bled; and he sent and called for | 9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day: 10 Pharaoh was d wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me, and the chief baker: 22. Is. 29. 14. & 2. 2. & 4. 7. c Matt. 2. 1. Before 1715. Joseph is advanced by Pharaoh. one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do. 26 The seven good kine are seven s Dan. 2. 28, years; and the seven good ears are d ch. 40. 2, 3. t 2 Kings 8. 11 And f we dreamed a dream inf ch. 40. 5. one night, I and he: we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. 12 And there was there with us 1. u ver. 25. x ver. 47. a young man, an Hebrew, g ser-g ch. 37. 36. y ver. 54. and we told him, and he hinter-h ch. 40. 12, 13 And it came to pass, i as he in-i ch. 40. 22. 14 Then Pharaoh sent and k Ps. 105.20. called Joseph, and they brought Dan. 2. 25. him hastily mout of the dungeon him run. Heb. made and he shaved himself, and chang-m 1 Sam. 2. ed his raiment, and came in unto 8. Ps. 113. 7, Pharaoh. 8. 15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it and I have heard say of n ver. 12. thee, that thou canst understand Ps. 25. 14. Dan. 5. 16. a dream to interpret it. Or, when 16 And Joseph answered Pha-thou hearest raoh, saying, It is not in me: a dream P God shall give Pharaoh an an- thou canst swer of peace. interpret it. Acts 3. 12. 17 And Pharaoh said unto Jo-o Dan. 2. 30. seph, 4 In my dream, behold, I2 Cor. 3. 5. stood upon the bank of the river: p ch. 40. 8. 18 And behold, there came up Dan. 2. 22, out of the river seven kine, fat-28, 47. & 4. fleshed, and well-favoured; and they fed in a meadow: 19 And behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor, and very 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: 27 And the seven thin and ill-favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be tseven years of famine. 28 uThis is the thing which I have spoken uato Pharaoh: what God is about to do he sheweth un to Pharaoh. 29 Behold, there come x seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: 30 And there shall y arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine z ch. 47. 13. z shall consume the land: 31 And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following: for it shall be very grievous. 32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the a thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. 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 b take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. 35 And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh; and let them keep food in the cities. 36 And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land +Heb. be not†d perish not through the famine. 37 T And e the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. cut off. d ch.47. 15, e Ps. 105. 19. f Num. 27. 18. Job 32.8. Prov. 2. 6. Dan. 4. 8,18. & 5. 11, 14. & 6. 3. g Ps. 105. 21, 22. Acts 7. + Heb. be h Dan. 5. 3. I Dan. 5. 7, m Esth. 6. 9. 38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man fin whom the spirit of God is? 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 g Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. 41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have hset thee over all the land of Egypt. 42 And Pharaoh itook off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; 43 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had. m and they cried before him, || † Bow Manassch and Ephraim born. 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; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah || priest of On and Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt. GENESIS. Before CHRIST 1715. ch. 42. 6. & 45. 8, 26. Acts 7. 10. Which in the Coptic signifies, 4 revealer of secrets, or, The man to whom se Before CHRIST 1707. Joseph's brethren come to buy corn. when a Jacob saw that Now there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye a Acts 7. 12. look one upon another? b ch. 43. 8. 46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pha-crets are re-c ver. 38. raoh 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 P as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number. 50 q And unto Joseph were born Or, prince. vealed. 2 & 20. 26. 21. 1 Kings o 1 Sam. 16. 12. 6, 8. p ch. 22. 17. Ps. 78. 27. two sons before the years of famine. 46. 20. came: which Asenath the daughter | of Poti-pherah || priest of On bare unto him. 51 And Joseph called the name of the first-born || Manasseh; For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house. 48. 5. 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 blive, and not die. 3 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. 4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren: for he said, c Lest peradven ture mischief befall him. 5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: d Acts 7. 11. for the famine was din the land of Canaan. 6 And Joseph was the governor e ch. 41. 41. over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land. and Joseph's brethren came, and f bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth. fch. 37. 7 + Heb. with them. Or, prince, ch. 37. 5, ver. 45. 2 Sam. 8. 18. cir. 1712. That is, forgetting. cir. 1711. That is, 52 And the name of the second called he || Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the fruitful. r ch. 49. 22. land of my affliction. 1708. 53 T And the seven years of plenteousness that was in the land of Egypt, were ended. 54s And the seven years of dearths Ps. 105. 16. began to come, taccording as Joseph Acts 7. 11. had said: and the dearth was in all t ver. 30. lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. 