, blasted with the east wind, shall be seven n years| of famine.

28 This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: what God 28 about to do, he sheweth unto Pharaoh.

29 Behold, there come seven o years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:

30 And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; p and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land:

31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land, by reason of that famine following; for it shali be very grievous.

32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; r it is because the thung is 7 established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.s

33 Now, therefore, let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. 34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. t 35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharach, and let them keep food in the

cities

36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years

w

Da.4.8,18.

5.11.

Ps. 105.21.

10 be armed,

or, kiss.
Dan.6.3.
y Est.3.10.
8.2,8,15.
11 or, silk.

z Da.5.7,29.
12 or, tender
father.
13 Abrech.
a ch.45.8,26.
Acts.7.10.
which in
the Coptic
signifies,
a revealer
of secrets,
or, the man

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39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:

40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people 10 be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. 41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee 2 over all the land of Egypt.

42 And Pharaoh took off his ring y from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of 11 fine linen, and put a gold chain à about his neck:

43 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had: and they cried before him, 12 13 Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land a of Egypt.

44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.

45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah; 14 and he gave him to wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-pherah, 15 priest b of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.

46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before c Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

47 And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. 48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field which was round about every city laid he up in the same.

49 And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, d very much. until he left numbering; for it was without number.

50 And unto Joseph were born two sons e before the years of famine came; which Asenath, the daughter of Poti-pherah, 16 priest of Ŏn, bare unto him.

51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn 17 Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house. 52 And the name of the second

Joseph's providence.

GENESIS, XLII. called he 18 Ephraim: For God hath B. C. 1715. caused me to be fruitful ƒ in the land of my affliction.

53 T And the seven years of plenteousness that was in the land of Egypt were ended.

18 i.e. fruit

ful.
f ch.49.22.

Lam.4.4.

54 And the seven years of dearth & ver.30. began to come, according as Josephh Jer. 14. 1,2. had said: g and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, h the people cried to Pharaoh for bread and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do. 56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth. And Joseph opened 19 all the store-houses, and sold i unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.

57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.

CHAPTER XLII.

1 Jacob sendeth his ten sons to buy corn in Egypt: 17 they are imprisoned by Joseph as spies.

TOW when a Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may b live, and not die.

3 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

19 all where

in was.

i ch.42.6.
47.14,24.

(CHAP. 42.)

a Acts 7.12.

b ch.43.8.
Ps. 118. 17.
c ver.38.

d ch.41.41.

hard
things
with them.

e ch.37.5-9.

f ch.37.30.
Jer.31.15.
Lam.5.7.

g Deut.6.13.
1Sam. 1.26.
17.55.
Jam.5.12.

bound.

2 gathered.

h ch.20.11.
Lev.25.43.
Ne.5.15.
Lu. 18.2,4.

4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren: for he said, Lest peradventure mis-i ver.34. chiefc befall him.

5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

6 And Joseph was the governor d over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.

7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake 1 roughly unto them; and he said] unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to buy food.

8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

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ch. 43.5.

44.23.

Nu.32.23.
1Ki. 17. 18.

Job 36.8,9.

Hos.5.15.
Pr.21.13.
24.11,12.
Jer.34.17.
Mat.7.2.

m ch.37.21.
n ch.9.5.

IKI.2.32.

He supplieth his brethren. 10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy Servants come.

11 We are all one man's sons: we are true men; thy servants are no spies.

12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one f is not.

14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:

15 Hereby ye shall be proved; By the life of Pharaoh g ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be 1 kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely ye are spies. 17 And he put them all together into ward three days.

18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for 1 fear h God.

19 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:

20 But bring i your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

21 T And they said one to another, We are verily guilty k concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, m saying, Do not sin against the child: and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is n required. 23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for 3 he spake unto them by an interpreter.

24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and re2 Ch.24.22. turned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.

Ps.9.12.

3 an inter-
preter was
between
them.

9 And Joseph remembered the o Mat.5.44.

dreams which he dreamed e of them, and said unto them, Ye are, spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

R2.12.17,
20.

Eph.4.2.

25 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way:o and thus did he unto them.

26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.

Jacob's distrust.

GENESIS, XLIII.

He sendeth Benjamin.

buy us a little food.

27 And as one of them opened | B. C. 1706. | father said unto them, Go again, his sack, p to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's

mouth.

28 And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it 18 even in my sack: and their heart 4 failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?

29 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them, saying,

30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake 5 roughly q to us, and took us for spies of the country. 31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:

32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father: one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men: leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone;

34 And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic r in the land.

35 And it came to pass, as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sacks and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

p ch.43.21.

4 went forth.

5 with us hard things.

q ver.7,12.

r ch.34.10.

s ch.43.21.

t ch.43.14.

u 1Sam.27.1. Job 7.7. Ec.7.8.

Rom.8.28. ch.37.33.

w ch.44.29.

(CHAP. 43.)

a ch.41.54. Lam.5.10.

protesting, protested.

2 asking asked us.

3 mouth.

4 knowing could we know?

36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved tb of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things u are against me.

ch.44.32. Ps. 119.122. Phile. 18, 19.

5 or, twice by this. c Pr.18.16.

d ch.37.25.

37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring hum to thee again. 38 And he said, My son shall note ch.42.25. go down with you; for his brother is v dead, and he is left alone: if ƒ Ne. 1.11. mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs w with sorrow to the grave.

CHAPTER XLIII. 1 Jacob is hardly persuaded to send Benjamin. 15 Joseph entertains has brethren.

AND the famine was sore a in the

land.

2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their

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3 And Judah spake unto him, saying. The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.

4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:

5 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with

you.

6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?

