put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of A.C. 1715. *fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; * Or, sick. 43 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, ++ Bow the knee: and + Or, Tender he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt. father. Heb. 44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and Abrech without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt. the Coptic 45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name §Zaphnath-paa- Which in neah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of significs, A Poti-pherah || priest of On. And Joseph went out over all crets, or, The the land of Egypt. SECTION VII. The Famine in Egypt, and first Journey of the Brothers of GENESIS XLI. VER. 46, TO THE END. 46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before 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 in 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, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number. man to whom 1707. & xlviii. 5. 50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the g Ch. xlvi. 20. years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him. 51 And Joseph called the name of the firstborn † Ma * Or, prince, ver. 45. +That is, 忄 nasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, forgetting. and all my father's house. fruitful. 52 And the name of the second called he + Ephraim: For That is, God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. 53¶And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended. 54 And the seven years of dearth began to come, ac- h Ps. cv. 16. cording as Joseph had said: 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, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do. A. C. 1707. *Heb. all wherein was. i Acts vii. 12. 56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened * all the storehouses, and sold 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. GENESIS 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. 24 Simeon is kept for a pledge. 25 They return with corn, and their money. 29 Their relation to Jacob. 36 Jacob refuseth to send Benjamin. 1 Now when 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 live, 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, Lest peradventure mischief 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 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 + Heb. hard made himself strange unto them, and spake + roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. things with them. k Ch. xxxvii. 5,9. 8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. 9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 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 is not. 14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake A.C. 1707. 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 prov- Heb. bound. ed, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. thered. 17 And he + put them all together into ward three days. + Heb. ga18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear 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 your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. 21 ¶ And they said one to another, We are verily guilty 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. 21. 22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake 'I not Ch. xxxvii. unto you saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required. 23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. ↑ Heb. an interpreter was 24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; between them. and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them 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 thus did he unto them. 26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. 27 And as one of them opened his sack 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 is even in my sack: and their heart § failed them, Heb. went and they were afraid, 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 || Heb. with to us, and took us for spies of the country. us hard things. A.C. 1707. 1706. * Hcb. protesting protested. m Ch. xlii. 20. & xliv. 23. 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 housholds, 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 traffick 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 sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. ye 36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take 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 his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the SECTION VIII. grave. Continuation of the Famine. Second Descent of the Brethren of Joseph into Egypt, followed by their Father. GENESIS XLIII. 1 And the famine was sore in the land. corn 2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food. m 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. go 4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will 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 A. C. 1706. state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? * Heb. asking have ye another brother? and we told him according to the asked us. +tenor of these words: 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 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 this second time. +Heb. mouth. + Heb. knowing could we know? Or, twice by 11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be this. so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds: 12 And take double money in 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 my children, I am bereaved. || Or, and I, as I have 15¶ And the men took that present, and they took be, sc. 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 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. * Heb. kill a killing. 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 Heb. roll 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, "§ we came indeed down at the first time to buy food: n 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. himself upon n 10. Ch. xlii. 3, Heb.coming down we came down. |