55 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, 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 all the store-houses, and + Heb. all u sold unto the Egyptians; and the wherein famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. 57x And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; Lecause that the famine was so sore in all lands. CHAPTER XLII. 1 Jacob sendeth his ten sons to buy corn in Egypt. 16 They are imprisoned by Joseph for spies. 18 They are set at liberty, on condition to bring Benjamin. 21 They have remorse for Joseph. 241 Simeon is kept for a pledge. 25 They return with corn, and their money. 29 Their relation to Jacob. 36 Jacco refuseth to send Benjamin. 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 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 †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; k Lev. 25.43. k for I fear God: Their return, and relation. be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. 21 ¶And they said one to another, CHAPTER XLII Before 1707. m We are verily guilty concerning in Job 36. 8, our brother, in that we saw the 9. Hos. 5.15. anguish of his soul, when he be sought us, and we would not hear; n therefore is this distress come uponn Prov. 21. us. Before CHRIST 1707. 13. Matt. 7.z ver. 13. 22 And Reuben answered them, [2. saying, Spake I not unto you, o ch. 37. 21. saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore behold also his blood is P required. p ch. 9. 5. 2 Chr. 24. Luke 11. 50, 51. 22. Ps. 9. 12. 23 And they knew not that Jo-1 Kings 2.32. reph understood them; for the spake unto them by an interpreter. 24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed interpreter with them, and took from them was between Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. 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: and q thus did he unto them. 26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. Heb. an them. Matt. 5. 44. Roin. 12. 17, 20, 21. 27 And as one of them opened r See ch. 43. his sack to give his ass provender 21. 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 is even in my sack: and their heart t failed them, and they were afraid,+ Heb. went saying one to another, What is this forth. 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 † roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. 31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spics: 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 ver. 7. + Heb. with us hard things. & ch. 37. 33. & 44. 28. Benjamin sent with the rest. Benjamin away: all these things are against me. 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 him to thee again. 38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for z his brother is dead, and he is left alone: a if mischief befall him by the way in & ch. 44. 29.b bring down my gray hairs with the which ye go, then shall ye sorrow to the grave. Heb. pro testing pro tested. b ch. 42. 20. & 44. 23. Heb. asking asked us. the land. 2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food. 3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man † did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your b 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 † 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 tenor of these words: † Could we certainly know that he Heb.know-would say, Bring your brother ing could we know? country, said unto us, t Hereby shall t ver. 15, 19, Philem. 18, I bring him not unto thee, and set I know that ye are true men leave 20. 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 u traffick u ch. 34. 10. it the land. 35 T And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that behold, every man's bundle of money was x See ch. 43. in his sack; and when both they 21. and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. 36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye y bereavedy.ch. 43. 14. of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take 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 d carry down the man a present, a little e balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds: 12 And take double money in fch. 42. 25, your hand; and the money that was brought again 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 the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin: If I be bereaved of g Esth. 4.16. my children, I am bereaved. Or, and I, been, Sc. 15 And the men took that pre-as I have sent, 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 hru er of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready for these men shall † dine with me at noon. 17 And the man did as Joseph bade: and the man brought the men into Joseph's house. 18 And the men were afraid, 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 † seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses. 19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house, 20 And said, O sir, if we came indeed down at the first time to buy food: 21 And kit 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. 23 And he said, Peace be to you, fear not your God, and the God of your father, hath given you trea hch. 24. 2. & 39. 4. & 4. 1. + Heb. kill a killing. Sam.25. 11. Heb. eat. Heb. roll himselfupon us. Job 30. 14. ich.42. 3, 10. Heb.coming down we came down. k cho 42. 27, 35. sure in your sacks: †I had your+ Heb. money. And he brought Simeon your money out unto them. came to me. 24 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave 1 ch. 18. 4. them water, and they washed their & 24. 32. feet; and he gave their asses provender. 25 And they made ready the present 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 m bowed themselves to him tom ch. 37. 7, the earth. 10. 