7 And they said, The man 2 asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the 3 tenor of these words: 4 could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

8 And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.

9 I will be surety b for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:

10 For except we had lingered. surely now we had returned 5 this second time.

11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, c a little balm, d and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:

12 And take double money in your hand and the money that was brought againe in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight.

13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:

14 And God Almighty give you mercy before f the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. 6 If I be bereaved g of my children, I am bereaved.

15 And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler h of his house, Bring these men home, and i slay, and make ready; for these men shall 7 dine

Joseph and Benjamin meet.

with me at noon.

GENESIS, XLIV. Joseph's affectionate conduct.

17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.

B. C. 1705. | weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.

roll him-
self upon.
Job 30.14.

9 coming
down, we
came
down.

18 And the men were afraid,k because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in, that he may 8 seek k occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.

I Ju.6.23.
19.20.
1Sam.25.6.
Lu.24.36.

19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they 10 your mocommuned with him at the door of the house,

ney came
to me.

20 And said, O sir, 9 we came in-m ch.18.4. deed down at the first time to buy 24.32. food:

21 And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in

our hand.

22 And other money have we brought down in our hands, to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.

n ver. 11.

a ch.37.7,10.
11 peace.
12 Is there

peace to
your fa
ther?

p ch.42.11,

23 And he said, Peace,l be to you; fear not your God, and the Godr of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: 10 I had your money. And he brought Simeons out unto them.

24 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them m water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.

13.

q ch.35.17.

18.

Jos.7.19.

2 Ch.29.11.
Mat.9.2.
IKI.3.26.
Jer.31.20.
Ph.1.8.

2.1.
Col.3.12.

25 And they made ready the n pre-t ch.46.34. Ex.8.26. sent against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.

26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and o bowed themselves to him to the earth.

u 25am.11.8.

13 drank largely. v Pr.31.6.

31 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.

32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians which did eat with him by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrew; for that is an tabomination unto the Egyptians.

33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.

34 And he took and sent messes u unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of their's. And they drank, and 13 were merry v with him.

CHAPTER XLIV.
Joseph's policy to stay his brethren.

he commanded

ard of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth: 2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn-money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.

4 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; a and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil b for good?

5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he 2 divineth? Ye have done evil in so doing.

Ec.9.7.
10.19. 6 T And he overtook them, and
Cant.5.1.
he spake unto them these same
Mat.11.19. words.

Jno.2.10.

(CHAP. 44.)

27 And he asked them of their 11 welfare, and said, 12 Is your father well, the old man of whom yep spake? Is he yet alive? 28 And they answered, Thy ser-him that vant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obei

sance.

29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his q mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. r

a

was over

his house.

Deut.2.13.

b Pr. 17.13.
2 or, maketh

trial.

c Jos.22.22.
2Ki.8.13.

d ch.43.22.

30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearns upon his e ch.31.32. brother: and he sought where to

7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid c that thy servants should do according to this thing.

8 Behold, the money which we found in our sacks' mouths we brought again unto d thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?

9 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him e die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.

10 And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he

His brethren's distress.

GENESIS, XLV.

Judah's intercession. with whom it is found shall be my | B. C. 1705. | with us, then will we go down: servant; f and ye shall be blameless.

11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. 12 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

13 Then they rent their g clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.

f Ex.22.3.

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14 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; (for he wask yet there :) and they fell before him h on the ground.

15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? Wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly 3 divine?

Nu.32.23.

Jos. 7. IS.
Pr.23.17.

Luke 12.2.

1 Pr. 17. 15. m ch.18.30, 32. n ch.37.3.

16 And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall wei och.42.15,20. speak? or how shall we clear our-p ch.43.2. selves? God hath found out the kq Luke 11.7. iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both

we, and he also with whom the cup r ch.30.23. is found.

35.18.

46.19.

42.36.

17 And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in s ch.37.33. whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for t 1Sam. 18.1. you, get you up in peace unto your father.

18 Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger m burn against thy servant : for thou art even as Pharaoh.

25.29. u ch.43.9.

v Ex.32,32.

Ro.5.7-10.

9.3.

w 2Ch.34.28.

4

19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a bro-x ther?

20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one: and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father n loveth him.

find my
father.
Ex. 18.8.
Job 31.29.

Ps.116.3.

119.143.

(CHAP. 45.)

1 gave forth his voice in weeping.

a Num.14.1. 2 or, terrified.

21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, o that I may set mine eyes upon him. 22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for b Job 4.5. f he should leave his father, his father would die.

23.15. Mat.14.26.

23 And thou saidst unto thy ser-e ch.37.28. vants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

24 And it came to pass, when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

25 And our father said, Go again, p and buy us a little food.

26 And we said, We cannot go down: q if our youngest brother be

d 2Cor.2.7.

3 neither let there be anger in

your eyes. e ch.50.20. Ps. 105.16, 17.

fch.47.18.

for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.

27 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me twor sons:

28 And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely, he is s torn in pieces; and I saw him not since: 29 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

30 Now, therefore, when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; (seeing that his life is t bound up in the lad's life;)

31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

32 For thy servant became surety u for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.

33 Now, therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad, va bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.

34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil w that shall 4 come on a my father. CHAPTER XLV. 1 Joseph maketh himself known to his brethren: 9 he sendeth for his father.

THEN Joseph could not refrain

stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto

his brethren.

2 And he 1 wept aloud: a and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.

3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph: doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were 2 troubled bat his presence.

4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold c into Egypt.

5 Now therefore be not d grieved, 3 nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither; for God did send me e before you, to preserve life.

6 For these two yearsf hath the famine been in the land; and yet there are five years, in the which

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