27 And he asked them of their twelfare, and said, † Is your father+Heb.peace. wall, the old man n of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? 28 And they answered, Thy ser ch. 37. 14. + Heb. Is therepeaceto your father? Before CHRIST 1707. ch. 42. 13. 1 Kings 3. 26. s ch. 42. 24. t ver. 25. ch. 46. 34. Ex. 8. 26. x eh. 45. 22. Heb.drank largely: See Hag. I. 6. John 2. 10. His policy to stay them. younger brother, 9 of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. 30 And Joseph made haste; for r his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and swept there. 31 And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on t 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 Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians. 33 And they sat before him, the first-born according to his birth-right, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another. 34 And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was x five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and † were merry with him. Heb. him AN thatwasover his house. Or, maketh trial. a ch. 43. 21. vant our father is in good health, inch. 42. 11, ch. 31. 32. he is yet alive: and they bowed 13. down their heads, and made obei-o ch. 37. 7, sance. 10. 29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, Phisch. 35. 17, mother's son, and said, Is this your CHAPTER XLIV. Joseph's policy to stay his brethren. 14 Judah's humble supplication to Joseph. ND he commanded the steward 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; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good? 5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing. 61 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words. 7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing: 8 Behold, a the money which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house sil· ver or gold? 9 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be iny lord's bond-men. 10 And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless. Judah's humble supplication. 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 crent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. CHAPTER XLV. Before CHRIST 1707. c ch. 37. 29, 34. Num. 14. 6. 2 Sam. 1. 11. 14 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house, (for he was yet there :) and they d fell before d ch. 37. 7. him 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 divine? 16 And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold Or, make trial, ver. 5. e we are my lord's servants, both e ver. 9. 17 And he said, f God forbid that f Prov.17.15. I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father. 18 T Then Judah came near unto him, and said, O my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and glet not thineg ch. 18. 30, anger burn against thy servant: for 32. Ex. 32. thou art even as Pharaoh. 19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother? 22. 20 And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and hah ch. 37. 3. child of his old age, a little one: and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. 21 And thou saidst unto thy ser vants, Bring him down unto me, i ch. 42. 15, that I may set mine eyes upon him. 20. 22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die. 23 And thou saidst unto thy ser vants, k Except your youngest bro-k ch. 43. 3, ther come down with you, ye shall 5. 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 lord. my Before CHRIST 1707. Joseph maketh himself known. 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 1 Sam. 18. be not with us; (seeing that phis life is bound up in the lad's life ;) q ch. 43. 9. 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 for the lad unto my father, saying, 9 If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. 33 Now therefore, I pray thee, r Ex. 32. 32. let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bond-man to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. + Heb. find my father Ex. 18. 8. Job 31. 29. Ps. 116. 3. & 119. 143. + Heb. gave forth his voice in weeping. Num. 14. 1. a Acts 7. 13. Or, terrified. Job 4. 5. & 23. 15. Matt. 14. 26. Mark 6. 50. b ch. 37. 28. c Is. 40. 2. 2 Cor. 2. 7. + Heb. neither let there be anger in your eyes. 1706. 34 For now shall 1 go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall † come on my father. CHAPTER XLV. 1 Joseph maketh himself known to his brethren. 5 He comforteth them in God's providence. 9 He sendeth for his father. 16 Pharaoh confirmeth it. 21 Joseph furnisheth them for their journey, and exhorteth them to concord. 25 Jacob is revived with the news. THEN Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that 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 wept aloud; and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. 3 And Joseph said unto his brethren, a I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at 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, b whom ye sold into Egypt. 5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: d for God did send me before you to preserve life. 6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land and yet d ch. 50. 20. there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. Ps. 105. 16, 17. See 2 Sam. 16. 10, 11. Acts 4. 24. Heb. to put for you a remnant. e ch. 41. 43. Judg. 17. 10. Job 29. 16. 29 And if ye o take this also from o ch. 42. 36,f ch. 47. 1. me, and mischief befall him, ye 38 7 And God sent me before you, † to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me e a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. 9 Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt; come down unto me, tarry not: 10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be |